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gfhe JBtienrg flaindeala; I. VAN SLYKE, Protnm. MoHEKBT, ILLINOIS, CH£ NEWS CONDENSED. , THE Connecticut Legislature has passed a *w reducing the legal rate of interest from i to-sS'perevB^ •»•••*--• ' *""" Albany fund Schenectady railroad depot, at Hudson, N. Y., together with 400 loaded ears and several canal boats, was burned last week, Loss about f400,000..,.A New York t dispatch 8*jH the latest defalcation in the MethcclM Book Concern affords some aston- " lahlng revelations, Henry Sehrceder, the al- .- legAd defaulting clerk, is in Ludlow street jail, toing unable to get bail. It Is thought that theaeficit will not amount to over $26,000, al­ ii;?" though there is a possibility of its being double fhif mm <4»'i ^ • ,..7 i t > *-h K '•£&* Jm sent to Caldwell, in London, telling him to telegraph to the committee an exou^pat̂ on of Mr. Blaine. The dispatch was without a signature, and the gentleman who brought it to the office and paid the charges, $57.Y2, in reply to the request of one of the clerks to leave his address, said it was not neceesary, and smilingly left the name of 1' Job n Smith." Col. Tom Scott was examined, and denied the au­ thorship of the telegram. THE House of Representatives has passed bills for two much-needed improvements in Washington--a new pavement for Pennsylva­ nia avenue, and a new government for the district... .Hon. Lot M. Morrill, of Maine, has been appointed by the President Secretary of the Treasury, vice" Bristow, resigned. eranux. ST. JoHxa, Canad&, was visited last week by a most disastrous conflagration: A mntory six hundred ieet wide and a miie in length, embracing the entire business portion of the town, was burned. Seven hotels, nine churches, the Cuatom-House, Court-House, Postoffice, United States Consulate, two banks, docks, vessels in Mia river, a portion of the bridge over the Richelieu River, the St. Johns woolen mills, a stone clunaware room, and 250 stores and houses are reduced to ashes. The loss is estimated at $1,500,000. TKK Chicago Tribune of Friday sayst "It will be gratifying news to her frieuuB, and to the public generally, that yesterday Mrs. Abraham Lincon was adjudged sane by* jury In the County court, and her property restored v to her own control. The whole proceedings ' weve-ef-an*micable character." V THE terrible story of a Sioux raid upon ranches on the Platte river, in Colorado, is confirmed. The tyivages appear to have been ' a marauding party in quest of cattle to supply : the warriors assembled to fight Crook. Pifiteen herders were killed and their cattle driven off CHICAGO elevators, as per official returns, contain 1,299,371 bushels of wheat; 1,428,138 bushels of corn ; 815,057 bushels of oats ; 53,- 223 bushels of rye; and 319,688 bushels of ... barley, making a grand total of 3,415,477 bushels, against 5,730,263 bushels at this period last year....A San Francisco dispatch an­ nounces the destruction by fire of the Bay City Sugar Refinery. Total loss, $350,060. A NEW pest, in the shape of a small black ly, has made its appearance in Southern Minnesota, and is giving the farmers much uneasiness. It has gone to work vigorously on the wheat, attacking the roots and base of the stalk. When first attacked the wheat turns yellow, and soon withers up and dies. The recent rains have, to some extent, inter­ fered with the operations of the insect; but it is feared this relief will not prove permanent. SOUTH* CHBISTIAH KLOTZ, aged seventeen, last week killed Almira Street, also seventeen, daughter of his employer, residing near Cler­ mont Mills, Md. Confessing his crime, he was taken to a neighboring tree and hauled up, but, being out down, asked for a gun to shoot himself. It was suggested that he might as well hang himself, when he immediately climbed the tree, placed a rope around his neck, bade the company good-bye, and drooped. WASHINGTON. TUB health of Speaker Kerr is gradually imj proving....The oonnsel for Belknap have now alighted upon a scheme to which they cling with much satisfaction. The point is made that the plea of absence of jurisdiction recently considered was a complete defense in itself-- that is, if it hsd been sustained, it would have acquitted Belknap--therefore, nothing bnt a ! two-thirds vote (as is required in vital ques­ tions) could or can empower the Senate to es­ tablish that jurisdiction which would oompel the thieving ex-Secretary to commence a more pertinent proof of his "innocence." SECRETARY BBISTOW retired from the Tres*» tty Department on the 20th inst. Being ques­ tioned by a newspaper correspondent touching the reasons governing this step, the late Sec­ retary replied that it did not now concern the public, as he was no longer a public man. He added that if any one was heard inquiring as to his reasons they might be informed that it was because he wanted to. He had nothing more to give. He said the newspapers would not tell the truth about it anyway. Being in­ formed that should he give a statement of facts in relation thereto it would be pub­ lished just as given, he said: "Not so. It would be perverted." He added again: " I resign because I want to, becaise my business demands it, and I ought to. 1 would have re­ signed long since, but for the past fave months 1 couid not do so without a political signifi­ cance being attached to it that it did not warrant." A WASHINGTON dispatch states that the Grand Jury have indicted Richard Harrington and Arthur B. Williams for bribery. The first Is charged with having, on the 12th of October, •1873, while an Assistant United States Attorney, received fsi5,000 to have his decision and ac­ tion influenced in the matter of a motion for a '•* by Hops and Slatter, who were con­ victed of rauirdw- Williams charged with giving the money to Harrison as a bribe! , I EVIDENCE lias been taken before the House . '®aiciaiy -Committee in the