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JJefleirj piimfodw. J. VAN 8LTKKT»BT« * JfnHENRY, "1 T T ILLINOIS ' • #> ' :ts 'if. OFTftE'WEEK. ou> woiu. A LONDON dispatch of the 19th says in proportion as tli- news from 8t Pe- territMint becomes pacific, that from Constan­ tinople becomes warlike. The Turks jrere hard at work strengthening their lines and :n',f|tti*gtag up gun*. DISPATCH facMMr Sytia, published the ivtb, says the Sfesrff of Mecca had ts- MKd an appeal to the faithful, declaring the Kftlif ha danger aud calling op them to fly to the Msctte. The appeal was made throughout AnMaaod Asia Minor. DuRimi a performance in the theater at Ahmedneupger, on the night of the 18th, tile building caugkfc fire and forty persons mpre burned to death, A LONDON telegram of the 20th says the British Government had instructed Lord Loftus, British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, to request * categorical explanation from the Russian Foreign. Office concerning the reported armament of Russian privateers in the United States, aud also to explain the mission of the Cfanbria. PRINCE MILAN, of Servia, has par- ' planed the Topola conspirators. jA LONDON dispatch of the 21st says " H|rd Salisbury, the British Minister of For­ eign Affairs, had refused to receive a deputa- : tton bearing a declaration for peace, signed by 300,000 persons, on the ground that it was • injudicial to the public tranquillity to discuss the matter at present AN emeute took place In Constanti­ nople, on the 20th. A body of refugees sur­ rounded the palace inhabited by ex-Sultan ICurad and raised a shout of " Long live the Saltan!" The troops fired on them and twenty- «ne were killed and seventeen wounded. f ACCORDING to Pera telegrams of the Apt, the Turkish Commission sent to pacify tne insurgents had failed to bring about a sat­ isfactory result, and the conclusion had been reached that the insurrection must take its "'liOurse, or the Russians must suppress it. COUNT SCHOUVALOFF, the Russian Ambassador to Great Britain, reached Lon­ don on the 23d, bearing propositions from the . C*ar, which were «aid to be favorable and ia- '^ative of peace. . , . A CONSTANTiNOFUt special of the m reports that the Russians had defeated the insurgents near the sources of the River Arda. Many of them were killed, and a large ffUmber were taken prisoners. A CATTARO telegram of the 22d says a conflict between the Turks and Montene­ grins was imminent. <" A FIRE within the precincts of the government, at Constantinople, on the night «C the 23d, destroyed the greater portion of tte buildings, including those of the Minister Justice and the Council of State. THE Mussulman insurgents are pros­ tituting a guerrilla warfare against the Rus­ sians about Artvin and Batoum. • A BERLIN paper of the 24th says Oreat Britain had ordered in Germany 200 electric lights for the use of the British fleet. H'>VM A ROME special of the 24th says that Unstria, fearing in the event of war a possible attempt of Italy to seize Trent and the sur­ rounding territory, had doubled the garrisons there and quartered 45,000 troops in. Atis- tnan Tyrtd. *VA CONSTANTINOPLE telegramof the «th says the late fire among the buildings occupied by the Government had proved to have had an incendiary origin. A million and , half dollars deposited there had. been de­ stroyed. , -if ft ran HEW WOKIiD. GFTXAT excitement prevails through­ out the western portion of North Carolina, particularly along the ridge of Bald Moun­ tain. On the 18th, rumbling sounds were heard in the bowels of the mountain, similar "tb those heard two years ago, which proved so s- touch of an enigma to scientists. On the 19th, the mountain range begap to yield, and on the 20th it was literally split in twain, leaving a «^asm 300 leet long and twenty feet wide, and apparently bottomless. THE American Social Seience Asso- ition met in annual convention, at Cincinnati, '• the lSth, Frof. Pierce, of Harvard Col- kgfe, delivering the opening address. Hon. ;i";lRufu8 King presided. The opening1 session j ^ Was largely attended. ' • • H < i A VERY general scare prevailed along ijj the Canadian border, on the 21st, in conse­ quence of the prevalence of rumors that Fenians were gathering along the Vermont one, with a view to invasion. The invaders Were promised a warm welcome. " > I T T H E Treasury Department has dis- • 4bntinued the payment of standard silver dol- , • Jars for Treasury notes at the New York Sub- Ireasury, because, instead of going into gen­ eral circulation, as was expected or hoped, nearly all issued appears to be returned in the payment of custom dues, saving thus toim- • I jtorters the gold premium. i AT a Cabinet meeting, held on the ^ flSLst, Sec'r Sherman submitted a statement , • Rowing that the receipts of the present fiscal fear were $11,000,000 less than those for the same period last year, and also the ex- " ! penditurts were fS,000,000 less. MESSRS. SHEARER AND BENTLBT, having declined the nomination of the Penn­ sylvania Nationals for Lieutenant-Governor * > and Supreme Judge, respectively, the Execa- f i s tive Committee have nominated Daniel M. *' % f'ec't ^or Lieutenant-Governor, and Daniel ' Agnew for Supreme