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BLAIKE'«,
BKKATOR KIBKWOOD has lntroduf*
id bill appropriating 1115,000 for t!&
Improvement of the Missouri river at
flioax City.
THE estimate of the Southern cot
ton crop for this year is 6.197,000 bales,
Which is a considerable increase over
that of last year.
WE
see that the House Committee
reported against changing the location
of the U. S. Court from Keokuk to
Burlington. This looks llke the latter
city's cake was cooked.
WE noticeJa [correspondent from
Cameron, Ill.,!,to,the Chicago Tribune,
eomplalus|bltterly that [the freights
to Chicago'are higher than from Quin
cy, 111., Kansas City, Mo., andjOt
tumwa, Iowa, to Chicago.
IN the case of Congressman Smalls
the United States Supreme Court ha*
on appeal granted a writ of error, and
the proceedings in the State court are
to be reviewed with the view of se
curing a new trial in the United States
Circuit Court of Soutl^Carolina. He
declares that he cannot have justice
in the State court*.
iinflfT ftrTluii the allow-
aacg~to the Inmates of the Orphans'
Home at Davenport, Iowa, is $10 per
head, yet the management have, by
the exercise, of economy, ascertained
that they can do with 98.33} per head
and have resolved to draw no more
than that. We are glad of it. It is
light and would be entirely wrong
If they did otherwise.
SENATOR BLAINK ^declines to be
chairman of the investigating com
mittee. As Senator Conkling made
the amendment whereby the investi
gation was taken out of the hands of
the Judiciary Coramlttee'ns original
ly prepared by Blaine and given to a
select committee of nine Senators, the
chairmanship properly belongs to
Conkling, but he, too, declines. The
committee will be" announced in all
probability before the ^adjournment
on the 20th.
ONE Seth'lMlnor, of Washington,
has petitioned Congress to allow him
$2,847 as compensation for his loss of
seven slaves, emancipated in the Dis
trict of Columbia. The commission
appointed under the District
Emancipation act awarded him
that amount, but. It being afterward
discovered that he was a citizen of
Vhglnla when that State seceded,
and that he had voted for the ordi
nance of secession, thereby debarring
himself from the benefits of the act
of 1862, the payment was withheld.
He now states in his petition that he
voted for the secession ordinance in a
moment of weakness, and that as he
has been loyal ever since, he thiuks
he should be paid the amount which
the commission awarded him. "Too
thin."
This is the way the Chicago Times
puts It: "The wholesome fear, of
Blaine, cf Maine, the consciousnp:
of Inferior leadership, the distrust of
the confederate_bri^dier^lnt^
of the cipher dispatches, the night
mare effect of the Potter what-is-it, a
somewhat vsgue and indefinite admi
ration of their own inherent political
stupidity, these and a few otber influ
ential causes appear to be working
out a very good effect upon the con
trolling section of the national House
of Representatives, which Is mani
fested in the plain desire of members
to get through and go home with as
little rumpus and delay as possible.
It la plainly a conclusion reached by
the House majority that there is no
party capital to lte made by them at
Washington this winter."
THE democrats of the House came
down on Postmaster General Key's
demand for an appropriation or he
would withdraw the postal cars from
service January 1st.
The democratic members under
took the vain task of accounting for
their failure at the last session to make
the necessary appropriation upon oth
er ground than the mean, contempti
ble one, of trying to make a show of
economy before the people for elec
tioneering purposes. They failed,
however, totally, and were so badly
handled in the debate that they were
glad to close discussion and vote for
the bill making $450,000 appropria
tion to supply the deficiency occasion
ed by the want of candor and hones
ty of these same democrats at the
last session. A year ago they wanted
to cut down apparent expenditures so
that on the stump they might preach
of reform, and like other gay de
ceivers they took this method to do it.
THE House Post Office Committee
have agreed upon a bill to contain the
following points: It retains the uni
form rata of two cents per pound for
newspapers, magazines, and serials.
It includes in this rate sample copies,
and allows inclosures of bills, receipts,
and ordere for publications. Tran
sient printed matter and books are
rated at one cent for each two ounces,
and merchandise is fixed at one cent
per ounce, both of these being exist
ing rates. Advertising sheets are not
admitted to registry as newspapers
are. The law in regard to packages
weighing over four pounds s changed
so as to allow single volumes of great
er weight than this limit to go in the
mail. Heretofore printed articles and
articles of glass, such as microscopes,
have been shut out of the mails. U n
der the new bill they can be carried,
if so secured as not to injure the mail
bags. Letter-press copies and mani
fold copies, and copies from the type
writer are allowed to go as transient
printed matter.
THE immaculate dear people's ad
vocate—the valiant defender of the
laborer, the mechanic, the poor man,
against the bondholders, the bankers,
_the rich,—Beqjamln P. Butler,—was
elected to Congress, we believe, to
lobkafter the welfare therein of his
dear Nationals. Wonderful to tell,
however, Benjamin—whose heart
bleeds night and day on account of
the wrongs inflicted upon and suffer
ed by his followers, and refuses to be
comforted—has not yet set his foot
upon the floors of Congress during the
present session. No, he replenish
ing his already well filled coffers In
an engagement as an attorney f0y a
Southern fellow that no doubt
well for suing Gen. Phil Sheridan on
vour
ner, or what not, will take
"arnln will rake in his
.a yill the same,
profession
oMbrming
«ed people
l&s
8 have It that the South
Railroad ls now ten miles
east of Yuma. Three miles
laid during the last week.
y the track will be at Gila
two miles by stage from
only fourteen and a half
llroad. There are now em­
ern Pacl
investigation raSKDMion
pMsed the Senate on the 17th Inst, ttfc*
•'Vote of 58 to 0.
ployed 18)0 whites and 1,100 Chinese,
800 animals, and 200carts and wagons.
The frading is completed several
milesJeast of Gila City. The grading
and trnck laying will average a mile
per day to Maricopa, alniut 170 miles
Ijy the survey, but 191 by the stage
road. This will bring the road to
that point (its temporary eastern ter
minus) by the early part of May.
Tucson will then be within eighteen
hours' stage-ride from the terminus,
San Xavier within twenty, and Santa
Rita, with the famous Toltec and Az
tec group of ruins, within thirty
hours' ride, and the Mexican fron
tier within the same time. The
Silver King and the mines of the
Glol»e District will be within ten or
twelve hours' staging, and Prescott
can be reached within eighteen hours.
This road will add iniinei sely to the
interest in Arizona and Northern
Mexico. If the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railroad keeps
on
In 1814 he^published his first vol
ume of poems, entitled "Ximena,"
from which having ^realized some
means, he made a European tour, an
account of which lie'pulilKhed in 1840
For a year he was next editor of a
paper in Phtenixvillc, Penn. He
next removed to New York and final
ly became a part proprietor and asso
ciate editor of the New York Tribune.
While connected with the Tribune he
commenced .a series of European
tours, an account of which appeared
in letters to the Tribune and have
since been embodied in volumes of
travels. There is now going through
the pressman extensive work of hisenti
tled "Picturesque Europe," which is
beautifully illustrated and printed in
the highest style of the art.
He has,been a 'wonderful traveler.
In 1849-50 he visited California and
Mexico and wrote it upin his "El Do
rado or Adventures in the Path of
Empire." lie explored the river Nile,
traveled through large portions of
Asia Minor, Syria, Japan, China,
and India. Also he traveled exten
sively in Greece, Russia, Sweden,
Denmark and Lapland. His writings
upon travels are very voluminous,
and he is the author of many of the
very best poems among American
authors.
At the time of his death he was en
gaged upon a combined biography of
Goethe and Schiller, which he began
in 1872. His is a name which stands
among the most prominent in Amer
ican literature and has a world-wide
fame, it Ls probable that his expos
ure to many climes, and his persistent
hard work have had much to do in
causing death at an age when, in the
ordinary course of nature, he ought
to have had many years left to him
of effective work.
GANGRENED JEALOUSY CATCH
ING
Davenport (Su/otte.
"At length the chorus of unstinted
praise awarded to the Senatorial
speech of Mr. Blaine, delivered on
Wednesday week, has its tuneful flow
of republican harmony broken by a
single emphatic disagreeing and an
tagonistic utterance. In accordance
with the eternal fitness of things, this
comes from the same voice, which,
solitary and alone in Iowa, has sound
ed forth the eulogies of Mr. Roscoe
Conkling as a Presidential aspirant
Therefore, Mr. Frank Hatton writes
to the Burliugton Ila wheye from
Washington, thus:
'Jim Blaine's debatedid not reach
popular anticipation. Jim's effort
was not commensurate with the Im
portance that was attached to the res
olution by the press.
