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2T|)t Erifcunt, BUBSQBIPTIOS TERMS; ritAßtarx usuutcE. Dally Kdltisn. per year, by mitt. ccUy Edition, per year, by «m. Eaaday Kditica. per year, by Man*.,.. V«vVly I'dilion. rcr Viwr. by vm Pnrt» of a year at ttznc rata. To priTcnt delay and mistaken, be rare and ffre Port O!boe ad drew in fall. Ikdudhig State and county. XV'anwtcrt are allowed lea per cent eemtnisalon on yearly f;jl KTiplioWu U« inituiacc* may be made either by dr ait. cvrreM, Swt; Oliice order, or In rogittvrvd letter*. *t our mi. TSIUCS TO CTTT 6CBSdUUDtS: Daily, delivered, Sander axciprrn, ilcU per week. D*ily, delivered, K.-.n,Uj included, 30ct» jvr wtxi. Addrcee TIIIUUNE COMPANY, Chicago. QL MONDAY. APRIL 20, 1803. TROUBLE IN THE ELEVATORS. The fact that tho corn in store in ono of many Chicago elevators, amounting to r.0.0-M bushels, has been heated, and is no 1 -:;g. r merchantable, selling on Saturday at . cents per bushel,when, if sound, it would have been worth 40 cents per bushel; and the intimation that com in tho other elevators of tho city, amounting in the ag gregate to about two millions of bushels, i*. in pretty much llio same condition, is cal culated to produce a greater sensation out i'f the city than the facta really warrant. Tho hot com is confined to the bins in which is kept what is technically known as “new com,” which, at this season, is about two-thirds of the whole raiu'unl in store. Tho facts do mu warrant the statement that this groat bnuyufcom has rolted'in the elevators; but that tho loss is not confined to ono < levator is nmre than probable. Wo think it is t< i be regretted that the Board of Trade, sit tlit-ir meeting on Friday night, saw no higher questions involved ip this nutter t).;.n at what particular hour or what par ticular »luy the sale of u warehouse receipt, • ■ailing for this particular com in this par : vul,.r devutor. was binding.. Without any •j-..-Mble impeachment of any person, it is iiM t««» much to say that it leaked like a • gu.irrel about the value of the depreciated < hi] - lulled by an insolvent gambler. 11. t re are thousands of people who send 11-.< ir groin to Chicago who may bo said to have no further control of it. No nutter what the quality, or grade. <>r condition of 11- corn may be in tho ov.m r s estimation, i; b icceivedhere only upon the gr.ijlo marled upon it by the in i ctors of tills city. Their decision is final. It is thus put into the elevator as “No. I,” “ No. 2,” *• N". 3.*’ ••rejected,” or “new,” and n- n.ge is chmge.l for it uc<-.rdingly. It 11 :i.-u b- • ■•iduceoriUngtothat inspection,for, ci.ee ;n the (levator, its identity is lost. The «h-vator does not oiler to return tho «■•ni. but only the same quantity of t l.e sjvnu-gra-ie of conn So stringent and i*.--7.oiable is this rule that the owner i.f ion.iHtO bushels in store is not permitted to enter tho elevator to examine vh- ’.her that much com is really there, or vhut is its condition. He is remaude Ito Li- receipt. The charge for storage is tho r.--’ili of an agreement between the ele vators of this and adjoining citiws. It is i. it based upon any estimate of the cost, or ii-k. «t fair profit, but is arbitrary. It jmght as well be five cents per bushel as xv.o o-uts. and in either case the producer H-utling grain to Chicago or Milwaukee n.Usi i ..y whatever rate is demanded of Lim. lie has no choice. His grain nrist ::..into store, and must pay the urbitr.iry rate for storage, or he cannot sell it in Chi c l:>*. If he sells at hit farm, the purchaser deducts this warehouse charge from tho I rice. The Board of Trade, .at its meeting on Friday evening, did not seem to consider that any person had any interest in the mal ft-r except the few of their own number who h‘ M receipts for this art,ooo bushels of damaged com. It Is true that these ware- Louse receipts exclude a liability for losses }<y fire and the healing of the cum. But is this just? Is it just to charge the x.de of two cents per bushel for five days’ jUomge of com kept in bulk, in which the ~.J tud I-ad may be thrown into a common pile. and the whole rotted, and no liability ensue on the part of the warehouseman ? 3i a man could make a special deposit of bis grtdn. and receive the same when colled for. the canity of non-liability for damage from heating would be quite different from that which exists when he must take gr.un, which. bad when it was received, or im properly kept, or mixed with inferior qual ity, rots in the bin. There is not a rail road in the West on which there are riot daily to be seen through cars loaded with grain and flour, going direct from the place < >f shipment to the place of destination. voiding this city and the expense t f storage and selling here. The news that the com in store in our elevators has Been s>> kept, cared for, mixed and agglom erated that the bad has destroyed the good •aid the whole become rotten, will tend j*o increase the.shipments which now pass } y Chicago and go direct to their dostina fi-'ii. Shippers have no assurance that flair good corn may not be mixed with bad, rj;d they will prefer paying a few cents ad tliiiomd freight to other points rather lhan incur the risk of losing all by Mornge in our elevators. Tills Is one j-oint of which the Board of Trade, com posed not only of warehousemen, but of ibe factor* aud agents of the whole produc ing community, might have taken some no lice. and is one of decidedly more impor tance t<* the commerchd reputation of Chi-' c:>go than how long one speculator, selling a warehouse receipt to another, is responsible for the condition of the corn in an elevator from whose management the public is ex cluded, and orcr the character of whoso re ceipts they have no control. HINTS TO THE HOMELESS. Tie; cities are overcrowded by men, with families and without, seeking employ- ji.ent in any mid every capacity. Some juaniige to secure situations, at wages de preciated by reason of the superabundance c f persons out of. place, and willing to bo cmployeu ’at ony-#*te -which will insure lliexu against staryatiun, while others gain ji precarious, and Bomelimes an insufficient, (Uibsistcncc by such odd jobs as chance throws in their way. This is not us it f-hoiild be. Persons who are making no lin.ro than a bare living, without any deft jute pr«>spcct of something belter, are wast ing their time by remaining in the city, and the city derives no benefit from their pre*- ct:ce —on the contrary, many are. and olh < rs are in danger of becoming, a burden to Ihoir fellow-citizens. Most of them are vithor.t resource to meet the emergencies sickness or accident, and in such event must become pensioners upon public or private charity. Many of them, under the influences of idleness and desperation, be come addicted to vice, and stfmo aro lod to Ibe commission of actual crime. Yet they c ling to thi ,-ity, despising the-ways to plen ty and independence offered to thorn in the fair fields and great forests of the Far West, ' Ufcdcr the Homestead law, the govern* every man who chooses to faith, and make it his J.W section of land, to be bo- U-ctod anywnere within the pnbhc domain. AU the Territories, and most of the States vest of the Mississippi, contain public lands, eo that when any one wishes to avail himself of the bounty of the government, the West is literally “all before him" where to choose. A large portion of Missouri and Arkansas Is yet unsettled. Kansas is rapid ly filling up, but it is not nearly full, and there arc eligible locations to be found in different parts of that vigorous young State. The chief difficulty there is in find ing a location with plenty of timber and water; yet these requisites are not fewer I Ilian in MHnois. Nebraska presents many fine opportunities for advantageous settle- 1 meat. Western Minnesota is growing rap idly, and there is yet room for a large im migration. Colorado has some of the best funning lands, as well ns the richest mines, 5n the and the mines will always furnish an excellent market for farm pro duct*. The same is true of nearly all the Territories—their mines will abundantly support their farms. To make fanning profitable requires 1 some capital; but very little will suffice to made. a commencement, if the farmer is possessed of energy and industry. Many a ?n:.p Pas begun without a dollar, and in a few years, by diligence and economy, - placed himself and his family beyond the probublptjeuitißF ll * The privations and hardships which he must undergo for a fear or two, until he begins to realize liomething from his crops, may seem hard to bear, bnt the final reward is certain. Ho may not achieve vast wealth, but he will bo assured of plenty end independence ; of a home, which cannot be taken away from bim, whatever adversities may overtake him. To the man, especially, who labors at ordinary toil for tho support of bis family, tbo opportunity to acquire a homestead of bis own selection, at little or no cost, ought to present strong attractions. Tho common laborer rarely lays up anything from year to year, because periods of unavoidable idle ness cat up the wages of bis active hours. A angle man, if sober and economical, may save something of tho proceeds of his daily labor; but a man with a family cannot, unless his wife and children also work for wages. Many mechanics find it difficult to make both ends meet, and there are not a few employes in tradesmen's establishments who barely manage to keep body and soul I together, while they uro obliged to make a | good appearance. For many of these people the only escape from poverty in tho decline of life is the homestead. That they will hold by no uncertain tenure, as they do their present places—if they have places at present. There they can plant and sow, with a reasonable certainty that their crops will yield a fair return for the seed and labor expended, and all tho time, us they plant trees, and build, and fence, and break new ground, their circumstances will improve, while, in the natural course of things, their land will increase in value so ns to make them comparatively rich. It is by no moans unusual for eligibly located ]iiml in tho now States and Territories to ap preciate in a few years to twenty, fifty, or even a hundred dollars per acre. There are thousands of ocros now awaiting pre emption which will be worth the last-named price, and more, before ten years have passed. Settlements are extending west ward with marvellous rapidity, and tho ap preciation of real estate keeps pace with the increase of population. Tho man who secures a homestead now, will, in a few years, find himself well off, almost without exertion. Can men who depend upon pro cjirious employment for a livelihood afford to let pass the present opportunities for ac quiring o uiipctency and independence V ......sia.oo SPECIFICATIONS. It is quite possible that ourKebraska cor respondent, “Junius,” whose letter on the Indian question we published a few «1 tys since, may not bo quite satisfied with tlio answers we have already given him, in is much us we have not adduced the “Rpocifica tions” ho called for. The question, wo thiulc, is one wliich has p;isat>d Iho stage of evidence, and huH gone to the jury for a verdict. It in quite e.isy, however, to bring forward ample proof of all that we have ever alleged on this subject, and, that our correspondent may not feel that \vu have left him one pi ink to stand upon, we respond to his demand, in a way which even he will probably think conclusive. There was filed with the Finance Com mittee of tliu Thirty-ninth Congress a state ruont containing horn..- twenty distinct charges of fraud against Indian Agents, con tractors and bureau officers. Portions of this report were rend by Senator Sherman in open Senate, from which wo make this extract j*s a specimen of the wholo: ♦•on the Ist «*r July, i-fts, when the military .rt thanlii’S cc(ue<l to have authority to feed refugee Indians. there was an immense surplusor flour and ri.ru on hand at tort (.U-nm, amountingto as much us all that |«;ls Mure been Issued to pauper Indians m that country. These stores thecommandingolll eerat Fort Gu»sf)U ottered to turn over to the S - I ermteiident of Indian Adairs at js.ro per ham-1 lor flour and 82 per bushel fur corn. Instead of making lids purchase, the Superintendent went io Leavenworth ami entered lulu contract with Mc- Donald, Fuller A Sells (the rou «f l!*f Suj’en'ntfivU ml), at f S tier bushel for com and soi per barrel for flour. The contract was let, as we are inform ed and believe, without the requisite advertise ment, on the pretence that them was not time to advertise. The most of the flour furnl-hed under this contract was sent by steamboat from Ht, Louts, roMi/n; the c<iutri!Ct"r* Jpj and the Indian De partment £:ut j~ r barrel, while a large amount of the flour offered by the War Department to the interior at s•> perfarrelwus l*dug shipped down the Arkansas from Fort (>lbs>iu to Utile Itoek. The com furnished t>y the contractors under this contract was part bought from the Indians at ?i per bushel, and part bought of the military author tiles at Foil Hibson, by one McKee, who is under stood to have been the agent and partner of Me- Donald, Hiller A Sells, at eighteen cents per bushel, and turned over to the Superintendent at S» per busheL The gross amount of these sup plies we are unable to state, but are satisfied that u was several hundred thousand dollars; ami we have information that It has all, or nearly all, been paid.’*— Ulobf, July 4, ISW. Of course, the several hundred thousand dollars made by this coutmct went into somebody’s pockets, and the suppositi< *u is not n violent one that tho “swag” was di- vidc-d between the contractors and the Su perintendent. The Ciipe was u simple one : there were “starving Indians” to bo fed t und the government wuh to feed them. The Indians had corn to sell at £2 a bushel, and tho contractors bonght it. The Indian Superintendent bonght it of the contractors at £8 n bushel. The military authorities, also, had com to sell at eighteen cents ft bushel, ftnd the contractors bonght that also. And this com tho government was made to buy bach again, through tho In dian Superintendent, at :jS ft bushel, though the commanding officer at Fort Gibson hail previously offered it all to him at £2 a bushel I Wo think that both tho facts and the authority should satisfy tho thirst of our Nebraska correspondent for specifications, though there uro plenty more of the same sort. ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO. Tho resources of Arizona and New Mexico seem to be but imperfectly understood out side of those Territories, and, indeed, many of their inhabitonts aro not fully aware of them. There is a vague impression abroad that Arizona is rich in the more valuable minerals, but that it is a desert country, producing little in the way of vegetation except tho various species of cacti. A let ter-writer, u few days since, designated it ns “ tho most barren of the Territories.” The truth is that it is one of the most fer- tile of the Territories. That portion of it lying north of tho Gila Iliver embraces some of the finest pastoral country in tho world, and is also well adapted to the cultivation of the hardier cereals. Excel- »nt crops of Indian corn have been pr*>- iticed in tbe various little settlements in at section, and especially in tbo vicinity Prescott; but this grain is liable to iu- jury from early frosts. Must kinds of vege tables do well, and so do fruits, so fur ns they have been tried. Irrigation is usually resorted to when convenient, but is not absolutely necessary, as good crops have been raised without it. On the great m•* or table-lands, stretching eastward from Colorado lUvcr, the wild grass (black gr.au mn and ouo or two other species) retains, in a groat measure, its verdure duriugthegroat cr part of the year. Such portions of this region as have been explored have boon found very rich in gold and silver, and there ia even* reason to believe that the un explored portions will prove, when prospect ed, equally rich. The ores are. however, of a very refractory nature, and the attempts mode in the vicinity of Prescott to reduce them profitably have not hitherto been com pletely successful. The hostility of the Apaches mid their allied tribes has proved the greatest drawback to the settlement of I this section of the country. The danger of travelling causes enormous tariffs for freights. The danger of venturing any where beyond the protection of a town or a military post renders the ex penses of mining double or treble what they should be, since men will not risk they- lives, without extra recompense, and a constant guard must be kept over workmen, and over the teams employed in hauling ore, to prevent surprise by the Indians. Farmers are annoyed and injured by having their horses, cattle, and mules stolen, and their com harvested by moon light by the unconscionable fed man. When to this it is added that scarce a week passes without Ike murder of from one to half a dozen white men by the Indians, it is not to be wondered at that this country does not increase in population. The few people remaining there are held by that “ hope de ferred " which “ makelh the heart sick." South of the Gila the country is low and the climate uncomfortably hot; but hero excellent crops are raised with the aid of ir rigation. The Pima and Maricopa Indians raise largo quantities of grain—principally wheat—and some vegetables. Wherever the I white settlers cultivate the ground excellent crops are produced; and, although little at tention has been paid to fruit culture, it is a well-ascertained fact that grapes, oranges, lemons, figs, olives, and all fmits which grow in a semi-tropical climate, can be raised in abundance. Young onions, rad ishes, and lettuce are common upon the dining-tables of Tucson in midwinter, and green com and peas may bo grown there in the open ror at the same season. The übiquitous and bloodthirsty Apache, how ever, makes farming in this section, as well as to the northward, a pro carious business. When the Apaches are subdued or driven out, and a proper system of irrigation adopted, it is-probablo that a large portion of Southern Arizona can bo successfully brought under cultivation. In this part of the Territory also there are very rich mines of gold and silver, some of which, in times past, have yielded con i Bidcrable quantities of the precious metals. At a recent date they were not worked, owing to danger from the Indians. Indeed, the only mino in the Territory which has been worked with sternly success is in Vul ture, situated in a range of mountains north of the Gila. With a twenty-stamp mill, as sisted by quartz-crushers and two grinders and amalgamating pans, the ore from this . mine yields an average of about forty dollars per ton, and, in gross, about fifteen hundred dollars every twenty-four hours. For some reason best known to themselves, the In dians have not molested tho employes of the Vulture Company. Now Mexico is supposed to bo pre-emi nently an agricultural and pastoral country. Notwithstanding the depredations of the hostile Apaches and the friendly Navajoos, largo numbers of sheep of nn inferior brood are still bred in that Territory; also some goats and donkeys, a fowscrubby horses and j still scrubbier neat cattle. The domestic • beasts of Now Mexico partake of the do ; moralizntion of the inhabitants, and that is j something fearful to contemplate. Agncul ■ tnre in New Mexico is carried on after a most primitive fashion. The extent of tho land cultivated is limited to strips varying in width from bnlf a mile to a mflo and a half along tho water which is all that can be reached by thl?miporfect system of irrigation in practice. This land is di vided into small tracts of from two to twen ty acres each, tho smaller tracts belonging to the poorer and the larger to tho more wealthy classes of the natives. Tho plow used in breaking this land is a stick about four feet long and four inches square, point ed and tipped with iron, and drawn by a pair of stunted bullocks yoked by the horns. Tho harrow is still more primitive, being simply u bushy sapling. Thero are no fences—boys and dogs being employed to keep donkeys and gouts off tho fields. Yet the New Mexicans xmiungc to raise, in addi tion to their domestic supply of Chili pop- pern, beans and tortilla stuffs, a consideru l»le quantity of com and wheat, for sale to the military postp, miners, etc. But most of tbo breadstuff's used by the military in Now Mexico are carried thither from the States, and all the beef cattle are brought from Texas. New Me*xico is nut ut present n very productive country in any respect. But there are mines in that Territory which cannot bo surpassed elsewhere. The IHnos Altos qnartz mines, near the Mimbrcs Biver, and about thirty miles north of the old Butterfield overland route, are steadily yielding a largo amount of bullion, although they were discovered less than five years ago, and the mines have been much troubled by the Apaches. In the Organ Mountains, to the eastward of Mosillu, valuable silver mines are known to exist, having been worked in former year* ; but on account of the Indians no attempt has been made to work them recently. In the Mud;denu Mounbiins, west of Socorro, some excellent gold and silver-bearing ledges were discovered hist summer. At the Ileal de San Francisco, between AlbnijUcnpio and Santa Fe, there are rich placer mines, and «piarlz lodges equal to the best in California and Nevada. At the Held de Dolores, nine miles nearer to Santa Fe on the same road, there is a quartz mill in oj?eratioa on ore from the Ortiz mine, bnt at last advices the concern was only partially successful, owing to the im perfection of the machinery. Near Santa Fe some old mines, covered up by the Puebla Indians after the massacre of the French u hundred and fifty or two hundred years ago, have been reopen ed, and will doubtless bo worked before long. All along the llio Grande, from Santa Fo to Taos, tho old shafts of tho gnmbu*l.io9 arc being discovered and claimed by enterprising Americans. At Maxwells ranch, on tho Cimarron, quartz mines of extraordinary richness have been found, and a quartz mill Is now in operation there. Thogroatorpor tion of the Territory yet remains to bo prospected, and it is almost certain that rich deposits of tho precious minerals will bo found in many places hitherto uuvisited by white men. In many respects tho quartz mines of New Mexico possess advantages over those of Arizona, and perhaps over those of Colorado and Nevada. It is tho opinion of some experienced miners that Now Mexico will prove tho richest mining territory in the United States; but until within a few mouths mineral wealth has re mained unsuspected, oven by p ane of tbo oldest and most intelligent inhabitants. CARPETS AND CORN, Ar one of a series of illustrations of the practical operations of the tariff, wo take the case of a fanner residing ono hun dred miles from Chicago, who, after years of industry, has just built himself a dwelling house, which ho proposes to furnish, and into which he and his more impatient wife and daughters expect soon to move. C vr pot.s are an essential article of furniture, and, though Farmer Jones is well to do, he has no money to waste unnecessarily. The modest parlors of his new house require fifty square yards of carpet, and wife and daughters insist that this carpet sh ill not only be handsome and becoming, but also of a good quality. They come to Chicago, and. rejecting the Axminster and the Saxony and the velvets, thtfy settle down upon n tapestry Brussels carpet, which they find they can buy—the English at s!>.'>, and the Americauutsl.7. r > per yard of three-fourths width, or equal, the first to sj'J.tU and the latter to §2.l'd per square yard. The English carpet is sup posed to have moro enduring colors, and that, we will assume, is selected. The farmer pays down on the fifty square yards of carpet the sum of $1 10.50. The sum is comparatively a largo one, and how unne cessarily and oppressively so, requires only an examination of how the bill is made up. This carpet pays a duty of T>o cents a square yard in gold, and this duty and the premium on gold arc included in the cost, and arc equal to 07 cents per square yard— consequently, the farmer pays <'•" cents per square yard extra, under the delu ziou that he is thereby supporting the gov eminent and encouraging homo industry. If. however, he buy the American carpet, ho pays a fraction less, or :?2.10 per square yard; but that same carpet, if there were no tariff, could bo and would be sold at sl.’»2 per square yard. The American manufac turer, availing himself of the necessarily in creased price placed upon the English car- I»ct by the tariff, raises the price of his own to within a few cents of that of the imported article. Consequently, in the case of the purchase of the American-made carpet, the fanner pays the same excess of price, not as a tax to aid the government to pay the public debt, but directly us a bounty to the capitalist whoso moans are invested in slock of manufacturing companies, which yields him 00 to 00 per cent per annum. This tax, it will bo seen, is over iir» per cent ; and let us sec how the farmer moots it with com selling at 515 cents per bushel at the nearest railroad station : fto square yanl* Encltsli carpet, at 11.C4 f^2.ao Tax i»> protect homo Industry, at Me iTeiulum ou gold Total cost Prtx-i-cils of bushels of corn, at We ITotccds uf vti bushels of com, at we.. • Total, We have cited tho case only of tho single carpet; but to furnish tho house, supposing tho whole cost to be $2,000, an examination will satisfy tho fanner that over s{*oo of that smu is collected of him as a special tax to enable the American capitalist owning man* ufactnring stock to increase the price of his wares, by arbitrarily adding from 35 to 70 per cent on all competing goods; and that, to pay this tax or bounty of SSOO, tho farm er has to pay ont, without any considera tion or value, tho proceeds of 2,255 bushels of com; or, estimating tho yield at forty bushels to tho acre, the farmer has annually, upon every expenditure of $2,000 for essen tial articles of domestic use, to cultivate fifty-seven additional acres of com to meet the bounty required to bo .paid by him to the capitalist owning manufacturing stock. Will the farmers of tho West take these fig ures and make their own estimate of tho bounty they annually pay for no value re ceived, and how many acres additional they have to cultivate in order to meet tho amount of that tax ? Tho Ahbott-Sprague imbroglio is one of the drollest affairs that ever transpired in tho city of Washington, or elsewhere. Mr. Abbott is a carpet-bagger from North Caro lina—rather above tho average of his class. Ho was formerly a New Hampshire soldier; served creditably in the army, and served ■ creditably in tho Senate until Sprague I called him a “ puppy.” Spraguo is a rowdy boy, with the smallest endowment of brains and tho largest development of obstinacy that over gained admission to any legists' tivobody, since jackasses became eligible to office. The idea of taking offence at anything ho can say argues weakness on tho port of Mr. Abbott; and the idea of “ do- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, MONDAY, APRIL 26. 1869. inanding satisfaction" of him is positively ridiculous. Let Sprague have his bray, or his series of brays. Ho has been eoren years preparing for them. If Senators don’t like the noiso, let them retire to tho committee-room s until it ceases. THE HEW YORK CANALS. Tlie Now York Canal Board has made a report of tho business of the canals of that State for tho year 18<J8. From this report wo loam that there are certain charges upon tho canal revenucs,mado by the Constitution of New York, which aro as follows; For support ol the povemroent, For penenU fund debt, sinking. For witiv-in).. fund canal ueht.... Total. This is to bo paid from tho surplus revenue of tho canals. Tho surplus revenues of tho last year were $3,1103,000, or about $750,- 000 leas than tho constitutional charges upon tho revenues. Tho estimated surplus for 1800 is $3,280,000; so any hope of a re. duction of tolls Is entirely out of tho ques tion. It appears that the canals aro mort gaged, not only for their own debt, but for the general debt of tho State. Tho Board do not expect tho canals to bo tho perma nent route for transportation. Other moans and other routes will bo found, and certain products now sent by canal will go by now lines. Flour has almost ceased to bo car ried on tho canals. The tolls, and tonnage transported since 1603, ore thus given: Tons, Tolls, 3.530.9 M .5,770,820 4,43f 5 G39 4.0»3,05S . .mi*,-# In 1804 there were moved on the canals 485,582 tons of anthracite and 3d1»,48l tons of bituminous coal. In 1808 there were 1,057,388 tons of anthracite, and 551,311 of bituminous. The total movement of certain lea/llntr articles for the warn !»C7 and isto W exhibited bj the following luUc i K 4, M'J,33t 57 r.r'J-i ~13,C3i,:iW U.li'sM? ...U.W'/’XO 15437.1U7 Hour, J.rls Wheat, Ixisbels. Corn, hus-hfls.. iltrcliuii'lisc, tons 21V,Ss* 'Die Hoard comment nn follows “Tli.it wc cannot compete In forel&i markets with the cereals of other countries may he attrib uted to the hljth price of labor, nu*l c .nseuuenl greater cost of production with us. mil the large protlth made by those who come between the pro ducer and shipper, rather Ilian to the cjtnpara lively Inconsiderable chanre for lolU upon the Jirle'Cunal. from Ituifalu to Troy.’