Judge. AN explosion occurred in a coal "'it at Halifax, N. S^ oathe 31st, inconsequence of . •, *nicn six men perished, several others escaping death. JUDGE RIGHTEK, of the Sixth Judi­ cial Court, at New Orleans, has lately refused u mandamus to compel the School Board to admit colored children to schools » for whites. «wgnaiea < ! THE fifty-fourth anniversary of the • ^American Sunday-School Union was celebrat- ln PbUadflphia on the evening of the 21st ^.Addresses were delivered by Rev. Drs. Wm •" M. Taylor, of New York; Mitchell, of Chic*- I«> JAJJjafo, and McVickar, of Philadelphia. The Sec­ tary's report showed that, during 1877, 1,147 ew schools had been established and' 3^356 ^ j: > :ipther schools visited aud aided. These had vMlm aggregate of 23,066 teachers and 201,000 # * ' tcholars. More than 100,268 Bibles and Testa- , "'^"taents Had been distributed, and 2,*30,108 ^ i ;; ,ifchoiars placed under Bible instruction, by the , ^, , ;t^aion during tut; Mtyteur yusrs of its ex- 7«l UMrt . " .M • istencc. The past year was 6tated to have been one of the most successful of any. A STATE CONTENTION of the National tftoenback party of Indiana was held at' 1 iadianapolis, on the 22d, and organised with Jlmes Buchanan as Chairman. The ticket nominated was as follows: For SecnMary of St^e, Henry James, of Grant; Auditor of State, Jacob F. Bird, of GibsonTreasiwier of State, R. P. Main, of Floyd; Attorney Gen­ eral, David Moss, of Hamilton; Superintend­ ent of Public Instruction, Prof. John Young, of Marion. The resolutions adopted favor the ibolition of all bank issues; the free coinage of gold and silver; abundant issue of !eu,al- tenders receivable for all dues, public or f i i- vate ; oppose Che resumption Tof* specie payments; proclaint uncompromising hostility to the sj-stem of Government bonded indebt- eiwM! A?n<mnce Ccntntunism; oppose Na­ tional Banks; favor the reduction of interest ra.es; advocate economical government; rec­ ommend the^anjending of the Bankrupt law, indorse and reaffirm tne Toledo platforti, etc., cte. THE stetoer "Empress of India, with a pleasure party on hoard, capeized over a dam on Grand River, at Gait, Ont., on the night of the 22d. Of the passengers and «»w, eight were drowned. THE Pennsylvania State Democratic Convention met at Pittsburgh, on the 23d and 28d, and made the following nominations: For Governor, Andrew H. Dill; for Lieutenant- Governor, John Ertig; for Supreme Judge, H. P. Ross; for Secretary of Internal Affairs, J. Simpson. The platform declares that tro v Republican party, its measures and men, art responsible for the financial distress, want and misery now existing; that its hold upon the Federal power was secured by perjury, forgery and fraud; opposes a further contrac­ tion of the volume of United States legal-ten­ der notes; advocates a "thorough investiga­ tion into the Electoral frauds of 1876;" de­ mands that " fraud should be exposed, truth •indicated and criminals punished," but op­ poses " any attack upon the Presidential title as dangerous to our institutions and fruitless In Its results." THE Vermont State Republican Con­ vention met at Burlington, on the &3d, and nominated Col. RedfleldProctor for Governor; E. P. Colton for Lieutenant-Governor, and John A. Page (present incumbent) for State Treasurer. Resolutions were adopted--ap-' proving of the motives and general course of the President,'and rejoicing in the belief that, though differences as to policy may exist, both the Executive and the Republicans in Con­ gress are disposed to suffer no divisions, ob­ serving that excellent precept, "In essen­ tials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity;" condemning as unfair, un- Called-for and revolutionary, the measures of, the Democratic House of Representatives to, investigate* part only of the facts pertaining to the Presidential election; recognizing the patriotic action and devotion of those in the Bouth who now stand firm for the Union and the perpetuity of good governments P. MILTON SPEER, of Huntingdon, has been chosen Chairman of the Pennsylva­ nia Democratic State Central Committee. MISS ANNIE CARLE, of St. Louis, made use of kerosene, to make the fire burn more briskly, a few nights ago. The can ex­ ploded and Miss Carle was seriously, and probably fatally, burned. THE Coroner's Jury has returned a verdict that the Minneapolis mill-disaster was the result of the explosion of mill-dust, kin­ dled by fire, in the wood-work of the Wash­ burn Mill, origininating in a spark from the stones running empty. The jury condemned the open purifiers, as generating an excessive amount of dust. AN exhibition was given in Chicago* on the 32d and 28d, of the phonograph, tiie newly-invented "talking" in&runientof Mr. Edison. It was reasonably satisfactory. JUDGE LOVE, of the United States District Court of Iow^, has decided tifat the blanket mortgage, given by B. F. Allen, to se­ cure certain moneys obtained from the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company, |g null and void. THE National Democratic Commit­ tee met at Washington, on the 23d, and passed a resolution declaring that the action of the National House of Representatives in respect to the