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T I . , , Published Ivory rrldr, . TIT nmcoirM. ni o icBscairnow. On enpy on ywr It 01 If paid in dvuc . 1 M RATES OJ ADVKHTI3INO. ni enltttnnpnr year 175 M On aolumii nix months ) (JO . Biilf-mihinin psr ysur 40 ot Half-column nix month go im Ons-fnnrlh column per ynor , no OS One fourth column tlx munthii io tN Legal ndvrtl(lnu Pr line, in Mnli for first Inn Hon and uu each subatoueut iiuwllon. NEWS OF THE WEEK. WASHINGTON. At the regular moot Inn ol the Board of Bthool Trustees for the District of Columbia, on the 11th, the question of tho applicat ion of Mrs. Helva A. Lockwood and nix other women for placing a woman on the school hoard wan determined. Tho board adopted a report ad mitting that there la no legal obstacle to wom en serving as member of District School Boards, hut took the ground that there are grave objections as a matter of policy and that therefore application should be refused. Mrs. Margaret Eaton, widow of Gen. John H. Eaton., Secretary of War under President Jackson, was burled at Washington on the 11th. The Directors of the Mint says that until further orders the coinage of gold by the United States mints will be confined to eagles and half eagles. Five hundred and fifty-one thousand ounces of standard gold bullion, being a portion of that received from Europe, has been ordered by the Treasury Department from the Assay twice In New York City to the Philadelphia Mint for coinage into gold coins. The value of the bullion Is about mO,iV),0)0. PoBtmaster-Gencral Key has Issued special orders to the Postmasters of New York, Louis ville and New Orleans forbidding them to pay any postal money orders or to deliver any registered letters addressed to persons Inter ested In lottery companies. All money orders are to be returned to tho senders and tho let ters are to be stamped with the word " fraudu lent." The loss to the Government In the amount of money received by postmasters throughout the country the past two years will be less than one-twentieth of one per cent. In on of 605 the the the the he THE EAST. The bark Royal Arch, of Sunderland, which had been abandoned by her crew, was picked up by the steamer Zuland in mid ocean on the 8th of November, and a volunteer crew put on board of her with Instructions to take her to New York. The bark was loaded with salt and general merchandise, and her sails, masts and rigging were all In proper shape. Sho had but two or three Inches of water In her hold, aud her pumps were in good working order, and no reason can be assigned for her abandonment by her own crew. A band of swindlers, said to be directed by a wealthy business man of Michigan, are operating lu New England, securlng-notes of farmers for wares that are never delivered, the notes being disposed of promptly at a dis count. The steamships Gallia and Westphalia, which arrived at New York from European porta on the 11th, brought Jl, 850,000 In gold coin and bars. Two unknown persons In a row boat went over Wood's Falls on the Black River, near Watertown, N. Y., on tho 12th. From their appearance and action It Is thought they In tended suicide. Charles H. Voorhis, member of Congress from the Fifth District of New Jersey was arrested on the 11th by a United States Depu ty Marshal on a charge of abstracting from the First National Bank of Hackensack, of which he was President, collaterals deposited to secure a private loan. The returns from every county in Pennsyl vania give the total vote for State Treasurer as follows: Butler, Rep., 20,153; Barr, Dem., 221,715; Sutton, Gr., 27,207; Richardson, Pro., 3,219. At the Investigation at Philadelphia, on the 12th, ot the cauee of tho collision between the steamer Champion and the ship Oct.avia It was ascertained that there was no lookout on the Champion. It is customary to take the man off lookout for other work. It was reported at Augusta, Me., on the 13th, that If the Republicans withdrew from the General Assembly In order to prevent a quorum, the State authorities had certificates prepared to send out, giving seats to seven teen Democratic Senators and eighty -five Rep resentatives. Hanlun and Courtney will row a five-mile race on the Potomac near Washington, on the Uth of December. Olllclal returns from all but New York and Kings Counties, N. Y., give the following re sult in that State : Cornell, Republican, Gov ernor, 40,172; Hosklns, Republican, Lieutenant-Governor, 1,130; Carr, Republican, Secre tary of State, 4,411; Wadsworth, Republican, Comptroller, 7,IV5; Ward, Republican, Attor ney General, 7,'.t0; Wendell, Republican, Treasurer, 4,651; Seymour, Democrat, En gineer and Surveyor, 9, W9 ; Kelly's vote, 77, 471. Myron A. Bucll, nged twenty, was hanged at Cooperatown. N. Y., on the 14th, for the murder of Catherine May Richards on the 25th of last June. Charles Drews and Franklin Stlchler were hanged at Lebanon, Pa., on the Uth. They ' were two of the six tried and convicted of the murder of Raber, at Indjantown Gap on the 7th of December last, upon whoee life they had four heavy insurance policies. Zlchmun, one of the six, was acquitted on the 13th, on his second trial. Wisj, who confessed first, has never been sentenced, and llummil and Brandt now have their cases before the Su preme Court. The printing establishment of the Church man, In Lafayette Place, New York City, was destroyed by fire on the 14th, and many em ployes barely escaped with their lives. The janltress of the building was found Insensible and subsequently died. A New York dispatch says tho shipment to Liverpool of 10,000 pistols attracted the atten tion of gun men, and tluir Inquiries was the starting point of a rumor that the Fenians were purchasing arms in the United States. Peter Hay, President of the Pennsylvania Association of Soldiers of the War of lsl2, died an the 15th, aged nlnty-one. The new French cable between France aud the Uulted States was completed on the 17th. Five men fell from a scaffolding ai WHliams burg, N. Y., on the 15th, by the breaking ot one ot the joists which supported It. Corne lius Anderson and Peter Flood were danger ously injured, Washington Wallbridge and William Drummond, seriously, and John Keller, slightly. President Hayes attended the opening ot the Seventh Regiment Armory at New York City on the 17th. Navigation on New York State Canals will be closed December 6th, unless sooner sus pended by Ice. A large brick building Inside of the Auburn, N. Y.t prison walls, was destroyed by tire on the 17th. Tho fire at one time threatened the destruction of all the shops within the walls, but was confined to this one building by the energetic work ot the convict cumpany aud entire Fire Department of the city. The excitement over the expected counting out ot the Republican Legislature was very great at Augusta, Me., on the 17th. A. to of not and on one and at Six was tee, ou at on the the WEST AND SOUTH. A desperate fight took place on the !th fifty miles south of El Paso, Tex., in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, between two hundred In dians and a party of fifty men from Carrizo, New Mexico. Thirty-two ot the whites were killed and eighteen escaped wounded. The Indiana were the same party Major Morrow was after. The Cashier of the National Bunk at Ger mantown, Ohio, waa takeu from his residence by a band of masked thieves on the night of the 10th, aud forced to open the bank doors. The thieves then secured the key to the vault aud opened the door of the sale, but were unable to get iuto the iiuney drawer, It being secured by a timeock and being bur glar proof. The robbers then secured what they could ot the cashier, some Jewelry aud several dollar In money. Nv trav ot them ha beta ebUlntd. 4iw VOL. XXVIf.