The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

• v >' ' 1 - ^ * :4A . < i ' * - -'i. .s v. 4^ • ^ i •- --->.*»*»,.< I i-a..^,... 3 v •4jftfc"i'- ik£<-Atf«<*~ ;'. I'W' 'f* ^Ir^curB itaindeiler. McHENRY, J. YAN8LYXE, FrrxtsTren. ILLINOIS. FWB NEWS CONDENSED, J - ^ r <* t*JL 1 «V,.< •• >. • V» b ' •Ml - ; M3' '-rk&- •#•«**>* • :-'3P^ . f ft 8! -if* • - * # - . •t: .*» was 1 5 Ifork Capitol, at Albany, a few evenings ago. , (Hie lower house of the Legislature refused to M#a over the Governor's veto, a bill appropri­ ating $1,000, (KM) to complete the new Capitol Imilding. whereat the crowd in the galleries and in the lobbies yelled and hooted against those irbo voted against the workingmen'x interests. >> gome oi the members «;V|%" <i»cd c«tsidc, ttveral were beaten and driven back by the veiling crowd, and a few members were obliged to escape by the rear doors to their •tote!#. A large body of police arrived subse­ quently and drove the crowd from the Cipitol and from the Governor's honse, which was - threatened. A large crowd then went to the hotels, threatening to mob the members, and in gome cases squads foliowed the members to Ihelr rooms in the hotels, threatening venge- »by th* workingmen. Finally the police Managed to disperse the mob. *' A HOBKIBLE accident is reported from Ches- ^ llr, Pa., a few miles from Philadelphia. While Wlarge iron steamship was being launched at Ho&esh'e sMp-yard, a nnmber of the workmen , were overwhelmed by the vessel and crushed to death. The workmen had been given five •• minutes' notice, but, for some reason, they < Ailed to get out of the way, and as tiie vessel started the scene became one of the most hor- ' ttbUe in character. The poor creatures wmid be seen struggling to get out of the way of the immense rollers, which Inoved * resistlesslv onward, crushing and mangling their bodies. as the lessel was borne toward the river. No help could be given them, as it was utterly impos- £ble to reaeh them or to stop the immense 'Vessel in its Jnggernautical course. The usual cheering at the launching of a vessel gave place " to wail a of anguish and groans of pain. Those Who witnessed the scene were utterly broken 4own with emotion, and could not speak for „ Mninutes after the vessel had glided into the "» :'iiver. Two men were cut in halves, others ? were horribly mangled, and arms, legs and bodies laid around. Everything was covered J" ̂ 'toith blood. Seven men were killed aad two TELE LI JK&'J.1* , 2 i <; J|Briously wounded by the accident. # • v •Hi/ THE freight-house and elevator of the Green jIvy and Minnesota railroad, at Winona, Minn., |iave been destroyed by fire. Loss, $100,000. ...... Due's saw-mill, warehouse and lumber- " jard. at Oshkosh, Wis., have been burned. * %he loss is estimated at $60,000. '-»§»? i A TEKBEBLY murderous affray occurred on the lp («. Osage river, near Tuscumbia, Mo., a few days ,<a«; • ago. John BL Adoock and William Quarreled on shore. A duel with knives was decided on. The duelists started for mid­ stream in a skiff. Failing to accomplish their nbject there, they repaired to the opposite •hore and renewed the fight, Stages was dis- <tonboweled, and his adversary mortally wound- •d.... The St Louis Times has been pur- fiiftsed, for $50,000 cash, by £. M. Chambers, •'• wealthy banker, who announces that he will bring the paper up to a first-class stand­ ard. A correspondent in Nicollet county, iMinn., reports : -Grasshoppers are a mystery. IF some place;) where the egga were thickest, and 'hoppers plenty a week ago, neither eggs nor . insects are to be found. In others, .where least expected, countless millions swarm. En­ terprising farmers are burning, ditching, • atetnping, plowing, harrowing--doing their i -j. destroy the pests while BmalL" THE Government steamer J. Don Cameron, ronte from Pittsburgh to the Yellowstone, 1 'Wrack a snag and sunk in the Missouri river, • Hear Sioux City, a few days ago. She was loaded with Government stores and army offi- ^̂ ^̂ "̂Ŝ ffl̂ ^Atcfeeland, oE ... » few Bight* ago, John Donovan quarreled with Ins wife about one of their children, and finally ttxuck her. She replied by rapping Mm over the ! 'head with a poker, for the time settling his ^temper. Shortly after she took the -; Hj; -* two children, aged respectively 2 years « * t<«nd6 months, went to the river, and, hold- • I : ** *!*• r *- **<. m 1*. a babe in each arm, plunged into the water, 'ore assistance could reach them all three drowned. » C. H. Bl.2-"kbcrn, the Cincinnati lawyer who ..;^»s?*-(i4isappeared so suddenly, turned up in Indian- ^. r. **ppiiB the other day. He has been taken back .to Cincinnati to answer to a charge of em- ' fcezziement Mrs. John Wilkes, of Tolleston, ' tnd., was struck by lightning and instantly ',«illed, while sitting at the front door of her : i mouse.. She had two children in her lap, both ,.«! tf* whom, strange to relate, were unharmed. «u,. tt,m Yasmerb troma large number of places in Illinois and adjoining States, says the Chicago »**t Journal, report thai winter and spring wheat i i •Wd gniss never looked better, and everything • | ; 41*1 favorable to an exceptionally heavy crop all " around. Wet weather, it is said, has delayed " 1 UMiryiauuu^ mnucTtiiat, DO *V6ll <*,r, 11ni- j . { weredthe' sproHting of that already put in, and ^ ' IqdtoliQg will be necessaiy to a considerable * : - ** in certain localities, i.(#»«!!? srsE verdict of the Coroner's jiny on the .»*.• cBockford (111.) calamity declares that the causes i.f.; the falling of the Court House were (1) the •'« "t of Henry L. Gay, the architect, tojpro- %ide for the great amount of weight called for * i ' :' to complete the constrnction of said building .« ,tlifqpording to plans as designed by him;(2) the ' . want of care or prudence on the part of said ',f-" 'iarchitect in not giving special specifications and - r. • * »9fens far the part or parts of the general plan acquired or expected to cany the weight in pro- • * • wrtion to their auperfices; (3) the fa«t that the . *: % Board of Supervisors failed to use that caution Jn examining the plans and specifications that . *' ' ' 'ifce cptistruction of a building of that inagni- ."'