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gshtafcnta Srlcgrajili. JAMES REED SON, Prop'ri. ASHTABULA OHIO. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Gathered from All Quarters. WASHINGTON. From 1874 to June 30, 1880, the U. S. ,m1nU coined 63, 734,730 nUndard dollars. . There are about 43,000 postoflices In the United States, with salaries ranging from dollar or two tip to ftt,000 a year. Only one postmaster New York City receives 98,000, the salaries at other first-class olTlces not ex tceillng 94,000. : The receipt of the Postofllce Depart ment for the quarter ending March 81, lb-SO, were W.S4,832; expenditures, 9118tt,3ho. The total receipts of the Kevenuo De partment from all sources for the fiscal year ending June W,1S80, were 9 1:23, OS 1,9 19, against 9113,440,01 In 1879, showing a total Increase from Internal revenue of tlU,5.'J2,i8. United States TkeasukkrGilfim, an tates that since the cot naff o of the standard allver dollar began 935,000,0 JO had been paid nut up to the 38th ult., and of that amount 9l7,0Oit,O00 bad been returned to the Treasury In payment of public dues, and In exchange for silver certificates. The following partial returns received at the census ollice show the municipal in debtedness of the Hlates named: New York, about 9,-J4O,O(0,O()O; Massachusetts, 90,000, OfH; Illinois, r 1, 000.000; Ohio. 941,000,(!lO: Wisconsin, nearly f 10 (XM.OCO; Minnesota, 9V 2Ti0 0O; Kansas, 9lH.40,OOrj; Missouri, UJ0,0OO; Connecticut, $17,100,000; Rhode 11 an.ls, 912.0,000; New Jersey, nearly f4M,0o. ; New Hampshire, nearly 95,500,000; Cali fornia, unward of 911,500,000; Tennessee, , 100,uiW; Iowa, between 9,ou0,ooo and 95,000, 000; Nevada, very nearly 9'.ton,000; Indiana, over 914.5 0,000; Louisiana, nearlv9).00(l,000; Pennsvlvanla, (nothing but comity debts be ing rejKrted) shows 97K.0OO,0(MI. making a grand total of lU7,250,000. Municipal In debtedness Includes all local In'lebtedness, county, city, town and school district, but ex cludes State debts. In the list Riven above only nineteen States are included, which Is one-half the whole number. If the other half make an equal showing the aggregate local Indebtedness alone of the country Is neailv 91.400.ooo Ns). In lb70 It was returned at TiK,sJO,00, The public debt of the United States In August, 115, was 9'J, V 431, 571. July 1, 1S7H, It was 9W5,506,230 less. The greatest decrease for any one vear during that period beinir 91li7,KM,OfJ, for the year ending June 80. 117. The dcht his been decreawed by 907,77!,N03 during the first six months of this year. The entire reduction from Auar. HI 1N15, to July 1, 180, amounts to $J7I1(MI&3. The Comptroller of the Currency has completed a table showing the losses charged off by National banks for the six months ending March 1, 1HH0. The total losses by all these banks for that period amounted to 97,503,80o; the losses for the corresponding period In 1870 were $10,2I8I$J4. THE EAST. Committees of Maine held a meeting on the 27th ult. and decided to fuse as far as possible. The following Greenback electors were nom inated: Holon Chase, Henjamln Bunker, J. T. Turner, Charles K. Whtddeu. Concikkssm an Mmteil (Greenback Labor) was renominated by the Democratic Convention at Castile, Me., on the 27th ult. Du. Tanner, the New York faster, entered tion the thirtieth day of his fast ou the 27th ult. The Kpyptlan obeliHk, which recent ly arrived at New York City, will be placed In Central Park. General Hancock, in addition to present duties, has been assigned to command the Department of the South during the tern porary absence of Brigadier General Augur. At Pottfivillo, Pa., on the night of the saith ult., Jonathan Waaley, superintendent Frank Williamson, Inside boss, and John Keese, district superintendent of the Phila delphia & Heading Coal and Iron Company, descended Keeley Run colliery to examine the ventilation. They were found on the fol lowing morning dead from black damp. Rei cuing parties went to work, but many of them were taken from the mlue overcome by the foul air. Tiiuke or four men entered the Mid. dletown, Conn.- Havings Bank on the 27th ult., during the absence at dinner of some of the otllcliils, and engaging the clerks In con versation, accomplices robbed the vault of 9S.500. The old Pino Street Church at Boston was damaged by Hre to the exteut of 925,000 on uie mil uit. The Mo-sHiichusotta Republican State Convention will be held at Worcester Septem ber 15. The MiiHsachuHotU Prohibition Con vention will bo held at Worcester Keptem ber 8. Uktwkkn 1873 and 1880 twenty-nix Uamshlps laden wholly or partly with gruln loumlered utaea, anil six were reported miss ing. During the same period one hundred grain laden sailing vessels foundered and one hundred and eleven were reported nil suing, Caitain Jamed H. Stanley, of Mid dletown, Pa., died on the ulght of the 27th ult. from hydrophobia. When the symptoms nrst became manliest on the 25th ult. he bade his friends good bye and submitted himself to the care of keepers, but on the following night, during a violent spasm, he encajx-d and was found In the suburbs biting at everything within reach. Deceased was bitten by his own dog several weeks ago. The Independent People! Labor Con vention, held at Hharou, Pa., on the 20th ult. Indorsed the nomination of Garfield and Arthur. Fifteen Status were represented In the Convention. A FIFE at Huflalo, on the 29th ult., destroyed property to the value of 9225.000. The Lycoming Insurance Company of Philadelphia will probably go Into liquida tion. Snow commenced falling on the sum mit of Mount Wastilugton, N. JI., a little bs fore noon on the 2Uth ult,, and coutlnued most of the time until two o'clock. The New Jersey Democratic Htut Convention will be held on the M of Septem ber. The Jury in the Seawanhaka caso. at New York City, brought in a verdict on the SO ult., thai the disaster was caused by the bursting or collapsing of one of the tubes In the itarltoard boiler, whereby the Hume were driven under the grate bars Into the Are-room there! y igniting the woiKl work, cousin tho destruction of the boat. WEST AND SOUTH. vie tlma of the recent collision ou the Detroit Klver had been recovered up to the 27th ult. A baw-mill at liaffluy, OUiogo Coun ty, Mich., blew up on the 27th ult., killing two men and seriously Injuring several oihers. The explosion was caused by a defective flue! John Dkh.s, a negro, who outraged a white lady near Dsrnestown, Mil , on the 