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J. "VAN SLYKE, POBUSHKE. ! McHENRY, ILLINOIS. •»* THE NEWS CONDENSED. THE E&SI. eftpoizing of tb,a yacht Mohawk, In * ̂ New York bay, a few days ago, "William T. Gar- % ner, a well-known manufacturer and yachtman, his wife, his brother-in-law,Froat Thome, Miss Adele Hunter, a young lady well known in New York society, and a cabin-boy itwi Luuif Iiv©s. ^ There were several other persons on the vacht - ;. in addition to the crew at the time of the aisaa- ter, but they were rescued with the exception ' of one or two of the <jrew A terrible tragedy "t\. j| to reported from Pemberton, Pi Sheppard P. " > :',yp Wiley, a wealthy wool merchant of that place, murdered his yonng wife, of whom he had been . jealous, by braining her with a hatchet, and rf:.'T V," • then committed suicide by cutting his throat ̂;V : Three tonka, containing upward of 70,000 barrels of oil, were consumed by fire at Park­ er's Landing, Pfc, last week... .A colored man has turned up in Philadelphia who claims that Charley Eoes is alive, that he lias seen him within a few weeks, and that he is able to re­ store the lost child Mr. Bl&ine hm gone to .Rye Beach to recuperate his shattered health. He is said to be a little stronger physically, though slut improvement in lue health is \ery •light. * BY the Bwunping of » small steam yacht in the Hudson river, near New York city, a few evenings ago, Gregory Fox, Thomas Edgley, Jr., George Bloomfield, Jonas Faulkner and Harry Manicne were uronucd* Four oth­ ers the party were saved by swimming ashore. Edgley was drowned in attempt­ ing to save Fox. who could not swim A fire at Shelburne Falls Village, Mass., last week, destroyed the Woodward Hotel, Methodist Church, thirteen stores, and two. dwelling houses. Loss $80,000 ; insurance, $40,000. THE falling-off in the attendance at the Phil adelphia Exhibition has caused a reduction of the force. The number of visitors fell off ma­ terially during the heated term, and has not increased with the return of pleasant weather. Since the opening of the Exhibition the aver­ age daily expenses have been about £9,000. The average daily cash receipts have been $12,285.05 Another great auction sale of flannels, blankets, tweeds and cotton goods, from the principal mills and manufactories, came off in New York a few days ago. Most of the large houses of the country were repre­ sented. and among the buyers Western men purchased heavily. The bidding waa very spirited. The prices realized were from 5 to 10 per cent, in advance of the sale of the pre­ vious week. THE banking firm of Jay Cooke & Co., of Philadelphia, whose collapse caused the panic of 1873, having gone through the Bankruptcy Court, have now been discharged, their credit­ ors making no objection Two women were killed in Philadelphia, last week, by leaping from the third-story window of a shoddy manu­ factory which was on fire. Another one was so badly buned that she cannot recover. THE WES?. Oil 3 It * m'ii m 4ii • ! I ill! ~s.fi: -n f i .Md: THE rumored death of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Black Moon, in the fight with Cus­ ter's command, is confirmed in a special to the 8t. Paul Pioneer-Press from Bismarck. It is insisted that these three great chiefs of the hostile Sioux were slain at the battle of the Little Horn, and that about 400 of their follow­ ers were sent to meet them in the happy hunt­ ing-grounds... .Four miners, on their way from the Black Hills to Cheyenne, were recent­ ly killed and scalped by Indians. As Chicago Times, of Saturj|»y, aftta: " Doleful' facta and discouraging figures torn np from the counties concerning the crops and farm products of all kinds. From present ap­ pearances Illinois will raise barely enough to support her own million, with nothing to spare to make a frugal profit on." The growing crops in Nebraska are said to be the finest ever seen in the State. INFORMATION from Gen. Crook's camp on Goose creek, dated the 18th of July, states that Gen. Crook expected Gen. Terry to join Tiim by the 15th of August, aud Gen. Merritt, as observed before, will probably reach him about the 5th of August Beports from the agencies are that 100 Indians have left Spotted Tail, and from Bed Cloud, that 2,000 Sionx and 1,500 Cheyennes, men, women, and children, of whom 700 were warriors, had left since the 15th of July. On the 15th 200 Indians under Dull Knife left in a body. The agent at Red Cloud admits that 1,000 Bioux and 1,200 Chey­ ennes have gone north. A SA.D calamity occurred a few days ago near St. Joseph, Mo. James C. Cross was with a party of young girls boating on Contrary lake, and one of them reaching to get a water-lily tipped the boat over. TL~ .vater wa.3 twelve feet deep, and before assistance could arrive, the girls, five in number, were drowned. Cross had seized his daughter, and was endeavoring to place her on the bottom of the upturned boat when he was taken with cramps, and was with great difficulty Baved A freight train on the Union Pacific railroad recently ran into a washout near Green river, Wyoming, and killed the engineer, fireman, and another man who was riding on the engine Denver, CoL. had a double lynching the other night. Two murderers, Joe Tallmadge and Felipe Solaz, who recently murdered and robbed a Mr. Newman, in Wet Mountain val­ ley, were arrested, brought to Denver, locked - up in the jail, and confessed their crime. A company of citizens forced the jail and hung them Thirteen Chinese woodchoppers, at work in the Diamond Range mountains, near Eureka, Cal., were recently overwhelmed and drowned by the bursting of an immense water­ spout Joseph Wise, one of Reno's com­ mand, who had been just discharged, arrived at St. Paul last week, en route to New York, and gives a very graphic description of the ter­ rible fight in the Black Hills. He puts to rout the story that Custer's heart was cut out, etc. He says that the only disfiguration on the body • was a red cross on the forehead, indicating that he was a great brave. The remaining