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Vermont makes a lamentable, shotting us compare 1 with her sister Stile of.New Hani, shlre In icgml to sivluirs banks ami sivlnns bank depos'ts. New Hampshire has 0) cf these institutions, with 104,433 depositors white Vermont has hut 2 J (Including three trust companies) with only 12,583 ilcposl. tors. The Now lkmpsklrc deposits are 530,181, ISO; those of Vermont me 12, C7j,850. A Washington correspondent says, apropos ot S. . Pursers letter, already given In otr tck graph columns, that Durscy until re cently considered tho prosecution, so far is he v is concerned, a farce, and now that he has cause to believe himself In real danger he Is showing n very ugly spirit, lie Is quoted as having threatened pilvately to make dam- ning disclosures If pushed to the wall; and he has an idea that his services to tho patty should protect him against the law. This has lu times past been found to work pretty well hut It will net do so In theso days. "Let no entity man C3cape" Is, or at least ought to he. tho motto of the day. Tho Milwaukee Witconttii says that Son ntor Kdmtmds, In a ptlvntu letter to a gentle man in that city, expresses the most dciided opposition to any itiuvu Intended In brinj him before tho pcoplo as a candidate for llio l'lcsldcncy, ns he picfers to remain lu the Senate n emilifin he regards as of more hoim and usefulness than nny other In Amer ican polities. l?eiiator IMmunels' preference. in this matter, ins been rcpeatciliy cxpicsscd hcrctoloic. It is not iicee'sar) to ray that it lully ace euels with Hie wishes nf the people of the Comments calth he to ably anil acceptably tepresei.ts. As long ns ho is content to lepreent Yetmont in tho Senate, Virinont will be- pieud and glad to bo represented by him. Claims for comi cmatlun fer all manner of m vices nnd fin ii utl manner of jicoplo pour ed lu upon the (l.irfield aiiilithu committee1. All ll'titc ttho iciidc red tiny Mud of fceivice diilli'2 the l'lcside'tit's 1 itt sickness asked to be icnium-tale-d for 1 lie lr trouble tipon a cadi baH, nr.il this uliliriiinh whit liny elid may have ht -n il me entirely at their own lust me'c :ui 1 without an Invitation from nny one. The elisraeelul tcramble is noev ended, the e muuillcc hiving completed its work. It ultima i'.'T.MJ t) llie pliysicians llliss iiliOO. l)i. Airncv and Ilamllton 45000 I'aeh, Dr. llct'bui'n uu'l Dr. lloynlon $10)0 "it'li and .Mis. lMson f 3000 ; for services n.id supji'ie', yjOJ'.t lor extra servicea by (lovcrn'uent cnipl-itd, ijollO ; niidvln,; a Ijt.iiid total ol i;iSi,S00. '1 he IVpo of Home issues his protest and eomp'ulnl because the Italian comts bae tlec'iircd thiil the law of the couutiy has putt e r cve'n w itli.u the w alls of the Vatican. One ed the l'tipa'a ulhcials, his ".Major 1) mo," oi etiiet id hemsc-hold, refused to pay .i deht he emcd to n tliidesman in the eity of liiai.e: the c-tcditcu sueil the elcbtor, wheie u.wi, the latter pteaeled that he could not liu re lit licet by any pioeess of the civil litv, tceausc ho tttis liting in the precincts ot tl.e Vatican, uud wns t lie Pope's servi.Lt, lint the lial.nn courts decided that no sue.li l.nmunity from the operations otthelawot the laud is conreircd by u re'sidence lu the I'upj's pnhieo or premises, an 1 decreed that the l'opo's mm must piy his debts, -just r.s any other citizen of Italy must under sini liar e iicumslunccs. Tli is liu suptcmacy of the civil government and of the law of Italy over the pretensions of the ecclesiastics was ntriiln alltnned A London balk tin of Saturday says that Anthony Tiol lope lias lost strength and that Ids c inilitiou is has satisfactory. If these unfatorable stniptnim have their nataral re. suit the cenlui y will lose its most prolific and industrious writer. Tor many years the pub lic liavu learned to expect Mr. Trollope's an iiual novel as certainly as It expects tho chitmrcs of the seasons ; and in many other depait merits of proso litcratmo Mr. Trollope has tiled his skilful hand. In ttio catabguc ot his American publishers Mr. Tiollopct is represented hytorty novels, nearly all of them Ion and elaborate wotks. lie has also writ ten two hooks of travel, one on North Amer ica and one on tho West Indies ; tin tlabor nto life of Cicero j a rdec-tch of Thackeray,lu the 'T.wilish Men of Letters" Beriis ; several plays ; utiil an Illimitable host of short stoiics essays anl sketches for the petiodicals, etc. tVc do not now iccall ho busy a life in the recent annals of letters. lu the recent discussion over tho murdcr ir Meaker tho Montpclicr Journal stated ii'jout a hundred times that "no murderer under sentence of life Imprisonment has ever I con pardoned in Vetinout." Of course the Journal did not know anything about it. The Windsor ,uumirMias been locking up the records and finds that flvo manslayers tvcio H) pardoned, us follows; Samuel Lithe, convicted of murder, July 7, IBM, Kcuicncc-d to he hinged, commuted to im prisonment for fiftee n years, In November, 18.12,. -pardoned Nov. 21, 18.10. .Matthew lloUf-ran, convicted of murder, Oct. 10, IBS I, sentenced for life, pardoned Dec. 3, 1812. Thiec were convicted for manslaugh ter dean 11. Turnas, convicted Dec. 20, 1821, heutcnocd for life, pardoned Oct. Ill, 182(1, up.ti condition that ho leave the State. Daniel I'ahner, convicted Feb. 14, 1824, sentenced to life, paldonedOct. 30, 1820. Andrew Itogcis, convicted April 17, 1840, for life, pardoned Nov. fi, 18W. 'I IIC .MKsstu:. Wo liy the l'icsldcul's Message in full be fore our readers to-day, anil in bo doing, divldo it lu such n maimer that each reader may peruso whil especially iuterests htm and leivc the rest. Tho number of people Is vciy small, we mora than half suspect, who will lead Iho Mesr ago from address to piguatuic, nud lew ami presumably very weary nru thotc who ate "in at the death." Ami yet I lie: document is well worth reading. It is much briefer than usual. It is dignified, strong and clear. The iccommcndatlons and suggestions nre, in general, luiiud and sensi ble; anil in luuBl llilngH the best renllmcnt of the couulry will ho lu lit-eord with the President, Too message! opens williuslatement of our foreign ie-1-itlons, which aie found to ho in a highly satisfactory condition. Tho I'lesldenl Tcntuies to hope that Iho obstacles confinnt Ing ciTorts of our minister to Ohllo In tho In terests or pence may eventually ho overcome to the credit of this government nnel the sat isfaction nf the hostile powers. Ho doc-snot Intimate an unfavorable attitude towards tho assembling ot tho International I'eaco Con gress, but piefers Its character of object shall lava been tho subject of more thoughtful consideration by the Iteprcsen tatlvcs ot tin people! and he suggests the advisability of measures Uoklog to tho set tlement of International difficulties by arbi tration. The message says that arrangements have been progressing for a commercial treaty with Mexico j and tncntlonts madeof several treaties, notably with Spain and liclglum. The 1'iesldent treats briefly the matlcrof the Imprisonment of American citizens In Lng lish Jails and acknowledges the reparation accorded by the Lnglisli Government. Coming to the Treasury Department, Pres ident Arthur favors the abolition of the en tire Internal revenue system save ns relates to distilled spirits: nad he renews the re commenda'lon for a revision of tho tailff laws. He cxpicsses the hope that tho repoit of the tariff commission may facilitate ton gross in dealing with the subject. The Pres ident also renews his reeommenilatlon for the early retirement of silver certificates on tho ground that they form an unnecessary a hll tlon to the paper currency t and he favorVthe