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MILAN "EXCHANGE. WlDK BEOO S, EdlUr u Frotrltten. MILAN, TENNESSEE. CUllllENT NEWS. WASHINGTON. "Mrs. Margaret Eaton, widow of Gen. John Eaton, Secretory ol War under President Jackson, died at her residence in Waslung lon on the fcth. She was 81 yeart of age. Mrs. Eaton had been married three times, and in the course of her life occupied a very conspicuous share of attention in fse-hionable and political circles. She first married Paymaster named Timberlake; afterwards Gen. Eaton, and later in life an Italian danc- inir-mater named Buchn-Tiaai, who after ward eloped with her rranddauphter, tak ing a good share of her eney, and" went to Italy, where he lived in affluence. Mrs. Eaton was one of the best known celebrities of the National Capital. The members of the Kational Republican Executive Committee wfll meet in Washing' ton on the 17th of December, to take appro priate action upon the death of the late Sen ator Chandler, and to consider the time and place of holding the next National Conven lion. The rostmastcr-Gcneral has instructed the Postmasters at New York, Louisville, New Orleans and some other places where so- called lottery companies exist, to detain al reentered letters and money-orders ad dressed to them and return the same to the fnders, the letters to be stamped as " fraud ulent." Col. John Hay, at one time Private Secre tary for Presidct Lincoln, it is reported will be appointed First Assistant Secretary of State, in place of Mr. beward, resigned. A Washinjrton dispatch says that the forth coming message of the President will be shorter than usual and contain very few recommendations other than those com prised in the reports of his Cabinet officers. WEST AND SOUTHWEST. The cattle-ens of J. W. Gaff & Co., at Cincinnati, burned on the 8th, together with 930 head of cattle. Gov. Thclps of Missouri, on the 8th, tele graphed Adjutant-General Mitchell, whom he sent to Clarke County to investigate the lynching of Bill Young, that the law must be executed at all hazards; that the load au thorities should be sustained; and that if the people of Clarke County engage in in surrection, he could assure them that he (the Governor) would suppress it. Deputy Uuited States Marshal Johnson re cently arrested a number of men In the vi cinity of Fort Sill, Indian Territory, upon a charge of receiving stolen Government prop erty, lie started with them for Dallas, Texas, but was overtaken by the Sheriff with a posse and compelled to surrender the prisoners, who were then taken lnrfore. the local magistrate and dis charged. Johnson then rearrested the partiei and waa fined for contempt of Court. He then went to Dallas and procured a war rant for the arrest of the civil authorities for resisting a TJhited States process, but was powerless to execute it. The commanding officer at Fort Sill telegraphs a statement of the case to the AVar Department, and adds that he has declined to interfere without or ders from his superiors. The St. Louis Life Association of America has been declared bankrupt, and the State Superintendent of Insurance has entered in to possession and will at once wind up the company's affairs. Its assets are placed at 52,008,8(32, and its liabilities, at $2,100,730, ex clusive of the Judgment of the Columbia In surance Company for $1,090,200, recently rendered against it. The principal business portion of the vil lage of Napoleon, Ohio, was burned on the morning of the 9th. Loss $100,000, about one-half covered by insurance. A severe tornado visited portions of "Western Missouri on the 8th. At Tageville, Lafayette County, the depot of the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway and other buildings were demolished. Gen. Joe Shelby, who lives near by the town, was badly in jured by falling timber, and another man, named Shannon, had his back broken and died from the effects thereof. The wife of Senator David Davis of Illinois died at Lenox, Mass., where she was visiting relatives, on the 9th. She was a daughter of Judge Walker of Lenox, and was married in 1838. F. W. Perrv was hanged by some persons unknown at Cleora, Colo., on the night of the 9th. Perry had been found guilty by a Coroner's Jury of killing a man named Bar ley for the purpose of robbery During the night the prisoner's ruard mvstcriously disappeared, and on the following morning the murderer's dead body was found hanging to a tree. Tinned to the dead man's back was a paper stating that manv crimes had been commit ted in Chaffee County, the perpetrators of -which generally went unpunished, therefore the citizens had determined to take the law into their own hands. A company of 50 men from Cariza, New Mex.. who started out across the Mexican border on a hunt after Victoria's band of Apaches, were ambushed by the Indians In Chihuahua. Mexico, about 50 miles south of El Paso. Texas, and 82 of their numlcr kill ed. These Indians are the same that Major Morrow was after. They number about 200, and it is said they have killed about 200 white persons since they have been out on their foray. John and Michael Moede, brothers, who lived in the town of AVardas, Todd County, Minn., murdered in cold blood two men liv inir in the same neighborhood and secreted their bodies in the brush. One of themur dcred men was named Coldale. His wife had deserted him some time previous and gone to live with one or the Moedes, both of whom were bachelors. Soon afterward the Moedes' house was burned and they charged it upon Coldale. Then the latter and his com panion suddenly disappeared, and suspicion falling upon the Moedes, they were arrested at different places. John Moeao conies tn the murder and told where the bodies were secreted, and they were found, one be inz shot and the other brained with an ax- That night John was taken from the Jail at Lone Prairie bv a mob and haugett to a tree. Ilis brother was arrested in another county, but was being brought back to Long Prairie, w here-he doubtless met the same fate. A destructive cyclone passed through the northern portion of Crawford County, Ark on the 8th, doing an immense amount of dam age. The track was half a mile wide, and a clean sweep was made of every thing in its rath. Trees were twirled like straws.houses unroofed and overturned, and in places not even a sapling left standing. One house was lifted and transported out of sight. A man named Jo. Newton was killed by his falling house and quite a number