officers, he says, were horribly mutilated. CHICAGO elevators, as per official figures, con­ tain 1,710,042 bushels of wheat; 996,557 bush­ els of corn ; 206,892 bushels of oats; 62,909 bushels of rye, and 346,905 bushels of barley, making a grand total of 3,323,305 bushels, against 4.187 862 bushels at this period last . year Three hundred pounds of specimen ! uartz were received at Bismarck fr&m the Hack Hills the other day, and assayed. The richest showed $5,059 to the ton, and the poor- •at $2,500. THE new census of Nebraska showB that the State has more than doubled in population since 1870. Th îumber of inhabitants is now 257,747... .William H. Heath, the late crooked , Auditor of St. Louis county, Mo., has been in­ dicted for embezzlement. His defalcation amounts to about $150,000 L. P. Kiehaxd- . aon, a correspondent of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, was recently killed and scalped by Indians about 100 miles north of Fort Laramie. He was en route to the Black fKlhi- WASOENGTON. A WASHINGTON dispatch of July 21 says: " It •has been represented in some quarters that , Gov. Chamberlain, of South Carolina, was com­ ing here to ask the interposition of Federal Ewer, but this is net true. He does not be-ve this necessary, and is opposed to it, and ,1V does not aak it." HON AT-T.AN TATLOE CAJPEBTON, Senator of the United States from West Virginia, died in ' Washington, last week, of a disease engendered athe recent heated term. Mr. Caperton took seat in the Senate March 4, 1875, and his t«B> of service would have expired in 1881. Be was a member of the Confederate States Senate up to the elose of the war in 1865k «•* died at the age of nearly 66 yean. POLITICAL. TBK Missouri Democrats have nominated Hon. John S. Phelps for Governor. Mr. Phelps was a representative in Congress for many years, prior to the war The President has appointed Samuel Hooper, of Iowa, Consul at Glasgow. APPOINTJOOTTB by the President: C. C. Sheats, Appraiser of Merchandise, Mobile, Ala.; Col. Benjamin Alvord, Paymaster General, with the rank of Brigadier General; George Andrews to be United States District Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee ; Wm. A. Hathorne, of Massachusetts, to be Consul at Zanzibar ; Herman Van Arnam, of New York, to be Consul at Guayna. THE omui»I OARITSSS cf Colorado's vote on the f$tate constitution has just been made, and a certified copy of the returns forwarded to Washington, onreception of which the President will issue his proclamation declaring Colorado admitted into the Union. The majority for the constitution is 11,704 out of a total vote of 19,492. The first election for State officers will take place the first Tuesday in October, and the Republican State Convention will meet at A'uebio, Aug. 23. THE Democrats of the Seventh Congressional District of Illinois, in convention at East St. Louis, last week, nominated William It. Morri­ son for re-eiection by acclamation. Tii Democratic State Convention of Louisi­ ana assembled at Baton Rouge last week, and, after balloting four times, nominated Gen. Frank Nichols for Governor Green B. R&um, of Illinois, has been appointed Commis­ sioner of Internal Revenue, vice Pratt, re­ signed. THE SOUTH. Two COMPANIES of United States soldiers have been stationed at Hamburg, S. C., the scene of the late race troubles. Two compa­ nies have also been ordered to Aiken, oppo­ site Hamburg, where they will remain ill summer. GENERAL. SPEAKING of the Indian war, Gen. Sherman says it will be stubborn and bloody; that the Indian chieftains will naturally have the choice of position; that to fight them it will be neces­ sary to take them when they offer and wherever caught; that they will not fight if they can help it unless they have the advantage of ground and numbers, and as a consequence we must suffer losses. He says that Crook and Terry have no superiors as Indian fighters, and if they get anything like a fair chance they will make it warm for the warriors of the Big Horn. He estimates the fighting force of the Sioux now in arms at 2,500. It is the settled purpose to make the punishment of the Sioux one never to be forgotten by that powerful por­ tion of our aboriginal population. FOREIGN. IT is reported that Russia, thinking the Turkish war likely to become savage and fanat ical, intends shortly to urge upon the powers the necessity of arranging an armistice. A DISPATCH from Belgrade, dated July 21, says: "The Turks are everywhere assuming the offensive. It is officially announced that the Turks intrenched at Beljine attacked Gen. Olimpics, Thursday, with ten battalions, chiefly irregulars. They attempted to drive the Ser­ vians across the Drina. After six hours' fight­ ing they were repulsed and pursued to Beljine with heavy loss. The ground was covered with Turkish dead. A rain-storm stopped the pur­ suit, but the Servian artillery made great havoc in the Turkish ranks. TERKIBLK atrocities by the Turks are report­ ed from Bulgaria. The destruction of Chris­ tian villages and the barbarous massacre of men. women and children are of common oc­ currence. These outrages, it is alleged, are committed by "irregular" Turkish troops, and the Sultan's Government is arresting the per­ petrators. IN the British House of Lords, the other day, Earl Granville called attention to the extradi­ tion question. He said the act of 1870 could have no effect on the treaty of 1842. The only advantage derived from Earl Derby's course was the questionable enjoyment of the society of certain American citizens until they were arrested for cheating, robbing, or mur iering some one here. He advised remedial legisla­ tion. Earl Derby in reply said negotiations were now going on with hopes of speedy suc­ cess. Meanwhile the Government is concert­ ing means to tide over the interval... .The Bel­ grade correspondent of the News asserts that the Servians are not losing ground. Their de­ lay is EO sign of weakness. The Servians are gaining recruits faster than the Turks. A BATTLE was recently fought near Orizaba, Mexico, between