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About 90,000 Irregular* letdBatotmi, on the Black Sea, and venitodtO 5^ ' X bXRSAvr is weiring to secure the teatreliaatlon of ties Jtaltte In the event of ̂ THE boiler in Strong's foundry, ia . *l>ublin, Ireland, exploded, on the 88th, de- itroylng $he adjoining houses, killing llf- iMnpetitarfahd serkmsly fi taring twelve «then. • i A'BUCHAREST dispatch of the 27th Ays the Eu&sians had threatened to occupy ipat city, on the pretest that it was a necessary : "{jet of precaution to maintain order. ' -,V? A CONSTANTINOPLE telegram of the . tjfOth ult. s^ys the Turin had refused to evacu­ ate Shumla and Varna. ( THE Grand Duke Nicholas has been smoted to be Field Marshal of the Empire, |nd relieved by Gen. Todleben. The object [the Grand Duke's recall Is said to be to the friction and diminish the danger of ' - A BELGRADE dispatch of the 39th alt. §s;s the frontier and frontier fortifications of lervia were being hurriedly strengthened. A BERLIN correspondent of the 29th fit. says if Austria invaded Bosnia and Herae- •govina, as then appeared probable, Italy would feake a descent apon the Albanian coast. •I A SAX STEFANO dispatch of the 30th {t says the substitution of Gen. Todleben for e Grand Duke Nicholas, as- Commander of e Russian forces in Turkey,portended strife. As affray between Russian and Turkish soldiers occurred, on the 28th ult, ak>*t two miles beyond the Constantinople fortifications. Eighty men were wounded on both sides. The Sefaakierate has consequently prohibited the Bosnian soldiers from crossing ve line of demarcation between the two amies. A BELCTTAD* MEPNN of the 80th tilt. says the friendship between Russia and Serria had been completely restored. It had teen arranged that Servla, in the event of an Anglo-Bassian war, should only observe the Stipulations of 'the San Stefano Treaty so tbng as the Turks remained neutral. THE Paris Exposition was formally epened by President MacMahon, cm the 1st attendance was large and enthusiastic. The Exhibition as a whole was still In an in­ complete condition, but a few days' labor would tjemedy the existing chaotic condition of af- jhirs. The American Department was entire* % Creditable and attracted great attention. A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch of the 1st says Gen Todleben had not succeeded in .•Mrranging for the simultaneous withdrawal of ;.jphe English vessels and the Russian troops. A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch of the fd says the principle of a direct exchange of Views between London and the former city, on Questions interesting England, had been ^kgrted opon. It was stated at Vienna, on the jw« day, that the negotiations would be based upon larger concessions .than had been acceded to by Russia. * MINTSTKR SEW ABB., a few days ago, tel^raphed to the Department of State in Washington that the famine in the Northern ' fmtaCM of China wiU continue six months Jfoagfr. Fun# for the relief of sufferers, if inuasmitted by telegraph, can be disbursed by |he Foreign Compxittee, or by the Commission appointed at Pekin. A correspondent of the yewTork JEWwtwg Post, writing at Tokio, April P@M1B following: " The famine in the forth o£ China rages with increasing acvcr- tjj and the most dreadful reports corae from aifflcted regions. In one town a maa ©pewldaBliop for the sale of human iiceh, good business in cranibalistle jointa <u)d roast* till local Mandarin caused the »?2^hp^teeper to be arrested and beheaded." 4 BERLIN dispatch of the 3d says the Czar cf Russia had himself undertaken to conduct ifiaiia during the illness of Prince ©Orteehl»toff.': OHIWBRS hare been issued to concen­ trate 25,000 mm on the frontier, between Aus­ tria and Bosnia. i W^MAEAAT SifiiiSs tanot teclous lie •oiling to the taMf? to A CALL has ^beea issued by Sec'y Sherman for #5,000,000 of flve-twentles, con­ sols of 1865, interest to ceate on the 30th of Joly. ' ',A R-F.F.H '• TH* Assistant United States Treas­ urers throughout the country have been w thoriaed to exchange silver dollars for green- MBW WORIJBw WASPINOTON telegrams of the 28th Siy uuU thf amount of United States notes re- tiratt duniig Apfll, in consequenpe of the issue of Ifatlbhil Suk notes, waa about *l,SdO,GOO. lhe Asoetar; of the Treasury had ordered th)s aigpfnttobe replaced by silver dollars to be pfid out in the course of business. The sum would be distributed among the various