had their legs and arms broken or were otherwise injured. John Summers, one of the injured by the St. Charles (Mo.) bridge disaster, died on the 11th, making the fifth victim. A gang of masked burglars forcibly took the Cashier of t he National Bank of German town, O., from his house, on the night of the 10th, and compelled him to accompany them to the bank and let them in. They got as far as the inner door of the safe, but were thwart ed there by a time-lock that neither they nor the Cashier could open. Sirs. Margaret Donovan, formerly Mrs. "Myers, of Memphis, committed suicide on the 10th by saturating her clothing with ker osene and then settiug it on fire, unfor tunate matrimonial and pecuniary compli cations are given as the cause. Information was received at San Antonio on the 11th of the capture oi cmnuanua, Mexico, on the 31st ulu, by the insurgent under Amago; The attack seems to have been a complete surprise, and Gen. Trias and other officials were taken prisoners. Gen. Grant's reception in Chicago on the 12th waa a most magnificent ovation. A pro cessibn aeveral miles long, embracing mili tary and civic societies, firemen, displays of tradesmen, etc., marched through tne pnn cipal streets. Gen. Grant rode in a carnage drawn by six horses and surrounded by a bodv-guard of soldiers. He was accom panied by Gov. Culloni and Mayor Harrison The latter made the formal address or wel come, which wag briefly responded to by Gen. Grant. At a later hour in the day Gen, Grant attended a meeting of the Socie' ty of the Army of the Tennessee and delib' ately read the longest speech of his life- nccunvine about three minutes in its delivery. Gen. W. Q. Gresham deliv ered the principal address upon this occasion, while Gov. Culloni, Gen. Sherman and others spoke at some length. At night there was a grand full-dress reception at Haverly's Theater, which was attended by probably every one who could obtain cards of admission. Notwithstanding the inclem ency of the earlier part of the day, the whole affair passed off in a most auspicious manner, The festivities were continued during the following day, the Union Veteran Club giv ing a reeeption to Gen. Grant at McVicker's Theater in the morning, which was filled with invited guests. The stage was set with appropriate tableaus and the usual amount of speech-making took place. A grand ban quet in the evening by the Society of the Army of the Tennessee wound up the two davs' festivities. Mr. A. G. Hensley, who with his aged mother resided at No. 32 De Kalb Street, Chicago, on the morning of the 13th was shot three times and mortally wounded by burg lars who had entered his house and whom he had made an effort to capture. The old lady was struck and badly hurt with a boot wielded by one of the villains. Julius Toettel was hanged at Sherman, Texas, on the 13th, for the murder of Joseph Brenner at Denison in January last. The steamer Belle of St. Louis, en route from St. Louis to Vicksburg, heavily laden, struck a snag about 20 miles above Memphis, on the 12th, and sank almost immediately in 12 feet of water. All the passengers were safely landed. The boat is said to be broken in two and her entire freight is badly dam aged. Loss not stated. The Governor of Michigan has appointed Fernando C. Beaman United States Senator to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Chandler. Mr. Beaman is a lawyer of some distinction, a native of Vermont, and about G5 years of age. He was a member of Con gress from Michigan for 10 consecutive years, being first elected in I860. Jordan Sheats (colored) was hanged at Danielsville, Ga., on the 14th, for the murder of a white man named Ledbetter in Febru ary last. Col. Scott is reported to have stated during his recent visit to St. Louis that a contract was about being closed for the construction of the Texas Pacific from Fort Worth, the present terminus, to El Paso, 700 miles west, within two years, where it will unite with the Southern Pacific, now pushing eastward at a rate that will soon bring it to El Taso. The Indian Commission, consisting of Gen. Hatch, Gen. Adams and Chief Ouray, ap. pointed to investigate the White River mas sacre, met and organized on the IJth at Log Pinos Agency. Chief Douglas was present and had signified his willingness to testify. As the Commission sits with closed doors, nothing will be known in relation to its pro ceedings until the oflicial report reaches Washington. Jay Gould has purchased Commodore Gar rison's (controlling) interest in me juissoun Pacific Railroad and will at once assume con trol of its affairs. The price paid was $3,- 800,000, which is said to net Commodore Garrison the handsome profit of $l,800,000on his original investment. The wife and two daughters of Albert Woodward were drowned while fording Clifty River, two miles from Columbus, O., on the 15th. A meeting of the Mississippi Valley States River Commission will be held at Louisville on December 2. Rev. J. W. rickett, a missionary of the Congregational Church, was instantly killed on the 14th by the overturning of the stage in which he was riding from Colorado Springs to Leadville, Colo. Mr. Pickett was favorably known throughout the West. Senators Cameron, Tlill and ance, of the Kellogg-Spofford Investigation sub-Com mittee, began their investigation at New Or leans on the 17th. EAST AND SOUTHEAST. Teter Little, Mrs. James Brown, his sister, and a 2-year-old son of the former were drowned on the 9th by the sinking of a boat in the Merrimac River at Lowell, Mass. The whaling-schooner Florence, formerly engaged in Arctic explorations, was lost re cently in Cumberland Straits, to the east of Hudson's Bay, by being driven ashore dur ing a gale. Her crew were all saved, but suffered great hardship on a barren shore before being picked up by a passing vessel. Richard Schell, a well known New York Democratic politician, died on the 10th. Senator Bayard and wife have returned from their European tour. The citizens of Wilmington gave them a grand reception up on their arrival home. Dr. Lovick Pierce, the venerable father of Methodism in Georgia, died at his home in Sparta, on the 10th, at the age of 95. In Lancaster County, S. C., on the night of the 8th, a white woman, Mrs. James Adams, cut the throat of her five children, set fire to her own clothing and burned to death. It is supposed she was insane. Charles II. Voorhis, member of Congress from the Fifth District, New Jersey.has been arrested by a United