"Staneemente ?n? ?ftleriinge (io-night. ACaDKMT or Music?" Le S->ranenil?al?." Booth's Theatre??? Msry etnart." nAVKBLT's n mur? OABDBN-" lilftek Crook.'? Uivkhly's Fittu Avks?b G??a4??e?"Koreei-Me-Not." >Iavb?i.t'?14th STitEET lweATKF?M??todOB Minstrels. Madisos pQttAHE Thratbk-" Haiel Klrse." Pabk Th??tre?" Freih. the American." pan Kranciw'?i Minstrels. Wtardarii Theatre?" Blliee Taylor." Union Socabk Tukatrr?" Fe tola." Vi'ALLAC-bVH ????????"The RlVulS." BtrunELL'? MrsEmi?rat Bbow. ?Chickerino Hai.L?? 11?Lecture. Jn?ex lo ?Hooertistmcnts. ??????e???t??3?! Page? Oth column. L?NNOfNCEMENTS?8iA Pane?5th Column JlASKiNO 11????? ano Bankkrs-7(a !'??'?5th colllBlD. Board and Uooms?3d Page?5th column. ?BraiNKH? ?hanck*?7IA Page ~6ttt column JjfsiNKf? Noticks?4M Pape?lut column. ?Oobpobatioh Notices- Oth I'aoe-Gib column. Trancino Acad?mie??6fA Page?3d celuniu. Psarrnrrnr?IM Page-eoi column. liivinisii Notices?7M Petat?5tb column. X)RE?? Marino?3d Pagr?GUi column. ?European advertiskmenis-(!IA Page?Gtu column. JiNANCtAL?1th Page?Ha and 5th column?. ??G???t? he-3d Page?5th column. Hv.lt Wanted? 7th Paar?(MS colaann. IIorse?. Cakriaors. Ac?7th Page?aia column. ???t??p?t????(?/? Page? 2d column. Legal Notices???? Page?6'h column. ?Unr.i.r?. and .-late Mantles?iith Page?Cth column. MakriaGEH AND HEATHS?5e-3'l column. Proposals?CM Page?5th column. Real Estate?3d Page?3d, 4th. 5th and 6th cslumn*. Bituation? Wanted? Males?7/? Pagf?Cth column; FEMALES-7M Page?5th und Oth columus. ?Special Notices--5.a Page? Cih column. 'eTBAMROAis and Kailroads?CM Page?3d and 4th column?. Heachers?6M Page?3d column. rrj?inc5B nonces "Aldeiwey Brand" But always_Condensed Milk. Ozoxp. destroys sewer tras and malaria. S?-nd lor liamiiMet._11 e?t???ap? Co.. ?14 Charcli-it. The Best Olive or Salad Oil Ji lmjiorteii and bottled ?>t Cakwkli, Hazahd * Co., dmt?. pit?. Kiftli Avcntn? Hetel Bull ill ? c. and 6th-ave., corner 39th? St; riso No. iaj I'bauttM-at.. Newport, K. L ff ett-^wk flmla Qxiimu. FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY. MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1881. THE SEft'S THIS MOUSING. Forbion.?Alexander II., Emperor of Russia, was Assassinated yesterday afternoon as be was return? ing from a parade; two bombs were thrown nt him, the second causiti", injuries from which he died at the Winter Palace. - Arch? bishop MeCabe, of Dublin, refers to tho land troubles in his Lenten pastoral. , The iict'o tiations at Constantinople aro advancing. " : The African Steamship Company's ?teatner lientn foundered Saturday after a collision with another steamer oft Start l'oint, Kntrlaod. . : Dr. Carrer leads in the shooting match in England. DOMESTIC.?On receipt of the news of the assassination of the Czar, Secretary Blame teletrraphcil to St. Petersburg the sym? pathies of the Government.- The repub? lican Scua'onal caucus yesterday arranged the membership of the Senate Committees. .- "? One man was killed and another was probably fatally injured by a railway accident at South Pittsburg, Ft-nn.. yesterday. - A tire at Hyde Park, Maes., destroyed property valued at 5*73,000. :?t?t ??? in? teresting session of the Baltimore Annual Confer? ence wa? held at Hnrrisonbnrg, Vi. City and Scbchisan.? I he Bey. R. Heber Newton preached yesterday on Tbocssa Carlyle.-John H. Prentice, Park Commissioner in Brook lj n, died, r ? A young law student committed suicide in Prospect Park. ? - The Street Cleaning Bureau gave atteutiou to a large number of street?. Tns WsATUKB.?TninONB local observations in? dicate cloudy and piirlly cloudy weather, with chances of li^ht rains in tho early part of the day, followed by clearing weather and lower tem\>erature. Thermometer yesterday : Hntlicst, 39? -, lowest, 03? ; average 3C?. The lit-v. ?. Hoher Newton preached yes? terday upon Thomas Carlyle. -? The collection of exotics made in the Horti? cultural Hall, Faii-mount Park, Philadelphia, is one of remarkable extent and beauty. A corre spandali describes som?; of its rarest und most interesting speenneus in a letter on another pus? -o A correspondent who has just visited the blooily ground of Pittsburg Landing sketches elsewhere the battlefield as it is to-day, with Some mournful relic? of the fight and many memories of it existing among the sunound-. tog population. o An Oneida Indian, who is an ordair.cd cler? gyman, preached in this city yesterday, and in i the course of his eermou quaintly rebuked the f sin of profanity. He said be was thankful that " the Creator did not give the Indian *' enough language to allow linn to be profane " without first learning English." ? It is a curious fact that the United States and ?ussia, two widely separated nations ani? mated by a peculiar friendliness for each other, have now exchanged words of sympa? thy, within a little more than fifteen years, tipon the cold-blooded assassination of their chief rulers. ? Any movement which lessens the dangers of summer travel, especially upon the over? crowded and often decrepit excursion eteamers in our harbor, is a public benefit. The com? pany which has already launched one iron steamboat for the excursion traffic has six other boats of similar construction under way. These will make a welcome addition to tho Bummer fleet. It is pleasant also to know that it is believed a tendency has set in of building boats of this character of iron, so that in a few years the patched and painted bulks that now endanger life at such reason? able rates may be driven from the water alto? gether. ? Would it be too much to ask a whole Con? gress to blush 1 For some of the members it would be a physical impossibility, and so the j right men would be apt not to blush. And some | of them?though the number is sadly small by contrast?