Sub-TYea&oriesand public depositories, so that to this ©stent 41m stiver dollar will be paid out far currency obligations. This will not, itia a^ted, interfere with the exchange of the silver dollar at par for gold coin at any time. A NEW and very dangerous counter­ feit $100-bill ol. the issue o£ the Merchants' National Bank, of New Bedford, Mass., was detected at the St. Louis Postofficc, on the 29th ulfc. The general appearance of the bill is said to be good, though the seal li poorly egaeuted. . IT was believed ia Washington, on the 29th ult,, that a tax on incomes of over 92,000 could not pass the House of Representa­ tives. This was the opinion of the Ways and Means Committee of the House. IN the United States Circuit Court at San Francisco, on th% a»th ult., Judge Sawyer decided that a Chiuaman is not a white per- •i ;y son within the meaning of the term as used in i the Naturalization laws, and is not, therefore, entitled to citizenship. The case will be ap­ pealed, doubtless, to the Unite* tu ̂Bu- Court, • ,• >> THE steamer Cimbiia, having on board a force of 600 Russia? sailors and thirty omeen; ;put into tieofthwest Haitor, Me., the '"1V j.'* other 4*FT IMD up to the morning of the 1st " ! raaalaed - ttere with steam up apparently wattttw orders. Her mission to this coast has nottn^spfrSd. ' A 1|ONTB*AI< (Can.) dispatch of the 80th ult saym, ps a section of Toung Britons were proceeding oat to the western suburbs, on the morning of that day, they were at- 'J*'- ' \ ^ • »-'I THE publio-4eht steteoent for April shows a total of debt and intereft of $2,232,- 888,086i cadi Itr Treasury, •195,S>15,3?6; debt, less cash In Treasury, •3,036^917,<KR>; decrease daptog April, $3,015,864; decrease since June SO, 18T7, ADVIOKS have been received at Gep? Sheridan's headquarters, in Chicago, that Sitting Bull had sent a message to Gen. Miles, eouttanding the District of the Yellowstone, making overture?, for peace. It waa also re­ potted that the fugitive Ne* Ferees were pre­ paring to recross the line, with a view to aur> render, HON. JOHN MORRISSKY, SS-COAGRASS- man, and member of the New fork State Ben* lite, died at Saratoga on the evening of the 1st SILVER com certificates ot the de­ nominations of ten and twenty dollars havef been prepared in Washington, and csrtlficatee for larger amounts will be printed durli^ the; current month. AT Memphis, Tenn., on the mornljQg of the 1st., the towboat Earner, with six barges in tow, exploded her boilers. Four persons were killed, and about a dozen more or less seriously injured. THE officers of the Gilbert Elevated Railroad, in New Yolk City, recently made an official trial trip, running a train of three cars, carrying 150 passengers, from Trinity Church to Central Park, a distance of Ave miles, in eleven minutes. THE United States Senate has eon- firmed the nomination Of Geo. L. Smith' as Collector of Customs at New Orleans. ONE of the late John Morrissey's most, intimate friends and advisers stated, on the 2d, that the entire property of the de­ ceased would realize but little over $30,000, if that much, and that the estate would not be able to settle up the debts against it. THE next Illinois Republican State Convention is to be held at Springfield, on the 86th of Juna W. S. (PBRIXN, of the great bonanea firm of Flood & O'Brien, of San Francisco, died, at San Rafael, Cal., on the afternoon of the 2d, after a lingering illness of several months. His estate is vaguely estimated at from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000. MINNEAPOLIS dispatches of the 3d say the number of lives lost • by the mill dis­ aster in that city waa believed to be sixteen. The remains of seven bodies had been recov­ ered, and only three of them were identified. Six flouring mills were a mass of ruins, and a large amount of lumber, a planing mill, an el­ evator, 90,000 bushels of wheat, a number of railroad cars, and several small machine shops and other buildings were also destroyed. The money loss was thought to be about $1,000,000; insurance, $650,000. " - •'-- 4,>f . COKOWWHH SENATE.--:Not in session on fine 27th. HOUSE.--The Indian Appropriation bill ($4,772,000) was considered in Committee of the Whole, reported to the House and passed. It provides, among other things, that, whenever practicable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs may use such portions of their respective subsistence funds as can be spared to pay for the services of such Indians as may be induced to labor at farming or other civil­ ized avocations for their own advancement. ... .The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill ($14,775,000) was consid­ ered in Committee of the Whole. SENATE.