States Deputy Marshal on a charge of abstracting from the First Na Hnnal Bank of nackensack. of which he was President, collateral deposited to secure private loan. Charles Drews and Franklin Stichler were banned on the same gallows at Lebanon, Ta, on the 14th, for the murder of Joseph Raber in December last; and Myron A. Buell, aged 20. was hanged at Cooperstown, N.Y.,on the same dav. for the murder of Catherine May Richards, aged 15, in June last. A tenement-house at No. 80 Cannon Street, New York, burned on the night of the 13th. Joseph Balseki, his wife, two children and mother-in-law. occupied the fourth floor and were unable to escape. BuN-k jumped from the window and was instantlv killed. The others were suffocated in their rooms. Mrs. Bubischer oceupiei the third floor. She dropped her two chil dren from a window and they were caught in the arms of firemen and saved. She then herself jumped, before the fire men were aware of her intentions, struck the pavement, and was probably fa tally injured. Patrick Lynch, a fireman.was fatally burned while making a heroic but Ineffectual effort to save the lives of the helpless inmates. He died within a few hours afterwards. FOREIGN. The Chilian land and naval forces recently made a combined attack on Pisagua, Peru, which was taken after a five hours' bombard ment. The Chilian loss in killed and wound- The 1 edis variously placed at 300 and 500, Peruvian loss is not stated. The steamer St. Louis left Liverpool on the 11th, for New Orleans, with 120 parn. gers, nearly all for Texas. There are jmong them many farmers, some w uu umi jes, ana a number of merchants. It was reported in London Paris on the 14th that the British Ambafgador to Tur key had been directed to h.old no further communication with the "Porte regarding Asia Minor, and that the British fleet had been ordered to enter trje Black Sea. GE',ERAI The steamship A jizona of the Guion line, from New York f ar Liverpool, had a narrow escape from destruction while crossing Grand Banks, SO0 miles from St. John's, N. F., on the night of the 7th. While under full et earn she ran squarely into an immense floating iceberg, causing a terrible shoe The bow and forward compartments were stove in and several sailors in their berths were injured. There was a great scare among the passengers, but a panic was fortunately prevented by the coolness of tne omoers. The injured vessel put into St. John's for re pairs. The whaling-schooner Petrel, Capt.George Fisher, of Newburyport, Mass., was dis masted and capsized in the North Atlantic during a gale on the 29th of October. She had on board 21 persons, 15 of whom, includ ing the Captain, were drowned. The six survivors clung to the WTeck for five days, when they were picked up by the Austrian bark Rebus and. brought to New l ork, ar riving there on the 8th. Their situation when rescued is described as being pitiable in the extreme. They had some food, though but little water and scarcely any clothing. Hanlan and Courtney have signed articles of agreement to row a race on the Potomac, near Washington, on the 9th of December, Gen. Grant's future programme, as an nounced from Chicago on the 14th, is sub stantial! v as follows: Leave Chicago about November 20 and return to Galena, where he will rest for three weeks. He will then isit Indianapolis on Dec 9, going thence to Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus, Pittsburg, Philadelphia and New York, wintering in the South possibly in Havana. The British Consul at New lork has in formed his Government that American Fenians are offering money and arms to Irish tenant farmers to enable them to resist evic tion. The November report of the Department of Agriculture shows a decided increase in the condition of cotton for October. The States bordering on the Mississippi report generally favorable weather; the South Atlantic States somewhat unfavorable. Compared with last .year there is an estimated gross deficit of 200,000 bales. The wheat crop is estimated at 20,000,000 bushels in excess of that of last year, while corn shows an increase of 200,000,000 bushels. Tobacco falls off 2 per cent, from last year. Revised Election Returns. Revised returns from the recent elections, received up to the 14th, are as follows: New York Cornell, Rep., for Governor has a plurality of about 40,000. John Kel ly's vote for Governor was about 77,500. The remainder of the Republican State ticket, with the exception of State Engineer and Surveyor, is elected by majorities rangin, from 1,000 to 8,000. Pennsylvania Returns from every county In the State give a total vote for State Treas urer as follows: Butler (Rep.), 280,153; Barr (Dem.), 221,815; Sutton (Greenb.), 27,20' Richardson (Proh.), 3,219. Butler's plurality. 58,338. Virginia The vote on the readjustment of the State debt is believed to have gone in fa vor of the Readjusters. A Terrible Disaster at Sea. Special to St. Louis Globe-Democrat. New York. November 8. The steamer Champion, of the New York and Charleston steamship company, wnicnsaiiuu ihjiuuci York last Thursday, waa run into and sunk inside of five minutes, on Fricrav morning. about 4 o'clock, when about 35 miles east of Cape I'eniopen, oy we jinusn iron-moy Lady Octavia, from the Delaware Break water for New York, and of the 16 passenger on board 12, including the live women pas sengers, are supposed to have gone down with the vessel, making A I.OSS OK TWENTY-EIGHT LIVES). Four of the passeneers and two of the crew were taken off by the bark Pctic Codi r.. which came alongside after the collision and which is bound for Philadelphia, and the names of these persons are not known. Twenty other persons oi me crew, liiciuumg Capt. K. W. Lockwood, Second Officer Chas. Miller, Chief Engineer Wesley Reeve, and Chas. E. Hunce, his first assistant, were icked up by the Lady Octavta's Doaw. 