Maine is not an orator far
from it his magnetism is not sweep
ing. When he speaks before thou
sands his voice is the best weapon he
has as a speaker. It is beautifully
clear, resonant and far reaching. His
declamation is bad. It is crude and
hainmerish. His rhetoric lacks the
polish and finish that always beauti
fies the efforts of a master orator.
Jim Blaine has no climax: he never
reaches up. Ho can't carry you to
great heights, nor conduct you with
swift wings through valleys rare and
green.'
"This last criticism must, we fear,
annihilate "Jim Blaine." He leads
to nothing "green!" It is so very
suggestive of the fact, that when he
speaks he ls sadly oblivious to the du
ty of furnishing food for the genus
Equun!"
The OitzeUv criticizes severely.
account of some property that went see llatton s letter and cannot
unjn the rebellion. In the mean-'. therefore, from the text.
|P£ vour Natlonal-greenbacker-1
OXKUU' 10th Inst, the Blaine reso
lution w&- •,,v tgalu. .Several amend
ment-- '•'.ere adopted by common con
sent. At this pi,\,it the cunning de
mocracy spring Uie\f mine. The In
ter-Ocean site', i,
of it, says:
suggested
poshing
southwest at the stime rate it is now,
the t^Hvtads will join before many
/ears have passed, thus establishing
another through route to the Pacific
without Government aid.
SENATOR A. H. GARLAND, of Ar
kansas, we remember well hi the days
our army occupied Little Rock. Mr.
Garland in those days was very gru
but we will not particularize of him.
We notlee lie is anxious to cut of the
jurisdiction of U. S. Courts in certain
cases. We believe Judge II. C. Cald
well presides in Mr.
Garland's district,
and Clay is not the man we presume
Garland want* to try his CHKC* for
him.
Garland has introduced a bill, two
clauses of which mid as follows:
But no city, town, village, county
or other municipal or public corpora
tion shall be sued In the courts of the
United States.
Insurance companies existing and
organized in one State, but doing
business in another State, If sued in
the courts of the latter, shall not have
the privilege of removing "the'ease to
the United States courts.
Now we don't think it altogether
best to leave to the State courts of
Arkansas alone the question whether
they shall repudiate debts they may
owe parties oubidejtliat state.
We know Clay Caldwell up in these
parts and we dotVt see any good rea
son why citizens foreign to Arkansas
should not have a day in court lefore
hsm as the law wow directs
in all such
cases.
BAYA HD_TAYI.OR'dledat Berlin, at
1 p. m., Thursday, 19th Inst. He
was born in Kennett Square, Chester
county, Penn., January lltli, 1825.
He went to the printer's trade when
he was 17. and at the same time com
menced contributing verses to the pe
riodical press. The circumstances of
his family in early life did not permit
of giving him extended educational
facilities. He was pre-eminently a
self-made man, making his way to
exalted distinction in the field of lit
cinluti! oy '"f*Mmltnhl" onciH".
founded upon excellent natural abil
lllfS.
that ho supposed no one
would object to amending them so
that the committee should sit with
open doors.
Mr. Blaine looked over at Butler
with a glance that said. "Not much,
Mr. Butler," but he remarked that
the suggestion was a very significant
one, and covered a great deal. But
ler expressed some surprise at Mr.
Blalnes objections, and was told very
plainly that this favorite way of in
timidating witnesses was quite famil
iar, and he couldn't play any such
dodge as that on the United States
Senate. Butler protested that a ne
gro or any other man could testify as
freely and without fear in South Car
olina as in Maine, and the red-shirt
rifle clulra down there would never
dream of frightening them before and
punishing them after. In fact, But
ler considered that It was a silly and
useless precaution for republicans to
protect their witnesses, so that they
tWey would not have to testify with a
room full of armed bulldozers staring
them In the face,
Eustis, of Louisiana, agreed entire-1
ly with Butler and these two, with
Lamar, afterward solemnly protested
that they never knew or l»el ieved that
any man was ever prevented by fear
from testifying either in the Jourte or
investigating committeesoftbe South.
Bayard, Kernan, Saulsbui^, and oth
er Northern Senators dv» not indorse
these assertions, bnt«rgued that eve
ry investigation sJwuld he open, and
fbaJ iUMIm* (he Constitution every
man should IHJ allowed to confront
his accusers, both in the investigating
committees as well as in the courts.
Butler's amendment was voted up
on In the Senate, and in the absence
of Bruce, Conover, and Jones, of Ne
vada, the two parties were of equal
stiength, and the vote was a tie. The
Vice President very promptly deed
ed it in the negative. Then Dayis,
of West Virginia, after consulting
with Butler, made another innocent
suggestion, proposing the b»me
amendment in different form, so ihitt
at the request of one memlter of trm
committee "the public might bctal
lowed to witness the examination a{
witnesses." This amendment cau»4d
prolonged discussion, which was r.4t
finished when the Senate adjournel,
and will be resumed to-morrow.
The democratic speeches were lit
temperate, but not so much so as hai
been usual under similarclrcumstan
es in the past. Butler made the long'
est effort that has been heard froi
him in the Senate, and Is a cultivated,'
graceful orator.
The scene was at times exciting,
and Blaine woke up to his old style
of oratory. Hoar, Howe, McMillan,
and others sustained him.
So the democracy hope to corral
Blaine's resolution by making the
sessions open to all, that the red-shirts
may intimidate and mark their men.
It fairly chills the blood of a man as
he hears of those democratic Senators
standing up in the United States Sen
ate and seeking to prevent the full In
vestigation of the most accursed out
rages. Blaine desires to leave the
question of open sessions or not in the
hands of the committee, and in this
he is eminently right. Two years
ago the democracy had secret Star
Chamber Investigations running in
Washington City where there was not
the least need of it, but now they
want to place the lives of the witnesses
down in South Carolina in the hands
of democratic murderers—in fact to
aid the murderers to find out their
victims.
SAM CLARK, of the
fional
account
Gate City,
writes from Washington quite at
length of Blaine's great speech and
the occasion generally. The letter is
bright and sparkling. We quote from
ii tto fglici
On Wednesday Washington gave
itself over to Blaine. It wasa bright,
clear, somewhat frosty day. He was
to speak as 1 o'clock. The courtesy
of friend took us upon the floor of
the Senate. There was present such
an audience as Blaine alone can draw.
For hours before the time for his
spenking people began to till the gal
leries. While the tide of people- la
dies and gentlemen of all ranks and
stations, whatever is best cultured
here in Washington or visiting here
from any quarter—were trooping to
form his audience, we met Mr. Blaine
for a moment in his committee room.
He was as bright, direct, unengrossed,
nervously spontaneous in his talk and
manner as though that great and dis:
tinguished audience was not alert with
expectation for his speech. He came
into the Senate Chamber a moment
before he began his speech. Whatev
er vanity he may have was justly
challenged to elation. Whatever his
consciousness of power as a Senator
and an orator, it might hawbeena
little tremulous then. What an au
dienee it was! Some said it was the
largest ever seen in the Senate. The
four immense galleries were crowded
even the reporters' space was overrun.
The Indies' galleries were gay and
aflame with handsome costumes. The
gallery doors were jammed with peo
ple trying to wedge in. Every Sena
ator was in his seat. The- House of
Representatives [toured over into the
Senate and stood in eager rows le
hind the senatorial chairs. The diplo
matic gallery was full in the front
seat Mr. Evart.s, with his lithe, slen
der body and his clean-shaven pale
face, with the angular, long head
above, looking as though an over
large capital topped too slight a col
umn. Mr. Evarts' face and head
were intended for Grecian, and run
all abroad into indefinite composite,
much like Mr. Seward's. Any one of
the clerks of his department would
betaken by the unadvised for the
head of the State Department before
himself. In a seat upon the floor sat
Gen. Sherman. There was Garfield,
towering above his surroundings
Eugene Hale, overtopped by tall men
but receiving many greetings from
Senators and others. Proctor Knott
sat down in front of Vice-President
Wheeler. In whatever direction the
man of Maine might look was a per
spective of people, and in every di
rection those who had won inoie or
less distinction in some department
or life, and he was tho supremo and
central figure of the hour. Every
other |»erson and eminence there was
but an unconsidered Integer in a
great audience, and ho was orator and
king. His speech was printed, but
he had memorized the opening and
closing parts, and he was little ham
pered anywhere by the reading. It
was but a half hour in length. From
the first words which he spoke, look
ing at the Senators all about him, he
was easy master of the crowd and the
occasion. There was nothing brill
liant, nothing s|ecially eloquent In it
all. But with bis great and magnet
ic force he denominated each one
present as though his words had been
spoken directly to the eye and ear of
each. What a spectacle the closing
minutes of the speech furnished. Mr.