iaatter of the cable ' '•Sape.Mi fcoai Josiah Caldwell, to the effect that tee dispatch was sent at the dictation of Mr. Blaine's friends, having besn test prepared m this country, telegraphed to London, and again telegraphed back to Mr. Blaine. Col. Tam Scott and one A, P. Robinson, a railroad man, are said to be the parties who prepared and sent the dispatch. They will be called upon by the committee to explain their conduct. It is but just to Mr. Blaine to state, in this connection, that he has received a letter Jpy meii .rorn Caldwell, In which the writer states that he never, directly or indirectlv, gave Mr. B. any Fort Smith and Little Rock railroad bonds, and declaring his readiness to forward a sworn etatement to this effeet if desired by the committee. BLUFOBD WILSON, Solicitor of the Treasury Department, has tendered his resignation The correspondence between Mr. Bristow and toe President, on the occasion of the former's MMgmng the Treasury portfolio, is quite brief, ana contains the usual formal expressions in communications of this character. Mr. Bris- towthankg the President for the honor of the ^ conferred upon him, and announces hts desire to retire from official life hi9 l)rivate affairs. The president accepts the resignation, with exnres- «C offilat,h0S!th^ inhisretireme^Sompub-o f f i c e ^ S e c r e t a r y w i n f i n d t h a t r o e t w h i c h dLirW r m hi® Present Position, and the Personal relations between them.shall remain m their present pleasant at- THE action of the Senate in the impeachment J*®0' ««»• Belknap indicates pretty clearly tfcat the adjournment of Congress is yet far in the future, the contingency being that the session, with a short recess, mav last all a,™ "S P* SST* '»,***«* with the trial on the 6th of JnW that it would be illegal to pro! ceed during the recess of Congress In other words, it decides that it cannot proceed except in the presence of the House. The proposition to postpone the trial until next fall was voted down by a very large majority ; and, as the House cannot adjourn without the con­ sent of the Senate, both branches of Congress will be held at the National Capital until the tedious trial is brought to an end. TBEABTTBEB NEW has written a letter to the President asking to be relieved from official duties cn (he 14thof July....The President has sent the following nominations to the Sen­ ate : Jaines A. Williamson, Iowa, Commissioner of the General Land Office; W. L. Wilson, of Minnesota, Surveyor General of Minnesota. THE manager of the Western Union Tele- graph Company at Philadelphia was before the Judiciary Committee the other day, and pro­ vider "protest, the original dispatch rounojuu THSS ET c appointed by iiw Cincinn&li Convention to notify Gov. Hayes of his nom­ ination i for President visited Columbus the day after the adjournment of the convention, and proceeded to the Executive Chamber, where they were received by Gov. Hayes. Edward McPherson, of Pennsylvania, in a brief speech, formally notified Gov. Hayes of his nomination. The latter replied as follows: "Sm--I have only to say, in re­ sponse to your information, that I accept the nomination. Perhaps, at the present time, it would be improper for me to say more than this, although even now I should be glad to give some expression to the profound sense of gratitude I feel for the confidence reposed in me by yourselves and those for whom you act. At a future time I shall take occasion to pre­ sent my acceptance in writing, with my views on the platform." The delegates were then personally introduced to their nominee, and Bpent considerable time with him, informally oonversing on various subjects. THE New Hampshire Legislature has elected E. H. Rollins (Rep.) United States Senator in the plaoe of Mr. Cragin. FOKKIGN. WINSLOW, the Boston forger, was released from custody by the British authorities on the 15th inst. The Court of the Queen's Bench, concurring with the opinion of the Foreign Office, ordered his release. And thus the Eng­ lish* American extradition treaty for the surren­ der of fugitive criminals, fails to the ground. ....A cable dispatch announces the death of Petermann, the celebrated German orientalist. ... .The French Minister of Public Instruction has declared it to be the policy of the Govern­ ment to make primary education compulsory. The' establishment of four great popular uni­ versities is also contemplated, the locations se­ lected being Paris, Lyons, Bordeaux and Nancy. .... A dispatch from Berlin affirms that all dan­ ger of a European war is over for this sum­ mer. Furloughs are being freely granted. WHILE the Turkish mimisters were in coun­ cil at Constantinople, a few evenings ago, a dismissed officer suddenly appeared among them, armed with a revolver, and murdered the Ministers of War and Foreign Affairs, and seri­ ously wounded another member of the Cabinet. It seems most likely that this wholesale butch­ ery must have been the result of a reactionary plot, designed to overwhelm the authors of the recent revolution. The murderer was captured, however, and his confederates, if he ha<^ any, made no attempt either to rescue him or to take advantage of his exploit A carpet manu­ factory was burned at Ayr, England, last week, and twenty-four female operatives perished in the flames. , -BASB, the overseer of thewootap works at Ayr, England, where tEe twenty-four women lost their lives, and who was himself burned to death, locked the door of the room in which the women were, thinking that the alarm of fire was false. A girl who jumped from a window Btates that she first endeavored to escape by the door, but a man pushed her back.... A Con­ stantinople dispatch states that Hassan, the assassin of the Turkish officials, was hanged three days after the perpetration of the bloody deed A London Times dispatch from Cal­ cutta reports an alarming outbreak of cbolera in Gulwada, a village on the