24th ult., was taken from the Jail by at tout fifty men on the morning of the 27th and hanged to a tree. Columbus, Ohio, has a population of M.M4. Nearly the entire upper portion of Empire City, Oregon, was burned on the 20th ult. Loss ovdr 9-:J,oOO. The Mint and Sub-Treasury at San Trancisco are overflowing with silver colu aud application has been made for a transfer Emu of 92,000,000. A small grocery store at Detroit was destroyed by Are on the morning of the 27th ult., and Charles Peterson, who roomed over the store, was burned to death. The wheat yield of Minnesota this year Is estimated at fully 35,000,OJO bushels, and It may reach 40,000,000. While two burglars were attempting an entrance to the residence of Hon. D. H. Solomon, thirty miles from Council Bluffs, on the morning of the 27th ult., they were dis covered by a son of Mr. Solomon, who shot end killed one of thept. The (lead burglar was not recognized. A hail storm passed over the vicinity of Stevens' Point, Wisconsin, on the 2tilh ult., covering the ground to the depth of several Inches. Thousands of fowls and sheep were killed. The shingles were torn from several roofs and over a hundred farms cleaned entirely of hay and gruln. Yards were stripped and forests left as bire as In winter. The Ohio Greenback State Conven tion met at Columbus on the 2Mth ult The National platform adopted at .Chicago was ac cepted as the Htate platform with two or three minor resolutions. The following ticket was nominated: For Secretary of State, Cnarles h. Lloyd; Supreme Judge, D. W. C. Louden ; Clerk of the Supreme Court, Charles Bowsall; Member of the Board of Public Works, Amos Roberts; School Commissioner, R. B. Smar' ; Presidential Klectors at Large, Harry Kellocg and L. T. Foster. The census returns from every dis trict In Oregon show a population of 175,535, an Increase of eighty-three per cent, since 170. A special to the Galveston, Texas, Anas from Denlson states that a party of Creeks attacked two Cherokecs, near Gibson Station, Indian Territory, on the 27th ult., killing one and wounding the other. Two Creeks were hanged hv the Cherokees on the 20th, hence the retaliation. The population of Minnesota is 7Hp, 072, according to the census. The Grecubackers of Kansas held their State Convention on theStli ult. H. P. Vrooman was nominated for Governor. Colonel J. H. Jackkon was nomi nated for Governor by the West Virginia Democratic State Convention on the 2Hth ult. Two persons, a man and woman. were captured near Fremont, Neb., on the 20th ult., supposed to be the old man Bender and Kate, the notorious murderers of Kansas. Both made a parti 1 1 confession. On the night of the HHth ult. a party of fifteen disguised men, twenty miles from Atlanta, Ga., went to the home of Joe Thomp son (colored), dragged him out, beat him and his wife fearfully, fatally shot his son and killed his daughter. Four arres's were made. Thompson recognized as the lender of the gang John Orny, whom he recently prosecuted and bud convicted for assault and buttery. The Ute Indians decline to sign the treaty In Us present form. They object to being removed to the Junction of the Gunni son and Grand Rivers ou account of the poor soli In that locality. J. C. Coklkw, a rapist, was shot dead bv an armed mob at Moberly, Mo., on UielPJtn ult, A Fhemont, Neb., dispatch, on the 3m h ult., stated that a man named HoofUn, who formerly resided In Bender's neighbor hood In Kansas, and who knew the old man personally, on being admitted to the prison er's presence, Identified the man as old man Bender. He was not positive an to the wom an. The whereabouts of Kate and John Ben der, Jr., hid been dlcloKed aud ollk-ers were en route to capture thctn. Fokty-eioht chiefs and head men of the Utes signed the treaty on the 27th nit. The success of the commiHsiou Is assured be yond a doubt. Aiuzona has a population of 41, 580, Including 1,000 Chinese and 4, MA Indians, but excluding the reservation and Pueblo Indians. Some Mexican troops fought Vic toria's band of Apaches on the 2Ut and 31 th ult., losing nine men. The Indians escaped. Their loss was not known. The National Executive Committee of the Socialistic Labor party has received a letter from General James B. Weaver, the Greenback candidate for President, declaring his approval of the Socialistic la- d resolution adopted by the recent National Convention of the Greenback Labor party at Chicago. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The United States revenue cutter Thomas Corwln returned to Oimlanka from the Arctic on the 8th of July, made some re pairs and sailed again on the Ilth. Klin had been wlllilu one hundred and fortv miles of Wratigel Land, and rcveral venue I a of the whaling fleet hail been ten, but the captain was unable to communicate with auv of litem, owing to the largo quantities of ice. LATER NEWS. On the morning of the 1st fire broke out In the stables belonging to the White Sulphur Springs, (W. Va.) Company aud forty-four horses were burned to death. Hev. T. B. Milleu, dean of tb,o Phil adelphia University of Medlclno and Surgery, was arrested on the night of the 1st upon the charge of forgery. The alleged forgery con sists In ante-d-.ting a series of lecture tickets and In writing the naiuea of professors on them. A Constantinople dispatch states that Dr. Parsons, an English missionary, aud his two servants have been murdered at Umld. Four battalions of Montenegrins at tacked the Albanians on the 2ih ult aud were repulsed. A collision occurred on the Long Branch Railroad, near New York City, on the 81st ult. The engineer of one train was klllfd ami UVitml nMiar urn. 1....H.. bruised and cut. A Simla dispatch, on the 1st, stated that rennrts from OiiAtu lnrfint4 ,.. Ayoob Khan did not follow np his victory by pursuing the British. It It stated that Gen eral Burrows succeeded In bringing a large body of his troops Into Candahar. The Hunk of the Province at Porto Alegre, Braiil, was robbed rccentlvof iliY. 000. The joint track of the Dunvnr A Smith Park and Denver A Klo Grande Railroad was com nleted Into Lead villa on th iut ult nH both companies began running regular The freight house of the Old Colony Railroad at HrtwiLtnn Ui.ii (l, . 