Conkling, who sat two seats away,
busy throughout tho whole speech In
real or simulated absorption in his
own writing or reading, the only in
different person anywhere in sight.
The Senators of both parties listened
Intently, the great audience silent as a
church, the Senator standing In the
midst, his coat buttoned about his
burly and handsome person, his white
and tapering hand pointing to the
Southern members in eloquent em
phasis, while with marked and fasci
nating [tower he made and applied
the words of Lord Macauley to Dan
iel O'Connell. It was "good as a
play," as Mr. Blaine is enough an ac
tor to fill the occasion full of dramatic
effects. Tho speech was well deliber
ated: a putting in a half hour as well
as It can be done of the republican
case as concerns a solid South. It was
orthodox republicanism, radical in its
principles, conservative in its methods,
ienerous, national, fraternal, unsec
and unproscriptive In its spirit,
and positive and enlightened in its
purpose to maintain a free and lawful
ballot for all tho people of this land.
The galleries and floor broke into ap
plause when Blaine closed with his
strong and Impressive ap|eal to the
South.
AN Omaha special to the Chicago
Tribune under date of the 17th Inst.,
says:
H. W
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IAJWLS President of th'
Kansas City & Norther-®
ivlng declined
aid in ex
Pattonsbuiv.
ha last
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VOL fME 30. OTTUMWA, IOWA, DECEMBER 25, 1878.
private consultations with leading
business men, and the result was that
at a meeting this afternoon, It was de
termined to vote 1150,000 to aid the
extension, and advance $80,000 for
freight transportation certificates,
which can be used in payment of
freight over the new line. The bonds
and money are given on condition
that the trains shall run across the
Omaha bridge into Omaha, where de
pot grounds and facilities are to be
given the new road. Omaha Is to be the
northern terminus and headquarters
of the Northern Division. Neither
tionds nor money are to be paid until
trains are running into Omaha. This
is a valuable acquisition to Omaha,
and likely to work a revolution in
railroad circles in this part of the
country. The new line will be only
407 miles to St. Louis.
HOW TN
7
DEMOCRATS
TIGATE
rtORK
•NVf«
DISGRACE FOR MORRISON'S
COMMITTEE.
•iWeUtMegmin to tbe Inter Oce*n
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1H.—It is stated
tliat an ex-Sergeant-at-Arms of the
House has made a confession, and has
placed it in the hands of a prominent
republican memlter, who will in due
time have It read.in the House. It is
stated on good authority, I hat this
Sergeant-at-Arms who was attached
tc Morrison's investgating committee,
which went to IiOuisiana two years
ago, and who accompanied the sub
committee to the northern [tart of the
Slate, confesses that he was instructed
by the Chairman of thesub-committee
to privately question all the witness
es he was directed to summon, and if
ho found that they were intending to
testify to the damage of democratic
interests, to neglect to subpona them,
and endorse their subpnnas as "not
found." The Congressman referred to
is a member of the present Congress.
If this confession is read in the House
it will bp necessary for him to ask an
investigation, and if the charge is
proven he is liable to be expelled.
THE FINANCE8-
Special T«l«gram to the Intrr-OeMn.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—At one
o'clock this afternoon Secretary Sher
man received a dispatch stating that
gold opened at par. He remarked to
your correspondent- that this was as
he expected, and ho did not believe
that gold would again be above par
with the amount of gold at hand, and
In the near approach of the time of
Paying it out, and he thought it im
possible for a premium, however
nail, to exist. He thought, howev
that within a short time green
ers would be at a very slight pre
n above gold, owing to their
er convenience. The Secretary
v
II receiving congratulatory dis
cs from all sections of the eoun
pon the assured success of re
it ion, and many are from so-called
backers, who say they prefer re-
fcion and solidity in finance, pro
lit can be maintained. A deni
ed it or in Missouri sends a long
h, giving extracts from recent
ls assailing Sherman and
of his tyranny over the peo
'iis, the editor says, he now
k, as gold is at par and re
aasured. The Secretary
lie attention of your corre
to a coincidence. To-day
tirst entire day that gold
the receipts from customs
ill revenue were exactly the
,100 each, the former In
e latter in currency. This
is the firnfime this has happened,
and Trea4-y officials think it re
markable."
OUR FORiCN TRADE FOR NINE
MONTHS.
Our expAs for the nine months
ending SepLuber 30 last were &r44,
958,355,
beiiL731150,0y4
for the corrcs
preceding yeai
period exceed
815. This con
eign com mere
ing June 30, as
tary of the Ti
having been |*if
ports *437,051,
jwrts over imp
is interesting
some of our e.i
increased from
000 horned catt
$(,171,000 oats fi
7(jl,000 wheat
$!»0,550,000 flour
$1!',747,000: cottoi
«11H,800,000 oil cji
to *3,019,000 lard
#1,020,000 cotton-s
ooo to *1,82:2,000
from $32,979,000 to
from $10,801,000 to1
from $17,059,000 to
from $405,000 to $1,0
co from $19,947,000
exports of gold and
months were $21,9«2,
ports #22,278,000.
greater than
for the eorih.oriding period of the
preceding yS, Our imports were
$340,890,510, ll^igSti,^ 10,813 less than
iding period
of the
Uur exports for the
ur imports$198,007,
onds with our for
the fiscal year end
rted by the Secre
.sury—the exports
,"00, and the 1m
•an excess of ex
of $257,814,234. It
ote the growth of
rts. Indian corn
,518,000 to $37,K33,
from $2,030,000 to
$1,393,000 to $2,
$35,550,000 to
$14,077,000 to
om $98,000,000 to
from $2,785,000
from $.312,000 to
1 oil from ^s79,
,con and hams
,173,000 cheese
11,110,000 lard
3,000 spirits
MXi leaf tobac
L'2.109,000. The
:er for the nine
und tho ini-
The figures demons
to resume specie payu
ly than any amount of
we were buying mo
selling, resumption v
difficult—perhaps imp
we are selling $200,000,(
than we are buying, the
any difficulty in the cut
and silver are coming u
shall have as ample a
demands of resumption
Sf. Louis Ii/iiMican. (Ut
b* our ability
it inore elear
rgument. If
thun we are
uld be very
ihle but as
a year more
cannot te
prise. Gold
us, and we
pply as the
111 require.
,)
FROM
THE COMMUNICATI
SECRETARY SHE
WASHINGTON", Dec. 17.
tary of the Treasury sent
ate to-day a communicati
sponse to the resolution of
adopted the 3d inst., regard
coinage. The Secretary transmits a
report made to him on the sobject by
the Treasurer, and adds:
"Under the existing law either gold
coin or tho standard silver dollars
may be used in payment of Interest
on the public debt. The law does
not direct which shall be paid, but
leaves this to the discretion of the de
partment, to le exercised upon con
siderations of public policy, and the
practice of allowing a public creditor
the option of the form and denomina
tion of the money in which he ahull
be paid has been observed. The man
ifest object of the act to authorize the
coinage of the silver dollar and re
store its legal-tender character, when
constructed In connection with the
resumption act, is that gold coin and
the standard sliver dollar shall be
maintained at par with each other,
and this object Ciin beet be obtained
by paying out such coin as may best
subserve the convenience of the per
son to be paid, and not to force upon
him either form of money. Any
other course would discriminate
against the standard silver dollar, and
tend to Its depreciation."
AN
heSeero-
the Sen
n in re
r. ISeck,
silver
Treasurer Oilfillan, in his report,
says that no distinction has ever been
made between gold and silver moneys
in the Treasurer's general coin ac
count. The total receipts of the stan
dard silver dollars from the 1st of Ju
ly last to Nov. 30, were $5,178,345,
$1,500,000 being on accountof customs.
These figures do not cover the silver
certificates. The Treasurer has ex
changed the standard silver dollars
with the public for gold coin to tho
amount of $1,534,785. The coin In
terest paid during the current fiscal
year amounts to $39,345,224. Silver
coins received during the current fis
cal year have not been specifically ap
plied to the payment of interest on
bonds and notes of the United States,
except so far as the fractional silver
received has been used in disburse
ments for coin interest in making
payments of fractional parts of a dol
lar.
USM
of Paper.