-NO. .12. PKUllYSIJURO, WOOD CO., OHIO. .J'ltlDAY, NOVEMI5EK 21, 187!). U0 IN ADVANCE, W filf! felt Vf 1 Rear Admiral Augustus If. Kilty, of the United States Navy, died at Baltimore on the 10th, aged seventy-three. The Rcadjusters will have a small malorlty the Virginia General Assombly. During a quarrel in Wicomico County, Md., tho 11th, between William H. Farlngton and J. Wesley Turpln, the latter shot and in stantly killed the former. There is said to have been an old grudge between them. Far lngton was recently elected County Commis sioncr. A terrific storm paused over a portion of Crawford County, Ark., on tho 8th, doing considerable damage. One man was killed and a number of others weri Injured. Ofllclal returns from sixty out of seventy two counties In Minnesota give the following majority for the Republican State ticket. Plllsbury, Rep., for Governor, over Rice, Dem., 10,90(1; Oilman, for Lieutenant-Governor, 1(),2!0; Van Daumlench, for Secrotery State, 10,060; Kcttleson, for Treasurer, lft ; 8tart, for Attorney-General, 17,010; Mar shall, for Railroad Commissioner, 16,015. Melghen, Gr., for Governor, has 4,024 votes, and Satterloe, Pro., 2,871. It is thought the remaining counties will add 4,200 to Pills bury's mujorlty. AH of the hostile Ute chiefs, with the ex ception of Jack, were nt Los I'lnos on the 13th. There appeared an apparent willingness on part of the Indians to rubmlt their side of question to the Commissioners and abide remit. Johnny O'Toole, aged fourteen, and Paddy Emmett, a cripple, aged eighteen, got Into a quarrel at St. Louis, on the 13th, and Emmett struck O'Toole with a stone, whereupon O'Toole drew a knife and stabbed Emmett in left breast, inflicting a wound from which died in a few minutes. Julius Loetell was hanged at Sherman, Texas, on the 13th, for the murder of Joseph Brenner on the 15th of January. Jumes P. Ferguson shot and killed W. IT. Coombs, at Hopklnsvlllc, Ky., on the 13th. Coombs had seduced Ferguson's sister under promise of marriage, and then refused to com ply with the promise. Fernando C. Beamun has been appointed United States Senator by Governor Cresswell, fill the unexpired tarrn of the late Senator Chandler. Jordan Sheafs, colored, was hanged at Dan Icltonvllle, Ga., on the 14th, for the murder John Ledbetter, white, on the 24th of last February. Tho millers of St.. Louis have determined to purchase wheat until the price falls. priucipal reason assigned Is that flour Is below the price of wheat, and can only be made at a loss. Milton Rcnner, late Cashier of the insolvent Citizens' Savings Bank, of New Orleans, has been Indicted for embezzlement. Charles Bcheurcr was shot and Instantly killed at Newport, Ky., on the 14th, by Miss Anna HofT, whom he had seduced under a pmmiBe of marriage. A violent rain and wind storm passed over portions of Illinois, Indluna and Ohio, on the 14th, causing considerable damage to property. Two churches were demolished at Cairo, 111., one person killed. A fearful boiler explosion occurred In a saw at Carrollton, near East Saginaw, Mich., the 15th. A portion of the boiler weigh ing nearly four tons was thrown a distance of hundred and fifty feet. El.ird Roa quepo, fireman, was thrown through the roof into the river a hundred feet distant, but strange to say was not killed. Jean Petell was Instantly killed, and Cyrus Burr and Frauk Kohinson were badly Injured. The south bound freight train on the Chi cago .t Alton Road went through the bridge Rivcrdale, near Alton, 111., on the 15th. cars fell into the river. The brakemun killed, and the engineer and fireman In jured. The schooner C. G. Breed, from Detroit to Buffalo, capsized and foundered on the 14th, eighty miles east ot Point au Pelee. The crew, consisting of the Captain and seven men, are all supposed to be lost, with the ex ecution of Frank Davis and David McCollister, whp were picked up by the propeller Mil waukee and the schooner Nellie Gardner. Senators Cameron, Hill and Vance, of th'e Kellogg-Spofford investigating nib-commit began the Investigation at New Orleans the 17ih. A brick block and seven wooden buildings Lako City, Mfnn., were destroyed by fire the ltith, causing a loss of $50,000, ou which there was an Insurance of 130,1X11 . Hon. F. C. Beaman, recently appointed United States Senator to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Chandler, has de clined, and the Governor, on the 17th, ap pointed ex Governor Henry P. Baldwin to fill vacancy. The Louisville CourterJountid had a special from Canton, Miss., on the 17th, stating that Eliza Pinkuton, of Returning Board fame, was arrested on the 15th, charged with mur dering her husband, who ha 1 died suddenly that morning. They had been married two years. A special from Los Finos, Col., on the 17th, says the outlook for either an amicable ad justment of affairs, or proving the guilt of parties Interested in the Wnite River dilll cultles Is extremely discouraging, and unless the Indians speedily chungo front the Com mission will terminate its labors. a l FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The Czar has accepted the resignation of Count SchouvalotI as Ambassador to England. The London press express dissatisfaction with Lord Disraeli's speech at the Lord May or's butiquet, because he did not throw some light on the relations of England with Turkey and the future of Afghanistan. The noted Algeriue chief, Abdel Kader, is dead. The wife of Barou Von Mantcuffel, Gov ernor General of Alsace-Lorraine, dlui at Btrasburg on the 13th. A large fire occurred at Serajcvo on the 10th. Many buildings were destroyed. Sixty houses, among them a town hull building dating from the sixteenth ceutury, wore destroyed by lire at Frarbrach, Prussia, the 13th. Kins Alfonso and the Archduchess Mario Christine will be married on the 37th. The stcaiuBhip Minnesota arrived at Lon don on the Uth having on board the crew of the bark Royal Arch, taken oil wheu the ves sel was supposed to be in a sinking condition. The men ha I been at the pumps sev.nl days, and one had been washed overboard. The steamer Zulaml from New York picked up the bark ou the 8th of November, with only two lnclu s of water In her hold. An explosion occurred on the 13th In the cartridge factory at the Toulon, France, ar senal. Fifteen womeu aud seven men were seriously injured. A correspondent of the Liverpool J 'out says the Government has Information from New York through the British Consul that Ameri Fenians are offering money and arns to Iribh tenant farmers to enable them to resist evictlou. Advices from Cape Town announce that the Cape Ministry addressed a iniuute to Sir Bartle Frcre, expressing the opinion that Sir Gurnet Wolseley's settlement of affairs In Zululuud is prejudicial to the permanent peace of South Africa. The Inha1 Hants of Escoumains, in the Province of Quebec, have petitioned the Provincial Government for aid. It seems that through thu failure of the crops from early froatsaiidotliercauf.es starvation threatens the people during the coming winter unlets relief is promptly sent, Intelligence has been received at Madrid that an Insurrection has occurred iu Cuba during the absence from the Capital of Cap tain General Blanco, engaged in the pursuit of negro band! in tat tra proving, Ten thousand troops will probably bo sent from Spain to restore peace. Diphtheria, which for scleral years hai made great ravages In Russia, seems to be gaining more and more ground. The disease, says Russian paper, has attained such fright ful proportions In some regions that tho per centnge of mortality far exceeds that of births. In one small district 1,30S persons died from the disease In two years. In Odessa, since last May, seventy-six per cent. of the children have been carried awav by the disease. More than eleven vast districts are allllcted with tho dlseaso, and the mor tality both of the youthful and the adult population is so enormous that the Govern ment has appointed a special commission to enquire Into the causes of tho epidemic, and has issued