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mt m J. VAN SLYKE, Prausaaa. llcHENRY, ILLINOia #» WS CONDENSED. A ttsoslty ooonnred it A frail craft upon whioh a party of em destined for Arkansas, where they B£ to found A eohwv, WH capriaed in river, and five of the unfortunate drowned... .Matthew Davenport, if tfavtkamptoo. Mam., fktaUy stabbedhis wife and one Pratt, her alleged i*nmoar.... Abel tT Fiiield, late Water Register of Oam- tadga, Maan., has been fonwd guilty of embea- • i--apon nine ooonts . . . . Ivans , DateaU A Co., heavy iron dealers ia Pittsburgh have fB»Li Labilities about *700,000. jiHK Bitmrn, of Boston, extensively en­ gaged in the East India trade, has failed. Bis ars •260,000. Wobmai LTM oamm from the ; the 8km from the Bed Cloud Agency to the Minanr) 1.700 of them took# away, and are now on the war-path. Gen. T*nj has ordered the oa^alry to prepare for a winter caaspaigit. Tlios® wbo thus deserted are operating in the Dead wood country, and have already attacked trains and cansed gen­ eral consternation. Prank Bacde, the St, Elmo murderer, was taken from St. Loois, on th<* 38th nit, to CWesbnrg, SL, and safelj lodged m f*H, Oon- tmy to general expectation no attempt was •ads to lynch the desperado. Band® glories in his crimes, bus, is artful enough to evade iB remarks wbioh might fix any special offense Moo *»«"» He chatter* incessantly, and not «Jways coherently, and then are rumors that his lawyers will offer a. plea of Insanity The gravest doubts exist as to the possibility ox ob­ taining ft verdict of murder in the first, degree. Gains T. MAYO, CmeMer of the Second Bank of Lafayette, Ind., has stolen dbrat fllQ,600 of the inc&tation's funds, oans- Inc it to suspend business. The creditors, it is «U, w?H be paid ia fnlL Tn uotatioufl ©ofckw. Fran* Bunds, was ones an anate of the Indiana penitentiary, at Ctty, from which Is® emerged last •pring, after serving a sentenee of ive yeara, Be was one of the hardest and most unruly characters that entered that institntioii, M« r«al BUBS is Charles Arthur Tan Zandt Bands being one of the many aliases adopted ty the desperado. iA MRnu tragedy was rwmtly enacted flfcar nawwfaphuH. Moll. A yonng man named Hs^Am>.a absenos from bonne of Us father, shot and killed his mother and sla­ ter, and then set fire to the house and barn.... gmnerow depredations are reported in the BlaokHUls.... Hie officers of thelate Pro­ tection life Inmnnoe Company, of Ghieago, have been indioted for perinry in swearing to ffclee statements of the oonditKm of the mm- pan?. L.P. Hilhard and A.W. Edward®, two very it dtiaens of Chicago, are among the The Chrand Jury nas »!w> returned against Henry Oreenebaum, f. Stauford and Eben F. Bunyan, ex- mi the park boards, for conspiracy to defraud the city....A. shocking tragedy was * 1 in Cleveland, Ohio, last week. A man McQiJl became enraged at his wife be­ etle refused to live with him, and almost iteraDy shot her to pieces, putting nine pistol halls into her body» [,-^ "PEA»K Rama, the outlaw, has at last re- :t'i Hatod his name, which is Charles O. Soott. Be says his residence is at Fairfield, Iowa, where he emigrated with his parents in 1859, when 13 years old, from Washington county, •f.;Pa. He says Idx nrt»t orime was that of bnr- committed, at Ottamwa, Iowa, in 1871. A DHPATOB from Biemarok states that Dead- ' wood, in the Hack. Hills, is bmeged by hos­ tile Sioux, and that the whites are in imminent danger of massacre. Troops had been ordered t» move frans Fort lanooln. Standing Bock, and Fort Basiling on forced marches. at Athens, Ohio, last week, burned eight 'business houses; loss, 180,000. The * * ItidgB mer the Scioto river, at ChiHioothe, was ,?®BFn®d the same day; loss, f60,000. ' "IT is stated that Sitting Bull is desirous of • ' Kftming to the territory of the United States; • thai he labored under a misapprehension of . . their errand when he treated with eontumely the Oommi»>kuiere who were sent one to inter­ view bim, and that be is now willing to apol- ,!«igixe and throw off his newly-declared al­ legiance to the "Great Mother." The German National Back, of Chicago,, of whioh ' H«wv Oreenebanm is President, Jbas . ch)i©d its doors, The directors of the bank issued a circular etating thai, the de- • posits having shrunk from #1,157,000 in July to •ltt.000, they deem it advisable to discon­ tinue business. The directors claim that the tnstitutico has assets enough to pay all obliga- " TUB SOCTB. 'llamaa, BOTH, 7. A Saving, Charles Har- way and W. H. 8tranui>, lato directors of the > ihiion Banking Company^ of Baltimore, have ---s- Inpi iadieted by th Oratii JBIT en s charge <*f eonmiring to dufraud... .The bodies of An­ tonio Mtcroci and Miss AureiiE Sliarp w«r© • : found in a cemetery at Montgomery, Ala., a _, itstol-ball hole in eaoh kead. A note from •' fucrosi indioHtes that they were willing to die . - for each It is snpfosrf Hioswi shot her and then killed him»elf....At Norfolk, : ,.S IA., Beo^unin Gulfrej age« it, Aot and to- itantly ulkd Miss Molbe E. Winingder, aged * t t l l T ^ «•: i I; die. J«loa«y. • Waas aev«i nsgs©^ were rowing aeroes the •; ;\iti«issipp4m« New Orieans, in an old the plaaki of the frail craft parted and tlve of the lueklem men were drowned. rimtik-• ! • • OMtaSBAM + feflnres i White, Lasgstaff A Co., ; , "haMwim, Memphis, Tenn., liabilities tl40,- 1 '" tiocs; Wood A Co., dry goods, Montreal, Can., Babilitiee #190,000, aseete @25,080; Harwell, -' Wtf A Hmrstc».s ITOE, ladiaaa|>ol85 Iod., lia- IffltSes W0,000 aeseto ; iWiumn A BUckmore, ludianapolis, liablli- * " ties #*«,000 j the Natalities of Conrad Pappen- t haosen, the l^ng bland railway magnate, who«*e flMlmre was recently announced, ara *Med at #3,000,000, and his assets at ! . •Tooo.ftfe , . BOM Soma WBM, the new Minister to En- glauoL hfM woU for Loiadan--81* of the V . Pittsburgh ranters have been sentenced to the ' penitentiary for terms varying from one year 'V» and ten months and a fine of t5,000 to a fine .