Bombay and Bar- oda railway. Of 200 inhabitants, 100 died in three days. Two DISASTROUS conflagrations are reported in Russia--one in Moscow, where fifty houses were destroyed, and the other in Caucasus, where three-quarters of the city was consumed. Paris dispatches received in London report the Czar as expressing a confident hope that he will spend more tranquil days hereafter than those he has just passed at Ems. The remark is interpreted to mean that all projects for active intervention in Turkish affairs are abandoned for the present Brent, the Louisville forger, has been released by the British authorities. THE London papers Bharply criticise the policy of the British Government in releasing the Louisville forger, Brent....A Cairo diB- patoh says that accounts of alloged defeats of the Egyptians by the Abyssinians are officially contradicted. The war terminated on the 9th of March last, and no fighting has oc­ curred since. THE great plague continues its ravages in Asiatic Turkey. During the month of May there were 1,122 death from this cause in the city of Bagdad. There are also reports of cholera in that region... .TSie mother of the late Sultan of Turkey is accused in some quar­ ters of being at the bottom of the late assassi­ nation of the Government officials in that coun­ try. She is said to have instigated Hassan, the assassin, to perform the bloody deeds, and to have aided him by spying out the movements of the War Minister, whose life was plotted against and destroyed. FORTY-FOUBTH COXtiBESS. ' THUBSDAT, Jane 15.--Senate.--The NHNIR laid before the Senate a message from the House, announcing its non-concurrence , in the Senate amendments to the Legislative, Judicial and Execu­ tive Appropriation bill. The Senate insisted upon its amendment*, and Morrill (Me.)r Wlndom and Withers were appointed a conference committee. Mouse.--Ilandall, Holman and Foster were appoint­ ed a Committee of Conference on the Senate amend­ ments to the Legislative Appropriation bill Dun- nell, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill authorizing the construction of a railroad bridge acroBB the Wabash river. Passed.... The bill pro­ hibiting ownership or traffic in slaves, by Americans residing abroad, was reported to the House, with a recommendation that it pass. F&IDAY, June 16.--Senate.--Consideration of the articles of impeachment was resumed. Black, of counsel for the accused, read a long paper, de­ clining to plead further on the ground that the re­ spondent had already been substantially acquitted, as the order of the Senate asserting its jurisdiction was not passed by a two-thirds vote. Counsel for i he defense asked that the paper be filed, but objection was made by Edmunds, and also by the managers. Pending the discussion, it was discovered that a quorum was not present, and the Senate adjourned. House.--The House went into committee of the whole on the Army Approprirtion bill, with Mr. Blackburn In the chair. Various amendments to the bill were offered and rejected. No quorum be­ ing present, the House adjourned. SATURDAY, June 17.--Senate. --A message was received from the President calling attention to the near approach of the new fiscal year, and the fail­ ure ot Congress, eo far, to make provisions for the ordinary expenses of the Government; also, to the laws forbidding the expenditure of unexpended oal- ances, and requiring that they be covered into the A !iend of tlle next ftKcal year. He fur- AY » lf the appropriation bills are not ma- tured before the beginning of the new iis-al year. J5ef^rnm,ent,wi11 be Mfoatly embarrassed for want •? a joint resolution to extend the the con8«lar. diplomatic and pos- the support of the army and navy, etc., ?re/?nt„fl,!Cal the next. Ordered printed, and to lie on the table....The protest of, leading men of the Osage Indian nation agaii&t the establishment of a Territorial Government for the Indian country was ordered printed and referred. Consideration of the articles of impeach­ ment against Belknap was resinned. Black, of counsel for the accused, stated that there were reasons why the trial should not go on on the 6th of July, as ordered. He therefore, moved that it be postponed until November next, and appealed to the managers not to oppose the motion. He stated that the managers understood his reasons for not going on with the trial, and he, therefore,hoped they would agree to the postponement. Lord, on behalf of the managers, asked leave to consult with the House of Representative#, which was granted; and the Senate, as a Court of Impeachment, ad­ journed. House.---The bill to confirm to Chicago the title to the land In that city known as the Fort Dearborn addition, fronting on the lake shore was passed... The Speaker laid before the House a message from the President, explain­ ing the necessity of having the various ap­ propriation bills passed before July 1. (\n abstract of the rttessagp is giVen in the Senate proceedings " /' LUMIIUWL U» ITTC COUIULTLTCO OU Appropriations, remarked that the mes­ sage was unusual, and in his opinion altogether unnecessary. Still it should have re­ spectful reference and consideration. On his mo­ tion it was referred to the Committee on Appro­ priations. .. .Lord, in behalf of the managers of the Belknap impeachment, trial, called attention to the application of defendant's counsel for a postpone­ ment of the trial. The matter was debated, but without arriving at a decision the House went into committee of the whole on the Army Appropria­ tion bill, and shortly after adjourned. M OKTIAV. .Tnne 1 9 . -- T h e S e n a t e in­ sisted upon its amendments to the Postoffice Appro­ priation bill, and agreed to the conference asked for by the House of ^Representatives. West, Hamlin and l>avis were appointed members of the committee cn the part of the Senate.... After a protracted secret session, the Ssnate refused to grant the motion for a postponement of the impeachment trial until November, but at the same time consented to take up a new branch of the subject, being a plea by defendant's counsel that, inasmuch as the vote by which the Senate assumed jurisdiction over the case was less than two-thirds, jurisdiction has not been lawfully aasuraed, and the Senate has no power to proceed with the trial. Arguments will be heard on this question on the 6th of July. The Senate having been notified that the defense will summon nearly 200 witnesses, appointed a committee to single out from this number such as are material and impor­ tant in the case -- The Senate, Bitting as a court of impeachment, then adjourned until July 6. House.