investigation of frauds, alleged to have been committed in the late Presi­ dential election, met the approval of the com, mittce. THE manufacturers of {Chicago aiid vicinity met in that city, on the 23d, and per­ fected a Manufacturers' Association for the Northwest. Resolutions were adopted--calling upon managers of railways leading to the Sauth, West and Northwest to consider tLeir schedules of freight rates and classification with a view to correct some of the evils exist­ ing In the matter of freight rates between the East and points west ot Chicago; declaring the interest of capital and labor to be iden­ tical ; advocating aid to transportation lines and railways under proper restrictions^ recom­ mending the repeal of tlie Bankrupt law; ask­ ing Senators and Representatives in Congress to unite in securing the defeat of the Tariff bill now pending ticforc Congress, qtc., ctc. ON the .afternoon of the $8d, the Town of Mineral Point, In Iowa County, Wis., was visited by a tornado which left death and* destruction in its wake. The tornado struck the town in its business center, demolishing a stone brewery, the First Ward School, the Globe and Wisconsin Hotels, and a large num­ ber of business structures and residences. Several persons were killed. Similar disas­ ters were reported in other sections of the country. ^ BISHOP MCCOSKRT reached Detroit, Mich., on the 23d. He announces.that, having withdrawn his resignation, he will resume his duties as Bishop of Michigan, He says little concerning the scandal recently associated with his name, but intimates thatthe matter will take the shape of a libel suit. FXNAANUOVAII, SENATE.--Not in session on the 18th. Houas.--Mr. Stephens asked to be put on record, stating that, had he been pres­ ent when the tote was taken on what is known as the Potter resolution, on the 17th, and had he not been paired with Mr. Harris, he would have voted against the resolution as it stood. A resolution was reported from the Com­ mittee on Elections declaring that there had been no fair, free and peaceable election in the First Congressional District of South Carolina, and that neither Rainey (the sitting member) nof Richardson (contestant) was en­ titled to the seat....Conference Committees were appointed on the Indian and Pension Appropriation bills, and a nc«- committee was also ordered and named on the Military Acad­ emy bill The Army Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole.. «.The Speaker stated that he would be absent during tlie early part of the ensuing week, and a reso­ lution was adopted appointing Mr. Sayler Speaker pro tent It was announced that there should be evening sessions for business purposes dui ing all of tlie,following week. SENATE.--Bills were introduced on the 20th--to reorganize the Court of Claims, and to extend its jurisdiction to take all claims from before Congress and the Depart ments for adjudication; to .t^la^.tagunigra- tion A b.Jl was passeu to tai lOSd Article of War so as to provide that va aersoo shall be tried or punished by cou!t»nMV|J<a for any otfense committed more than two.yearc, or in case of desertion thrfe years, before the arraignment of such person lor stieh offense. Mr. Morrill, Chairman of the Finance Committee, spoke In opposition to the bill to * repeal the Resumption act... .The Mouse bin to place the name of Gen. Shields on the re­ tired list of the army, with the rank of Briga­ dier-General, was taken up, and an amend­ ment, was offered by Mr. Sargettt and adopted --30 to 28-- to also place the home of Gen. Grant on the retired list, with full rank and pay.../Conference Committees', were appoint­ ed on the Indian and Peieion Appropriation bills. . . HOUSE.--3111s, were introduced--re­ pealing the law imposing a tax of 1' per cent on State banks; to protect international and domestic coiwnevee{ for taking the Tenth and subsequent censuses, etc.; requiring all ap­ pointments in the Civil Service to be distributed equally among the Congressional Districts.... The Speaker pro tern, announced the appoint­ ment of the committee under the Potter reso­ lution to inquire into alleged frauds in the la^e Fres i dential election as follows: Potter, Mor­ rison, Hunton, Stenger, McMahon, Cobbflnd.),' Blackburn, Cox (Ohio), Butler, Reed (Me.) and Hiscock. . SENATE.--G* <tht 21st, Mr. Berry stated that M was instructed bry a majomy of the Finance Committee to report back with­ out amendment the House bill forbidding th: further retirement of United states legal-ten­ der notes, and to reeomtneud its passage. --Several other bills were reported from committees and placed on the calendar, among which was the House bill for the relief of set­ tlers on public lands under the Pre-emption laws--A new Conference Committee was appointed on the Militaiy Academy Appro­ priation bilj... .The amendment to the bill to plsce the name of Ged. Shields on the retired 1st, providing also fo* the addition of the name of Gen.. Grant was reported and passed --32 to 28. An amendment to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert a provision authorizing the Secretary of the In­ terior to place the name of Gen. Shields on the pension list at the rate of f 100 a month wtijs, after a lengthy. debate, rejected--31 to 33. The question being then on the passage of the bill, it was rejected yeas, 80; nays, 34 --and a motion to reconsider the vote was made. .. . HOUSE.