«r f&OO mi a htxm of rtx months. 1*0UT10AX« miii^A WMHOMVOM telegram of the 80th ult MThe Senate Committee on Ckmneroe , . this morning decided to report all three of the " . Vew fork Custom Hoaae uoaiinatioii8f with the i ..AWeeosaB&endation that they be not confirmed. five Bepubiican numbers (rf the ooiaaiittee " were present, but four Democrat* were absent. ? • fbe vote by which the adverse report was or- 4ered upon eich of theee nominations is under- stood to have been as folow: Against con- • trmatioQ--ConkliBg,, Spencer, Patterson and r-l ltoMillan. In favor--£ loniside." j, j !7HBBS are four oolor®i members in the new ^Iiwgislature of Missisdppi three of whom an ' i>emocrats and one Bepublioan. There is on­ ly one Republican in the Senate, while in the JRouse there are ton. * ^E*Gov. WIIUAM Alia to oak in » letter ' " " ' - • : ' ' : V V - ••• i; i f * - • . ' • the use of his nana i with the Senatorship from Ohta. WA8HINOTOH. Tin Owumfttae on Ap{»ropriatlaM tm the lower BOOM of Coagrees refusal te provide rnoaev to pay the expenses «f the oomaicsu>n to investigate the New York Onstcua House, on the ground that th* Fnddeot had na tight to order sooh a eomMission; thattha law makes it the duty of pertain ettoers of the treasury to perform such servfee>aad they should have been employed instead of outaidsr*. TMX following LA the statemsnt of the oper­ ations by the National Bank Redemption Agency for the month of November. National-bank note* fit for drtmlatina assorted and retaned to banks of taraaJOMMW HatijoaJ-baak notes salt for otroolation assorted anddettvaied to OomptroUar of oanenay for destraetldn and npltw- mcnt with new note*. S,115^ne Notes of failed, liquidating, and reducing National-banks deposited In the treas­ ury 7ZZV. Tsr.sno Total tM.ST«.800 THK publio debt, aooovding to the laafc monthly ihttnwii of the United States Treasurer, was reduced fl,S3S,6M during November. A L4Box number of the President's nooodna- tious failed of confirmation at the extra session of the Senate, and Attorney General Bevens has given it as his opinion that the failrare to sStsSnB the new cfflce.rs *ppoi*>t«d m placo *4 old officers virtually reinstates for the time bting and until the future action of the appointing power The only Bapublicans voting with the Demo­ crats for the confirmation of FitssHmmons as M»ruhai of Georgia wtre Conover, Patterson and Stanley Matthews. THE President of the Soiate and the Speaker of the Hotum have determined to stop the sale of liquors in the Capitol... .Fernando Wood is very busily engaged m preparing a tariff MIL It is stated that it will be sweeping in its char­ acter, and will make extensive reductions. It is reported that he contemplates reducing the tariff on silks from 60 to 30 per cent. Jwmcx HUMPH rac, a Washington dispatch states, has rendered an opinion in the habaaa- corpm ease of Senator discharging him from custody. This prevents Patterson from being taken back to South Carolina, an­ iens Ctov. Hampton shall make another requisi­ tion,, whioh it is thought he will not do Gen. Ord, commanding the forces in Texas, was before the Committee on Military Affaw the other day. He stated that the Mexio&u people and authorities on the lower Bio Grande were in sympathy with the raiders, and in­ timated that his prexeni forae was quite in­ adequate to guard the frontier and pursue and prnush the raiders, as hie cwdera re­ quire him to do....Btrlson Hutching lately of the Si Louis Timet, has started a new Democratic paper in Washington, called the Posk John A, Oookerill, formerly of the Cincinnati Enquirer, and A. C. Buell, a prom­ inent newxpaper correspondent, are on the ed­ itorial staff. THE TUBKO-BVHSAJI WAS. VotrR wnmtmcm Turks have snrrRidered to the Russians in Sohipka Pass... .Some severe fighting, resulting in the defeat of the Turks, is reported near Bids*.. . .The Geshoffs have been unconditionally relmmd A great storm with mow has been prevailing in the Balkans. A BZXQBADB dispatoh says there is a ramor current that the Porte has offered, through the mediation of England, to cede old Sarvia to Servia and Epirns to Greece, if they will re­ main neutral A Constantinople dispatoh says great excitement prevails in the city on account of the calling out of the reserves, and disturbances are expected. All servants of the pahtoe have been anned with revolvers. There are great difference* of opinion among the Ministers aB to the expediency of making pro­ posals for peace, but at present the war party prevails DETAILS erf the losses la the fighting at Mitchks show that the Busaians collected 2,500 Turkish dead....Osman Pasha, belea­ guered in Plevna, is said by deserters from his camp t<» contemplate s. sortie of deqieration if not relieved within a fortnighv. The Turks claim to fawe oaptured Elena, io Bulgaria, afterdefeathigtits Bussianiiu a hard- fought engagement. The Russian loss, word­ ing to Turkish acoounte, wa,s 8S000 killed and wounded, 300 prisoners, t^even