* The canal toll upon a tou of coal from Troy to Buffalo Is U'J conU, and to Roches ter but ."0 centa; but the Board nay that a reduction of those rates would not in the least diminish the extortions of tbo coal monopolies, llie whole spirit of the report »s to tbo effect that the Statu of Now York must try mid got all it can out of the canals toward paying its debt, before they cease to ba the highway fur transportation. The Board advises no enlargement, but merely such trilling changes us will not cost much, but will increase the present business. Tho efforts made by the men of St. Louis to divert tho grain trade of tho Northwest down tho Mississippi call to mind the un successful attempt of a local politician to run into olllce a great many years ago, by calling on tho people to “ Hurrah for "Washington for President, and William Smith for Constable/' Even if tho move ment should bo a success, St. Louis would be left out in tho cold by tho grain which would all pass in front of her doors without stopping at thr.t city. 3SISCELI.A St'O I’S. Out of thirty-four French* Journals started In Paris Flnce ImM, only two survive. The American colony at Dresden have organized two base ball club?. A beggar in Hartford goes from house to house demanding alms at the point of a lilt; knife. A bill lias tieen Introduced la the Massachusetts Legislature to prohibit card-playlng oil railway trains, and giving the conductor power to eject all players. Velocipede-ridlng has been prohibited In the streets aud public places ol many German cities. There are over one thousand broken-down for eign prostitutes In tho asylums, hospitals, and prisons of St. Petersburg.' The faro bankers of New Orleans are trying to make the United States Assessor call their game a lottery, so that they may bo taxed and legally recognized. The London says that the cost of living In London In hut little less than In New York, even lor mechanics. In the* Delaware Hirer gill nets ami the refuse from the gas works at Philadelphia are destroy injr shad luster than they can Increase by natural production. Many heavy business men in Now York aro sai l :o be patrons of clalr ruv ant fortune-tollers. Owing to the removal of civil oillcers, marriages cannot be performed In pome parts of Virginia, whl In the southwest part of the State lover* re pair across the line to Tennessee to be ma !o one. Christy's Minstrels are performing in South Africa. They travel about In a coach of their own with four horses, pnlnp seventy miles a day, while their poods are toted alone more slowly on wapons drawn by elphtecn to twenty-four bullock-; each. The preat Inconvenience they “ meet with Is that there are no hulls to play In,” People come many miles to sec their slxtccn-alicct pictorial posters. A correspondent of a New Haven paper looked M the telegraph wires during the late oriroral dis play, and saw the “ sparks of electricity hop along them like Infinitesimally small illuminated toads.” in California, four locust trees less than twenty years old were lately cut, and tweu:y-utuc wagon hubs having l»ccn made from them the remainder made more than four cords of ilrewood. A large sperm whale was recently harpooned on the coast of Madagascar. From U was obtained -srOmumls of ambergris, worth about 525,000. Sailors say that ambergris U produced by dyspep sia In the w hale. The total loss by the operations of the New York grain-defaulter, Svm. U. Peck, ts now placed at 1104,41*0. it is believed that he did not carry any money away with him- Toads are sold m Parts at the rate of fifty coats a dozen. The animal is used for the protection of vineyards and gardens from the ravages of Insects that escape the pursuit or the birds. The little vessels “ Nonpareil ” and “Red, White and Blue ” are to be matched la a trip across the Atlantic. Tne farmers of Ilenfew County, Canada, are killing their cattle by the hundreds to save them from starvation, It indug Impossible to obtain provender for them, at any price. It is feared that all the stock in that and Cornwall and St. Lau rente districts will be destroyed Indore aid reaches Hum. Inmost cases the animals killed prove a total loss, as their flesh is tinfit for food. In Nevada there is a Ruby Valley, so called on account of the Immense mmdierof rubles found In the »>ands of the mountain streams flowing through it. These ;.nis, though very beautiful and perfect, are too Miiall lo l*c merchautable, the largest iKdng only the size of apm hea l ‘ In Hoimken, on Tuesday night last, several boys were amsted for desecrating Methodist and Swedenl>orglan churches. They broke the wln- dews, danced around the altars, smashed chairs, and Kat one another with hymu-books and mbit’s. Among thojpresenta sent to the Pope, on the fif tieth anniversary of his consecration to the priest hood. was an Ivory watch, made in France, which is u perfect timekeeper. The Executive rotnmlitec of the Peace Jubilee Association has telegraphed to Strauss to bring over his splendid orchestra to assist in tbe Boston pert ommn ecu. Tin* novels and plays now produced in Vicuna arc full of political allusions: reference to the rela tion* between Austria and Prussia Is made in a dia logue between Ilunnlhal and Sciplo in a tragedy lately produced; and in a novel by Alfred Meiss ner, entitled “The Tower of Halxd.” the writer in sinuates a gloomy description of the condition of Austria. A Cleveland newspaper recently advertised that U would send a copy free to anv person sending a “club of ten.*’ A young lady lu the country Bent In the ten-spot of club*. At an examination of cadets In Wiesbaden (Nassau) one of the lads was asked, Where were the tattles of Jena and Auerstcdt fought 7" He answered: “Our teacher told us we need not know anything aN>nt the battles In which the Prussians got licked-’* The total eclipse of the sun oa the 7th of Au gust next Is the only one that will hevlslbletn North America during tho present century. The centre of the line of totality will pass through Springfield, Illinois, and near Des Moines, lowa. .SUMi3 Both of these stations, as well as many others, will l*c occupied by coast survey parties. Congress has appropriated SVOO to defray the expense of observations. Prof. Wlnlock, Director of Harvard Observatory, Is making arrangements for viewing the eclipse and noting Its features at SbelbyTtUe. Ky. Tho observation will last between two and three minutes. POLITICAL. The Democracy of Rock Island, IH, have pre sented to Colonel J. B. Dsnforth, late editor of the Argu*. of that city, a watch rained at 8250. The Traverse Bay (Mtch-> Krtlf contains a card from Emil Annexe, charging Reuben Goodrich, formerly United Slates Receiver of Public Moneys at Grand Traverse, and Just reappointed in place of Mr. Anncke, with having, as appears by the books, received over eight thousand dollars more than he ever paid out. The Detroit speaking of this, says: “ This charge may bo ft mero dodge. We suspect so. If at the close of his term, tho books showed ss,oou due the United States from funds not yet drawn by the government out of Mr. Goodrich’s bands, U by no means certainly follows that those funds arc still in his possession. He might have either turned them orerto his successor, with the other assets of the office, or ho may have paid them to the government, without handing them to his successor.” At the charter election. In Henry, HI, tho Re- publicans carried everything but the alderman In the First Ward. Alexander Uogland was chosen Mayor by a majority of 10. Governor Hoffman, of New York, has reached his twelfth veto. The Newburyport JJerali comes cut In favor of General Butler for the next Governor of Massa chusetts, and says: “Wo need just such a nun— a man of great executive powers—to reconstruct affaire at the Slate House.” The HfraU alsolntl mates that Butler will be elected to the United States Senate at an early day. The Baltimore Democratic, has made a llvelv attack upon Reverdy Johnson. ll s *-* 8 that, “when Mr. Johnson sought to bo frank, he grew garrulous.” He is charged with grossly “f 1 England, with being “ too gushingly affectiouats, with blundering Inals science and history, quoting hackneyed scraps of poetry, “A and foolish letters to me paptre. * of any intention to threaten England Is declared to be “all gammon. mating tbe price of office good behavior only. The Beenes ami the scramble of the last month have been disgraceful, as yon know. But you do not probably know the effect of this periodical ro tation upon Congress. For example, I want the Secretary of the Treasury to give my man an of fice. Igonp to the department and wait there for an andlence, long or short, as the case may Ixn The Secretary speaks encouragingly. Next day I go up again, and bo U not qulto so san guine- It Is by this steady pernislenco that offices are obtained here. Not merit, nor recommendation, nor Impulse, bat ding-donging obtains the offices. Well, the Secretary has a financial policy, perhaps, flow can I, ns a Sena tor, speak independently of his policy while my man Is In a state of suspense. Thus, the execu tive part of the government paralyzes In a great degree the legislator's independence. We must re form tins altogether, or the political state of the country will be degraded beyond recovery.” I asked tbe Senator If he was kept very busily employed In legislative business. “Vcs, M heanswered; “theduties of a Senator ore extremely oneroaa Wc used to adjourn from Thursday until Monday and get ttirough all busi ness promptly enough. Then thebetter social en joyments were available to us, and we had leisure for reading, conversation and thought. So mani fold hare the functions of the central government become that all oartime Is occupied now. Thou sands of things, which were formerly disposed of In the Slates or In the Executive Department, | come np to Congress now. By Saturday night I am very weary.” Senator Trnmbnll will remain In Washington until the middle of May, then proceed to New York city, and reach Illinois by the first of June. Ills appearance is excellent, founded In good health and spirits, and no man In the Senate takes more Interest in Its dally business, lie Is one of those men who will survive the catastrophe of mere parties, being rooted In tbe law and tbo science of affaire; and—not to be Invidious—l sometimes wonder what figure Illinois would play In the nation if Trumbull were out of the Senate, and some merely subservient caucus politician were In his place. Name your next 1 man, please! For, os for me, dropping 1 out of Trumbull Into a hodge-podge of I 1 ! mediocrity, I should have to consult with you by telegraph to know where to begin for wisdom. I have never heard Senator Trumbull mention the impeachment trial but once, and then without feel ing or show of feeling. Yet seldom In the history 1 ± of puniic duty has It been within the power of bo J many popples to deride the moon, as when he put ' | Mb vote to Fessenden's, to Grimes', and to Ilen | derson's to meet the shuck of party rage. Now ■ i Sprague ha« gone buck on Impeachment, and says ’ j he was deceived In it. To my belief ho was nyt : j half so much mistaken ns he was afraid. - i All tt.at Is left of the Impeachment trial Is D j the malice of It. There Is no reason 1 ' left to endorse the begetters of this mob against * i conscience; and m four years more when we begin to loo}, in Hie wreck of things for a man, lam sure 1 il.at ue tliall pick out these, and know them by L ‘ i their scar.): Grime*, I'vsseudeu, Trumbull e I t 1. > li 1- ' t i. >r a n a ig er d -I or d- WASHINGTON. Congress in the Heoess. Various Picnic Parties. Filibustering in Figures. .9 840,000 . i,&K),ooa . 2,aj'),000 A Curious Consul. .Hwj,ooo Talk wltli Senator Trumbull, art Th (FROM OCR OWN CORUESPONDENT.I Washington, April 2L y* The spring has come to the Potomac, and the 1°! blossoms on the trees look like green kid gloves on . pretty mile Augers. We cat fresh shad altogether now-a-days, and U would do you Western people good to see them pull the seine along the sandy beaches at the foot of the high bluffs of the river. With many a catch or stave of song and roaring chorea, with the winding up of the net on wind lasses, with the hare-lugged negroes wading In to Y( capture the prey, and then to see the silver scales u of the dying shad—they look, at a distance, like diamonds cast up in the sunlight. Warm color lies in all the high landscapes round about. There 0J are few people here save the Senators and a hand- 0] ful of office-seeker* of the modest and procrastl natlngklnd. TheflagwavesoveriheSenatocvery day, but few people from the city visit the Capitol. j n The two little restaurant* on the basement Aoor wear an unprofltablo look. Tbo old man " In the dome who sells photographs and looks Is Q solaced mainly with his own company. Yet, to a 0 mind well weary of a session of Congress there j n comes a tranquil satisfaction that all this coosplra- j l 4 cy, greed, excitement and violence have folded their tests and passed away. I jj LEGISLATION IN TUB RECE33. j j, Doubtless you think that Washington is a dull i 0 place after adjournment. It Is then, to myex-f n I*rl«nce, a much truer, more temperate and ex- j celh nt city. T'c hotels and grocers repine, per- j ,j haps, but every poor clerk, Treasury girl, inesscn- j ger and laborer feels that the remorseless enemy i j, can molest no im-re. Who can keep his desk jj, till Congress adjourns l«*afe for a span. Now the j people of the city visit each other, and you see j t that there are many pleasant friends even In a ' ; ( town po like an eniampment, When these meet— ( the true towiii|»< f.plo mid their wives—th-y say: t “How glad and relieve I 1 leoh When I railed j on Mrs. Senator Bmmn to-day and found that she , t had gone, I drew u breath of happiness. There j was one call the !