a force of Government troops and 1,300 revolutionists under Hernandez, in which the latter were badly reuted, with the loss of 100 killed and 600 captured. This is a very serious blow to the revolution A Bel­ grade dispatch of July 25 savS : "Yesterday the Servian army under Gen. Zichencountered the Turks on the whole line, near Yavor, The artillery firo lasted seven hours, and was fol­ lowed by an infantry engagement, in which the Servians were completely successful. Two other minor Servian successes are reported." ... .The London Daily Telegraph is in receipt of letters from Stanley, the African explorer, dated April 24. PBESIDENT MASMAHON has granted 127 ac­ tional pardons to French Communists The French Senate has adopted the bill authorizing the International Exhibition in 1878 The Chamber of Deputies has voted a credit of $1,500,000 for the expenses of the War Depart­ ment Lerdo de Tejada has been re-elected President of the republic of Mexico... .The municipal authorities throughout Aus­ tria have been instructed to prepare for mobilization of the army.... Affairs in Roumania are rapidly approaching a crisis, with every indication that this powerful province will soon cast its strength on the side of the insurgents. The cable announces that 25,000 Roumanian troops are massed on the Danube frontier in an attitude so threatening as to have drawn a large force of lurks to guard the opposite bank. up the bill appropriating 1100,000 for the comple­ tion of the Washington Monument. Alter dis­ cussion and the adoption cf the amendments of Mr. Morrill, providing for the examination of the foundation, etc., and limiting the cost to $850,000, the bill -was paseed. It appropriates $100,#00 to continue the work after the Washington Mon­ ument Society shall transfer to the United States all its rights ana privileges, ana pro­ vides that the work shall be •under the dirF.nt.ion of the President of the United States, the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, and the Architect of the Capitol Logan called up the House bill to regu- ! late the issue of artificial limbs to disabled soldiers, seamen and others, which waa amended and passed The Senate then resumed consideration of the River and Harbor bill. House.--The House was not in session. . MONDAY, July 24.--Senate.--Cragin sub­ mitted a resolution requesting the head of each of the executive departments of the Government to furnish the Senate with the aggregate number of Civil ciiipiOyc'6 Hi £ZiIp»Gjr, uXCliiojtve Of H16- chanics and laborers, for the years 1859, 1861, 1863, 1865, 1867, 1869, 1871, 1873 and 1875. Agreed to.... Logan moved to take np the Hoube bill to equalize the bounties of soldiers who served in the late war for the Union. Agreed to--yeas, 22; nays, 20. The morning hour expiring btfore the bill was read through, Logan . asked that the reading be "impleted, but Edmunds ob­ jected The impeachment trial was resumed. An application of the managers for a postpone­ ment till Wednesday, owing to the sickness of Lap- ham, was denied. Leave, however, was granted to Lapham to i>riui his argument. Haasger Jcnks then spoke on the question of fact. He was followed by Black, for the defense, who dwelt on the question of jurisdiction as being still open, and characterized the receipt of money by Belknap at different times as the ac­ ceptance of presents, which was no crime. !He in­ geniously ailuded to the appointment of Kenry Clay as Secretary of State, by John Quincy Mama, as a return for what Clay had done in electing him President; to the pecuniary donation made to Daniel Webster, and to the many valuable giftB made to Gen. Grant before his election, followed by the appointment, after he became President, of some of the donors to high places. These were not bribes. Neither could the presents made by Marsh to members of Gen. Belknap's family be called bribes. Ems*.--Kelley moved to suspend the rales and paBS the bill for the coinage of a standard ttilver dollar, and to make it a legal tender , for all debts. Rejected-*119 to 68 : not two-thirds voting in the affirmative Hurlbut offered a resolution direct­ ing tne President to take measures to prevent am­ munition being conveyed to the Nortttwestern In­ dians. Referred. .. A resolution was adopted calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a report as to the amount of gold in the treasury A. bill was passed extending to the 1st of February next the time within which the lands held by the United States under the several acts levying direct taxes may be redeemed Cox asked leave to offer a resolution authorizing the several committees of the louse to report, at any time during the remainder of the session, in regard to all matters under con­ sideration by such committees. The mo­ tion to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution was defeated by a party vote--yeas, 121; nays, 77--not the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative... .Caldwellmoved to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution, aimed at Secretary Chand­ ler, declaring that the performance by the head of an executive department of the Government of the duties of the Chairman of a partisan committee, having in charge the arrangement and prosecution of a political campaign, is inconsistent with the relations existing between him and the whole peo­ ple. whose salaried servant he is; is incompatible with the faithful, impartial and efficient discharge of the duties and responsibilities of his exalted po­ sition ; is at war with every rational idea of civil- service reform, and challenges public criticism and condemnation. The motion to (suspend the rules and adopt the resolution was defeated.... A motion to suspend the rules and order the printing of the report of the Naval Committee on the alleged abuses and frauds in the naval service was de­ feated. TUESDAY, July 25.--Senate.