guns and twenty-seven ammunition wagons. It is said the Russians have 280 guns iu position before Erseroum. OKNRKAL rORElOIf MWA SCVBHTBIH political, military, and priestly leaders of the recent conspiracy in th© Central American republic of Guatemala to assassinate it Pr&Kident and overturn the Government by vioiesme have been arrested, condemned, and executed, AUVICEH from Mexico report that Ijwdo has proposed to forego all claims to the Presidency of the republic if he is given Lower California, Chihuahua, Durango and Sonora, leaving the other provinoes to Diaz A Paris dispatoh s&vit "the various groups of the Left look upon M. Dufaure as the future President of the republic." THSES is much discontent among the cotton operatives of England, and strikes are the order of the day... .Several hundred women, raftering In oonsequenoe of the stoppage of the iron works is the Poreist of Dean district, wkivh belongs to the Crown, h&vu petitioned thy Queen for amietaaco. A Pa&ib dispatoh mya that at a meeting of 120 members of the republican Left it was de- eided to refuse to vote any part of the budget until the Government returned to parliamen­ tary ©our«es..,„MM. Laisant and Do la Bo- chette, mmmh&tn of the Chamtjer of Deputies, fought a duel, tbe other day. M. De ia Bo- chetto wa§ wounded in the thigh. THS leading London Journals speak in earn mendatory terms of President Hayes* message. .The Chinese authorities have torn up and abolished the railway recently built from Shang­ hai to Woosung. A DISPATCH from Ooquimbo, Chili, says the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamship Atalama has been lost. The crew numbered forty, and the passengers probably about fifty. Only eighteen persons were saved. for tbe purpose of having himself elcoted to the BtiuM. A loug di«cuMion followed. The Demo, cnt* obantd that they had witnesses ready to prove ooaoiasively that Oov. Xellecg was in oon>- plicity with Um lUturntBC Board ia to hioaf^tf to the Wsaata. Wthont aeMo»<m Mm matter the Annate SajoTUMd. Hom-Not in sr--ton. PMCAY. NOV. 30. ^nram--Ik* Bausefoint iwolBttoa ia- relatton te the Paris.. Bxposttloa was SCMCMMI aad passed....4 nnmhar of Mils vm intooduoed aad ntoni fin--jrimatlna waansuned of tk* XaOon case. Mr. fartoeeon delivered aa elaborate aet speech la r«ly to tbe severe attack made upon hie couiee by Mr. Kdmunds on Tuesday. A niattpa to reoocn- mitthe Kellogg ease waslost Mtoaa-SeTioeytee- Ident deolining to exeratae his pveroftMvo, as tba ax* tkn«wkMt by tbe failare to seoefie a aajoittj of attnnative voles. At 9 oUtok 8eu >day OMcaiag a vole was takea on the original irsotattan to seat KeUefg. and tt was adapted--UJ never and Patter­ son volte* vrtth the Bepnblloa •» la the Ainnatlve. '-PKOCEEDIVtlS OF COKVBB88. WEDMHSDATR, Nov. 28.--SBHATS.--'The contest between the opposing poUUeai forces in the Senate was resumed directly after i'uei Journal was read. Mr. Wadteigh, OlialriBsn of the Elections Cocunit- tee, moved,, as a prirtlegad quet^ion, to proceed to the eoueideration ot the case of Kellotur over of Batter. T&e Chair ruled Mr. lei^h ® motion in ordfi. Mi. Thnrman ap- pealed trom the deoision of the Ohair and the Vtoe Prewtdeiit «ras sMtaiued by a majority of one--Mr. Oonover ifjjtlng with th© BepnbltaMB and Mr. Patterson with tbe Democrat- Mr. Davw, of Illinois, nut votlag. Upon a motion k 16 C**® Voto *** * tie~-29 29 ~wid the Vice President gave the caMioa vote hi the affirmative. Mr. Thumiaa uhalleuad tae right of th. Vic . Pr*rtdeot to vote on questions p< mining Ut legialatinn. Mr. WMer «aid he bad CMvfiUJy wasidrrsd the qtiestioo as tn Itiis rlKht to yote upon the ems, and he had no donbt of his right to do BO under tlu WNIBTIIULUMI. Mr. rbuman TTEU saovecl to i^oouoiutt tho fellegg ease, upon which a genera! debate eoBiiwl, whioh in participated in , v MejBrs Hill, SauUbury, Wadlelgh and MoMll- lHD- P«nrilng «lte«05*M0n the benate votod, bv a ma­ jority of one, to adjourn. House.--The House waa not In session. TBUBHDAT, Nov. 29. --SKMATX.--Immediately efter the reading of the Journal, objection oflftmd to any new buimew, oonKideration was rt>- Um w.lV1!? r, ,,oU"ion for ,he a<liui«Kjori of Will- ifm Pitt Kfliogg SM 8 nator from JLotiiisiaiis for sis ytm-b from March 4,1877, the pending qucntiou to#- ag oil the amendment of Mr. Sai.ieb! ry to commit ^w fe wal>j«ct to tlie Cooimlttce on Privilfves and Elections, with Uutruction" to S!yyw°^^r?!L*HPw ^ *£• oompUcity of uov. Kellogg with the Returning Board in frauds The vote stood iBtoM. Mr. ihunnan then moved that M. C. Butler be sworn in as Senator from Booth Carolina. Agreed to--yeas, 89; nays, 9fr--Cooover and Pattwson voting in the allirmattva. Messrs. Kellogg and Butler were thou sworn in as Senators The Senate, in executive session, confirmed the nooai- ac(loa of Jehu "A, sS Zeatochy, to be Judge of the Suproaac Court. A motion to reoon- rider was immediately entered, which waold >»ve the queetion still open. The nomination of WilUam Henry Smith, aa Oolleotor of Customs at Ohmgo, waa returned without aay reoommsndstlon. House.--Ho business wss tianssstml hi the House. SJLTTTSDAY, Dee. I.--BWATH.