repeal of the law which tceinlres anted coin. ago of silver dollars for etch mouth and lee omtnends that II he left to the dlscieliou of the Secretary of the Trcasuiy The Hirer and Harbor bill Is lefencd tut nnel It Is iccoinniendcil that,lu order lo rem cdy evils with which ,liio whole , country has become familiar, the Items hitherto embodied In tint bill ho passed upon separately, or lint n Constitutional amendment ba ndnptcd, at lowing the President to pass upon the Items of the bill separately n power similar to Unit now posscsseil by the (lovernor of New Yotk uud Fomc other Sta cs. A icconslrucllon ot the navy Is recom mended t nud Congicis (surged to take some measures lookli g to the revival tif Ameiiean ship-building and foreign commerce. President Arthur Is strongly In favor of the reduction of letter postage ftom tlttce to two cents In which ho will be tlrongly backed by Iho people, lie Is opposeel lo governmental control of the tclcgiaph sys- tern, which, however, Is bound to come In time tiie sooner the heller. On tho nil-Important question nf the rc- foi m of the civil service, President Arthur Ins stiongnul sensible worels, which will cnumend themselves to nil itnpiejudiceel minds. He makes a strong argument In t.ivor of reform. He expresses tho belief that the lermof official life should bo deA- nito anil its tenure stable, nud that neltli cr should be regulated by zeal in the service of party ; ami he pledges his lieatty support to any cHIl service icform hilt which Con- gic-ss may adopt. All the Picsldcut's ele. claralious ou this point arc plain and ex plicit ; and the filcuds of the rcfoim could hardly ask for 11113 thing mote direct, radical and sallsfaetoiy. President Attliur Is also oppisod to the tho levying of fenced conlil buliems upon ollice-holdcis, and favors a law thai v.111 1 flectu illy suppress the n stem. In conne-etlon with his discu-slon of the general epicstion of the civil rcrvice ho lakes occa sion to sit himself right be Tore the cople ns to the number of his removals fiom ojlleo- ut.d he tnakos out a god case. The I'lesiih-nt refers biielly lo the Star- route case, ami ses that If any guilty per son eEcapis It will not lie for lack of diluent and earnest e-lforls on the put of the prosecu tion, 1. fuither recommends the passrge of a Nation d bankrupt law ; favors allotting laud to Indians in severalty and educating tbtir)oiilh ; refeis to the question of gov. ernme-'it-il aitl t- I'tliieatloii, but makes no re'e iiumcuclatio.i on the suhj cr, nor on tint of ruthotd legislation, lo which ho also ie- lers ; s.ieaks ot the nntt.polygntny 1 iw now on ttial ; tecommends a form of govern. ment for Alaska ; irges h-gishll m for Iho protection and preservation of our foirsts ; anil reconmr'n Ulegislatl n on sundry Dis trict of Coliimbh affairs. Proper meis lies for securing a satisfactory count of the electoral votG and for regulating the Pie-1 lential succession are tnrncstly lec ommended ; and the Message closes with an expression of thanksgiving to the (liver of all good for the manifold blessings of the year, nud of a hope that Congress and the Executive may woik In harmony. M.tl WlUk'S .Mitt (ellli: 111' hWi. On Piiilay the new or rather the amended code of laws we nt Into r ffcrt In New York. In some icspicts tl.e provisions of the code aie especially strict, aud their enforcement will lie watched wilh some curiosity. Those relating to the observance of the Sabbath arc parlleu'urly severe, and If these ate literally culoiecd It will not Lc possible to transact nny secular business on Sunday. The snlc of or Iralllc in nny article of merchandise is prohibited, nnel servile labor, public sports and shows, etc. What will become of the cigar shops, newspaper stands, milk eiistiib. tiling wagons, Jew cbthing shops and half a hundred other institutions of New York city under bitch a Sunday law n tills remains to be seen. The probability Is that the law will not be cnroi cod 1 no one will attempt to en force it nnd no one will obey It ; and the re sult will lie, as far as New York city is con- ceiiK-d.uiuch worse than If there weie no such law. Another provision of the new code would, It enforced, make things Interesting in Wall street uud In the stocic exchange. Il impcs a line of uot 111010 than sjSCOO aud tnipiisonmcnt not to exceed three years on nny person "who shall circulate any false ru. nnr Willi Intent lo affect tho market price of stocks, bonds, or other evidences of indebt celness." If that lnw is enforced against all offendeis, the pilsonsofNew York State woulel bo speedily crammed to ovctllowlng with Imaginative stock jobbcis and specula tens and the Commonwealth would grow im mensely rich from tho lines iucurrcd. Iiiibery is scvciely punished by tho new cole. For bribing public officers the offend er may bo sent to Statu pilson for ten years and lined ioOOO. The same punishment may be inllicted upon tho public officer asking or receivlug 11 bribe. Nor can ho take fees for scniccsnol rendeted, nor offer any lewatd for appointments without committing a inis-t demeanor, lltlbcryef a member of the leg. Islalnie Is punishable by ten ears' Imprison ment and n flue of 45000, anil any member who asks or receives or agrees toiecelve a bribe may, on conviction, get teu years lu btatc prison and helloed $5000, Libel Is defined by tho code us a malicious publication by writing, piintimr, picture, effigy, sign urolhereiso than by mere speech which exposes any livingpersou.or the meni ory of any persm decensed, to hatred, con tempt, ridicule or obloquy,, or which causes or tcnels to cause any person to he shunned or avoided, or wide h has a tendency to In Juie any person, corporation or association of persons lu his or their business or occupa tion. Kvcry editor or propilelor of a book, newspaper or sei ial unci every manager of a partnership or Incorporated association by which n liook, newspaper or serial is Issued Is chargeable wilh the publication of any mat. ter contained In such hook, newspipcr or serial. The defendant may show that the matter was published without his knowledge tr fault ami against his wishes by another who had no authority from htm nnd whose act was disavowed by him as soon as known. A prosecution for libel can not ho maintain ed against a reporter, editor, publisher or proprietor of a newspaper for iho publication therein of u fair and true report of any Judi cial, legislative or other pub ic or official pro cecdlng. An Important part of the code Is the grada tion of crimes. Tho gradation of the pun- Ishment of crimes was, naturally, In a most cluollc state, with a body of separate crimi nal statutes, cxtcneling hack for nearly a cen tury, more or less conflicting and inconsis tent. There was for many years a groilng demntid for tt rearrangement nnil classifica tion of ci lints and their penalties, which finally tound expression In u message by Gov, Hoffman. 