--Randall offered a resolution appointing Cox Speaker pro tem. in the absence of the Speaker, which resolution was adopted TJie Army Appro­ priation bill was passed....Holman, Blount, and Waldron were appointed a conference committee on the Postoflce Appropriation bill. TUESDAY, June 20.--Senate.--In response to a resolution adopted by the Senate some time ago, the Secretary sent in a list of the defaulters to the Government for tne past forty years, together with the amount of the defalcations... The Finance Committee reported favorably on the House joint resolution authorizing the issue of $10,00t),000 in silver coin in exchange for legal-tender notes--Wright reported back from the Judiciary Committee the House bill to repeal the Bankrupt law, and recommended that it be postponed until the first day of the next session. So ordered. ....The Senate devoted nearly all the afterndonand the evening session to the consideration of the In­ dian Appropriation bill. Emtse.--The Committee on the Freedmen's Bank reported resolutions recommending the indict­ ment of Gen. O. O. Howard, Henry D. Cooke and other managers of the institution....The bill to equalize the bounties of soldiers was passed. Under its provisions all enlisted men, soldiers, sailors, and marines, are to be allowed $8.33X per month for the period of service between the 12th of April, 1861, and the 9th of May, 1865, deducting all bounties previously paid under United States or State laws. The bill is not to apply to sub­ stitutes, or men who were discharged on their own application for other cause than dis­ ability incurred in the service, unless such dis­ charge was obtained with a view to re-enlistment or to accept promotion, or to persons discharged on the ground of minority..,.The bill relating to land patent?! WB.R passed. If. provides that all patents for lands which have been or may be issued shall in all actions to recover the title or possession of land have the same effect as if Issued to the party entitled thereto at the time such party was or may be authorized to make any proof of a right to such patent....A bill in relation to judg^nent liens was passed.... Bills were also passed to pre­ vent th^ sale and use of adulterated and explosive illuminating oils, and authorizing the constapction of a pontoon bridge across the MissisaipnJSfiver, from some point in Buffalo county, Wis. point in Winona county, Minn.... Han< mau of the Committee on Appronrtat" the Sundry Civil Appropriation l>m tral appropriation bill)". Ordered printer bill appropriates $14,687,804, against $23,644,360 in the corresponding bill last year, a reduction of $12,076,570... Riddle introduced a bill to repeal the ten per cent, tax on notes of State banks. WEDNESDAY, Jane 21.--Senate.--Allison, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported back the House bill to transfer the office of Com­ missioner of Indian Affairs from the Interior to the War Department, and recommended that it be post­ poned until the first Thursday after the first Monday in December next. Ingalls asked that it be laid on the table for the present. So ordered.... The Indian Appropriation bill was passed by the Senate, after striking out the clause transferring the Indian Bu­ reau to the War Department. .. Morton offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Privileges and Elections to inquire what laws there are to protect the inviolability of private dispatches, and what legislation is necessary to protect the same from seizure by unauthorized and irre­ sponsible persons, to report by bill or otherwise The Senate, in Executive ses­ sion, confirmed the nomination of Lot M. Morrill as Secretary of the Treasury The House joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue $10,000,000 in silver coin in ex­ change for legal-tenders, was passed. An amend­ ment was added providing that the trade-doilar be not hereafter a legal tender. House.--The House devoted the entire day to the consideration of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. EXTRADITION. The President Officially Announces toe Abrogation of the Extradition Treaty with Great Britain. President Grant last week sent to Con­ gress a message respecting the extradi­ tion treaty with Great Britain. After stating at length the provisions of the treaty, and criticising the action taken by the British Government in the Wins- low and Brent cases, the President says : It is with extreme regret that I am now called upon to announce to you that Her Majesty's Government lias finally released both of these fugitives, Winslow and Brent, and set them at liberty, thus omitting to comply with the pro­ visions and requirements of the treaty under which extradition of fugitive criminals is made between the two Governments. The position thns taken by the British Government, if ad­ hered to, cannot but be regarded as the abro­ gation and annulment of the article of the treaty on extradition. Under these circom- stances, it will not, in my judgment, oom- port with the dignitv or self-respect of this Government to make demands upon that Government for the' surrender of fugitive criminals, nor to entertain any requisition of that character from that Government