--The Army Appropriation "bill was considered In Committee of the Whole, and a general debate ensued, involving the labor question and the policy Of a reduction of the army and its use as a police force to pro­ tect laborers throughout the country in their right to work in opposition to the power and demands of strikers. SENATE.--A bill was passed, on the 22d, for the relief ot settlers on public lands under the Pre-emption law, giving to 6Uoh set­ tlers rfho had been on public lands two or three years thle benefit of that time upon changing their claim so as to< be under the Homestead law... .Mr. Lamar spoke in favor of the Texas Pacific Railroad bill... .The Con­ ference report on the Indian Appropriation bill was agreed to. HOUSE.--Mr. Harrison offered, as a question of privilege, a resolution extending the Pottfer Investigation to Oregon and Soutb Carolina, and declaring tbdt itis not the inten­ tion of the House, through such investigation, to annul, or attempt to annul, the decision oi the Presidential question as made by the Forty-fourth Congress; but several mem­ bers declined to vote, the result being 71 to 50, and, the point of no quorum being raised, Mr. Harrison withdrew the resolution. Mr. Wilson then offered a resolution, which waf hdoptcd Without division, extending the power of the Investigating Committee to any State where there may be any well-grounded allegation of fraud A report was submitted froiii the Committee on Expenditures, setting forth the articles of impeachment against O. B. Bradford, late Vice-Consul-General at Shanghai, China, on charges of embezzlement, etc The Army Appropriation bill wae further debated in Committee of the Whole. A bill was reported on the sqly^gt oi counting the Electoral vote--.TbfiRMer ence report on tne Indian Appropraflon bill was agreed to....A bill was passed for the publication of an official advertiser, whicli shall contain all public advertisements, etc. SENATE.--'fhe Legislative, Judicial and Executive Appropriation bill was report ed, with several amendments, on'the 28d A resolution was adopted, authorizing the Se­ lect Committee to continue the investigation of the finance reports, books, etc., of the Treasury Department A bill was passed, .authorizing tneSecretary of War to have bead- stones erected over the graves of Union sol­ diers interred in private cemeteries. HOUSE.--The Army Appropriation bill was further amended in Committee of the Whole, and an amendment was agreed to--115 to 107--to fix the strength of the army at 5,000 ins tead of 20,000 men, the following Democrats voting with the Republicans in favor of the amendment: Cutler, Patterson, Williams (Mich^), Robertson (La.), Wiegin- ton and all the Texas members, except Rea­ gan. Other amendments were also agreed to increasing the item for the pay of the army from §8,390,00© to $9,O!>O,0OO, and the number of cavalry regiments from six to eight, and the number of infantry regiments from fifteen to eighteen, to correspond with the in­ crease of the force. An amendment was also adopted making the limitation of cavalry com­ panies 125, instead of 100 privates, as origin­ ally provided in the bil. SENATE.--A bill was reported, on the 24th, to amend the law relating to Presiden­ tial elections and regulating the counting of votes for President and Vice-President the decision of questions relative thereto.... The bill to provide for the free entry of arti­ cles imported for exhibition by societies es­ tablished for the encouragement of the arts and sciences was passed... .Several amend­ ments were agreed to to the bill providing for a permanent form of government for the Dis­ trict of Columbia. HOUSE.--Bills were passed--provid­ ing that persons who were deprived of their pensions from March, 18fi5, to June, 1866, by reason of their being in the Civil Service, shall be paid their pensions for that time; repealing the law wMch provides that no claim for a pension not prosecuted to successful fs*ue within five vears from the date of filing the same shall be admitted without record of the evidence from the War and Navy Depart­ ments; increasing to seventy-two dollars a month pensions paid to soldiers or sailors who have lost both arms, both le><8 or the sight of both eyes; granting a pension of 137.50 a month to every pensioner who has had a leg amputated at the hip joint; making it unlaw­ ful for any attorney or claim agent to demand or receive for his services in a pension case a greater sum tban ten dollars Several pro­ posed amendments to the Army Appropriation bill were disposed of in Committee of th# Whole. • | THE MARKKTH. NEW,"YOKK, May 24.--Floui Win­ ter Wheat, '$5.Sb<a6.50. Wheat--No. 2 Chi­ cago Spring. «1.10@1.18; No. & Milwau­ kee, $1.17%@1.18. Oats--Western and State, 31@31>^c. Com -- Western Mixed, 53%(ib 54c. Pork --Mess, fS.75. Lard--16.75. Cattle--|8.50(ai 1.00 for Good to Extra. Sheep--13.75(^5.75. Hogs--13.35@3.50. Gold closed at 100%. BALTIMORE, Md.