'Die especial aim ot the code Is to furnish lo Iho people, In small compass, n volume In which they can icadily find all the laws of the Stile describing ctlines and their pun- tOimcut, Of the degree of success with wide tit his has been accomplished llicro Is, as mlitht le expected, considerable ehlTercucc of opinion. The Mail ami fri says: "The new penal code Is such 11 masterpiece of faithful and accurate condensation, Is ot sue-h simplicity anil clearness of definition, nntl so perfectly preserves the genius nud spirit of Anglo-Saxon ciimlnal law without the harbuilsiiis, Inconsistencies and ahsurell- lies tint have been conde niiieel by the most liberal jurists, that any inlellgcnt citizen, ill a few hours' study of tho liltle volume that may be easily ciiirieel in one's pocket, can get a in tier, btoadcr, more! definite and practical conception ef our cilminel law than was possible, prior to the first pubhcnllon of the Penil Code, to many old pud experienced lewycrs." If the new codo will elo this, it will ceitalnly accomplish nn ttunorlant woik. nspKt ioit or rm.Mi:. (iomnor llarstow has appointed Hon, Chillies Dewey of Monlpelier, Slate Inspec tor rf Tuinucc. Ml. Dewej's high personal stuilinj, ids large llnanc! il experience and sound Judgment In all matters relating to Investments and cate of funds, nnd his Ion: familiarity with public affairs, make this a lit appointment ; and we hrvo no feats that the Governor's selection will not commend llself to Iho public, in the future conduct of tho office. The duties of the luspector of finance, nre to assist the auelitor of uccoitnts In examining the accounts of tho Slate treasurer; to ex amine the books of the auditor of accounts, nnd to examine and lepoit the e-oudillon of the vaiious savings banks and trust com- pitues. His pay Is "live dollars a clay for scniccs rendered, and his actual Iravclhtu: expenses," -the sitings banks being reepiir- rd lo lcfiind lo the Ucssury ILc cost lo thu Stale of the examinations of their couelitlon l'lie olllco wns created in 18C0, nnd has hen held by L'vclyn Picrpoint of ltuthud, Charles Morgan of liochcstcr, nnd William II. Dubois of Itandolph, the heller bavin; held It for lliepistsix ycais, till his election ns State lieasurer. 1 111: .m:u ((Hii'oitt noM.iH .1 nmsiov Mini 11 mm BKtrt o Tin: i.tti. The main question In regarel to the law in regaid lo the taxation of corpoiallons In this Stale, Just passed by Iho Lcglslatuic, Is whether It will stand in the courts. If it is a constitulion.il am' valul law, thero will he few to qucMioti its general expediency. There are; largo amounts of property belonging to corporations in Vermont, which have not nnd do not piy their share of the public bur. elen of taxation. If they can properly be nn lc to pay their share, the tax-piving pub. lie will hi glad to itai-f them nuilc so to elo, A ehcision was icudc-tcd, a few weeks ugo. In an Imp ntant case in California, winch seems to bear on the new law.nt tome points. Hy the new constitution of Cnlifomli all propeity is (wilh certain exceptions) reepiir. cd lo be taxed in proroilion to its value but In the asceitalnment of its value as a ba sis for taxation, n distinction is made between the propeity owned by Indivhluals and that owned by railroa I corporations. The South ern Pacific railroad, of that State, having icfuseel to pay its taxes, on the gioimd that this discrimination in gatd to its rropcrty was unlawful, the county of Sail Mateo brought suit for Ihc amount of the taxes. The cas wns heard lu the United States Circuit Court of California, before United States Judges Field and Sawyer, who renelercd a decision which is published in tho last number of the Fede ral Uejtorter. Tho main points of this eiccis ion arc as follows : The Fourteenth Amendment of Ihc United Stales Constitution, in declaring that no State shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the Inws, limits the powers of the Stntc toiisshing Indl. ldunls or their properly. Tills "cepial protection" foihlds unequal exactions nntl among them unequal taxa tion. Uniformity in taxation icquires uniform! ty In tho modo of assessment, ns well ns In the rate of percentage charged. Corporation? arc persons, in Ihc meaning of Die Fourteenth Amendment and entitled to tho "equal protection" of the law In re gard to Hi' lr property, The State can not wilhihaw corpotatlons from llie guarantees of the Fcdern1 Constitution. Under Its po a cr to nmenil, alter or repoal chattels of corporations the Stato can not divest ptopeity ot rights that have became vested. In view of thesa considetattons,and of the fact thai Ihc Stato of California had made a different rulo tegardlng offsets for mort. g.iges, in the case of railroads, from that lu the case of individuals, nud different rules as regatds notices aud oppoilunity to cor rect errors before Iho Stuleequnllzing board in Ihc case of railroads, tho court gave judg ment for tho lailroad compiny. Tho case goes up to Iho Siipiemo Court of tho United S'atcs. This application of tho Fourlecnth amendment Is epiite new; uud may have im portant ieulls. While it is our impression, from what wo have heard, that the rallrcatl corporations In thisStalu will not leslstthepayment of their taxes under the new statute,some other cot por- ntions may elo bj; and if the United States Supreme Court should sustain tho pioposl- tlon that tho fourteenth amendment rcepilrcs uniform talcs of taxation ami uulform mtnlesof assessing taxes, In tho cases of cor porations as of individuals, it might mako somo trouble for our State. In regard to this wet shall all have lo wait anil fee what wc shall see. AUT AMI IU list's. Mlsa Carrie Swalu is meeting with success in the Wist In Leonard Grovel's play, Cad, tho Toin.boy,nnd is spoken of hy somo of Hie newspapers as iiosscFsed of a pleasing personality. It Is reported In New Yoik that Madame Pntti has been Ihiculcnctl with assassination by some anonymous lunatic who writes a Idler to that elTecl. Tho would-be assassin may be a femala and a sister to tho young stage-struck Ch!ra?o dry goods clerk whose feeblo intellect gave wny under the chaffing flattery rf Ids compinlons that ho resembled Ldwln lloolh. Finally, believing himself lo he I tooth's sou, ho demanded recognition and support, falling to get xvldeu ho attempted to shoot Ids supposed father, Sjcci'cliirv liunellrr Stej. (tie !Sitiul i:s Itililulinienl Mietuldlto luliiruvcfl ur Abolished, WAsiilxeiio.v, D. C, Dec. 4.- Secretary Chandlei's tepoit siyd tint 37 cuiialnj ves sels of the 11 ivy ale tit only for giving prac tice lo the officers and men. They should he replaced by model 11 Iron or st.'l cruisers, Hepalis should bi'litnitid I'istiiill nur tints, The available ninioriil u-sels ntc Ihlittcn single (uncled monitors with no speed and liltle power. Th'4o me only eighty guns In the l aw worth relulniii '. The secretary urges the Immediate commencement of Ihc manufacture or gmiH, ami iicommtnils the construction of two si coin! rate steel cruisers nt a cost of tjl, 000,0110 each nntl 0110 steel ram nt a cost of sSl,f,u).(IH0. lien com neuds the transfer of thu light-hoit-o sort let', coast siirvi'y and tereniie limine. IntlmlioL' llie life sivlngser ice. 'I he scerrlnty rays that the expense) of entniig on the raw yards mnsti bo reduced aid employes r.ci iiceLii't! eusuiisstii. m" icp ri comments ul length upon the ileclitH of American shipping, and to preiut Us being wiped out entirely iiigee the icmotttl id Impns'tlons sucn as compulsory pnoi'ice, luoti taxation, extra wajes forsi'tinic'iilisndse'diibioad. ex- cesslvc consul ir ami other fees, recommends the nihpilon of a pre leelivc system and luge compiimtion for eatniuj the mills on Ameih"tn ships and tie csUhlldimcnl ot 11 hiirinu of nurc'inllh; mailt. c In the navy department. If the naval eeitithllsh nvnt Is not to be ininle elfeelne, the secretary tns It thou! I c ihroonllnueel. nnel thy fifteen millio.is nutiuaMv cxinndcd should bo icservod to rocitre In National erne rgcr.clc'8 the as-lslnneenf foreign ships anil guns. Tile l'otliiic(er-fclicriir lie port, The report of the Postiiia-ter-Gencr.il opens with n rc'ucw of the leciii ts nud cxpendi turcs of ll.e last lUcil ycf, when there was 1111 excess of receipts tiniountlng to 1,304. 