'ine ..id v Octavia was on the war out from the Delaware Breakwater for New York, and her lookout saw the lights of the steamer ten minutes before the collision. When the ves sels were close together the course of the steamerwas suddenly cnanued, ana men ine shin crashed into the steamer's starboard bow. The L.ady uctavia'g dow was so uauiy damaged that she put In to Philadelphia lor repairs. Capt. James jonnson, ner master, asserts that the steamer came at his vessel end on, and that there was no way or avoid ing the collision, anu ne Bays mat ne uas been informed that the steamer's lookout was aloft loosening sail Just before the col lision. CAPTAIN LOCKWOOD'8 STORY. To-day Captain Lockwood and 16 of the saved took trains for this city, where they arrived at 4:30. The Captain went at once to the office, and after an hour's consultation with the owners, told the story of the ios of the Champion: "When we had been out about 10 hours." he said. "I went to my room The nieht was calm and clear, and quite light. It wag then about 5 a.m. I had not been in my room more than five minutes when heard some one on deck shout Sail ahead 1 jumped from my bed to the pilot house, and ramr the bell to stop the ship. The en- pines stopped, and I rang the bell to reverse them. At this time I noticed a ship steering in an east-northeast direction, while we were coin? southwest bv south, half west the ship was quite close to us. I put the helm about so as to go astern of her, but it was too late, and scarcely a minute after the ship struck us on the starboard bow Just abaft the cathead, cutting our ship away be low the water lino. The whole bow wag stove in. and I ordered my first officer, Mr. Leonard, who was the oflicer of the watch, to go forward and see if the steamer was mak ing water. He had hardly gone when I felt that she was settling, ana oruerea ine sec ond officer to clear away the boats, and af xerwarus torn unit w vut lui-uj htij, ,uu iug life raft, too. One of the boats and the life raft were cut awav. I then ran to the cabin and endeavored to get the ladies out of their rooms, but I could not. I asked them to come out without stopping to dress to sav themselves. There was some shrieking, and one or two of the men came into the cabin, but none of the ladies. When I re turned to the deck the ship had settled con sideratiiv forward and was rapidly sinking, J minute later she went down with a plunge can-vine every bodv with her. I went down but soon came to the surface again, and dis mvsrpil the life-hnut. bottom ud. near me, The Chief Engineer and I righted it and bailed it out with our hats. The last I saw of Mr. Leonard was when he went forward. He was about 48 years old, and has been sailing with me for 14 years. I have always regarded him as a careful and efficient officer. The Champion carried our life-boats and life-craft all in good order. We were under full steam and had just set the foretop sail when the collision occurred. The steamer is sunk in about 14 fathoms of water. The topmasts are Just visible above the water. I think the ship could have got out of the road and avoided the accident. I do not care to speak about that part of it. I have been 14 vears on the coast, and before that I was a Charleston pilot." The Metropolitan of Moscow lately preached on the inf allibilit j of the Czar, a doctrine formerly held by the ortho dox Greek Church, but of late years suf fered to fall into abeyance. Tjjxo THE MISSOURI RIVER. Taa Stories of t Survivors of the Lata Terrible Bridgo Aeciaeni. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. JOHN SUMMERS lay on his hack in bed, and in a low yoioe that spoke f the pain that he wag suffering, said: " I live at Malvern Junction, Iowa, and wis on mr way to Buffalo witn some nocK. I was asleep in the caboose at the time. I was awakened by a loud noise; I saw by the roof of the car that we were falling; then came a srmsh. and the aida of t be 'boose cavea in; something hit me on the head, and the next 1 knew some people naa me oui.ua uie uui. I went to sleep again then and when I woke up It was in this room, and they told me my leg was broken In two places. I ain't dead yet, and I calculate to pull through." FRED DAVIS, a youth of 22, hails from Malvern Junc tion, Iowa, and was John Summers' " pardner." Fred told his story to the re porter in a rree-ana-easy maimer; i wss on the outside platform of the caboose hold ing on the railing and looking at the bridge. I was holding on to the railing; Jack,' my pardner,' was sleeping inside. All of a sud den there was a kind of Jerk; Just one little Jar, and then I could hear the cars a going down, making an awful noise. Pretty goon the caboose began to go too. It was kind of smooth and easy. I couldn't tell how long it took to fall. It wasn't pretty long, lean tell you. I was Just as cool as I am now, and T mn remember how I felt: but I Can't ex plain. I felt kind of like I was gone. I didn't pet excited, but I held on to the rail until I got down. There was a crash, and I got knocked down flat. 1 ou know how tne ca boose was split up. Maybe, lor a minute or so, I didn't remember any thing until I heard Jack Summers groaning, i ne uiyo uau goi inset., and a lot of the hre fell on me. I re member how it burned at the time. There was a whole lot of little boards on me, but I crawled out and crawled over to where .Tnek was. and I Btaid with him untu they took us off. I thought last night I was a foner; 1 leit sick, use a wameu ui vuiuu; ut I am all right now, and I am going home in a day or two." From the St. Louts Times. 8TRAHAN '8 MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. The seventh occupant of the caboose was J. M. Strahan, whose escape rrom ine ca boose, as it was about to go down, was ex- eeedinulv narrow. In conversation with a Times reporter yesterday he related his ex nerience as follows: . . . . i .i - vr.i n. 1 am a iarmerauu resiuo uc jxiai.ciu, Mills County, Iowa. I had five car-loads oi cattle and five of hogs in the train. When the train started 1 got into the caDoose ana stood in the rear end as it went on the hridce. Bamhart. one of tne DraKemen, came in, got a drink of water and a cnew ol tobacco and then went up on the top of the ear. The train was moving along very slow lv. Tliere were four drovers in the car be sides me, and Charley Irwin the other brakeraan who died here a little wnne ago. When the train got well on the bridge Mr. Hyde was asleep on his seat and io was Mr. Summers. Mr. Wearen and the young man Davis were sitting down, but I don't know whether they were asleep or not. After we had been going along on the bridge a few moments I heard a strange noise in the front of the train. I couldn't describe it but it was a peculiar kind of a noise that startled me, although I did not think at the time that an accident was about io occur. But it seemed such a strange noise tnat j thought I would try and see what it was. J termed out on the rear platform o( the ca boose and just then I heard a crashing and splashinz in the water. As I stepped on the platform I looked