-have done their duty, and ought not to be called upon to be ashamed of things they have not done. But the Congressmen who have done their best to secure proper accom? modation for the great Library at Washington are so few that in a general Congiessional hu? miliation they will not be missed. We want the XLVIth Congress to read the account our correspondent gives of the condition of the Library, and then blush in a body. o We print to-day the second of tho remark? able series of Confoderate letters, the first of fcliich attracted so much attention. The , promise wo then made, that the Beri?;s would grow in interest, is fulfilled in the letter given to-day. It was written by Mr. Clay to Mr. Benjamin after the peace negotiations with Mr. Grecley. and reveals the hopes and fears of the Confederates respecting the Issue of the Presidential campaign of 1864. It -will give such well-meaning men as joined in supporting General MeClellan for President a strange sensation to see how the Confeder? ate plotters, while professing to sue for peace, were busy speculating on the possibility that McClellan's election would mean to them ail they could hope to make by the overthrow of the Union armies. Of the rafea in the MeClellan movement who did not mean well by their country, tho less said the better. The plotters had it all arranged. " ?McC. " will he under the control of the true peace "men. Horatio or T. H. Seymour is to be the "Secretary of State, Valland'tgliam ISccrc " lary of War. (!) McC. is privately pledged " to make peace even at the expense of sepa? " ration, etc., etc." Few men misunderstood the real nature of the campaign of 1864. Every man not blinded by party prejudices knew that Southern Democratic bullets and Northern Democratic ballots were aimed at the sanie mark. Bul the.se letter.?? confess it all in black and white, and will remain an im? perishable record. ASSASSINATION OF HIE CZAR. Nihilism dies hard. It has baffled the ener? gies and defied the terror? of an irresponsible police. It has borne the weight of a highly orgauized military system, aud resisted the pressure of the most absolute monarchy :n Christendom. Mechanical force has not stamped it out of existence; chemical agencies have not destroyed it. afeli? koff, with his bribes and concessions, his diplomatic tact and ptomiaea ol reform, his finesse, audacity and sagacity, has failed precisely ns the secret police and the military staff failed before him. Only a few months ago he was boasting that the whole series of assassinations had been planned by a comparatively small number of con? spirators, every one of whom had I teen hunted down and pounded out of life ; and only last week he was congratulating his Imperial master upon the complete restent? tion ot public order. Suddenly a derisive shout is heard from the outer darkness. Nihilism has breath enough left in its vile body to hiss defiance in his lace. The Cz.tr is assassinated in broad dayligbt. Not with the aid of those diabolical tools, dynamite aud electricity. Not by a secret mine exploded as the Imperial train was trun? dling into Moscow, nor by an awful catas? trophe in the dining-room of the Winter Pal? ace. The last device of Nihilism is the clumsy trick which Orsini introduced in 1858 whan three shells were tossed like nosegays under the Third Napoleon's carriage, and the baffled conspirators were immediately arrested. It failed then, but it serves the purpose now after the most intricate aad costly mecbanism which the ingenuity of assassins has ever de? signed has been tried in vaiu. The wretched inmate of the Winter Palace is shot down like a cur in the streets of bis own capital after receiving the acclamations of bis army and the populace. Yet even so death romes almost like a release. A Bonus historian has drawn a graphic picture of an Emperor who dreaded assassination with every breath, even in the seclusion of his own pal? ace anil during the silence of the night. The crowned coward is described as ranging nervously through his palace, " sometimes throwing himself on a couch, "sometimes wandering along the vast corri? " dors, watching fot the earliest dawn and anx " iously invoking its appearance." So, too. the misanthropic Alexander II. has passed bis days m gloomy suspicions and his nights in sleep? lessnes? On his dressing bureau when be awoke he would sometimes Und a circular from the Revolutionary Committee, and when the Governor of the Palace came for an audience he would be (old that Ins most faithful servants hail been sketching plani of the palace and keeping diaries of his daily habits ami routine. Wbal refURC could be bud when his foes could creep into his own bedroom and undermine his private dining hall ? Yet this was not the Caligula of Suetonius, Alexander It ha? been a thoroughly progres? sive inoliateli. Ko sovereign in modini <>r ancient times ever ventured to undertake so much reform work for In? subjects. Twice ?luring the reign which has now Itemi brought to so disastrous a close has he placed himself at the heul of a na? tional movement and directed it with amastei hand. The reform agitation which be had to face upon his accession to the throne was little short of political frenzy. The nation had been humiliated in the Crimea ; its military system, which bad been looked upon as invincible, had broken down; and the popular demand was that every de? partment of internal administration should be reformad from the bottom. The monarch be? came tho sturdiest Liberal in bis own realm. He not only introduced sweeping changes in the administration and the judiciary, but he planned and