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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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Without a friend, what were hu
inanity f Byron.
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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