---A reaohitiou WM presented by Mr. Wadlelgh. Ohuimaa of tbe Oomiaittee on Privil«gea sod RieoUoaa, decMng J. B. Kut^is entitled to a seat as Senator from Loo- istoife It was placed on the calendar. Mr. logalla gave notice that he did not concur with the majority of me committee In satanittlas this report, and that he would hereafter pveaent tbe repot t of the minor­ ity signed by himself and two otbera-JCessra. MoMJt- lax>, of Minnesota,and Cameron, of Wlsoonata....A Mil wan introduoed bv Mr. Vooihees granting pen­ sions to soldier* of the M^zloan war....The DeA- oioncy Appropriation bin waa passed.. ..The Ben- ate, is executive session, confirmed the noarination of Owen p. Fitsslmmons to be Marshal of Georgia, after an animated disensaion. by aix majority, toe negative votes being all Republicans. The nomina­ tions of Roosevelt and Prince to be OoUeotnr end Naval Officer of tbe port of New York, were report­ ed adversely by the Commeroe Committee, of whicn Mr. OoukUug la Chairman, and placed on the calen­ dar. Housa.--A bill was unanimously passed, fihder a suspension of the rules, appropriating $1 000 to each surviving oflleer of the lost war steamer Huron; $10© to eaoh rarviving seaman; and to the widows and children of the lost an allow»«.«: equal to a year's pay of their respective relatives. ...A mo­ tion to auspend the ru'es and pass a bill to remove toe disabilities imposed upon any person by virtue of the thirteenth section of the Fourteenth amend­ ment was lost--yeas, 90; nays, 63--not two-thirds voting In the affirmative A motion to instruct the Ways and Means Committee to revise the tariff so as to make it solely a tariff for revenue was rejected --yeas, M; nays, 79--Both booses adjourned till 10 o'clock a. m., Monday, Deo- S. MOHDAT, Deo. 8.--SSMATB.--'Itw «stm se»- eion ra«t at 10 o'clock, and after a session off m hoar and » half adjourned. Th® regular session of the 8*mate began at noon, the President's message and the various department reports were read, and an aojottrament WH voted till Thursday, Deo. 6. Boron.--HotMng was done to the Howe beyond tieMrtjau tbe m««sp and aooompanyips doesunents read. TCMDAT, Dee. A--OaAn.-Not in session. Hocsa.--Bills were introduoed and referred as follows: By Mr. Townaend (O), to aid vessels weoked or diaabled la waters oontinguous to the United States or Canada; by Mr. DlbreU, levying a tax on Income; by Mr, Baker (Inti.i, « Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution prohibiting the payment of any claims for damage growing out of the taking, ase, or detraction of property during the Re­ bellion ; by Mr. Burtiell, to substitute green­ backs for the irnne of national banking asso­ ciations,, tuts! to pay tbe full amount for afl bonds deposited by them iu the treasury in aooord- anoe with the terms of the contract expressed on tbe face of mid bonds, the Made so redeemed to be canceled; by Mr. HabbeU, dividing Mioblgan into three judicial districts; by Mr. Ellsworth, providing for general amnesty Mr. Fry®, from the Judiciary Committee, reported baok tbe bill prescribing an oath of office which eliminates from the statutes the law whioh pre-* scribes the taking of the iron-clad oath. Pat«ed. Also, a bill repealing Csc. M0 of the Revised stat­ utes, which provides for the disqualification of any juror wbo has without duress or coercion taken up arms In defense of any insurrection or rebellion against tbe United States, or who has given aldZ^r comfort thereto. Passed, * WSDHEBDAT, Deo. 5.--SUIATB. --There was no session of tae Benste. Housa.--The House spent eonstderable time in wrangling over the jurisdiction batwsen the (|a> ineree and Railroad Committees on th« cmbjeot @f the respective control of the two committers over the river and harbor bills. The matter waa settled by reference to tbe Committee on Rules.... Mr. To send, of Illinois, introduced a bill to repeal tho ex­ isting statutes for the renewal of patents, and de­ claring ii unlawful hereafter for the Commissioner of Patents to renew or extend any oatent or design whatever. The bill was passed Mr. Harrison, of Illinois, introduced a bill to provide for an income tax. It proposes to levy upon the in­ comes of all United States dtiaens which may be over $1,000 and under §1,000 annually a tax of 1 per cent.: over 93,006 and under 93,000, IJC per cent., rati graduating the scale up to and including 923,000. Over 933,000 and under 935,0)4, a tax of 3 percent; over $ks,Wt and under $00,000, 4 per cent., and 0 per cent, on all incomes in excess of 950,000. THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. The • Dissatisfied Witness. She was a farmer's -wife, and, as she took the witness stand in a ease before Juatioe Brown, she h».l her Lauds deiiohed, her lips compregBed, and th® ike in her eye was evidence that ihe was burning to tell the truth. "Well, tell the jury what yon know about this ease," said the lawyer. She moved around a little, looked the jury squuio in tho facc, and, getting a good hold of the witness box, she be> gan: " I WM out to the barn te ask my hus­ band if he thought ii was going to rain, and he said he guesaed not, and 1 said I gaessed nofe, when tfere® or four men cama They w©» jawing Mid swearing,. and II almost mad® my blood ran- " " lew mind all that," interrupted the lawyer, "Did you see any-one etrike a blow |M " I guess I did sm some one strike a blow, and three or foa? of them, and I was never so frightened in my life, ancl I wonder I didn't faint away, aad 1 think this man they call KoWineon was the on® who straok drst, and I'm almost sure ef it, and it I'd been a man I'd have " Do you swear that Robinson struok the first blow ?" " Yes, sir, 1 swear that I think Robin­ son struck the first blow, though I may be mistaken, of course, and of course I don't want to swear to a lie for no one, and I waa excited and I don't know but some one may have hit him with an ear of corn and-- • That will do," said the lawyer. *' Why--why, I haven't hardly oom- menoed yet," sbe protested. ' " Wei), I've got all I want of such tes­ timony." " I say it's a mean trick to bring me into town over 'leven miles of mud road and then not let me swear I" she ex­ claimed as she stepped down. "I guess I'm just as good as some other folks out my way, and I {guess I've got just ag good, an education for swear- ing in court, even if we haven't got upholstered ohairs in the house !"