The II extent Pa/wr Trade sums up
the following list of articles manufac
tured of paper displayed at therecent
lJerlin Exhibition: Animals, wash
basins, water cans, carpeting, bonnets,
a ship full rigged, lanterns, hats,
masks, skirts, clothes, full suits, straps,
ndkerchiefs, napkins, bath-tuns,
tuckets, bronzes, flowers, urns, win
[ow blinds, asnhalt rooting, material
garden walks, coral, jewelry, win
ow curtains, shirts, law, belting, and
a house made of pine, but with not
only roof, celling, cornice, and inter
Tocwalla of paper, but all the furnl
tufa blttHfo curtains, chandeliers,
carpeting, rrfuunented doors, numer
ous ^RiMfetoblo ornaments, and
^Blf^bestos paper burn
,nd not consum
-oughtto do.
"•%tnie of the
vougi
l%fini
[T*gjon
BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
IhwaUfal feces are thoM that 1
It matter* little If lrk or (klr—
Whole-souled honenty prlntad than.
Besntlfnl faces ire those that IhoW—
MkecrvsUl panes where beart-flrea glow
Beautiful thought* that barn below.
Iletoliful llp»are thoae whose wonli
l^*|i from tbe hurt like ioogs of birla,
Vet utterance prudence girds.
Beautiful hands are Uios* that do
Work that Is honest and brave and true,
Moment by momtntthe loo* day Itirongh.
Iieautiful foot are those that go
On kindly missions to and fro—
lown lowliest ways, if God Wills *0.
Beautiful nhoulders are thoae that beat
Ceaseleas burdens ot homely oaie,
With patient grace and dally prayer.
Beantlftil Urea are those that bless
Silent rivers of happiness,
Whose bld'len fountain but few nay guess,
aKeautlltil twilight, at set of sua,
JBeautlful goal, with cace well woa,
ItlrautlfVil rest, with work well done.
A WOMAN'S PROTEST.
As a woman standing all al one
I humbly hope to rhine
I'm tired of the twaddle
Of the oak and iry-Tlue,
I've M-fO ton m»oy Instances
Where nntim's law declining,
Tbe VIMI did tbe "snpporUng,"
While theOiK did all the "twining,"
Before I'd marry a man and work
For his bread and my own •,
llefore I'd marry a man who'd plao*
Himself upon th* throne.
And claim from ma, his "better-half,"
Allegtence blind an a ote.
IM marry ttf nevest si* ana wait
for htm to kVOLCTi!
The Love-Lorn IMualc T««oh»r
Iter eyes are like the Do,
Most beautiful to Si,
And tho' 1 roam a Ik,
There's only one sw««t Sol
(Such sonls immortal La!)
Can bring a bllaslul Jt
Of heav'aly hope to Mil (Slaf 1)
W lien' Mary went to heaven's gate,
saint Peter niet her than.
And asked the reason why aha came,
A there she knelt In prayer
Poor Mary spoke and groaned With pa la,
As though aha had a-urampi
A 'foolish Tlrgtn,' sir, was I,
A I oOllDg with a lamp."
INOBRBOLL ra. BOfcOMON.
A fan ft Father Train the Colon cl'm Throrff of
Training Vp s CMM.
Prom the Albany Krealng Journal.
Colonel Ingertoll say* he keep* a
pocketbook in an open drawer, and
his children go and help themselvei
to money whenever they want it.—
"They eat when they want to they
may deep all day if they chooae, and
•it up all night if they deaiie. I
don't try to coerce tbein. I never
punish never scold. They boy their
own clothes, and are master* of them
selves."
A gentleman living on State aireet,
who ha* a boy who ia full as kitten
ey aa hi* father, read the article and
pondered deeply. He knew that
Col. Ingeraoll waa a aucceet at raia
ing children in the way they thould
go, and he thought he would try it
The boy had cauaed hlin considerable
annoyance and he had made up his
mind that be had not treated the boy
rigbt, so he callcd him from the atreet
where he waa putting soft soap on a
lamp-post in order to see the lamp
lighter climb it, and Raid to him:
"My son, I have decided to adopt a
different course with you. Hereto
fore 1 have been careful about giving
you money, and have wanted to know
where every cent went to, and my au
pervision baa no doubt been annoy
ing to yon. Now, I am going to leave
tny pocket-book in the bureau
drawer, with plenty of money in it,
and you are at liberty to use all you
want without asking me. I want you
to buy anything you deaire, buy. your
own clothes, and to feel as though
the money was yours, and that you
had not got to account for it. Just
make yourself at home now and try
and have a ?ood time."
The boy looked at the old gentle
man, put his hand on hia head, as
though he had "got 'em sure," and
went out to see the lamp-lighter climb
that soft soap. The next day the
stern parent went out in the country
shooting, and returned on the mid
night train three day a later. He
opened the door with a latch key and
a strange yellow dog grabbed him by
the elbow ot hia pants, and took him,
he said, "like the agur."
The dog barked and chewcd until
the son came down in his night-shirt
and called him off. He told his fath
er he had bought that dog from a
fireman for $11, and it waa probably
the beat dog bargain that had been
made this season. He said tbe fire
man told him he could find a man
that wanted that kind of a dog.
The parent took oil' his pants, that
the dog had not removed, and in the
hall he stumbled over a birch-bark
canoe tbe boy had bought of an Indi
an for $9, snd an army musket with
an iron ramrod, fell down from the
corner. The boy had paid $0 for
that. Ilo bad also bought himself an
overcoat with a aeal-akin collar and
cufla, and a complete outfit of calico
shirts and silk stockings.
In his room the parent found the
marble top of a aoda fountain, a
wheelbarrow and shelf filled with all
kinds of canned meat, preserves and
crackers and a barrel of apples. A
wall tent and six pairs of blankets
were rollled up ready for camping
out, and a buckskin shirt and a pair
of corduroy pants lay on the bed
ready for pulling on. Six fish-poles
and a basketful of tlsh-linea were
ready for business, and an oyster can
full of grub-worms, for bait were
squirming on the washatand. The
old gentleman looked the lay-out
over, looked atbia pockot-book in the
bureau drawer, as empty as a contri
bution-box, and aaid:
'•Young man tbe times have been
too flush. We will now return to a
specie basis. Whon yon want money
come to me and I will give you a
nickol, and you will tell me what yon
intend to buy with it, or I'll warm
you. You hear me
And now that man stands around
from the effects of tho encounter with
the yellow dog, and asks every man
where a letter will rtach Bob Inger
soll. He saya he will kill lngersoll
if it is the last noble act he ever ac
complishes.
Two Good Anecdotes by tin
Vice-Prealdent.
K. V.Snultvjr'e Washington Keller to tbe Clara
0 land uerald
Here are two good anecdotes told
by Vice President Wheeler, to-day, to
a single listener while takingluncb in
his parlor at the Capitol. The Vice
Presidenthad been saying that he felt
the moss growing on him since his
inauguration, and that he fretted a
good deal under the enforced idle
ness of his position. To show how
little real power and responsibility
attach to the official whom Franklin
proposed should be called "'His Most
Superfluous Highness," he told this
story of Hamlin: "When Hamlin
waa Vice President he used to say the
office was the meanest one in the coun
try. He was dozing in his chair in
the Senate one day when I came over
from the Douse and asked him Jok
ingly if he could think of anything
that would make his happiness com
plete. 'Yes,' he replied, 'if I conld
have a bowl of sweet baked apples
and milk I should be perfectly happy.'
I told him that was my favorite lunch,
and we went down to the restauraat
together. While we were eating
Hamlin said: 'Wheeler, to show yon
what a no-acccunt office this Yloe
Presidency is, let me tell you what
happened to me shortly after I was
elected to it. An old friend, living in
my county, wrote me that he would
like to be Poatmaster in hia town.
The oillce paid a salary of juat |25 a
year. Well, 1 went to the Postmaster
Uensral snd he referred me to the
First Assistant, who hemmed and
hawod awhile and then said "The
fact la, Mr. Vice President, the Con
greesdtan from that district has re
commended another man for this
postoftfce. He represents the people
now, aid you—why—an—you don't
repraawt anybody in particular." So
I fonndNtlw Vice President of the
United^ plates had not influence
Ct
Sent
oou
a man apnointed to a
To this story Mr.
dfd one about himself:
••ks after I became Vice
enough
$2T) post
Wheeler
"A few
President,"
i rnsiuuui, he said, "I went ono Sun
day to a church In Washington. The
minister prayed
for
and
of pa-
the Presi-
Obe Cabinet,
Senators and
afcd for the
members
Represer|
of the House
ytlves, snd
Governors
of
the MVeral State*, and finally for the
heathen, but made no mention of tbo
Vice President. A» I waa walking
home 8am Shellabarger came up and
took ay arm, and aaid 'The preach
er was rather hard on you to leave
J*ou
01,1
bto prayer altogether.
