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WMSMImMSMM She JRcfifmi fMndcaH VAN SLYKK ITTBLISHKB. cHESKT, ILLINOIS. FHE NEWS CONDENSED. SOUTH CAROLINA, ft FOB THE VITBpUirtli The following letter has been made public bytbe President: Euocrm MANM©*,) WASHINGTON, April 3,1877. f SIR: Prior to my entering tipon tiie duties of the Presidencv, thare had boon stationed, by the order of my predecessor, in the State House at Columbia, 8 O., a detachment of United States infantry. "UHnrtimr them in that olace. I have thought wroper to delay a decision of the qwetstion of their removal until I could consider and determine whejther the •condition of affaire in that State is now such as to either require or justify the continued mili­ tary occupation of the State House. In my opinion there does not now exist in that State such domestic violence as is contemplated by the constitution as the ground upon which the military power of the national Government may be invoked for the defease of the State. There are, it is true, grave and serious disputes as to the rights of cer­ tain claimants to the chief executive office of that State, but these are to be settled and determined, not by the Executive of the United States, but by «web order!v and peaceful methods as may be pro­ vided by the constitution and laws of the State. I feel assured that no resort to violence is ^cmtemptatel in any quarter, but that, on the contrary, the dispute® in question are to be Bet- tied solely by such peaceful remedies as the consti­ tution ar.d laws of the State provide. Under these circumstances, and in this confidence, I now deem it proper to take action in accordance with the principles announced when I entered upon the duties of the Presidency. You are, therefore, directed to see that the proper orders are issued for tho removal of said troops from the State House to their previous place of encampment. (Signed), B- ®> HATKS. To the Hon. George W. McCrary, Secretary of war. The following letter was sent to Gen. Sher­ man by fee Secretary of War : WAR DEPARTMENT,) WASHINGTON, April 3,1877. / To Gen. W. T. Sherman, Commanding United States Army: GENERAL: I inclose herewith a copy of a com­ munication from the President of the United States, in which he directs that the detachment of United States troops now stationed in the Stite House at Columbia, S. C., be withdrawn £nd returned to their previous barracks or camping-ground. You are hereby charged with the execution of this order, and will cause their withdrawal to take place on Tuesday next, the 10th of April, at 12 meridian. Very respectfully, your ol>edient servant, . GEORGE W. MCCBART, Secretary of War. HAMPTON TO THE PRESIDENT. Wade Hampton, before the above order was issued, gave the President a written pledge that there should be no resort to violence to assert his claims to the Governorship, but that he would proceed against Chamberlain in a peaceful and legal manner, and that he would see to it that every citizen, white and black, would receive full and equal protection in the enjoyment of all hi* rights under the constitu­ tion of the United States. THE PUBLIC DEBT. FOLLOWING is the public debt statement for the month of March: Six per cent, bonds.....'1. $934,877,060 five per oent. bonds 708,366,650 Jour and half per cent, bonds 60,000,000 tiations are constantly going on. Mr. Cham­ berlain fial submitted a new proposition, which he thinks will suit every one. It is that a commission shall bo selected by the two sides, to be composed of five members, each side to select two, and they to select a fifth." A WASHINOTON dispatch of the 3D inst. says: " The Cabinet, by a formal vote yesterday de­ cided to instruct the Secretary of War to pre­ pare an order for the withdrawal of the United States troops now on duty in the State House at Columbia, S. C. The actaaivote in the Cab­ inet has not been discloi»ed, but it is understood to have been substantially unanimous, if not entirely m. The troops will not be actually transferred to their barracks until after the re­ turn of Govs. Chamberlain and Hampton to South Carolina, the delay being allowed in accordance with the wishes of both these gentlemen. Chamberlain has addressed a long letter to the President, protesting against the recall of the troops. He says: " It will lead to the quick consummation of a political OilfT*j|.f*A ftfromof I ofolt flild HOW jfftol it to be my solemn duty to struggle and pro­ test s* long as the faintest hope of success can be seeo."... .The President, in conversation the other day, in sjteaking of the many imita­ tions he had re«eiwd to go to Long Branch, said that he should remain in Washington tho greater part of the summer. SBOELETABY Scmntz says he will be in no hurry to make appointments in his department, bat will take his time, so that he may be sure of getting the best men for the various positions. ....The Total ooin bonds. $1,688,143,700 lawful money debt. $ 14,000,000 Matured debt. 6,062,300 Legal tendere. 