strict Injunctions to the local au thorities about the measures to be adopted for the arrest and extinction of tho disease. A Berlin dispatch states that the German Minister of War has ordered a survey of the Baltic coast to ascertain what additional de fences are necessary. The Mexican Congress lias approved a con tract for laying a telegraph cable across the Gulf of .Mexico to the United States. Forty-nine Afghans havo been hanged for complicity In the massacre of the British Em bassy. Thirteen persons returning frou the Glas gow, Scotland, Fair, were drowned in crossing Locbindsttl, Islay, recently. A dispatch from Pestb, Hungary, says tho distress la Montenegro is very great. Onc-stxth of the population Is almost starving. The samo dispatch says that there has been severe fight ing on the Turkish frontier, near Bresovltza, and the village was completely plundered by body of five hundred Anauts. Three prominent insurgent chiefs In Cuba have surrendered. .. the the the of and the hail tire, the the Ihe of tire. 1 of her The Immensity of the Stars. We take from La Monde Je la Sci ence tho following interesting "Consid erations on the Stars, " by Professor J. Ninot: " It is known that tho stars are true suns, that some of them are larger than our sun, and that around these enormous centres of heat and light re volve planets on which life certainly exists. Our sun is distant from us 38, 000,000 leagues, but these stars are dis tant at least .500,000 times as far a dis tance that in fact is incommensurable and unimnginable for us. Viewed with the unaided eye the stars and the plan ets look alike; that is, appear to have the samo diameter. But, viewed through the telescope, while the plan eta are seen to possess clearly appreci able diameters, the stars are still only mere luminous points. The most pow erful of existing telescopes, that of Melbourne, which magnifies 8,000 times, gives us nn imago of one of our planets possessing an apparent diame ter of several degrees. Jupiter, for instance, which, seen with tho naked eye, appears as a star of the first mag nitude, with a diameter of forty sec onds at the moot, will, in this telescope huve its diameter multiplied 8,000 times, and will be seen as if it occupied in the heavens an angle of 100 degrees. Meanwhile a star alongside of Jupiter, and which to the eve is 03 bright as that planet, will still bo a simple dimension less point. Nevertheless, that star is thousands ot times more voluminous than the planet. Divide the distance between us and a planet by 8,000, and you will have for result a distance rela- very very small; but uivido bv 8,000, the enormous number of leagues which represents the distance of a star, and there still remains a number of leagues one nr.d Still gun ami a.... out ....... nnc fifth fi.i The loss. ... m f.ii. mi and from aeai luiui-car. too great to permit of the stars being seen by us in a perceptible form. In considering Jupiter, or any of the plan ets, we are tilled with wonder at the thought that this little luminous point might hide nut only all tho visible stars, but a number .5,000 fold greater for of stars visible to our eyes there are only about five thousand. All the stars in the many constellations, as the Great Bear, Cassiopeia, Orion, Andromeda, all the stars of the Zodiac, even all the stars which aro visible only from the earth's Southern Hemisphere, might be set in one plane, side by side, with no one overtopping another, even without the slightest contact between star and star, and yet they would occupy so small a space that, were it to be multi plied 5,000 fold, that space would bo entirely covered by the disk of Jupiter, albeit that disk to us seems to be an in appreciable point. Popular Science Monthly. An "Anti-Fat" Spring. While surveying in the mountains northeast of Anaheim last year Major William P. Reynolds encountered a man who had worked for hiui in former years. He failed to recognize him, however, until the stranger explained who he was. He was then a man of about 200 pounds weight, whereas ho weighed 840 pounds when in tho Major's employ. The secret of his reduced size was freely given. A short distance up the mountain was a spring, tho waters of which contained some mineral anti fat properties. Did the Major want to lose some of tho superlluous flesh which oncumbered him? Ho did. He drank tho water, and in ten days his weight had been reduced twenty-live pounds. lie continued drinking the water until from 210 he was reduced to 170 pounds, his present weigut. this was accom plished without any violent action on the part ot the water. Major Keynolds will obtain water from the spring and forward it to the Smithsonian Institute at Washington for analysis. Tho spring is about sixteen miles from Anaheim, easily accessible, and if analysis estab lishes the fact that there is nothing to be apprehended from using tho water, many obese persons will avail them selves of the opportunity to try nature's remedy. Anaheim (Cal.) Uazettc. Many kinds of wood are used in making bows for archery service, among which are some beautifully variegated woods from South America. The lance and hickory take the lead among the common varieties, and the elegant snakewood, backed with hickory, makes one of the nicest bows that is made. The snakewood takes a beautiful polish, and owing to its responsivo nature, sends the arrow farther and with more certainty than a bow made of any other kind of wood. Tho nioest bows are planed by hand, great care being re quired to make the sides curve exactly alike, as any deviation injures the elli eieucy of tho bow. Tho ends of the bows are carved out of horn. The nicest bows aro tipped with buffalo horn. A piece of cork is shaped and glued to the center and covered with plush to make the handle. Tho power of the bow is measured by tho number of tho pounds it pulls, a spring scale being used for the purpose of showinir this. A bow pulling thirty pounds is considered the right thing for a lady, and filly pounds for a gcutleman. tiural Attn xoriur. As A lly-catcher Jack Frost outranks any base ball player in the country, A Terrible Naval Conflict. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. bring ing details of the capture of the Huoscar: From t ha mnmnn. !... u -1 . 1 1 1 .. t n n I 1 appeared on the horizon steaming rapldlv to- nrarila Ilia ! J ............ .1 ... , .m.. ........ ..lu iiunw;.i IIOI1I Ilie I)OrtlPVnriJ, WI1IIKI. Blanco Enealada was steadily pursuing ram from the south, Admiral Grau per ceived clearly that, his ship was doomed, but brave man as he was, no thought of surrender entered hlR mind, and the whole ship's com panv assumed their appointed stations for the struggle with a couvlction that no human poer could extricate the Huascar from such ?.Ter,w.h.?.lm,nK forCM those presented by Chilian vessels. From the decks and tops the two vessels the lire of the musketry Gatllng guns wss incessant, aud on the Htiasear tho elrect was becoming painfully apparent. One hour and cleht minutes after commencement of the fight the Huascar discharged her turret, pieces twenty-five times aEttinst, the Cochrane, the latter reviv ing with thirty Bhots. v 1 At this moment the other Chilian Iron-clad arrived on the scene and immediately opened first directing her attention to the Huos car s fighting turret and the little tower near smokestack which Is the battle Btatlon of commander. The Blanco's guns were ex cellently well served and their effect terrible. a I pn-served, oi for or for and tower was carried away, aud Admiral Grau taken down below for the care of tho surgeons, with one of his legs torn off. While In tbo cabin a solid H)-potiud shot from the Blanco struck tho ram In the stern, destroytng the steering gear, and, passing di rectly through the ship, left a gaplngapertiire arge enough for a boat to enter. This shot killed the brave Admiral, his