--De­ troit Free jPress. SIXTY-FIVE families from Pennsylvania and New Jersey have just settled upon 1,000 acres of agricultural land in Navarro county, Texas. The 8tat<> Commissioner of Emigration expect* that the increased population this year will far exceed that of last, when it considerably beyond 800,000. the Annual Bepsit tarjr Sherman. report of Secretary paper, aad wa barn toe a totief condensation of too ststsmsnta The Secretary says tba total ordt- ftary rsssipts of tho year ending Jnna SO, 1877, WSN $9B§,000,586.63; expaadttnrsa, *338,660,- 006 96, leaving a sorphia revenue of $30,340,- 877.60. The net decrease of revanon, as oom- pared with last year, was 118,461,425.64. There was an increase, however, in internal revenue, vhiskj and tobaooo. ' The first recommendation eahralated to ar­ rest attention is to the (feet that Congress ought to supplement, by appropriate legisla­ tion or Joint rewjlutkm, the 8oeretary'| own assurance that the bonds will bo paid, interest aad principal, in gold coin, and not simply in ecia. The next snggestion is that ha be au- thoriaed to sell bond' either for coin or for its' equivalent in Unsted States notes, for the greater convenience of the general public, es­ pecially those living at a distance from any piaoe where gold o^in is to be found for sale. In regard to resumption, the Secretary k positive that no new legislation is required, He virtually pledge* himself to make green­ backs worth their ne© inside <-•" thirteen months if ieftakm®. He does not propose to retire from circulation the greenback*, except ro much as may be in exoees of $300,000,000. He estimates that §100,000,000 in gold will be coin enough to keep thai xnoeh paper moaej at par. The Secretary sets forth the admntageaof the national-bank system, which we pas« by. Upon the sobjeot of savings banks the Secre­ tary says: "The attention of Congress is called to the great value to our fellow-oitigens of the organ­ isation of some pkn tor the collection, safe­ keeping and profitable employment of small depostii by the peuple. How far this oan be done without trenohiug upon the proper f amo­ tions of the State Qovernmsuts is a question of difficulty; yet it is important to eeoore, if pos­ sible, a general system throughout the United States? This ma hardly be effected by the organization of a multitude of savings Wnka, depending upon the fidelity, integrity and skill of their cflkserH, but the beneficial object of roeh banks might be secured by authorizing the deposit of small sums with any postal money-order offioe in the United States, and the israe of Government certificates, convertible on de­ mand of the holder into 4-per-oent. bonds of the United States of snch character, descrip­ tion and amount as will enable and induce pru­ dent persons to oonvert their earnings into a public security of stable value. The money thus received could be employed in the redemp­ tion of outstanding bond* bearing p. higher rate of interest. By some such syutem it is believed that tbe great body of our publio debt, reduced to its smallest possible burden, oouAd be dis­ tributed among our own people. With a slight modification or existing law this beneficial re­ sult would be secured." Several of the subjects discussed relate to the mere Bseohanlan. of tbe Treasury Depart ment or 'o matters of o»mparatively trivial important The only remaining s^bj^ot of special interest and vital I© the general wel­ fare eome« under the head of coins and ©oin» age. As th© law now stand*, silver coin # * fractional currency shall be issued to an amount not exceeding 910,000,000 for an equal amount of legal-tender notea, and the aggregate of such fractional silver outstanding ®hall not exceed #50,000,000. Th® fceret&rj reoom? mends the removal of the restriction noon Ife© amount of legal tender that may be exchanged for raoh silver believing that the law of supply and demand ©an be trusted to regulate the matter. Trad® dollars to the amount of §90,710.400 have been coined. In the exercise of his lawful discre­ tion in the premises, the Secretary of the Treasury has ordered the suspension of the eoinage of that anomalous pieoe of money, atsd in case another silver dollar is authorised he suggests that the trade dollar be discontinued. Having disposed of the preliminary matters of coinage, the Secretary enters upon an elaborate discussion of the question of remonetising «lv©r. Upon this subject he says: ' " The que^ion of the tame of a silver dollar for droulafion as ttoney has been muoh dis­ cussed ana carefully examined by a oomnti*- sion organized by Congress, whioh has recom­ mended the ooinage of the old silver dollar. With such legislative provision aa will maintain its current viune at par with gold, its issue in respectfully recommended. A gold »>in of the denomination of one dollar is too small for convenient circulation, while suoh a ooin in silver