•"J <nde would seem to require, and that they acted «,,<, .unwisely in not employing a competent archi­ tect to nctperkntend the oonstrucoon of toe M J. H. Bms, a Collector of Internal Revenue * the Fifth District of Virginia, telegraphs to Commissioner of Internal Revenue that v* |Ml|otor Joslyn and Deputy Marshal Austin three others have been shot in Lee county, *a.- while in the discharKe of their duty. One 1 •>I*>|vas mortally wounded..W. C. D. Whips, the « ^^iw^pneterof the Willard Hotel, Louisvilk, Ky., , £'ho some time ago shot and killed his chief * • clerk, has been tried and acquitted. * 1 TBE Legislature of South Caroling has eleot- i Henry Mclvor Associate Justice of flieSii- "lil'IfrMne Court of that State, in place of J. H. Jfillvd, elected Chief Justice. Mclvor received ,ia v,(!^ cast. Republicans and Demociats Tilike voting for him... .The Southern Presby- V?nvlnti?n }?eP. New Orleans last *t id tea SSi^ite. "• A TELEflBAM from Gen. Ord, commanding in Texas, to Gen. Sheridan, at Chicago, reports a fight between a company of cavalry and a band '*"*** Comanche Indians, at Lake Suemada, in • «%*fexas- The Indians were put to rout, with a i i i * 8 ot four killed, the troops capturing six • equaw* and sixty-nine ponies, besides de- *: tl *U»ying their lodges, camp equipaee, ^Supplies. . ' A NOBFOLK (Va.) despatch chronicles the do- %iraction bv fire of the town of Caswell, N. C. "Nowhere was but little insurance held in the town the property-holders, and the greatest dis- »prevails. .. .TheSt. Louis JRepuhlican says ., #hat organizations of lawless men exist in sev- *tewl border counties of Missouri and Arkansas, »* themselves " Ghouls," whose chief i »ajmvP°8}i is to 11111 an^ Pr°tect Km..U illicit distil- ' "•lerifeB in the mountains, and kill, or whip, or • i îMherwise punish all persons who oppose them, •a4 «how any diiipoaition to enforce the laws. AT Blandville, Ky., a few nights ago, a mob took from the jail a negro charged with at­ tempting to outrage and murder a white The raflUna pttt one end of a rope the priaonerVnacfc, hitahed the other end to a mule, aad dragged the wretch to the woods. The next morning his.dead body was found riddled with bullets, hanging to a tree, and the clothing horned off. ^ASHiN<)*oai. Tn Fenakx) Bureau has now on Its fifes nearly 90,000 fflMajofetfld pension cases, besides some 60,000 so-called rejected cases, about 2,000 of which annnally require to be reopened on the presentation of additional evi­ dence. Congress will, at its next session, be asked for a sufficient clerical force to bring up the present applications and secure prompt attention to claims presented in future. CmuAN employes of the Quartermaster's and Paymaster's Bureaus of the War Depart­ ment, and other non-enlisted men connected with the servioe, have been notified that they may continue work if they like, but it must be understood that they will have no claim upon the Government unless Congress chooses to make an allowance for their services The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia has decided adversely upon the claims of Admiral Porter and the officers and mAn of the North Atlantic squadron to a claim of $3,000,000 in prize money. A WASHINGTON dispatch says: "Secretary Sherman declines to issue a positive order for the dismissal of the one-million-dollar suit against Jacob Rehm. of Chicago. He will leave it to the courts to determine whether, under the circumstances of the case, on hearing such evidence as may be offered, the honor and good faith of the "Government require that the prosecution should be dismissed. The Post­ master General desires that newspapers wish­ ing to advertise in his department should send to the Chief Clerk, W. H. Knapp, the amount of their circulation, regular rates per square; and how much discount will be allowed. SECRETARY SHERMAN has decided to appoint a commission to investigate the Philadelphia Custom House, similar to one now at work at New York Appointments by the President: Edward P. Johnson to be United States Attor­ ney for Wyoming Territory) G. C. Wharton to be United States Attorney for Kentucky; Frank Gilbert, of the Chicago Jmirnal, to be Assist­ ant United States Treasurer at Chicago A short time ago the President received a letter purporting to be the resignation of J. R. Lewis, Chief Justice of Washington Territory, and, not sus- Sacting the genuineness of the letter, named ssociate Justice Green, of the same Ter­ ritory, to fill ;the supposed vacancy. It now turns out that the resignation was a base forgery, and the President has revoked the appointment of Judge Green. A similar fraud was practiced six or seven, years ago. while Judge Lewis was Chief Justice at Idaho. A forged letter of resignation having been re­ ceived by the President, his successor was ap­ pointed and confirmed by the Senate before he had time to defeat the fraud, and therefore he had no remedy at that time The President has accepted the resignation of Hon. George H. Boker. Minister to Bussia....A change in the method of determining the tax on whisky, highwines and distilled products, using weight instead of bulk measurements, is under consid­ eration by officials of the Internal Revenue Bureau, and is favored by some of the largest distillers in the country. It is believed that the change proposed will secure a better and simpler collection of the revenues. POLITICAL. "Tax President," says a Washington dis­ patch, "has informed Collector Weitzel, of Cincinnati, that no rule has been established by which an officer who had been in the service eight years would be deemed ineligible for re­ appointment. The conversation, however, in­ dicated an inclination on the part of the Presi­ dent to make changes in such cases, except where very strong reasons led to the retention of such officers for a third term." GENERAL. THE town of Woodstock, N. B>, has