off and saw a good chance to get onto the timbers of the bridge. I did go and looked around and saw the car next to the caboose Jast going over the open place in the bridge. Almost instantly the caboose followed and went crashing down on tne other cars. I was startled, of course, and I knew in an instant that something terrible had happened, but I could do noth lmr at that time. so I walked back over the bridge into town. When I left the car and went out on the platform I didn't say any thing to the other men, because I did not think that an accident was going to hap pen, and even when I got off the car I did not know what was going on until I saw the train going down, and then it was too late to do any thing to save the others. Before the train went down it was moving along steady and nice, and when I heard the noise I had no idea what it was." Mr. Strahan. whose manner indicated that he was possessed of a remarkable degree of self-control, is a tall, plainly dressed man, who had evidently Bpent the greater portion of his life on a farm. While he seemed to feel that he had a very narrow escape he treated the matter rather indifferently as though it had been an every-day occurrence. HOW IT HAPPENED. From information gleaned from various sources the following appears as a correct statement of the accident ana it auenaani circumstances: The train was a special one, and was made up at Malvern. Mills County, Iowa, of 17 cars tilled with live stock for the St. Louis market and a caboose. Eleven of these cars contained cattle and six contained hofrs. At Moberlv it was taken charge of by conductor O. C. Kinley. The conductor reirisiereil at St. Charlea at 8:10 o'clock and stepped Into the locomotive. When the win started to cross the bridge there were five drovers and a brakeman in the caboose, and another brakeman on the roof of the car. Ten minutes are allowed in which to cross the bridge that is. it must not be crossed in shorter time than that, but more time may be consumed in transit if it is thought nec essary. It was exactly 8:20 o'clock when the tre ised portion of the bndsre was reaeneu and Conductor Kinley stepped from the en gine to the bridge to watch the train a it passed over, intending to Jump on the ca boose as it came along. The engine and one car passeu me western spau ru bbicit, ucu suddenly the conductor was startled by a crash, and the second, third and fourth cars sank into the river, breakingthe coupling of the first and second cars, l ne rear portion of the train remained on the bridge an in st ant, and was then drawn into the yawning aysa ana cusappeareu wiui KHmivmu Gen. Grant in Chicago A Grand Re ception. Compiled from Associated Press Dispatches. Chicago, November 12. The morn ing which has long been looked for as the inauguration day of the unusual festivities attending the annual meeting of the Army of the Tennessee opened with a dull sky.and op to 8 o'clock the rain fell in brisk showers. Along towards 9, however, the sky became brighter and the sun came out at times, making the prospect more favorable for the procession and for decorating. The streets along the line of march are profusely dec orated with emblems of welcome and of con gratulation. As no arches were erected there is little call for special mention, where all are about equally meritorious as to de sign. The newspaper offices generally have done fine work with flags, bunting and ever greens. The theaters are also noticeably ar tistic. Scarcely a building along the line of march lacks some sort of decoration. The train from Galena, bearing General Grant, arrived at Park Row, on the South Side, promptiy at 1 o'clock. At this time the rain was falling heavilv, but in a few min utes the clouds lifted and the sun shone brightly. General Grant alighted, with his party, from the special car of President Ackrrman, of the Illinois Central Railroad, and took a seat in the carriage provided for him. The procession, wh ich was com posed large ly of military and civic societies, interspersed with many bauds of music, moved through some of the principal business streets. General Grant left the procession at the Palmer House and reviewed it from a tem porary balcony. It was of great length, re iiiriiig over two hours to pass a given point. There was a dense and appreciative crowd along the whole line of march, which cheered the notable members aud organizations of the procession, but gave their loudt-st ap plause to Generals Grant, Sherman and Sheridan. After the review General Grant was form ally welcomed by Mayor Harrison, who spuke in the rotunda of the. Palmer House. The Mayor welcomed him as one of the most renowned of American citizens, whose Jour ney round the world had been watched with feelings of trratifieation, considering that his passport was simplv that of an American citizen. He alluded to the services of Gen eral Grant during the late war, to his gener osity toward General Lee, and to his eleva tion to the Presidency. The speech was ap plauded heartily. Gen. Grant replied briefly. After ex pressing his thanks for the honor which had been accorded him, he said: To one allusion of my reception ahroad I will say that in every case I felt that It was a trioute to our own country. I will add, fur ther, that our wuntry stands differently ahroad In the estimation of European ana Kastem nations from what it did a quarter of a century ajco. An American citizen is regard ed in a different light from the American citi ten of a quarter of a century ar- Atthiittime it was believed we bad no ation it waa merely a confederation of States tied together bv a rope oi sana, ana wouia fnve way upon the sllKhte&t friction. They have found it waa a mistake. They know we have now a Na tion ; that we are a Nation of strong and intel ligent and brave pwple, capable of Judging and knowing our rights, and determined on all occasions to mauituin tnem Riuns enner domestic or foreign foes, and that is the re ception you, an a Nation, have received tn rough me wnust i was aorouu. MEETING OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. The reception riven by the Society of the Army of the Tennessee to Gen. Grant took place this erening at Haverly's Theater. The auditorium, the largest in the city, was beautifully decorated with nags, lesloons oi flowers and wreaths. The immense build ing was filled to its utmost capacity with an audience which, upon arrival of Gen. Grant and staff, broke into hearty applause. Upon