aid, Lieutenant Ferre, and several others. Captain Ellas Aguierre assumed command tho ship on the death of the Admiral, and took his station in tho gun turret, but on this point the two Chilians had concentrated their The turret was hit by a heavy shell, which, passing through a port, exploded in side, disabling one of the two guns, killing Aguierre, and all who were serving the piece' he Huarc.ar was now practlc illy at the mercy the enemy, ungovernable, with half ot defensive power destroj'ed, snd her of and crew decimated, but tho National was still flying in defiance, and no even whispered of surreudcr. Cap tain Meliton CarvoaI took command after AKtileriv's death, but was distantly taken below dingcrotisly wounded. First Lieutenant Rodriguez succeeded bitn, and a moment afterwaid shared the fate of the Ad miral and Aitiilerre. Lieutenant Enrimie Pa laclos followed Rodriguez in the command, althourh severely wound'd continued in charge until the end of the bloody drama. the Huascar discharged her sole remain ing cannon at long intervals, as the very tur ret iitelf, only thirty feet in diameter, was choking up with the debris of the shattered and the bodies of the dead and wounded. Below in the dark passage and narrow com partments of the ship, the scene was fright ful. The dying and thofe who had perished heaped indiscriminately together, and every tew moments a siiot from the enemy came crashing through the side of the doomed miaanl Thn f.,rnne. in ....... . i . .... .w..nri.ju nao iMHIipilTlCJY SnOl away, the mast cut In two, and the mitrail- Ii.IISa In tltn .il,o nnnl il(vnn I... .. ""v. uuuiiiif.vili Alio rillOKH BLOCK i.lilni.an nxi... ..1.1.1. ...I l.l. t.it ... kiiiKiuuj i.wic i iutiiuu wiiu uaus, me pro peller struck and fouled, one gun disabled, and of S10 men whowentinto 1 lie action only eighty-six were alive, and the majority of these .... ..,,, .1TO iuiiiiiiaiiiicrs uau suc ceeded eachotherin their perilous post- Three uue grievously wounuea, ana the l.urf.ll. ohla m.lnt.l. 1.1- & . J iimiumui inn Lrumpeu Chilians thought that the time had come vm. auu OCHI; U U'JUI II 1 U pariy IO COm f'"" i' i" y, uui liib uraveieiiows on the V4,lnau- rulll .1 . i i ,ai.iru au uiiivo tliciu UHCK WIIQ a This was the expiring effort. Flesh and uiuuu tuum uu no more, indeed. Human flliH hntVArit ha.l ..!.. 1 . 1. . i ........... .ituBiuuu uie meauy shocks which had overcome the iron bulworks ii iu liisuinc snip. ine Chilians sent another boarding party this time with suc cess, and the Huascar was theirs. Theenemy lowered the flag which hail wavedtrlumphant-LX..1!.'.'.'."?-.'!. SoaR..,5'..:l.n,,J .?;ilKSVd manv Tl... T ......I i' i.i. ... hi i, uu ii:iuimn x.ungiii-Ba oiuviiieu luierauy in. an. I . . I t.l.nnl !.. iww niuu- am. .uiiillj VI I l, initial .TlilU, no mention is made of the widow dying the shock at the news 01 her husband's ii as previously siaieo. A noerai pro- nfl'icera and men killed und wounded on the The Army of the Tennessee and General Grant. CHICAGO, Nov. 12. The morning, which has long been looked for as the Inauguration day of unusual festivi ties attending the annual meeting of the Army of the Tennessee, opened with a dull sky, and up to eight o'clock the ruiu fell in brisk showers. Along toward nine, however, the sky became brighter and the sun came out at times, making the prospect more favor able for the procession and for decorating. At ten o'clock the Army of tho Tennessee be gan its annual meeting at the headquarters in the Palmer Houoe. General W. T. Sherman presented General William E. Strong aud Informed the four hundred and fifty members present that they would set as a guard of honor to General Grant, and follow him when he left the line of procession. Tho principal feature of the dav was the reception of General Grant by citizens of Chicago and Army of the Tennes see. In this reception all classes participated, so that the affair was devoid of political sig nificance. This was distinctly understood be fore the Democrats and Illinois National Guard would consent to take part. The streets along tho line of march were profusely decorated with emblems of welcome and of congratulation. As no arches were erected, there was little to call for especial mention where all were about equally merito rious as tu design. The newspaper ollices generally were decorated wit h fine flags, bunt ing and evergreen. Scarcely a building along the Hue of march lacked tome tort of decora tion. Tho train from Galena, bearing General Grant, arrived at Park Kow, on the South Side, promptly at one o'clock. At this time tho rain was falling heavily: but lu a few minutes the clouds lifted and the sun shone brightly. General Grant alighted with his party from the special csrof President Acker man of the Illinois Central Itailroad and tak ing a seat in the carnage provided for him, the procession consisting of numerous mill taiyand civil organizations, benevolent and trade associations, etc., marched through the principal streets. General Grant left the procession at the Palmer House and reviewed It from a tem o rary balcony. It was of great length requir ing over two hours to pass a given point. There wai a dense and appreciative crowd along ine wnoie line 01 match, which cheered the notable members and organizations of the procession. After the review General Grant was formal ly welcomed by Mayor Harrison, who spoke in ine roiunuu 01 mo rauner House, the Mayor welcomed him as ono ot the most renowned of American citizens, whoso journey round the world had been witched with fecMngs of gratification, that his passport was simply iiiui. ui --an Ainencuu citizen." tie alluded to the services of General Grant during the late war; to his generosity toward General Lee, and 'o Ills ulevitlon to the Presidency, General Grant responded in a short speech thanking the Mayor aud the peoplu for the nearly welcome wuicu uiey Dad given him, Tho reception given by the Society of the Army ot thu Touuesuee to General Grant took pueu in the evening at Haverly's theater. Governor Culloin and Mayor Harrison wel comed the Army of the Tennessee to Chicago. General Sherman responded to the address of welcome. At the conclusion of General Sher man's speech, General Grant, in response to repeattd culls arose and mude the following speech ; Alter an absence of several vears from the patlieiiiiKs of the Society of the Army of the renncftM.fi. it arlunls nin heartfelt pleiwiire to lo uuaiii with yon uiv ivu lii-Ht riniiiadiai in uiiiih in surest unnlliet for Nationality ami the L'uinn of ull the Stuu-a. umlur uiib tree and aiwaa to be maintained Government. In uiy long ab Heneu liuiu the country 1 huve hud a muat luvor able iipiMirtuuity fur aceing and couiiwriiiu in niv own liiiml imr inhtitiitiiiua .ith IIiiimh uf all kuropuaii uountriea, ami moat of tliime of Asia; eomiMtrinu our rttaourccii, devel oped and dormant, tho capacity and eimiKy uf our people fur uplioliiiiiii the Government and devidoniiig ita ruHuurcea with inimt of thu civiiiacil neonlo of thu world. everywhere, from Kniiluild to Jupaii, from itua- hiu t Miaiu anil rortuual, wa are Mimcrntood our reaouroes llluhlv uunruciuted. and thu aklil energy aud inlclliueiicu of our citizen rettog. nuuil. My reeeptiotia have hcru yum- reuepiiuna tht-y have heii every wheui kind, and an uu- knowlixluineiit that I lit. iJuiU'd Suit. ia a Na Uoii, a iitrotii;. iiiili-pendiMit and tree Nation, cum if ini-il ui Hiruiii;. liiMve unit inti-llicitnt ih-oiiIm capable ot luuuuig tlmir riulita and ruady tu iiiaiuluiii tlu'iii at all haariia. This, a lion partisan uHaoi'iatJon, but composed uf men who aivumtt-ii in a iieii-riiiinatjon that no toe, domes tic- or roiuign, shall mUii-imae hulween us ami tl niaintfiiaoufi ot our gland, true, uud eniiuliUnieil luatuutiuns and the unity of all tho Htatua. The aiea oi our ounury,iu fortuity, ttie enemy aud ro vftuvvsuf vur