would be convenient for a multitude of daily transactions, and is in a form to aatiafy the natural iusilnet of hoarding. ' " Of the metals, silver is of most general use for .ooina|e. It is a part of every sjstom of ooinage, even in oountru-s where gold is the 'sole legal standard. It best measures the common wants of Mfe, but, from its weight and bulk. Is not a convenient medium in the larger exobangen of commerce. Its production is reasonably steady in amount. The relative market value of silver and gold ia far more stable than that of any other two commodities--st< 11 it does vary. It is not in the power of human law to prevent the variation. This inherent difficulty has compelled all nations to adopt one or the other as the sole standard of value, or to au­ thorize an alternative standard of either, or to coin both metals at an arbitrary standard, and to BiaSntain ono at par with the other by limit­ ing its amount sad -loader qtmStys and re- oeiving or redeeming u> at par wish the other. " Tfie of gold m the attUi&a'd of value ia ooncedcd by &LL Sines 18M it has been practically the sole ooin standard of the United States, &im1 sinee 1815 has been the eoSe standard of ©real Britain. Germany has re­ cently adopted the same standard. Franca and otter Latin nations have suspended the coinage ©f silver, and, it in supposed, will gradually ©ither adopt the wole standard of gold or provide for the convertibility of silver coin, on Hie demand of the hokle.-, late gold ia pursuance of the general policy of the act of 1863, in exchange for United States notes, ooined from bullion purchased in the open market by the United States, and maintaining it by redeirotioa, or otherwise, at par with gold ooin. It could bo made a legal tender for sosfc cams and on such contracts as would set to It MM most general circulation. It be esaify redeemed in United States notes and gold coin, and only reissued when demanded lor public convenience." THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,. " "In tte Jaited States, sevwml experiments have ten aoade with the view of retaining both spM and silver ia emalatai. The Sec­ ond Oongress andwrtook to ©stoblwli a ratio of lit teen of silver I© one of gold, with free coin­ age of both motala. By this ratio gold was nndervalned, as one ounoe of goM was worth more in the markets of the work) ttua Iffoen ounoes of silver, and gold, therefore, was ex­ ported, To oorrect this, in 1687, the ratio was fixed &t tisieen to one, but sixteen outlets of silver were worth in the market more than one ounos of gold, so that silver was demonetised. •'It ia urged that th© free eoinage of silver in the Unned States will restore its market value to thai of gold, HaafeM value is fixed by the world, ana not by the United States alone, and IN glinted by the whole mass of silver in tho world. As the enormous and con­ tinuous demand for silver in Aula has not pre­ vented the fall ia silver, it is not likely that the limited demand for silver coin in thk oountrvr where paper money is now and will be the chief medium of exchange, will cause any considemMo advance in its value. This advance, if any, will tie secured by the demand for silver bullion« for coin to be i«mied by and for tte Utiitod State*, as well aa if it were issued for th® benefit of tht holder of the bullion. If the financial c mdi HOB of our ooontry is BO grevioue that wo must st every hazard have a cheaper dollar, in order to lessen the burden of debts already con­ tracted, it Is far better, rather than to adopt th® single Htandard -of silver, to boldly reduce the nnmber of grains in the gold doll'ar, or to abandon and retrace all efforts to urnke United States notets equal to coin. Either «- EJient will do greater harm to the publio at go in an any possible beneQt to the debtors. "Hie free coinage of silver will also impair the pledge made of the eautoms duties, by the set of February, 1862, for the payment of the interest of the public debt Th© policy thus far adhered to, of collecting these duties ia gold coin, has been the chief cause of uphold­ ing and advancing the public credit, ana mak­ ing It possible to lessen the burden of interest by the process of refunding. " The Secretary believes that all the bene­ ficial results hoped for from a liberal issue of silver coin can be secured by issuing this coin, Sdrara't HeeommendatioDi, The most Important portion of Secretary Sehury.'s report is that relating to the discus­ sion of the Indian policy. After reviewing the events of the year, such aa the Sioux and Nes Penes wars, the flight of Sitting Bull, and the visit of the Ootnmissioners, Secretary Schurz makes the following remarks on the Indian policy: While some progress has been made in the adjustment of difficulties, and the danger of disturbance on a large scale seems remote, it would be unwise to lose sight of the leeeon taught by experience, that in these things ap- pearanees am sometimes deceptive, and that the general condition of ear Indian affairs Is by no means satisfactory. It is useless to dim- gnise tbe fact that a perfect solution of the In­ dian problem--that is to say, so complete an absorption of the Indians in our social and po­ litical system that they no longer appear as an incongrtKras and troublesome element--is, in onr day at least, fraught with perplexities which eannot be solved by a mere stroke of legislation. In my opinion, our efforts should be mainly directed to the following points: 1. The first thing necessary is that we should keep good faith with the Indians in every re- speot. We should never promise them more than we ara able and willing to perform, and then perform what we have promised. 