FYee,' I replied, «lt struck me that ho
he put me down below the
iMthan aa not worth praying for at
all.' After awhile I got over fretting
about my uaelestneis in the govern
ment machine, although 1 always ap
pear to myself somewhat like a con
tingent remainder or an administra
tor de bonii non.''
CAPTURED BY ZHDZAXIB.
an
ismtrlisbls Adventure* of
Infer* Woman and Her Son.
apectal lo tbe Mew York Uerald.
•t. 0**hA, Neb., Dec, 14.—Deep inter
'fist is taken here to-day in the narra
tlveefMra. Charles Jones of Wash
ington county. Iowa, who arrived
Wltlkherson iast night, and whose
Sltory of suffering on the plains, with
the astonishing revelations regarding
Certain Indians of the Yankton agen
tfy, has few parallels in frontier his
£r y. Mrs. Jones and her son, it is
believed, are the solo survivors of a
party of twelve emigrants who left
Washington county last February for
i the.Yellowstone valley They roseb
ud *»rt Kearney about March 1,1878,
I and when a few dayg out from there,
In the river bottom, they were sur
rounded by a party of seventy Indi
ans. Joshua Brown and Joseph
Hyatt, a brother of Mrs Jones, con
stituting the men of the partv, were
instantly shot dead. All the others
were taken into captivity. All but
Mrs. Jones and her son disappeared,
and, as she believes, were massacred.
MADE A SLAVE TO THE riUF.r.
She was made a slave to the chief
named Yankton, cooking, picking
berries and performing other menial
offices. She was never allowed to
meet or talk with her son. Her
clothes were taken from her and alio
was allowed only blanket aud moc
casins. The camp waa moved often,
alwaya northward. The warriors
several times left the party and re
turned with clothing aud plunder,
evidently taken from murdered
Whites. The interpreter who was
with the psrty, named (iinnes, stated
that he was captured from a party of
emigrants when ho waa only 11 years
old, and he ia now 40. He adoptod
their life, became a Catholic and was
educated at a Jesuit oollego. He
fold Mrs. Jones that the partr were
chiefly Yanktons, from the Yankton
agency, but were a few from Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies.
They were out always during sum
mer and returned to the ageucie* in
the winter.
MrRDKRKRS SBSLTKBED At TUB AGEN­
CIES.
Their slaves are kept outeide the
agencies in concealuicnr. Other fe
malo white slaves in the party told
her, through the interpreter, that
their friends had been murdered, and
as they had no homes they did not
desire to escape. Young Jonen, who
is aged fifteen, became a favorite and
was kindly treated. At the expirA
tion of two months they reached the
neighborhood of a small village in
Northern Nebraska, where the In
diana procured liquor, and they all
became drunk. That ni^ht Mrs.
Jones escaped, having on oulv a rag
ged blanket and one tnoccasin. She
travelled south, being guided in her
course by the stars, and suh»i.sting
for many days on raw artichokes.
After five or six days ah) met occa
sional emigrant wagons moving
northward, and Mrs, Jones was given
a dross. She begged her way
through the stale, reaching her old
home in Iowa the last day of June.
A HRAVE AM) AFFECTiONATE MOTHER.
Here ahe procured a small sum of
money. She becamo alarmed at the
uncertainty of her son's fate and re
turned to Central Nebraska, where
she traveled from place to place,
watching for emigrants from the
north aud liviog with farmers. At
expiration of many weeks, sick and
disheartened, she again started east
ward. One day last October, while
walking through Kearney, she met
an emaciated lad. whom she recog
nized as her son, who had just come
in from a long and terrible journey.
Sheltered by James Carniichael, a
farmer, she watcht at her sou's
bedside during a long illness. When
the boy had partially recovered they
both slarted e»»t on foot, stopping
with farmers and making slow prog
ress on account of their enfeebled
condition.
THE STORV TO SE INVKSTIUATKD.
Citizens here collected some money
and sent both home this morning.
Every detail of the above story is
couflrmed. Tho naked bodies of the
three murdered men were found last
March on the plains north of Kearney,
but the murders were supposed to be
tbe work of tramps. Men here from
the agencies are preparing to investi
ate tbe matter and express the opin
on that many of the agency
Indians
murder
and
have kept up tho systematic
of settlers during :he summer
successfully concealing their crime.
At the Yankton agency there will be
an immediate investigation, and
the identity of the Indians secured if
possible.
Another Tragedy near Red Rook.
Knoxvllte Dtnnx'rat,
Not by tbe pistol, ritle or knife, as
is usual on such occasions, but by as
deadly an agency as either—whisky
and exposure.
On Monday morning last week Dr.
Cornell, of this city, was called to
make a pott mortem examination of
the remains of Mr. Nathan Shannon,
who died at hia home near, Rod Rock
on Saturday night, either from the
too free use of liquor or from dis
ease superinduced by tho use of liq
uor.
Mr. C. C. Hardin, of White Walout
school district, nesr where the de
ceased man resided, sends us the fol
lowing statement of the case which
we believe to be correct:
On Saturday last, tbe 7th inst, Mr.
Nathan Shannon, accompanied by
three of his neighbors, started from
his home in lted Rock township, on
business to Petla. Arriving there
about noou, they ordered dinner, but
prior to dining, Mr. S. and one of tho
other gentleman sought and found a
place where liquor could be obtained.
After the two bad each taken a dram,
they joined tbe others at the placc at
which dinner h»d been ordered, and
they all partook of a hasty meal
They finished their business during
the afternoon, and before starting
home Mr. S. an I one of the otber
[entlemen proceeded to the house
'rom which the first liquor had been
obtained, and bought a gallon and a
half. At this juncture they all drank.
They then proceeded to tbe wagon,
all got in, Mr. S. driving, as he was
the owner of the team.
Aa evening drew on and the cold
became more intense the other occu
pants of the wagon would get out
and take a walk, Mr. S. occasionally
halting till they would catch up, Mr.
S. now and then drinking from the
jng. He evinced no very palpable
signs of inebriation till within some
two and a half miles of Red Rock.
Here there seemed to be a sudden
paralysis of tbe nervous system and
total relaxation of the muscular
system, lie fell from tho seat of the
ag
on wholly unconscious, and grad
ually sunk into a lctbargic slumber
»lTj
from which no art could arouso him.
Those with him placed him on some
hay in the bed or the wagon, careful
ly covered him with quilts, aud very
tenderly supported his head till he
arrived at home. He was carried in
to his house, placed in his bed, and all
those tender assiduities of a loving
and indulgent wife were lavished up
on him, but to no avail. About :i o'
clock Sabbath morning, it was found
that the vital spark had fled, and that
the spirit had taken its flight.
An autoftaia cadarerii, conducted
by Dr. Cornell,of Knoxvillo, assisted
by Dr. Johnston, of Red Rock,dovel
oped tho following facts: viz., that
the heart, lungs, liver, kidnev, and
stomach were in a normal condition
and that in their opinion Mr. S. came
to his death by the impure liquor
drank. An ioquest was held on the
body also, and a verdict rendered in
accordance with the, facts stated
above.
Mr. S. was a auJJtar in the union ar
eoZi
mv. and carried him the tacit
evidences of severe service in the
presence of a wonnded limb, for
which he drew a pension. lie was a
just, honest and upright citizen, a
kind, indulgent husband and father
Ho leaves a wife and four small chil
dren to mouru his untimely end.
GLEANING*
"Happy to meet yon," aaid a polite
butcher.
"Take in your grsvss over night"
says an Eaatern paper.
Actors say tbe hardest task to lean
Is how to laugh naturally.
A young lady in Albany
has
been
fined $5 for eaves-dropping.
The trnmp question—"Say,kin your
give a feller su'thin' ter eat."
Brother Taltnsge savs "The whole
land is soaked with abomination."
Senator Ben Hill figures in a bad
railroad fransaction down in Geor
gia.
A colored orator h»s appeared in
Louisville with a "Reply to Bob ln
gersoll."
The exportofappl.es from this coun
try to England this year is the largest
ever recorded.
Pbiltdelphia people wear a black
ribbon in the button-hole to show
thaCthcy are in mourning.
Tbo days havu come when one
thing harder than getting into bed at
night is the getting out in the morn
ing.