000. In 16i0 Iho defieiei y was 610,000,000. The Poitmastcr-Geiieral says Hut s. me putt of this gleat linptovc-me'iit is 1I11 to the won de rful growth and ptii-pciity of thetomtry be.t u larger art is due to improved methods 111 111c Hiimitti-triiiioii ot 111c s nice. Hap pily the expi'iiibtuies have not kept pace wiiu uie minings, iteii lung 10 ine etitueulty ot adjusting Hie salulesol postlnas'cru he says mat 11 wouni no easy to name a law more unjust thin thai mid 1 which tl ey uie now ssllleel ; lint ll.e existing law Is tuill- ciently unjiiit. A moiv cumbrous cr com plex method of adjusting sti'aties could uot he iuvente I. '11.011.111110151111) now custln. between Iho goveiiiiniiit tin I tiie pojtmistct m 1 lie use 01 jei'ci linos s:ni Hit iteei s-eotveet llefeinn lo the Slai si iviee, the: postinn icr.geneinl mes Hut the brad purpisj o: provhllne adeiMllle po-til t.icllittes hr u'l coniniunillis, without legtitd to geoiaphieal loeiitiou, is mane ene lir-cul.n leaning const'! oration, and to s.cure Hint les ill without im- ptovlilent expenditure 1 f niom.s isthe si'contl cousldeinlioo. 'Iho tie fait 11. cut Is clothce! witli the widest d screlton in leganl to the amounted b.iwco to be tallotmed on tl: Star-roules. To piovule all ncedal p. -stnl fa cilities an I at the same lime to gnnld ngiinst uniicces-aiy expeudiluie is a mo-t dillleull duty. Iluilng 111.' last lis.'d t tirll. at delicate utiiy ins lien ury sall-lactnilly diseliaig cd. The expansion id 111.' l.dlr.-n I 6ISI1111 hose been gieiter in the ast e.ii Hun ever be foic in any one ear. linp)it'iut connections liavu liecn made with Cihfoima and Mexico. Thonggtl'gilte cost id tlies iviee is id luces- sllylargely incieiisedeeervye.il. The sli'iuly gum Hi ol this I'Vpi'inn'tuto h is ploveikcd much discii-sion 0 11.ee tning ll.e eate paid for currt lug mails on latlrj-nls. 'lie sii'ijut is most Impeiitant, an I II e sujgi-sti.ins ot llie second a-'sis'tint oitiinsti'i-geiwi'.d llul ad- eiition-it saiignai'iis he thiowu iiround liu huge annual dishiir-ciuc-nt let ladpiad see vices, ami llml anv Chang.- in Hie laws l'ov erning Hie rate ol pay sh aihl he made upon asccitihred lacts lattier tlnn 11; on e pinion, nre recom mended to the special intico of Congress. 'I he entire transp"rtati.ai smiee nnt.ulh- s'anihng it rapid growth will be conducteil In the next 11-cn year lor "2,(KM Ies Hi in Hie cuirtnt vent-.' The l'ti-,iiiia-ter-Gencial remains of the opinion th it no.-l.ie:e 11:1 onel-chss inatlt r ou;ht lu be abolished. It does not reeui just to cti.ug for eurrving some newspapers and lu oiny oilii rs Irec, or to ch.uge toi oiiriiug a in wsoarer to some suoscriuers 111111 10 cnny llie stiu.e 10 otliers wiiiioui cnniirc. lie tate e 1 insiaere on fourlli-cl iss inatlet should be increased. lie invoices L-'onzrcss lo inake one more effect tt) engraft upon the postal suicc a system ni uepo.iis lor small sums. The Allorlies -C-rui'i'iirH ISi'imrl. The report of Hiealtoiney-gencraliliseusses several intere'stinjtopic's.the'ieliefiif the feder. ol courts ; the 1 ny of United States marshals ; the necessity for npprepiiatior.s huge enough to cover expenses without 1 course lo a defic iency till ; the relief of United Mates attor neysbycmpowetlng llieiiitii appoint deputies to try cases: protection for the executive nnel civil officers nf the government in the penormnuces 01 ineir unties, and ogiinst outrages conniiitl i'il utnn them because thev have faithfully perlinmcil them ; Hie need of economy in paying for witnesses for ihc dc- rcnunms in suits brought liy the United States; the; need ot te Lnited states peniten tiary in Arironi or New Mcx'co ; Hie refusal of the Ulali legislututo to uppropiiate funds for the execution cf lhelciiitoii.il liws tin ler tlte congressional legislation, and Iho need of belter annngemenls lor kei'jlng Iho United States prisoners, ntc main suhjecls on which icgisiniiou is asivcti. A matrimonial i vent of uniiiual inteiesl, nndonc which will uttui' t geneial nttentlmi In literary circles throughout tho country, took place in Ibis city, jcsteiilay nfternojii, at the iisldenco ot Mis. I IC. Nieltols, on Twelfth street. 'Ihc bilelo was 1 l,e: nccoin. pnsiicii nntl cttaruitng .Mrs. I until-; N. Weetl, elaughter of the lato .Mr. V. K. Nichols, nntl me groom ill. b. li. Iknlauiin, of New lork, the imtnciit nutlior nntl nitlst. The ceremony was private, only the members of tho family nnd nlallus being prereut. The officiating clergyman was the 1 lev. Dr. C. S. Armstrong. Prom 5 to 7 o'clock a reci ntlonw as held, which wnshretlv iih-nil. ci. ine urine nun giooill 101,1; llie'r itepar. lures for St. Louts on Hie 71-A?loek irain. The 11 any filendsof Mrs llcnj iniin in Al ton will greally regiel her deiiitluiu rrom their midst. Her many aceomrilislimeuts nnel social graces luvo long m.ulc her Iho invonle ol 11 large eliele of tiiruds, while her Itleiary nt.tt sctiotasllc attiiiune'iits I ave cominunih'il genual adiidlatirn. For several years she was a ris'deiit i f Washington unel imrneieil niueii nttentiou in sex hil life, nud wns proniiueiH 111 1110 illsunguislieel lltllal coterie of the National Caititol. 'Iir con tributions to various papers nud jtr'o Ileal won mgn prtise iromiuencslciltic'S .c - (lieu originality and depth of thoiul.t, a' revealing genius of a high ordir. Mr. In. laniin was hoin near Allien", Greece, where his father was U.S. Consul General. Ills unceslois weie l.ngl.sh 011 both stelfs, Ids mother being u cousin of Admiral Seymour, of the lliilisli ii ivy, lately In command of the licet opeiating against Alexandria. Much of Mr. It's boyhood was spent among ine eiits-ie isiantis 01 which no I. as since written so emiohlcillv. Ho enteiid Willi-, m. College wlien Iho l.ito PresidenlG itlield was a senior, ami till nrst liieraiy proiluellon was given .Mr. Oaillehl lor llie Ci,1!i-c paper, of which Iho fuluic Prcsldeni wns euuor, aim io;wmcn cuitoistilp .Mr. llenjs. min succeeded. Thus commenced a fileiiil- ship and e'orrrspondei.i'o between them wmcii conllnucil 111! -Mr. Garfield's death. Mr. Ilenjamln coinnleted his education abroad, whero he has since spent j ears of eneve-i uiiei suiuy, lie is all HCCOUipllstlCll linguist, speaking most of the continental languages, and also 1111 oriental scholar, having spent several winlcts In Symrna, IMinuscus, nnel Coiistnutinonle. He Ins re. celvcel Iho degree of M, A. Irotn Ids Alma Mater, and last year was olfcienl anil de clined the chair of Greek at Dartmouth, nnd also the Professorship ol Luslish Literature ill another well known college. Mr. lieu. Jamln has published revernl hooks on Art, wiiicu are sitintiaru worus loumi lu most public llbrailcs. We 1111 Icisland Unit Mr. and Mrs. Uenjuiuln will spend the winter lu New York and sail for Lurnpc in the Spring. 'mnvH I'M' jticyrujjrt, jive, it, A 11 11 11 11 1 llriiort ol llie Inlcriiul Kt 1 cillie I Ulllttllssluller. Wisni.NOiox, D. C, Dec. 3. Hie eonv liussloiicr of Internal revenue 111 his nnnual report siys tint Ihere will probibly he some illniln'Jllo:i of the reve nue receipts for the present ll-ctil year as compare I with last (whenlhey who 140.fit)J,tOO; but It Is not likely that Hi y will rail below -l 13,000,000 should the tixee noiv Impo-csl u letalned The ci'liind-f toner sajs Hut 11 icelilellon ed sixty lo seventy millions In the anmidiev 1 nues or Hie county can bu safely enteted upon and lu his jiiiLtiucnt such a lediictlon is iirgci'liy called for. 'rnxest oil l.livurlri The gnat hulk of Iho Itilein d revenue t ix ntlon Is derivetl fio.n illslllled fp'uits, malt lieiuori, tol'iiteo tin I eintils. 