1. quantity of freight, etc., was destroyed by uiv un luv uiKutoi ina m, ioas neavy. Ben Johnson, son of nr-I.lHiitnm.f Governor Johnson, of KiMttmkv for ail Turner Wilson at a political meeting la Bull town, Ky., on the 80th ult. Buloahia and Sorvia are noiotiiitintr an offensive and defensive alliance. Ml km. BELLE ClaKK. of California, and Miss Kmtna Jewett, of Litchfield, Minn., are w rnie a twenty-mile equestrian race at muuespoii sepiemtier 7. Miss Minnie P.itn.ui. (..!..., J '..I 1 .1 .. winner to ride a race on the same track for Tr,ix m iub un ioc nun or 1 1 in oi aepteinoer. ijni-iiKo um ueun accepieu. . YV. Hoffman, ox-Auditor of Cln 'Innall. was arrested on ih Hint, nit n u.. sltldavlt charging him with ml-approprlatlng two $1,000 Cincinnati bonds while City Au ditor. Dk. Tannek entered unontha thin v. fifth day of his fast at noon on the 1st. One of Uie medical men In attendance aald that Dr. Tanner was falling every day but there u uuuui ii wouiu onisn nis seu-tmposed task. r At Danville. V&.. on ihn 511- nit. .1 K. Oakea. aired nlntMn fataiiw lUkKjut n J. Raoney, aged flfteen. Messrs. Hancock's and English's Letters of Acceptance. GENERAL HANCOCK. NEW YORK, July 20. The following Is General Hancock's letter of acceptance: GOVERNOR'S NEW YORK July 29, 1880. ftrsTi.KMFN: I bare the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of July 13, lKio, apprising me formally of my notiifna tlon to the office of President of the I'nited States by the Nsilor.al DeiiKM-ratic Conven tion lately assembled In Cincl ntiati. 1 accept the nomination with grateful appreciation of the confidence reposed in me. The principles enunciated bv the Conven tion are thone I have cherished In the past and shall endeavor to maintain In the future. THE CONSTITUTION AND AMENDMENTS. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth and fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, embodying the results of the war for the Union, are Inviolable. If called to the Presidency I should deem It my duty to- resist with all my power any attempt to Impair or evade the full force aitd effect of the Constitution, which In every article, sec tion and amendment Is the supreme law of Uie land. The Constitution forms the basis of the Government of the United States. The powers granted by It to the Legislative, Ei ecutive and Judicial Departments deHne and limit Uie authority of the General Govern ment Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution nor prohibited by It to the States belong to the States re spectively, or to Uie people. Hie General aud State Governments, each acting In its own sphere, without tremfcirg ujKn the lawful Jurisdiction of the other, constitute the Union. This Union, comprising a Gen eral Government with geneial powers, and State Governments with State power for fiur poses local to the States, Is a polity the oundatlons of which were laid In the pro found Ht wisdom. This Is the Union our fa thers made, and which has been so resected abroad and so beneficent at home. Tried by blood and fire, It stands to-day a model form of free popular government, a political sys tem which, nghtly administered, has been, and will continue to be, the admiration of the world. May we not say, nearly In the words of Washington: "The unity of the Gov ernment which constitutes one people Is just ly dear to us ; It Is the main pillar in the edlnoe of our real Independence, the support of our peace, safety and prosperity, and of that lib erty we so highly priise, and Intend at every hazard to preserve." THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW. But no form of Government, howeverare fully devised no principles, ho ever sound will protect the rights of the people unlexs its administration Is faithful and efficient. It is a vital principle In our system that neither fraud nor force must be allowed to subvert the rights of the people. When fraud, vt o lenee or Incompetence controls, the noblest Constitutions and wisest laws are useless. The bayonet is not a fit Instrument for col lecting the votes for freemen. It Is only by a full vote, free ballot and fair count that the people cau rule in fact, as required by the theory of our Government. Take this foun daUon awav, and the whole structure falls. Public oiUce is a trust, not a bounty be stowed upon the holder. No Incompetent or dishonest person should ever be trusted with it, or, If appointed, they should prompt ly be ejected. Our material Interests, varied and progress ive, demand our constant and united effort. A sedulous and scrupulous care of the pub lic credit, together with a wise and econom ical management of our Governmental ex penditures, should tie maintained, In order that labor may be lightly burdened, aud that all persons may be protected in their right to the fruit of then own iudtiftry. The time has come to enloy the substan tial benefits of reconciliation. As one peo ple, we have common interests. Let us en courage harmony and generous rivalry among our own Industrirs, which will revive our Ian guisblng merchant-marine, extend our com merce with fore Urn nations, assist our mer chants, manufacturers and producers to de velop our vast natural resources and Increase the prosperity and happiness of our CONCLUSION. If elected, I shall, with Divine favor, labor with what ability I possess to discharge my duties with fidelity, according to my convic tions, and shall take care to protect and de fend Uie Union, aud to see that the laws be faithfully aud equally executed In all parts of the country alike. I will assume the respon sibility, fully sensible of the fact that to ad minister rightly the functions of Government Is to discharge the most sacred duty Uiatcan devolve upou an American citizen. I am, very respectfully, yours, W. S. HANCOCK. Stevenson, President of the (invention; Hon. John P. Htot.-kion. Chairman: and others of the Commit too of the National Democratic- Convention. WILLIAM. H. ENGLISH. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 30. Hon. William H. Kagllsh transmitted the following letter of acceptance of the nomination of candidate for Vice-President to the Committee of Notification to day: To the Hon. John W. Stevenson, President of the Convention: the Hon. John If. Htockton, Chalniuui. and other members of the Co tu rn it toe of Notification; Gknti.hmkn; I have now the honor to re ply to your letter of Uie lath Inst, Informing meUiat 1 was unanimously nominated for the ollice of Vice-President of the United Status by the late Democratic National Convention which assembled at Cincinnati. As fore shadowed In the verbal remarks made by me at the time of the delivery of your letter, I have now to say that I accept the high trust with a realizing sense of the responsibility, aud am Hirofouudly grateful for the honor conferred. THE PLATFORM—GENERAL HANCOCK—ETC. 1 accept the uomlnallon upon the platform of principles adopted by the Couveutlou, winch I cordially approve, and I accept It quite as much because of my faith in the wisdom aud patriotism of the great states man and soldier nominated un the same ticket for President of the United States. His emlneut services to bis country, bis fidel ity to the Constitution, the Union aud the laws, his clear perception of the correct prin ciples of government as taught by Jefferson, his scrupulous care to keep the military in strict subordination to the civil authority, his high regard for civil liberty, personal rights and rlKhta of property, his acknowl edged ability In elvll as well as military affairs, and his pure and blameless life, all poiut to him as a man worthy of the confi dence or the people. Not only a brave sol dier, s great commander, a wise statesman and a pure patriot, but a prudent, painstaking, practical man of unquestioned honesty, trust ed often with important public duties, faith ful to every trust, and In the full meridian of rip and vigorous manhood, be Is In my Jmlgment eminently fitted for the hlgheat oflice on earth, the Presidency of the United States. Not only Is he Uie right man for the filace, but the time has come when Uie best nt crests of the country reoulrethat the party which has monopolized the F.xecutlve De partment of the General Government for the last twenty years should be retired. The con tinuance of that party In power four years longer woukl not be beneficial to the public or in accordance with tlie spirit of our repub lican Institutions. The laws of entail have sot been favored In our system of govern ment The perpetuation of property or placs In one family or set of men has never been encouraged In this country, and the great and good meu who formed our Republican Gov ernment and its traditions wisely limited the tenure of ottlee, and In many ways showed their disapproval of long leases of power. Twenty yvara of continuous power Is long anouich, and has already led to Irregularities and corruptions which are not likely to be properly exposed under the same party thai poririraLou wain. Br nides, tt should not be forgotten that tbo last four years of power hold bv Uiat party Were secured by discreditable means and held In defiance of the wishes of the majority of Uie people. It was a grievous wrong to every voter and to our system of self-go varment which should never be forgotten or forgiven. Many of the men now In ottlee w-re put there because of corrupt partisan services In thus defeating the fairly and legally expreasod will of the majority, and the hpocrfy of the professions ot that party in favor of civil service reform was shown by (.lacing such men In office, and turning the whole brood of Federal officeholders loose tolntluenee the elections. The money of the people, takeu out of the public Treasury by these meu for services often poorly performed, or not per formed at all. Is being iued 1u vast sums with -the knowledge and presumed sanction of the Administration to control the elections, and even the memtwrs of Uie Cabinet are strolling about Uie country making partisan speeches, instead of being in their Departments at Washington discharging Uie public dmtna for which they are paid by the people; but, with ail their cleverness and abl fly, a discriminating public will no doubt read between Uie Hues of their speeches that their paramouut hope and aim are to keep themselves or their satellites four years louger tn ottlee. Perpetuating the power of chronic Fedeiat officeholders four yeera longer Will not Ueuedt jiu niUUyiis ol meu and women who hold no office, but earn Uietr dafTy bread by honest ImluMry. This the same dlscrlm in.iting public will nodoubt hilly understand, as they wlH also that it Is because of tlietr own Industry snd economy and God's bounti ful hsrvests that the country is com paratir1y proKiious, and not because of an v tiling done ny uiese reucrai omcenoi tiers, the country Is comparatively prosjterous, not because of them, hut In spite of tncm. THE CONTEST people to gain the political power which rightfully be longs to tncm ami to restore uie pure, simple, economic il Constitutional Government of our ft hers on Uie one side, and 1'HMhiU Federal ollicfholdcrs and their backers, pampered with place aud power, and determined to re tain inem at an nasarns, on trie otner. Hence the constant assumption of new and danger ous powers hv the Genei al Government under the Republican parly; the effort to onnu upwnai uieycao a strong uovemment; the Interference with home rule and with the administration of Justice In the courts of the several States; the Interference with the elections through the medium of paid parti san oiucenoiuers interested in seeping their party In power, and caring more for that than iMlrness in elections; In laet, the constant encrosclunenta which have been made by that party upon the clearly-reserved rights of the people and the States will, if not checked, subvert the liberties of the people and the Government of limited powers created by the fathers, and end In a great consolidated, concentrated Government, strong, Indeed, for evil and the overthrow of re pub lean Institutions. The wise men who framed our Constitution knew the evils of a strong Government and the long continuance of political power In the same liands. They knew there was a tendency In this direction In all Governments, snd consequent dsnprer In republican lustltotloua from that cause, and took pain to guard acslnst It The ma chinery of a strong centralized General Gov ernment can be used to perpetuate the same setof men In power from term to term until it ceases to be a Republic, or such only In name, and the tendency of the party now in power Is In that direction, as shown In vari ous ways, besides, Uie wtlllngriess recently manifested by a large number of that party to elect a President for an unlimited number of terms la quite apparent, and must satisfy thinking people that the time has come when It will be safest and best for that patty to be retired. THE RIGHTS AND POWERS OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT. But In resisting Uie encroachments of the General Government upon the reserved rights of the people and the States, I wish to be dis ttncly understood as favoring