••»* to Ik? m:w!e hereafter." t And now the mitral government has disbanded. 1 The Judges of the Supreme Court are off, ea*di holdltigcourtby himself, the Chief Justice in Bal timore, where that gifted sky-rocket G.'iieral But- < ler Is defending hlmsell like a meteoric acrobat, | ; Somebody U hueing Butler there for something or i oilier. It mailers not wlnt, Butler's life is like a travelling magician's. Ho opens shop to-night In Baltimore, produces a handful of eggs out of a hat, chunks of cotton out of hU sleeves, everything • but a canary bipl out of his mouth: for the other ! day, when my pig-pen fell down with u tremend- I ous crush—a high wind blowing at the time—l i leaped out of a brown study and said: t "Nurdy, that Is Butler delivering a -perch: ” To-morrow night Butler will open in Lo.vdl or somewhere, and thrill the clilldreu Just ua In Bui- \ Union?. s nr., vnrlf.ns rnnitnlll.ira of also. some* urn*, mi'i iutiu me cun^.. Union’. 'J liitc are vurb-ns committees of Congress, also, sitting ui various places round the country. Ways and .Mean*. hard*m to a dozen, travel be tween Now York and San Francisco. Parts of two committees go to Louisiana ami Mobile to ex undue into tlie election at one place and Judge Inihtee.i 'a conduct ui the other. Similar fraction* took Into South Carolina election fraud*. T*‘li nage and Cen-us Committees repair to New York, as also Foreign Affairs. Here are some fifty penile, nien drawing pay and expenses. ’ Except the Census Committee, It Is hanl to sec the necessity for any of these to go rambling about the country. Little attention is paid to committee work during the session of Congress, except by Ways and Means and Appropriations, hut the number of holiday tourists tills summer is quite modest com pared to that of eoiao past years. I apprehend that among tho growing abuses of coming Con. presses wllll* the unanimous summer picnicking of members In this way. Wo shall have committees on the Foils of Minnehaha, on the Yoscmlto Valley, on tho status of faro-playlng in the Island of Manhattan, and on the inroads of the tide at Loup Branch and Narra pausdt. There would really oc a poo I ileal of sense In the Foreign Affairs Committee going to Europe, however, for then some of thorn might understand something, and a few might remain there permanently. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs Is an honor to human nature. Its magnetic sympathies grasp all zones, Islands and puna of continents. Its motto Is: “Oh, statesmen! and oh. singers, The pa«slon ye have the best— Dcvoud nil soft disguises Is the passion or • The West A demi-rauthelsm Of destiny manifest 1" General Grant Is also said to be sending trusty emissaries to Cuba an*! other mooted points, that they may ascertain the exact p-uittoa of matters. It would be a happy accident for Havana to become an American city. I moan in the light of Havana's own consequence; for, with the definitely entrenched there, Cuba might become the Great Britain of the West. The English Hag In Jamaica Is forty miles nearer Cuba than the American Hag in Flor- Ida. With a coast line of J.CoO miles and an area of d7,’2T> square miles, which Is more than double the const line of Ireland, anil a fourth larger than Ireland's area, Cuba possesses resource* equal to Scotland and I Maud together. The imports and exports of Havana amount to fifty millions **f dol lars a year to a population of ld.V-'(K>, which I.- in excos of all British ports but three. Belfast, Ire land Is the equal ul Havana in population, and Cork Is only two-thirds the size of Havana. Cuba Is about as far from Haul as Franco from Eng land, and from Jamaica about the distance of Ire land from England. These suggestions show how closely the parallel might be drawn between tho British Islands and the Antilles. It 1* off the oast of Cuba that twelve American ships are cruising now. The temptation Is powerful with restless spirits to struggle for the possession of such on Island ami such a port tike Havana, which occupies the polut, so to speak, at the middle of the world, and Is the only considerable harbor In the American tropics. If the Isthmus of Darien should ever be severed by a canal, Havana, with deep water and eoutlnguous mines of coal, might l>ccome tho greatest city of the age ol steamships. And there, where so much destiny seems ready to make its nest, Ho the bones of Columbus, the discoverer, who walked on In pitch darkness till hla hand touched the hidden continent! While these and other topics will receive atten tion during the I'n/m'ni, the public buildings of Washington are to be tacked up and painted. A committee Is looking for a spot to build a new State Department, There are extensive and neces sary reiwilre going on at Mount Vernon, and the ancient mud-colorcd City Hall of Washington one of the most Imposing pieces of architecture here—ls being painted white from top to bottom. This will make a decided change In the appearance of one of the most prominent objects of the city. The grounds al>out tho President 'a house are also to be enlarged during the recess,; and so, slowly but surely, the Capital City, like Home, is lifting Itself out of the marsdies. A QfAtNT AI’POINTVKNT. Among I'e name* ‘•cut lu to the Senate by Gen eral Giant for consulates, was that of Frank Chcnowith, for Canton, China. A gentleman from Kansas, Mr. Wilder, was telling me some plca-mg ami remarkable facts about Mr., or, rather. Colonel Chtnow Ith, last night, which I reproduce to show the romance of a small appointment: Two years before the war broke out, Webb Wilder— a dauntless, truthful, blgh-blooued young man, from Massachusetts, but Westernized In Wisconsin—crossed the Missouri Hlver from the Kansas side, and established in Su Joseph a week ly anti-slavery newspaper called the t'rtt D rrcU He had been publishing this paper but a sh'Tt time. In the midst of abuse and danger, day by day, when young Chcnowith, a Virginian, ap peared, and said: “1 believe in tho principles yon advocate, Mr. Wilder, and 1 want to be a newspaper man to help them on. I would like to buy an interest la your paper.’* Sabi Webb Wilder, always speaking from the shoulder: “We two proprietors are working at tho cave, practical printers, it takes all oor own labor to gbi up the paper, without regard to the dally terror ol our Uvea. I would not advise you to risk your money here." Young Chcnowith replied: *• if you will let me put up my money. I will go to the case and learn to set type with the rest of run.” Up pave In his fifteen hundred or two thousand dollars, anil went to the case. Those three made the i'Bj*tT jump. It used all real or specious arga merits to set the border aflame, and the personal gallantry of ever; man gave their utterances character. Even JelT. Thompson, the Mayor, re spooled thoseyoung men, and, os far as he could, covervd them with hla Ono winter afternoon, a secret friend stole to the office and told those three that an Indictment bad been issued that day against them aIL To publish a newspaper against slavery was contrary to tho laws of Missouri, and punishable with long Im prisonment. Chcnowlth and Tracy were South erners, Wilder was a Yankee. ‘•Clear out at once," they said to the latter; “cross the river Immediately and strike free soil I" Wilder hastened to the river, which ran by fall I of lee, and made Us perilous passage In a little | shift Chenowiih and Tracy followed the same day. Their office was seized behind them and they lost every penny they possessed In the world. ! Within six weeks Wilder established the CVrwr rartre in Leavenworth. Chenowith entered the Northern army at the firing of tho first gun. He was on the staffs of Grant and Sherman, was a I personal j-rottge and favorite with both, and at 1 the end of the war fonnd himself broken In health though still quite a young man. One of his old partners hoard of a School Soperlntendency open in Worcester, Massachusetts. Chcnowlth applied to General Grant for a letter of recommendation to the same. It was freely, generously, excellently written, and it got him the place. He remained there till about a year ago, when ho found his health foiling. A milder climate was necessary. He returned to Richmond, Virginia, and “first family" of that Old Dominion as he was,kept him self and family afloat by serving milk to the people -of the city. In this his wife bravely assisted him. It is a life eventful as this, Inspired by convic tion and sustained by a personal courage which we In the North will find it hard to find parallel for, which has sent Mr. Chenowith to China with a salary of 54,0 w a year as an agent for the gov eminent which he has Illustrated so spiritedly. If all our Consuls had rendered like services, wc might say: *• Abou Ben Adbcm.m»y hi* tribe Incrcl" TALK WITH SENATOR THCMBCti. I was speaking to the distinguished Senator from Illinois, one day of this week, upon the moral eflect of upsetting all the desks of office every four years. “We shall be broken up,” said Senator Trum bull, “unlesssome administration will set the example, or some legislation w ill compel It, of Iloi Corn. T't/.e iy.U:r</Th' Tribune: I deMre to fay n few words In au-wer to certain questions and po-ltlons, propound d nn<l taken by jon 111 your remark* npvn the 44 Hot Corn” ques tion, to lie found hi your paper of this morning. And, fiM, you sb>: i uMu-i.lly ari«f*. wlm J.« rc’i-midble f..r tl.l-f Ili< }(. nnloi Trn.).' keep* a small urmy *.| »lu lu»l*« l rs iii itc « ti-i l-.y. »Jnty It Is.. i*t< -usibly, t.» rt< ti Ikr •imiliiy.f (train received lute elevator, mnl i-liij I” U V« rv true. And If they did but discharge their duly m tills respect /,iitf</uUy. thin would be all that could lie asked of them. Hut they don't do It. They allow oats and com to go out for com; corn and wheat to go cut lor wheal; unsound grain to go out for Nos. 1 and ‘i; simply for the n-.if-nn that, weeks «r months previous, this grain went Into the elevator sound, and was then, as U should have been, graded No. lor as Hie case [ may be. *' It r< cn * n' t t<* I»<* n part < f tin lr duty to see that tli« j'smii »• j*'| • ily mxl c*n-.l ( t.” Very true; and why phuuld It be ? This would make "f them warehousemen, Instead of Inspec tors; and If it is thcltfmslnegsto see that thegraln i- properly stored and cared for, then might the proprietors of these elevators, with perfect pro priety, tom the entire management of their housed over’to the Hoard of Trade inspectors. a. •• Tin- iu« j i i-t-Ti* tu*t tliiTi-fi>re U- In M cull:h-*, hut I- Ti-1 »he U'-upl t f Trade, in its fori-irato rapacity. nil lai )e. ntnl er«>i-» ; v p->. IniiMiindi ax it n-ullv all irdf u > |.r< Ovtioii t" it e cmhi imm-r, while charging him with the curt >'!' nisr-eeliou.” Certainly not. Itlsnopart of the business of the Foard of Trade to guarantee the condition of property. It Is very true that the Hoard of Trade uispeets tins property, for which it makes a 1 charge, and Is, therefore, responsible for Its in i spcction. rpouthis point there can be no possi ble tiuesilon. If the Hoard of Trade Issues a cer tlf.eate for No. 1 corn, niton a cargo of un-ound, or hot com, Bitnply for the reason that, when this com went Into the elevator, it ' went In Bound, and as N’o. i—or, If, through the neglect of Its agents. It allows our elevators to shove otr oats and com for com, or corn and wheat tor wheat, upon which It has Is sued Its certificate for corn or wheat, then It Is ' liable In any damages which parties may lie i obliged to sutler therefrom. It Is no more the 1 buMueMOf the Hoard of Trade to guarantee the condition of grain in our elevators than It would he for it to guarantee the condition ofl.oOO barrels of pork on the Ist of May which It had Inspected the previous Hecendicr, and for which It received n fee, which fee was for Inspecting, and not for guaranteeing. If this 1.000 barrels of pork Dad soured l*eiwecn thcee respective dates, ami the Hoard of Trade, on the Ist of May. had Issued its certificate for sweet pork Instead of sour, then would It be liable In dam ages upon a false ccrtilicate, but not for the pork having soured in the tn is. provided it had assumed the pork ta ppet mm of the city, and charged Its regular fees therefor. The loss accruing from grain getting out of condition, naturally should, and of necessity must, fall upon the holder of the grain, the same us In the case of the pork souring upon the hold ers hands. It is the duty and for the Interest of tin- warehouseman to do all to tils power to Keep hla ?i(>ek of grain In a« sound and perfect condt lion us possible; but when, as In the case of our present stuck of new com, tt 19 Impossible upon the parted the warehouseman, by any amount of shifting or handling, to Keep this quality oi grain, which went into the elevator unsound, in perfect order, then is the holder sikme resiionsiMe. If he does nut want unsound com, lie should not burin If he does not want to get cut with edged tools, he must not handle them, liven-one knows that the reason this corn has beeti graued “new” is because tt was unsuiimL The elevator charges lor handling have been noon the basis of unsound grain. All are aware of this, nnd all who hate bvui dealing In this com during the past ninety days have been taking the chances of getting burned with it, knowing that the com would not keep sound. lon ask. Who ts to blame lor tills com getting out of condition ? I reply, If blame there be, the Being who made It and ma tured it, and who governs the elements which con trol It. If I put com Into an elevator during the winter, ami. upon the recurrence of warm weather. It t*vomes heated, I alone am responsible for any loss which may accrue through heating, provided the warehouseman has used due diligence in handling. . . .. And now one word in regard to the delivery of this “new com" upon contracts, about which there has l>ccn so much said, and upon which there seems to tie such a dlvend-y of opinion. It seems to me that, as this com was unsound upon the start, was inspected unsound, was received into the elevators us unsound, has l»eeu bought and sold bv all of the dealers in this market dur ing the past nluetv davs as unsound, that no par tv can refuse to receive U on a contract for “new corn," simple because the com happens to have become heated, more than a party could refuse to receive, on a contract for rejected or condemned com. receipts in n certain elevator In which it was reported Ills qnuiltv of com had become hot. No pßrtv. under these circumstances, would be Justified in refusing to receive receipts fur rejected or condemned corn. Whv, then, should he be more instilled In refusing to receive receipts for “new com?" The heating Isjmerely a measure of It? nusonndnes?