lwk'li with tlit "Muiiy ut "vp illation compared to area, postpone the day for "cnorntiom to enmc, when our deseendenta have to consider t he qiiratiim of how thn soil to support them. How the most can be pro duced to aupiMirt human life without ri'fi'rnr.e to the tastnor ilnslrc of tho people, and when but few can exercise the privilege of tho plain lux ury 01 selecting mo nnieies or iihkI they will eat, the quantity and quality of clothing they wear, but will remain the abundant, homo nt nil who ponness energy and strength and rnako good useot tlipm if we remain true to ourselves. Such country is one to be proud of. 1 am proud of it, prond that I am an American citiwn. Kveryciti zen, North. Smith, Kjwt and West, enjovs a 'com mon heritage and should fwd an equal pride in it. am glad thiw society meetings keep up t heir in terest so lung after the eent in which they in a sense com lueniorato havo pMwpd away. They do not servo to Keep up Kee.iionni.ieeling and bitter ness toward our late foe, but they do keep up tho feeling that wo aro a Nation, and that it mnt bo oneand indivimhlo. Wo feel kindly to those who fought nn theopiKiMte nido from us. They equally chum with iiui-hcIvcs, the blessings our great, ami common country. Wo claim them tho right to travel all over thia brood laud and select where they please tho right to settle, become citi.ens and enjnv their lailitieal and religious convictions, froo from molestation ostracism, either on account of them or their connection with the pant. We auk nothing mure ourselves, and would rejoice to seo them be come iKiwerfnl rivals in the development of nnr great twourofts. in the acqniaition of all that should liedcsirahle in this lilo, and in patriotism in love of country. Report Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. The annual reportof the General Land Olllce has heen handed In to tho Secretary of the In terior. It shows that during the fiscal year ending June 30th lost, (Vi:i,afi:t acres of pub lic lands were disposed of, and tl,4M,il'.to acres were surveyed, In addition to TOMl.iUB acres previously surveyed. The total number of acres of public domain still unsurveyed is about 1,081, 000,000 acres. The dlsoosals were mainly as follows: Homestead entries, 5.200,. IU acres: timber culture entries, 3,700, 574 acres; cash entries, 022,574 acres (In cluding 10.yj90 acres entered under the desert land law); grants to railroads, 27S,3.'t4 acres; swamp lands patented to States, 75,3S8 acres; other grants to States, SU,3H3 acres. The amount of land surveyed the last fiscal year exceeds by 4I4,7SJ acres the total area sur veyed in the preceding twelve months, and while the report shows a falling off of 7i3,OB0 acres iu cost sales, State selections, scrip lo cations, and lands patented for railroad grants, the Increase in acres taken up by settlers under tho homestead and timber cult ure laws has been sufficient not only to counterbalance this falling off, but to make tne aggregate disposals lor the year greater by 047,204 acres than the total for the previous year, ine increase in noraeoteail entries was H41,70n acres, and In timlier culture en tries SMtl.l.'KI acres. Owing to thn existing laws for the disposal ot public lands for homesteads and timber culture. It Is shown that during the last fiscal year, with a greater disposal inland, there were received from all sources tl,HM8,l 13, less by $1311,418 than the amount received during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1S78. Kererrlng to the absentee Shawnee lands and the Miami lands in Kansas, legislation is rec ommended to provide for the dlsposingof such port ions t nereor as remain vacant, for the rea son that frequent application is made for per mission to enter these tracts by parties occu pying inem, wnicu in tne anseuce ol proper eglslatlou cannot be given. The acting Com missioner reports that, under various acts of the Forty-fifth Congress, and with the aid of an appropriation of $40,000 granted last March for the protection of timber on public lands, elforts have been continued to suppress dep- reuuuons, out uiey arc yet extensive, and tne interests of the Government and those of the people now residing on or who may desire to nettle in the reeiou of tho nuhlie t.imhiro!l lands rcqulro tTiat they should be still pur sued with unremitting earnestness and vigor. in ArKuneas alone the annual loss to the Gov ernment by the destruction of valuable tim ber is estimated at not less than SKI.000. A large amount of timber has been recovered and comi.icrable sums of money received as ernmeiiragainstB"iifnreTnrfetaBrfiip,'hna many other suits arc still pending. In Michi gan aud elsewhere along the Northern Na tional boundary line extensive depredations arc reported to have been committed upon our public timber lunds by Canadians. These coses are now under investigation. The pow ers of the department are to enfeebled bv limited apnropriations for detecting and pun- slung timber trespassers that out a tithe ol the plunder and destruction of timber on the public domain can now be prevented, and there is great necessity for more prompt and vigorous action than the Government has heretofore taken for the protection of Its In terests. In conclusion the acting Commissioner ad verts to the necessity of employing a largo number of clerks, aud embrace among them men of experience and ability, aud lu this connection he calls attention to the lnsulh clency of existing provisions to meet the re quirements of this branch of the public service. He says : " It Is certainly tlmu that adequate measures were adopted to bring this ottlee Into a proper condition for discharging promptly and efficiently the difficult and Im portant uuties uevoiving upon it under mo laws ot congress." WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. A Tenement House Burned---Five Lives Lost and One Person Fatally Injured. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. Early tills morning a fire took place on the second floor of a tenement, at bO Cannon street. Mary IJabieka, who occupied apart- mcnts on the txiru Poor leaped to the street and was probably fatally Injured. Joseph liatzkle, who lived on the fourth floor, unable to escape by the roof or stairs, threw himself from a window aud was killed, ills entire family, consisting of bis wife, two children, and mother in-law were suffocated. The dam age by tii will not exceed f.'iOO. L. Cohen and his family were regarded with suspicion by their neighbors. Yesterday Mrs. wmen was ooservcu carrying irom tne house several large bundles. At a few min utes before seven o'clock Cohen and hit wife and children, dressed iu bet ter clothes than they ordinarily wore, left the house, the adults bringing large bundles. Patrick Lynch, the injured fireman, three times reached the fourth door and tried to bear out the uncon scious women aud children, aud each time was driven back, and finally inade his own escape by a tottering ore escape, in nis descent ne Inhaled flames and was borne away to the hos pital, where he lay dying at midday. Fire Marshal Sheldon came early and made an In vestigation, which is now going on. He points at tlie fact ot there being no scuttle in the roof. Cohen was arrested at the insurance office where he had $700 on bis property. His wife was found also and locKetl uu. When the crieB of the neighbors brought the police and firemen to the house, Butzklo wits seeu rushing wildly to the window of his bed room and returning aa if endeavoring to drug something Willi bun. The smoke drove him back, but he returned again. 