under the treaty. It will be a cause of deep regret if a treaty which has been thus beneficial in its practical operations, which has worked so well and HO efficiently, and which, notwithstanding the exciting and, at the same time, violent and political disturbances of which both countries nave been the scene during its existence, has given rise to no complaints on the part of either Government against either its spirit or its provisions, should be abruptly termina­ ted. It has tended to the protection of society, and to the general interests of both countries. Its violation or annulment would be a retrograde step in international inter­ course. I have been anxious, and have made efforts to enlarge its scope, and to make a new treaty which would be a still more efficient agent for the punishment and prevention of crime; at the same time I have felt it mv duty to decline to entertain a proposition made by Great Britain, pending its refusal to execute^the existing treaty, to amend it by practically con­ ceding by treaty the identical conditions which that Government demands under 'its act of Parliament. In addition to the impossibility of the United States entering upon negotiations under the menance of an intended violation or a refusal to execute the terms of an existing treaty, I deemed it inadvisable to treat of only the one amendment proposed by Great Britain, while the United States desires an enlargement of the list of crimes for which extradition may be asked, and other improvements which expe­ rience has shown might be embodied in a new treaty. It is for the wisdom of Congress to deter­ mine whether the article of the treaty relating to extradition is to be any longer regarded as obligatory on the Government of the United States, or as forming part of the supreme law of the land. Should the attitude of the British Government remain unchanged, I shall not, without the expression of the wish of Congress that I should do so, take any action, either in making or granting requisitions for the sur­ render of fugitive criminals, under the treaty of 1842. Respectfully submitted. (Signed) U. 8. GBAKT. CENTENNIAL NOTE8. " [By Our Own Correspondent,] The" buildings and grounds being in a near state of completion, it is proper that the epis­ tolary melange or pot-pourri style, should con­ form to the advance of the exhibition from chaos to system. The spaca within the compssa of a letter being xathcr ckcososcrife^d, and ab­ horring a pent-up Utica in a corresponding sense, I will attempt to embody arrangement, while the rhapsody will not be lost, in the pro- saical, believing that the general public accepts the trite saying, that " variety is the spice of life." First, let, the reader remember, and re­ tain these letters for reference, that the good genius of the exhibition is order. This begins with classification, % There are seven depart­ ments, fifty-two groups, and seven honored and thirty-nine classes. First department only is given in this letter. Mining and metallurgy classing from 100 to 109, composed of minerals, ores, stones, mining products, metallurgical products, mining engineering. One hundred and ten to one hundred and nineteen, metal­ lurgical products; one hundred and twenty- four to one hundred and twenty-nine, mining engineering. While there are few comments made upon this important department of the exhibition, it is, nevertheless, one of the most powerful auxiliaries in aiding the general management. To realize the value of this aid, imagine a city with a population of 50,000 souls (the number in round figures), of attaches, visitors, exhibi­ tors, in attendance. Taking the average, these, in a majority of cases, are strangers. Yet, with all this daily influx, there has been no disturbance, excepting, incidentally, less than a half dozen. This is extraordinary, and deserves the consideration of the municipal heads of our country. Col. II. de B» Clay, the commander of the force, has a happy faculty beyond all ordinary commanders (wliioh I oheerfully concede him in this connection), or else our people are the most tractable people in the world. I will say Col. Clay enforces strict disclipline, and hiB surveillance of the department of protection is Bimply in keeping with the general splendid management of the exhibition. No visitor need fear annoyance, much less ill or rough mage at the hands of the rude or violent. Roughs are not in order on the Centennial grounds. Thanks to nerve and discipline, rogues are spotted in ninety- nine times in a hundred, and one's property, person and comfort are really safer than irf any city containing the same number of people. These facts should be heralded all over the world as another proof of man's capacity for self-government and his subordination to law and order, under the so-called, by despotism, anarchial freedom. OLrVK WOOD AND THE HOLY LAND. A very interesting feature of the speculative department of the exhibition is a kind of a Kiosk, where several gentlemen of whom I have written are polishing up souvenirs in olive wood for the curious, purchasing society who constantly throng the counters of these devotees of the false prophet, who, like Ma­ homet, if the American Mountain won't come to the Moslems, why Mustapha will come to the American Mountain. The articles are curious, and we hope are made of wood cut from the Mount oi Olives, for the sake of relic hunters. As for your correspondent he can't forget the little deception in this line, as once on purchas­ ing walking canes, supposed to have been cut from the field of Waterloo, as mementoes of a visit to that historic field, he was mortified to know they were the growth of the forest of Soigries. However, faith makes it all right, and I fully, endorse the olive wood. THE TUlKSl The Turks may be effete, but they have ' • spec- tylattpn 4n, their eyes." Their ideas of indus­ trial exposition' take the shape of