been visitecrby a disastrous conflagration. Over sixty buildings in the best part of the town were burned. The loss is estimated at $300,000.... Mr. P. T. Barnum, the showman, proposes to undertake the recovery of little Charlie Ross, and with this object in view will offer a reward of $10,000. He has made arrangements also, it is understood, to exhibit the adventurous young fellow in case he is recovered, Mr. Christian Ross, the father, hav­ ing consented to the scheme The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States is in session in Chicago. Rev. James Eells, of San Francisco, acts as Moderator. The attendance is quite large... .Gen. Grant and family sailed from Philadelphia for Liverpool, on the 17th of May, the departure of the ex-President being at­ tended with elaborate demonstrations of re­ spect on the part of the people of Philadel- BCSIHBSS failures: M. Steinburg, clothing, Walker street, New York, liabilities, $80,000 ; Rothschild & Hyman, dry goods, Broadway, New York, liabilities, $800,000; Marfield, banker, Circleville, Ohio, liabilities $80,000, assets 4100,000 ; H. M. Bradley, a leading lum­ berman at Bay City, Mich., liabilities aot stated ; THFI TJTIFFLHPRIIION'A TLONLR Mich., liabilities $7,000,° assets' $4,000.. The Centennial authorities have just paid another installment, amounting to $275,000, to the United States as a portion of the original loan appropriation of 51,500,000 by the Gov­ ernment to aid the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia last year. This makes $1,275,000 of this loan paid, leaving $225,000 yet unpaid. THE Erie, New York Central, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore and Ohio railways have entered into an alliance, by the terms of which the earnings from all freights shipped westward are to be pooled. Shippers, however, are to be graciously allowed to designate which route they wish their property shipped over. Burned : The extensive warehouse of Kries A Co., at Columbus, Ohio, loss §25,000, insurance $7,000; at Taylor Station, Franklin county, Ohio, a railroad station, a large miil aad several dwellings, loss not stated' at Indiantown, Now Brunswick, a sash-factory' large carriage-factory and ten dwellings! loss $50,060; at GloverBville, N. Y., twenty buildings in the heart of the town, loss §100,- 000, insurance $60,000; at Pittsburgh, Pa., white-lead works of Davis, Chambers & Co. loss $100,000, fully insured Failed: John A. Rafter & Co., Montreal, Canada, dry goods, liabilities $116,000, assets $77,000 ; Henry W. Beldsmeier, St. Louis, Mo., lumber dealer, lia­ bilities large, assets small; Guwtel & Winter, Bloomington, 111., tobacco and liquors, liabili­ ties $20,000, assets $8,000. fH£ TUKCO-RUS8IAN WAR. A COLUMN of Turkish troops will be sent against the Herzegovinian insurgents Persia has declared her intention not to join Russia. The Russian army corps at Odessa has been ordered to the Crimea to prevent the spread of the Tartar insurrection The Rou­ manian Government has published a note stat­ ing it can no longer doubt it is at war with Tur­ key by the fault of Turkey, and it must take measures accordingly Reports from Turkish sources represent that the Circassians have captured one or two unimpor­ tant Russian towns in their country on the Black sea, and driven out the garrisons. Arms have been supplied to the insurgents by the Turkish commander. Insurrectionary bands are also threatening the rear of the Russians operating against Batoum... .The renewal of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina has induced great numbers of the Christian people in those provinces to take refuge in the Austrian domin­ ions, and thousands of them are reported to be in a starving condition in Dalmatia. A CABLE dispatch says the slow advance of the Russian Army of the Danube is caused by diplomatic rather than by military considera- 't?U8i" , <-'zar *8 anxious to hold Austria in check by the presence on her frontier of 500.000 ™en* Should thin army push too rapidly across the Danube and into the Balkans, Austria would be free to attack the Russian rear, and thus paralyze the campaign. In the Russian camp, it is believed that England and Aus­ tria are joined in coalition to intervene ao soon as derided Russian successes shall en­ danger the toraMT's and the latter's Danubian interest*. The JainMiana speak of their forces on the DanaaB as " the Armv of England," impMhg its aft anfatst England. Its commander is enjoined io take no irretriev­ able step forward until Bagland and Austria flhall htT6 boon dipioenfttiitty DButtolisfitid.... The Rn--iana,» Turkish iEpatflh says, have ft V>m- bard Kara, but were comiailed tor retire.... The position of the Bossites near I&ttoniB is imoumiixg une oi great danger... .The special war correspondent of the Chicago Times telegraphs that within a short time "Aus­ tria has assumed a more threatening attitude on all territory contiguous to the Russian advance. Bodies of light cavalry hovea in the corner of the principalities where the Danube divides the two states. The Russians have, in consequence, detached a force of one hundred and fifty thousand men to the westward of Widin, to mask its main movement on the SauuIm ffuiil and to defend its flank when the Danube is won and the general march to the Balkans begins." The same correspondent says that " the news of a Turkish triumph in Asia and the war party's victory in England affects the Russian rank and file visibly. Hostility to the English is intensified. It is asserted that the Czar is so indignant with the Queen that he has ordered his daughter, the Duke of Edin­ burgh's wife, to retire from English soil." An attack of the Russians on Adrahan, in Asiatic Turkey, has been bravely repulsed by the Turks, so the latter report. THE Turkish army in Asia is being largely reinforced A Constantinople dispatch says "the Russians in the vicinity of Tehurukson sacked and burnt all the villages and massacred all the women, old men and children." This is probably a Turkish