1 his time a sheet of (lame shot iuto his face and with a despair ing cry he relzed the window frame and sprang out. The distance was nut so great, but lu his descent the man's foot worn caught by the lintel of the window below, and he was turned bead downward, thus ho struck the pave ment with a sickening thud and waa 11(4 be fore he could be raised, me names and smoke now poured through the upper story windows, from wuirn not a groan waa nearu and no sign ot life was seen after the fall of littzkie. ilut the llremen were at woi k, aud soon the flames were under con trol. When at length the top floor was gained four human bodies closely Huddled together on the bed In the little side room met t he eyes of the firemen. Half conscious, prohahly,aod struggling to rouse herself, with the cries ol her husband ringing out from the window whither he made his two Ineffectual attemnta to come to her assistance, the wife had rolled upon tho floor and reached her children's rooms, hui first thought being for them. Then the smoke had overcome her and with her last strength, feelin about for her bays, ahe had fallen upon them aud died there. Their drawn-up limbs showed the agouy of their death struggle together. Their cheeks were slightly scorched, otherwise the fire had not touched them, but the smoke had done the work eifuctually. While the police were endeavoring to dis cover the whurealiouta of Cohen aud wife, Mrs. Cohen appeared and at the sight of the scorched bouee calle f to a neighbor, " My God I What is the matter with our housef" " You may well ask," said the nelguhur, "four persons have been carried out of here dead. What did you do to your rooms last night I" " 1 am insured. Our property is all right," was the answer. Mr. Sheldon, tho Insurance mull on post at t he door, Interfered and spoke to the woman, who defiantly replied she did not u.'.ptke she hud any huluu to give him luloi mutton. Ho turned her away and she was not seen again until twelve o'clock, when a daU-i live brought her to the polk c station a prisoner at elglii o'clock. Cohen himself had come there, he, too, beut ou money, bringing with hliu a lawyer who was guardian of Us lusurauce policy. lie had mused hlin horn hi btd at mvq. slating that his house was burned, and he must come with him to the police to show his policy. No one had seen him near the burned house before that. Cohen could hardly tarry to tell the lawyer to put on his clothes, and rushed him -at once to the station, when without a word or thought for the dead he exhibited the pa pers for proving he was Insured for $800 In the Pacific Company. Sergeant Griffiths Informed him that he was a prboner. A sense of his position then appeared to slowly creep over his mind, nnd he made haste to Inform the Sergeant that he knew nothing about tho lire, and had been to work all night nt his trade at 205 Delnney street. Hi) wife and children had spent the night at his brother's house, 103 Hester street. His brother's wlfo had met with an accident, and they had gone to spend the night with her and take care of her. Operations of the Mints and Assay Offices. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. The reportof Horatio C. Burchard, Director of the Mint, was submitted to the Sccretaryof the Treasury this afternoon, and shows tho operations of the United States Mints nnd As say offices during the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 187'.. During the year the total deposits of gold and silver. Including silver purchased, amounted to $7 1,171! 0M, of which $4i,2V,15tl were gold and $2S.I25,4'.!7 silver. Of the abovo amounts, $.'18,5411,(05 of gold and $25, 034,7.28 of silver were of domestic production; $108,088 of gold and $10,007.70 of silver were United States coin; $l,0rtSl,7',W of gold and $1,072,'.H9 of silver were of foreign bullion; $1,408,8111.71 of gold and $H,0i2 of silver were foreign coin, and $!!37,751 of gold and $208,001! of silver were of plate aud other manufactured articles. The amounts of gold and silver separated In the refineries of coinage mints and the assay olllce at New York, were $20,750,54!! of gold and $10,07 520.07 of silver. The coinage during tho year amounted to $!2,313,.W2, and consisted of 2.759.421 nieces of gold of the value of $40,lsn,lil2, and 27, 228,850 pieces of silver ol the value of $27,227, 882, and of minor coins 0,1120,200 pieces, of tho nominal value of $.!7,7'.8. The actual use of gold as part of the circu lation consequent upon the convertibility of United States notes Into coin It was anticipa ted woulJ create a demand for smaller denom inations of gold coin, aud during the last fiscal year there has been a larger coinage of eagles, half eagles and quarter eagles than In any pre ceding year during a period of sixteen years. The coinage of eagles and half eagles will be continued until the demand is satisfied. Silver colnuge has been almost exclusively of the standiiri silver dollars, of which $27,227,5'IO were coined during the year, and the total coinage to Nov. 1, 1879, has been $45,200,201). luu total amount ol subsidiary com Issued since the passage ot the Resumption act is $42,974,911. The full amount coined was $43, 904,931, but $l,O2O,0UO in dimes was ro coincd into pieces of a larger denomination at the mint at San Francbco. Bars manufact ured, tine and Imported, amounted to $22,022.- 014, of which $12,976,812 were gold and $9,- u4o,ou3 silver. A Pigeon Roost. To-day a party of hunters left this city for the celebrated Pigeon Roottt, in Scott County, where, it is said, acres of timber aro covered nightly with wild pigeons. For the past seventy-five years this noted locality has been a roosting place for pigeons, and millions of these birds congregate thero nightly during the season of their visits to this section of the country. They fly away of mornings to their feeding places in the woods and fields of Indiana and Kentucky, distant from the roost in many instances from 100 to 300 miles, returning again at night, the arrivals often continuing up to midnight. Tne timber on thousands ot acres covered by this roost is broken down fM' redflSTiy HnaMimiiKeoT woiglit of the birds upon them. Throughout the entire night there is heard the cracking and crashing of limbs, tho hum and flurry and drumming of wings, the explosion ol hrearms, and the confused aud bedlamio thrashing sounds caused by people beating the birds from the trees with long poles. Thousands of pigeons are killed night ly; but all this slaughter seems to make no diminution ia the vast flocks that congregate at this roost. rnis acott tjounty pigeon roost is historic ground. It was in this neigh borhood that the most barbarous slaughter that darkened the pioneer days of Southern Indiana occurred, in September, 1812, a party of thirty Pota- wattoraie Indians made an invasion into this section of the State. In the Pigeon Roost neighborhood was a settlement, with a total population of thirty souls. The Indians attacked this settlement, killing and scalping twenty-four of the thirty settlers, most of them women and children, and then burning the bodies of their victims in the cabins, which they firod. Mrs. Beadle and her two children, and three members of a fami ly named Collins were all that escaped. Mrs. Beadle carried the news to tho sotUers in Clark County, and next day a large company of militia started in pursuit of the savages, coining up with them just as they had reached tho north bank of tho Muscatitac River in their canoes. The river was at high flood, and the pursuers, having no boats, were compelled to givo up the pursuit. This was the last incursion of Indians made into Southwestern Indiana. In the local history of the State this sav age slaughter has ever since been desig nated the Pigeon Roost Massacre. Special to Cincinnati Uazetle, JSov. 7. The Battle of Torgau. Thn loit tln of Torff-ftti. fought bv Fred erick the Groat in 17b'0, is well known to have boon one of the most murder ously contested actions which has ever taken place, but until lately no trust worthy enumeration has ever been given of tho killed, wounded and miss ing on either side. In the last number of- the Militar Woehenblutt, the organ of tho Gorman