862,721,296 Certificates of deposit 36,155,000 Fractional currency 33,440,512 Ooin certificates 48,279,400 the Cabinet State House withdraw Columbia causes unbounded joy here. Telegrams from various points in the interior of the State say Total without interest $ 469,596,208 TOW debt 12,177,802,298 Total interest 27,029,977 Cash in treasury--coin 86,818,285 Cash in treasury--currency 8,184,863 Special deposits held for redemption of certificates of deposit 35,155,000 Total in treasury $ 130,158,148 Debtle eh in treasury $ 2,088,781,143 Decrease of debt during'March... Decrease of debt since June 30, 1876.. Bonds issued to Pacific Railroad Com­ panies, interest payable in lawful money: principal outstanding Interest accrued and not yet paid Interest repaid- by transportation of mails, etc Balance of interest paid by the United 14,107,016 24,766,218 84,623,512 969,352 8,044,094 25,974,829 THE EAST. THE complete count of the vote cast at the re­ cent election in New Hampshire shows that the amendment to the State constitution abolish­ ing the religions test for office-holders has been adopted by a small majoritv, and here­ after Catholics will be eligible to office in that State. DOUGHTEBY BBOS. & Co. , bankers in Pitts­ burgh, Pa., have failed for $110,000 Ber­ tha Yon Hillern, the female pedestrian, has succeeded, at Boston, in walking fifty miles in less than twelve hours Mrs. Peter Burns and her four children were recently burned to death at Rhinebeck, N. Y., hy the burning of the family residence. FIVE members of the New York Legislature are said to have received $258,000 for their help in passing the infamous Tweed charter, "which placed the treasury of New, York city entirely at the mercy of the Tammany thieves. Tte evidence of Ibis bribery is Understood to be in existence, but its custodians, the Harpers' of New York city, are suppressing it, with the purpose of negotiating for the rettnm of the money to the State. THE WEST. A NEW narrow-gauge railroad is proposed, running across Michigan from South Haven toward Toledo, Ohio....The rush of emigra­ tion to the Black Hills is on the increase Norman McQuaig recently shot and killed James B. Jackson, aged 60, and his son aged 21, at a ranche on Horse creek, thirty miles north of Cheyenne. The cause of the shooting was a quarrel about a woman, a cousin of Mc­ Quaig. Two LITTLE daughters of Max Limpsey, a farmer, living near Milwaukee, were left by the parents in the kitchen, and, wood catching Are, the children were smothered and dead when found a short time afterward. MORE than one-half of the business portion of Monroeville, Ohio, has been destroyed by fire. The losses aggregate $75,000. ADVICES from the West report that Spotted Tail is on his way back to the Indian agencies, accompanied by Crazy Horse and his entire force of 900 followers. These savages and their hitherto implacable leader have agreed to surrender and accept the Government's terms of peace. The only hostile band of any consequence remaining is that of Sitting Bull consisting of not more than 300 or 400 Inl diftns--a force which the troops already in the field will probably be able to take care of. WASHINGTON. BICHABD C. MCCOEMICK, late delegate in Congress from Arizona, has been appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in place of Conant, who has been sent to Europe to as­ sume cnarge of the Syndicate Bureau The following Indian Agents have been appointed : James Lawrence, of Dakota, for the Spotted Tail Agency, Nebraska; James J. Patten, of Wyoming, for the Shoshone Agency, Wyoming. JOAQUIN MILLEB, the " Poet of the Sierras," is an applicant for tho London Consulship. .. Gov. Beveridge wants to be appointed Collector at Chicago Bear Admiral Worden has been retired from the navy at his own request. A WASHINOTON dispatch of the 2d inst. says: "The moBt important action of the Cabinet on Saturday was taken upon the South Carolina case. This was a virtual agreement that the troops shall be withdrawn from the State House, bnt left in their barracks in Columbia for the purpose of maintaining order in case of dis­ turbance. The administration is dning nothing heats. Time 2:22k'2; 16%, and 2:183 of which did the Maid lead more' length. NEW YORK dispatches state that nine vessels of the Long Island fishing fleet, which left for the banks last November, are now so long over­ due that it is believed they were lost in the re­ cent gales with all on board, numbering ninety- five men, most of whom leave wives and chil­ dren. Ilie vessels were valued at about $60,000, and arc nearly covered by insurance. THE Western Union telegraph has followed the lead of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company, and established a uniform rate of 25 cents for ten-word messages to all principal points North, East and West, covering the same general line of territory. A oLIMMKB of light has pierced the veil of mystery which has surrounded tne recent movements of New York city's ex-Mayor. As almost invariably happens, there's a woman in the case. The woman is described as middle- aged, and not very fair to look upon. They are living together in a retired quarter of London. FOREIGN. IN pursuance of orders from Constantinople, the Turks will evacuate the islands in the Drina, and thus remove the last cause of misunder­ standing with Servia. The trouble with Mon­ tenegro is not so easily disposed of. The Turkish commander in the