--Cattle--Best qual ity, $5.50@6.12%; medinm, S3.50#5.37%. Hogfri-Good, $4.25@5.25. Sheep--Good, #4.00 ($4.75. . . EAST JUIBBRTY, Pa--Cattle--Best, I5 06@5.25; medium, 94.50^47& H^gs-- Yorkers, $8.1a@3 25; Phlladelphias, $3.40@ Sheep--1>3.00@4.75. er June, 28%c. Rye--No. 2, 56@56J^c. Uar- lev_No. 8, cash, 4?@47>£c. Mess Pork -- $7.80 cash. Lard -- I6.47}£. Butter -4 Good to Fancy, 13@20c. Eggs--9%@10c. Cattle--Extra Beavea,- 16.00^.50; Chigce, §4.75@4 90; Good, t4.30@4.7Q; Medium Grades, |4.00@4.25; Butchers* Stock, tl75@ 8.75; Stock Cattle, $8.25@4.dQ# HORS--Good to Choice, $3.05@3.15, Sheep -- Poor to Choice, $2.75@5.25. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS. v ---- - A FBW evenings ago, Geo. Custer, a farm- : laborer, was found, insensible, In a field about 1 a mile west of Mai toon, with a ghastly wound . on the forehead and a fractured skull. Adpb, -j With bloody finger-prints upon it, was found ! lying near him, arid, from the appearance of the.groandt it was .evident that a struggle had taken place. Suspicion c.t once rested upon 'Frank itrebs, Ed Sbevlln, Mike Heffernan and- Jack Kavanagh, four notorious hoodlums, who wejre seen in that vicinity. Ttyey wefe ar­ rested. L i i i IN the United States District Court at Chi­ cago, rin the 17th, judgment fbr IHO.OOO was confirmed against'the bondsmen of John T. Harper, formerly Collector of Internal Reve­ nue in the southern ,part of the State. It Is supposed there will be no difficulty in collect­ ing the money. FRRATRI SirtERiNTE^DEtfT or PUBLIC IN­ STRUCTION ETTER is making arrangements for the examination of applicant*, tor State tcach- ers'.certificates, in Galesbuig *nd Springfield, about the middle of June. THE following were the postal changes in Illinois during the Week ending May 11, 1878: Established-^Brayfield, Franklin County, Jas. M. Brayfleld, Postmaster. Brown's Mill, Cook County, A. Gayne, Postmaster. Knight's Prairie, Hamilton County, M. A. Gunter, Postmaster. West York, CrawfoW County, George W. Bishop, Postmaster. Post­ masters Appointed--Caiy Station, McHenry County, John D. Nlsh; Floravllle, St. Clair County, Charles C., Horn; Glendale, Pope County, John R. Kerrells; Scottville, Macou­ pin County, James Brannon; White Rock, Ogle County, Robert Hathaway. 1 SEC'T FISHEB, of the State Board of Agri­ culture, has compiled a mass of statistics in regard to drainage of wet lands in this State, which present some significant results. Tak­ ing the entire State, he finds there are 34,275,- 257 acres of land, of which there are reported 1,813,096 acres of Wet land. This includes swamps and marshes, as well afrwet up-lands, which, owing to want of drainage, are as yet not reclaimed or made available for cultiva­ tion. He finds the total value of the wet lands at present to be 912,869,286; and shows that when drained and rendered susceptible of cul­ tivation their v/due will be increased to $52,- 958,603, being an advance of over $46,000,000. SAMUEL MATTHEWS, living near Orleans, ni Morgan County, shot his father, Richard Mat­ thews, on the 20th, inflicting presumably fatal wounds. Young Matthews was drunk. ON the morning of the 20th, the Indianapo­ lis, Bloomlngton & Western train killed a man lying on the track three miles from Decatur, severing his head from his shoulders and mang­ ling his body in a terrible manner. A KEGULAR passenger train, on the Wabash Railroad, ran into an empty freight train at the sand-cut near Quincy, on the morning of the 20th, causing a money damage of ab6ut f15,000. Two of the empl6yes were htut, but not seriously. The collision was charged to the carelessness of the switch-tender. JOHN SPIERS recently shot an<^ killed Sam­ uel Irvin at Blue Mound. He charged tlie de­ ceased with having interfered in his family re­ lations. Spiers was subsequently arrested and lodged in jail. ON the afternoon of the 18th, Tayloryille, in Christian County, Was visited by a destructive hurricane which prostrated houses, chimneys, trees and fences. The large warehouse of Post & Barton was blown to the ground and made a total wrfeck. The brick lumber office of Mr. Robert Jones was unroofed, and the lime house blown from its foundation. The elevator of Mr. Maxwell was' considerably damaged, and the engine house blown down. G. C. Brown's barn was blown bome sixty feet and completely wrecked. The residence of Mr. Watkins, in the eastern, part of the city, was removed from its foundation anjl several other buildings were more or less injured. THE Governor, has received a letter from Germany, from the mother of Ziegenmeyer the convict, now in ihe Penitentiary for life for murder. The citizens of Chicago will recollect the case. Ziegenmeyer was brought back from Germany and, convicted. His mother desires his release, claiming from ad-' vices received by her that he Is losing his mind and becoming Insane. It is understood that the prisoner has given up all hopes of mitiga­ tion of sentence, as he has no friends in this country. The pripon officials have some* doubts as to his perfect sanity. THE Democratic Congressional Convention of the Nineteenth District has been called to meet at Cafml on the 1st bf AUgust. THE Republican Congressional Convention of the Sixth District has been called to meet in Rock Island on the 11th of July. , A REUNION o,f Southern Illinois soldiers will be held at Mount Vernon, on the 14th and 15th of August. The Committee on Invitations have been instructed to invite all soldiers en­ gaged in the Mexican and Black-Hawk Wars, as well as those who participated in the late war for the suppression of the Rebellion. . THE Illinois State Sunday-School Conven­ tion met at Decatur, on the 21st, about 450 delegates being present. 