general staff, carefully pro pared tables are published of the losses suffered by tho several Prussian regi ments of cavalry ami battalions ot in fantry engaged, and from these it ap poars that the lifty-nino battalions WUICU IOOK pari ill tuo action, ami which numberod altogether 20,000 offi cers and men, lost a total of 15,650 olllcers and men, or about sixty per cent, of their aggregate effective In the thirty-nine battalions which fought under tho personal direction and im mediate orders of tho King, tho propor tion of losses was even greater, so that, after the action, thu five battalions of grenadiers hail to be forced into one bat talion. Ol the 20,000 infantry soldiers who wont into action, 3,350 were killed, 7,956 wuro wouudod, and 3,130 were reported as missing. As a con trast in this terrible proportion of killed, wounded and missing, it may bo men tioned that the loss of Gravulolto waa only one-eleventh of the whole number of troops engaged on both sides, at Worth and Mitrs-in-Tour one-sixteenth, atSpickhoron, one-eighteenth, at Konig gratz one-fifteenth only, and at Magenta and Solforino one-eleventh, At the sitting; recently of the Turco Grcuk Commission tho Greek delegate made a declaration which is under stood to imply that tho thirteenth protocol admits of moditication. Tho Turkish member mado reply which, while maintaining the principle of free discussion of the protocol, wascounhod in a conciliatory tone. Tho Greek Com missioners will refer this reply to Athens, and the uuxt sittinif will bo hold whm th answer i rvoivd thern-from. The Next Electoral Count. Tho Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette directs timely atten tion to the designs of tho Democratic managers in regard to tho count of tho next Electoral vote for President. Ho says that, in spite of the serious errors that have been made nnd aro admitted by the Democrats, and in spite of the defeats they havo encountered in all of tho Northern States this fall, "there is still an air of confidence of ultimata success iu obtaining possession of the Government in 1880." They are rep resented aa consoling themselves for every set-back with tho remark that " next time we havo tho counting of the Electoral vote." The manner of counting tho Electoral vote at tho next election still remains to be determined. There is no law nor Joint rule which provides for it. The situation is precisely the same as it was whan tho controversy arose over the last election, with the important differ ence that, both Houses of Congress aro now under control of tho Democrats, whereas the Senate was Republican and the Houso Democratic in 187(1. Tho division of the two Houses between the two contesting parties at that time led up to tho appointment of a scparato tribunal for scrutinizing the returns and to a predetermined agreement to abide by the decision of that tribunal. Tho absolute control of both Houses being now in tho hands of one party, thero is serious danger that sonio scheme for counting the Electoral vote will be adopted that will enable the partisan majority to count or reject to suit tho necessities of their own candidate. Thero is no doubt that the matter rests with Congress. Tho Constitu tional provision is that "The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and Houso of Representa tives, open all the certificates, and (lie votes shall tien be counted." How they shall be counted is for Congress to de termine, under the general authority of the Constitution to make all laws ne cessary for carrying out tho mandates of the Constitution. That was what mado the temporary Electoral law of 1877 constitutional and valid under which tho Hayes votes were counted, and the same condition will enable the present Congress to determine how the next Electoral vote shall be counted. That the present Congress is disposed to take a partisan advantage of the sit uation is evident from various circum stances. (1) The Democrats have not been willing to give any attention to propositions for reforming the plan for electing tho President, though the un certainty, confusion, and danger inci dent to the present system is generally admitted. (2) They are making des perate efforts to re-opon certain con tests for seats in Congress which have already been definitely awarded to Re publicans, in order that they may sub stitute Democrats, and thus assure their partisan majority beyond peradventure. (3) The confidence witn which they look forward to the count in spite of all their reverses is indicative of a purpose to manipulate it as they please. (41 A was brought forward in the ex tra session, which, if passed, will enable the Democratic major ity in both Houses to count just such votes as they see lit to count, and reject any that they do not choose to count. The purport of the proposed law is set forth in the two following sections: Sec. 7. If there shall be a controversy In any State as to the appointment or eligibility of Electors, the same may be passed upon by Its highest judicial tribunal, in a'Cordnnce with its laws; the decision thereof shall be certified by such tribunal, and shall bj by It transmitted sealed to the seat of Government nf the United States, directed to tho "resi dent of the Senate. Ski:. 8. Congress shall be In session on the second Monday In February succeeding every meeting of the Electors. The Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in the hall nf the House of Representatives nt one o'clock post meridian, on that (lay; tho Presi dent of the Senate shall be their presiding otllcer. Two tellers shall be previously ap pointed on the part of the Senate, and two on the part of the House of Representatives. The President of the Senate shall then open all tbo certificates and papers purporting to be cer tificates of tho Electoral votes; the votes shall then be counted by tho two Houses of Con gress In the alphabetical order of the Btates, as certified by the Electors, unless rejuc.tedby both Houses; but If in any State there be a controversy as to the appointment or eligi bility of Electors, the decision thereof by Its highest judicial tribunal ahall be conclusive, and the vote shall be counted In accordance therewith, unless reversed by both Houses; and If there be more than one judicial deci sion, each purporting to be by the highest court of the same State, the decision held by both Houses to be that ot the lawful tribu nal shall be conclusive, unless reversed by both Houses. Where there has been a controversy In any State as aforesaid, and no such certllled deci sion has been transmitted, or when two or more such certlflcd decisions have, been trans mitted, the contested votes from such State shall not be counted, unless lioth Houses con cur therein. And It there be several Electoral certiilcates from auy State, and no such judi cial decision, the certificate held by both Houses to be executed by the proper authority shall be conclusive, uuleBs rejected by both House b. This bill was reported in the regular way by the House Committee chargod with considering the best method for ascertaining and declaring tbo result of the elections for President and Vice President; and it was probably due to tho indisposition to enter upon general legislation and to tho excitement over tho vetoes that no action was taken. It will bo observed that, though reported by a Democratic Committee and offored for the consideration of a Democratic Congress, this bill abandons altogether thu thuorv of State-rierbts bv vesting in Congress absolutely the power to pass nnai Decision upou tuo ciuuiurs wuuiu the several States have appointed, since the concurrence of the two Houses is made potential, even iu setting aside the verdict of the highest State tribunal when it shall have beon adjudicated be tween contested Electors. Tho Demo crats will not go to the length of sacri ficing their pet doctrine without a seri