adjacent territory of Herzegovina is preparing for a renewal of hos­ tilities, and the Montenegrin Prince promises his e various departments are crowded with applicants for office Appointments by the President: Armsted M. Swope, Collector of Internal Revenue in the Seventh District of Kentucky; James H. Mills, of Montana, Secretary of the Territory of Montana; F, C. Humphreys, Collector of Cus­ toms at Pensacola, Fla.; Edwin A. Howard, of Michigan, Agent for the Ponca Indians in Da­ kota; J. A. Warder, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. THE SOUTH. A NEW ORLEANS dispatch says P. B. S. Pinch- back, the well-known colored politician, has been appointed by fGov. Nicholls, and con­ firmed by the Senate, a member of the State Board of Education. A. H. Corbin (colored), formerly Secretary of the City School Board, was appointed by Gov. Nicholls Tax Collector of the Sixth District of ^New Orleans. Several other colored men have been appointed to lu­ crative ofiices by Gov. Nicholls. REVENUE AGENT WAGNER telegraphs to Washington from Greensboro, N. C., that Col­ lector Patterson, of that State, and Deputy Marshal Ray, with six men, raided illicit dis­ tillers in Watauga county, were fired upon, and two men of the posse killed, and Patterson wounded. A NEW ORLEANS telegram states that two members of the Packard House of Rep­ resentatives have seceded and joined their fortunes with the Nicholls Legislature. Another has resigned his seat. This proceeding, it is claimed, gives the Nicholls Legislature a quorum A Charles­ ton (S. C.) telegram says: "The news of the determination of ^ ~ A ~~ troops from the "I the news is received with impromptu meetings, salutes of cannon, and other demonstrations of popular rejoicing." A FAMILY, supposed to be the notorious Benders, of Labette county, Kan., haB been arrested in Arkansas by Kansas detectives ... The postoffice at Jacksonville, Fla., has been burned A paper mill at Augustine, Del., was burned last week. Loss, $100,000. POLITICAL. WADE HAMPTON, the dispatches from Wash­ ington report, has had a lengthy interview with the President in regard to South Carolina affairs. The conversation, we are told, was of a free and general character, and related primarily to the question as to the probable condition of the State in case the troops should be withdrawn, there being no discussion of Chamberlain's right or title to the Governorship. Hampton claimed that there was an imperative necessity for speedy action, as the planting interests of South Carolina are in absolute danger of des­ truction by reason of the present unsettled state of affairs, "the labor system being now in process of disintegration. Business, he said, was par­ alyzed and credit almost entirely de­ stroyed throughout the State in consequence of its present unsettled condition. Hampton pledged the President that in case the troops were called off there should be no mob violence, and that only legal processes would be resorted to to establish the supreme cv of his Government. He said he possessed both the purpose and the power to protect all persons and classes alike in their legal and con­ stitutional rights. The President, in reply, stated substantially that it was his purpose to carry out in good faith the promises of his in­ augural address, as he was deeply anxious to bring peace and quiet to the distracted portions of the country, and he was satisfied this result would be attained in a very short time. A com­ mittee appointed by the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, which had accompanied Hamp­ ton to Washington, also called upon the Presi­ dent, and read an addresB setting forth the condition of affairs in South Carolina, and pleading for the recognition of Hampton. IN regard to appointments, the President slated to a friend, the other dhy, tliit after the Southern mr-stioa was disposed of -ho v. ould be in a position to pay the required attention to them. It was inferred from his conversa­ tion . that no important announcements would be made until the special ses­ sion of Congress, but before that time he should consider and decide upon what­ ever changes it is necessary to make The Louisiana Commission left Washington for the South on Wednesday, the 3d inst. It is said they carry with them no formal instruc­ tions, but will be governed in their action by the views of the President, with which they have become thoronghlv conversant by fre­ quent interviews at the White House. MUNICIPAL elections were held in many of the Western cities last week. - We give the re­ sult on Mayor in the more prominent ones: In Chicago, Monroe Heath, Republican, was re­ elected by a large majority; in Madison, Wis., Harlow S. Orton, Democrat, was elected ; La Crosse, Geo.Edwards, Republican ; Beloit, Wis., O. C. Johnson, Temperance; Grand Rapids, Mich.. G. W. Thayer, Democrat; St. Louis, Mo., Henry Overstolz, Independent; Dubuque. Iowa, Burch, Republican; Cincinnati, Ohio, Moore, Republican; Minneapolis, Minn., John DeLaitre, Independent; Cleve­ land, Ohio, G. W. Rose, Republican 1 The President's instructions to tne Louisiana Commissioners have been published. They are of a general nature, recommending the employment