executed a social ami agrarian revolution. He emancipated the eerls, invested them with the rights of com? muual citizenship, and enabled them with State aid to become peasant proprietors. Twenty years attor, when his enthusiasm for social and political reform had been chilled, he allowed himself to be swayed a second time by a national impulse and gave direc? tion to the great Pan-Slavist movement by which the rights of the Southern Slavs wen; vindicated on the Balkan Peninsula. Alexander the Liberator it is who has bean foully murdered in his own capital. It is the sovereign who shared twenty-live years ago that abhorrence of militarism and that yearning for internal development which found expression in the rising litera? ture of the nation and in the debates of the university students. It is the Czar who, after giving liberty and land to millions of serfs, restored the territory and prestige which had been lost in the Crimea, and extended his frontiers in Armenia and Central Asia. Why have the closing years of such a reign ended in gloom and despair t Why has there been an outburst of reactionary zeal ? Why has the son of the haughty Nicholas intrusted his supreme authority to an Armenian adven? turer t Mainly because he attempted to do in twenty-five years tue work of a hundred. Un? happy monarch! Americans have no cause, to revile him, for he was n good friend to them in an hour of need, lie did not break up his father's infamous system of police sur? veillance and arbitrary arrests, but lie did enough?more than enough?to entitle him to the respect and compassion of the world. As lor the crime itself and the nefarious plots which have preceded it, there can be only one feeling here and in Europe?uttir abhoironco and detestation. THE FOREIGN MISSIONS. There are some things concerning tho foreign missions which the new Administration will no doubt bear iu mind iu making up its list ot appointments. One of tho most im? portant posts, during the next few years at least, is going to be that at the City of Mexico. American enterprise, industry and capital are invading the Mexican Kcpublic on all sides. We need as our representative there a man of exceptional sagacity, tact, force of character and knowledge of the in? dustrial and commercial interests of the United States, to cultivate and strengthen the friendly relations between the two countries, and ad? vance all legitimate and honorable project? for the mnttial advantage of both. Our Minister to Mexico, if he he the right man for the place, can be of much more service to us during the next four years than eil her of our Plenipotentiaries at the Courts of Europe. The Central American Mission is important in a similar way, though in a less degree. We ought also to be notably well represented in South America, particularly in the vast Empire of Brazil, which is continually manifesting a desire for closer commercial lies with us, and in the active, progressive ami victorious lie public of Chili, which now leails all the coun? tries on the. West Coast. Our influence in the live nations which front upon the South Pacific is not nearly as great as it might be. Lately, when Peru determined to seek inter? vention to obtain a peace with Chili, she invited four European powers to an arbitra? tion, but inailo no overture to the United Si ite.?a diplomatic slight which would hardly have been put upon us if we had been prop? erly represented at Lima ?luring the eventful war period not yet fully closed. Our growing commerce with China end Japan requires skilful diplomatic as well as consular oversight. The same thing is true of several European countries where a dispo? sition is shown to CUt oil' important branches of our export trade under the plea that in some instances they include diseased meat or fraudulent articles like oleomargarine butter. Our Ministers should everywhere be ranable of looking sharply after our general Interests? We are a Internes? people, and our represen? talives abroad should be capable of tiding Something more useful to earn their salari* s than bowing gracefully at a Court reception or mnking pretty after-dinner speeches. We take it for granted that the Administra? tittn will insist on regarding the whole field oil the Diplomatic service as free and open for new appointments wherever such appointments seem desirable, and will not consent to be embarrassed by the claims of men to be con? sidered as a permanent legacy of formet ad? ministrations. Of course there are men in place who might wisely be kept then?, because tiny can manifestly serve the country better tin,n sny n? w appoint?es would be likely to do; but no one can reasonably Feel aggrieved it he is not retained, The traditions of the Government are perfectly clear on this point. Ministers reprt sen! the views and pol? icy of Ihe Administration which appoints them. A new President and Secretaryof Stute have a right tt> have their views end policy concerning our foreign relations carried out by nun of their own choice. It is au unwritten law ?>i the State Department that all Ministers simuli] tender their resignations to a new Adminis? tration. Another thing suggest*- itscll in connec? tion ?itli this subject. In jn?ticc to our? selves we need something more thin a consular representative iu Canada. With the sanction of Guai l?rit.tin, the Canadians have ??