—nothing morel Suppose the “ new com" hi all of our elevators should become hot at the expiration of ten days, aa will probably 1-e the ca«e should the weather be warm. Is the Inver going to refuse to receive “new corn" in anti elevator, ujHin his contract, simply for the reason that at the tune of delivery the condition proves a little unsonndcr than he expected at the time of imtchnse. the chances of which ho took when bo I bought unsound com—simply liecause he finds the corn imrm and wet, instead of wet alone. The I rase Kdttecn the dcllvetrof “new" com and Nos. 1 1 ami 3ls very different. “New" com calls fur I unsound com; Nos. land 3 call for sound com. If these grades of com ore reported out of condl ( turn, then is tne »>nv er Justified In refusing to re ! r.-lve u on the ground that unsound com cannot be tendered on a contract calling fur sound cum. OIICAOO, April 34. ISM. A roollmrilf Advfuinrc. .tiKutta, .He. (April lip, Corrt-jn.iultnef »/ the Dot ton Journal. This nflrrnoon, Charles Marston and Frank of till*, citv. performed the foolish and reck- Kp» exploit of sailing over the dam laabatteao. Marsumb* the young man who has twice during the past week performed the same feat. Davis undertook the performance on a wager of Si*"'. A large crowd assembled on both sides of the river to view the jH-Tfortimnce, and. as It was well known tnnt the rovopers were to sail over the middle of the dam, thus making the‘feat as thrlllmc as it could u* made, the liveliest excitement prevailed, while curlosltv wo** on tip-toe as to the result. At balf-pa-t 3 o'clock, the w herry containing the ad venturers put otf from the east side of the river, paddled bv Stanton. Uoth were seated amidships, cm mu-lung the middle of the river the boat was given up to the current, anil down she shot, her H*ced increasing as -ho approached the edge of the dam. when amid the bnathles-* silence of the spectators, she plunged over the abiss into the foaming, turbulent waters beneath. Where the Ifoat went over was not at the per pendicular part of the dam, but the sloping por tion, a descent of some twenty feet, the b*ot of which la composed of a series of whirlpools. Into thl« “eeihing vortex of eddies the l*oat dlssp reared, ami when next seen It was shattered and bottom up— the men clinging to the wreck for dear life. The scene was intensely exciting, the l*oat U’lng at the complete mercy of the under tow, with scarcely a prospect of the men saving their lives. A l*oat was sent out from the shore to at tenmt a rescue, but it prove*! abortive. It being tun o*siHc to extend relief. There was hardly a witness of the scene but what expected to see the men meet with a watery grave, in the midst of the danger Davis proposed quitting the shattered ; boat and tninglo swim ashore, but Marstonl»elng i an expert’raftsman, and not for one moment "“mg hi? self-possession, told W* companion to hang^on, and ha would get them Mfh oat of the i trouble. And he duL by a skillful and dexterous I r?e of the paddle which he had retained during i the exigence, ho worked the boat oat of the foam ing and dangerous purge, and in a few minutes thev came ashore, amid the wildest shouts of the crowd. H»<l it not been for Marston s famlliartt.v with river-driving u Is highly probable neither would have reached the shore alive. Mansion has offered to go over the dam at the same place again on a log If a purse of |2a can be .J 0 !*}!®: But Is hoped thatthe city anthoriUes trill put a stop to a repetition of such rash and reckless ex ploits A Snd story# Frt*n Oxe Cincinnati GaxtUe, •\n Incident of the-•‘od side of life occurred In connection with the Small-Pox Hospital a week or t*o ago. A young lady of German pabentage was Kvtva there to remain under treatment for *he “il.pSi, lust it,“e time .6c married to an estimable yonng man connected with one ot our most flourishing business hooAM, pay after day he came to the ttndcmsri on Twelfth street, to hear from hls afflaace.l bride. The time for the wedding passed by, ami the news came to him that she was worse and most die. With the charoctewtic devothm of a woman, she sent him won! not *R^J*?? r th ® r *5 be present at her fnneraL bhe al»o nmde the re- SGrtt that she should be burieu m her bridal dress. So, about the middle of last week, In the white vestments In which she was tohave been arrived at the marriage altar, she became tho bride of death. ‘ Bred in tlic Bone. A gentleman from the South, with the usual Southern pr&jndices, moved with fam' l Vermont some time la* l w : arrival his family was increased by the a<WUlon of a little stranger, a native \ermonter. weighing alvoot seven pounds. Ul« vears. was at first delighted with his little brother, but alter a few weeks began to tire of his crying, Md got a little Jealous from fancied ncg*ect. One day be climbed op Into hts father s lap and asked Sim •* Para, which do you like beat, mo or baby 7 The* father thinking to please the little prattler, S?mnV..WlUc.l mm bo«. a W k rious thought the boy said, Pa, I•Jmw why you like me best.” “Why, said the father, thinking he would say ‘.hat It was because he was the larg est, could talk and play, or something of that “u-sbccMMim «Southern in mrtlnfciU a d—d Yankee,” said the little hopeful. THE CUBAN REVOLUTION. General Steedman’* Expedition. A Brigade of Americans in Cuba. GENERAL FTZEH KAN’S EXPEDITION. .Yfif Orleaiu iAtril 10) Correspondence of the Ims York Time*. Pome time since a fllibufilerlng expedition was planned here In order to reinforce the Cubans with men and arms. The Spanish Consul In this city, after getting wind of this movement, asked Cap. tain General Dulce to Bend over from Cuba some adroit spies. N'early every steamer from Cuba brought some of them, but they did not fare better than the Consul, the volunteers and Cabans keep. Ing a strict watcb over them. It will be remem bered that some time ago General Steedman visit ed Havana, that he was arrested there and re leased afterward. This trip was undertaken for the purpose of rcconnoltertng and potting himself In connection with the Caban patriots. Shortly after bis return here, in the upper room of Haw kins’ saloon, a bar-room of the Uiui+tolee, asecret meeting was held, at which the Executive Com mittee of the Cuban refugees, the Mexican Consul. Senor Diaz; General Steedman, General Uarrr J. Hays, late Chief of the Louisiana Confederate Artillery; Col onel Nixon, late Colonel In the Confederate Army, and proprietor of the Credent newspaper, and many other Indsentlal and opulent citizens of this city men General steedman reported on what he had observed at Havana, after which a plan for an expedition was made. Since then the corps organized numbers over a thousand men. camping on different plantations In the ueigntiorhood of the city. The chiefs have further purchased 2,000 rifles and two full batteries of artillery, and also hired a fast steamer, a former Muckade-nmner. to carry them to the northern coast of Cuba. This steamer has been reported since to have left for Culwu The expedition will }>e joined by nearly all mem bers of the Democratic Ex-Cnlon Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Club (organized during the election cam paign), whose President was General Steedman. They hope to be able to bailie by their steamer every pursuit, though, in case of need, they are dnuly resolved to give battle to any Spanish man-of-war winch they may encounter. There Is plenty of money among the filibusters, for the rich planters arrived from Cuba, and the Mexican Consul. Mr. Uiaz. have provided ample funds for worry tug out the expedition, General Steedman having contributed Scuor Diaz, In the negotiations with the Cubans, serves as In terpreter and negotiator, while the latter occupies bum-elf with the organization of the corps only, which will comdst of two divisions, commanded by General Hays and colonel Nixon, while General Steedman will be Commander-In-Chief. A solen did Cuban flag, made of silk by the wtfeofSenor Diaz, was presented to thu officers of the corps in Senor Diaz s house. It way t-e well Imagined that pure love of lib erty ha* nut solely caused the nieraUrrs of the ctri'!*. and '••*pect.vlly the oillcers, to take pan in the expedition. The leaders of the expedition have l>eeu promised high others, and the other 111- llbni-t« is are 10 be coiniriiMtcd according to rank and their merit*. Seimr Diaz has Just now re turned I row Washington, bringing favorable news mid lunch money with him. the latter for that ex pedition which is to start at thu miuu time from ilot.iiu tor Cuba. That the enterpriftu will meet with difficulties In this [Kirt is hardly to be tiellevcd, thu custom House officials being all In favor of thu Cuban cause. Moreover, the corps Is made up of men whohaie scented baulo-nelds, and who are not intimidated by Spanish troops or Spanish survcil- Gam lance. A IIIIIGADK OF AMEKICANS FIGUTIMJ FOII THE A correspondent of the Savannah j-/rrrii-'r writing 44 In Hie Field, near Hayainu, Cuba, April V says: “ Sucre -ses of the l.iiierals continue to W reported dally. I iencnU (Jomez Is actively har us-ing Vaimasoda’s forces, and Marcama, I’oidres, and Thornion sweep the country fur six leagues about Santiago de Cuba. W ithin a week a do/.en skirmish*-* are reported, and each one was a lam eral victory, us the touting up of prisoners, arms and stores captured vv ill Mimv. Kvcry plantation in this section Isa harbor for the LUktulh; every cross road Is a gathering place or patriot ramp, and every hacVi; hi you can ilnd a patriot quarter. The trains sent out io Sail Louts, tl Chnsto and Piilinu I.oria 'rave, for fie third timer since .March 7, been either brjven bark or captured. The ar medund unarnied patriots spring up from ttie ground us did Murhm's men In days gone by upon the I'eedce, mid their success Is inevitable. The arrival ol Hamilton's brigade at Port Naranjo was un event. The came tn detached companies, and unlv since they have taken the Uc-td has any appreciation ol ihelr strength In anus been had. From their arrival they went to work In earnest —a large number were mounted wiihlu twelve hours of their atrtvui and away, scouting the counirv as though to the manor born. HuiulUoii is not yet with them—he miy lie In Cuba ere this reaches you, tlluuglL old laiutl lar (a >-s are here, though lust seen at Shiloh or at the Wilderness, pre-sing through the smoke of battle, and the-e veterans of the great rebellion luukuMmrt work and hpeedy of the ihln-skluned Andalusians. You can rciultly imagine what chance & conscript Spaniard, fresh from u vojage, reduced by the horror* of an aggravated seasick ni>*, and green to war, lias wlili these powder* berned tigers Some of them have reccuily been seen in and aroumi liavmuo, Mayarl ami iP.iclry, and wherever they have been seen will long be re* metubered. Vnlmaieda and Marcamo rad a few Ua\ si since, ami another Liberal success has l>eon added to the ll.it The Spanish troops arc begin ning to desert treelv. Twelve came into our camp lust night— all new arrivals from Spain. It Is not permitted me to po Into details—sartlce It to say that each day adds to our force, our strength, unanimity, amt prospects. Kach day brings to the ports wo hold, men,'munitions, stores, money and hope. The issue is no lunger doubtful, blockade naming continues to Increase. If the hatches could be lilted oIT, half the vessels In the .Gulf to day would show something contraband of war. We are working rapidly agaiusl the day when the grand cordon will be placed around us, which uro und Iren alone can remove.” ATIIOCITIKB OF THK SrAMAKD?. Santiago, Cuba. April fl. The most important news since my last is the unjust ami barbarous execution of a slave of Mr. J. itobcrt, after a sham trial by court-marilal, and the imprisonment of Mr. Uoliert. both acts areia consequence of private animosities of Spanish of hcials here against him for having protested against several outrages committed by them with the sanction of the government. Three dars later, the young and noble Lnis Tejada ami a mulatto named Aurelio Casaillo were executed, although they were comprised in the general amnesty and should have been released from confinement; but there was a private ven geance to gratify, ami the verv men that showed such benignity in the scandalous prison case (from which they endeavored to take prisoners to have them privately butchered), sat as their judges, and . signed without auv remorse the death-warrant of two innocent men, who were under the protection i of the superior authorities of the Island. | Tejada, a young man 20 years of age, behaved, j during the fearful tragedy la which tie had such an important part, with a heroism well worthy the Clarions cause he represented. lie said: “lie knew that Cuba needed victims to be Immolated on the altar of lii*orty, and that he was but too proud t«> offer his life for her; that he earned the him conviction to the grave that Cuba would be tree, for the wish wa«engraved In the heart of e. - - erv Cuban, and they were all striving their utmost toward obtaining it.” “May God bless my Cuba free,” were his last words. These are not the only atrocities committed by these barbarians. Mr. Luis Guerrau, employed ou tlie San .Juan estate, was seized and shot on the road, without trial or apparent came. The Span iards advised his death In oillclal despatches through the newspapers, representing that he was one of the revolutionary leaders, ami had at tempted to escape on the way to Cuba. Thirty two jwrsons have l»een murdered la the same manner on the isalicl estate, doubtless to satiate the Spanish thirst for Mood after the defeat at the hands of the insurgents on the -tth Inst., when ther were obliged to dy to San Luis, leaving be hind a cons.durable number of killed und wounded. On the 4th instant. In one of the halls of thcpal cce. all the planters .n the city, Including some of Spanish birth, were assembled, ami after Dulce's united banditti had deprived them of thrtr canes (a dangerous weapon in Spanish opinion:, and sur round* d the palace with i*olloemen ami all the of- Ilcers of the regular unov in the place, they were grossly Insulted, because they had no money wherewith to continue paving the mobilized vol unteers. a set of thieves ami murderers who are destroying plantations and murdering the native Cuban's. The Governor told these gentlemen that thev wire nil scoundrels: that he would send them all "to 1-Vmamlo Po: that If they were cowards, they should leave the country"? tf brave, they should ;U to the mountain*: that in both cases he would make It hi* si-edal pleasure to provide over eeers for their estates. He also added, doubtless by wav of intimidation, that he considered each one of his soldiers equal to Sou insurgents. Messrs Dcliln anil Jose Aguilera have this day been arrested, on their arrival from their planta tions, ami the volunteers have all day been asking their execution. Cob inel Lopez Camara left some time ago with a column of foe men, and was so very badly used by our force? that, although he ha? positive orders to return bv land, he stoutlv refuses to comply with said order, ami has asked for vessel? to bring him back. Another column fort Inst Thtinmay, about Too strong, under Colonel Miutmaz, bound for the llanion. but returned on the *>th of la*t month, without having i*en able to pais the Harniguera, having lost 14«» men In two encounter? r>u the road. The column entered this city m slier.ee. SHOOTING AiTAIE IN IOWA. An Erring Wife and Enraged Eui- bnud, Fri'Tn lhe Ththuqvf Times. April 24. We learn that quite a bloody tragedy was enacted at la Forte Cltv, a flourishing little town a few fuller* southwest of Waterloo, blackhawk County, la.