utility, and each step taken by the followers of Mahomet are toward the Dutchman's "one per cent." With Turkey, as with all warm climates, beauty, elegance and the superfluous go hand in hand, while in colder climates strength, dignity and necessity show work of more somber hue, but more desirable from a standpoint of human economy. The Russian has his duck, sheet- iron and leather, the Turk his shawl, sandal and pipes, and so it is and ever will be. The Turks are a slow race, but, by the "beard of the prophet," not fools bv any means. MISCELLANY. A solid piece of silver in the Mexican de­ partment reminded me, as I saw how immov­ able it was, of the Caiifornian who discovered a bonanza lug. It was too heavy to carry, if he left it some one would capture it, hence he staid and starved to death by it. This piece of silver was too gigantic for the most expert kleptomaniac. It is of circular shape, and about six feet in diameter. It is the product of 272 tons; its weight is 4,002 lbs, It produced 235l{ ounces to the ton; the cost of prodiibtion was $1.76 per ton. A piece of armour plate is on exhibition for the iron-clad I'uritan, construct­ ing at Chester, Pa., which is ten feet long, three feet, eight inches wide, twelve and three- fourth inches thick. In the Canada IOR and tim­ ber building is the section of a wnite pine, eight feet five inches in diameter and 664 years Old. Russia exhibits a fur carpet in Mosaic made of 3,000 pieces of furs. The fine wools of Russia are the Metn and Tzl^jni and Negreti. Glasgow Sugar Cane Mill, Scotland, makes an important exhibit of her metal in this specimen; the material of the two mills, with enormous masses of iron, occupy a space fifty feet square. I neglected to mention that the Corliss engine weighs 800 tons. One firm dis­ plays in a diamond necklace, studs and-ear- rings, a value of $50,000. There are seme-who will purchase them. The most beautiful Pdlissy and majolica ware in the world is o ; exhibition. Peru exhibits specimens of th 100,000 tons of guano she annually exports also silver that led Pizarro to deeds of valor and brigandism, 200 years ago. Their cocoa contains sixteen nutritive qualities. Many na­ tions exhibit vegetables in cans hermetically sealed. In England, young cabbages are called greens ; still smaller are called sproute. The ordinary greens are termed turnip tops. So if you visit the old countrv and wish greens ask for "turnip tops." Russia is daily adding to her cases (pastileB). Fruit paste is a specialty, also dried blood, liquid coffee, preserved fruits and meats, rye flour, seal grease, and a large variety of leather. The largest list of exhibits are from Warsaw and St. Petersburg. The Government makes an exten­ sive display; so do the nobility--exhibiting their appreciation of industry ; a good lesson for the youth of America. Salt reindeer tongues are from Nova Zembla. Portugal has a list of at least 2,000 lots in cereals, wines, liquors, preserved fruits and meats, olive oils, legu­ minous articles, and wool and ootton in the raw and manufactured Btate. An Honest Debtor. Fifty years ago Mary Sturtevant was a tailoress, and made a coat for David R. Campbell, who had just given five towns of the State of Vermont $5,000 each for the poor. His bill amounted to 3a 9d, and when he went to pay up she was not in, and, as they both soon left town, he failed to hand her the money. She was afterward married, had a son, and be­ came a widow, and he went through a long business experience, becoming wealthy. One day, in 1869, she received a letter from him, in which he stated that he had just learned where she was, and inclosed the money, with interest. The money was given to the Consump­ tive home.--Boston Advertisex. MAJ. THOMAS BUTLER and Gen. Wil­ liam O. Butler, the only two living mem­ bers of Gen. Jackson's staff who weye present at the battle of New Orleans, live near Carrolton, Ky. Maj. Butler is eighty six years of age. The latter was a candidate for Vice-president on the Democratic ticket in 1848. ILLINOIS* ITEMS. GEO. FORD, /ince a prominent lawyer and respected citizen of Peoria, has been sentenced to the penitentiary for one year for forgery. THE Hon. Lyle W- James, who has been prominently mentioned as the Democratic candidate for Congress in the Ninth Illinois district, the nomination. GEO. SCHMIDT, a small baker and con­ fectioner in Peoria, committed suicide, the other day, by hanging himself in a barn belonging to his brother-in-law, in Limestone township. Inability to pay his debts is supposed to have been the cauae. < He leaves *four children. SOMEBODY on the Springfield Journal says : " Illinois has 2,000,200 cheese fac­ tories whereupon the Chicago Times asks , " Is that the way you write two thousand two hundred, young fellow ?" The Journal scribe doubtless was about to say that Illinois has 2,000,000 cows and 290 cheese factories, but the intelli­ gent compositor interfered. THE great Midland railroad case cam© up again at Decatur en Wednesday of last week. Defendant filed new pleas, which were demurred to. The demurrer was sustained by the court, and a judg­ ment of ouster against the Midland Com­ pany to so much of that road as' was known as the Paris and Decatur road was awarded to the people. The de­ fendant then took steps to take the case to the Supreme court. It is, however, believed by the best lawyers that the opinion and the finding of the judge will stand in any court, fortified as they are by a continuous line of authority. AT a short-horn sale in Toronto, Ont., a few days since, Airdrie Duchess Sec­ ond and Airdrie Duchess Third were both purchased by Albert Crane, of Chi­ cago, for his farm at Kansas, Edgar county, the former at $2,100, and the latter at $2,360. The same gentleman also purchased the fine Cambridge Bose bull at $1,600. The highest-priced bull, Baron Siddington, went to W. & W. Pickerell, of Illinois, at $2,200. The average on fifty-two head of bulls and cows, aside from the Duchess, was $924. Two of the imported animals were pur­ chased on English account, and will be returned to the old country. Illinois Fairs. From reports received by Col. S. D. Fisher, Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, it appear3 that district and county faiis will be held throughout the State this year as follows : Adams, Mississippi Valley Fair, not reported; Quincy. Adams, county board, Sept. 12-16; Camp Point. Alexander, no organization. Bond, no organization. Boone, county board, Sept. 19-22; Belvidere. Brown, county board, Sept, 6-8; Mount Sterling. Bureau, county board. Sept. 12-15; Princeton. Calhoun, no organization.