--A resolution was agreed to, on the 29th ult., requesting the President to communicate certain information touching the surrender of the Cuban insurgents and the future policy of Spain as to the govern­ ment of Cuba The credentials of John S. Williams, as Senator-elect from Kentucky, were presented....A bill was introduced to further define the right of pre-emption entries within railroad limits....Bills were passed-- for the relief of settlers on public lands with­ in the double minimum limit of a railroad grant, and afterward thrown out of the double minimum limits by reason of change in the route of the roaa; appropriating $5,000 for erecting a monument on the grave of Thomas Jefferson. HOUSK.---Bills were introduced and referred--to prevent the insolvency of railroad eciapaiiLj; c.LUag ii'dethe contiact entered into between the Secretary of the Treasury and the vSyndlnvte; i«nw*!ng the Iroa-dad oath for jurors; to prevent assessments for -political purposes; for the erection of a statue to Gen. Custer; to establish a hranch mint at Chicago; repealing the act entitled an get to strengthen the public credit, approved March, 1870, pledging payment In gold of all bonds theretofore payable in lawful money of the United States....The Legislative Appropria­ tion bill was further considered in Committee of the Whole The report of the Confer­ ence Committee on the Naval Appropriation hill was made and agreed to. SENATE. --The bill to repeal the Bank­ rupt law was laid before the Senate, on the 30th ult., with the amendments agreed to by the House, and considerable opposition was developed to the unconditional repeal of the law, and a motion to refer the bill to the Judi­ ciary Committee was finally rejected--23 to 28. ....The Conference report on the Naval Ap­ propriation bill was unanimously concurred in....Several bills were reported from com­ mittees and placed on the calendar. HOUSE.--The Legislative Appropria­ tion bill was further considered in Committee of the Whole, and an amendment was rejected --71 to 96--reorganizing the mint at New Or­ leans, and appropriating $185,000 for its maintenance. " SENATE. --On the 1st, discussion was had on the resolution submitted by Mr. Blaine, declaring that any radical change In the tariff at this time would he inopportune. ... .The Ml! to repeal the Bankrupt law was then taken up, and the House amendirilnt, providing that the repeal of the law Should not affect penal actions or criminal proceed­ ings arising under it prior to repeal, was amended so as to provide that the repeal should not affect the rights and proceedings growine out of. or dependent upon, the Bank­ rupt, law, including all rights m debtors and citfiditors, and all rights of and suits by and against afibienees under any or all of said acts if any case heretofore or now pending ; and providing, further, that the repeal should take effect Jan. 1,187V. A motion was then agreed to--37 to 16--referring the bill aa amended to the Judiciary Committee to have the saving clause perfected. HOUSE.--A number of Senate bills were referred Bills were introduced--pro- vidin^for the exchange of fractional silver coin for United States notes; limiting the rates for the transportation of freight and passengers over the Pacific Railroad bridge at Ousaha--The Legislative Appropriation bill was again taken up in Committee of the WhyLe, and several amendments were disposed of. SENATE.--On the 2d, Mr. Thurman, from the Judiciary Committee, reported back the bill to repeal the Bankrupt law, with an amendment perfecting the clause is regard to that the The iona on pi nta, Lands.. ..The House bill to repeal MM Specie- Resumption act was called up, and Messrs. jo^edto^SeSST9 !<wke **!l* tevorV*^*^d- LUL '--1--pr f'T-g--imug;lT-| iilfi gaitaggi to regp^lU*ei£fcto(l^^ It unjust discrimination by common carriers. . .V.S&lritf f#«p<iserf irifeti&tfi&t* tt> the Leg- aa^asfgr ̂ " * SpiATS. 11 c£ in on the 3d. HOUSE.