( up im- llictiiseh full-fledged confederacy, will a central ? ? eminent, an executive bead, ? military force and all the essentials ni nation) 1 uU'?Ui??my, excepl responsibility for their net? to other countries and ihe treaty-making p??wt r They make laws prejudicial to us and worry ??? aliout their fisheries? bul when w< ? ut to talk with them abitui our mutual romeni*, tiny refer us to a Mnu-t'-r in Lo idoli who I, nexl to nothing sima! Iheii all'ai is. We could, perhaps, justly in?ist on liavii ,' ?! eel diplo? matic relations with the 1? m ? : m to mu ?? an extent as would cover all inalisi- concern? ing which Canada i? five to nel inde rndeiitly, such as postal, tariff snd fi?liery am NOTA irUSIi FROM (?RaMERi Y PARK. Can it be thai Mr. Tilden In? noi yd been aldi- tu limi words adequate to i-Xpi ' ? li? mitation aud esteem for Uem-ial Italico.:? .' Mis ail? elicili fui ? lu man who took 11 the ticket last .Mar which he had fnmlly hop il to fill mu?t be little hIiui of ?????????1????. Hence Ii?h absence from the Manhattan ' bib tinnier i Saturday nighl und the absence ,? \ ???-? tin? /.'atin ring. In the ???????? laiigiingi ol | the mining ramp, "it was imi ln> lunerul anyhow," ami he ?lid nut propose tu liitiiish an < xtta corpse. li i- much to lie Feared thai if he had ?it at the ft-tal biiaid the remaiks of Cenciai MeClellan would noi hive inumi a r sponsive echo in his breast. There was a llippam-y about them which would noi h ve be n w? I come to the statesman who could never - l his suc? cessors in failure snd ventured to ?peak ol the "Uncle Sammy" of 1876 as his grand? son in the line of the defeated, the Qramercy Pink sage would havt fell that the force of irreverence could no further go. The Man? hattan Club must indeed bave degenerated when such grave subjects can bo hi, spoken of with an approving chorus of laughter. From Mr. Tilden'? point, nf vint, the Democrat who could jest about the mournful all'air of I87t? would be indeed ?matheuia inanimitila. Such a man might be expected to t?o lar worse than mention the equa? tor with disrespect; be might even refer to the principles of Thomas Jefferson and the mem? ory of Silas Wright without bowing the beati. Mr. Tilden mn?t, indeed, think that he has fallen Upon evil days, anil that in such a How? ard generation a Presidential nomination in 18*34 is not a thing to be desired. TRAOI'MAIIKS AGAIN. Those who were interested in the little flurry in the. law of trademark-, caused by Congress enacting and the Supieme Court annulling a National law tor registration, will remember that one question was left open, viz.: that of the power and duty ot Congress to protect trademarks of foreigners in Compliance with ??ur existing treaties. The Uniteti Slates ban treaties with several foreign nations, involv? ing, more or less ?listinctly, protection of for tigu trademarks, yet aoy law for the enforce? ment of such obligations has been wanting. Tho want has now been supplied by an act (approved March ?) "for tho protection and registration of trademniks," which, in order to avoid constitutional objections, is limited to trademarks used in commerce with foreign nations, or the Indian tribes. Owners of such marks who are domiciled iu the United States, ol m any foreigu country according similar privileges to United States citizens, may register their marks in the Patent Office J paying a feo of $25. An applicant for regis? tration must tranumit a, statement specifying his name, domicile, 'ocation and citizenship, aud the kind ot good? to which the mark has been appropriated ; with a tlescription and fac? simile of the mark itself. But a mark canuot bo registered if it is identical wi'ii or closely resem? bles u trademark already registered or previ? ously in lawful use ; and the Commissioner of Patents bas a certain power of deciding dis? putes between competing claimtmie of two ein?:Iar marks. He is also directed to give certificates of the registry of the varioue marks, which will reniiiiu in force for thirty years (.mut may be renewed afterward), except when the laws of the foreign rountry in com? mi ice with which a mark is to lie used limit it. lo a shorter time. Imitation of these regta tercd trademarks in foreign commerce 19 a ground of action, either lor damages or for an injunction, in the Coarta of the United State*, irrespective of citizenship of parties or amount in controversy. Likewise the citizens or res? ilient* of this country? wishing tho protection of trademarks in a foreign couutry whose laws rciiuire registration hero as a condition of gaining protection there, are enabled to noisier their trademarks in the Patent Offlco for such purpose, and to receive certificates. The Act has been printed by tho Patent Ollice for distribution, but is accompanied by a ? uitionarv note that, until time has been taken tor preparing regulations and forms ap propriate tor administering the law, no action can be taken by the otlic? on applications, nor can information be given to correspondents ; Lut persona interested are advised to wait, before I'm warding papers, until rules can be prepared. AS EASY M A Uli ET. After all the Anxiety which was manufac? tured hist week, the money market closed easy and well supplied, in tho face of the de? cision adverse ti? the request of tlie banks. That Ihe prevalent anxiety was hugely manu? factured, and the temporary fits of stringency due to manipulation, may he inferred from the fact that money lias been freely Supplied throughout l he past week at 0 per cent or less mi commercial paperi and ut borio time dur inir each day much below G per cent on call loans. Since the purchase of bonds on Wednesday, there lias been no excuse for ap prehending that the market would become stringent excepting as tho result ot ma* nipulation by speculators, and the strong? est parties in the Street aro under? stood to be ?tiravi d against any effort in that, direction. Hence, when it became known that the Treasury would pay the mar? ket price for bonds, and had