canard... .The approach of the Russians to their borders has stimulated the war fever of the Servians, and their Gov­ ernment is responding to this feeling by mili­ tary dispositions which can only be understood as inspired by a definite purpose to take sides with the Russians Advices from Giurgevo, via Berlin, say "the movements of Russia show their chief point of operations will be the Upper Danube. The movements at the mouth of the Danube are mere feints." The first important success of the war in Asia has been gained by the Russians, who have captured by assault the fortified town of Arda- han, lying between Kars and Batoum. The works mounted sixty guns, according to Russian account^ and the place contained large quanti­ ties of stores The Czar and Prince Gorts- chakoff have joined the army on the Danube, and will personally direct its operations The New York Herald correspondent at Trebizond telegraphs the exact situation in Asia. He says that perfect tranquillity prevails in that city and in Erzeroum. He confirms the report of the bombardment of Sukum. Kaleh, and says that the inhabitants and the Russian troops re­ tired in the rear of the town....Skirmishes occur daily in the rear of Batoum A strong attack by the Russians has been vigorously re­ pulsed. SINCE the fall of Sookgoom-Kale a panic reigns at Odessa and other Russian towns along the Black sea. All confidence in shore batteries and torpedoes has been lost.... A Bucharest dispatch announces that Roumania has proclaimed her independence and declared war against Turkey, but will remain on the defensive. The Senate voted unanimou sly for independence It is stated that England has given notice to Turkey that she will oppose everything which might hamper the passage of merchant ships or men-of-war of neutral powers through the Suez canal The London Daily News' Bu­ charest dispatch says : " Every aav makes it, more obvious that the Russians are in no hurry to cross the Danube. All the present indica­ tions tend to the impression that no crossings further west than Hirsova are intended to be attempted before early in June." THE cable furnishes full accounts of the sec­ ond assault of the Russians on Batoum, and their disastrous repulse by the Turks. The latter, one account states, "were incited to battle by impressive religious oeremonies. The gunners were given arrack and powder to drink, and met the Russian chargedNMMthe ferocity' of madmen. Pursuing thtfr historic tactics, the Cossacks swarmed t3 the charge a dozen times, bent on bearing the Turks down by dint of numbers. Three times the outworks were scaled and the intrenchments fairly won, when the infuriated Turks, roused by religious appeals, rallied and drove their enemy back. The Russians captured and turned the artillery upon the Turks, and they broke in a panic and fled headlong from the defenses. At this moment a great mob of Turkish women and priests came to the rescue with the green flag, shouting the Mussulman's war cry. The needle-guns falling from the hands of the slain were seized by the new-comers, and the Russian advance, shattered and repulsed, withdrew, and the onslaught ended in disastrous defeat. Between 4,000 and 5,000 Russians were left dead and wounded in the rugged hills between Ba­ toum and the Russian hue, and the roadways and woods were strewn with arms, equipments, and every substantial token of victory." A strong Turkish naval squadron is threaten­ ing the Russian ports in the Crimea The Russian column engaged in successful opera­ tions against Ardahan has been sent to rein­ force the army operating against Kars Kos­ suth is out in a letter urging an alliance be­ tween Austria and Hungary agninst "the common enemy." Russia, THE agitation for war in Hungary increases. ....It is said the Montenegrins will reopen hostilities against the Turks simultaneously with the crossing of the Danube by the Rue-' sians--A Vienna dispatch 'reports that the Turkish troops which fled from Ardahan have been defeated in a mountain pass near Kars. ....The Servians are feverish for a renewal of hostilities against Turkey... .Russia lias no­ tified the Bey of Tunis that if he sends soldiers or pecuniary aid to the Sultan his capi­ tal will be bombarded by the Russian fleet.... Horses belonging to all civil and military func­ tionaries in Turkey have been requisitioned for the army. OEXERAL FOREIGN MEWS. THE immediate cause of the Cabinet rupture in France was the non-participation by M. Simon in a debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the repeal of the Press law. President MacMahon had expected that M. Simon would present the reasons which, in the opinion of 'the Government, would have prevented the re­ peal of the law, and, having failed to do so, MacMahon sent him a sharp letter, in­ timating, among other things, that he did not have sufficient in­ fluence to assert his views successfully. Thereupon M. Simon and all the other mem­ bers of the Cabinet, with the exception of the Minister of War tendered their resignations. A new Cabinet was immediately appointed, as follows : Due de Broglie, President of the Coun­ cil and Minister of Justice ; De Fourton. Minis- 9* the Interior ; Eugene Caillaux, Minister of Finance ; Auguste Paris, Minister of Pub- he Works; Vicomte De Meux, Min­ ister of Agriculture; Brunet, Minister of Public instruction. This ministerial crisis has been ")r j ilctlve a £°°d deal of excitement in Paris and throughout France, and by some the situa­ tion is regained as extremely grave. The Chamber of Deputies has adopted a resolution, by a large majority, declaring that "the Cham­ ber will only place confidence in a Cabinet free to be resolved to govern in accord • ance with Republican principles, which alone can secure order Wid prosperitv." .It is feared, unless t*10 President backs down and responds to the policy of the House, France will drift into revolution and civil war. MacMahon ex­ presses a determination to maintain a pacific policy with all the powers, and to firmly repress any Ultramontane