of argument and persuasion, and the sounding of public sentiment affected by the present political controversy rather than the taking of formal testimony, of which the recent contests in that State have already fur­ nished cart-loads now piled away in the State Department at Washington. THE Rhode Island election has resulted in the choice of the Republican ticket by majori­ ties ranging from 600 to 2,000 A Washing­ ton dispatch says the " President has recently stated to several friends that the Bristnw officials in various parts of the country, vbo were removed from office simply because tliey favored Bristow and reform, will, at the earliest convenient opportunity, be reinstated in their old places, or given other places equal­ ly good." RECENT fires: At Wheeling, W. "Va., the Grant House was burned, loss §100,000 ; at Lincoln, Neb., several stores, $23,000 ; at Mun- sonville, N. H., a coffin factory, $50,000 R. H. Macy, the heavy New York fancy dry-goods dealer, died recently in Paris. ADVICES from Liverpool, received at New York March 31, state that ex-Mayor A. Oakey Hall, of New York, has arrived there in the steamer Victoria, from Boston The race at San Jose, CaL, between Rarus and Goldsmith Maid. March 31, was won by the Maid in three straight bid and leadership in the insurrectionary move­ ments planned for the coming summer. IT would appear now that the only serious difficulty to be overcome in establishing peace between Russia and Turkey is that of the de­ mobilization of the respective forces of the two nations. Ruasfa deem* it p matter of national honor that the Porte should be the first to dis­ arm, while the Ottoman Government considers it a rather risky business to place itself unarmed before such an implacable foe as its northern neighbor has always proven to be. Still, the matter may be settled, and it is certain that the prospects of peace are decidedly favorable. THE Princess Charlotte, eldest daughter of the Crown Prince Frederick William, has been betrothed to the hereditary Prince of Saxe- Weiningen Count Henry Von Arnim has be­ come bund through erysipelas, and is not likely to survive long Germany has concluded commercial treaties with Peru, Nicaragua and Guatemala Official announcement is made Of the signing of the protocol by the powers. BRITISH revenue returns for the financial year, which ended March 31, show the total revenue to be £78,585,036. which is <£153,036 in excess of the budget estimate, and £1,433,343 in excess of the revenue the previous year The civil strife in Colombia, South Amer­ ica, is assuming the character of a religious war. The Congress has adopted a resolution to the effect that as soon as a prelate throws himself openly into the road of sedition, his effects shall be appropriated, the archepiscopal palace used as an office for the Secretary of War and of Marine, and the seditious prelate banished from the republic. A battle lasting seven hours was recently fought near Manigalas, resulting in a victory for the Government troops. Germany has concluded commercial treaties with Peru, Nicaragua and Guatemala Count Yon Arnim has become blind from erysipelas. Dispatches from Berlin and Paris to the London papers represent the public feeling in those places as not increased in hopefulness by the signing of the protocol. BISMABCK has asked for and been granted a year's leave of absence, to recuperate his health. The pacification of Mexico under Diaz was not of long deration. He has quarreled with one of his principal Generals, and revolutionary outbreaks have occurred in tne various States. The friends of Lerdo, the banished ex-Presi­ dent, are particularly active, and thore is a strong probability that he will be recalled to preside over the affairs of the ushappy Re­ public. A SCHOOL-HOUSE in the Norwegian village of Ellengoe has been burned and sixteen chil­ dren perished In spite of the signing of the protocol, military preparations are progressing vigorously in Russia, and in Constantinople the Porte is doing what it can to keep pace with the formidable operations of its enemy. The feeling of uneasiness still prevails through­ out Europe, and the prospect of peace is re­ garded as anything but flattering. How Dr. Mary Walker was Bounced. Dr. Mary Walker is a standing office- seeker. For years her bloomers have hovered about ante-rooms of different Secretaries, until she has become such a bother that Secretary Sherman made an order to the doorkeeper that she be no longer admitted to any part of the De­ partment. To-day she slipped by, and had reached the ante-chamber of the Sec­ retary. Word was at once sent to the venerable gray-bearded man who guards the main door in Fifteenth street. He walked up to the second floor, and at once told Dr. Mary that she must go away. "You go to hell," answered Dr. Mary, vigorously; "I shall do nothing of the sort." At this the doorkeeper made a feeble pass at her, as he said, " Come now, you come out of that." At this suggestion of violence Dr. Mary jumped and clacked her heels together twice as she dropped her hand upon a hip pocket, saying, " You lay a hand on me and I will shoot you." The doorkeeper saw a a chance for a flank movement. He seized Dr. Mary's right wrist, and then passed his venerable arm about her waist. He then began to propel her toward the street. Dr. Mary kicked his shins all the way and yelled murder, greatly to the amusement of persons in the hallways. After he had piloted her to the street he apologized for his forced rough treatment, and said that her im­ portunity had brought it about. He asked her to pardon him, but Dr. Mary refused, bitterly saying that the country should yet ring with this outrage com­ mitted upon a free-born American citi­ zen.