the means avail? able fort?n? pnrchaaoof $20,000,000 or more, the decision in respect to tin? banks ceased to be of any immediate importance, and its effect on Saturday was quite Imperceptible. The batiks, too, are in a uni'h stronger position than their report of averages indicates. This report, il in olhrr ifspeel ; trustworthy, can only show then condition about tin? middle of the. week;but on Wednesday, tin Oth, the Treas? ury hud taken l'ou? the bunks >T,711.llJ. winch it did not loht ou Wcduesday, the 2d, and y? f their retimi ?hows an merca o of #1.IT,300 iti cash reserve, The Treasury re i-i'ivcd on Thursday $.1,500,001) frota tito ,. ! j. : ?i'iitl out between Wi duesduj und Saturday ?1,413,200 more than tsentire receipts fioiii all bou nos. Hence nearly >:..iiiiii,ii.H) went into the banks during the latin purl ot the u.i I; with little chYel upon tlieii? M.itt'inm. They depositili diirtlll! the wick ci.ilin.,? Friday ?2,000,000 in gold in \ ni? ? nt the l?uuk of America, und I . for $."00.000 ?a irold, which was t,? 1 i.v the ? ij ' hli t on V. ? tin? ??lay, were no! given until ^alunlay, ? iiher thi? II u! im. tin $] ,o:J0,000 1 mpoi li o ?peci? , in : : ? ii ou Fi iduy It d uny ? H'cct upon t!.i Sl .h III ? u ? ..r -p eie lad wi k were '..' ? 070, in il u '-' the ??? ''? MM?..:!?- ul >'.???? Yurl?' thus far ~ -..:.. ? ? ?< ?< ? m?'h ? January I, -1 ',71:: to J ite In ' year. During ili v..? :. iiii!m,?: M indi 'i, i - ' 1.810 iti griM was exported, bul the totul expsi ... .I t!iis j'iMt Urns far have been $110,210, :i! of $2."i ! ,000 -?? ? ii" l.t-t ?ni, . .? ???.'? IVlT. in ; ..'d 1 novi en ? he .:. and I .m.??? wi hi ? p week from t .u. iits ini 1 me prol . li ..s. ,? ni ?. curii ii' liiiide ?? ceiitly have noi ve been ' ul!y paid l 1. ami ? ? in ports m this ?.,p ? mie to : 'i I? low um! the t ???? In ? ? ???.? ? : .i '..-: ?? u. In Mi ??' , I - ?0, the ? \ , - ul n export? 0.1 r imp ?ri -, ut idi |M.it? of the I'nited Siali ?, L'lii?' ye.il, the unpn ? Sew? i'oik lust t v.. v.? ? k ; lia , c been I , , . 7 ? Itt ?}?'J :.".' i \ '.'?'?.! lor I tie IVi'ikt lui?! year, .1 (It?: ;. ,? ul S ?,?? 1 '.?.'J"' s, While lite lucie.tv?, p? n pui tu dui.'..: Ili** li. -' week <>1 the 111 was $ I 1 I ?"?,?! '?? i hese fai : 1 in.li. a.e that ih?? 11.ol. balance m favor ol this coun? try will !"? more Ihuu $11,000,000, ut the le ini. ? in r?t??ol exchange and tbc accuir.ula liuli ?! ???'1 ? Mie principal foreign banks lavfi continued imports ul specie. The Hunk ol baiigluml in ???????? its rem-rve $2.015,000 Lust week, aud now holds $110,555,000; tho I',,ink of Franco iucreus?*d its (fold res.?;.?,? $5U5,0OO, sud now holds $111,082,000 in gold ; and the Bank of Germany Ics) only $80,000 ia specie, and now holds $1^0,005,000. The latter bank has gained $10,080,000 since January 8, and it may be presumed that tue gaiu has beoo mainlj in gold. The outflow of money for April settlements it therefore the only remaining cause of probable depletion of reserves in this market? From March 13, lHSO, to April 3, the banks lost $4,258.000 in gold, and $804,900 in cur? rency? loto the channels of circulation through? out the country have been pound, during the past year, not Iosa thaa $50,000,000 gold, $7,000,000 silver, und $52,400,000 paper currency i iu till nearly $103,000,000. It does not seem probable, therefore, that the demand to supply any temporary want In the, Interior will be as great as it was one year n^o. ibil, to provide against a possible outgo Ol $5.000,000, the hanks have ? 1,000,00(1 in gold from abroad already here, aud to be paid nut bv the Aaaeaj Office to-day or to-morrow, $2,000,000 more on the way, to be received within ii week, and the assnmnce that the Treasury will take $5,000,000 or $10,000,000 more of bonds whenever occasion any arise. Business dining the past week was active, with ?1 fair movement iu cotton goods, a rallier sluggish trade in woollens, a specula? tive advance in provisions, improved trade in iron, wool, copper, naval stores, rice and sugai, u stronger market for corn, some decline and activo dealing! In flour and wheat, dull,ess in petroleum, and an active trade with declining prices in cotton. The price ol middling up? lands fell from Libero 1<>'?"?, cents per pound, with sales of 3,144 bales for export and 2,346 for consumption ; the sales for future dolivery wen ?,????,???? bales, and the decline for May from 11.28 ?? 10.70 cents. Wheat declined sharply during the Brat half of the week, but recovered iu part and closed iu good demand. Petroleum declined to SU1'.? for crude certifi? cates, but wus a little stronger on Friday. Tho volume of busiuess in tho aggre? gate was smaller than during tho previ? ous week, for the exchanges amounted to only $1,020,007,900, a decrease of over $220,000,000. but moro thau hul? of the do crease wan due to the comparative inactivity of the stock market. Railroad earnings were not largo during the first week of March in the Northwestern States, where traffic has been seriously interrupted by storms, but in Col? orado, Texas, Missouri, and the other Southern States show an increase in comparison with last year. Tho earnings of forty roads for February, as reported by The Chronicle, show an iucreaso of only 4?2 per cent in comparison with 1880, but, ?ledueting the reports of the Chicago and Northwestern and tho Milwaukee and St. Paul Roads, the remaining roails show an increaso of nearly 7 per cent. Wherever it is not temporarily interrupted, the volume of busiucss is evidently larger than ever be? fore at this season. Anew road is to be bnilt tliis season between Phil? adelphia and Baltimore, as a result of the success of the Pennsylvania