the stage were seated manv of his prominent officers, including Gens. Sherman and Sher idan. Gov. Cullom. Mayor Harrison and other dignitariea were also present. Gov. Cullom made some mtroauctory re marks, after which Judge Gresham delivered the annual address. Gen. Grant was then called for, and proceeded to read the follow ing address from manuscript: After an absence of several years from the atherintis of the Society of the Army of the ennessee. it affords me heartfelt pleasure to be again with you, my earliest comrades in arms in a great conflict for Nationality and the Union of all States under one tree and al wavs-to-be-nmintuiiied Government. In my lomr absence from the country I have hud a most favorable opportunity lor M'iii and comparing in my own mind our institutions with those or Asia comparing our resources, developed and dormnut. the cupacity nnu en- erev of our people for upholding the Govern ment and developing its resources, with most of the civilized people of the world. Kj ery where, from England to Jupan, irom jiussia to Snuin and 1'ortuirui we are unuersroou. our resources highly appreciated, and the zens recognized. My receptions have been RK1I1. eiieriTV HI1U lIlHJJUKriltC VI .lie l.iu- your receptions. They have been everywhere a kind acknowledgment that tho United States is a Nation a strong, independent and free Nation, composed of strong, brave and Intelligent people, capable of Judging their rights and reailv to maintain tiieui at uu hazards. This is a non-partisan association, but composed of men who are united in a de termination that no foe, domestic or foreign. shall interfere between us and the inamte nance of our grand aud freecnlightened insti tutions and the unity of all the states. The area of our country, ita fertility, tho energy and resources of our people, with the spursity Of our population coniparea to tne area, post nnnn the dav tor generations to come when our descendants will have to consider the question how our soil will support them, how tne most can be produced to support human life without reference to the taste or desires of the people, and when but few can ex ercise the privilege cf the plain luxury f selecting the articles of food they will eat, the quantity and quality oi clot mug thev wear, but will remain the abundant home of all who possess energy and strength and make good use of them, if we remain true to ourselves. Such a country is ono to bo proud of. I am proud of it proud that I uiu an American citizen. Every citizen North, South Kust mid West eniovs a common her- itiure.and should feci an equal pride. I am clad these soeietv meetings keep up their exist ence so long niter the events which in a sense they commemorate have passed away. They do not serve to keep up sectional feeling or bitterness toward our late foe, but they do keep up the feeling that we are a Nation, and that it must be preserved one nnil indivisible. We feel and maintain that those who fought, and fought bravely on the onnosite eidelroin us. nave equal claims with ourselves in the blessings of our groat and common country. Weclitim tor tnem tne rii.ht to travel all over this broiwl land and se- le. t where thev nleoae the right to settle, bo- come citizens and enioy their political and religious convictions free from molestation or ostracism, either on account of them or their connection with the past. We ask nothing more for ourselves, ana wouia rejoice to seo them beeonie powerful rivals in tho develop ment of our urent resources, in the acquisi tion of all that should be desirable in this life. and in patriotism and in love oi country. JApplause.j There was a gone and then another gur prise in the presentation of an elegant silk banner to the society. It was presented in an eloquent speech by Gen. Logan, and ac, cented on behalf of the society by Gen. Sher man in a witty speech. There being calls for Sheridan, Pope, Oglesby and "Mark Twain," those gentlemen responded, the exercises lasting until a late hour. Then the tattoo and adjournment until to-morrow. A Case of Mistaken Identity. If the trunk manufacturers do not quit making so many thousands of va lises exactly alike, somebody is going to o-et into some awful trouble aoout some time, and some trunk-maker will be sued for damages enough to build a court-house. The other day an omnibus full of pas sengers drove up town from the Union Depot. Side by side sat a commercial traveler, named William Macaby, and Mrs. Winnie C Dunibleton, the eminent lady temperance-lecturer. When the omnibus reached the 15arret House, the commercial missionary seized his val and started out. The lady made a grab after him. and he halted. " I be- Your pardon," she said, " but vou have ray valise." " You are certainly mistaken, madam," the traveler said, courteously. but firmlv. this is mine " No, sir," the lady replied firmly, " it is mine. I would know it among a thousand. Yon must not take it But the traveler persisted and the lady insisted, and they came very near quar reling. Presently one of the passengers unintert to a twin valise m the omnibus and asked: "Whose is that?" " It isn't mine." said the traveler : "it is iust like it. but this is mine." " And it isn't mine," said the lady " he has mine, and I'll have it or I'll have the law on him. It's a pity if a ladv can't travel alone in this country without being robbed of her property in broad davliirht." Finally, the traveler said he would onen the valise to prove his property The ladv obiected at first, saying she did not want her valise opened in the presence of a crowd of strangers. But as there was no other means of settling the dispute she at length consented. The traveler sprung the lock, opened the valise, and the curious crowd bent for ward to see. On the very top of every thing lay a b r flat flask, hall-full oi wnisKy, a aecs. of cards, and one or two things that no body knows the name of. The traveler was the first to recover his self-possession and speech. " Madam," he said, " you are right The valise is yours. I owe you a thou sand anolo " But the ladv had fainted, and the traveler relocked his valise with a quiet smile. Early in the afternoon a sign painter down town receivea a note in feminine hand, asking him to come to the Barret House to mark a red-leather valise in black letters a foot and a half long. Burlington Uau kcye. The other evening, just before sun down, a gentleman who was sitting by his window casuallly remarked : " There