-- Washington Cor. New York Sun. THE Colorado Legislature has abol­ ished the grand jury system in that State, providing in lieu thereof that the Judge of the County Court and two Jus­ tices of the Peace of the county shall sit as a court of indictment to hear testi­ mony on both sides of any case brought before them. In indictments under the grand jury system, the testimony of the prosecution only is received. ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE* THCBSDAT, March 29.--SENATE.--The session was chicfly occupied with the discussion of the bill organizing the judicial circuits, establishing an in­ termediate Appellate Court and modifying the Prac­ tice act accordingly, and it was Anally ordered to a third reading The Pixon£Seminary Northern Nor­ mal School $50,000 purchase scheme was revived to­ day by a motion to reconsidcr the vote by which yesterday the bill was lost. The notion «u carried and the bill was recommitted.... The bill for the reassessment of capital stock*was recalled from the House, on a motion from Mr. Whitney, who denounced bill as inramons. Under it the railroad companies which had been fighting the assesHments against them for 1873, 1874 and 1875, and had been beaten in the courts, sought to get another assessment that would give an oppor­ tunity of more tax-fighting. There was very grave doubt also as to whether any reasHessment could be made, the first anBenMuent having been legal. HOUSE.--The bill organizing the militia and es­ tablishing the military code of the State was taken up, the main feature of which provides for enlist­ ments of five years. After considerable talk the bill was ordered to a third reading The General De­ ficiency bill for expenditures of the State Gov­ ernment unprovided for, and the bill providing that no appeal shall be allowed from any judgment for the sale of lands or lots for taxes, unless the appellant shall first deposit with the County Collector an amount equal to the judgment and coHts, were ordered to a third reading.. .The remainder of the session was devoted to the dis­ cussion of the Cook County Commissioners bill. FBIDAY, March 30.--SENATE.--The bill divid­ ing tne State into new Judicial Circuits (substitute for the Bar Association bill) was ordered to a third reading Mr. Riddle's resolution for the investiga­ tion of the West Side Park Commission was adopted. The bill to protect purchasers of lands where the order of sale by the court ordering Bale of lands has been declared void or been set aside, was read a third time and temporarily postponed The bill providing for the distribution of school funds waa read a third time and further consideration post­ poned Mr. Castle introduced a resolution provid­ ing thct a portrait in oil of Gov. Beveridge be painted and placed in the Executive Mansion. Passed... .The Back Tax bill, known as the Frank Adams bill, was read the third time and passed-- yean, 29; nays, 2 Adjourned to April 4. HOUSE.--A resolution discharging all committee clerks except four was adopted.... On motion of Mr Wentworth. the special order for Tuesday next, the Compulsory Education bill, was postponed until Wednesday, April 11 Mr. Callow ofTered a joint resolution fixing the date of adjourn­ ment at April 20. A motion to suspend the rules to receive the resolution was tabled.... Mr. Reed introduced a bill to increase the number of Judges of the Superior and Circuit Courts of Cook county; also, to provide additional security for bonds in the State treasury; by Mr. Pinney, a bill to provide for the appointment of a single Land Commissioner, in place of the board of three as now; by Mr. Thomas, a Bill in relation to grain in­ spection The special committee on a xmiform system of school books reported at length in favor of the adoption of such a system, and introduced a bill providing for a series of uniform text-books The resolution offered some days since indorsing Judge Drummond and petitioning President Hayes to appoint him to the Supreme bench of the United States, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Davis, was adopted, with but one or two opposing votes The bill revising the Road and Bridge law was read a second time and considered by sections, occuping the morning session. SATURDAY, March 81.--SENATE.--The Senate did no business of importance this morning, there being but fifteen members present. A few bills were read a first time, but, beyond that, no effort was made, and, after a few moments thus spent, an adjournment was ordered. HOUSE.--In the House, the special orders were taken up, reports from committees, and the intro­ duction and reading of bills, none of which are of special importance. WEDNESDAY, April 4. --SENATE.