* Carroll, county board, Sept. 19-23; Mount Car­ roll. Cass, county board, Aug. 29, Sept. 1; Virginia. Champaign, county board, Aug. 29, Sept. 1; Champaign. Christian, county board, Sept. 25-29; Taylorville. Clark, county board, Sept. 21-23 ; Marshall; Clay, county board, Sept. 12-15 ; Louisville. Clay, district fair; Sept. 26-30 ; Flora. Clinton, county fair, no fair this year; Carlyle. Coles, county board, Sept. 12-16: Charleston. Cook, county board, no fair this year; Chicago. Crawford, agricultural fair, Sept. 10-12; Robin­ son. Cumberland, county board. Sept. 6-9, Majority Point. i , f , . „ , DeKalb, agricultural fair, not reported; Sandwich. DeKalb, agricultural fair, Sept. 27-29; Sycamore. BeKalb, agricultural fair, Sept. 14-16; DeKalb. DeWitt, county board, Aug. 15-18; Clinton. DeWitt, agricultural fair, Aug. 22; Farmer City. Douglas, county board, Sept. 19-22; Tuscola. • DuPage, county board, Sept 12-14; Wheaton. Edgar, county board Sept. 6-9; Paris. Edwards, county board, Oct. 3-6 ; Albion. Effingham, county board, Oct. 3-6; Efiingham. Fayette, county board, Sept. 27-30; Vandalia. Ford, county board, Sept. 19-22 ; Paxto». Ford, agricultural fair, Sept. 12-16 , Gibson. Franklin, county board, Sept. 26-29; Benton. Fulton, agricultural fair, Sept. 26-29; Avon. ^ij_atin, county board, Oct. 2-5; Shawneetown. ".ou nty board, Sept. 26-28; Carrollton. GrSfcs#ycounty board, Sept. 26-28; Morris. Hamilton, agricultural fair, no fair this year; McLeansboro. Hancock, county board, no fair this year; Car­ thage. Hardin, county board, Sept. 20-23; Elizabeth- town. Henderson, county board, Sept. 26-29; Briggs- ville. Henry, county board, Aug. 28, Sept. 1; Cam­ bridge. Iroquois, oounty board, 8ept. 5-8; Onargo. Iroquois, agricultural fair,not reported; SVatseka. Jackson, county board, Oct. 11-14; Murphyaboro. Jasper, county board, Sept. 26-29; Newton. Jefferson, county board, not reported; Mt. Ver­ non. Jersey, county board, Oct. 10-13; Jerseyville. Jo Daviess, county boartj, Sept. 20-29; Galena. Jo Daviess, ?»griomtttr«i Oct. 8-6; Warren. Johnson, no organization. Kane, county board, Sept. 12-15; Geneva. Kane, North Illinois fair, not reported; Aurora. Kane, agricultural fair, Oct, 4-7; Elgin. Kankakee, county board, not reported; Kanka- Kendall, county board, Sept. 12-14; Bristol. Knox, county board, Oct. 8-6; Knoxville. Knox, agricultural fair,* not reported; Galesburg. Lake, county feoard, not reported: LibertyviLe. Lake, agricultural fair, Om 2-7 f Waukegam LaSaile, county board. State fair, Ottawa. ( Lawrence, county board, Oct. 4-7; Lawrenoe- ville. Lee, county board, not reported; Dixon. Livingston, county board, Sept. 19-22; Pontiac. ' Livingston, agricultural fair, Sept. 12-15 ; Fair- bury. Logan, agricultural fair, Aug. 21-25; Lincoln. Logan, agricultural fair, Aug. 29, Sept. 2; At­ lanta. * „ , . „ Macon, county board, Aug. 29, Sept. 1; Decatur. Macoupin, county boajrd, Sept. 19-22; Carlin- vill©« Madison, county board^ not reported; Edwards- ville. ** Marion, county board, Sept. 12-14; Salem. Maripn, agricultural fair, Sept. 19; Centra 11a. Marshall, county board, no fair this year; Henry. Marshall, agricultural fair, Sept. 25-29 ; Wenona. Mason, county board, Sept. 26-29; Havana. Massac, county board, Sept. 26-29 ; Metropolis. McDonough, county board, »Sept. 4-9 ; Macomb. McHenry, county board, Sept. 26-29; Woodstock. McLean, county board, Sept. 5-8; Bloomlngton. Menard, eounty board, Aug. 29, Sept. 1; Peters- burg. Mercer, agricultural fair, Sept. 18-21; Aledo. Monroe, county board, not reported, Waterloo. Montgomery, wunty board, Sept. 26-29; Hills- Montgomery, agricultural fair, Sept. }9-23; Litchfield. _ Morgan, county board, Aug. 22-25; Jacksonville. Moultrie, county board, Sept. 19-22 ; Sullivan. £gle, county board, Sept. 12-15; not reported. Peoria, county board, Sept. 12-15; Peoria. Peoria county board, Oct. 4-6 ; PinckneyvUle. Porry, agricultural fair, not reported; p"Quoin. Piatt, county board, not reported ; MonticeUo. Pike, county board, Sept. 26-29; Pittsfield. Pope, agricultural fair, Oct. 4-7 ; Golconda. Pulaski; no organization. Putnam, county board, Sept. 19-21; Hennepin, Randolph, county board, Sept. 26-29 ; Sparta. Randolph, agricultural fair, Oct. 17-20, Chester. Richland, county board, not reported; Olney Rock Island, city boar.i, August 29, Sept. 1; II I. Saline, agricultural fair, not reported; HarriB- k'sangamon, county board, Sept. 18-22 ; Spring-' ^Schuyler, county board, Oct. 3-6; RushviUe. Scott, no organization. Shelby, county board. Sept. 26-29; Shelbyville. Stark, county board, Sept. 26-29; Toulon. St. Clair, agricultural fair, Sept. 12-15; Belle- Vl8tephenson, county board, Sept. 18-23; Free- ^Tazewell, county board, not reported; P£kin. Union, county board, Sept. 12-15; Joneeboro. Vermilion, county board, Sept. 26-29 ; Catlln. Vermilion, agricultural fair, Sept. 12-16 ; Hoops- town. Vermilion, agricultural fair, Sept. 19-22; Dan­ ville. Wabasb, county board, Sept. 25-29; Mt. Carmel. Warren, county board, Sept. 12-15; Monmouth. Washington, no organization. Whiteside, county board, Sept. 12-15; Sterling. Whiteside, agricultural fair, Sept. 12-15: Mor |£> son. Will, county board, Aug. 28; Joliet. L Williamson, county board, Oct. 3-5; Marlon. 