--A bill was introduced and re­ ferred in the House to encourage shipping..,. The Legislative Appropriation bill was further amended to Coniinittee of the Whole and re­ ported to the House, but no farther action W t^ifthereon. Among the amendments itfffced to In committee •ere those increasing the compensation of different officers of the Agricultural Department to tke amount flowed by law. ^ BLOWN UF, ' JPVi&fctfnl Kstio«ioa Hi ft Vlottrlric Mill alt rainneapoli* -fireett Dcstruc* tlon of*Property ant! low MtxNKAt'oi.is. Muni., May 2. At seven o'clock this evening the city was shaken, as by an earthquake, by a tcrriiic explosion, which was promptly traced to the groups of great llounng- mills, in what is( known as the plat- fornj, jlist...&}£Ovc' St. Anthony's rails, where the entire llouring district ol the city is concentrated. The explosion came from the great Washburn Mill, from which a column of ilamc yas seen to shoot up several hundred feet, followed by a crash, whjoh _ ermffred the immense structure like an egg-shell. Other explosions in­ stantly destroyed the Thompson, Hoyt and Humboldt. Mills, and flames im­ mediately burst out, communicating to the galaxy of mills, and other struct­ ures downjthe bank of the river nearlv to the Minneapolis & St. Louis Rail­ road shops. The destruction from the shock of the explosion extended much farther, glass being wrecked for sev­ eral squares, and buildings shaken throughout the city. The immediate theory of the explosion is that it took place in gas generated in the patent middlings purifier process. There were many thrilling incidents and narrow escapes. Daniel Day was T>lown the whole length of Pettit & Rob­ inson's Mill, out through a rear win­ dow, and • esoaped. One poor fellow, who could not be recognized, had es­ caped alive from the explosion, and was observed crawling through the darting, hungry flames toward the track of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Road, directly in the rear of the Wash­ burn Mill. He managed to reach the rail, and there evidently became ex­ hausted- -and"-fell back into the raging hell behind, where his agonies instant- ly ended. It now appears that most of the day force had gone home, and only the smaller night force remained. The loss to property is enormous, but the confusion is too great for an intelli­ gent estimate at present. A rough cal­ culation places it at $1,500,000, ol which $1,000,000 will fall cpon the milling interest. The loss throughout the city by the breaking of glass, etc., is $10,000. Five mills ana a planing mill were destroyed, beside adjoining property, including eighty-seven out. of the 197 runs of stone in the city. The five flouring mills, which were involved in the disaster, form a group which comprises the heaviest concerns in the State. Chief among them were" the two Washburn Mills, the property of ex-Gov. C. C. Washburn, of Wis­ consin, of Which the one in which the explosion occurred was the largest flouring mill in the country, and the largest but one in the world. It was built in 1870, included forty-one run of stone, and was worth $200,000. It is now a smoking mass of ruins with its companion on the platform. The destruction is complete, so far as ,the limits above named, and serious within mtich ' wider bounds. The flames are still raging in the ruins, but are under control,, no farther ex­ tension is feared. 1 i It is now hoped the dead will be con fhtpd to fourteen mentioned m ,:iatJfe Washburn Mill. . . -Ip** .Plrda off tkejfestf ,, #)( Tftk wild western portion country is as well supplied with feath­ ered songsters as the more civilised eastern section,, and that in secluded dell or on dreary desert, where, seldom heard by human ear, they nevertheless sing aa gavly, and with as much enthu­ siasm as if solely for the entertainment of us vain beings, who, in our conceit, are apt to imagine that all that is beau­ tiful in nature was created simply tor our amusement. The principal songsters of the West are not in all eases those of any partic­ ular locality, for the mountain forests, the desert valleys and the rocky can­ yons have alike their own character­ istic species, and it is difficult to decide in which thoee most entitled to the first rank are found. The more fertile val­ leys ring with the loud, clear song of the Western lark and the passionate trills of the larfe-sparroW; the dreary sage-brush wastes ar# tendered less in­ hospitable by the tender, soothing chants of'several sparrows; among the cottonwoods in the river valleys are heard the mellow warbling of the blackheaded grossbeak, the meander­ ing chant of the liouse-finch and the merry gabble of the wood-wren; while on the mountains Jhe pine forests and the varied shrubbery of the canyons resound with the lively ditty of the Louisiana tanager and the silvery har­ mony of the thrushes. Of the latter, most of the species, except (hose of thd Southern border, are Common also to the East; but as they are nevertheless conspicuous among Western songsters by reason of the melody of their notes, they deserve a prominent place.