'Iheseme aril cles of bixuiy, ties upon which tiro really paid hy lliei coi'Siinter. aud no on,; need con. Eiime tbim. He Is stiouglv of tho opiulou that so long m the pilne'lplo of deriving part 01 uie lei-niie 01 1 lie Govein nient from liili-nml lasntinn Isrclnin cd thesj niticies nnd deiders theiciti uro proper snhji els for taxation. There is 110 demand on Hie put of eonsiimei.H of llieso products for n remission of the t ixes Initios cd. thcio Is no public sentiment calling for lh?ir leptnl ; on the conliary Iho general current seems to he strongly In favor ol their retention. Tuxes llintMiolllst lie Hepi'tvlcd tho total levemte detived nolo the luxa tlon of fiiclloti matches, pitcnt inedlclues. pcifumcry, hauk checks, bank deposits, hunk capital, cic , In Hie last lUcal year was 5I3, 43,00!). These taxes in Iho opinion of the commissioner should ho repculed. The tax ou savluas hank deposits, he says, Is a tax on iiirm. ine tax on ruicnimceliclnes.pc'rluin. eiies and cosmetics is vex illotts, being levied upon innuiuemlilu niticies. llie taxes o bink capital, hunk eleposils and bank checli are 1101 neetieti lor lite pin titles or tcu'iiuc and can beetispensed with. 'I he latter lax is largely amenable lo iLeobjec'ionniade tothe savings hunk deposits, that It Is nn impost upon tliepra'diee of economy w hie h it should oe lite tiesigti 01 1111 guoel government to en courige. The lepcul of llieso taxes would gically simplify the internal revenue system, Then if Congress shoiihl udel it icductlon in Hie chsiges lor speciitl taxes It) dialers In nr tlcles taxed for ititcinnl ieenue 11 still fur ther eliminutton of taxation would bentlain ed, and Ibe super tsloli over etetilers In taxa ble alllelcs, wldch expellence has shown to he necessary in older to fully nud faitivcol lect the taxes from nil alike, wou'd still Le preserved. I'l&eir uud Siigur Tiixm. lie thinks tint the tax 011 cigirs and cigar cites should I e ic'duced lo the extetit of id, 4t,,uuo 1 cr iriiititn, an I stigt'sls the ptac- tlcnbilily of laMng the ti oil sugar, Hie ii'venuo from which Is HI. 00).00) h veur. To protect the sugar Inteiests ot the United States 11 1'oiinly ot 2J cents 11 pound might be giu'ii upon nil h line produced siiTir. Tho cultivation in tii'ir In this countiy Is not a rapidly glowing iiidusliv. There is no prospect littl tho production cd cane sugar will eve r heir a gie.iter propoillon Id its con- inmptieai than at present. The present 1 iw gts-es ine sugar pi nuns imtiiectly tl.oou,. 000 or i VHHUIOU 11 year. His proposition would gHe the planters Ibis direelly nnel let ine wnoiL' people n.ne 111c l'enciii ot the re ditcHoil ol luxes. The Ilt'ec'lpts. The receipts ol tho first four months of the piest nt fiscal year show 1111 lne'ivase in the amount leceivcd from special taxes and a decrease in tint on distilled spirits, nn in- crea-e on cigars, cherojts, clgaicttes, snuff ni'il special taxes on manurac'luretl tobacco ami a decreas2 In nil other taxes 0:1 tobacco and Ihc tolacco trade; an hit rcisj in llie amount fiom the tax 011 b.crandii decrease. in the special tuxes on brewers nntl eh'tdcis in beer an incriaso on bank deposits nnd bank circulation nntl a ilecttaso on taxes of every other charade 1 on nanks. There bus bech no loss or 1I1 ra'ontlon on the collection of the Internal icu'tme dining the past six eirr. The cost i.r (olk'Cllou in the l.il IKeal year was io.iu, ,ouo. em .nine oij, tnc spuiis ie inaining in Hie waiehoiists rencheet 1 lie I1UI1- est point 8!l,!Kl'J,000 u'dloiis. since 'lieu t here has bpu a gr.iilu.il itelitetion, till on NovemUl 1st the amount ,.is sl.O'.N.OOO gallons. 1 tic c oniinlssioLcr tavors Hie ex tension ol llie bonded peii-nl for iclsonable lime. This, he says, need nil impair the si-cunly of the government for the I ixes and would in no muutcr tend to reduce Hie income from tins eouicc or reve mte, which Ins up to this pulod icsnltetl fiom the uatiual liws of trade, ami the de inatitl for distilled spirits for consumption, The commi-sioncr ie p uls thai the sum cm ucy of the kins for thee lileeliun of the Inter. ml icvenue lias liecn cstaoltslie I in all puts ot the cotintiv. Pituiils have irieatlv ebniln. ished. The con.iuksioticragulu leeommends that u law he passed fixing Hie; term of office for colleetcis of internal icvenue at four H'ars, nnd that collectors be not subject to removal, except for ciuse designated by liw lie also renews the lecommendallon for Ihc passage of ti law prohibiting the uianufactuic of vinegar by tl.c alcoholic Miporlzlng pro- cess, or buojeciiu 111c maililiaeiuieis 10 sit petvisiou. A LOOK A II li t I). TI10 Ohio l.lciuor iMMiiee uud lu I'rubit Ultl l-.lli't'l. Govunor Po6ter of Old told nn Interview. er Hie either ehy Hint he ha 1 no rcuon to be lieve that ho was wrong in Ihc fight l.vstOcto- hcr;and, had the Republicans hec 11 successful, he should recommend the fame measuristo Iho Legislature ho now contemplates. Ho Smtlnueel : "I do not think we cm legislate tor Ihc huniuii passions. If men xcant to eh Ink whiskey vou ciutiot 111 event them bv statutoiy proiion, no matter if it ho lu lite iinturu ot one of llie old blue laws. 1 am le- volwngliuny mind a plan of taxation. In Ihc next campaign the Republicans elo not want to cncoiiutii uie iiiouianiisoi sal. 10113 whose In lluence wits nga'iist it in the last. Wo can get n plan id taxation by which 13,000 or 15,0(10 Etilooi's will huic lo go to Hie wall. t lliiuk 1 will recom mend the Imposition of a tax or nil suloons, ns there Is now u free trade in whiskiy lu Ohio. The only trouble 1 en counter in discussing, with myself, 11 plan uf lax.uion, is now lucuscriouie. 1 win iccom mend that the tax be uniroim ; that Is to say, it should be fixed at a eel lain amount In cities, and u h&scr amount In agrleultiual coiimiuidllt-s. And 1 menu, too, that 1-0 far as 1 am concerned, Iho tax shall ht'colleetcd. I will ricoumieiid Ihut the piemis.s upon which saloons ate located be sold for the tux ; lint is. that llie State of Ohio shall lock to the premises or owner, and Iho latter can nr. tango Willi the tenant. "Hy way of diversion, Governor, what Is the outlook tor the Republican party in Ohio lor rue campnigu next ran t "It nil depends, Hthe I-cnisl dure bun gles, us It did lust year, of course the e fft ct wilt ue depressing, we navugot 10 win llie light, uud I Hunk we will ; but, 1 1 win, we must not chop the liciuur eitustlon. Next year's result lu Ohio, to my inlnd, will settle Ihequestloii whether or not the Detnocrals nre to gain National power. If tho Demo- drats carry Ohio anil elect 11 Governor nud legislature next October, it will moan' Hint Ihev will elect 11 President In 1S84. The great epu-stlons which w ill enter Iho cam ass win no inn liquor nix, ine iiirm, ami tlvll service reform. I Ihink Hie present Con. errrss should reduce thu liiterntil tevenue tax es and pass the Pendleton civil service leform hill, the pain pcoplo are waking up lo the Itiesllon or civil service reform, ami want something. "IJo you luvor action on lliolarllt Ijy tlio Republicans hefore the coming session dies ?.' "No; I do not. What I would like to see Is a reduction of the internal levenuo lux. Let the Democrats handle Ihc latin, when they get Hie House. As a parly man I would like tt) see the President call a special session cd tho 48th Congress cm tho 4th ed March next and let the Dcmocin's then fight over the laillT. Tho National cntivass in 1834 will bo fought 011 Ibe tariff issue. If the Democrats will onlv maintain the tire tiue e doctrine wo canilecta Republican Pieiident. Heare, 1 nnnt to see Ihc Democrats get in a fight over HiIb question as early as possible," and, for this reason, I favor an extra session of Congress. DECEMBER PERSONAL AM) POLITICAL .MlTKS. Col It, O, Ingcrsoll thinks that Geu. W. T, Sherman will he the next republican caudid ate Tor President. Thirteen persons have been indicted by New Orleins grand lury for election frauds. and ball fixed ut five thousand dollars for each. The governor ol .Mississippi, In tho Chahneis case, and the goveinur ot Lmlslana, 