2. The pursuit of hunting is, as much « possible, to be discouraged among tho Indians. The excitement of the chase stimulates their warlike propensities. When (he Indians cease to be hunters they will, in a, great measure, cease to bo warriors. To thi« end they should be permitted to possess only a limited supply of arms and ammunition, and their ponies should be exehangsd as maoh aa practicable for cattle. 5. As a number of Indian tribes are still de­ pending in part, at least, upon hunting for their sustenance, their wants must be provided for tn another way. They should te gradually gathered upon a smaller number of reserva­ tions, where agriculture and ORt tie-raising can be carried on with sncoess, and where they can easily be supplied with their necessaries no til they are self-sustaining. The Indian Terri­ tory has room for most of the South­ western tribes, which should be gradually loeated there as they come under control of the Government. One or two reserva­ tions in the Northwest this aide of th© moun­ tains, and a similar consolidation of reserva­ tions en the Pacific slope, to be determined en after more minute inquiry into local circum­ stances, will accommodate the Northern Indi­ ans. The interspersions of Indians and whtkM, whioh is so apt to lea4 to troublesome tsoltisions, ean, in tnis way, be considerably limited, and greater facilities will be afforded for the promotion of civilization. While Indi­ ans cannot be expected to become snooessfnl fanners at onoe. several tribes have already made appreciable progresfl in that respect, and others are likely to do MO under favorable eir- oumstonces and judicious management. i The enjoyment and pride of tbe indi­ vidual ownership of property being one of the most effective civilization agencies, th® allot­ ment of small tracts of land should be made to th© beads of families on all reservations, to be held in severally, under proper restrictions, so that they may have fixed home*. To protect th© security of life and property among the Indian* toe laws of the United States, to be enforced by proper tribunals, should be ex­ tended over the reservation*, and a body of police composed of Indians, and subject to tbe orders of the Government officers, should be organised on each of them. It is a matter of experience that Indians thus trusted with official duty can almost uniformly be depended on in point of fidelity and efficiency. & The establishment of schools for the in- strnottoa of the young is. gradually being ex­ tended among the Indian tribes under onr con­ trol as far as practicable Th® attendance of Indian children should be ma e compulsory. One of the most important points is that they should be taught to speak and read theEnghsh language. Efforts have been made to establish and teach the grammar of Indian dialects, and to use books print® i in thorn dialects as & means of instruction. This is certainly a very inter­ esting and meritorious philological work, but, as far as the education of Indian children is oonoerned, the teaching of the English language must be considered infiuK el y more useful If In­ dian children are to be civilized, they must learn the language of civilization. In this way a young generation nvty be raised up far more open to civilising influences of a higher kind, and more fit for a peaceable and profitable in­ tercourse with the white people. 6. At many of the agencies farmers are em­ ployed and salaried by the Government, but, m some if not in most cases, the farms have been worked by white men merely to rake crops for supplying the agencies and the In­ dians. They are to be tturned to much greater advantage. The farms should be used, in the first plaou, for the instruction of the youths at school. 7. On the reservations the labor of white men is to be dispensed with and Indian labor to be employed as much as possible. Proper discrimination should be mace in the distribu­ tion of supplies and annuity goods, slid the- granting ot favors between those who work and those who live as idle vagabonds, so that honest effort might be encouraged by tangible recog­ nition and reward. Some of these reforms have for some time beeu in progress. Others are in course of preparation. Their accomplishment requires SinMi and patient labor, and, above all things, an honest and effioient Indian service. TBI W1B DEPARTMENT* lepoi t «f 8-eretary MeCsmty. Hen. George W. MoCrary, the Secretary of War, in his annual report, after alluding to the injurious effects of the constant interfering with the army by legislation, threateti»g re­ ductions, nrges an elastic system of wg&msa- tion which will be capable of extension in owe of necessity to an aggregate foroe of 30,000 to £0,030 mm. He eonnders that the necessities of the oOunlry demand a military foroe not less than that now authorised by statute, whioh should be capable, by increasing Us© numerical strength of the companies of Iteing raised to the standard neoewary to meet any urainary oon* tingency. Th® report-, in Hpaakiug of the Indian service, favors th© placing of tne feeding of aU th© Indian nations no* provided with ra­ tions by the Government ia charge of the Commissary Department of the army. On the subject of the retirement of officers from active servioe, the Secretary urges legislation