--Robert Ridgeway, II^ Harptt\S Magazine for May. MUMFK -tr A# ' "(* ' I ' * .1 r •'« -•* V' r * /• t > ( w.,; ,j .1- - ... .. - ... .*i._ AJUh,, JUu.'l a. --A ypting lady in Utioa is so refined that she invariably alludes to a Spite as "a paspadojre dog."--tftica Observer. --Economy is not 5>nly the road to wealth, but poverty is the road to econ­ omy.--Detroit Free Press. tujKoia stftBa wirs^ MICIUM, GA***TSO1| elBpringtald, |L accfdentallf shot, on ite '&fc, the lb- charge of an «ld pistol with Midi his seven- year-old son waa playing. He was fatally hurt. ' OH September N&L the Illinois State 9ir«- men's Association will hold a National Fire- 12& -fnlnntirl fflm rrrmirtrnfirs ia tfw TTnUad States and Canadea^U parti^pqte^beslde the First Brigade Illinois State Guards. It is ex­ pected that His Excellency the President of the United States, the Governors of Illinois and several other States, together wltfe Many of the foreign representatives at Washington and other distinguished persons, will be pres­ ent to take part in and witness the proceed­ ings. ^ TNI other afternoon Julius Linsdale, four­ teen years old, while attempting to board an engine in the Town of Lake, on his return front school, was run down and instantly killed. A FEW days ago, Mary Stiffens, wife of a farmer living in Cotton Hill Township, in Sangamon County, committed suicide by cut­ ting her throat and then jumping into a smell creek near the house., She waa insane throtigh sickness. ' WHAIAM HOWARD was sentenced to the State Penitentiary for five years, the other day, at Mount Vernon, for killing Geo. W. Keene, a year before. During the night he escaped from the Jail by cutting a bar placed across his cell window, and crawling through the aperture thus made. HART L. STEVENS and John S. Wallace have filed with the State Auditor, as ex-officio Clerk of the Court of Claims, a claim for $278,400 They allege that they had a contract to build Sections 56 and 57 of the Summit Division of the Illinois & Michigan Canal. They were compelled, by the act of 1843, to surrender their contract, thereby suffering serious loss of material and machinery. They say there was due them, at the date of the surrender of the contract, $37,172.33, for labor actually performed, and for this they were compelled to accept canal scrip worth only twenty-flve cents on the dollar. They also allege that had they completed the contract and been paid in gold and silver coin, they would have made a profit of $63,914. They also say that they completed work to the value of $87,936.36, for which they were paid nothing, and these items, with 6 per cent, iuteftst sines Feb. 21,1843, brines their claim to $278,400. THIS following Is a list of County Fairs to be held In the State this year, ao fares the Mine could be ascertained on the 1st: COUNTESS. ' Place. Tim*. Adams Oamp Point....../'.......Sept.2-6 Boone Behndexe.... -- -......-.Sept. 3-6 Brown Mt.Sterling ....Sept. 17-20 Bureau Bureau. .Sept. H~6 Carroll Mt. Carroll ......Aug';21-30 Cass. Virginia .Aug. 27-30 Champaign... Champaign Sept.3-6 Christian Taylonrifle Sept 24-27 Clay Louisville Oct. S-ll Clay Flora .Sept 24-27 Colea Charleston......... --Sept. 17-21 Crawford Robinson -.. Oct 8-11 Cumberland...Majority Faint... Sept25-28 DeKalb Sandwich ..i.Sept. 10 13 i>eKjilb ..Bycamore ....Sept. 24-21 DeKalb... DeKalb Sept. 11-13 DeWitt.... --Farmer City Aug. 26-80 Douglas.. - Tnscolft. Sept 10-14 DuPage. Wlieaton. jfient 11-13 Edgar. Paris .Sept 3-5 Edwaada Albion Oct. 1-4 Ford JPaxton...,4.4...,,..,M».Sept 3-6 Ford Gibson C«r .»!••*»».. ̂ Aub. 20-23 Fulton Avon .^Bept 24-27 Gallatin Sbawneetown. Oct. 1-5 Greene Carrollton. ...Oct. 1-4 Grundy Morris ...........Sept 24-27 Hardin Blizabethtown Sept 18-21 Henry Cambridge. --Aug. 26-30 Iroquois Onarga Sept 2-7 Jasper .... ....Newton ....Sept 24-27 Jersey Jerseyvills,... Oct. lft-18 Jo Daviess Galena t. Sept. 24-27 Jo Daviess --Warren.................Sept 24-27 Kendall • • ••'• • .Bristol !--.... .Sept. 10 12 Knox Knoxviile --.......Sept 17- 20 LaSalle Ottawa. . Sept 2-6 Lawrence Lawrencefille Oct 2-5 Livingston .. ..Pontiac. Sept.?