111 the Ixellogg cine, ore affording cvidmce ot the unscrupulous chnracler of the title dominant nouittern Democrats. Senator Lnmar lias arrived at Washington, and expresses himself with unreserved se verity lu opposition to the attempt to refuse a cerlillcalc to Kellogg in Louisiana, lie sas Hut such nu act will hurt tho Democratic puny vcrv much. Arabi's life Is spared, lie will he scut Into honorable exile, relnlulng hlssword, his rank anil emoluments. Owing lo the skill of Ids Kngllsh advocalos ami tho linnicnso mass of incrlminatimr orrL'snoiitlenee will, f tonst-mt iUOPio Wldch the Wllv Ifiid.'r tin, I hrr-art-vwl It hadbtconio positively dangcious lo Imirv him to thu scaffold. No doubt the Sultan will be Borry that the impenetrable barrier of llio grave Is not to bo put between Ids coiiuuei nun ine mnn wiiom lie Had used and was rcntiy to auandou. Thurlow Weed's correspondence Is to he turned over to Ids biographer, Frodcilck W, Seward. Mr. Weed preserved nearly all ot Iho letters ho received In his lifc-tlmo with out regard to the subject malter, liu had them Indexed anil filed uway In his house. Jinny of them mo of histoiical vaiue, anil the signatures would delight an- eo;;iuii ,C1I1IC'IS. H id Hie recent election been for President nntl the Stntes gono as they did, the Lleclor al College, which, under the new apportion- incut, will be made tin of 401 members. would have consisted of 310 Democrats and ill lie public 111s, with 12 llcudjustcrs, Sir Oat net Wolseley is rond, like Napol eon, or addressing himseH ditectly to the soiiucis iiniicr 111s command. "jSow, my man," he said, "irjouwere tedd to lighten your hii uy nail a pounil, what should you throw away i" "The Soldlci's Pocket Com. inanlon" ( Wefclcy's work), answered llie 111 in, us 110 lespcctiuiiy situtcd his com ma lete-r. The St. Paul I'nn prints the names or 83 inembeis vi the JllnncsMn legislature who, it snts, are liisiriicled er arc pledged lo vote tor Senator Vt indom'a re-election. As 70 Is a inajjrily ed the whole legislature, Ibis looks us il there could bo no doubt ot his sitce ess. tin' South Carolina Democrats will not lice el any clostiio rules to keep llie Republl can minoiily lu the next legislature In good older. The Senate will consist nt thirlv-two Democrats and three Republicans, nin'l the lloti'i' id one hundred nntl fifteen Democrats uml nine Republicans'. 1 ho Repiiblieau Sen atois and Ret.iesentutlves arc all colored. and thiec or the Democratic Rcpiescntativcs are uiscj coioreei. A lecent visitor siys that General lliitlcr has taken :i new lenc ot Hie since his dec tlon as governor ot Jlassachusctls. The deep wrinkles on Ids face are Idliiigup, anil tho husky voice is sunWih. lie is very busy now, fiulshlug 1111 the law business he has on hand. and getting ready to a'snine Hie duties and nonois e 1 ins mgn office. Hon. Hobeit. Ilamwcll, who died nt Columbus, S. C, the other day, at the ail vanced ago of 81 years, xvas a classmate of Ralph Waldo Ihntrsou nt Harvard, and ever maimalueil with I11111 the intimate' liieiielsl.it: formed dining their college cla s. While he was in charge of the South Carolina college ho hail under his charge many students ol note. Among them were Gov. Hampton. -Mr. T. M. llauckel and the Hon. W. Allston Piinglc of Charleston, and Senator Wigfall etc lextes. Thomas LeClear.N. A., a wellknown portrait painter, who died suddenly at his home In Rutherfoid, N. J., was born lu Oswego, N Y.. Jlnrch 11. 1818. No other American nr. tlst has painted si many peisons of celebrity as Jir. l.eciear has. Among Hie persons whose portraits have been painted hy him may he mentioned Presidents Fillmore, Gar. Held, Grant and Attliur ; Daniel S. Diekln son, Ldnin liojth In the character 01 Ham lei, George Ticknor Curtis, II. W. Stough ton, Chief Justice Tunev. William H. Sew, anl; Rev. Drs. liellows, Osgood, Dix nud Vinton ; William Culleii liryant, ex-Gover nor J. Gregorv Sunt 1. ucorire llancroft. llayard Taylor, Dr. Norviu Gieen, President Liiadoourne ot tx ililams college, anil Pro fessor o. U. Marsh of xale College. The Governor of Louisiana, Jlcllnery, de clines to give William Pilt Kellogg a certitl cite eif election to Congress from the third district of that Stale. There is no doubt that Ivellogg was dieted hy a majority of neatly If not eitlile 5000. It was the orieinal Inten lion to dispute Ibis lunjoiliy, nnel the Demo cratic canvnsasw ncgau ineir woik liy liirow lng out the entire X'ote ot the two parishes, c-r counties, which give mm llie largest lnalori- lies. Hut this job was too barefaced to bo curried further, the Iced Democratic clcctun officials ictusiug to ccrliTv tothe bous com- pi dnts suggested, and accordingly the scheme w as etev'seii 01 relustng ixeilog? nts ccrtlll- cate on Ihc ground that he lived in Wash- ingtou and was not n resident 0! the State. Hon. James S. Pike of Calais, 31c, died suddenly, Wednesday. Nov. 29th. Hj was at one lime ntlachid to the staff of the New York Tribune us its Wasldnetou corrcepon. dent. Prcsitlcnt Lincoln appointed him ministei to 'Hie Iluxue. which office he hehl about eight years. In 18,2 ho warmly sup- polled his old friend Horace Greeley tor the piesietency. Atioul tills lime he visited South Ciitolma, nnd when he teturncd pub, fished a book assailing the Republican rule uieie, wnteli was Issued under tho title, 1110 i'losiraie &tuic." Jonathan T, UpdcgrulT, Congressninn-clcct from lliu 17th Ohio elislriet, wlioso death hns been announced, wns born in Jefferson conn ty. Ohio, about sixty c.ns ago. Ho served In the army as a surgeon during the hitter part of the war, but the latter part of his time was given to agrle'iiltutal pursuits. He was a I'resnii iiti ii Lienor in 18e2, anil in 18i2 uud 1873 he win a member ot the Ohio Senate. Ho was a delegate lo Ihc Cincinnati Convention in 1876, and was a Republican meinoer 01 1110 'lotu nun 4111 congresses. Ho was elected to the 4ijth Congress last October, Ho had been sick for several months. Henry C. Jlurphy ilicel Friday, in Ilrook- lyn, N. 1. He wns well known in political aud financial circles aud was president ot tho Hast River Ilrldgn trustees. He was .Mayor of llrooklyn in 1812. In 1844 he was elected to Congress t lu 1810 he was a delegate lo the Constitutional Convention and also In 18.12 a elelegato to the Demo. otitic Nulionul Convention, and came near lecciviug the nomination hlmsi'ir ; but Fr.iu- liu Pierce wus nominated, lie was appoint cd by President lluchauan minister to Hague In 18.50. He served ns Stato Senator trom 1802 lo I81J. He was also counsel ror laige coi poitu ions, anei was ciosciy conuccteet xvitn muoMiit raurouits. Rev. James lleccher a hill brother ot llenty Ward, has been shut up in 1111 asylum ror llio Insane. His brother, Rev. Thomas K, lleccher of Elmlra. an able nnd worthv man, has caused tills step lo he taken. It does not appear that James is n dangerous lunatic. He is very eccentric. Abandoning it church churge In Poughkeepsie, he became n recluse and built for himself a solitary hah. ilatloti In the Catskills, where he nntl his wife and atlontcd daughter have lived tor eight years, beloved hy their few ncighbots. Re cently the eccentric clergyman has been Inrinlng extravagant Plans tor the purilnsc ot land and erection of a hotel. Ilia brother, though kuowlng that James has talents, doubts Iho ability of the reduce to leep n hotel. JIITTMS AM) TIII.M.S. A lich nnd cc'ceuliic Cnilfornhn has paid seventeen different John Smiths In Hie State SJ00 etch to change their names, An English physician says that a woman who has a great secret and dare not tell it can be made really 111 by keeping II. A New Yotk girl made one hundred thnus and dollars rce ently by the "rise In