--Gordon intro­ duced a bill to establish a non-partisan revenue corps The House bill amending the Postoffice Appropriation bill of June 23, 1874, and section :»,954 of the Revised Statutes in regard to straw bids, wa3 passed Consideration of the articles of impeachment was resumed, and Carpenter addressed the court for the "defense. He spoke four hours in his accustomed easy, energetic style, and was at times quite eloquent. Before concluding his argument the Senate adjourned. House.--The House took up the Virg^ia contested- election case, the resolutions of the committee being that Goode, the sitting member, is not entitled to a seat, and that Piatt, the contestant, is. The report of the minority takes the opposite view... Lamar rose to a personal explanation, and defended him­ self against the charge of certain newsafhers that he had made speeches in Mississippi I^Rjttory-of what is known as the White-Line policy .'...Hurlbut, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported back the resolution directing the Secretary of War not t° issue the Northwestern Indians special patent cartridges, which are required for the arms used by them. Adopted. WEDNESDAY, July 26.--Sejiate.--The impeach­ ment trial was resumed, and Carpenter concluded his argument for the defense. Scott Lord, in behalf of th« managers of the House, followed with the clos­ ing argument for the prosecution.... No legislative busineFB of importance was transacted. House.--The House passed the bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to deposit certain In­ dian trust funds in the United States treasury, in view of investment.... The Virginia contested-elec­ tion case of Piatt vs. Goode was taken up, and several speeches were delivered in favor of the majority and minority reports. The House adjourned without reaching a vote The views of the minority of the Committee on Naval Affairs, signed by Representatives Harris, Danford, and Hays, were presented in the House. The minority severely criticize the majority report, alleging that it is unfair in its statements, fallacious in its conclusions, is evidently promoted by a parti­ san sptrit, ignores entirely testimony favorable to the Navy Department, anil perverts other, portions in such ways as to infUet gross injustice upon the Secretary and other (micers. TTILL1AM A. WHEELER* FORTY-FOURTH COKQRES8. THUBSDAY, July 20.--Senate.--Patterson sub­ mitted a resolution requesting the President to communicate to the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interest, any information that he may have in regard to thj riot at Hamburg, S C A bill was passed to continue for ten days the act to provide temporarily for the expenses of the Govern­ ment The impeachment trial was resumed at noon, and Blair, ot counsel, opened the argument for the defense, holding that the impeachment should be dismissed on the ground that more than one-third of the Senate voted against it. He was followed by Lynde for the prosecution, who com­ mented on the effect of the vote of less than two- thirds of the Senate voting in favor of jurisdic tion, and argued that in the impeachment of Judge Barnard, of New York, various Senators who voted against jurisdiction voted in favor of his conviction. The question of jurisdiction in this case had been decided according to law, and was binding upon all Senators. He quoted from numerous legal au­ thorities in support of his views. Home.--The bill for the protection of the Texas frontier was passed, authorizing the President to station and keep on the Rio Grande two regiments of cavalry for field ser­ vice, in addition to such infantry force as may be necessary for garrison duty Randall made a conference report on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, which was adopted Bills were passed appropriating $7,000 for the joint select committee on Chinese immigration, extending to the 31st of July the act making temporary provision for the expenses of the Gov&mment, and to punish the counterfeiting of trade-marks. FRIDAY, July 21.--Senate.--The impeachment trial was resumed, but, on the statement that Mr. Carpenter and Manager Lapham were sick, the Senate, as a oonrt, adjourned till Monday, and continued its discussion of the River and Harbor bill. House.--k number of private bills were reported and acted upon, after which the House went into committee ot the whole on the private calendar. No business of importance was transacted. SATURDAY, inly 22.--Senate.--Sherman called to have equal and exact justice accorded to them. Give them, to the fullest extent, every blessing which the Government confers upon the most favored ; give them no just cause for complaint; and then hold them, by every necessary means, to an exact and rigid observ­ ance of all their duties and obligations under the constitution an>. its amendments, to secure to all within their borders nmuuoou aud citi­ zenship, with every right thereto belonging," The just obligation to public creditors, created when the Government was in the throes of threatened dissolution, and as an indispensable condition of its salvation, guaranteed by the lives and blood of thousands of its brave de­ fenders. are to be kept with religioivs faith, as are all the pledges subsidiary thereto, and con­ firmatory thereof. In my judgment the pledge of Congress of Jan. 14. 