"Let girls be girls,"says an exchange
A change couldn't be
Yes, that's so.
for the better
worse.
and might be for the
Rheumatism is frequently the re
sult ot an overdose of moisture in
other words, to be caught in a
pouring rain oftet insures a roaring
pain.
Two garments ftel better on vour
back, now tbat winter's succeeded the
fall don't bang on coat in the hall on
the rack, for a thief might be hiring a
haul.
It takes six weeks of singing, danc
ing, fighting, swearing bnd rejoicing
to crown an Aftican king, but
the place is good one and pavs big
wages.
General Grant's house in Washing
ton, which cost $95,000, has been sold
by his sgent for *18,000 to an Ohio
lad). who now occupies it. Tbe house
has been long vacant.
One of the Representatives of Phil
adelphia in the next Legislature is
triumphantly aent back to the Legis
lature after hsving been expelled
from that body for bribery.
A Springfield beggar woman, ac
customed to go a daily round for bro
ken meats, etc., turns out to be keep
ing a flourishing boarding house.
The feelings of the boarders are not
given.
They are buililing a corn crib of
capacity of 13,000 bushels at the glu
cose works in Davenport—having al
ready room for 15,00(1 bushels. Tbe
works cpnsutne an average of 800
bushels of corn per day.
The marriage of a San Francisco
wido'.ver to hia step augbter so dis
pleased his neighbors i bat they stuck
tar and feathers on his door as a hiut
of wbat they would do if he did not
•novo away. Ho moved.
People who do not pay their gro
cer's bills in Cincinnati are advertised
in tbe Sunday Commercial, names,
addresses and amounts being given.
People aro so interrested in the list
that they often stay at home from
Church to read it.
M. Paul Broca, tbe anthropologist,
is authority for the statement that tbe
tallest man ever actually measured
wss a Finlander, nine feet three and
Beven-tentlis tuchca high, and tbat the
shortest man known reached a deci
mal under seventeen inches.
Mrs. B. S. Baker, of Columbus,
Louisa county, lost her teetb, and sup
posing, of course, that two sets of
teeth were all tbat nature would pro
vide her with,got a false outfit. Now,
to her surprise, her store teeth are
being crowded out by now teeth.—
She is about f0 years of age.
A young lady of Boston recently
told the Rev. Mr. Pentecost, who ob
jects to round dancing, that bugging
was to her the best part of a ball. The
frnnkness and simplicity of that
young person are worthy ot all
praise yet Mr. Pentecost is trying to
make n horrible example of her.
Should Senator Wade Hampton live
to take bis seat. South Carolina will
be represents! by two men with
woo len legs. Senator Butler lost
one of his legs in a cavalry charge.
Tho song of South Carolina candi
dates for the position will henceforth
be likely to be that favorite one, "Saw
my leg off."
A gentleman was one day relating!
to a Quaker a tale of deep distress,
and concluded very pathetically by
saying, "I could not but feel for him."
"Verily, friend,'' replied the Quaker,,
"thou didst right in that thou didst
feel for thy neighbor but didst thou
feel in tbe right placc—didst thou feel
in thy pocket
Daniel Drawbaugh,of Cumberland
county, Pa., is the inventor of a per
petual clock, which, by utilizing mag
netism as a dynamic force, has been
ticking away without winding for
four or live years, and is aaid to show
no disposition to stop before its works
are worn out by friction, and falls lit
tle short of perpetual motion.
The Cincinnati Commercial depre
cates post mortem praise, and says
"All this tawdry sympathy with
wickedness and shame is of n piece
with the spirit of that juvenile litera
ture which makes a horo of tbe boy
who thrashes his teacher or runs
away to be a highway robber. No
gilding of romance can make a gen
tleman of a tblef or a saint ot a fallen
woman."
The soldiers and sailors of the
United States do not make large for
tunes in the service of their country.
The late Admiral Paulding served
forsixty-seven years, fighting gallant
ly in three wars, to say nothing of
the routine duty of peace. When he
died, he left behind him property
worth a little more than $8,000—so
that upon an average he was able to
save about $120 a year.
A whisky seller in the state of New
York sold liquor to a man until he
was crazy ilrnnk, and while thus
drunk he drove a hired horse to
death. The owner of the horse sued
the saloon keeper for damages and
recovered a judgment for the valueot
the horsp. The case was appealed
and the Court of appeais has just sus
tained tbe judgment, thus confirming
the doctrine that the man who sells
intoxicating drinks is liable tor ALI.
tho damages that may be caused by it.
Tbe celebrated case ot Chandler
(Zacharia) against Buell, tbe newspa
per correspondent, pending since 1875,
has at last reached a conclusion. Bu
ell telegraphed to the papers tbat he
then represented, that the learned
senator from Michigan bad sought
imaginary, but, to him, highly useful,
lamp-poitson the senate floor during
a session of that august body. He
now writes an apology and retraction
and tbe district attorney enters a nolle
prot.
There is sadness in this story as
well as humor. The Unlversalists
had a church in the town, and Hutch
inson became a leading man in the
society. He was fond of controver
sy, and on one.occasion was expound
ing the tenets of his faith with much
energy to a crowd on a street corner,
when a well-to-do blacksmith, who
was listning with much Interest,
broke iu with, "Make it strong,
Clarky, make it strong for there's a
j/ood many qf us a-dependin' on it.
Ames Intelligencer, 13: "At tbe
late meeting of the board of trustees
of tbo college, the salaries of all the
professors were cut dowu from $1,800
to $l,(i00 per annum. The salary of
Presidont Welch was reduced from
$3,500 to $:t,100. Another full profes
sor was employed to take in hand the
zoological work of the institution."
The Intelligencer saya one of the
professors objected to having hit sal
ary cut down because he expected to
have
Cdttrkr.
TERRIBLE
Destitution in England
snd Scotland.
FOREIGN.
MORE FAILURES.
LONDON, Dec. 18.—Advices from
Stockholm state that another firm,
J. Hirach, has failed with 3,000,000
crowns liabilities. Difficulties have
arisen from the fall in price of iron
and also from unprofitable operations
in buildings and land. Assets
fc
are
reported sufficient.
The Times says firms which have
lately failed are believed to have been
kept going by the banks long after
they should have gone into liquida
tion. A rather better feeling prevails
in Sweden now but but it is feared
that bank managers there have been
no wiser than in other parts of Eu
rope and held too many securities
and too small a proportion of capital.
KXGI.A.N'D S IH9TRESS.
LOMDOK, Doc. 18.—In the House or
Commons last night the Home Secre
tary answering a question whether
it is true as reported that "we are
now face to face with .such a crisis of
distress as this generation has never
known," said though much distress
unhappily prevailed among the la
boring poor tbe description of it un
questionably was exaggerated.
There was nothing to osuso unneces
sary alarm. He read telegrams from
the head of the Board of Supervisors
at Edinburg and tbe Mayors of Liv
erpool and Manchester stating that
the ordinary means of relief were at
present adequate to the necessities.
Aid is being extended at tbe princi
pal trade centers throughout tbe
Kingdom and an influential commit
tee are canvassing for subscriptions
and contributions.
AT STOKE ON TRENT.
Great distress prevails, which is en
hanced by the severity of cold and
the distress committee is unable to
keep pace with the demands.
AT nCSDEM.
A meeting was called by tbe May
or yesterday to take measures to alle
viate distress. Great want is lwing
felt In North Staffordshire.
AT EDINBURGH
A deputation of unemployed men
waited on tbe magistrates and asked
for employment. The magistrates
authorized the street inspectors to
give them work.
AT r.LASOOW
The depression and distress are unex
ampled. The streets are swarming
with idle and
STARVISG MRV, WOMEN AND UIU.DREX.
The Lord Provost and magistrates
are organizing very thorough relief
for tbe most urgent distress. A
DUNDEE
dispatch says there is much misery in
that part of Scotland for which no ad
equate mevsu res for relief have been
organized, especially in tho northern
part of the country where fishermen
and agricultural laborers are desti
tute.
AT MANCHESTER
vast numbers of the middle class
poor, who will not appeal to charity
are suffering keenly.
AT LIVERPOOT..
It ia said it is many yearaalnoa the
working classes endured sueh distress
and privation.
RRISTOL.
Large numbers here are unem
ployed and there is much suffering.
WLLLAN.
There is considerable distress
among the better class of mechanics
and workmen,
WOI.V KRH A M1ITON.
Much distress throughout South
Staffordshire and food coal and cloth
ing are distributed.