Company in it? sharp struggle with the Baltimore and Ohio for tho possession of the existing lino. If the. contes* had ended differently the result would have been practically the same. Each of the two rival corupauiea is determined to control a through lino between New-York and Wash? ington. Bo long as tho Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Bond was an independent conct-ru, re? ceiving on equal terms at its termini tho busi'iess of both the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and Ohio, the construction of a second bue was not im? portant : but this state of thitiits could not last for? ever. Either Mr. Oarrett or Mr. Roberts was sure at some time or other to succeed in tho effort both were making to get possession of that highly valuable piece of property and ?hut his competitor out from its use. Mr. Rob? erts wins the game ami Mr. Garrctt builds the new road. If the Baltimore President had won. the Philadelphia President would no doubt have had his surve\ors slaking out a lino within a month. The public will unquestionably gain by the doso of the centroTsrsy. It will bo better nerved by two lines than by one, and will probably have tho benefit of lower fans ami freight ratea. G? the course of the lively discusdon which took place iu the Police Board tho other day Commis? sioner Nichols plaintively remarked that " the public known nothing about the difficulties of street clean? ing, consequently It continui s to criticise the de? partment. " A fairer statement of the case would be that the public knows Very litt I*- about tho diffi? culties "f cleaning the streets snd satisfying at (be samt time the politician?* who ia-ustoii limreriiig the Bppropi ialions mud?? for ti e purpose. The public Is of course vory ignorant, ft imsgines that the way to clean tbestrerto is to shovel up the dirt snd cat? it away. The operation looks nimple enough. It knows thai London, Perm and other great cities are kept clean without any great fu-s or expense. It neos that while the dirt accumulate? month after mouth In ali our street* except s lew favored tbor? oitL'iif.-ir, ?, the money appropriated (?> remore it goes mit of ihe city treasury ami iiltosomsbody'i pocket? with promptness and regularity, If then' is any nbtdaele t?i establishing a connection between this money and ,?? ? ompetont force of laborers and carts, the public, which ia fasi getting out of patience, -v..? ti1.1 like to have the Commissioner? point it mit, instead of talking in ? vague and general way Shout the " difficulties ol jtreel cleaning?" A gentleman recently connected with tho Emi? grat ion Commission of the Canadas, tells s itory about lb tinti, k which we do not rememlier to have ????:?? anywhere in print. The Uertnan Chancellor ? .i? f o- .?? long lime been trying to cheek the lm.iv ? unan-rttiiit nf ih? subjects nt the Empire to America, and reftortcd to s curions means tostop ? u t,i tin- 1? mini m. 11?? found that certain laws ada prohibited mu-dc and the sale of Ii Mind ii ; and kuowing the Teutonic disposition to moke Sunday a holiday, ??: marck caused an? traci* of tin ? law ? tobe scattered broadcast over ? ? ? :'.? -.is tlir.t. uu .rants turned t in id (bo mon liberal State? of our North west. The ? ? h.?! u ?? ?a .p -,. im? in In ve began business * ith ?? ? ""? ?tuck nt common ?.??? -? on ?ialiti. Jones, nf ? law are, who Intro?! ced tho fraud itioii into tin Legislature oi that State, < Ughi ??Ii. ? ib' ? I the I/mi Coni : ? ? hi ling Uii light mil r th. I) Ian ite peek ?? - Ii ?'. 1.? ' ' Id h :? been ronsbl re 1 a foi ? ? ?.r it, bui h i? ?u danger tig thai ?listttictioti ? ! .??! he adopts the (wad? il!?? "i ur thai hin party - ? ? ?? ? ..? laut G? -? tient ial ?-lection, lie knows, if ho bas ? xaiumcd ilio print?'?! in his party's ?? ans, that .- plurality r lian.-orli ? ng bint ? : voles e : it for both Ine 1?? ni eral ic el ctora ti kels iu Vii'itintn, and leaving mit ot tin calcul !".' lOll l'epubbi au l ? - ?.ii.-.i t.. ?i l ili irtiiral tiel et m I ana. finch an altetupt to ileccivo i* despicable and ivniild be loietatctl in i?.> i>..? : ? bul one no devoid laud j ico an the 111 tuoi rat'i part> ??. A ? ?'?> David I' it is ia mi un? _ The propped of Mr. Sessinghans, of the I lid Mis? souri Con ?p??-ioiial District, getting the seat la tbourbt to beeood. Elis opponent, who holds the Certificate, wits so lii_'hteii?-i at the :-.;en-.??.?tiici? of bobbers al the Capitol on It angtiratiuu Day ttmt u would bo cruel to subject his immaturity to another test. _ Tho ltepublicans sre feeling pretty well satisfied with the political ?dilation. Perhaps it would be a g.1 unie for Form j to ti ? and get back into ihe party. If the Indiann Democrats had had as much fore? sight ss Hit y hive hindsight, they wouldn't bove to vole s second tune ou those constitutional amend? ments changing the time ol the State election. The little girl who gratified her appetite for ripe currant.? ngslnst her parents' instructions, tried to excuse her (liM)lieilieiice by claiming that she. bail been tempted to do it. but when told that sue ?ho.lid not have yielded lo the tempter, but have ssidi "Got thee behind me, Sat an,'' she persiited that she dui ?a? ??, and that be got behind her and pushed ber righi luto the bashes, Something seems to be Slway? bebltl I th? Democracy pashing it upon the forbidden ground of vicious and unconstitu? tional legislation. The country hud many illustra? timi? nf this iu the late Congres?. Bui the propensity seema to be just as exeat on t he smaller field of stato legislation, Tho constitution of Nevada Bay?? Ar? ticle I\ . Section i.'4: "Mo lottery shall be Suther? land by tbia suto, unr shall the salo of lottery tickets be allowed." In violation of tbia piani piuviimii of the ?igante law of the tUste, the present Legis? latur.