the proper ex ercise by the General Government of the powers rightfully belonging to It under the Constitution. Encroachments upon the Con stitutional rights of th j General Government, or Interference with the proper exercise of its Cowers, must be carefully avoided. The nton of the States under the Constitution must be maintained, and It Is well known Uiat this has always been the position of both the candidates on the Democratic Presidential ticket It Is acquiesced In everywhere now, and finally and forever settled as one of the result of the war. It Is certain beyond all question that the legitimate results of the war for the Union will not be overthrown or Impaired should the Democratic ticket be elected. In that event proper protection will be given In every legitimate way to every citl sen, native or adopted, In every section of the Republic In the enjoyment of all the rights guaranteed by the Constitution aud Us amendments. FINANCIAL—THE INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS INTERESTS. A sound currency of honest monev, of a value and purchasing power corresponding substantially with the standard recognized by the commercial world, and conAfotiug of gold and silver, and paper convertible Into coin, will be maintained. The labor and manufacturing, commercial and business lire rents of the country will be favored and encouraged in every legitimate way. The toiling of our own people will be protected from the destructive competition of the Chinese, and to that end their immi gration to our shores will be properly re- stricted. The public credit will be scrupu- louslv maintained and strengthened bv rbrld economy la public expenditures, and the lib erties of the people and the property of tlie people will be protected by a Government of law and order administered strictly In the in terests of all the people, and not of corpora tions Sud classes. CONCLUSION. I do not doubt the discriminating Justice of the people and their capacity for intelli gent self government, aud, therefore, do not doubt the success of the Democratic ticket Its success would bury beyond resurrection the sectional Jealousies and hatred which have so long been the chief stork in trade of pestiferous demagogues, and In no ether way can this be so effectually accomplished. It would restore harmony and good feeling be tween all Uie sections, and make us In fsct, as well as In name, one people. The only rivalry then would be tn ttie race for the de velopment of material prosperity, the eleva tion of labor, the enlargement of human rlghta, the promoUon of education, morality, religion, liberty, order, and all that would tend to make us the foremost Nation of the earth In Uie fraud march of human progress. I am, with great respect, very truly yours, CONCLUSION. WILLIAM H. ENGLISH. Inherited Antipathies. Cows hate do?s Inatlnctlvcl, from their earliest calniood upward. 1 used to doubt once upon a time whether the hatred was not of artiliciul origin and wholly induced by the hi veternto human habit of egging on every dog to worry every other animal that comes in its way. But 1 tried a mild exporimont one day by putting a half -grown towi bred puppy into a small enclosure with some hitherto unworried calves, and they all turned to make a common head way against tlie intruder with the same sinking unanimity as the most ancient and experienced eowg. Hen tie I am inclined to suspect that the antipathy does actually result from a Vaguely in herited instinct derived from the days when the ancestors of our kine was a wihl urus, and the ancestor of our dug a wolf, on the wild forest-clad plains of (Central Europe-. When a cow puts up its tail at sight of a dog entering its pad dock at the present day it has probably some dim iustinctivo consciousness that it stands in the presence of a dangerous nemuiutry iu; ana us me woives could only seize with safety a single isolated urus, so the oows now usually make common cause against the intruding dog, turning their heads in one direc tion with very unwonted unanimity till his tail finally disappears under the op posite gate. Buch inherited antipathies seem com mon and natural enough. Every spedies knows and dreads the ordinary enemies of its race. Mice scamper away from the very smell of a cat. Young chick ens run to the shelter f their toot dor's wings when the shadow of a hawk passes over their heads. Mr. Darwin put a small snake Into a paper bag, whluh he gave to the monkeys at tlie Zoo; and one monkey after another opened the bag, looked tn upon the deadly foe of the quadrumanous kind, and promptly dropped tbe whole pack age with every gesture of horror and dismay. Even man himself though his instincts have all weakened so greatly with the growth of his more plastic intelligence, adapted to a wider and mure modifiable set of external cir rumetant) eeems to retain a vague and original terror of the serpentine form. tt. James1 Uaitttt, Ma. M. A. Vbddku finds that water Is not freed from organic impurities in free ring, and that tlie germs of anU malonlrt) are present in very much of the Ice taken from stagnant water. This being the oase, considerable rink must attend the use of such ice In drink ing water. It has heen long known that fishes return to about the same place in tl.e same rivers each year to spawn, but it Is a new discovery that thoy go up the left-hand side of the stream, and com ing down take the opposite side. Fish ermen may be benefited by remember inn; this. . 1 m . An exchange .peaks of a man who "it but emu a si t-p removed from au hjs." He'd better nittk. U three or four. The animal bu long reach backward. Remarkable Performances Under Water. Mr. Fi.Fi'fl mini, his Ami appear Mice at the Koyal Aquarium, West minster, last ni(?lit, in the larpe tank btiilt for Iho whale and usnd by the seals. His remarkable performance no dor water was hotter snen than it has been elsewhere either during the few months of the exhibition of his apparatus at the Polytechnic or at Brighton, lie can stny under the water for live hours without an air-tube or any other com munication with the surfnee, and this absence if incumbrance gives him much (rreator freedom than any other divers possess. 