6. F. Jacobs, of Chicago, Chairman of the Executive Commit­ tee, called the meeting to order, Prof. E. C. Hewitt, President of the Association, being absent. After sitting and prayer, the Con­ vention was organized by1 the choice of Rev. Frank Thompson, of Alton, as President; E. Payson Porter, of Chicago, Statistical Secre­ tary, and W. H. Pague, qf ^erseyvllle, S|tate Secretary. THE property of the State Journal, at Spring­ field, wan sold, on the 23d, under'an Execu­ tion held by the Savings Bank. AT Tajlorville, In Christian County, on the 23d, a Mr*. Hamilton was found lying on the floor of her residence, with her skull frac­ tured and her head otherwise cut and bruised. At first 1t was thought that the outrage was perpetrated by three tramps, an 1 the country was scoured by resolute men and three per­ sons arrested who, it was believed, might have committed the deed. Later, suspicion pointed to a hired men named Charles Day, and he was taken into custody. Daring the' evening Day waa visited in the Jail by County Judge Me- Askell and others, and ,to them he confessed that, he committed the terrible assault whiM his victim was lving asleep on a lounge. He alleged as the cause that'she had treated him harshly, and on one or more occasions had slapped hinu The other parties arrested have been released. Mrs. Hamilton was stiii uiive, hut her death was momentarily Jkxi>ectcd at last accounts. Day is about seventeen yean old. CHICAGO.--Wheat--No. 2 Spring closed at $1.06^^1.07 cash. Corn--Closed at 88%c for No. 2. Oats--No. 2, 24c mh; seil- --Mrs. Mark Hopkins takes three- quarters of the estate left by her hus­ band, the California millionaire, and Mark's two brothers divide the residue jpmally between thvni. How an English Crimiaal Feigned Paralysis. " iMs Ml^df^hiifc tbpqu Sen­ tence upon a man in such a ifcte!" said the Judge at the Wiltshire As­ sizes on Friday last. His Lipbhip seemed moved almost to distress lithe pitiable object, who, with an imjnred spine, was brought into court lying helplessly on a stretcher, and who could only feebly plead "guilty" to. the charge alleged against him. «• The infliction you are suffering under," said the Judge, "surpasses any pun­ ishment I can give you !" Had Neale been in ordinary health he wtmld un­ doubtedly hpve had. penal servitude, for it was not his first act of felony; but who could find the heart to carrv out the extreme rigor of the law in the ease of a poor soul who would, to all appearance, never again be able to rise from the pallet on which he lay, writhing in all tne agony bf an injured spin?. So mush did His Lordship feel this that, having first sentenced him .to eighteen months, his conscience seemed to have smitten him, and he reduced it to twelve. It appears that in October last N^ale waa apprehended for steal­ ing a mare, the property of Mr. John Smith, of Luckington, and Was lodged in Malmesbury Look-up, previous to his transmission to Devizes. On the following morning, when the police visited his cell, they found him tying on the floor unable to move. His statement was that he had got up to look out of the window, when he fell backward across the corner of the bed- stead, and injured his spinet. Medical advice was obtained, and his sad con­ dition at once appreciated. In fact, he appeared to be almost irretrievably in­ jured, and to be suffering the greatest agony--and to remove a man a dis­ tance of twenty miles under such cir­ cumstances would have been the height of cruelty. H& accordingly remained at Malmesbury for nine weeks* during which time everything which humanity could suggest to mitigate his suf­ ferings was resorted to. A person was kept in constant attendance upon him; all kinds of. nutritions things were ordered for him, such as roast fowl, grog, etc., and his comfort was studied with the utmost solicitude. At the end of nine weeks it was thought that he might bear the journey to Devizes, and in Jamiary last a conveyance was ob­ tained (belonging to Mr. Walter Pow­ ell, M. P.), long enough to hold a bed, and, with great care and no little anxiety, he was brought to the County Jail, and was at opce carried to the in- firinary. Two men were specially de­ tailed to attend to his necessities and minister to his comfort; for the medical officer and another doctor he brought with him to see " the case," were (like the medical gentleman at Malmesbury) both of opinion that the ooor fellow's spine was seriously if not permanently injured. In this melancholy state he was brought before the Judge on Fri­ day last, and a general murmur of pity, amounting almost to a shudder, ran through tne Court as those present be­ held the pallet with the injured man lying helplessly upon it. A breathless silence prevailed e.s the poor fellow was sentenced to twelve