--Mr. Hamilton Introduced a bill providing for the inspection of, and establishing the test for, illuminating carbon oils. The test is fixed at 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The sale of any oil not up to this standard is forbid-' den under penalty of a fine not to exceed $200. The present law provides for local inspection only on the petition of five persons. The bill makes it compulsory all over the Sta^e.... Mr. Bash's bill, appropriating funds for purchasing Volk's statues of Lincoln and Douglas, was ordered to a third reading Mr. Robinson's County Com­ missioner bill coming up for a second reading, Mr. Kehoe moved an amendment dividing Cook county into two districts, the towns of South, North and West Chicago to elect ten Commissioners, the other towns in the oounty to elect five Commissioners. After some discussion, the bill was postponed till to-morrow. Housx.--The House met this morning without a quorum, and adjourned Until afternoon, when there was a slim attendance, and the session was devoted to a second reading of bills.... Among the bills or­ dered to a third reading were Mr. Williams' bill re­ pealing all the acts establishing the Normal Univer­ sities at Carbondale and at Normal, and abolishing the same as State institutions; the bill making pool-Belling and the running of pool-rooms an offense punishable by a fine not ex­ ceeding $2,000, or imprisonment in the jail not more than one year, or both; the bill making juries in civil cases in County Courts to consist of six jurors ; the Vagrant bill, prepared by Messrs. Crooker and Easton; the bill to overrule the deci­ sion of the Supreme Court as to the ex­ emption of wageB from execution (it pro­ hibits the exemption of more than $25 of wages). By the decision of the Supreme Court $100 addi­ tional of wugeB might be exempted in lieu of other property, and Mr. Winters' Supreme Court Re­ porters' bill Mr. Hopkins' bill, providing for the establishment of an election precinct for every 300 voters, and that the polls at all elections shall open at 8 p. m. and close at 3 p. m., was killed. THE Burlington Gazette refused an answer to a statement that had been made in their paper on two grounds. First, that the answer was net compe­ tent. Second, that the writer cf the an swer had no business to know that the original article appeared in the Gazette, since his name was not on the subscrip­ tion list. THE poet who wanted to be aGranger, and wrote, " Beneath the tall tomato tree I'd swing the glittering toe," was not so badly informed as he seemed. Mr. Scott, of Los Angeles, Cil., has a tomato vine twenty-five feet liijh. A VALUABLE CHIGNON.--Women have often successfully hidden valuables in their hair, and a young French lady re­ cently found a 1,000 franc note in her de­ ceased mother's chignon. Troops Withdrawn from Alaska. One of the first acts of Secretary of War McCrary was to order the removal of the troops now stationed in Alaska. This is not only a measure of wise econ­ omy, but one of great humanity to the soldiers who have been kept mere for the past few years. The force has con­ sisted of two companies of infantry, and has numbered from eighty to 150 men. Owing to the severity of the climate and other causes, which will be understood by those familiar with the character of the people of Alaska, it has been found impracticable to keep the same troops in Sitka more than a year at a time. They are of no practical use, as there is no duty to perform, and, if it was necessary to use force to keep the natives in order, no provision for transporting troops to the different islands has ever been made. The extra expense of the military occu­ pation of Alaska is about $50,000 a year. It costs about $10,000 to transport the troops there from a station on the Pacific coast, about $10,000 more to bring them back again at the end of the year, aid from $20,000 to $30,000 a year has to be paid for the transportation of subsistence and other stores. The Secretary of the Treasury will is­ sue orders to the revenue-marine officers stationed in Alaska to use their vessels and men for preserving order among the natives if it is necessary.-- Washington Telegram. Frightened to Death. A sad case of a little boy being frightened to death occurred recently at Astoria, Morgan county, HI., the par­ ticulars of which are as follows : About 9 o'clock in the .evening a son of Mr. Rowland, some 10 years of age, was passing along the streets of that town alone, wher» another boy, son of Dr. Wm. Toler, who was dressed in a hideous costume, and playing in the front yard at home, seeing the little fellow passing, played the part of a ghost, and jumping suddenly out upon the little fellow, at the same time making a strange noise, so frightened him that he fell prostrate on the pavement. He jumped up quicklv and ran a few rods, when he again fell, this time a lifeless corpse. The affair created great excitement in the commu­ nity, and both families are in grief over the tragic occurrence. A Mother of Vice. In New York a certain bad woman is spoken of as " Margaret, the mother of criminals." Of her progeny, now amounting to some 1,200 persons, all have been criminals