demonstrations. MB. GLADSTONE i» booked for a speech-mak­ ing tour throughout England, to foment agita­ tion against Turkey.... Ad vices from South America state that, during the recent earth­ quake along the coast of Peru, seventeen ships were totally lost and forty damaged... .It turns out that that story about a sea-serpent. I. J1 feet long, having been captured on the Scottish coast was a vile hoax. G B&HACT takes alarm at the Ultramontane element in France, and distrusts the policy of the new Cabinet of President MacMahon. Ac­ cordingly, the garrisons of Alaaoe and Lorraine will be strengthened sufficiently to equal the force on the other side of the frontier. AN Athens dispatch says war between Greece and Turkey is considered inevitable Thirty persons were recently drowned by the wreck of a vessel plying between Adelaide aad the Al­ bany isles, on the northeast ooaatof ... In France, a larpe number of Prefects of •L^pubiioia fnmiicai viewB have 06611 dinxili806d 1yv orrlu* nf PraM^ant. Ifwlffitwwi ciiiUiKs of admiraetratiou in Franco sueiiiN in have excited some uneasiness among German statesmen, and Bismarck has returned to Ber­ lin in response to a special summons from the Emperor Hereafter the circulation of foreign newspapers in France will only be permitted after minute censorship. REPORTS from the famine districts of show an increase in the number employed on the relief works, and also in those who have been gratuitously aided The question is be • ing discussed in Vienna whether it is not ad­ visable to incorporate Bosnia, Herzegovina and Servia into one state under an Austrian Arch­ duke... .Advices from the Hague report that the whole east coast of Atcheen has submitted to the Dutch, and the war is probably over. ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE* A Slight Mistake. The brakeman opened the door aad shouted out." Shoveltown," as the train drew up at a country station. Hie only passenger who stepped down and out was an elderly female, who, the moment she struck the platform, started off for up the road in a style which intimated that she reckoned she knew where she was anyhow. She hadn't got more than, twenty steps off, however, before a young man, who occupied a seat directly behind the one she had just vacated, bounced to his feet, as if a bombshell had hit him, seized a rusty- looking black valise from the rack above his head, shot for the door like a rocket- stick, jumped down on the platform, and vociferously yelled, "Say, madam, you've left your bag." The elderly female turned around to look, but just then the train started, and the young man, dropping the valise like a hot potato, jumped aboard again, and resumed his seat. Presently there came in from the smoking-car ahead a snuffy-looking old man in a homespun suit and spectacles. "Now," said he, "I wonder what's be­ come of my valise ?" The young man felt fidgety, and was suddenly attracted by the rare beauty of the landscape without. "Anybody seen a valise that I left in this 'ere rack ?" continued the TWMI in the homespun, anxiously. The youth saw that he'd gone and done it. There was no alternative but to own up. " Why," said he, "was that your valise ? I thought it belonged to the lady that got out at the last station. She went off and left it. I ran after her with it." "The d--1 you did," continued old Homespun, aghast. I'm the Bev. Hezekiah Hollowav, all the way from Injianny, and that bag's got all my ser­ mons into it." For a minute or two, reader, there was a scene in that car, you may depend upon it. But, when they reached the next telegraph station, a dispatch came that the woman didn't own the bag, and " wouldn't own such a bag, nohow," and the Bev. H. H. got his sermons in due season by next train.--Puck. i Extending the Meat Supply. One of the most enthusiastic hippoph- agists of Paris, M. Decroix, not content with advocating the use of horse-flesh for food, now would have people eat the flesh of diseased animals. He has made it a practice to eat the flesh of horses killed in his service, which had glanders or farcy, and, whether thoroughly or partially cooked, he found no evil results to his health. Further, ever since 1861 he has eaten the flesh of all animals that have died within his reach, no matter from what disease. He affirms that one may eat with impunity the flesh cooked (not putrid) of any of the domesticated animals, no matter what they died of-- glanders, typhus, hydrophobia, etc. So far from the flesh of animals which have died naturally having a repugnant ap­ pearance or a peculiar flavor, lie states that he has placed the two kinds side by side in the same pan and with the same sauce, and, in serving to different per­ sons, many of them connoisseurs, the meat of animals that have died a natural death has invariably been pronounced superior to thai from the slaughter­ house.--Popular Seionee Monthly for June. The President's Speech at the New York Chamber of Commerce Banquet. Mr. Babcock then said the regular toast was one they had never had the pleasure of having responded to by the incumbent of the office, and he took great pleasure in giving them the toast of "The President of the United States." [Loud cheers. ] President Hayes rose, and, after hearty hurrahs, over and over repeated, and waving of handkerchiefs, and a burst of music from the orchestra subsided, said: MB. PRESIDENT : It is a gratification to have this opportunity to meet such an assemblage of business men of the city of Now York. I wish to make my acknowledgment to them for their invitation to enjoy with them their an­ nual social meeting. 