months' imprison­ ment, and the pallet, with its occupant, was carried back to the Prison. And now comes . the sequel. To prove a former conviction the Deputy Governor of Gloucester Jail had been summoned to Devizes, and, on going over the Jail, a close inspection enabled him to recog­ nize in Neale an old "invalid" with whom he formerly had to deal. " Hal­ loa," said the Deputy Governor, as he scanned the countenance of the cripple. "Halloa! what, at your old game?" " That fellow," said he, " is an impos- ter. There is no more the matter with his spine than there is with mine." Im­ possible, it was thought. The Deputy Governor must be deceived. How­ ever, Dr. Clapham, the medical officer* thought it worth nvhile to communicate with the stirgeon of Gloucester Jail, and the reply he re­ ceived so entirely confirmed the Deputy Governor's statement that he deter­ mined to test the point in such a way as should put it beyond doubt that Ne$ie was really the great sufferer he appeared to be or an arrant knave. Taking wUh'hiin Dr. Carleps and, Mr. Wavlen, tie went to-the prison on Sun­ day last, and, having put the man through a severe examination, the pre­ viously formed opinion of the doctor began to waver. Still the man pro­ tested that his sufferings and his in­ juries were real, and he seemed totally unable to move. To put the matter to a further test a galvanic battery was introduced, and the "shocks" were turned on pratty strong. All, however, failed to produce the expected result. The man was no more able to move dnring and after the " shock" than he! was before. So the doctors left. The morrow came, and as it came, so it foynd Neale lying in the saiqe position 'as he had lain" for the six previous months--if possible, in greater pain than ever. Regardless, however, of all- demonstrations of suffering, the electric machine was again set to work, and so sharp was the effect that the leg which appeared most affected by the spinal injury began to move, until at last, un­ able tq stand the shocks an^ longer, the fellow jumped out of bed, and in a few minutes afterward walked across the court-yard to obtain his prison clothes, ai« ilttfe ami agile on fur pins as any man in the prison walls. A clever scoundrel! Electricity has pro­ duced many wonderful results, biit llOh^ ttiofy wonderful than'^s effect upon Charles Noale. It Is too late to give him the desert (of penal servitude) which would inevitably have awaited him but for his " pitiable jOt^n^it^M'-- London Telegraph. Raising the Obelisk * In London. The London Times gives the follow­ ing account of the manner in which the Egyptian Obelisk will be lifted into its future position, on the Thajpes Embank­ ment:* "• % v " " The plan for raising may. be very briefly described. The column will be fitted with a powerful iron jacket as near the center of gravity as is wanted, and this jacket has two massive iron trunnions, just like the trunnions of a great gun. These trunnions will rest on two wrought-iron girders of great strength, and the whole will then re­ semble a menster cannqp oq a a|ide • •£. 5><JL i t. without wheels. One end of the column being raised by hydraulic presses a suf­ ficient height, say %foo^Ju^ll be kept so raised by a powerH^Eml^f timber slid under it. The other ena will then be similarly treated, and tikis, slowly but surely it will ascead f<g»t by foot, shored u& with timber at-*i$ry stage, laid in toe way which wm ^st insure the stability of the whole structure. " The jacket, it is thought, will clip the stone sufficiently tight to hold U when in a vertical position; but in deal­ ing with such enormous weights and a tapering column, it is as ^efl to/err on the safe side, so Mr. Dixon has wisely decided to hatfe ^ wtOT^KMWSTSWap*, eighteen inches broad and fndbejlhah m inch^A which one sinfi of the „nfW the monolith, and up again to tne jacket on the other side. Thus. then, dnring the few miantes it will bfc stspe#!ed ferti- cally before being lowered to its base it will stand in the band as if in a stir­ rup, and the more its weight presses on the band the tighter It will Miiild the jacket grip. The column, as we have explained, will be hoisted horizontally, but when it has reached the required height the supports under the base will be removed, and the base being slightly in excess of the rest (two and a Wf tons), the whole stone will slowly re­ volve-on the trunnions till it hangs-di­ rect over :jts appointed spot= apd about four inches above it. It is then simply turning, on the taps of the hydraulic presses, and the column will sink<Wto its base in about two minutes. » " A small gap will be left in the Cen­ ter of the base, BO as to enable the iron band to be removed, but when thif is done and the gap filled up With granite blocks all will be completed." The Potter Resolution; 1 [ The following is the full text of what is known as the Potter resolution,jre- cently adopted by the National House of Representatives: ' ; - WHEREAS, The State of Maryland has, by its Legislature, formally declared that due effect was not given to the Electoral vote caat by that State, uu tlie wilt day of December, *876. Ity fea- son of fraudulent retnron in th& Electoral vstea from