-t Wednesday evening. A few rears ago, two men named Arra Domes and Moultrie, both residing near la Forte, married sister?, For a time everything ran smoothly, and the Joys of life were multiplied to each, but at last this roseate hue vanish?*!, and in place thereof came ominous whispers to the effect that every thing was not in the hou?ehoh! of Barnes as It should be. It was noticed with sorrow on the part of many, that Moultrie was not content with the society and charms of the females ccured to him bj the strong arm of the law, but coveted another s in the form of Mrs. Fames. Whenever the husband of the latter was away from home on business, Moultne always happened around, until the fact of bis going there became notorious throughout the netghl»orhood: and it was openly charged that an improper intimacy existed be tween the parties. t'cveral times the guilty wife and her paramour have been caught together un der circumstances that could leave no doubt of gullt,and on several occasions Moullrio bowled of his exploits, and seemed to defy public opinion of the matter. These rumors and suspicions at last came to the ear of Mr. names. After a patient investigation of the case, the latter walled upon Moultrie and informed him that he must never set foot In his house again under penalty of death. This warning. It seems, was disre garded by Moultne, who Imagined that the wronged husband was only indulging in a species of bravado. Last Wednesday Barnes went to town for a short time, and on his return found the destroyer of bis domestic peace standing in the front van! of his premises. Filled with indigna tion lie went into the house, procured his rule, and taking deliberate aim at Moultne, tired, the ball passing through bis right shoulder. The wounded man stumbled forward and fell, bnt, ris ing again, turned noon his assailant, when Barnes clubbed bis rifle and beat Moultrie over the head and face in a shocking manner, and left him for dead; after which he gave himself up to the au thorities. At last accounts Moultrie was still alive, but so low that It Is considered impossible for him to recover. Great Discoveries of Gold in Alaska* FrotnltJte San Franerteo ZTmi ld, The schooner Ann Eliza, belonging to Jabsen A Co.,whlch arrived here on Tuesday with a cargo of peal skins from Had alt Island and the lower coast of Masks, brings Intelligence of immense discov eries of gold in placers, on the main land. latitude 61 north, longitude 150 west from Greenwich. The steward of the vessel exhibits some One specimens of dost, which he says was obtained in the propor tion of one teaspoonful to three shovels of dirt, taken from six feet below the surface. lie also has specimens of quartz and nugget gold. The Captain and crew of the vessel confirm his state ments. The discovery was made 120 miles from Kadiak Island, upon the Kuyak River, which de bouches into Cook River, by a Russian engineer who was prospecting no was led to the effort by the appear ance of specimens which he obtained from the Indiana. The second mines discovered are shoot sixty miles abov* Sitka, between Mountt Fair weather and tho Chllout River. The J covery is npon one of the Islands, the name oi which was not known. In the River mines the gold is found along the river banksaml tatne for five months in the tear. At the time the Atm vuiwvb>ftnTmorsof silver discoveries were com- S 5 S3St nteittto*l ot Its existence; gold, however, was plenty. Silk Cnltnrc In New Jersey. vpw Jersey has some eighteen establishments engaged in the production of silk goods. Tho city of &c«oa contains twelve large works, employ iflir some 3,000 bands. The chief demend for the fabrics arises from the trimming and notion trade of the country, the prices being twenty-five per cent leaa than imported goods, which In some arti cles, sa in belt ribbons, have yielded the market to domestic productions. The principal mills arc those of llama ft Booth, Dexter, Lambert ft Co.. John Ryle, Dale Manufacturing Company, and Charles Martin. This business was first established there by Mr. John Ryle, who may be lastly termed the “ Father of the Trade.” He has been a pub lie benefactor to the place, Increasing, by his In dividual efforts, the attractions of tho city by adorning the grounds around the Falls of tho Passaic at hit own expense. He produces over three hundred gross of spool sewlng-allt dally, while the pay roll of the hands foots up per annum. The Dale Company owns the largest manufactory In this country, and larger than any single one In Europe. When fully at wort they have tho capacity for “throwing ”1,500 pounds per week. Their machinery includes 1,62* spin dles and thirty Jacquard looms. The American Velvet Companv, which started there, was the first to attempt the manufacture, on a large scale, of velvets In this country. FRESHETS. Immense Destruction of Property— Loss of Several Lives* Montreal, April 22. The water Is fully one foot higher than yuster- dav, and there seems to be no signs of It giving away. The state of affairs In GrlUlutown is such as to cause serious anxletv for the comllUon of the Inhabitants of that portio'n of the cltv. They are suffering chiefly for want of wood and coals and even those able to buy can with difficulty obtain these articles, on account of yards l>elng flooded. According!?, the police authorities ore endeavor ing to suppiv fuel to those who ore most In need of It. All Is being done that Is possible to relieve tho distress. Cellar fiats in Craig street, west arc flooded to a depth of several feet and such is also the case with the lower portion of Bleury, as far as Juror street No communica tion with St Helena's island and this city has been had since Monday. Not In all previous floods has tills been impossible until the present Between Longueil and the bridge, the communication con tinues to Ik; Interrupted by water flooding the level country lying between these two points. The dis trict of Lapralrle Is flooded to an alarming depth. The water over a large extent of country Is up to within a few feet of the caves of some of the houses. It Is feared that great loss of life and farm stock has alrcadr occurred. At Longueil, about 11 o'clock last night, the inhabitants were go alarmed at tbe Increased rise In the water of the river, that the alarm bell was rung to awaken the people, fearing that a greater flood was at band, and that some might oe drowned. Id the Lachlne district, tho water around Knox farm Is several feci deep, and the reservoir aqueduct 1* nearly uvcrCowiug. Another man was drowned this morning opposite the city. Tbe appearance of Montreal at night Is like Venice bv moonlight. Gkanby, Quebec, April Si A number of citizens, who were looking at the flood from the principal bridge In this place, were drowned. The water, which is very high, having undermined the masonry of one cud of the bridge, It gave way, and the end of the bridge fell about tw entv-uve feet, sliding the people who were on it into the water, which is running swiftly at that point. One or twu who were on the bridge es caped, and eleven persons were drowned—Mrs. S. C. 11. Miner, her mother and eldest daughter; Mrs. John Bradford, her sister, son and daughter: Sirs.Harevy. I'atrlek Hack, one of the lea Hug magistrates, and E. B. lillmuur and son. W.vikrtown, N, y., April 22. The river wax higner this morning than has ever been known In the history of the town. A freshet so tremendous and destructive to propertv ban*never l*efore occurred lu this region. All manufacturing establishments on the south side of the river, and mo-t of them on the north, will be Mopped o* the loss of dams, bullheads aud flumes. West ft Taggart's paper mill is the only one that I hits escaped l>elow Factory Sjuare. U’Dough- ) erty's grist mill and one dwelling house were swept down by the ruthless flood, which also curried awnv a saw mill and Nicholas wool leu mill. The Fugle .Mills (Curtis* ft Flynn) urc badly damaged; mid Farewell ft Baker are busv removing Mock fremtlmir tannery. Near ly u!I of two hides of Lord's iron works have fallen in, and cute corner of Iladrock’s nxn factor?, and the foundation of the Knowtoti Brothers’ addition to (heir p»|>er mill win swept down the ungrv stream. The tanneries will be greatly discom moded. and the flouring mills entirely Mopped. Losses of slock were mainly confined to O’Dough ghertv. bird and Mcholls. The Remington paper mill* (Bagley ft Newell', and the Gill grist mill, fortunately'escaped damage. The h*s* which the whole town uIII at ulice realize Is that of Die lower wheel, which carries the force pumps of our water works. This Is swept away, and we shall have to wait several weeks for our usual supply of water. V. I*. Kimball bus lost a wheel worth 31,tM>, n;;d one cor ner of Ills barley mill hit* been swept away. It Is Impossible to estimate the damage, but when we consider the amount of property destroyed, the numbvr thrown out of employment, and the sus pension of some of our largest manufacturing concerns, the loss cannot be less thau half a mil lion of dollars. Alsiut 11 o’clock, while uitout fifty men « ere ut work taking stock out of Lord's build ing, the roof and other parts of the southeast wall fell lu with a fearful crash, endangering the lives of tho.-e inside. Ntrange as it rimy seem, nil es caped from the ruins, mid only one man wan hurt. The whole south end of lludcock'a building ha* fallen Into the nver, and ml tho buildings lu lhat range are pretty thoroughly undermined. ALBANY, N. Y-. April 22. We arc now experiencing a freshet that ha* not been equalled In Uus vicinity since the memorable “ rising of the Hudson ” tuthe spring of 1»57. Hurlug yesterday alteruuou uu<l last night, the water continued rising steadily, and this morning It was full fifteen feet over the dock. More than one quarter of the First Police Precinct Is sub merged. In Arch street the water has crossed Franklin street, uud the basements at i'earl street are hooded, in South Ferry street li is midway between Green and Franklin street?; In Madison avenne U has reached about midway Initween Hallius aud Greeu slree's. In Ilatulltou street the water bos reached the corner of Union street, causing a suspension of work in Wheeler, Mellck A Co.v. ami Kmery's extensive manufacturing establishments. Most every basement south of Hamilton street aud east of Green street Is under water. on the Central Jlallroad tbo water is more than two feet above the track at Oriskany. Four cul vert bridges have been carried away; one two tulles west of Fort Plain, one at Palatine bridge, one at Spraker's liasiu, and oue two utiles west of Fonda. The water rose from oue to three aud a half feet, covering the track connection at West llnd. between Fort Plain and Fonda, the water is higher than it has itccn at any time since is^t. The streams emptying into the Hudson are also all ven high, tin Monday night the White Creek bridge) on the Hue of the Rutland A Washington Railroad, ivetweeu Salem and (Rupert, was entirely i carried awav bv the freshet, on the line of the ; Trov A IfiWon'Hailroad the track was washed away near Wllllamstown, aud also near North PownaL Tkov. N. Y., April 23.—The water Is at least ! eiglit feet over the ordinary docks of the city, and i ocn the w harf of the Troy and boston Hallroad Company, at the foot of Adams street, is sab -1 merged for the first time since it was built. The 1 cellars of nearly all the stores «n Ulver street, bc ■ low broadwnv, are flooded. and many of the In i mates of the houses in the lower pan of the city I are suffering from the inconvenience of too much 1 of the aqueous Huld, but we do not hear of any se | rlous loss In anv case. The water was gradually rising all the forenoon yesterday, at the rate of ov«r an Inch an hour, and promises to l>e much higher liefure it subsides. The raft which has been in course of construc tion for some time past at the southern point of starhuck’s Island, broke from Us fastenings on Tuesday evening, anil plunged with all Its force agamstthe north end of the substantial brick blacksmith shop of Roy A Co., Fort .Schuyler, com pletely demolishing the north mid east walls of that structure, several large s'leks protruding fully thlrtv feet Into the shop. JlaJiTKOiiD, Conn., April 22. The nver rose constantly yesterday, most of the time at the rale of alaiut an Inch and a half an hour, and at early evening was twenty-six feet four inches above low watermark. All through the lower districts, taking a good portion of Com merce street, and the whole of the upper section of Water street, and Pleasant street, up to North Market street, there were lively times among the Inhabitants. Several hundred tenements are sur rounded with water, and outhouses and fences jloat about promiscuously. Second story resi dences arc necessarily popular. The embankment, on which runs the freight track of the Hartford A New Haven Hood, is rapidly washing away lit several places l»otween the Water A'urks and the toll-bridge. Though there Is a solid stone wall on the river side for *omc distance, whicti gives pro tection, vet the earth sinks away and holes arc common.