1 wish to assure them that this hearty greeting is very welcome -in me. [Cheers.] We are at peace with all the nations of the world. With an honest purpose on the part of the people, and on the part of the Government--[loud cheers]--to strive for tho restoration of ancient concord within our own limits--[" hurrah !" and great applause] --I believe that, notwithstanding the unfort­ unate array of figures which has been disen­ tombed, we may confidently look for early, de­ cided and encouraging evidences of a reviving of business prosperity throughout our country. A Haunted Clock. There is a clock in this city, owned by a gentleman who is not at aU given to superstition, but yet he cannot account for a curious way his old family clock is acting of late. It is an eight-day clock, but wind it up when you may, and at 6:30 o'clock on Saturday evening that clock is dead sure to stand still. It can be easily started by moving the pendu­ lum, and it will then continue till it runs down. It has been wound up from the eighth day to within an hour of the time, but it never fails to stop when it reaches the 6:30 hour mark Saturday evening. This is strange and unaccountable, but as true as f̂ bspel.--Raleigh (N. C.) Observer. YOUNG King Alphonso,of Spain, has been playing the part of a gay deceiver, allowing his honor to be pledged to the elder daughter of the Duke of Mont- pensier, and his affections to the younger. There is a disturbance in the family, and the vase of sisterly affection has been forever shattered. THUBSDAT, May 17.--SENATE.--Mr. Whiting presented a petition of himself and several Senators affaimrt the passage of House bill 536, entitled " A bill for an act to amend the Revenue law."--Sev­ eral Mils were passed, as follows: To correct ir­ regularities in assessing property and equalisation of same; Ht, act iu regard to guardians and wards, providing that when the property of a i» umber una, tlie guardian shall give bond coveting value of timber in j addiiioa to vaim> or land; atnenclraff the Jttoati 'ees in a road appeal |2.Wper^iay; fixing the rates °f advertising to be paid by the State ; amending f 5eventI® law; the Eastern Insane Hospital Appro­ priation bill; in relation to the law of landlord and tenant; amending the act regarding the administra­ tion of estates; amending the law of evi­ dence--this makes copies of land patents lost prima facie evidence of the issuance of such pat­ ents ; amending the act in relation to justices and confltnhlee; punishing persons withholding facts tending to show guilt or innocence of a person tried lor crane, or for sccreting witnesses; amending tne law of ontry r>T..1 .1 >1'W, nre. vides thai when judgment is given for a plaintiff a writ of restriction shall issue on bond filed; Banish­ ing persona obstructing the operation of railroads. HOUSE. The special committee to which was re­ ferred the Senate resolution authorizing a special oommittee to sit in vacation to examine into peni­ tentiary matters and consider suggestions of re­ form, reported the same, with amendments; laid over Bills passed: Amending the law regulating the transportation, receiving, and delivery of grain, so that grain scales at depots shall be erected only when required by a msjority of »hippT» shipping 50,000 bushels annually; Watkine' bill revising the Road law for counties not under township organization; amending the law relating £ ,, j ?f record in cities... The Feeble-Minded Appropriation bill was taken up on motion of Mr. Hopkins to recede from; the House amendment reducing the furniture appropriation from $35,000 to $25,000. The House re: fused to re­ cede, and Messrs. Hopkins, Truesdel!, and Evfuis, of Kane, were appointed a conference committee to meet a similar committee of the Senate io regard to the disagreement.. The House spent ti e afternoon session on motions, counter motions, and filibus­ tering on the bill fixing the amount of the tax levy for the coming two years. The bill as reported yes­ terday provides lor raising $2,000,000 in 1878, $1 ,r>00,- 000 in 1879 for general purposes^ and $1,000,000 an­ nually for school fund. ...The General Appropriation bill was taken up and discussed till evening. FMDAY, May 18.--SENATE.--The following bills were passed : For the protection of fish culture; requiring a deposit to cover judgment and costs in appeal cases from tax sales; authorizing cities and villages to assess and collect taxes under the General Municipality act; authorizing towns or cities to acquire lands outside their limits for ceme­ tery purposes; to require County Collectors to return only lists of their delinquents upon taxes; in regard,i to closing up business of corporations; restraining persons not lawyers practicing before Justices; creating a Commission of Claims.. .Gov. Cullom sent to the Senate to-day the names of Danl. Goodwin, Chicago; W. H. Fitch, Winnebago; Percy A. Armstrong, Grundy, as Trustees of the Chari­ table Eye and Ear Infirmary. They were immediate­ ly confirmed. HOUSE.--The Tax-Levy bill was reported back from committee, with minor amendments, and or­ dered to a third reading... .The General Appropria­ tion bill was considered, and, after much talk, was ordered to a third reading. Along talk was forced on the House by Mr. Merritt, who insisted on add­ ing an item to appropriate $100,000 to buy linen coats for members who were sitting in their shirt sleeves all about the chamber. With difficulty Mer­ ritt was induced to subside The Conference Com­ mittee on the disagreement between the two houses upon the item of furnishing the feeble-minded in­ stitution reported, recommending that $'25,000 in­ stead of $32,u00 be appropriated. SATURDAY, May 19.--SENATE.