-? Livingston --Falrbiu>-...............Sept 10-13 Logan .. -.--Lincoln , Aug. 26-31 Logan Atlanta Aug. 19-23 Macon.. Decatur. .Sept. 1-4 Ma<?onpin Carlinvills .Sej>t 3()-Oct 4 Marion Centralia. Oct 1-4 Marshall Wenona. Sept 23-27 McDonongh.. Macomb...' Aug. 27-31 M'• Henry Woodstock. . Sept 24-27 McHenry..--Mazengo. Bent 10-13 McLean BloomTngtOn. .Sept 3-6 Menard Petersburg. Sepf. 3-€ Mercer.. Aledo ..........Sept. JM--27 Montgomery . - Hillsboro Oct. 2-4 Morgan Jacksonville. Sept 10-13 Moultrie Sullivan............... -Sept. 10-14 Ogle Oregon.... ...Sept. 3-6 Ogle. Bochelle 8ept 23-26 Peoria. Peoria .Sent 1Q-13 Perry Pinckneyville Oct 2-4 Pike * ..Pinckneyville........-- ..Montioello..............Aug. 20-23 Pitts fie Id. k. no . .Hept 24 Pope.... ... .Goloonda, Oct 8-6 Pntaaai...... Hmn^iii.............t8ept i!4-* ttaSS:::::IB&:3!nr.t;::dSS8:SS otark..........Tonlon..... ^. n Sent 24-28 YcnniUjon... .(tatliu . .Sept Jfr-18 Vermillion Hoopeston... i.. I.. -- - Aug. 27-^0 Wabash........ Mt Carmel....... -Sept. 30--Oct. S Warren Monmouth .....Sept 10-18 Wayne, ....... Fairfield <.... .... .Sent 17-8D Winnsbag*... I Roekford............ i .Otept. 10-18 State Fair ... ..Freeport...,,...........(Bept 16-21 A FEW days ago, an Italian rag-nicker, who was being pursued through the streets of Chicago for some trifling theft, turned and shot dead Nicholas McCue, a young lad who was following him. A concourse ©I Infuri­ ated citizens searched for rope and threatened to hang the fiend, but a squad of police ar­ rived in time to save his worthless neck from the halters and be was locked up and subse­ quently Indicted by S fitaandJary Isrthena«r- der, M«s. JSARBLLA CLARK, a colored citiaeness of Chicago, came home drunk the other morning, and, having lit her pipe, lay down on the bed for a snooze. The pipe dropped from her mouth and set the bed on Are, and when help came Mrs. Clark was found to be fatally burned. « . THS foecutiveCoimnittoe of lira, appointed by the State Central Committee of the Na­ tional party, met at the Tremont House, in Chicago, on the 2d, and elected Mr. A. J. G rover Chairman and Treasurer, and Mr. C. S. Griffin, Secretary. It was resolved that all campaign expenses bo pa'd by voluntary sub­ scriptions and that candidates 1ft not assessed. TUB Board of Canal .Commissioners, com­ posed of Messrs. J. O. Glover, Martin King­ man and B. F. Shaw, have issued a circular letter, accompanied by a profile of the Illinois River, showing the depth of water befftre and after tine Improvements now completed. P*rl» Exposition. ***'"'* Pams.»4.- THK ceiemony of the opening of the International Exhibition took place to­ day with great pomp and success. The ceremony Degan at 2:30 in the after­ noon, at which time it was showery, but at three o'clock the sun was shining brightly again. The crowd was im­ mense and enthusiastic, in spite of al­ ternations of rain throughout the pro­ ceedings. Cries were everywhere heard of "Vive la Republique," "Vive la France." Marshal MacMahon arrived in the platform overlodltlng the fountain ami commanding a vie# of nearly all the baO&igB ***JflpwuriS' Here Trisserene deBort, Minister of Commerce, wel­ comed the Marshal in a short speech. Marshal then declared the Exhibi- £mI one guns from tue Invalided, Mdtuf TUeHenTahd «lo isUtnd in the Seine followed the announce­ ment. At the same time two, solitary bands struck, up, all the iowtaiiu, pl&ycd, and the soldiers by the fla^staffs hoisted the flags of all Nations on the roofs of the two palaces and annexes. The Marshal then reasoended the Trocadero Palace, the procession reforming be­ hind him, and, after completing the round of the building, crossed over the river to the Champ de Mars. The troops were drawn up on and near the bridge. The terrace of the Champ de Mars Palace was occupied bv Senators, Deputies, Council of State, Magistrates, Academicians, military staff and French Commissioners. Entering by the cen­ tral door, the procession went through the grand vestibule, decorated with crown jewels, Sevres porcelain, Gobe­ lin tapestry, and the Prince of Wales' Indiap collection. It then passed thipt&ll all the sections, the Commis­ sioners of each country greeting it at the door, and next inspected the mili­ tary school, where all the exhibition workmen were stationed, and lastly traversed the machinery annexes. * The scene after the