1875. for the redemp­ tion of the notes of the United States in coin, is the plighted faith of the nation, and national honor, simple honesty, justice to the peo­ ple whose permanent welfare and prosperity are dependent upon true money as the buds of their pecuniary transactions, all demiM the scrupulous observance of this pledge and it is the duty of Congress to supplement it with such legislation as shall be necessary for its strict fulfillment. In our system of government, intelligence must give safety and value to the ballot. Hence the common schools of the land should be pre­ served in all their vigor, while, in accordance with ®ie spirit of the constitution, they and all their endowments should be secured by every possible and proper guaranty against every form of sectarian influence or control. There should be the strictest economy in the expenditures of the Government consist­ ent with its effective administration, and all unnecessary offices should be abolished. Offices should be conferred only upon the basis of high character and particular fitness, and should be administered only as public trustB, and not for private advantage. The foregoing are chief among the cardinal principles of the Republican party, and to carry them into full practical effect is the work it now has on hand. To the completion of its great mission we address ourselves in hope asd confidence, cheered and stimulated by the recollection of its past achievements, remembering that, under God, it is to that party that we are indebted, in this centennial year of our existence, for a preserved, unbroken -union; for the fact that there is no master or slave throughout our broad dominions, and that emancipated millions look upon the enetgn of the repub­ lic as the symbol of the fulhlled declaration that "all men are created free and equal," and the guaranty of, their own equality under the law with the most highly-favored citizen of the land. The intelligence and conscience of all who desire good government, good­ will, good money, and universal prosperity, the Republican party, not unmindful of the imperfection and shortcomings of human or­ ganization, yet with-the honeBt purposes of its masses promptly to retrieve all errors and to summarily punish all offenders against the laws of the country, confidently submits its claims for the continued support of the Amer- can people. Respectfully, (Signed) W ILLIAM A. WHEELEB. His Letter Accepting the Republican No mi nation far the Vice Presidency, MALONE, 1ST. Y., July 15, 1876. The Hon. Edward McPherson and others of the Committee of the Republican National Conven­ tion : GENTLEMEN : I received, on the 6th inst., vour communication advising me that I had been unanimously nominated by the National Convention of the Republican party, held at Cincinnati On the 14th ult., for the office of Vice President of the United States, and re­ questing my acceptance of the same, and ask­ ing my attention to the summary of the Re­ publican doctrines contained in the platform adopted by the convention. A nomination made with such unanimity implies a confidence on the part of the con­ vention which inspires my profound gratitude. It is accepted with a sense of the responsi­ bility which may follow. If elected, I shall endeavor to perform the duties of the office in the fear of the Supreme Ruler, and In the interest of the whole country. To the summary of doctrines enunciated by the convention, I give my cordial assent. The Republican party has intrenched in the organic law of our land "the doctrine tnat liberty is the supreme, unchangeable law for every foot of American soil. It is the mission of that party ro give full effect to this principle, by "secur­ ing to every American citizen complete liberty and exaci equali;y in the exercise of all civil, political, and public rights." This will be ac­ complished only when the American citizen, without regard to color, shall ;vear this panoply of citizenship as fully and securely in the cane- brakes of Louisiana as on the banks of the St. Lawrence. Upon the question of our Southern relations, my views were recently expressed as a member of a committee of the United States House of Representatives upon Southern affairs. Those views remain unchanged, and were thus ex­ pressed: l,We, of the North, delude ourselves in expecting that the masses of the South, so far behind in many of the attributes of enlightened improvement and civilization, are, in the brief period of ten or fifteen years, to be transformed into our model Northern communities. That can onjy come through a long course of patient waiting, to which no one can now set certain bounds. There will be a good deal cf unavoid­ able friction which will call for forbearance, aud which will have to be relieved by the tem­ perate and fostering care of the Government. One of the most potent, if not indispensable, agencies in this direction will be the devising of some system to aid in the education of the masses. The fact thaC there are whole counties iu Louisiana in which there is not a solitary school-Louse is full of suggestion. We compel these people to remain in the Union, aud now duty and interest demand that we leave no just means untried to make them good, loyal citizens. How to diminish the friction, how to stimulate the elevation of this portion of our country, are problems addressing them­ selves to our best and wisest statesmanship. The foundation for these efforts most be laid in satisfying the Southern people that they are CENTENNIAL CORRESPONDENCE. fair reaper can cut and lay decently upright grain; but the test is, will it do work well in grain in bad condition. Few of those o» the fround could cut and deliver lodged grain, lost of them cut upright grain well enough, but only a small number laid the bundles smoothly and evenly. Indeed, all of the revolving arm-rake reapers lay the bottom of the bundle crosswise, m any me can see by examining it. THE ESTEBLY BEAPEB, OF WHITEWATER, WIS., with reel and one arm-rake, working in a quar­ ter circle, is the only machine here that lays the bundle perfectly even. Equal to any in all other reapecte, it excels all other reapers in this. But reapers have had their day, and lience- lorth harvesters and binders are to take the lead. A good harvester saves the labor of two men, for two men can bind as fast as a har- vaster can cut, but it takes four men to bind after a reaper. The imperfections of all har­ vesters here, except one, are that they do not separate the bundles, and heuoe in biuuiug there iMhrays some scattering and waste ; that they aJptiee canvas with belts and rollers to atXTf the grain, and as the canvas stretches in dif; a&d shrinks in damp weather, and the raw winds around the rollers, and the leaves and fine straw clog the gudgeons, they are oontinually getting out of order and cause much delay in adjusting and cleaning. ESTERLY AND SON'S HARVESTERS Dispense with