oil." An oil cm blowup leaving the girl 01 sole heiress 01 a rich aunt who wns killed by the plosion. Great Ilrllaln has 13.000 rccislered rhem. Istii nntl druggists, and 23,000 registered medical practitioners. Patent-mcdlclne tax realized In 1831 4000,000. they had a shower ideals In 1111 Indiana town the other ehy, nntl couldn't understand itllll they found Somo fellows hail lied cat nip nt the top of 11 high windmill lu the neigiiinriiooti, waitetl till about 100 cats hud gone up alter it, and then lurneil the lever so ine uiing went tu whlslllng ninl slung Iho cats like wickets. A sttiklng example of perseverance was that ot Ihc burglar who broke Into tho res! deuce ot Iho Rev. Henry Gilbert at Nash ville lour limes In one week, ami got notli- lng every lime. The Yale catalogue for 1833 names 1090 students 1 1)00 In the undergraduate depart incut. I hero are 101 In the theological sem nary, 30 In the medical and 81 In the law school, 200 In the Sheffield Scientific School, nnd Oil lu Iho ucudcDiic department 140 seniors, 100 uiilors,13:i sophomores, uud 103 ircsiiuien. According lo Vanity Fair, there arc Son Francisco roar hundred ami sixty organ izatlons for social improtcmecl, one hundred and twenty-flvo churches ami chapels, Itten-ly-ttti) tcmpeiauee organizations, and twcn- ly-inrcc iio?pimis nntl nsyiuins. Good hy, mother ; I'm going to kill my self," sa'el John 1'owers, or Steuheuvlll Ohio. The woman laughed titwhnt she c-on sielereel her boy's peculiar jeicosity, and refusal bis protcrred hind. John retrcuted a tew step', pi lectl tho muzzle of a pistol to ins lenipie. puiieti ine trigger anil leii eieatl ai 11, a minuet's ieet. Several celebrated horses have becu pre, served by taxidermy, sajs the Centuiy. Shendins war horse "Rlcnzi," which car- lietl him to "t Incliester, twenty miles away, may lie seen on Governor's Island ssbermatis lamous hoise. "lecuinsih, which he rodu "from Atlanta lo the sea.' is lu Ibe University of Wi'consion, nt Mudi son, and General Robelt II. Lee's war lion "Tiavcllci" is iu the museum or the Wash ington ami Lee University, Virginia, 'llie iiunoiu trotter "Lexington was recently exhumed on Alexander's breeding rami in Kentucky, and retnodlcd from a (ketch lakcu during life. The Ocean -Mail Service is not a lticratite branch of business wilh Amciicm steamsldi lines. An officer of Hie Pacific -Mall com pany, testifying before the congressional coinmlltte, stateel that Inst year the steamers or the line performeil 32.1,000 iii'tuil miles 01 service, lor which tt icceiveel j2j,,,.i:i'.). la, or two-thhds eda cent Per mile. 'Hie law- provides that Hie company shall carry the mail to Hie post office, and In the large cities tho expenditure for this alone almost cquils 111c eoiai umoitui receiveu lor mail ser vice. .Mr. Walker, the statistician of the New lork Pioducc Hxclixngi', estimates llie cereal irop of this year, including corn wheat, reels, lntley, rye and buckwheat, to oe ,',ee,i,uoo,ootj imsiicis, me cotton cioi li,r00,000 hales, the mineral product, tiiclml. lng coal, silter, gold anil iron in the order ot value, -t-i.'iI.uuj.uoo, ami the petroleum pro- duct 23,000,000 bands, and Hie number cf miles of railway consttuctcdOwO. Jlr. Joynes, one of the tutors in Lion col- lege, lias been iiotlfieel that he must with draw 1 ii 3 hook, "Notes of a Tour lu Ircl mtl. or resign his pi sitiein. He has adopted Jlr. George's theory of the 11 diounliz.ltiou of laud, wblcli is di-tasteful to the parents of ine pupils 01 j.iou. The United States commissioner of edu cation gives ngurcs to snow that In 10 j ears private benevolence In this country Ins given fur t due ilionul purposes m less than i01,374,OCO, and this does not Include the recent gifts ot Slater nntl others, amounting 10 5cj,ucju, uou. ine largest sum iu any single year was 511,220,000 In 1873, and the smallest 7ei,oiei,uoo In 1877 Vermont is not the only Coniinonweallli iu which the cotporntions have escaped bearing an honest proportion ot taxation, Complaints exist in vaiious directions, and this elisprsition ot chartered comp roles to suirie tax iiiou nas creaieei anosttie sentiment In the public mind which Is constantly be in, strengthened. Corporations derive their ex istenee ami draw their support trom tiie people, and lor this reasjn there Is no valid reason why they sliou'd not bear au honest shaie ed the public burdens. The course ot cimont will bo watched with interest by the people ct other States,, and if the new tax bill becomes n law. in time will come a demand tor an imitation ot her t.x ample. CVt celantl uatur. The last official signatuie ot Governor Colquitt, or Georgia, executed about ten minutes before the Inauguration id Govern- or Stevens, will bring s5.00e.000 foriien capital into lint state. It wus attached to the C'crlitlcsleof 11 deed transferring a tract ot four hundred ncres or mining lantt la Northern Georgia to nn Luglish syndicate. for a consideration uf one million pouuds sicrnug. The now permanent station for the signal service nt Pike's Peak ins at length teen completed, as well as the construction ot a telegraph line lo connect the station nt the summit ot the mountain with Hie worhl he. low. Tiie signal station is fourteen thousand teet above sea level and six thousind teet above Colorado Spilngs, and is constructed ot granite laiel In cement, to resist the turi- ous storms ot that locality, The Lrlo Raiievay Company has iccctitly made 11 wise aud popular move. It Is now selling t umily or fiun tickets gooel for thousand miles tor twenty dollars, or two cenis 11 mile. 111c tickets run lor a ) ear, and although Issued lo persons whose names are inscribed thereon, are. nevertheless un. leistood to be transferable. 11 Is expected tnai litis new eteparl lire will uttimaieiy prose to be of great advantage to the load nntl pub. lie. It will induce travel. It will lead many to take a thousatid mile trip, when the cost of cirriugels only twenty dollars, who otherwise woulel leinaiu at home. Low rntts of fare, when kept within proper lim its, givcan IniiH'tus to local interehnuge of trntlic, and the benefit Ihut tho road will reap from itseutcrpilso will be sliateel by the districts iiirougu wnicn 11 passes. Theuew opera of Gilbert and Sullivan was prodticetl S iturtluy night simultaneously in New York ami London. The Ittdement of IhiHi cities seems to Le that It is tolerably lunuy, leasonaoiy iiiusicai, nun more or less attractive generally, but will scarcely win the success w bich "Patience" has achieved. The libretto seems to be uetual. in irrotcsaue. uess 01 11110 iitiiuor, 10 tiuucri s itesi previous woik. unci ine music is sa el 10 ou cinrm 11". if not strikingly original It is 11 tact tint II11 productions of these two co-laborers bear study ami familiarity heller than those or any other sturcc of comic opera, and niiounii 111 qil utiles 01 uolli music and wit wlde-h neeel meditation and iniprote upon acipi'iintatiec. liven "Pinafore" was toted dull at the outset. The t'aiiuls, fluking. Aiiiasv, N, Y Dec. 4. Telegrams from Ulica. Rocl'cste r nntl Svrncuse renoit ice forming rapidly lu the canals. A ;tUllppi Murder. jAck's-eis, Mis., Dec. 4. Tisou, speaker of llie House of Representatives, wns shot and killed by one Saunders ar lialtlmore, day.: to- HIT AM) union. It Is vilely alleged that lbs futr env Brer dote on the sweet buy and buy. An exchange prints Instructions for "stuf flng an elephant." As few families are too poor to keep two or threo tleohants on hand. Hie Instructions referred to will ho very use ful. It costs only from 20CO to 510,000 a year lo keep a yacht. So any one can see that the reason editors do not keep yachts is not because they are too expensive. A woman down