or paupers, or both, and the prisons of the country nearly all possess representatives of this family. The total cost of this crowd to the coun­ try, on account of crime and pauperism foots up the sum of $1,308,000. Of this line there have been outlaws of every olass, from beggars to murderers. Still some people will argue that marked criminals should not be pulled Uj> by tka root®. / , A Thrilling Scene. " Leaning on my husband's arm, I was walking on the Hue de la Paix, about one block from the Vendome column, and was looking up at the column itself, admiring the effect produced by the dark bronze of the shaft against the gold-finished hue of the sunset sky, the hour being about 5 in the afternoon. Suddenly down the face of the column fell a human form with white and black draperies fluttering in the air; it Btruck the wreath of immortelles that surrounds the column at its juncture with the pedestal, and rebounded with such force that it was thrown clear over the railing that surrounds the base, and fell into the center of the outside pavement. I could not realize for a moment that I had really beheld that awful spectacle-- a human being self-hurled into eternity --but such was indeed the meaning of what I had seen. In a moment the pros­ trate figure was surrounded by a dense crowd. The emotion of the spectators was extreme, and one old lady burst out crying in her agitation. The victim was a young and neatly-dressed woman. She lay prone on the pavement as she had fallen, but no trace of blood or mutila­ tion was visible, as one of the bystanders had drawn her water-proof cloak around he$ shattered head, that having been the point that first struck the pavement. Her shoes, a neat pair of black lasting boots, had been forced from her feet by the fall, showing clean white stocking's of a quality never worn in France by the working classes. One of her garters, also jerked off by the fall, lay near her--a dainty blue silk affair, with a gilded clasp. She had, as I afterward learned, gone most deliberately to work to ex­ ecute her purpose. She had concealed a camp-stool under her water-proof be­ fore making the ascent. Arrived at the top, she had profited by a moment when the guide was busied in pointing out certain objects of interest in the view to another party, had then gone around to the opposite side, had placed her camp- stool there, mounted upon it, and so con­ trived to clamer over the high railing. I passed by the spot an hour later. The body had long since been removed, and the crowd was gone; but a few bystand­ ers lingered under the darkening sky, looking alternately up at the summit of the gigantic shaft that towered above them and down at two crimson stains upon the pavement, upon which gravel had been hastily strown, but which still revealed a dusky and ominous red through the pebbles and sand that tried to hide it.--Lucy H. Hooper's Letter from Paris in New York World. A Nightmare Cure. A Chinese physician says that in a case of nightmare, instead of rudely awaking the sleeper by bringing in a light, you should " bite his toe." This is a very simple remedy--at least Mrs. Poppleton thought so, for she treasured the recipe up in one of the chambers of her memory, and the other night, when Poppleton was seized with a two-horse power nightmare, seventeen hands high, and in a muffled and ghostly voice mut­ tered, "Owhowhwoh! Ugjiugliugh- uhu ! " as if a circus elephant was per­ forming tricks on his stomach, she quickly slid to the foot of /the bed, and was in the act of seizing Ms big toe in her teeth, when the dreamer gave a vigorous kick, and, Mrs. Poppleton was shot over the toil-board of the bed on to the floor, with four teeth half way down her throat. The noise awakened Poppleton, and hearing his wife scream­ ing at the rate of forty knots an hour, he thought no less than 10,000 masked burglars were in the room, and, without striking a light, he seized a chair and wildly struck right and left all over the room, nearly braining Mrs. Poppleton before he discovered the true situation of affairs. It was a terrible mistake, and Mrs. Poppleton was laid up two weeks and five days, and the first thing she did when she recovered sufficient strength was to smash $175 worth of Chinese curiosities she had purchased at the Centennial, and she says if she were a man she would go to China and not return home until she had spit upon that physician from figure-head to rud­ der. Or words to that effect. Popple­ ton enjoys his nightmares as of yore, without wifely interference.