goes the woman that George Brown's dead gone on." His wife, who was in the room getting snpper ready, dropped a plate on tho floor, stumbled over the baby, and ran like a quarter-horse to the window, with, "Where? where? Tell me quick! " " The one with the long cloak just at the corner." Then the woman at. the window said in deep disgust : " Why, that's Brown's wife." 44 Yes exactly,1' remarked the brutal husband, quietly. Then the disappoint ed woman went back and got supper ieady, but her usually sweet disposition was soured for the entire evening. Ex change. Disturbed parent and his 5-year-old 44 See here, sonny ; what did your mother tell you?" 44 She told me not to jump." 44 What makes you jump, then?" 44 1 didn't hear her." ITEMS OF INTEREST. Personal and Literary. " The Trumpet Major " is the title of Thomas Hardy's new novel. Lydia Maria Child is now 77 years old, and lives at her old home in Way land, Mass. Charles Reade has made $175,000 by his writings, and he has an income of $7,000. A new edition of the works of Ivan Tourgueneff, in 10 volumes, has just ap peared in Russia. The first number of the Iwrora daily newspaper, planned ana issuea Dy tne Vatican, will appear the first of January next, as a more authoritative exponent of the Pope's views than the existing clerical newspaper. Bavard Taylor was named after James A. Bayard of Delaware, grandfa ther of the present fcenator. -Mr. stea- man is authonty for the statement mat he prefixed the initial " J " in signing his youthful pieces, " thinking it would look better." On his twenty-first birth day Taylor resumed his original signa ture, "Bayard," without any "J," which he never changed. Maj. Serpa Pinto's new work, giv ing the account oi his great journey across Africa, will be entitled " The Kinjr's Iiille ; from the Atlantic to the Indian Sea, across Unknown Countries, and Discover' of the Great Zambesi Af fluents." It will be enriched by nu merous wood-cuts from Maj. linto's own sketches and photographs, also by about 15 maps. Editions in French, Portuiruese. German, and English are being simultaneously prepared. Miss Dudu Fletcher, the clever and pretty author of " Kismet " and other novels, has disgusted, it is said, all the match-making mammas in Rome by be coming engaged to a great matrimonial prize, Lord Wentworth. As Lady Went- worth this brilliant ana sparkJing young woman will doubtless grow even more charming, and it is to be hoped will not give up the literary work in which she has shown so much promise. Gustave Dore, the famous painter and draii2htsman, is at work on an il lustrated edition of Shakespeare, which he intends to be the supreme effort of his life. The enormous number of pic tures that he has painted, and of the works of fiction and poetry that his genius has embellished, has given rise to a general impression that Dore is a man well advanced in life, whereas he is only 45 years of age, and remarkably young and vigorous at that. Science and Industry. Postal-cards, now almost universal, started in Austria in 18G5. The amount of lumber floated down the Mississippi River this season is sim ply immense. In the month ot uctoDer alone 4G,000,000 feet of lumber and 3,000,000 feet of logs passed through the Government canal at Keokuk, Iowa. Baltimore capitalists have 700 men at work in a copper mine in Ashe Coun ty, N. C, just on the edge of Virginia and Tennessee, and 10,000 pounds of refined metal are turned out daily, the ore yielding 400 pounds of copper to the ton. To make an umbrella cover water proof, apply first a strong, hot, aqueous solution of soap, then a solution of alum, sulphate of alumina, or lead acetate (sugar of lead) ; again the soap solu tion, and finally wash with hot water. The President of the California State Viticultural Society has reported 60,000 - - : , acres covered with vineyards numbering 45,000,000 vines, and representing, with the land, a capital of $:J0,000,000. An other complete report is to be made 10 years hence. The statement of receipts from in ternal revenue from July 1 to Septem ber 30, 1879, as compared with a like period in 1878, shows an increase of $2,059,448 from collections on spirit; decrease 1,422,276 from tobacco, and increase $289,191 from fermented liquors. The employment of women in the telegraph service in France on a large scale has now begun at Paris, where 240 girls are undergoing an apprenticeship of three months on trial. They are cheaper than men, getting only $200 a year, whereas men get $300 and $400. The girls are not expected to do night work. The summer packing season which has just closed was of a magnitude un precedented in the history of Chicago. Last winter the packing amounted to 2,943,000 hogs, and during the summer to 2,090,000, making a grand total of 5,033,000 for the last 12 months. The aggregate net weight of the pork product was 1,031,765,000 pounds, val ued at about $41,000,000. School and Church. There are two Baptist Churches in South America ; one at Santa Barbara, Brazil, and the other at Demerara, Guiana. The Czar has recently granted reli- trious liberty to the Baptists, who are put on an equal footing with his ortho dox subjects The Mennonites are about to estab lish a mission among the Indians in the Island of Kodjah, 600 miles West of Sitka, Alaska. X lie inu daughter of Professor Horsford, daughter of Mr. Author Gilma The two Misses Longfellow, a and a llman are anions' the ladv students at Harvard. The colored Episcopal Church in n Washington, whereof Dr. Crnmnn-1 is pastor, has 150 communicants, and the Doctor believes it could be easily in creased to 800 or 1,000 if he only had a larrrer church. The chapel he now has holds only 75 persons. An appeal is made for $1,500 or $2,000 to finish the new and large edifice now in course of erection. Seventy-fonr pupils are educated at the Sam Ilouston Normal School at Huntsvilc, Texas, free of charge, to be come teachers in the public schools. The Legislature has appropriated $14, OOOof the school fund to this purpose.and the Peabody fund give3 $6,000 more, making $20,000 a year for this great and beneficent work. Atlanta University opens with 95 boarders and the hearty good will of many of the white as well as the col ored people of Atlanta and the sur rounding cities. The Peabody fund, by advice of Dr. Orr, State School Com missioner, has established 14 scholar ships, each $72 per year, in the Normal Department. The members of Con gress for Georgia will endeavor