110 can, lor instance, lie down and bend hi body in any position with out tear oi Deing uttea or floated up, ana witnout sunnring irom the obstruc tion of the Ion? pipe which usually con nects the head of a diver with a boat above. In short, he possesses the Drift oipal advantage which distinguishes an animal from a plant ; he moves inde pendently Instead of boing rooted to one spot. Foreshadowed In the water, he presents a curious appearance, with great goggle eyes in bis burnished hel met, a strong water-tight dress and water-boots. The spectators amu?e themselves by throwing pence for him to pick up, or by writing messages to nun on cara-Doaru, always unur water, He sharpens his pencil under water, gives and receives signals with a cord, and is to experiment on the sub-marine use of the telephone. At Kvde be walked for a quarter of a mile under the sea; at linghton he went down in live fathoms by the chain pier in rough weather. If he could eat under water, Mr. Fleuss says he could stay for a longer period man nve hours wnicn ne gives as an or dinary limit. Yesterday afternoon he remained two hours and seven minutes under water in the Aquarium, and again went down lor halt an hour in the evening. In a short lecture on his apparatus which Mr. Fleuss gave in the evening immediately on returning to the uppor air, ne stated tnat ins method is no secret, that it Is patented and that the specillcatlons are accord ingly published. In every draught of oreatn we araw we tane in a certain amount of oxygen with four times as mucn nitrogen. A little ol the nitrogen becomes lixed in the form of carbonic acid, and the air thus deteriorated be comes unfit to breathe. If, however, tbe place ol the missing oxygen is taken bv a frosh suddIv. the mixture becomes again lit for breathing. According to itir. t leuss, ne taxes down compressed oxvgen to suddIv the nlaceof that which is breathed; in other words, he has in vented a set of anti-lungs, which per form a function precisely the reverse of mat oi me lungs propor. 1 oia was con fessedly a rough, popular, hasty and generalized explanation. A more scien tillo account may be expected from the locture on the subject which Dr. B. W. Richardson, F. It. S., who is specially qualified for the investigation by his well known experiments on ozone, is to deliver at the Society of Arts. It will be remembered that it was to the same society that Prof. Tyndall explained the firemen's respirator, which has since proved in practice so valuable an instru ment in straining the bad air at tires be fore it reaches tlio lungs, and so ena bling the llreman to breathe what air is left among smoke and noxious vapors. Mr. Flouss's method is still more ef fectual, because he carries his own sup ply of oxygen with him in a compressed form, ana has thus been enabled to breathe in an atmosphere in which there is no appreciable quantity of air at all.' He states that he has gone through fire damp (carburetted hydrogen) and choke-damp (carbonic acid), and nould exist in the charged receiver of a gas factory. In the great helmet and in the hollows of his armor there is room for a certain quantity of air, and this is kept fresh and constantly renewed by . a itream of oxygen, the pressure of which he regulates by a tap at will. To re fresh himself be increases the flow of oxygen, and when he requires asUmulos diminishes it. Mr. Fleuss is a young and vigorous man, who has served in the steamboats of the Peninsular and Oriental Company. His apparatus is ;:cruiiiiiy very ingenious ana enectlve, nd well worthy of attention London Tivtes. a A Terrible Indian Onslaught Upon a Herd of Buffaloes. An oflicer of the regular Army, who left Fort Keogh, Montana, ten days ago, arrived in the city on Thursday even ing, and is a guest, of friends living on I'rairie Avenue. The otlicer traveled by "buckboard" from the Yellowstone River to the end of the Northern Paoilio Railroad, near the Little Missouri, and thence eastward by rail. Couriers hail arrived at the Host be fore his departure, bringing the latest intelligence Irom tho Crow Indians, who were then absent from the camp, or Agency, upon a grand buffalo bunt. The news brought in bv the couriers was very exciting. Thoy related that after riding over mountains for two nay. the Crows oome anon a line herd of buffaloes in a narrow valley near by the Yellowstone. There were four hun dred Indians and four thousand buffa loes. Tbe Crows had been forced by fear of starvation to take to th chase, and the keen hunger they wore suffer ing only sharpened their eagerness for a tilt with their old fellow-nomads, the noble bisons. The game stampeded down the valley In the direction of the Yellowstone. The chase was hotlv fol lowed, half a hundred buffaloes biting the dust before the river was reached. Due of the most vehement of the pur uers, who had distinguished himself for bravery in two or three fights with the Sioux, fell from his pony in the midst of the flying herd, and was trampled to death by the frantic beasts. 1 he Yellowstone, a roaring, rushing river even at the lowest tide, was boom ing with the regular summer freshet,the outpour of the melting snows in the high mountains. When the river was reached the game made a bold stand, and for a time it seemed doubtful which held the mastery; but the tnoessant f usilade from four hundred rifles, together with the desperate proximity of the formidable battalion, drove the herd in dismay into the roaring torrent. Beside themselvos with the excitement of the moment, the Indians urged their ponies into the stream, unwilling that even a flood ihoold spoil their frenzied sport or cut them off from their game. The terriUo current, made tumultuous from the huge piles of rock hero and there, in tbe channel, whirled buffaloes, poniei, and Indiana along al a bewildering velocity. until tbe thousands of beasts were roll ing and writhing In Inextricable confu lion. In th diiy evolutions of horse i and riders, the kttter were left to Btrug gle for themselves in the water, and to be jammed to death between the surg ing masses of drowning beasts. Borne ; who foresaw the danger in time, and turnsd shoreward, found safety on terra arm, but those who ventured far enough to be embraced by the sweep ing, resistless tide, and to become in volved in the tangle of struggling ani mals, were all drowned. The story it a it in as of a brought to the post was that thirty In, dians and fifty ponies were drowned, nnsMios nve nunorea or a tnousand buf faloes. Inquiry at military headquarters in this city elicited from, Col. Sheridan the Information, corroborative In part of the foregoing narrative, that the Crow Indi ans had eaten np all their food and had gone ont after game. The