LONDON, Dec. 18.—Zubina & Co.'
iron ore importers of Cardiff and
Newport have failed in consequence
i of stoppage of the tin plate works of
Booker & Co. near Swansea, whose
I bills Zubida & Co. held to a large
amount. This failure will considera
bly Increase tbe liabilities of the West
of England and South Wales District
Bank.
Fox, Walker & Co., of Atlas En
gine Works, Bristol, have failed. Li
abilities £*50,000.
BERLIN, Dec, 20.—The funeral ser
vices over tbe remains of tbe late
minister, Taylor, will be held at the
American legation on Sunday, when
the body will be taken to the mortu
ary to await transportation to Amer
ica. On Sunday the American resi
dents take action in the American
chapel.
AMERICAN COMMERCE.
Extraordinary Increase In Ameri
can Exports.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 1!.—President
Hayes, answering the request
ot
the
Senate to transmit any information
which has been received by tho de
partments concerning tho postal and
commercial intercourse between the
United States and South American
countries, together with any recom
mendations, submits the reports of
the Secretary of State and the Post
master General, and says: Tbe exter
nal commerce of the United States
has for many years been a subject of
solicitude, because of tbe outward
draiu of the precious metals it has
cauaed. For fully twenty years pre
vious to 1877, tho shipment of gold
was constant and heavy—go heavy
during the entire period of the sus
pension of specie payment as to pre
clude the hope of resumption safely
during its continuance. In 1876, how
ever, vigorous eflorts were made by
enterprising citizens of tbo country,
and have continued, to extend our
general commerce with foreign lands,
especially iu manufactured articles,
and these efforts have been attended
with very marked success. Tbe im
portation of manufactured goods was
at tbe same time reduccd in an equal
degree. Tbe result has been an ex
traordinary reversal of the conditions
so long prevailing, and tho complete
cessation of the outward drain of
gold. Tbe official statement of the
values represented iu foreign com
merce will show the unprecedented
magnitude to which the movemont
has attained and tho protection thus
secured to the public interests at a
time when commercial security has
become indispcnsible. The agencies
through which this change has been
effected must be maintained and
strengthened if the futuro is to be
made secure. A return to excessivo
imports, or to s material decline in
the export trade, would ronder possi
ble a return to the former condition
of adverse balances, with the inevita
ble outward drsin of gold as a neces
sary consequcnce. Kvery element ot
aid to the introduction of the pro
ducts of our soil and manufactories
into new markets should be made
available at present. Such is the fa
vor with which many of the products
of tbe United States, are held, that
they obtain a remunerative distribu
tion, notwithstanding positive differ
ences of cost resulting from our de
fective shipping and the imperfection
of our arrangements in many re
spects, in comparison with those of
our competitors, for conducting trade
with foreign markets. If we have
equal commcrcial facilities we need
not foar competition anywhere.
Tbe laws have now directed the re
sumption of financial equality with
other nations aud having ordered
a return to the basis of coin
values, it is of tbe greatest import
ance that the commercial condition
now fortuuatly attained shall be made
permanont, and that our rapidly in
creasing export trade iliall not be al
lowed to suffer for want of the ordi
nary means of communication with
other countries. Tbe accompanying
reports contain a valuable and in
structive summary oftbe information
NUMBER 37.
viting field for the enterprise of our
people is presented. They are trans
mitted with the assurance that any
measures that may be enacted for the
furtherance of these important inter
ests will meet with my cordial ap
proval.
(Signed) R.B. HAYES.
Secretary Evarts, in his accom
panying report to the president, says:
It seems to be very evident that the
provision of regular steam postal
communication by aid from the gov
ernment haB been the forerunner of
the commercial predominance of
Great Britain in the great markets of
Central and South America. It is
obviously the dictate of interest and
duty on the part of onr government
to promote by every just snd appro
prfate means of the attainment of this
first and principal agency for the de
sired expansion of our foreign com
merce. It is difficult to understand
how this commencement and devol
opment of an ocean postal system, to
be the forerunner of the expected
trade, can be wholly trusted to the
mere interests of mercantile combi
nations.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON,Dec 18.
Beek called up the bill introduced
by him on tho 6th to repeat sections
of the Revised Statutes prescribing
additional causes of disqualification,
a challenge of an additional oath for
grand and petit jurors.
Conkling said the subject was being
considered by the Judiciary Commit
tee and should not be acted upon
without report from the committee.
Pending discussion the morning
hour expired and tho subject was
laid aside.
HOUSE.
The Senate amendment to the ad
journment resolution, extending re
cess from Dec. 20th to Jan. 7th, was
concurred in.
The bill appropriating $50,000 for
expenses of committee ou yellow
fever epidemics waa then taken up,
The bill passed and House went into
Committee of the Whole eft tbe In
dian Appropriation bill.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.
A communication was received
from Davenport, supervisor of elec
tions at New York,suggesting amend
ments in the naturalization laws. Re'
ferred.
Cbristiancy reported a substitute
for the bill of Beck to repeal sections
of the revised statutes. The substi
tute provides for the repeal of section
820 providing a test oath for jurors.
Placed on calendar.
Beck will call his bill up for con
deration to-morrow.
Dorsey from committee on appro
priations reported favorably on house
bill to provide for deficiency in trans
portation of mails by railroads.
McDonald introduced a bill to re
imburse several states for interest
paid on war loans and for otber pur
poses.
Thehot.se bill appropriating $450,
000 for transportation of mails by
railroad, passed.
HOUSE.
J. G. Young, took the seat made
vacant by the death of J. J. Leonard,
of 5th Louisiana district.
Cabell asked leave to offer a reso
lution reciting charges made against
Alexander Rives, Judge of U. S.
district court for Western District of
Virginia, in regard to his action in is
suing writs of nabeas corpus for
bringing before him two prisoners
now in custody under charge of mur
der, and directing the
Judiciary Com­
mittee to inquire into the facts con
nected with his action, and what ac
tion should bo taken relative thereto.
White and and Hale objected.
The House then went into Com
mittee of tbe Wholo on tin Indian
Appropriation bill.
E
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec! 20.
Most of the morning hour was used
in discussing the order of business.
After recess no special order was
made. After some discussion of a
bill introduced by Beck to repeal sec
tion 820 of the revised statutes, lloar
said it waa evident this bill could not
pass to-day, and moved to adjourn,
but soon withdrew his motion, and
moved an executive session. This
motion was supported by the repub
licans and opposed by tho democrats,
and the vote resulted yeas 25 nays 25.
The vice president then voted in the
affirmative, and the senate went into
executive session. When the doore
reopened Beck withdrew his amend
ment to the bill to repeal section 820
of the revised statutes so as to repeal
section 821, also in regard to test
osths. The bill to repeal the first
named section then passed without
opposition, and the senate adjourned
till January 7th, 1879.
HOUSE.
A communication was received
from the Secretary of the Treasury
in response to the resolution calling
for information as to what balances
on loan accounts were standing to
tbe credit of the United States in any
national bank from March, 1870, to
tbe present time. The letter was read
on motion of Hewitt, of New York,
who amid much confusion and
cries of "order," endeavored to have
a table of figures read, because as he
said "he wanted the world to know
that there has been for six months an
averago of $30,000,000 to tho credit
of the United States in the First Na
tional Bank of New York. Adjourn
ed till Jan. 7th.
WASHINGTON.
THE DOLLAR UUSINESS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The House
Committee on Banking, to-day, heard
Representative Rurcbard, of ills., in
advocacy of his bill to prohibit any
discrimination by National banks
against the standard silver dollar.
Representative Chittenden, of the
committee, made an argument in re
ply.
'(•en. P.wing submitted a substitute
for Hurchard's and all other pending
bills relative to the silver dollar. The
new measure embraces three propo
sitions, viz:
1st. That any national bank which
diecrimination{against standard silver
dollar shall be placed in liquidation
and have its circulating notes with
drawn by government.
2nd. To make U. S. notes and stan
dard silver dollars interchangeable
at the Treasury.
3d. To provide for exchange at the
mints of stand rd silver dollars for
trade dollars and the re-coinage of
tho latter into standard dollars, with
a prohibition against further coinage
of trade dollars of the present weight
and tineness.
The committee without action ad
journed till aftor the holiday recess.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Representa
tive Williams' physicians report a
slight improvement in his condition,
this morning, but no hope of his re
covery.
ItAVARD TAVLOR.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—The Secre
tary of Stste has a telegram from the
Secretary of the United State lega
tion at Berlin announcing the death
of Minister Bayard, at four this aft
ernoon.
Conflagration at St. Louis*
ST. Lor IS, Dec. 17.—At a quarter to
eight o'clock to-night a fire caught in
the large five story carpet house of B.