--Norris- town {Pa.) Herald. Useful Information. Mercury is made to adhere to any metal by putting a very little sodium with the mercury--the hundredth part by weight is ample. The sodium mer­ cury may, if necessary, be washed off bv fresh, pure mercury, which continues to adhere. A certain way to keep ants from sugar barrels, lard cans and preserve jars, says one who has tried it, is to tie a string wet with kerosene around the bar­ rel, can, or jar. Repeat the wetting of the string with the kerosene oil every An English inventor proposes to pump exhausted steam back into the boiler, in place of condensing it, and experiments are now being conducted with an en­ gine for testing the invention. The inventor contends that "the pressure exerted by the steam on one side of the piston represents, by its elastic power, the same expression of power in press- on the other side, so that the elastic charge is always ready to give back the exact power expended for its ex­ pression. From the Hills. Extract from a letter from Deadwood: " All the houses and cabins in Deadwood City and the outlying camps are occupied, and the large number of buildings now being hastily put «p does not seem suffi­ cient to accommodate those who come. A great many parties are housed in their tents, or use the old-fashioned prairie schooners for their temporary quarters. There are about 5,000 people here, and the arrivals are from fifty to 100 per day. They com$ from all directions, Fort Pierre, Sidney, North Platte and Chey­ enne. The only points from which stages have been running regularly are Sidney and Cheyenne, and so the large numbers who seek passage in that way are obliged to start from one or the other of those places." AW INDIAN MASSACRE. A fearful Tragedy of Ten Years Ago. [Standing Rock (Dakota^ Cor. Chicago Tribune.J Looking up the Missouri river to a ' point about eight miles above the fort, one sees a little island, or sand-bar, which, is taown as Burnt-Boat island. Strange as it may appear, this insignificant sand­ bar was the scene of one of the bloodiest tragedies that ever stained the pages of our frontier histoiy. A recital of the details even now chills the marrow of ™^neS; • ^ was 1x1 to* year 1868 that p y of eighteen persons, embracing men, women, and children, left the Ter- f wel1 supplied with gold-dust, which they had been fortunate enough to collect m the mines during their. s^oura of several years in that SmSS" ^ey &e party about EmbarW m a Mackiliaw boat at Fort Benton, they floated down the muddy torrent called the Missouri nver to Fort Berthold, an Indian trad­ ing-post and agency. Here thev landed and remained aeveral days for the pur­ pose of refitting, and also because they had been advised that war with the Sioux was being waged by the Government, which rendered it dangerous to pass, down the river. But they became im­ patient of the delay at Berthold, and also- were suspicious of the motives of the traders who advised them not to proceed It was intimated to them that the traders, wished them to remain in order that they might make money out of them, their custom being valuable. They launched their boat again. Every man was armed, and a good marksman' A small brass cannon, called a swivel, was plaoed in the bow of the boat. The gold-dust was put away into little drawers and boxes, built in the boat under the seats and in the bow and stern T)nri«<» _ «*»V UIOII Ulgiiv and day all went well, and no Indians were seen. The party camped on shore, and hauled up the boat on dry land. On the second day, in the afternoon, they had passed the mouth of the Square Buttee creek, twelve miles above- Fort Lincoln. The current is very rapid here, as everywhere on the Missouri. A mile or two lower down a horseman was- seen on a bluff on the east bank of the river, which circumstance aroused the party in the boat to attention. There seemed to be nothing for them to do, however, but to float on down the river and to keep their powder dry ; and this, they did. They had now arrived abreast of a strip of wood from which was potped a volley of rifle-bullets, and from which issued tne the yells of a party of Indians. Some of these shots struck the boat, but nobody was killed or seriously hurt, in consequence of the distance of the boat from shore. It was not intend­ ed by the Indians that this volley should have any other effect than that of driv­ ing the boat over, toward the sand-bar and western bank of the river, which, unhappily, was effected with the pre­ cision and thoroughness of all Indian stratagems. The boat was rowed rapidly over toward the sand-bar, on which not a living thing could be seen. It seemed to be but a few inches above the level of the river, and I am told that the Indians who lay there in ambush were almost en­ tirely covered with sand, and, conse­ quently, invisible. The boat had ar­ rived within a few yards of the sand-bar, and the party probably had the intention of landing ana repairing any damage to the boat that may have been inflicted byj the volley from the eastern bank. When! they had approached so near the barl that to recede or sheer off was impossi­ ble, the Sioux who were covered with sand raised their heads, aimed their rifles, and fired a fatal volley into the passengers on the little Mackinaw boat. Nearly all were killed or wounded at the first volley. The men in the boat suc­ ceeded in firing off the swivel once or twice, and those who were not too b:ully wounded kept at the fight as long as strength lasted, but they were finally killed to the last soul--not one remained to tell the story. The boat was dragged ashore by the Indians, and all that they considered valuable was taken from the bodies and the boat. A Fresh Importation. Mistress--"Come, Bridget, how much longer are you going to be about filling that pepper-box?" 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