-, m huh hspp us m be overwhelming.*. ? ino craiic, has |.a?sed a tue i?urn Setablishing u lottery scheute under the specious title of a bill to nul the benevolent associations of the state. And yet tins is the party that ia always talking almut us devo? tion to ? he Constitution, ami calling up the names of Jefferson and Jackson tu aid it in boodwiuktng credulous people. Put what in the use ot exposing its incunsiateueiesl ?? If Fraud Resolution Jones, of Delaware, will come to New-Yoik he will doubt'.-ss be m ven the Opportunity to exhibit biniseli ut ihe cal show. While Indiana is voting to-day on those constitu? tional amendments which ?.t Democratic pais-r? declared void,in order to help the port] , the country will call to mind the blank look that overspread tbe face of the Democracy when it ??? no Irom the sidewalk i\iih it puce of chalk iu Its hand the morning af lor last October's election. The ancient Egyptian? bad a cheerful habit of displaying a skeleton at their tesata to chasten the hilarity of th. occasion. Perhaps Mr. Tilden had a suspicion that he was invited ?o the Manhattan C "lut? dlunor to General Hancock with a sballar end In view. Evidently be has no rehsh for the role. PERM IS AL The Iteirentsof the University of Michigan bave extended President Angoli'? lu ivo of absence until February 12, 188& Ex-Qovernor U. C. Wtishbtirn. of Wisconsin, has ?nflicisatly recovered lrom his nevero ill I0M to undertake a journey to the Arkansas Hol Springs, whole be will leinuiu lor ctevi-ral weeks. Px-Seuator Simon d-movou hau atiaudoncd bis projected journey through the Mississippi 8t?tev snd on bis arrival at Cedsr Keys from Harana took: piissaite in a freight oar in order to make connec? tions and accelerate his jcnrney homeward. It is said that Prince William went iu person to invite Prince Bismarck to attend the marriage cere? mony at the church. The latter vu ssen at court? only for an hour during the entire festivities. Prince William and his bride will make a short visit to Italy after passing three weeks in England. Victor Hugo received his friends as usual on th?, Sunday evening of tbe memorable demonstration in honor of bis birthday. He talked with delight of the youth of the State schools who had filed before bis house, and of the children who had blown kisses to liim. Hi* htrgt? greenhouse was made the treas? ury of the wreaths and bouquets sent to him, and was filled to overflowing. Cards, letters and tele? graphic messages poured iu upon him literally by the basketlul. Objection was raised by The Pall Mall Otuette to tbe erection of Mr. Boehm's statue of Carlyle in Cheyne Row, on the ground that tbe sage had con? demned ali monuments in the "Latter-Day Pam* pldcts." A correspondent of that journal maintains that Carlyle meant to condemn only bad works of art, or good onej in memory of undeserving heroes, and cites in proof that be supported the movements lor memori.ils to Wallace, Bruco and Knox. " Also, Mr. Carlyle ?at for this particular statilo five years UK??, knowing of course that it was intended to he reproduced in bronze or marble; and be expressed biniseli greatly pleased with Mr. Boehm's work." If Mr. John Burroughs should be the tacuu ot naturalizing the English skylark in this country, the gratitude of his fellow-countrymen would be almost as great as if he were to undertake to exorcise that pestiferous immigrant, the*Engiish sparrow, and should succeed in doing so. In but " Notes of a Walker,'' in Scrihuer, he expressed s wish, not long ago, that several pairs of skylarks might be liberated somewhere in the Hudson Valley. Acting upon this eugitcstiou, one of bis readers iu Cornwall, England,:?lr. Charles R. Rowe, wrote on February 21 that be was endeavoring to secure twenty-five pairs of larks, and hoped to do ao before ilio " Wild birds' Preservation Act" came into forco. If he succeeded in procuring tne birds lie iutcnded to ?>hip hy either the steamship Cornwall, sailing March 5, or the Bristol, on March 12. A correspondent of The Syracuse Journal who visited the poet Longfellow recently at his home in Cambridge writes : " I had supposed that I was famiUar with tbe poet's features, having soon the photograph recently taken ol him on bis seventy fourth birthday, but as he enterod ' Lady Washing? ton's room'?as the parlor is called?it became evi? dent to me that his pictures have never done him justice. The room whore most of Mr. Longfellow's lineine have been written, and whore many of hi?a) souvenirs are gathered from abroad and distant parts Of this country', is large and square, and baa several Windows In it. There are carved b(?ok-cases (one of which is tilled with his own works), portraits of his literary friends in their youth, and* i wo of himself?one taken at the age of twenty, the other re( sntly some venerable cabinets, pleuty of easy chairs, eta In one corner, between two windows, each having a wide and varied prospect, is his Witt? ing-deuk, heaped with papers. In the centro of tho room ?? a large square fable, laden with many ob? ject?rln? inkstand used hy Wordsworth (I think), sititi" rare bonks, notably a copy of the first edition ut Bryeut's povuts, etc. lustieukiugof Dante, he went to a carved oak box and unlocked it, boas which ho brought forth a little glass case iu which era some luts ol the great Italian's cuffia. Attera while he sb ?wed me the lower parto! his house, thednvMug? Mum witli its objects of art, and the staircase, where a tall Dutch clock rests on the lasatiag asi ' The Clock ou the Staircase." bat ?? moro bueiful one mil has taken the rdd clock's place. Irisa quaint bouse, not elegant, hut more th.iu that?itis thai intubatili Domelike. MUSICAL SOTES. Tbe Boston Philharmonic Society, a now Ofebee? trai organization, gave its first concert on last ? Inirstlay evc-uing. Miss Henrietta Heche, who is shortly to sail fot t.tirope, ?rill sing in a concert at Chiekerinf Hall on r'nd ly evening. MissThurstoo, Mr?. Hsrdenbergn. \\ . li?.??!;. Mi. Alken. Mr. John ion and Mr. Carjt ?. u? will taiai? part in the perfor-satiee. GESEBAL SOTES. Ttifl total number of pe? indic?is published In Ihr ???"