* The damage will t* considerable, even If the passage of trains Is not altogether stopped. At noon the water got Into the engine room at the Grove Works, so that the stoppage of niacldnerv i>ccame necessary, and several exten sive establishments doing business there arc cut oif completely, and must sutfer by it. The situation of the track of ihc Hartford A Providence Hoad through the North Meadows give? travellers all the benefits of a steamboat “without change of cars." All along the water's edge In the inundated dis tricts, hundreds of people In all parts of the city have assembled to witness the operation of being drowned out. Thcprooablllty Is, that lhen?e In Hartford will In anv event reach twenty-five feel. With the same Increase during the night that took place ye-der dav, Morgan street promises to be Hooded lietween ; Commerce and Front this morning, so that reach- I tng the toll bridge would be a difficult matter. The I highest flood? on record here ore as follows: 1 iHd 27 feet s In. I 1343 27 feel 2 la. l»r,u 24 feet 2 in. I>M 3*» feet IMI 20 feci 4 In. I ISC,2 2* feet 3 In. CONCoud, N. IL, April 22. The Mermnack River Is still rising fast, and at this point It is higher, with one exception, than at anv time since In*>2. At Sewell's Falls the water war-hes the bottom of the bridge, and if It rises much longer the structure will l>e carried away. A portion of the Coneonl A Portsmouth Railroad, mar Uooksctt, la Hooded and Impassible for trains. im the Passnmpslc Railroad no trains hare iK'en further uorth than Horton since Tuesday morning. Hast night another trash-otic occurred on the PasamnpMc, and now the trains can go no further than Newnnry. Several of the passengers from that route have l*ecn taken across the Con necticut River in boats to the Montreal Road. It Is reported that the rafts of log? above Wells River have broken away, and a large number of rivermen passed through Concord this forenoon. There Is a large wash-out at South Charlestown, end the passengers me carried by in iwats. one report says that two million feet of logs have broc away from ilclndoe’s falls andaro doing great damage. MoSTTRUVR, VL, Apnl 81. We have almost an unprecedented high water here to-day, as the result of the warm and heavy min which fell during last night. The streets are Inundated In several places in the village. State street, from the oW Episcopal Church nearly to the cemetery, U almost entirely underwater. Near the Main street bridge over the Winooski, the wa ter flowed across the highway Into and around the residence of .Mr. Chas. Silver, threatenlmr lor a time to undermine It and sweep it away. Tempo rary d«n« have been erected In several places to prevent damage to private and public property. All grocery keepers, barbers and other occupants of cellars and basement stories In the business pan of the town have been drowned out. In many rases their shops are Oiled with water, on the surface of which float chairs, benches, boxes, tubs and barrels. It Is sold that the Ann of Ban croft ± Holmes removed over forfy tons of goods daring the forenoon. Taken altogether, the dam age to goods must be quite heavy. Although u stopped raining at 11 o'clock this forenoon, there seems to be, as yet (4 p. m.), no abatement of the Coo*!. Of some five or six stages running to and from thlspoint, not one has arrived or departed to-day. The flood Is the worst since Jane, laSL An Vnfortnnnlc Lottery Tlaiit From the .Vftc Orleans Piat'june. On Solaria; a lack; dealer In lottery chant drew a prize worth f 10,000. >*o one bat those who hare experienced such a delightful windfall can appreciate the happiness of the lack; bolder. Visions of delight, days of pleasure, nights of jol lity swarm before his intoxicated senses with the charm of romance. Foreign travel, a spharUein ease, the ruler of fashion, the beaux of the sex he would surely become. Hurrying home with the package comfortably deposited la his toft tireast pocket, feeling that ineffable content which fot lows open competence, his veins all thrilling with consciousness of wealth, he was aroused from Jus reverie b; the cry of a lady in distress. On the comer of Rampart and canal a handsomely dressed female had fallen and sustained serious Injuries apparently. Our friend bad yet about him a feeling of humanity, hodden wealth had not deprived him of-sympathy for the afllcted. lie therefore hastened to assist the prostrate lady to her feet careful!vattended her to a streetcar and saw her comfortably seated, and whirled awav. Ry a sort of instinct he then felt for his money—U was gone. Hew to Treat the Bite o( a .Had Dog* Dr. Stephen Ware of Boston, In bis testimony in a recent case which grew out of the Inlurles from the bite of a dog, furnished the following valuable ad vise: “in the case of the bite of a dog, where the teeth of the animal penetrated the flesh, whether the dog was known lo be mad or not, he should use the some precautions. He would wash the wound with warm water, extract all the virus pos sible by sucking the wound with his Ups, and then cauterize it deeply with the caustic most readily obtained; but should use potash if It could be pro cured at once. The time In which the effects of the bite of a mad dog would be seen varied from two to three davs to as many years, but If no ef fects were felt after two or three months, os a general thing, the patient might consider himself safe. Bites made through clothing are seldom productive of much harm, as even If tho dog is mad the clothing absorbs the. Tiros before toe teeth reach the flesh. Most of all the fatal case* are where the person was bitten on somo naaeu spot Tho Delaware whipping season ba»opened-a colored man* convlctedof petty larceny, being the first victim. WASHINGTON. Special Despatch to Tho Chicago Tribune. Washington, April 24, TWELFTH ILLINOIS REVENUE DISTRICT. The failure to confirm An to Ncwstadt as Asses sor of the Twelfth Illinois District will leave Gen eral Kucffncr In orace, for the present at least. The fight over the matter has been a very bitter one, and Commissioner Delano assnres General Kucxmor that he agreed to the change with great reluctance. OCT op town. The President and three members of his Cabi net are out of town to-day. iir. lloutweQShas gone to his home in Massachusetts, Borte to Phila delphia, as he does every Friday evening and CrcswellU absent The President, with his wife and children, went out to Laurel, half way to Baltimore, and spent the day with his brother-in-law, Dr. Sharp, who has a sum tuer residence there. His family returned this evening. HEALTH OP THE PRESIDENT. The President Is greatly worn down with the labors of the last two months, and sajs ho means to take things Just os casr as he c/n**Diroagb the summer, lie talks about a visit but no arrangements havo yet been nude. TUB CRUMB-GATUBRERA The office-seekers about tbe departments to-day were for the most part persons who Uve In or near the city of Washington. The Treasury seems to be the chief point of attack, and at noon about a hundred men and women were waiting tberu to sec the Appointment Clerk. He and the Secre tary have less trouble with new comers than with the clerks who have been dismissed and want to be reinstated. Removals ta the Treasury Department are con- stoutly going on, and the beheading machine will get Into good working order In the Post Oificc and Interior Departments, with the beginning of the next month. Removals In the Treasury to this date arc about five hundred, and appointments less than thirty. A still further redaction of two or three hundred Is to he made, and about one hundred arc soon to be removed In the Post Office Department. ODD FELLOWS' CELEBRATION. Brethren here are advised lhat great prepara tions are making in Philadelphia for the semi-cen- tennial celebration of the Odd Follows, which takes place next Mondav. A delegation of atiout sLx hundred Is going up from here, some of whom went to-nighf, but the greater part of whom goby special train to-morrow morning. There are over two thousand roetnU-wof the 'order m this city Everybody says the Philadelphia procession, tf the weather is good, will be one of the finest things ever seen In this country. EIGHT PAYS FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO WASHING- The Secretary of War, to-day, received letters from San Francisco which were mailed tmt eight days ago, and private telegrams, received here this evening,say the through line of railroad will be completed by theend of next week. tub agricultural bureau. The President has wild that he docs not Intend making any ctuuige lu the office ut Commissioner of Agriculture. Colonel Capnm, the present head of the bureau, Is giving great satisfaction tn agncDliiirisL* every where, and largo numbers of them have w ritten i« the While House a*klng his retention. Hu has infused new life Into the de partment, ami w ith m*s then half of the former appropriations has rendered greater satisfaction titan was given under either of his predecessors. TUK Hl'KAill’E-ABBOTT DIFFICULTY Some of the correspondents are trying to make n sensation out of the Pprague-Abbott affair, but there has notliecti, and Is nut likely to lie, any personal encounter Iwlvvecn them. There Is n>t much talk here aimtii the matter, which everybody regards as ridiculous tn the extreme. Abbott says he wants retraction, and Sprague says he did not mean anything m his remark.*. The friends of (he two gentlemen have taken hold of the dlffi t>, and U will probably be arranged to the satis faction of all concerned by Monday. TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. IIVNR MMTUITtiL*. Washington, April tn.—Treasurer splnuor ha* L-sued a circular Informing all National Bank* that have deposited in Ihe Treasurer'.* office in tm-t to assure public moneys in their hands, that nil future applications for exchange of such se curities w ill be declined under Instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury. RULES GOVERNING THE ISSUE OF NEW UNITED STATES NOTE.'. The following lias been Issued: Treasury Department,! TBEASUUEK'S On-TUB, V WASHiMiTos, D. C. ) Hereafter new United States notes will be fur nished from this office only on the following terms. viz,: First, la return for defaced or mutilate*! Unite*! States notes and fmr tioual currency and convertible issue United Suites notes forwarded to tills office for redemption; second, on the receipt of certifi cates of deposits of the Assistant Treasurers of the United States ami United States depositaries designated under the act of August®, isofl; third, on the receipt of collection checks on banks and bankers in the cities of Xew York, Boston, I’h.la- lUUlMl9lU(lli;i.»a9ui ..mu.vu, delphla and Washington. In the tlrsl case the new notes will be forwarded by express under the government contract at the expense of the depart ment, provided the amount Is SM.uuo or more, or a multiple thereof by less than 85"0. In the two other cases the notes will be forwarded under the contract at government rates at the expense of the consignee, the amount of charges being de ducted from the remittance at this office. y. e. s tinker, Treasurer United Slates, noun sales. It Is stated at the Treasury Department that sales of gold, lu pursuance of the order of Thurs ilav last, win be, until otherwise ordered, not less thin ssw/xo, nor more than Si, "00,000. CUKUENCY STATEMENT. cm account of the sumpage of work In the Printing bureau of the Treasury, no fractional currency has been received by Treasurer Spluucr during the last week. Shipments of currency for the week, SMi.soo; bant currency issue, Sl.-o.r.*': actual circulation, f*jp9.7C£,l‘ia: currency redeemed and destroved during the week, JilOT.ihm. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. lion. Win. A. Klchardsou, Assistant Secretary of the Treasurv, Is to-day acting Secretary, Mr. pcuiwell l>cing absent. It Is not known whether Mr. Richardson will or will not accept the appoint ment ol Justice of the Superior Court of Massa chusetts yesterday conferred on him by the Gov ernor of ttiat State. NOMINATIONS UFJFCTEb The following nominations were rejected by the Senate on the last night of the session In ad dition to those made public: Patrick M. Plalr. Collector of Internal Revenue Thin! District of Mississippi; C. P. Young, Postmaster at Fred ericksburg, Va.; Thos. 11. Stanley, Agent for the Pottuwuttainlelndians; 11. A. White, Agent for the Indians at the Umaha Agency; Jos. Newsou, Agent for the Indians at the Kansas Agency. NOMINATIONS LAID ON TUB TABLE. The following nominations were laid on the ta ble: D. W. cheesmao. Treasurer of the branch Mint ut San Francisco; E. W. Huberts, Register of the Land Office at Marysville, Cal.; O. iL Palter son, Deceiver of Public Moneys at Marysville, Cal. Also the following, who have been erroneously published as rejected: 11. S. Saulonl, Minister to spam; J. It. Jones, Minister to Belgium; Win. A. Rile, Minister to Brazil. The effect of the tabling differs from rejection In allowing the nomination to t»e sent In again at the next session. * THE STATE DEPAUTMBNT. It Is said this aftenioon, In a well-authenticated manner, that Secretary Fish will, at no very dis tant «lay, retire from the State Department, he having until the present time remtdued at only the personal request of President Grant. Con gress having adjourned, uud most of the foreign appointments being made, be now desires to re tire to private life again. It transpires that the lists proposed for foreign appointments by E. 11. Washbume, while Secretary of State, covered forty-eight of the best unices. APPOINTMENT. Win. S. Baseman (colored), of Troy, N. Y., was to-day appointed to a flrsi-class clerkship in the Third Auditor s office. He was recommended for the appointment by Senator Fenton, Hon. F. A. Sawyer, and Hon. T. J. Robertson, of South Car olina. EUROPE. Spnin< WORE ON THE NEW CONSTITUTION IN THE C-'HITES. MAtmm, April at. In the Constituent Cortes, yesterday, Scnor Oronos, r.r the Republican Deputies, Introduced a measure calculated to forever exclude all bour bons from the throne of Spain. An amendment was carried, whereby Queen Isaliella’s only chil dren are excluded. Senor SeralUo introduced a bill permitting general education. Senor Flgurala, Minister of Finances, proposed negotiations for a treaty ol commerce with Great Britain. IBnngnrr* FRANCIS JOSEPH'S BPEECU AT TUB OPENTNO OP TIIB Pbstii. April 24. At the opening of the session of the Dicr, yes terday, Francis Joseph made a peaceful address. He said there was much important legislation to lie accomplished The Internal reforms of the coun try required concentration of the entire power of the nation, and good sense and moderation of the people. Relations between Austria and other powers of the world offered peaceful prosi*ecU. In conclusion, he reminded the Representatives that it was necessary to carry out several Impor tant reforms. Dcuniarki the 6T. THOMAS TBBATT. Copbnhaobk, April at. Tlie basllatie newspaper has an article apon the purchase of the Danish West Iu«lla Islands by the United States, as arranged with the Secretary of Slate of the last American administration. It says the question of the acquisition of the Antilles by the United States ripens, and accuses America, ty the recent action of Its Compress, of a want of resp^ti o the Government of Denmark. It also states that If the measure finally miscarries Count ItaasloiT will resign. Italy*. ABOLITION' OP THE DEATH PENALTY. Flokence, April £4. Tbe Court of Appeals has had under considers* tion the penal code for Mine time. They hare concluded their examination, and have unani mously agreed on the abolition of the death pen ices | a11 ?