--In the Senate there were some spicy proceedings over the discus­ sion of the House Bevenue bill. In the course of the contest Mr. Joslyn demanded the reading of a certain amendment. Mr. Robinson, of Cook, ob­ jected, saying that the request was not in good faith, but. for'delay, etc. Mr. Joslyn, in an excited manner, pitched into Mr. Robinson, and said if he intimated that his request was not in good faith he was an infamous lira-; iiiat he was entitled, as a mat­ ter of right, to demand the reading, and he would have it. Mr. Robinson said he should de­ mand a full retraction. Mr. Joslyn replied he would retract nothing; that, by such imputations as Mr. Robinson had made, he had established his character as a puppy and a scoundrel. Mr. Moderwell became frightened, and demanded that the Sergeant-at-ArmS take this man out. Mr. Joslyn arose a second after, and apolo­ gized to the Senate for exhibiting so much feeling upon Mich a small subject. He had temporarily forgotten that Mr. Robinson was altogether beneath honorable notice, and he begged pardon of the Sen­ ate for allowing his temper to arise on such an ijn- worthy matter. Mr. Robinson said he did not ac­ cept any such apology or retraction. Mr. Joslyn replied, " I shouldn't think he would. I don't apol­ ogize to the Senator. I apologize to the Sen­ ate. If the Senator wants anything ho can get it outside the Senate chamber." After a brief reflection, the trouble between Senators Robinson and Joslyn was amicably settled, and the twain shook hands in token of reconciliation. During' the progress of this, the members of the minority ab­ sented themselves one by one until a quorum was broken A call of the Senate was then ordered, aud the Sergeant-at-Arms deputed to bring in ab­ sentees. The doors were closed and no one per­ mitted to leave. After a time a quorum was ob­ tained and the vote taken upon all the revenue amendments A conference committee was then ordered. HOUSE.--Some time was spent in the considera­ tion of the alleged mistake in the roll-call of Thurs­ day, which waa temporarily disposed of by agree­ ing to the appointment of a committee to investigate the facts and report them, ao that the House can act understanding^' in correcting the journal Bills passed : The General Appropriation bill; the gen­ eral tax levy, and the bill for the establishment of the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane. MONDAY, May 21.--SENATE.--The Senate met, read the General Tax Levy bill a second time, trans­ acted such routine business as waa ready, and ad­ journed till to-morrow. HOUSE.--Mr. James offered a resolution provid­ ing that Messrs. Morrison of Morgan, Baldwin and Cronkrite be appointed on the part of the House upon the conference committee on the revenue bill. The gentlemen are understood to be opposed to the general tenor of the Senate amend­ ments, and the proposed appointment was the .signal for a little debate, which resulted in the rejection of the resolution.... The Senate amendments to House bill 83, authoriz­ ing School Trustees to rent or lease school lands, wese concurred in House biH 246, the appropria­ tion for the Eye and Ear Infirmary, was taken up, and the House receded from the amendment provid­ ing: for turning over to the State the voluntary con­ tributions of the patients.... The new Judicial Cir­ cuit bill, providing for the election of twelve new Oircuit Judges, was passed--82 to M Mr. Good­ rich, of Will, appeared in the House to-day for the first time in several weeks. He had been detained at home the bedside of a sick wife. Her death took place last week. TUESDAY, May SIS.--SENATE.--The Senate concurred in the House amendments to the General Appropriation hill. Among the provisions of this bill is one reimbursing the State House Commis­ sioners in the sum of $28,000 for funds necessarily used for other purposes. Within ten minutes after the passage the Commissioners issued orders to complete the work upon the dome of the building. .... The Governor returned House bill 26, Mr. Jack's bill for the formation of associations to raise funds to be loaned to their own members, generally known as building associations, with his veto. He urges the bill is against public policy, in that it allows usury, and that it iB a species of clasB legisla­ tion The Governor sent to the Senate as nomina­ tions for Canal Commissioners, Jesse O. Giover, of Chicago; B. F. Shaw, of Dixon ; Martin Kingman, of Peoria; also, for Trustees of Blind Asylum, A. C. Wudsworth, Jacksonville; N. ft*. Bransom, Pe­ tersburg ; A. G. Barr, Carrollton--which were unanimously confirmed.... The Senate con­ curred in the House amendments to Ke- hoc's bill for the relief of disabled firemen Bills passed ; Bill to legalize the action of County Boards who failed to equalize taxes in due time, and have afterward equalized them, allowing additional time in future; providing for vacating cartways when disused in counties not under township or­ ganization ; to secure equality in the proportion of inmates admitted to insane hospitals from the re­ spective counties; that no pauper or inmate of poor- house or asylum shall, by reason of his abode in such poor-house or asylum, be entitled to vote in such election district, but shall be deemed a resident of the locality whence he came prior to entering such hospital or poor-house; to pro­ vide the necessary revenue for State purposes, the Tax-Levy bill; legalizing the use of city warrants and city indebtedness in paying city taxes ; to pre­ vent fraud and extravagance in the use of public funds ; amending the Election law «o that witnesses swearing to residence of a voter shall possess the qualification of a voter. : HOUSE.--The Speaker announced as the con­ ference committee on the part of the House upon the Revenue bill, Messrs. Morrison, of Morgan Tice, and Kerrington. The Senate members are Messrs. Riddle, Morgan, and Houthworth The committee appointed to examine charges against Penitentiary Commissioners Houthworth and Taylor presented their report, which was ordered printed... Bills passed: Requiring railroad companies to build depots in all towns of 500 inhabitants; pro­ viding for the organization of county insurance companies; to punish persons for obstructing railroad trains, and providing that where death results from such maliciouR mischief the oll'ender shall be deemed guilty of murder; for the relief of 4,000 ' inhabitants.... of firemen ana policemen; in regard to township 01 P*nPcr« to county poor-houses: au­ thorizing county boards to appoint a Poor- master in towns - The bill ( causes i 000 to pay expenses thereof was lost,.... J ust. before ^J^rnment, Mr. Bibb,of Peoria, arose to a question of privilege. He preferred charges against Chief Clerk Datton, charges which, he said, must be aet- tled now. He proceeded to the Clerk's desk, and, in oehali of tne members, officers and employes, nre- sented Col. Dutton a gok-headed cane. 