?? t state? it the beginning of the ptesoutysai ?? m 10,131, with sa sturerai? circulation, per issue, ot S0,ti7?.5;i1. The damage done by the recent ice QootU ? mili - ot ca tais In the Stai? o? Pei o ..... ? prove* to te lesi than sraa st first reared, l'robabl/ -.'?':- ? to] iy for sU rri'.n.-, while tho si a? insidcrably more. Generili Joseph li. Geiger is crowned ly ?Hfinnati Commercial wl?:?. lanrel as the hand? ? m??-: man inO no. Considering01 UV* pre-atneaeeln nil Iti ti.?-, I le.? ?- ?? ipecisldiStl ? ?;?ti ? mut It Is Of tBS more value siuceit wsi known beferettatM tins Qcaeral? -.?lt. li' .il |tlri tl politics, ????? ?????? ????? t lie cl? ?. -. < ani ? ; ..?-la Ih?' i.illlitry. till ill-.M ir?..? uU ? s. ? ? " nu ti..? tratti over tue State b) a ??. ?. ? . filer. Lovtti ?t out-iloor sporta will be Interested ?? . uieut o? a B?w fe.iture, m Sorse racing which 1.1.? ue introduced i?y the sew f oaiilsaa Jockey ? u . ? tnetr spring meetlug. In April, o.uneof Che facet are t?. Im? run st night, the co irss being illuminated by ? ? ei.!?-. tutu ..f which er? tu be provided fur tii .t puri ???.-(?. It Is claimed thai tin* pint) will be ot greil ? si ..? at turi meeting* tintine: ibe -minti, r, as it will ???) the tit - -. a- well ut the Jockey? and spocUUs-S, ???? I'ctii tit oi tite cool air oi the svenine. Au Luterestinsj proof of the intimate relation ti.'tvt.'i'ii Ignuntnce sod vice cot?es from Bavaria, aud it t.tki a fr.im ao ?'Hi? ?ai censas, la lower Havana .OOlj ol all buildings are ?.cliool-buuses, and ?00??71 of th?? pupa? latu u are criminals. In Upper Francolini the school limisi?-? tiiiniliei .007 of all huiidiuic-i, and the cnmiaals onl| .00111 ul'tin? popul.tlinu. lu l. ?wer Francolini the former ratio is Incresced te aOl mid the latter decreased to .00.1-1. Statistics f.oni J?ower Falatmate, Up pet Baratta sod tbe Palatinate enow that thuao province* conform to tit?> H.iuii? general rule. The M garden-spot of tho world" is a place moie DUmeroasiy locatoci lhaii the biriu-plaee of Homer. I'.ut tbe "only original" illuder? E.loti has surely been discovered ac last. General Koca, of the army of tbe Argentine Hepublie. tesati It aud auuexeil it to tuai nititty with Ilio modest deiiaraUou that il was tu? best agricultural icgtou lu the republic. The O..vera ment appi, veil his ?ti'tluu, named tbe place Namjuen, mu? pronounced it the clinici ?t patch of soil in ?..tutu America, tteoenlly sn expedirlo? bav b.eu Hit??Iout to tiiui'uvt'i?, It iitisslble, m rediscover the ground. wtiKh is rather Vaguely said to lie al tbe toot ol tho Atadce. A triumph of science, as well as of me? chanical art. wad achieved lest Tuesday at the Brush Electric Light Works In CU. velami. O no. lu th? succo*?? fui t listing uf s susiasista electric lami), said Is be th? must ??? ? ri ul generator o? ligut ? ver made by nun. Its ?,luminatili?: power U Ufiy time? us great ss that of th? ordinary ol?ente Hebt, betag ? Beotor a beam of llgbt, It Is estimated, can be ptojected lin.eii mil. ?? Miffirietitly stroug to road bv. The ?arbon caudle used la two and a half inebe?? m diameter, amia heat estima! ils half a million diitr.es is geuirtt d. An engine of forty ?wwe-poeer is teiiu.rcd to pt-.tUuca the light?. The most bewihkring aiint?tiiiccui?nt of modem limes I? "' u "f ?a? Atuerlcau Muiuil Aid A*so? t latitili f.T L'ui..iiirietl iVople, which bus b.ten mcurpo? rated at ll.nn-b ay. Pena The ussoilatio!? Isopen to all uiitiiarrled seisous, ?eat? or temile, bel ween the ages of ten aud SSVeaty-lvsyears, watboui i*Kard to race, color m? ???vitius coi dilion ut st-rvitude. Uit.ui naytnent .if a c.iuiti sum, tlTetl by a KttAtmua ?ebetiule, tbe uieui'ur taoe?fot u eeiiilleate winch entitles bim or ht r ti|>oa (fuoftif inuiri.tiie after the expiratiioi of at leas'o'ie >?-ar lo l.iCiVe titilli -d.OOO Io q-?.OOO, a? ttiidlt.?; to :U4 iiui.iiiiit paid tot meMbaTirsbafi There are various au:..tal ?lins unit assessments, which, in some mysterious way, ait. -????.??-??? to lecere the fluanclal staiidiu?; ut ms attMieiatioii. It is sppereal al a Klauce that, tue ba,.:.. J of advanlaifes otfore'l by the society lies deci.Jedly with IbeHtmn?erses? A man uerU not run the sh^btest title iiijuuiliitr It, loi it 1? the blessed preronatlve of lus s m propose, anil bo would never tintili of loluln?? it uu.il be had usuro tbuiK. But in the ease of the other ?et ibe ciro'iuistaiii'es are very different. For, altuouna to a Woiuau WhOSS ???.????.?? dt.?.?.ivauiage4 " llave e.ui-eil all h pe to disappear U. ever wlulling uiuu's affection," a Cci liticate of momlteishlp iu this assoolatlon would talJ positive and palpable attractions, yet she m'ubi ?venta any puss the prescribe I limit of soveuty-?ve years wnh? nui n.ivitiu' snytblcg to show for her money, not to ?pest, uf the tntii'iitiiatiiiu wbioli sito would endure at being tints detiarred (run turther ettort? in the rury face of ber fellow-members. Altogether the American Mutual Aid Assoettttlou (or Unmarried People seems to bare been I lui.do J IU illitcl VlOlaUuU uf Ulal ?Vlrilof eUiwatlrtr wUlilh