1 Winnebago, county board, Sept. 12-15; Rockfor£ Woodford, county board, no fair this year; Mftjrr In Interesting Reunion at the Center nial. The Exhibition grounds have already become noted because of the frequency with which visitors meet friends and even relatives whom they have lost sight of for many years. This morning, in one of the pleasant corners of Agricul­ tural hall, I noticed three or four hard- handed and bronze-cheek^U men, evi­ dently farmers, who Gfcoud about a fence- post-hole boring machine, %'hey were all dressed m whst SujLuunody has called "store clothes," and, with their wives, were listening most attentively to a dried-up little old man, who explained the merits of the machine, and inlormed them with the air of an oracle, that "a. fence to be a fence should be horse high, hog safe, and bull strong," and "the fences of this 'ere country, sir, have cost more than all the houses, churches, and shipping.** After care­ fully examining the machine, and duly praising its merits, one of the men, a tall, thin, long-spoken Western farmer, began, to tell about some fence-posts that he had on his farm which had stood for twenty years, and were still sound. At this a jolly-faced little old fellow, dressed in a blue coat, buttoned up to his chin, nodding to his neighbor in a friendly way, and smiling pleasantly, said : "Well, now, that's not bad, but, would you believe it, I have on my place a well-post that has stood for nigh eighty years, and is just as sound as new oak? * " Well, now, that is 'markable," said the Western man. "Yes," continued he of the blue coat, " but the funniest thing about that post is, that the top of it is alive and has branches springing from it in all directions." While he was telling this apparently simple little story, I noticed that the,wife of the Western man regarded him with an earnestness which was altogether out of proportion to the interest of the narrative. As he concluded, she asked him, " Where be you from, sir?" "From Newton, New Jersey, ma'am," was the reply. "And is your name Sam B -V' questioned the lady. " Mercy me, of course it is, and who ore you ?" exclaimed the little man. " Mary Ann T , that used to be," re­ plied she, and then the little New Jer­ sey farmer put his arm around the neok of that little Western woman and kissed her as if he meant it. Then the pair explained to the good-humored but somewhat astonished husband that Sam was a cousin, and had been an old play­ fellow of Mary Ann, "and,"said she, "I knew it must be you the minute you told about that old pump-post with the branches." Then the whole party went off together, telling each other of the strange things that had happened to them during the many years they had been separated.--Philadelphia Letter to New York Times, Bats in Burmah. There appears to be a fine opening for terrier dogs and active cats in British Burmah, which, according to the annual report of the chief commissioner on the administration of that country for 1874-75, lately issued, is in some parts overrun by rats. These animals make periodical visitations to certain districts, where they are not only a serious nui­ sance, but owing to their voracity reduce the inhabitants to a state bordering on starvation. The Karen district, east of the Sittang river, was again afflicted with a visitation in the shape of a rat plague, which caused alarming ravages and such a deficiency of the food supply that the unfortunate inhabitants were reduced to a precarious subsistence on green bamboo shoots and jungle roots. Their affection for their rat-infested home was, however, so great that they could not be induced for some time to immigrate to the district of Toungoo, where ample provisions had been made for tiieir sustenance, and lived, or rather died, on their bamboo shoots and jungle roots; for, owing, perhaps, to the indi­ gestible nature of this diet, the mortality among them is reported to have been, excessive. The rats have during th© current season sought fresh pastures., and the Karen district is now free fron these unwelcome visitors. AN amendment to the State Constitu­ tion has been introduced into the Con­ necticut House declaring that clergymen shall not be eligible to election to the Legislate, while engaged in ministerial work. THE MARKETS. NEW YOBK. Buns 9 <9 LOJT EOOB--Dreased 8 00 9 8 75 COTTOK 12 % 12Jt FLOUB--Superfine Western....7... 8 75 @ 4 35 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago @ 1 14 CORN--Western Mixed. 59>$@ 60^ OATS--No. 2 Chicago 8i @ 40 BTB--Western 85 0 87 POBK--New Mess 19 00 020 00 LABD--Steam 1>XQ 12 CHICAGO. Buvu--Choice Graded Steers.... 5 00 0 5 20 Choice Natives 4 65 Q 4 95 Coweand Heifers 2 75 0 3 75 Good Second-class Steers.. 4 50 ^ 4 65 Medium to Fair 4 25 % 4 50 Hons--Live 5 50 0 6 25 FLOUK--Fancy White Winter 7 25 0 7 75 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 5 25 @ 5 62)^ WHKAT--No.2 8pring 1 02«@ 1 0S)£ No. 3 Spring 89 <& 90 CORK--No. 2 45^® 46^ OATS--No. 2 29£<§ 30 RYE--NO. 2 0 69# BABLET--No. 2 58 O 62 BUTTER--Creamery 20 0 25 Eaos-- Fresh.. 10## 12 POM--Mess 18 80 @19 00 LABD- 113*® 11# ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed Winter 1 45 0 1 45# CORK--Western Mixed 42# A 44 OATS--No. 2 81 qp 32 RYE--No. 2 72 <0 73 PORK--Mess..... 20 00 #20 25 LARD <3 IOV Hoas....' 5 50 % 6 00 CATTLE 3 00 A 4 75 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 1 1 14 @ 1 20 No. 2.... 1 03 1 04 CORN--No. 2 £ 45 OATS--No. 2 29 & 30 # 73 BARLEY--No. 2 71 A 72 CINCINNATI. WHEAT. 1 00 % L 15 CORN 46 ® 47 OATS..... 80 # 87 BYE 74 9 76 PORK--Mess 19 00 @20 00 LABD LL#<A 13 TOLEDO. WHEAT--Extra 1 32 ft 1 34 Amber 1 M <§ 1 21 CORN; 49 @ 52 OATS--No. 2 32 @ 33 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Hoos--Yorkers 6 20 Q 6 80 Philadelphia 6 40 9 6 60 CATTLE-- Best 5 25 ($ 5 35 Meditur ...,,..4 75 <£ 5 00 SHIM 4 60 @ 6 00