to se cure a share of the $500,000 unclaimed bounty money of colored soldiers for Atlanta University. There are now in Germany 20 uni versities, and all of them have the same constitution. As they are partially sup ported b'y the State, the latter claims a right of control. In the days of reac tion which followed the Napoleonic wars and the revolutionary outbreak of 1848 this right was often exercised to the detriment of the universities, and if Prince Bismarck continues his present policy like experiences may befall them. But at present each university manage its own affairs and has the appointment of its own professors., The Western Michigan Methodist Conference at its recent meeting gave unmistakable expression to its senti ments on the use of tobacco by the unanimous adoption of the following resolutions: 1. That hereafter no young man using tobacco in any form, coming . j , i . t .r -t. -ii m a laiuuuwj mr ine ministry, ?uu m received into this Conference ; 2. That those members of this Conference al ready addicted to the use of tobacco are exhorted to desist from it in public and when in the company of persons who do not use it; 3. That ajl circuits and missions are advised not to send delegates to this Conference hereafter who are users of tobacco; 4. That no local preacher will be ordained an elder who uses tobacco. . Foreign Notes. The future Queen .Christina of Spain is a wise and kindly young lady. She has begged her betrothed to econo mize as far as possible in the expenses of their wedding festivities, and. to give the money to the sufferers by the late floods in Spain. The Berlin correspondent of the Paris Globe says that Prince Bismarck, now intent on getting all railroads into the hands of the State, contemplates that as soon as possible the State shall become grand insurer-1-life, fire and marine. lie has directed minute inqui ries into the business. The Cologne Gazette states that the Emperor of Germany (whose affection for his nephew the Czar is undoubted) was very reluctant to conclude an anti- Russian alliance with Austria, and that only the evident hostility of the Russian Government, not that of the Panslavist party, induced him to consent. The Crown Prince of Germany is living very quietly and simply with his family in Italy like Berlin liourgeoise, it is said. The Prince walks about the country alone a great deal, and takes particular pleasure in stopping to talk to the children' he meets, to whom he gives small pieces of money. The re port of his generosity has spread rap idly among the urchins of the country. The tusk sent by Cetewayo as a herald of peace was brought over from Zuzuland by Sir Evelyn Wood, and at the command of the Queen, was imme diately sent to Balmoral, at great ex pense and inconvenience, for her curi ous inspection. It has now come back, and is being exhibited, as were King Theodore's umbrella and the King of Dahomey's throne. The tusk is said to be the largest ever seen in Europe, being 17 feet in length and over half a yard in circumference. , , . Baron Rothschild of Vienna, has a favorite horse, for whose accommoda tion he has had a special loose box built at the cost of $12,000. This elegant " room forms part of a new stable, wnich cost $80,000, and which has marble floors ; encaustic tiles painted by distin guished artists ; rings, chains and drain traps of silver, and walls frescoed with splendid hunting scenes from the pene'ls of eminent animal painters. The Baron's annual income is fortunately $1,600,000. The scene in which the Duke of Baylen asked for the Spanish King the hand of the Archduchess Christina was as imposing as any thing in the Middle Ages. The Austrian Emperor stood on a dais at one end of a lofty apartment filled with the brilliantly colored light from stained windows adorned with the armorial bearings of seven centuries of Hapsburghs. He was in full uniform and surrounded by his court and minis try, and his Hungarian guards in their rich uniforms. The Archduchess went through her part of the ceremony in a charming costume of pink satin and pearls. Odds and Kmls. A stag is frequently obliged to run for deer life. The miser is the great original chest- protector. People who give tone to society rarely give any thing else. Many a man who puffs at mounting a flight of stairs will run up an account with the greatest ease. t Notwithstanding all the modern im provements of husbandry, the matrimo nial harvest is still gathered with the cradle and thrashed by hand. "Now, will you admit you are licked?" yelled the upper man in a street fight. "No, sir," replied the un der chap ; " I ain't licked, but I'm sat isfied. ' THASKSGIVISO GIBLET. I- Roasted tnrkev ain't worth nuffin 1'nless it'sstutfetl with oyster .-tullin. 1L Tom-and-Jerry now Is here To Miperseile the Arctic hwr. III. Snndwlehc-t of seasoned meat Now are ripe enongh to eat. Children, don't eat jelly-cuke, II vou'd shun tiie ytomuch ache. C'on't send the heirtrar man away . All hungry from your door to-day. These cold nights the av'rHfce fellow Is inclined to wax him mellow. TIIE MARKETS. !TOTW YORK. November 17. 1879. CATTLE Native Steer i-T5 $S.75 5 HKKP Common to Choice, 3.00 W 4.25 HCKiS Live 3-UO a 4.10 COTTON 'lidillinir. 0 12 7.75 1.30 67 ) 7 11.10 11 4.00 4.25 3.00 3.70 3.90 J.75 3.00 6.00 S.ilO !.2W 1.17 37K 31 75 2.50 3.00 5.50 16.50 2! 1 11.00 61 31 4.0 4.10 3.SO 5.00 6.00 1.15 n.r"K ;rMd u Choice WHEAT No.isprim; COIt.N No 1 Vhit OA TS Western Mixed PORK Mess ST. LOCiS. COTTON Middling. BfcEVES Choice to Fancy. - Goo'l to Prime...... N uti ve Cows. . ,. . . Texan Sfeer IIOGS Common to Select.... SI1EEI' Common to Choice.. Lambs, per heud FLOUU Choice XXX WHEAT Red Winter. No. 3.. Red Winter, No. S.. CORN No. 2 Mixed OATS No.3 UYK-No. i TIMOTHY SEED Prime TOUACCO Dark Liiifs Medium DurkLeuf.. HAY Choice Tiinothv lil TI'ti: Choice Dairy KMiS Kmth Candled PORK -Standard Mesa WOOL Tub-washed Unwashed Mixed CHICAGO. CATTLE Native steers HOGS common to Choice.... SHEEP Common to Choice.. FLOCK Extru Snprtlnt9... WHEAT Spring No. 2 So. 3. CORN Fresh OATS No. RY E No. 2.. ....... PORK Mess NEW ORLEANS, rLOCB Ifi(?h Grade CORN White OATS Choice 5.- a 67 45 0 11.00 4.30 4.00 2.25 2.00 2.75 2.00 2.00 5.-.IO 5.15 1.25 l.lrt :t) a 2.:tf 2.5M 4M 15.75 is im 15 S 10.75 4:1 2S 2.00 3.55 3.40 5.25 4.25 1.15 1.05 l.Ofi 41 34 71 10.50 7.00 6 42 21.00 12-50 0H 4,' 34.S 71 10.25 a 8.25 57 41 20.00 HAY-Choice POKK'-New Mess BACON , COTTON Middling. . 11.75 Ot0 m