official declara­ tion of the opening was imposing in the extreme. From the heights of the Tro- cadero the thousands of guests assem­ bled could see crowds on the surround­ ing streets, the banks of the Seine, and at Passy, both on the right and left. In front lay the immense area crowded with the Exposition buildincrs gavly decorated with the flags of differ­ ent Nations, the grand cascade and rows of statues illustrating the countries participating. Long lines of equipages filled the road to the Champs Elysees and Tuilleries, interspered with detachments of mounted guards of Paris, magnificent escorts of visiting Prineee and the military household of President MacMahon. , The dazzling facade of the palace on the Champ de Mars was richly orna­ mented with National emblems, and in every assignable space the thousands of spectators were held in place by lines of infantry. The workmen had made extraordi­ nary efforts during the past three days in the preparation of the various sec­ tions. The English, American and Belgian had been specially pushed, ana present a creditable appearance. The American, though unfinished, com- eares favorably with the others. The epartment of Manufactures shows the least progress. The Agricultural and Alimentary Departments will be; better than at any previous foreign Exposi­ tion. The Machinery Department is very rich in labor-saving machinery of the light class already. Though incom­ plete, it compares favorably with the English, while occupying only one- sixth of the spacc allotted the Brit­ ish exhibit. Tna display of machine tools is inferior to the American exhibit at Philadelphia, but Superior to any other at this Exhibition. Agri­ cultural, sewing and weighing ma­ chines make a fine display. The text­ iles are not yet arranged, but promise very well. The drugs, chemicals, pub­ lishers* exhibits, ohromos and cutlery are superior to the competing ex­ hibits in other sections. The American Art Department is nearly ready. It will be the best ever shown abroad by America. The hall is too small, but it is beautifully arranged, and contains 100 paintings and a few water-colors. American artists ding, abroad rep­ resented heee inc)udf Bacon, Bridg- man, Dana, Dubois, Ward, Bunce, Maynard, Lippincott and Mayall. Places of honor are occupied by Bridg- man and Dana. Rome is represented by Bensosi cad Tedder, and lin^c-Morl by Shode. Munich is not represented. j 1 ' i * i •' • • ' 1 ' r ON Thursday evening, Charles Moor*, a lad employed in Messrs. Tripps* drug store, St. Thomas, was alone shortly after six o'clock when a stranger stepped in, and, showing a white pow­ der, asked if he could be supplied with some of the same sort. The boy tasted it, and Ming uncertain, tried a little more, until ne had taken about a% much as would lie on a five-cent pieoe. At that moment an acquaintance entered the shop and the stranger immediately left. Mr. Mills came in soon after, ana missing Charley, asked where he was, and learned that he had gone to the rear. Although somewhat surprised at his^non-appearance during toe even­ ing, Mr. Mills felt no alarm until the lad's father came in about eight o'clock. A search was then instituted, and the boy was found in the cellar, senseless and almost pulseless. Fortunately Dr. Kains had entered the store by this time, *nd at onoe proceeded to admin­ ister antidotes. It was not until two o'clock in the morning, however, that the lad recovered consciousness, when he said that he had not the slightest recollection of anything that happened after he had tasted the powder. He was able to go home at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and has since recovered so far as to return to his duties. From the description given of the powder. Dr. Kains is of the belief that it is a South American drug little used in this country. No trade of the man who had it has "been discovered, although dili­ gent search has been made by the po- uoe.