which will remove the present limitation as to the number of officers who may be on the retired li»t at the same as at present. This number is 369. By a removal of the limitation the num­ ber will nofc be materially increased, as a careful inquiry shorn that with the proposed changes there would be only about forty officers to add to the list. The Secretary does not favor any change in the portion of the statute which leaves the question of retirement to the Presi­ dent. It has always been urged by the younger officers of the army that it should be obligatory unon the President to retire officers at the age of 62. Iu regard to the recent order directing the • temporary suspension of tbe publication of the reourd of the battles in the Army Register, the Secretary of War says it was absolutely neoen- sary, as the list, as furnished to tne "depart­ ment, was in suoh oonfu*ion that it was impos­ sible for the officials at the War Office to reme­ dy it. He says that originally a request was sent to officers to furnish the department with a list of the battles iu which their several regi­ ments had been engaged. Some sent in answers giving a list of unimportant engagements; oth- • sent in skirmishes; and others again a list 'k®1' regiments were present, but did not participate; while a few confined thsfe stslwsnsnts to sash important vogag* S TH.AWI^RIJLI>ORILIOU>I>WNDTOB. tempaiarijy euspsndsd. These reoords wil probshfy again appear in the Ar»jr Register of next 3$ "it. THE BAVf. Secretary Thompson*a Beport. The Secretary of the Navy, in his reper^ s*ys: "The appropriations available for tho present fisoal year? commencing July 1, 1877, are $18,592,932. The whole ampont drawn from th« treasury from July 1 to MOT. 1,1877, is $5,848,037. Of this amount there ia esti­ mated to have been in the hands of the Pay­ masters and agents of the Government on Nov. 1, 1877, $37*1,528, besides «i52.00n refunded, making a total of $1,029,528, whicn, deducted from tne amount drawn, mill show the actual expenditure from July 1 to Nov. 1, 1877 to have been $4,818,609. The «»y«tirT fOT present fiscal year are $16,298,384, exclusive of $2,314,231 submitted for new bnjldings, im­ pairs and improvements at several navy- yards. In th® report of the Secretary of the Navy Nov. 39, 1876, the estimated amount for the pay of the navy for the present fiscal rear was $7,300,000, the compntatior. being based upon the number of offieao nS borneupoo#the reg^tor Cougree*, however, by the sot of March 8, 1877, appropriated onlr $8,800,000, or $700,000 less than theMtimato. This will necessarily produce a deficiency at the end of the fisosl year, unless Oongress shall appropriate the amount, the payment of whioh to officers and men is so fixed by lav that it can not be evaded. The amount appro­ priated for the deficiency at the extra sesskss of Congrem had reference only to the last fisoal year, ending June SO, 18*7, and was based upon the amount ascertained to be dns upon the books of the Fourth Auditor's whereas the deficiency here referred to is esti­ mated for the tire sent fisoal year, ending Jana 30, 1878." A Koble Fair of Brothers. In the town of "Wells, Me,, there ara two brothers, one 77, the other 78 jean of age, weighing nearly 600 pounds and measuring in height about twelve feet six in olios oombined, living about four miles from North Berwick, in th© vicin­ ity of Bragdou & West's mill. What ia remarkable about these two men is that they were bom in the home they now live in, and never went away from home. Both are married and have families. They have always lived onthisplaoe, and never divided any property, never kept any aooounts, never quarreled, never had any .hard words or disagreements. The farm contains upward of 500 acres of land, over 350 of which are heavily timbered. Their timber and wood tract is nearly a mile square, extending from their house, whidb sets isolated and in from the main road, baok to tbe Boston and Maine track. There are hundred* of trees upward of a hundred f*«t high, and some of which measure from four to five feet in diameter at the butt There are no such trees in this section of Maine as are owned by " Jaok k Oli­ ver," as they are known far and near. Their children, when they go to th« store for goods, say to the merchant: "Charge to fattier. "Well, who is father?" "Why, Jack ft Oliver." A Boy Minor. In the town of Auburn, Ore., gold diggings have been found under very peculiar circumstances. A boy had been fitted out by his father with the imple­ ments of mining, and set to work near the roadside, merely for amusement and to give the youngster something to keep him out of mischief. The ground waa staked out formally in mining style, and some waste water was turned into sluices' so as to wash the dirt. The boy worked for a few days faithfully, and, to every­ body's surprise, at last panned out a small quantity of gold dust. .Laborers were then employed, and the work was deepened and extended, gold ooaiifining to be found, at last aooounts, ia profit­ able quantities. THIRTY-FIVE memorials, containing over 5,000 names of persons residing in the valleys between Cairo, 111., aad Vicksburg, Miss., a distanoe of 000 miles, have been forwarded to Congress* invoking Government aid to rebuild the rivt r shore levees to proteot and fedaim. alluvial lands. Um>nt the Illinois law there svsfhir- ty-four different grades of strain. *H£ MA&&JST& YOBK. Bk*T*S. 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