all this machinery, and a re­ volving and vibrating rake Rtrikes the hntts of the cut grain and carries it up on the trans­ verse table, where it is pushed by a reversible rake to the binders. If the grain is light two bundles need make but one. Both rakes are driven by a small spur wheal on the main axle ot the driving wheel, working in a spur gear, in connection with a cam, rake and pinion. The whole machine is simple, operates per­ fectly aud commends itself to all visitora. My conviction iB, that we have not reached Eerfection in harvesting machinery. We must ave in the futi._ what we have not now, a harvester and binder that will cut and bind grain in all stages, unless badly lodged, and deliver it in good condition without waste. Such a machine is demanded. Such a machine we must i nd doubtless shall have at no distant day. The best machines we now have are merely indices of what are to be. S. M. 13. from time to time at market rates by the Secre­ tary of the Treasury with any money not other­ wise appropriated, but no purchase of bullion shall be made under this resolution when the market ratcf for the same shall be such asi will not admit of coinage and issue as herein provided without loss to the treasury, and »ny> gain or seignorage arising from this coinagel̂ shall be accounted for and paid into the treaa-6 nry as provided for under existing laws relating to subsidiary coinage, providing that the amount of money at one tixie invested in such silver bullion, exclusive of such resulting coin s h a l l n o t e x c e e d $ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 . • ' ' . * "WENDELL AND TECUMSEH. Rowell's newspaper Pavilion--Printing Presses--Trial of Reapers and Binders --The fCsterly Reaper--Esterly & Son's Harvesters. NEWSPAPER PAVILION. One of the marked features of the exhibition is Rowell's Newspaper Pavilion, a neat wooden structure, 67x4G feet, and 33 feet high, with galleries surrounding the inside, furnished with writing-desks and wnting materials free, to ac­ commodate the members of the press. On the sides of the first floor ranged in alcoves, in per­ fect order, are complete files of all the news­ papers published in the country--8,129--and anv visitor, from any part of the United States, can find any newspaper* he asks for, of the latest date of publication. The number of the press representatives who resort here daily is large and constantly increasing. Mr. Moses, the suptrintendent, extends a cordial welcome to all visitors, and makes them all feel at home. Placards are conspicuously posted, "Free to the Press." "Ask for any newspaper you want to see." This is the first time and place in our history when a collection of all the newspapers published in this country could be seen at any dav of the week or month. The press owes Mr. Rowell unstinted thanks for this magnifi­ cent exhibition. PRINTING PRESSES. There is« very great number and variety of printing presses in Machinery hall, the prin­ cipal ones being the Bullock, the Walter (Eng­ lish), Hoe's, and the Potter. Some of the large newspaper press run a daily edition here. The New York TinwH ships its plates here by express, after its edition is worked off in New York, and, at stated hours through the day, works off a large number ot copies and dis­ tributes gratuitously to the crowd. It uses the Walter press, which, at ordinary speed, prints 14,000 copies an hour. The New York Herald does the same thing on the Bullock press, which prints 20,000, and at a forced speed has printed 28,800 an hour. It sells its morning issue to protect its large local trade here, but gives them away in the afternoon. The Philadelphia Times has quite recently adopted the same plan. So that we now have three daily papers, with the complete news of the day, issued in M acliinery hall. A TRIAL OF REAPERS AND BINDERS was held the pa&t week at Schenck's station, some twenty miles north of here, on the line of the road to New York, and a large number of machines on exhibition here participated in the trial. Director General Goshorn, by a published hand-bill, had announced that the competitive trial, ordered some time ago, would not be held, for reason not given, but that a voluntary trial by exhibitors might be made. And Superinten­ dent Landreth gave notice that such trial would bo held ou Thursday, Friday and SatUiday of last week, I was there to see on my own re­ sponsibility, and at my own expense, and fol­ lowed the machines for some five hours, under a blazing hot sun, and at another time shall give the result of my observations. At present I wish to speak of reapers and reaper trials in general. As to competitive trials, my matured conviction,after long observation, ia that usually they are a great sham. Almost always a major­ ity of the judges are composed of men incom­ petent to determine the real merits of the com­ peting machines. They are not experts, and are not half so well qualified to judge justly, as a majority of farmers who use these ma­ chines. It is rare that even one expert cut be found upon any committee, or that the award made at such trials command general confi­ dence. Apropos of this subject, a good story is told, which, if not true, at least represents truly the popular belief. It is said that Mr. Landreth, the Superintendent of Agricultural hall, wrote to Mr. Reynolds, of Chicago, Secre­ tary of the great Industrial Exposition Com- Eany there, asking him what he thought would e the effect of holding competitive trials of Agricultural machinery, and bestowing awards. Mr. Reynolds, it is Baid, replied that it would work great injury, but for one reason, and that was, that nobody now waa fool enough to care anything for such awards. In addition to the incompetence of the judges, there is the liability to be influenced to render partial judgment to" favorites. Wealthy machine-makers, having had long experience in this business, with medals and stars em­ blazoned all over their banners, as the trophies of former contests, enter the field determined to win new laurels, and are not