C. Powell, 305 North Fifth street.
The building was completely gutted,
the roof fell in and tho top of the
south wall toppled over, crushing in
the two upper stories of an adjoin
ing building on the corner of Olive
street, occupied by M. Alexander,
druggis* and others. Tlie heat,
which was intense, was blown across
tho street by a strong west wind and
ignited the mansard roof of the five
story jewelry store of Eugene Jaccard
& Co., snd tbe whole upper part of
of that building is now In flames.
All departments have been called out,
snd It is hoped thst tho fire will be
confined to the buildings now burn
ing.
with respect to our commercial inter- hoisted and the entire upper story
^ts lq Booth Aaierica^whcre flooded, putting out the fitA in half
At a quarter past nine the Skinner
lsdder was raised to one of the win-
dows of the mansard roof, the hose
pit
ic v
DAILY COURIER.
Published ererj
eTenlng-Snnday exoepted,
TKRMSs
To •Mllsnbsertben^er year
DsllTared by Carrier, per weak
Protsetion from Indiana and Oth
er Thieves and Murderers—AO
tlon Taken by the Senate Yeeter
day,
Special Telsciam to the Inter-Ocean.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 18.—Some days
ago Senator Paddock received a ver*
strong appeal from cattle dealers ana
ranchmen of Nebraska for the assist*
ance of the military in securing the
arrest of Indians and desperadoes
who are riding into the ranches ana
stealing cattle in that State. He sent
the appeal to General Sherman, and
received the following characteristic
reply:
"Mv DEAU SIR: I beg to acknowl
edge the receipt from you of
what amounts to a petition
to Congress to repeal thV
fifteenth sestisa of the act of Coif'
gress approved June 18, 1878—the
posso comitatus clause of the armf
bill. I_ recognize the importance
More Disaster
ST. Loris, Dec. 18.—At a late hour
last night still more of the south wall
of Powell's carpet store, burned early
in the evening, fell upon Alexander's
Drug store crashing through to tho
ground lloor destroying nearly every
thing in tbe building. Still later, and
after e firemen had all gone home
a fire burst out in this wreck and be
tween two and three o'clock this
morning the remainder of the south
wall of Powell's building fell, which
with the fire then raging, completely
destroyed the building and contents,
The front wall of Powell's building
also fell, and the entire corner is now
only a mass of debris. The losses aro
variously estimated at from $1110,000
to $200,000. The building occupied
by Alexander's drug store and sever
al law and other offices was ownedi
by Stilson Ilutchins, of the Washing
ton City Post. i
k
Indians on a Visit
Siorx CITY, la., Dec. 20.—
Douglass, Indian Agent at Yankton
Agency, in a card to tbe Journal says
The report telegraphed from Yank-.
ton to the effect that about 70 Indians
had left his agency in pursuit of food
is entirely false. He
?8
I month—
FJFOIMXER $0B ^EPAKTM£TTT
••SUITE WITH IIV TTPI All MIMft.
PRINTING OF ALL KINDS,
Prom a Visiting Card to a Mammoth PoaMr «i
•coted in Good Style. Xaalern prlcss and wfft
QlpliCltNs
mi
an hour, and without injury toad
joining buildings. The mansafd
story, which wss nsed as a manufac
tory, was destroyed and all the lower
floors drenched with water. Jaccard
& o.'s stock was valued at 1250,000
to 1:100,000, but as all fine jewelry and
much of the most valuable of other
kinds of stock were in the safes, the
loss will not bo very heavy. The
building, originally costing "$300,000^
was insured for $G5,000 but the names
of the companies cannot be ascertaia
ed to-night. Insurance on the stock,
145,000, and on fixtures $20,000. S.
C. Powell's stock, valued at $75,000.
was insured for $50,000.
at
protecting and encouraging the grow
ing and most valuable cattle interests
of Nebraska, but with the most pro
found respect for yourself and fof
Congress, I don't see how soldiers
can do impossibilities with botjr
hands and feet tied. Should Indiana
or white desperadoes come into Ne
braska from the Indian country yott
make it a fine of $10,000, and impris
onment for two years if soldiers hel|t
your sheriff. Now our officers don't
usually have $10,000 handy abont
them nor do I feel disposed to advise
them to spend a couple of years in th#
penitentiary by trying to help your
sheriffs arrest and punish cattle and
horse thieves. On tbe other hand in
the Indian country soldiers can only
act on the application of Indian
agents, and these Indian agents
think that your constituents steal tbe
cattle and ponies or their indisns, so
we soldiers occupy a most unpleasant
position, and I prefer to sign my
name to the petition iteelf, for I sym
pathize sincerely and deeply with
Messrs. Sharp and others who desire
to add to the wealth and prosperity
of the nation. But I must frankly say
that the law takes away from the ar
my the only legitimate way of help
ing them by supplying tbe sheriffs of
the border ^counties with tho neces
sary posse comitatus to make arrests.
It would be a waste of money to es
tablish any new posts, because the In
dians and cattle thieves know the
law as well as wo do, and laugh at
the soldiers who are forbidden to
help the peace officers of your State.
With great respect,
W, T. SnEitMAN, General."
Senator Paddock brought the mat
ter up in the Senate this afternoon,
and secured the passage of a bill
which provides that the posse comi
tatus clause shall not be construed as
applying to, nor be enforced against,
tbe army employed in the protection
of life and property in the Ststes of
Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Minne
sota, Oregon, Nevada, and tho Terri
tories subject to Indian incursions.
Bays
some forfj-
left by permission for :i short visit he
low this week. Ample rations wero
otlered them and money in their
pockets, returned quietly and in good
season save the loiterers who fell be
hind, imposed upon the whites and
made false representations. The
Yankton Indians, ho says, have
enough food and clothing and are do
ing well in matters of education and.
self support.
Good Management.
DAVENPORT, Dec. 19.—Ata meeting
of trustees of tbe Iowa Orphans'
Home, held here to-day, it was re
solved to reduce the charge for indi
gent orphans sent here by -the several
counties to $8.33}per month per cap
ita also to make a requisition for
that sum only on the the Stste Audi
tor for the expenses of soldiers' o'r
phans. The law fixes tbe charge for'
both classes at $10 per month, but the
economical management enables sup
port at less cost. This model action
challenges praise.
Serious Aocldent to Val Mendel.
Special Dispatch to tbe State Rag
is
ter.
AI.IIIA, Dec, 19.—While out bunt
ing to-day, Yal Mendel bad a gun
burst in h^s hands, the powder burn
ing his face badly. He may lose au
eye.
Dashed to Death—Another Vic
tim of Intemperance.
Muacfttiuc Journal, 17tli.
Last night about 8 o'clock, Mr.
Fred Hcnninger coming along the
high road near Dorn's brewery, saw
a wagon and horse down an embank
ment, some 20 feet deep and very
steep,inalmost inextricable confusion.
Going down he was horrified to find
the dead body of a man with neck
broken, under the wagon. Securing
asslstance, the horso was released and
word sent to Coroner Beard, who
brought the body to the city andt
placed it in his carpenter shop.
Tho corpso was recognized by
Horace Hustcd, as that of Chas. Bud
zin, a German, who resides in tb«
German settlement near Moscow,
Yesterday he was in the city, and in
the evening visited A. Davidson fs
Go's, store, where he purchased a pair
of boots of Mr. Hustcd. At that tims*
he was intoxicated and probably be
came more so before leaving the city,
From appoarancesthe horse had been
turned directly off tho road at th&
scene of tho disaster, and slid down
the embankment, while the wagon
had rolled over and over on Budzin,,
breaking his neck and probably kill
ing him instantly.
The facts in the case, as above stat
ed, were so evident that Corontf.
Beard decided not to pnt the county
to the expense of an inquest. Up to
this writing the body has not been
removod from Mr. Beard's shop,
where a Journal reporter examined
it. Relatives will remove it this eve
ning. however. Mr. Budzin was
poor man, a renter on Will's place,
and leaves a wife and three small
children. He was about 30 yssrs of
age. Another victim to whisky.
The Danbury iVetrs thinks the big
gest humbugs of this generation have
been Dennis Kearney and blue glass
and the Albany Evening Journn' dls-_«
criminatingly adds: '-Tilden snd R
form."
Seuator David Davis has becon
impressed with the conviction
the Presidential chair will be hai
for him to crowd into, for sever
reasons.
halT
veflft*
Coasting is tbe furious sport of i«
fayette (lnd.) youths. One of theat
ran over and carried away a part of*
Udy's ear recently.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris will visit
her native land next May, accom
panied by her husband.