* + Autrla* PASSAGE OP THE rRDLiEY SCHOOL LAW ZM TUB Vienna, April St In the Relchsrath the question on the final pas sage of the Primary School law led to an excited debate, the Polish and Tyrolese members opposing It strenuously. Upon the closing of the debate the Polish and Tyrolese Delegates submitted a pro* test against Its enactment and quitted the Cham* here. The vole was then taken and the law passed. Great Britain* AX IRISH MAGISTRATE SHOT. LONDON', Apm 34. A despatch from Dublin states that Hugh Brad shaw, a well-known Irish magistrate, has been shot la Tipperary. SPEINGFUXD. ■S^SSSSK.^W •ssssav-sSsiss. Colonel coot, forliate war V ma against the General GovSSit. Of the first Instalment, amounting G Kf7Tf7nr hnmlred thousand dollars, about one 1° nltaMi Smf fifty thousand dollars of the amount b?the government, owing to the to suffldencyof ihe;voacliers. By the most thor- Si examination of documents In the various State Departments, Ac., Colo nel ° cook has succeeded in furnishing sufficient evidence to assure the allowance of seventy thousand dollars of the rejected account* Since his return here new accounts to the amount of twenty-two thousand dollars have been made op, which will probably be allowed. From the most reliable sources we learn that the prospects for a largo wheat crop threnghont southern Illinois were never belter. The frmt crop will also be good, much belter than was ex pected a few weeks since. . . _ .. The number of public laws passed by the last Legislature Is about three hundred and flfty. The weather la line and warmer, farmers are beginning to feel hopeful. ITEW YOEK. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. • Nbw Yore, April Sl* THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD ACCIDENT. One of those injured by the Long Island Rati road accident died this evening. The company is severely censured for the bad condition of the road. TUB CUBAN JUNTA was called together for a special mooting to-night, to consider important news from Havana. It is rumored that a battle has been fought in the Cen tral Department, resulting In favor of the insur gents. MONET. The week closes with an easy feeling in money. The banks have ample balances,and, being unable to fmiy employ all at T per cent, have offered freely at« per cent to some of the large holders of governments. Tnltcd Slams bonds are dull, but quite steady. Moderate amounts are being sent to Europe tn re turn for coupons, and it u thought that most of tbe coupons win be paid In this way to foreign holders. MISCELLANEOUS STOCE3. The stock market U lew active, anti. In the ab sence of an; special movement in either direction, prices are generally steady. New York Central is the leading feature. GOLD. Gold Is quiet, with an apparent disposition to wait the development of Secretary Buutwell's plan regarding gold sales. AKMT REUNION. Many officers of the Army of tho Potomac hare accepted an Invitation to attend the reunion In New York. The gathering promises to be one of tbe largest army reanions ever held. FOREIGN ITEM. A despatch from Loudon says the British and French Governments propose to send a squadron to the Gulf of Mexico to foot afto national Interests. There is much opposition In Englardtothe scheme of Catron independence, and It Is understood that the Spanish loan will bo promptly taken to enable Spain to suppress the In surrection, and prevent the United States from ob taining control of the Islam!. Victor Hugo has signified his Intention to visit America during the present year. He will proba bly start lu May or Jane. TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. THE CUBAN CAUSE. The TV flume savn this city Is the headquarters of Cuban patriot*. Millions of dollars have been ex pended In purchasing arms, equipments aud stores. Twenty thou-tund stand of arms and equipments have already N-en forwarded for dis tribution on the Cuban roast. Council* of war are nightly held In thl ! rlty. Many prominent ex nrmy and naval officers of the volunteer service have linked their fortunes with the Cubans. Thursday night a company of sixty men and officers were put on board a tug boat and carried to Sandv Hook, and there embarked on a vessel for Cut>s. Two weeks ago a largo steamer wan despatched from this port In ballast. Site touched near Cape May, took on tioard arm-, equipments and stores; besides men from Philadelphia. Muni tions and men are also collecting at Boston and several Smthern cities. Several welbkitownux nrmy officers and Cuban* leit, last evening, for Boston, whence the next party «111 sail. Oeorjjo l>altnn, a well-known teMker. shot him. H-It while m tv earnaue. on nrooivav. to-i w. The cause was an unfortunate hpecala.mu .u stockx. ST. PAUL. A C-VnUvo SeaMOit Spoiled )>>* die I'u dui* of a Mi'jinicrS riihu* ne>—open* (ton:. llaeU ward. Special Dispatch to The Chlouro Tritium*. Sr. Pair, April -it. Circat excitement exists to-day in Minneapolis and£t. Anthony, cuncertiln# the new Northern f-u-amor Minneapolis, arrived to-da> from Pitts burgh, where she was built List whiter. The mu* uleit ul authorities of the city fp..m which she takes tier name hud amused a maud reception for the olliccrs of the l-oat, and have pur chased of (Jllhort Hubbard A of ild o«o, an expensive set of colors to Ik -I,resented to the steamer on her arrival at what ts known as Minneapolis Landnur, ionic distance l-elowr the city. Measurements made to day by the Loafs pilots Indicate that her chimneys will not pass under the St. Paul bridge, and that coiisein’.emlv the proposed hum old time limit lie postponed until a nu>re favorable oppoituuitv. The boat Is advertised to leave this evening for SC. Louis. The weather to-day Is much more spring-like than atony previous lime this y. ur, and fanning operations are very backward. MADISON. Snltn for DaningcN Against the Snn I'rulrlc Kallroad-ltesicnation of I’rvitiik'iit C'lmilbourm't of the Mate I'uivcntity—A llackwatii Spring Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. Madison. Wls., April iM. There are nearly forty cases on the calendar at the present term of the circuit Court, brought by owners of land which have been damaged by the construction of the Sun Prairie Hoad between this city and Sou ITatrlu, the parties not being satis fied with the award of the Commls.nouers. The cases have been eontlnued to to • term. U Is aported that IT--sidcnt Ciudivmme has re signed the Prestdenov of the State University. This action is regretted by u host of‘friends of Mr. ( hmlboume. It U understood ttiat he will remain until his successor Is appointed. The St. George's Society celebrated St. George's l»»v hist night by a supper. The weather is cold, and the spring Is backward. Put Utile plow ing is done, und hut lew gardens made. cm emuaxi The Pennsylvania I'cntml Rnllroad —SliuK*peare;m Auuivcrsary - L.c« {JOI lIIILTCSt. Cincinnati, April 24.—1 t is stitcd,, to-day, that the rennsrlvaula Centnil HalruM h-v* obtained the new diagonal road from this cby to Louisville, which win l»e in running order m ten days. This with their interest m Indianapolis A Cincinnati Railroad, gives them, prospectively, through line.* be ween New York and Ist. Louis uii<l Louisville, The Episcopalian Church. o( Springfield, Ohio, has adopted the free pew system. The 3o&th anniversary ol the birth of Shakspeare was celebrated bv the bhakspeare Club In appro priate style last night. The *• Merchant of 'on toe" was read, alter which there was a supper and a ball. The most Intellectual and cultivated people m the city were largely represented in the elegant company. The bill making ten percent the legal Interest wus defeated by U> to 4» In the Legislature yester day. A bill making eight percent the legal rate was then passed by 01 to nr. PEORIA. snlcidc of Two Voting noya-Odd Fellow*’ Celebration. Peoria. 111, April 24.—0 n Monday morning a Utile son of .1. 11. Harris, of Vermont, Fulton CountT, aped * rears, hanir himself In a barn, and af«w hours alter*ard ason of Colonel T. J. Kin ney, same ape, was found hanging in a similar manner In another nam. No partlculor cause for the suicides, save slight troubles at home. The Odd Fellows of this place have about com pleted arrangement* for Moudar. The programme was published this morning. Arrangements have been made for entertaining: 4,u>i or people. BALTIMORE. Roman Catholic Council—Dclcynte* to Attend the Odd t’cUows'tJnihfr ing at Philadelphia. Haltimouk, April 84.— The Tenth Provincial Council of the Homan Catholic Church, embraced within the province of the Archbishop of Haiti more, convenes here to-morrow, A number of Bishops from the Southern States from Pennsyl vania and Delaware will lie present. A large delegation of odd Fellows leave here to morrow to attend the celebration In Philadelphia ou Monday. FROM SIOUX CITY. Steamboat Dinaiter on the missouri —Fifty PcnonH 3llsHing. Front Crrv, April 24.—The Urelda, <n ro■/r-- to St. Louis with discharged soldiers from the various jtosta upriver, struck a snag this morning about thirty miles above here, and while sinking, her boiler exploded, killing and wounding a large number. Flft? are reported missing. The Umllnc leaves Immediately for the wreck, with all the physicians of the city. BUFFALO. Delegate* to Attend tlio Convention of Grain Shipper* at Chicago. Buffalo, April 24.—The Board of Trade, this morning, appointed the following gentlemen as a committee to attend the convention at Chicago relative to cheapening transportation from tn« West to the seaboard: Ron. L). S. Bennett, K vv Fisk, 9. K. Worthington, C. J. Mann, and E. B. Guthrie. A Llrinff Skeleton* From the Lnwlon (Ontario) Free l*ree». A remarkable Instance of human emaciation exists In the family of a German laborer named diaries Schrler, who resides on Talbot street, three doors from the northeast corner of Fullar lon. It la that of a girl, aged l« years, who U almost entirely wlthouijlesh, and who has *ub> f-isted Id this condition from earliest infancy. The unfortunate child presents a spectacle to more the deepest sympathy. Without the power to aid herself in any way, or to signify her wants except tie frctfolness, she sits propped In a chair all day long, attended constantly by the other members of the family. Her face gives her the appearance of an ordinary invalid, wasted by disease, but the body and limbs disclose an almost total abstinence of flesn, the frame exhibiting Its ghastly ontilnes through the Though without the gilt of speech, her Intellect betrays much acuteness; when pleased, she smiles compo!«edlv, and re mains perfectly tranquil and happy when roexea In the chair. She is also pleased with the notice of strangers. When unhajoj. «he r _i r utterance, the onlj effect t* U Jrt«!“ “tut Iteffcoarlnf hitWCVer. iS SiJd tO W petICCS. >-DC raMotsTmnred from one position without con “SlfpSa Md Mau each .objects do. suffers fr SiiS e m??Mo l ‘ have e-cammed her, einress the onlSi “that her emaciation has been produced from pre-natal causes. Confession of n -Tlnrderer. Pnrr«tnsr*iK, >'• April 24—ImmedIately to-day, she In- ESe reporter that Brown had made a con- SSS hi French, and her mother, Mrs. Lydia Fox, ii2r9, West Granby, Connecticut, has It la her ™£Lw«loil Mis. Brown aaya the confession ro veato the name of the murderer and how the deed v-os committed, including a full history of Brown’s life sue says the confession states that Brown hired the man to do the deed and thev were to di vide the Sio-,000 between them. She savs the plot was laid at Dayton, Ohio. The confession, when translated, will be placed in the hands of the District Attorney. Ico In the Northern Lakes. Toronto, April 3L—The Georgian Bay is clear of Ice, and steamers have commenced running be tween Owen's Sound and Colllngwood The .Vi poma will leave the latter place on the Ist of May for Sault St. Mane and intermediate points. The accumulation of Ice at Port Colbome continues to Increase. Until it moves vessels will be unable to pass out or enter the Welland Canal Tha dm north wind win probahlv drive It out. Buffalo, April 24.—The Ice in the bar is still firm. The field of ice that blocks navigation ex tends at least twenty-five miles out. The Odd Fellow*’ Celebration at Philadelphia* Philadelphia, April 34.—The city is filling up with delegations to the semi-centennial anniver sary of the Odd FeUows. At night a grand bail takes place at the ArctLSkatlng Kink, the largest edifice of the kind in the United States. . Nashville Cotton Market* - Nustiux April at—Corrox—Doll; low middling t6c; good ordinary. Me.