a! ways over­ scrupulous aa to the means of obtaining the victory. Indeed, the renowned commanders of well-disciplined armies might take lessons in strategic tactics, and in the art of mining and sapping, of these veteran knights of the harvest field. And the judges, sometimes in the innocence of their souls, and sometimes with sinister motives, scarcely concealed, walk right into the trap set for them, and often render a verdict that has no more relation to the facts of the trial, than a proposition in Euclid has to the fables of Esop. These judges are often appointed by the influence of promi­ nent manufacturers, and there is often as much partisanship manifested at these trills as in a political caucus. I speak of what I have seen and what I know. The field selected for the trial was a very large one, and the grain on the south side stood upright, but that on the north and west part was quite crimpled, with heads interlocked, and some of it was badly lodged. And the grain was too ripe, and the straw very brittle. Any The Great Agitator Writes a Sharp Letter to the Old Warrior--An Earnest Plea for Te Noble Indian. Wendell Phillips has addressed a very sharp open letter to Gen. Sherman, in which he arraigns him for his report­ ed declaration in favor of exterminating the Indian. Mr. Phillips recites the old story of the wrongs of the "noble red man" at the hands of the barbarous whites in his usually eloquent vein, and enters into a vigorous defense of the Indian. We give the closing portion of his letter : Except the negro, no race will lift np at the judgment seat such accusing hands against this nation as the Indian will. We have sub­ jected him to agents who have systematically cheated him. We have made causeless war on him, merely as a pretext to steal his lands. Trampling under foot the rules of modern warfare, we have made war on his women and children. Wo have cheated him out of one hunting ground by compelling him to accept another, and robbed him of this last by driving him to frenzy, and then punishing resistance by confiscation. Meanwhile neither pulpit nor press nor political party would listen to his com: laint. Neither in Congress nor in any city of the Union could his advocate obtain a hearing. Statesmanship, good sense and jus­ tice, even from the chief magistrate, were un­ availing when tbey pleaded for such long-time victims of popular hate and pillage as oar In­ dian tribes. Can it be possible, then, that with such knowledge and such experience, you, sir, the head of the army, and bound to show at least outward respect for civilization, have no coun­ sel to give except extermination--the exterm­ ination of these plundered victims of a greedy, unscrupulous, and cruel people ?.. Can you ad­ vise a professedly Christian people, steeped in guilt, not to reform, but to consummate its wickedness by such hideous barbarism as only the most inhuman tyrants have ever attempted? The worst possible of infidels, do you affirm that a wise and powerful nation is safe oniy when it sinks below the level of savage life to clutch a coward's peace by sweeping every man, woman, and child of this insignificant race in blood from our path ? Wise men laugh at such timid folly; brave men despise it. They know that fair play is the best teacher and justice alwayB a sufficient shield. If, indeed, this is the counsel you give from your high place, then, for the sake of that Christianity which we profess, and that civili­ zation we claim, I wish it understood that one, at least, of your fellow-citizens believes that you misrepresent the army, whose best officers have often protested against our heinous injus­ tice to these wards of the nation, and tnat you disgrace the profession of Du Guesclin, of Bavard, and Sir Piiilip Sidney, disgrace the post which Washington once filled, and the uniform that Thomas, Greene, and Hamilton have worn. Your fellow-citizen, WENDELL PHILLIPS. Tecamseh Riled. The Washington correspondent of the Chicago T*mes telegraphs : "Gen. Sherman was very angry to­ day when asked about Wendell .Phillips' letter, addressed to him upon the Indian question. The letter accuses him of recommending the extermination of the Indians. This he denies most emphati­ cally, and pronounces the article as a base villification and contemptible out­ rage. He says the letter was never sent to him and never came to hi? notice until after its publication. His views, he says, are perfectly well known to Mr. Phillips, and he has frequently expressed his opin­ ions, which have gone out to the public, that the Indians should be made to sub­ mit to the laws, as other people, at all hazards. He says his views upon the Indiau question have been so often ex­ pressed that they are very well known, and, for that reason, a man it Wendell Phillips' position is utterly inexcusable in his attempt to misrepresent him." ISSUE OF SILVER COIN. Text of the Bill Passed by Congress. The following is the text of the joint resolution for the issue of silver coin, which has passed both houses of Con­ gress and received the signature of tlie President: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treas­ ury, under such limits and regulations as will best secure a just and fair distribution of the same through the country, may issue the silver coin at any time in the Treasury, to an amount not exceeding $10,000,000, in exchange for an equal amount of legal-tender notes, and notes so received iu exchange shall be kept as a spe­ cial fund, separate and apart from all other money in the Treasury, and be reissued only upon the retirement and destruction of a like sum of fractional currency received at the Treasury in payment ef dues to the United States, and said fractional currency, when so substituted, shall be destroyed, as provided in the act approved April 17, 1876. SEC. 2. That the trade-dollar shall not here­ after be a legal tender, aud the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to limit from time to time the coinage thereof to such an amnnnt. as he may deem sufficient to meet ex­ port demand for the same. SEC. 3. That, in addition to the amount of subsidiary silver coin authorized by law to be issued in redemption of fractional currency, it shall be lawful to manufacture at the several mints and issue through the treasury and sev­ eral offices such coin to an amount that, in- eluding the amount of subsidiary silver coin and fractional currency outstanding, shall in the aggregate not exceed at any time $50,- 000,000. SEO. 4. That the silver bullion required for the purposes of this act shall be purchased GARNER'S WATERY ©RAY® Capsizing of a Pleasure Tac*t in Kew York Harbor--An Incapable Salllng- Master Causes the Drowning of Seven Society Leaders. Mr. Wm. T. Garner, a rich cotton- printer of New York, with H -telecfe number of invited guests, went t for a sail in his own yacht, the Mchawk, in New York harbor, one afternoon re­ cently ; but when less than half a mil© from the starting point, the New York Yacht Club house, on Staten Island, the vessel was struck by a strong gust of wind and capsized. Ail sails were set, and the wind striking the top-sails forced the yacht on her beam end, and the cabin filled with wafer in ten minutes* There were on board W, T. Garner* owner, his wife, Frost Thome, brother of Mrs. Garner, two young ladies, Misses Hunter and May, and three gen­ tlemen friends, with a crew of fifteen or twenty men. Mr. Garner and guests were all in the cabin when the vessel was struck, and Miss May was pushed up the companion-way and supported until she was rescued. Mr. Garner lost his life in a heroic effort to save Mrs. Garner and Miss Hunter, who were crushed in between the furniture of the cabin, and a Mr. Crosby, after render­ ing courageous assistance to Mr. Gar­ ner, was ingulfed in the cabin, but floated out through the skylight after tearing himself from the crushed and drowning Mrs. Garner, whom no efforta could save. A large number of boats went to the rescue. The crew of the Mohawk, seemed paralyzed, and all efforts to get at drowning persons before life was ex­ tinct proved unavailing. Great excitement was occasioned air Staten Island by the seemingly avoid­ able accident, and sailors were especially loud in their denunciation of the man­ ner in whioh Sailing-Master Rowland handled the yacht. The crew had full warning of the storm, yet waited with top-sails set, and as the anchor had been only tripped, and was not hauled up, the yacht, with all sails set, was at the mercy of the squall, and upset as easily as if it had been a paper boat. The Mohawk was a large, staunch schooner-yacht, and. at favorable position in the harbor, within a short distance from shore. Sea­ men think she could have met with such a calamity only through the greatest neg- ligence of the sailing-master or crew. Other yachts with mainsails but not top-- sails rode out the moderate storm with­ out an indication of danger. Wm. T. Garner was 32 years of age at the time of his death. He was a ton of Thomas Garner, the Englishman who came to this country when a young man and began the man- . ufacture of priift cloths, of which, at the time of his death, in 1865, he was the largest producer in the world. In early boyhood young Garner entered the establishment of his father, and grew up with a thorough and practical knowledge of the business, which, later in life, he controlled. By his father's death he inherited a fortune, which he himself stated to be valued at from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000. Mr. Garner was the head of the large print manu­ factory at the corner of Worth and Hud­ son streets, and also of the house known as Garner & Johnson, on Fourth street, New York. Besides his business in the metropolis, he had five large cotton milis in Cohoes, others in Rochester, Little Falls, Pleasant Valley, Newburg and Reading, Pa.; also print works at Wap- penger Falls and Hagerstown, having in his employ from 7,000 to 8,000 persons in cloth printing. He employed 42 ma­ chines, being double tli€» number used by any other manufacturer or corpora­ tion in the country. His individual ownership of mill property was fully equal to one-quarter of the entire Fall River manufacturing district. There is probably no single man connected with the cotton manufacturing interests in the world whose loss will make itself more generally felt. THE farmers of Elkhart county, Ind., petitioned their clergy to pray for a ces­ sation of the rains until they secured their crops. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BEEVES 8 35 #10 26 Hoos ... 6 75 @7 00 COTTON 11*@ "7 FLOUR--Superfine Western........ 8 15 <£3 90 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago 95 @ 97 CORN--Mixed Western 52 @ OATS--No. 2 Chicago 85 @ 30 Bye--Western 68 @ 69 PORK--New Mess 19 50 (§19 75 LABD--Steam..... 11.^9 CHICAGO. BEBVES--Choice Qrsded Steers 5 10 @ 5 25 Choice Natives 4 75 (& 5 05 Cows and Heifers 2 25' @ 3 75 GootMSecond-class Steers.. 4 50 @ 4 60 Medium to Fair 4 20 @ 4 60 Hoos--Live........................ 5 50 @ 6 75 FLOUR--Fancy White Winter 6 75 @ 7 50 Good to Choice Spring Ex.. 5 25 @ 5 62)^ WHEAT--No. 2... 89 91 No. 3 Spring 79 @ 80 CORN--No. 2. 45 @ 45^ OATS--No. 2 29 ® 30 RTIC--No. 2 54 9 55 BARLEY--No. 2 50 51 BUTTER--Creamery. 38 @ 28 Eoos--Fresh 12 @ 12)6 J POBK--Mess..... 19 25 @19 50 LABD 10X9 11 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red Winter 1 24 0 1 25 CORN--Western Mixed 40 @ 41 OATS--No. 2 28 @ 29 RYE--No. 2 48 60 PORK--Mess 19 50 @19 75 LARD 10?^@ 11 Hoos 6 00 @ 6 50 CATTLE 2 50 @ 3 75 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 1 1 08 <§ 1 12 No. 2 95 @ 96 CORN--No. 2 44 @ 46 OATS--No. 2... 29 0 30 RTK 62 ® 63 BABLEX--NO. 2 60 9 62 CINCINNATI. WHEAT 85 @ 1 03 CORN.., '. 45 @ 46 OATS....... 35 @ 36 RYE 68 & 69 PORK--Mess 19 50 @19 75 LARD 11 @ 13 TOLEDO. WHEAT--Extm 1 07 <n 1 09 Amber 1 00 @ 1 05 CORN 48 @ 61 OATS--No. 2 32 @ 33 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Hoes--Yorkers 6 80 @ 6 90 Philadelphlas 7 00 @ 7 10 CATTLE--Best 7 00 @ 7 50 Mediw 4 00 @ 6 00 SHEEP 4 00 <§ S 00 r \