country, we are told, saw nlongaillclu In u newspaper headed "A Minister's Kscapo." she read the column hair through with middy before the discov. eieil that be simply esetipeel ilealh by taking soinebeidy's "Puruholio Liver I'ills,"or tome thing that wny and then she was disgusted. The word "bariiuni" Is used in Hurope with a small "I," as a common noun. Its meaning wdl be readily guested. D11 Cnntlhi, the travelle r, Ins been recently lectin ng on Lipland. Hu suys that In every church there is 11 special room pi ovlded for babie s who wish to cry during the servic e nnd 11 right gootl Idea 11 i, too. A Western woman nearly blind, cooked some gunpowder In n tpuuilty of out meal. Ibe whole family ihcd except a boy, and he Is so full of the compound lint Ids aunt won't let Mm go nen llie lire for fear he'll go off. An Albany man who was worth $100,OCO leiiyeais ago, and who refused lbs nomlna Hon for Jluior. now puts iu h s time lu the street car si ihles at one dollar a day. In this ountry It Is dang, rous tu refuse any. thing. Dentists have not yet I cen able to mike what is known as llie "sweet tooth," such us gives children a desire for taffy. AVec Or turns I'tcttyunc. The Prince of Wales tutors placing a bust ot Longfdluw In Westminster Abbey, but has neter re id Ids poems. Albert Ldnurd is always in tavor of a bust, 011 principle. jMittll Citiun, It Is during these diys of business that a clergyman, on selecting a chapter of the Illbiutoieid in chinch, first looks nt the end of the last tcM In make sure that no pile nt medicine ndveili-enieiit is hitched ou. I'utk. Against the Ginin. Widow unman nn clienii-t who was weighing ugrtiin of calomel lu dispensing npiescriptiou forhei lick child; ".Man, yu iiecdiu' ha tag schrtmpy wi't ; t is for n inur fatheilcss !,or -sjndon i'nci. S. A. A., St. Llnio, III. 1 "Would you kindly slate in your 1 exl paper wlntould be dune to n 111 in whoolteti c lines home lu an lnebiiatid condition, nud uses very ubu sive language to his wile ':" He would so" get tint he could be ei'lited lii'o auubey some dirk night ami pounded with club, or his he-a I could ho held uud-r a tump ami some cold water puinptd down thu bat k ot bis neck. Lots ot things we might suggest tint 3 on might diituhiin, but wc would ml vise you to let him ulone, for If jou inlcr feie wilh liim ins nii.eh Injured wire nny suddenly Ihc 11110 vciy nine h devoted In the scoundrel uud make il ury hot for you -7'e.r,M ,SiJtinyn. llerr Professor's first and last appearance at Jits, I'onsonby ele Tompkins's e Heir Profossor (with sudden Impulse, to ducal amateur, whom hu was iv e omp inying lu "Deeper and deeper slid 1 -"Jjlc; hints, my taleiilful yoong vrent ! I lur nifferpe foio heart that nnplc recitl.i Ieet ting so tell loe'g,'schbrcsa ze vonts "' Djcul amateur (wlm occasionally sings '1 little out ed tune; "A jou a Hatter me, I fear 1 ' Heir Professor "Ach, no ! Vy, 1 rai commenced it moie ni less In Ii, y,,u gondinued it zome vlicre nliout H-tl.it, nnd yt.it tinisht it almost m Al and all zc vhile I vass Mating the iiggoinbaDhnent in C! Now, zit is "'Peeper nud tceper sclitill," and iioniisehdakc! Jake bants!" The witty professor is ve ry proud of Ids "fiddle pitl if tun." and alwnjs "voondcring vy at sohvect .Mrs. Uunscnpy te Donib 'yi'S has romblcidlvlroimisl 1,1,,. "' n ilon. Vunch, A Wolr who had a dispute with n lli-m., dctcimiued to destroy him, and therefoie ciii 10 cue L.ion icr uut'ic. "Set a trap for him," the rcplr, "and when you have caught htm. eat him." '1 In Wolf I'.M ii snurc bcs!ilo tho path often traversal! uy iih enemy, but Jiut n lie was cackltD with FaUsfiictiou he hlumkvcil intn t),Ptrit. himself ar.il was hi-Kl fa(. In this tmer gency along came the jUhi, who cilleil our, "Uy George I but whit's all IhU?" 'I'm fast In my own trap," humbly replied the Wolf, "hi I sec. I cinie out here expect lng to help you cut thu Ilvena: but. as the caseinw stamls I tlnll help thu Hyena cat you." "Hut I Kt this trip hy your advice," protested the Wolf. "True ou did, and I advised your enemy to set oac fur you as well. OJdsisthe dilTerene o to me whether I eat Wolf or Ilvena." .Moral The Ian ver gets his pay, no mitter how the suit guus. Vttroit Fite Prtt. Xc'roiniustrclscUimllat thev e-et a mi. j intyof their jokes from the "newspapers. 1 ins is ruiiKT rougu on uie press, uut it tiie publ-c can stand it, we can. .V, 1' Com meicial Advertiser, Hjcoii hns f..iid tint "rea linj makes a full man," and many rifit.iMrant.keei'ers have adopted tl-e phn of fnpplyinj their custom, ers with mornlns papeis. Sea Orlvim cayune. Now that the ch.U v wind of Anttimn are blowing cold acroa the moor, the thoiuhtful load anent has beirun lo warm the Le.nlville fitae-coieh panengcr by covering ihem with revolvers. ac York Cvmmerct'-il Ad tertiWi: HjlUinz. Doctor f'sitto vopp (n hU rnl. Icajiue) "Wc must reduce the fever uml ub.ilu the thirst!" rutienttuh had out- heard) "If oull rcdooce tlieftvir. l-n'lp. men I'll idd'take to abate the thlrt my shelf!" London I'unch. Vresiduit GaMleld'H nlivsiciuis siv tlicv would rather wait ono hu-alietl vcars for the amount of their claims thm to cut (hem low n eme-lmlt and uccive tho inonevat once. No doubtlhett nermncnt can stand it if llu-y can- omtoicn Jit raid A pass-uje from a ChIa;o t-pcech hy Km ry A. St.urs "We mut tmt the eitv tf our soul where it belongs -away uniu tlmse frhlning eminences, where, nled in white ami thtoncd above the cloud', it shall lit! bathed inthepnpcluU fcimdiinc of an elcrn-d f .me." Iungir.e Chicnra with its fifty Hum- rand salootn, stuck on a loll and all pauiU-d wl'ile, PhiUt Ulphhi Stci, At ChaiUstou I met a man from liini'liinii. Ion, N. Y., who was aj;etit ror wmie e-it of cut ton machinery, nnd almot the first thln he HAed ine wa, "How d ) yoti m mae with thu hotel wuiters ?"' Whv. 1 have lo ten them oftviirc." 'M'luluws how irrwn you nre. Iamcoinsrto ttunhm fourdis and I won't pay 'en i a cent." "Then you won't set much service." "I wou't, eh' Well, you just watch tnc and Kara a thlmr or two. See' ili.it y" It was a leid half-djlhr, neatly covered with gold, aud at first glam' u fU'enu'U to no a tumiy-ituiiar goii puce, Whrn the New YorkeiV trunk caniu upstilis and the two daikies lingtred around tor a quutcr iipkco, that "iwentv" appeared to view, nud lie Mini, "Miiaiusi i ve got lo Uiy, I'll see vou before I no." The sime thin was woiked on the table waiter, on the wait er who brought up ice water, and on sevt ral other colored individual, and when we wiru all re atly to take the train for bavannah Iho trunks went down on the wagon, ami wc walked to the d, not. Two minutes before; tho train pullet out, the New Yoiku lunud to the Afilcui with his urinack aud fatd, 'James, will you take this coin and npuiro up Willi llu bos for mor "ics, sur. "l'lare it carefully In your poikct, aud don't lose It." "She'iJ Jar, tah, an' l.e uiillyuus o' times eibleeged to ou" "Never miud that. Well, we arc off " All llio way elowu t.i S.ivannih lint evening my companion chuekledovcr his keenuts iu healing the colored population ; but when wo rtuclted thu latter city bis chin took a drop. We were not clear of the depot when hu was ar retted for parsing counterfeit money, and utl his eplanatlons did not prevent his return to Chiiile;-ton by the next train. 1 met htm af. terwanlt in Alabuua, and he told mu the af. fairenst liim sixty.tlve d rtlars. Detroit t nt rem. Our beer Is full of an fid tlila, Tiif tV terra a'lu la nur t uu ly ; YnUi! Illttl'4 ttiO Oft Ihlt tt'lior hU4, on i Itr.itiih' iiuilhliigbui br.niily ; (lur led v.iiM m iKf tvt-tial Hfv,!, our uiMtlieiu bubble uVr wtitt cut i on , Hum flUlt tl Ut,d)tU tilt) IO), W'lilltf uutleriieatli U placi'J tho rotten.