dispatch conveying this intelligence to military headquarters gave no particulars, but Intimated, that the Indians were des perately hungry. Chvago Time: Why Is Life a Disappointment? I.im is a disappointment, chiefly bo- can se mose wno are starting in It over estimate their own strength and under rain that of their competitors, isdf suH'iclency and limorance are the pio ' neers of defeated expectations. ' The looker-on is not disappointed; it is the actor wno is. uverweentng self-conn- donce , refuses . to see tfltflienlfina. m thns the preparation which might over come them is neglected. The defeat is crushing, because it Was deemed imnos, sible. Presumption and arrogance have burned the bridges, and left no oppor- tumiy 10 gamer tne snatierea forces by retreat. Thore seems to be no helu for these blunders; each generation must learn ior liseu. I Here is a point where teaching ends and experience begins. It is this which has set bounds to human knowledge. No man can take up the work of anothor. Where it has been left there It must remain. The father can not give or bequeath the child his experience, as he can his property. Men may yaunt themselves as they will, but thore is limit to their power ; and that limit seems in some cases to have been reached in one man. Shakespeare and Bacon have had no successors. No man has been able to take up their work where they left it. So far as man's efforts are concerned their works are complete. As they left them, so they remain. No man has yet appeared who can equal what they have done, much less improve upon it. As far as we know, they reached the limit of man's power in the direction in which they taught. The child mnst mistake the road just as the parent mistook it, and learn which is the right road only when too old and weary to walk in it. And, perhaps, it is well that it is so. The -wisdom of age and the form of youth can not be joined in beauty. Could the young know their true strength, and foresee the dillioult es they encounter, they would not fall by the way, but would faint in the begin ning. Favorable circumstances bear men on to fortune to a greater extent than ths successful are billing to admit. In my oWn profession, those who have achieved success in the early part of thair career have fallen heir to the prac tice of a father or a preceptor. The in heritor of a practice is a whole genera tion ahead ot him who is the founder of one. at to Nora Perry's Home Life. . Xn hemie life of Nora Perry, the poet, is pleasantly described in the Bos ton Herald. She lives quietly at Provi dence, R. I., with her mother, a serene, swc.it -fated and intelligent lady, now more than eighty years of age. Two noble elms shade the modest house, on the lower floor of which, in the spacious and cheerful rooms, Miss Perry's indi viduality has expressed itself in creating home.' ?The windows are hung with heavy green draperies, and instead of the stiff and conventional shades, fine illusion covers the entire sash, serving the double purpose of affording a screen and softening tlie light. Warm bits of color glow here and thore in the soft mats on the floor, the pretty cushions on the low, broad and luxurious divan in the corner, and on the walls in little gems ol piotnres. The glaring white doors Uiat we still have to - accept from oar builder, and landlords are relieved, by lovely heliotypes and engravings. In fact, there are piotnres everywhere, of all Bizes and kinds, tacked up, stuck up, framed and hung, and set carelessly against any thing that wiU hold them np. Miss Perry knows what good pic tures are as well as the most of those whose duty it is to write often on art topics, but she has the full ' eoorage of her tastes )n these matters. " I don't ask any body to tell me what to ad mire," is her word, "twill have a chromo If I liko it, and I do like some of them exceedingly." In one corner stands an open book-case, whose ample shelves hold her favorite volumes, and near at hand is the old fashioned table that she calls her " .hop." It meets very fully the literary genius's idea of order. " Have a place for every thing, and pnt every thing into it." And yti is a porfectly orderly chaos, we have no doubt. In the center are heaps of letters. - At one aide is a pile of clip pings for use in correspondence, and near by the drafts of twoorthree poems that are awaiting a finish. Tho sheets of half-completed story lay where the weary pen left them last night, and a roll of prof," ready for the printer, holds them in place. "bheia," says the writer, "a busy worker. She Is more than that an un commonly pluoky and resolute soul. Although she has had her full share of troubles, perplexities, and discourage ments, no one ever beard her call out for sympathy or aid. If she has not joined in the clamor for woman's rights, is because she has found that, with a free field and fair play, she was quite wen auie to gex on witn tne rignu that are accorded to her. A year or two ago she was serkously, troubled with au thor's oram p. - Ihe loss of power in the right hand would have been a crush ing blow to many whose dependence is their pen: Nora Perry accented the sit uation, not without such vigorous pro tests as tne occasion seemed to war rant, and learned to write with hsr left hand. The rest which this afforded nables her to use her right hand, with care." a to in of a be of . for 11.,. a A Newport Incident. It is certain that in American society the men make the belles. With us it is the exact opposite. A case In Dolnt occurred a few years ago in Newport, wnen several young men, tnen well known in society, determined to try the experiment. They selected a charmimr 7oung lady, bright enough to please in conversation, Dul not remarkable for beauty, nor quite within the charmed circle of society. For days they took it turns to dance with her, to drive her out and to display all the devotion neo- essury to make her agreeably conspicu ous. The object of these attentions was much surprised as she was flattered. In the course of a short time the leader. fashion saw what was right, and they all called on her. tihe was a belle.