ous purpose to gain decided party ad vantaero bv so doing. Under the terms of tbo proposed law the Doiuocratio majority in the two Houses oi congress would have tho power to throw out the Electoral vote of New York or of Illi nois if it should be cast for the Repub lican candidato. . In the Committeo's report accompa nying the proposed Electoral law, tho extraordinary partisan power it confers is defended on tho ground that " the concurrent action of the two Houses of Congross upon such a question, if not always absolutely right, will always represent the prevailing putiuo opin ion, and will, therefore, giva gen eral satisfaction." This might bo true if the Electoral vote were to bo counted by tho Congress chosen at the samo time the people vota for Presi dent; but it is obviously untrue, in view of the fact that tho Electoral vole for the next Prosidont will be counted by tho presentCongress, which was elected last fall, or just two years previously to the vote for President which it is charged with counting. It it prepoa Wrou to fy thftti ii tht popl gWt a a is be ou to to by in to in a gfrrgsbttrg Journal Posters, Cards, Hand-Bills BUl-Heada, Programmes, Letter-Heads, Dodgers, Note-Heada. Envelopes, xto., It. A. SPECIALTY. PumpMets. Lawyers' Brief, and all kinds of Jo Mntinvs. In plain hlark or In eolom. sxscntes squally nn well as In tbs cltr ofllcoa, and at nrlea as reuminnbla, .." Particular attention given to Crt Work. Republican candidate for President majority of the Electoral vote next year, tho present Democratic Congress, elected two years before, will represent public opinion in counting out that can didato. What was intended by the Democratic committee to be its strong est argument in favor of tho proposed partisan law is in reality a conclusivo argument against its passage. It is to feared, however, that tho Demo cratic majority in Congress will not be governed by arguments in determining this matter. The apprehension of partisan chi carery in tho counting of tho next Electoral vote has undoubtedly a large influence in favor of tho nomination of tho " strong man" as Republican can didate for President. All the circum stances warrant the belief that the Dem ocratic majority in Congress will go junt as jar as liiey dare to defeat tho .ex pression of tho popular will, if that ex pression be opposed to the ambition of their party and to tho success of their candidate. This conviction naturally prompts the selection of a candidate by the Republican party who, if clearly and fairly elected, will not submit to being cheated of his rights, and whoso character and standing will in a meas ure deter tho Democrats from making bold misuse of a partisan majority, which they acquired at a former poriod and under false pretenses. Chicago Tribune. Principles Before Candidates. The most of the leading journals, if wo may judge from their columns, the only question of importance as to tho1 next Presidential campaign seems to be this: Who will be nominated? Possibly thero is a tendency to overlook the fact that nine-tenths of the votes cast, at any National election, aro cast with sole regard to tho political principles involved. The importance of recent elections lies mainly in the fact that they have done much to determine tho principles upon which the contending parties shall appeal to the people at the next elec tion. Tho Democrats have hoped to succeed by appealing to the people on the financial questions. But their de feat, in that quarter, has been decisive. The Greenback party has been extin guished, and the soft-money Democrats nave been everywhere defeated, until it doubtful whether any Democratio Convention or candidate will be rash enough to go before tho people with any form of inflation. It is not to supposed that there has been any change in the general tendency of tho party. Neither has there been a ma terial change in the temper of Repub lican voters. The victories of hard money havo convinced managers of both parties that it is not sate and will not pay to favor inflation, aud both will do whatever they can to win tho confidence of hard-money voters. Again, the Democrats honed to suc ceed by appealiug to public opinion against the election laws. Some jour nals in this neighborhood made this a speciality, and went into frequent hys- cages.ftK"TlieVeIs"no"8"ort of doubt that public opinion at the North heartily sustains all measures that have yet been adopted to secure fair and honest elections. The outcry of the Democrats that point has cost them votes. It has advertised the fact that there was, and is yet,, great need of sharp restraint prevent Democratic frauds at the ballot-box. Inasmuch as a desire to prevent fraud is shared not only by all Republicans, but by many Democrats for no voter can tell how soon his political freedom may depend upon his ability to resist at the ballot-box tho managers of his own party this dis- Imte has drawn votes to" tho support of iepublican candidates. It ought to be accepted as an axiom in politics that any party will lose votes which at tempts to break down barriers erected prevent illegal voting. Still less can the Democrats afford to face another election as the party of nullification. All tho " tall talk," all tho hot words and loud threats, uttered Democratic members of Congress, respect to the Executive veto and the right way of meeting it, will bo noted by capable historians as the main cause of the remarkable Democratic do feat in 1879. The party did not have sense enough to suppress its nulliUers or revolutionists, and the natural re sult was that sober and sagacious men determined not to intrust power to a fiarty so reckless. If tho Democrats lope to succeed at all they must begin by driving out of their counsels men who flippantly threaten revolutionary measures in order to hoar applause from a convocation of weak-headed and hotrtempered partisans. Tho Democratic party goes forward tho next Presidential campaign with out a single idea for which it has con tended, and dares still to contend. There is talk of a vigorous campaign Congress this winter ou questions of taxation. Republicans may heartily hopo that this blunder also will be com mitted by a party which can serve tho country only by abolishing itself. Tho revenue laws of tho United States aro not perfect, but they compare credita bly with the best ever framed under Democratic rule. Tho worst and most vicious changes in them, for ten years past, have been mado mainly by Demo cratio votes. But if tho Democratic party has not singlo principle for which it can con tend with hopo of success, what differ ence does it make whether it names ono man or auother as its candidate? Tho great tide of public opinion, which Democrats havo discovered that noth ing can resist, is moved scarcely at all by any liking or disliking for a candi date. Porsoual popularity is only the foam on the crest of the wave. The Democratic party may nominate any man it pluases, as long as it holds its present position with respect to the graver questions of public policy, and tho Republican party will defeat it easily with either of several candi dates. tf. Y. Tribune. Tub ex-Empress Eugenia has, it is assorted, declared her intention to live iu absolute retirement, so that a settle ment of her fortune will bo necessary. Her son's will is not exactly valid ac cording to English law, not having boon signed by tho testator in the pres ence of two witnesses; but as tho Em press alone could test tho validity of it, no opposition will be raised on this point. The property to be sold to pay the legacies not navtug been indicated, the executors will havo to chooso those portions which can bo sold to tho best advantage. Accouihnu to the poet Campbell, "The sentinel stars set their watch iu tho sky." As long as they don't ael " graudfather's clock" lu tho sky, w hull bo willing to go up tbar. -Vvr ril9wn Erald.