'P WEDNESDAY, May 28.--SENATE.--The follow­ ing appointments were made by the Governor and confirmed: Jacksonville insane Hoppttal--Trustees --J. D. Beatty, of Jersey; D. R. Ballou, of Kendall; John C. Salter, of Morgan. Elgin Insane Hospital Trustees--C. W. Marsh, of DeKalb; J. C. Bosworth, of Elgin; Fred StaL of Jo Daviess. Members of the 8tate Board of Education--Michael Donahue, of De Witt; Isaac Lessem, of Adams... . A resolution Was adopted relating to freight rates to the seaboard Little other business was transacted, the day devoted to presentations to officers, correspondents, and a general love feast. HOUSE.--The entire morning session of the House was devoted to a discussion of the Revenue bill. In the afternoon, few matters of importance were transacted--The bill establishing a State histori­ cal library and natural history museum in the Cap­ itol was passed. The Wages \aiue of Steam Power. fi[ Prof. Leone Levi, in a lecture to work- 'm. ingmen on " Work and Wages." estima- -Jj ted the amount of capital required to *1 carry on some of the industries in Great M Britain. There are 20,000,000 acres of || land cultivated, which, at £8, is £160,- | 000,000. 'Che cotton trade requires ;|i £80,000,000, wool trade £30,000,000, iron I trade £30,000,000, merchant marine J £70,000,000; railways have £600,000,000 invested in them, and the waterworks, gasworks, docks and other undertakings all call foi' similar vast sums. Construc­ tion may be considered as the fixation of work, and here we have about a thou­ sand million pounds' worth of fixed labor. Labor in use deals with figures and values that are quite as large. The annual industrial production of France is £480,000,000, and of this £200,000,000 is labor, the remainder being called material, though, if the items of its cost were ascertained, current labor would be found to make tip a great portion of that sum also. But, taking French manufactures as they are reported, we can obtain from them an estimate of the value of ma­ chines. The first steam engine was in­ troduced into that country by the city of Paris in 1789, the year of revolution. At that time the cost of labor in manu­ factures was 60 per cent., and of mate­ rial 40 per cent, of the whole cost. On this basis the £280,000,000 worth of ma­ terial used now would require £420,000,- 000 of labor to work it up. The present industrial population of France is 8,400,- 000, though all are not fullv effective, and on the old basis this would have to be increased to 17,640,000 persons. The other divisions of population, tradesmen, etc., would also increase, and the result is finally apparent that France is not large enough to contain and raise food for the people that would be needed to , carry on the modern business on the old :J methods. The man power of the steam | machinery introduced into the industries ^ is estimated at 31,500,000, and, as it re- ' places £220,000,000 worth of labor, we may reckon tne wages of a steam man­ power at £7, or $35, per year, exclusive of food (fuel) and lodging.--Galaxy for June. * Japanese Laws. BftVflrity of the shown by the fact that death is the pun- ^ isliment for every offense. In the fat© | of the offender his family is not infre­ quently involved. Death by decapitation at the hands of the common executioner, or by instant self-murder, is the usual punishment, and nothing short of death is considered an atonement of the slightest breach of the law, or of public tranquillity, or of disobedience to any order or instruction of Government. Apparently they have no condensed written code of laws. Their laws consist of edicts issued in the name of the Em­ peror from time to time. They are said to be exceedingly simple in their con­ struction, and to possess the somewhat rare merit of being intelligible to the commonest capacity. A LIBERAL Philadelphian says the dif­ ference between his burg and New York is that while Philadelphia ties a string to every dollar she makes, and never lets it go, New York will throw a million ink> „ the Atlantic at the risk of winning or losing; and that this is precisely why the center of trade doesn't oscillate a hair's- bicadth between the two cities. THE MARKETS. @ 1 80 @ «1 ® 66 <3 95 @15 00 NEW YORK. BUTI8 9 as 75 Hoos 5 60 (d, 5 75 COTTON. 11 FLOUR--Superfine Western 6 75 @ 7 25 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago 1 78 CORN--Western Mixed 69 OATS--Western Mixed 42 RYE--Western '.. 87 POBK--New Mess 14 75 _ LABD--Steam 9% CHICAGO. BSXVE8--Choice Graded Steers 5 40 @ G 65 Choice Natives 5 10 @ 5 30 Cows and Heifers.. 3 25 @ 4 60 Good Second-class Steers. 4 00 @ 4 50 Medium to Fair.. 4 SO @ 5 00 HOOB--Live.. 4 80 <£ 5 20 FLOUB--Fancy White Winter. 10 60 @11 00 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 8 00 @ 8 50 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring 1 47)$<$ 1 48J£ No. 3 Spring 1 40 @ 1 42 COBN--No. 2 4634 47 40 70 75 25 10# OATS--NO. 2 89 ® RYE--No. 2 69 <® BABLEV--No. 2 65 <S& BUTTEK--Choice Creamery 23 <*, HOGS--Fresh 10 @ Htmic--Mess 13 60 @13 75 LABD 9 % QX MILWAUKEE. WHKAT--NO. 1 1 69 @ 1 70 No. 2 1 60 <$ 1 61 COBN--No. 2 45 9 49 OATS--No.2 ,.... 87 (4 38- RYE 82 @ 83- BABLKV--NO. 2 80 @ 82 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed Fall 1 70 COBN--Western Mixed ft OATS--No. 2 41 @ 1 <3 RYE 75 POBK--Mew .* 14 25 @14 60 LARD 9 @ 9V Hoos 4 40 @ 4 90 CATTLE 4 50 @5 62I£ CINCINNATI. WHEAT 160 @ L 80 COBN : - 49 @ 52 OATS 44 @ 49 RYE 83 @ 85 PORK--Mese ..14 25 @14 50 LABD TOLEDO. WHEAT--Extra. L 70 Amber l COBN 51 OATS--No. 2 45 DETROIT. FIXHTH--Medium...... 9 00 WHEAT--White. 1 75 COBN--No. 2 J.. 48 OATS--Mixed 48 R" ? 1 00 POBK--Mess. 15 60 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Hoos--Yorkers 5 10 <a 5 20 Philadelphia* 5 30 @ 6 40 CATTLE--Best 6 00 @ 6 25 Medium 5 6tt @ 6 75 SHEEP 50 ^ 5 10 »tf@ 10 @ 1 73 (4 1 68 @ 52tf @ 48 @ 9 50 @ 2 00 @ 51 @ 49 @ 1 10 @15 7»