- JjamUm Hour. the the if Thi Prinoe of Wales spoke of him. self as a "ettisea " of Great Britain at publlo dinner in London, and was Vigorously cheered for his good-fellowship. . Without a friend, what were hu inanity f Byron. ,l i ,,, r f - W . I 'I i ing the is GENERAL. Oni city heard from Is satisfied with the new census. Iiwell, Mass., has a larger number of Inhabitants than any body living there expootcd would bi found. Wm. Hanks, a notd Liverpool ship builder, has left :irx),000 to his grand, daughter, Susan Meyers, the wife of laborer at tiraenpoipt, opposite; flen York city. Tub uncertainties of the theatrical business are illustrated by the fact that Nellson, after a Season of great success in tho East, has boon playing Uj almost empty houses in San Francisco. Ten families will soon depart for Zaco nia, on Fugot Sound, Washington Ter ritory, undo, the 4irootion of the Brook, lya (S..Y.)''Oo.optrntiva Colonic ion Soeiety. -The will settle undeftht Homostead Law. A tramp oonsonted to do a small jot digging post-holes at ChrsoiU Nev., though labor was contrary to his cus tom. He returned to his employer'! house in an hour, threw down hii spade, and said he had changed hii mind. Ho had found flUO worth ol gold bars which some miner had buried. LAnoui.ATK, President of the Franco American Union, states' that Bartlioldl'i statue of Liborty would be ready foi erection in the harbor ot Now York ill 188:1, the centenary of the Treaty ot Versailles, which concluded, peace be tween England and America. Mom. Le Pao Rknouk ' suVrostJ that tbe ancient obelisks- of Kgypt might have been Intended ;to serve ai lightning conductors. The evidence il found in an inscription from the tern- file at Edfu, published by Brugsch-Bey September, 1875. In the thirty-fourti lineof this text "two largo obelisks" are expressly said to have been constructed "for the purpose of cleaving asundct the storm-cloud of heaven." Old Mrs. Sheppard collects about $2,000 In rents every July al Dayton, Ohio, and puts the money in s bureau drawer. A. she lives alone, the folly of keeping so much money by her was long ago explained to hor. In 1878 masked robbers entered the house and took the treasure. In .1879 the robbery was repeated in precisely the same manner. This year she hid it carefully, but the rascals choked bur until she told them where- it was.She now promises to put the receipts tot 1881 in the bank. A bot temporarily in charge of an elevator in the Syracuse (N. Y.) Savings Bank building, thought he would like see the elevator work. Ha-paUed the rope, and to his surprise tho elevator ascended rapidly. Keaohing the top it struck and reversed itself, breaking the starting rope, and the car descended rapidly to the bottom. When the car was raised the body of the engineer was found beneath it. He had been killed instantly. ' 1 ' Tmt Dumas family has1 viways,bcln remarkable for strength ; and fdftrcis. One night at the play Gen. Dumas, the grandfather of Dumas the yotmar, flung a man out of a stage box on to the stage. Dumas the elder was of tW culcau strength, and Dumasthe yonngfet excels in all games of strength and skill. is a master jugglor, and he can put frame of knives round a human head leaning against a board with the most consummate snrety of hand: ' George Sand was a brilliant pupil of Dumas the younger, and in her later years she usee) amuse herself for days with this peril ous pastime. Tin agitation for seats for shop add saloon girls has taken practical shape Scotland. Recently a staff of ladiel made a tour of the chief warehouses and shops in the leading thoroughfares Edinburgh, and made inquiries as to the socommodatlon in the desired direc tion. The (1104001 hag been agitated in daily newspaper for some time back, and the, committee found that in several instances shopkeepers and milliners bad provided seats for their saleswomen, to used during " the intervals of busi ness." No fewer than 140 establish ments were; visited, and in only four in stances were the ladies mot with per sonal rudeness. A letter from Bordeaux France, gives a frightful account of tho leech ponds ten miles from that, city.. The leeches are regularly fed with the blood old horses, which are driven into the ponds, where the leeches suck them til) they grow faint. Then they are taken out and allowed to graze in the licldi till they regain a liule strength, when they are egain driven into the pond, and the process is repeated till at last they are dragged out, bloodless kud dead, a well known English veterinary surgeon, who has done much to militate the hor rors of some of the Continental yeter. inary schools, has taken this matter ol the Bordeaux luech ponds in hand. The Horse's Frog. Iv we were to go to many a black, smith and ask him if he did not think nature had made a mistake in putting clumsy frog into the horse's foot, ho would hardly be ready to say yes, and very likely would put on a surprised look, and perhaps explain that in some countries horses did very well without shoes, and so the frog was left to care itself. But while not ready to take ground with you in any criticism of the plan upon which the foot is constructed, 1 you have bnt to look in the corner of tho shop where two horsos stand newly shod ; self, ihat if the smith has not fai J lit, the, knife has said the frog is a bad thing. uu buoii imiHmi uuwi.i mod vuun and must be out away. The horses do stand on the ground, but nearly half an inch higher, on the iron of their shoes, and which takes the woight ot the horse on the outer shell of the hoof. Tho practice is as sensible as it would be for man who had to travel on all fours, taking the weight on lira nails of his lingers and toes rather than on tho cush which lies behind them. It is always soft part tbe india rubbor part of feet of animals that hare sui'h which receives the weight, and not '.he. shelly, hard part. We know what an elephant's foot is ; it is all rubber-like. The horse has the banie incttsod in a shell, which gives him accuracy aid steadiness of movement. Now, this, casing protects the frog. It grows slowly, the frog grows rapidly. The healthy foot of the colt shows a center, not projecting, at least level wilh tho line of the hoof. He does not tako his weight wholly on the rim of bis foot. horses would havo feet moro like them if blacksmiths would allow they knew a little less than nature, and really knew enough to read nor intentions. , The object in shoeing the animal, aside from the occasional one of chang 11m trait, is simply tu 'rc,vcni mu wear and shattering of the outer shell, and to enable it to take a urmir hold ol ground, escaping tbe .lipping of the unshod horn. ' It is an usfortnae inci dent of our system of shocin'r that tho horse is raised from the ground as a boy when he mouuU suits. i'urm atJi