--TORONTO Globe. J ; 1# the VSIJN th««« st m top all gone, the limbs mosuy gone, the poor old tree had evidently been J battling with time and storms lor at! least a hundred years. On the very! top, whew it was broken off*. huire easrle's nest. At jk, iere many years. of spring they eai nest, One bright day the old* eairle. jtxflriig&fto e^ertf hJTyApg^ni-|. ily, and now peeking and "pluming his ^ dress, and ever and inM csstinl his~ ing thing was in sight out of which he , .could find a supper. Was that a rab- . . bit just skipping in the of the woods? Was that a yo^ng fawn near**! the deer in yonder grass, or was it red bush? The mower eagle had gone ^-* ioff hunting for her family, and he was } to watch tnl she returned. rrs " Father, f art you th^fer? -vtctoi % sleepy eaglet ; "Yes, I am here, my child; what would you have?" *«!f " Ain't it very high where'yot) stand? A Ain't you afraid ofTalljngr' - " No, it don't seem high to tne, and I have no fear of falling*" >' r-i - aiei s "Why! I once looked over thetteSt, 1f* and it seemed very high to me. It - W'.I made me afraid to look over.1' " Very likely. But if you lite; to be'*} , as old as I am, there will be nothing high and nothing great." " What do yott mean, sire?" >i- t * : The old eagle was silent a few >tto- ' *. ments, and then said: "When I was a young eagle, just - , leaving my home on the side of the 1 blue mountain, everything was great5' } and bright and beautiful. The trees seemed very tall. The lake near by " seemed as large as an ocean. J won- . _ dered if anybody went to the other side /r of it. Yonder mountain seemed at a *# 1 vast distance. I wondered If anybody ever got nearer to it. The little b*©ok» V | seemed a river. I flew-to the next eagle tree, and it seemed as if I must be lost* * | before I got back again The little meadow seemed a wild prairie. I '&•*?/! ̂ tended a gathering of eagles. . WhatM-/*- old eagles they were! How wisely they - | talked! I felt that I was nothing among | them. But all this is changed now. J J J There are no more tall trees; I have .;" | flown over them all. There are no more great lakes now; I have passed over . _ them so often that now it seems to take no time to cross one. That mountain^** is close by. I h^-ve hunted twenty miles beyond that. The river seems | like a little brook now. The sun is not | so bright as it used to be. The Stars are also much fewer. The days in the $ year are shorter. The fish and the rab- . | bits are very inferior to what they used | to be. I shall never again see such ̂ 1 eating as I once did. And I often ̂ *1 wonder what has become of all the old, 5I wise, and great eagles I once knew! 1 There are none such in these days, ip ' Families are not trained as well. |̂ There's nothing as good or as great as when I was young. Alas! how thee* 1 world degenerates! I shall never again J see anything great or good. Alas! Alas!'* • \ '|f' i "But, dear father, may not tha^* j change be in you, and not in the thills | around you?" " In me, child? What are you think- 4 f ^ ing of? In me! To be sure not! It /! is possible that I can't fly quite as far as I once did; and it is possible that my eye may not be quite as keen; but •*! 1-1 my judgment--and that is what weighs I all these things--my Judgment is as' , \ | food as ever it was. Nay, better. If *1 were a physician, I could now give ***& medicine better than ever before. If I J.l were a preacher, I could preach better; n if a lawyer, I could gain more e&sisf «*f a General, I could gain more victories, and if a lady, could have more ad- 11 mirers." , '. r,.„ u But* father, don't you find it hard- "t or to hunt, and to get us food, than you once did?" ' - " That's because game'it seascy apd'*/ '#s I'teM yo«,'":the'rwbW.ts" .ftsft 'aM , the fawn have grown smaller- , Wlij; i they degenerate every day! If they keep ©n, in a few days they will not be bigger than mice--and ao wonder me *nh can't find them. Alas! that I should live to see everything so changed! But I myself am as strong as eyerr' Just then th« poor old eagle shut Ms ©yes and dropped, and fell dead--dead, to the ground, self-deceived to the h moment.--JUV. J. Todd. - x >aa, ^ !<r --A new version of the cause d the death of Representative Leonard, of Louisiana, appears in the New Orleans Times, which says that the Cuban lady with whom he fell ia love did not fully reciprocate his attachment, and after reluctantly consenting to marry him, finally, at the last moment, rejected his suit. The Times intimates that he did not die of yellow fever, but com­ mitted suicide. Others think that he was murdered* Judge Leonard was a great favorite among the ladies of Washington. --There is very little difference bfr< < tween the fastening of your wife's back hair and a sculptor at work. One is, a ; hair-pin, and the other is a scolpin,' ' that's all. ' - '•• THE HARKETS. NEW yOBlb * • 1 Mays, 1878. 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