the States of Florida and Lonimanaiand, WHEREAS, An affidavit by Samuel B. MoLin. Chairman of the Board of State Canvassers of the State of Florida, 011 the election held ijhlhat Btate in November, 1876, for .Electors of Resi­ dent and Vice-President, has been made public, alleging false and fraudulent returns for votes for Buch election in that State, whereby the choice of the people of that State was annulled and reversed, and that the action, of the Bopd of State Canvassers in making such returns was in­ fluenced b.v the conduct and promises of the Hon. Edward F„ Noyes, now Minister to the Govern­ ment of Franceand. f WHEREAS. It is alleged that a conspiraey.ex- isted in the State of Louisiana whereby the.fie- pnblican vote in all the precincts of the Pariah of East Feliciana and in some precincts of West Feliciana at the general election in November, 1876, was purposely withheld from the polT to afford a pretext for the excli sion by the Retnrn- ing Board of that State of the vote cast in those SrecinctR for Electors of President and Vioe-PtfBsi-ent and that JamesE. Anderson, thebupervisor of Registration at East Eeliciana, and A. Weber, Supervisor of Registration in the Parish of West Feliciana, in that State, in furtherance of that conspiracy, falsely protested that -the election in such precincts had not been fair and free, and that the State Returning Board there­ upon falsely and fraudulent'y excluded the votes of the said precincts, and by means there­ of, and of other false and fraudulent action by the said Returning Board, the choice of the peo­ ple of that State was annulled and revened, and that such action of said Weber and Andeison was induced or encouraged by the assurances of the Bon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treas­ ury of the United States; and, WHEREAS, The gravity ot' these charp1*, the na­ ture of the evidence upon which they are re­ ported to hebssedand the official dignity and posir tion of the persons named in connection with the said frauds, make it proper that the same shquld be inquired into to the end that the honor of the Nation may be vindicated and the truth as to such election made known: therefore, be it Resolved, I'hata select committee consisting of eleven members of this House be appointed to inquire into the aforesaid allegation as to the conduct ol" the persons in office aforesaid in re­ spect of the said election, and into the alleged false and fraudulent canvass and re|um of votes by State, county, parish and precinct officers in the said States or Louisiana and Florida, and into all the facts which in the judgment of said committee are connected with or pertinent thereto, and that said committee, for the purpose of executing this resolution, shall have power to send for prions and papers, to administer oaths and to take tes­ timony, and in their discretion to detail snb-oem- mittees with like fall authority of said commit­ tee in every particular, and with power to mt in Florida ana Louisiana, which sub-committees shall be committees of thin House, and the Chair­ man thereof shall be authorized to administer oaths; that the said committee and sub-commit­ tee may employ stenographers and be attended each by a Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, and may sit during the sessions of this House and during the vacation, and that said committee proceed im tve leave toteport al ani " --A wonderful circumstance occurred in Watsonville, Nev., recently. A gen­ tleman well known in that section owns a lot of hens. One of them, a few weeks ago, commenced laying in $ie wood-pile, her nest being situated be­ tween two sticks of wood pimped i&t enough apart so that as last as an egg was laid it would drop upon the ground at least two feet below. After laying twelve or fifteen eggs, the hen com­ menced sitting on the hole between those sticks of wood, the eggs being on the ground below, two feet distant. Three weeks passed fey, and eleven of those oggs hatched- SucodWSfully.--Ex­ change. , .. --A fireight-ca^ was jreoenlly %rdken open on tne Boston ^ Albany Koad and a case of soap taken. Probably a case of car-steal soap. "SE MARKETS. *' ^ NEWXOBM. LIVE STOCK--Cattle S h e e p . . . . ^ ^ COKN--Western Mixed-- .61 OATS--Western Mixed .31 RVK-Western »» PORK--Mess ..a j....... &S6 LAREV--Steam. 6fiO CHEESE Jg WOOL--DomesUc Fleece. .S .CHICAQa BEEVBfS--Extm'...... Choice 4.90 Good 4.40 Medium 4.00 HOGS--Live--Good to Choice.. 3.00 SHEEP--Common to Choice... 2.75 BUTTER--Fancy Creamery-- .17 Good to Choice. 19 BOOS--Fresh .0% F|X)UB-Choice Winter 6.(10 Choice to Fine Spring. 6.01 Patent. 5.35 GRAIN- Wheat, No. % Spring.. 1j06?( . Corn, No. 2 J39 Oate No. 2.w... 21 Rye. No. 2 ,66 Barley, Ho. 2.......... .47$ PORK--Mesa 7.66 LARD 6.45 LUMBER- Coua'on and Fenc'Sv HUM fhhjBle...,.,...vV 2.| until I. JO BALTIMORE. CATTLE--Best $5.60 M e d i a m - - , . 3 - f i O --••••! 433 SHEEP--Good 4.00 EAST LIBERT*. CATTLE--Best. 56.00 Medium 4.60 HOGS--¥ writers 3.20 Philadelphia*.......... 3.46 SHEEP-Best. .TTT........... 425 • . 7 m 9G.12* £ 8.50 4.75 m m. mailto:1.10@1.18 mailto:13.35@3.50 mailto:4.25@5.25 mailto:06@5.25 mailto:3.00@4.75 mailto:4.00@4.25 mailto:3.05@3.15 mailto:2.75@5.25