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•;.l • AW.."* » »* *** *» ? 2t IWP WECILT IE*S REVIEW. j , i'4 ;>r'r •o \ a1 r >p<: Ife rl^'V*" St"<« Wici *«DB1SA*T. irxwrrr C. OOWDIN, ft prominent wd wealthy New York merchant, is dead--ChM- UM COS, who uantdered Mrs. Hull, *nd Ffcteo Jhdfco. who murdered his wifiy lm-e been rc- mmenwwl in be hangwl at Ncw York, oa «bB«fcb of May....Dr. Alter!Ooerscn,fonnorly . ... ft weD-knovm homeopathic physician of Ihiu- : K wider arrest in that city on suspuao* f oTwring poisoned his father, his wife and h» p#t. (̂<|| ̂ gH.r aj] 0f whora have suddenly ana :),« injuriously died recently. A DUEL between Dr. J. W. White and Robert K. Adams, Jr., of Philadelphia, was ao j, tbiatdly ridiculous affair. They fired once, ap- \a pwently without intending to hit anythingj and ^ ghook handn &nd nought seclusioKj from which they have not yet emerged. WHTLE some men were raising abridge S la Newmill, N. J., the steel and iron wort* of | the -beam fell, killing William Obendenfer and i Lewie Powell.:. .Forest fires in New Jersey hare I burned over a tract of country fifty miles long 1 by ten wide, suffocating thousand* of birds and g considerable rtock... .Torn Thumb is the chief * attraction in a New York 10~oent show, and % little Commodore Nutt is about open- •a <"g a whiskj' saloon in that city.... A strong British rifle team is expected at NeW $ York in 1881. to compete for tJie American | trophy. The American torn goes to Ireland this year A man and woman who arrived at * Baltimore last week, with 1,500 other immi- | grants, have been seat to a hospita l in that city, , suffering with small pox. It is feared that * gems of the disease may have been disscmi- £ sated among their oompunons who kit imiue- ^ diately for the West. | Two ENGLISH merchants arrived in 4 New York, pat up at a hotel, and, on retiring I for the night, blew out the gas. They were i found insensible next morning, and one of them I wiB die. . IbuuoNB of Man' worth of property | - ])u been consumed by the reoent wide-spread • forest fires in New Jersey. , •' TOE wiarr. - # Two KEN were killed AND twelve < wounded by a premature explosion of dyna- n^le in a quarry at Downington, Pa... .It re­ mained for a colored man to make the best pe­ destrian record ever made. Hart who won the $ O'Leary belt at New York, scored 565 miles and 165 yards in his six days* walk. This is thir­ teen miles better than the record of the English­ man, " Blower" Brown, whose feat had hitherto been unsurpassed.. ...A two-story tenement house atvHaverhiU. Mass., occupied bv ten families, was destroyed by fire, two of the inmates perishing In the "flames. MASKED burglars entered the resi­ dent of Mrs. L L. Coats, at Neenah, Wis., tad, after beating the lady with their revolvers, ransacked the house, and made off with dia­ monds, watches and jewelry to the value of v#": ftp.* sum far the ematment of a similar anMtffe-- Sevetal Baembgj# of th» 8tM» bttttottftaral scofetten of IlhnSs, Ifinoori. Ark*n»M, jjg o^o^r twoother Bt*** v*t at fe £r*grand hot«ttttnr*lfndpomnioctcale:_ aHmtii the mmnxarn valley, to be held at °n t!l* WjTand wli of next Sep- THB dimensions attained by the traffic in petroleum is indicated by Ufe official figures from Washington. These show that the export for March amounted to nearly $2,000,000 in vafae, and that for the past nine months it wjut little short of $27,000,000. HANGED for murder: Bill Walker (colored), at Calvert, Texas; William S. Bates, at Barnwell Court House, S. C.; Joke and'Nk^ln'fiwbeU Mo. , . . WlSHIlVG1 |̂r. , SPKAXBR RANDALL. thinks Congress will certainly adjourn before the 16th of June- Washington telegram: "President Hayes is given to taking long walks before breakfast. This moraing he appeared at the Patent Office about 7:30 o'clock and asked to be shown through the building. There was a stampede among the watchmen, but a messenger appeared with presence of mind enough to snow the dis- tinguisbei visitor around, even at that unusual hour." : • t VOLITICAI* • THE Iowa Greenback Convention, to nominate State officers and to select delegates to the National Party Oonyention, will meet at Des Moines May 19. THE Democratic State Convection of Lotiisiana was hold at itfew (Means on thai 12th inst A resolution was adopted favoring Gen. Hancock for President, but delegates go unin- stracted, except to vote as the majority mav de­ cide, and for the maintenance of lbs fwft-4hin)s rule. WASWINOTOH telegram: "Gen. Mer- ritt, Collector of Customs at New York,'says that the reports about Mr. TUdeu'a physical condition aro well founded ; that those who are intimate with him say that while he retains his omental vigor his aervous system is nndennined, and he will not live long." A DISPATCH from Biirlington, Vt.» states that, while Senator ̂ dmunds is not ft can- didate for the Presidency in the sense of being a seeker for the office, he would accept the 'trust from a sense of duty if nominated and elected. REPUBLICAN State Conventions for the appointment of delegates to the National Con­ vention at Chicago were held on the 14tli uist. in Iowa, Missouri and Kentucky. In Iowa the Blaine men were largely in the majority, and the twenty-two delegates were instructed to cast the vote of the State as a unit, and to use all honorable means to tie- cure the nomination of James Q. Blaine. The Kentucky Convention instructed its twenty-four delegates to vote as a unit for U. 8. Grant.. In the Missouri Convention the Grant sentiment was also largely predominant, jind the thirty delegates to the Chicago Convention were in­ structed to vote as a unit for his nomination. A MASSACHUSETTS Republican Con­ vention appointed delegates to Chicago favorable to Edmunds 4s first and Sherman as second choice A large mass meeting, ' cnllisd in the interest of the candidacy of Gen. Grant, was JSfcS' JRv.'ji anteaOaWbte to the Honws MB for • pnKlo bniltHng «t. Padtitth wars concurred In. Bill* mtrotiuoe u , bt J f r . iwm'watar tUNi foe , Ih tM.yaww i rma f t s lstotJs* nwlbfcttsaawittiln whtoh to* Hftmtf. p<m«oosia»y b« by ». OWuot*. flHHlut a track's uotioe to b* #tv«n <4 by tb«trtMury; l» Mr. Hurd, HqratoBMatal to an act to «atab;i»h rtguktton* as U inkSortsd Moois In bond, with duties paid; by Mr. Mtac a eoftMttutlanal amradnxml that tali '1S» sHgtble to th~ office at Jhresldent moM tlmii two tenus; by Mr. Good*, autliori*in« the Secretary of the Navy to oecurs adequate eoallng Btationa for the uf« of the navy; by Mr. Martin, per­ mitting the use of domestic materials in tbeeoiwtrao- tioo of gtiriw and nil veomlti for foreign account; by Mr. WiUita, to regulate promotions in the nriny, anil *6 Ox tth Sh&lc of line offlcen; by Mr. Money, regulating tfae oompensatiou of the transpontation of mails by nitread: by Mr. Warner, autlioriMnB the Secretary <rf tBbTreaBury to transmit mibeidiary all-, ver coin ttMngh Who mni)« as alao establiehing a Inuvnti of nifties smd luhslfig niaii» ufaotaiea and statfetie« br Mr. OoSroth, eaHing oa • the Secretary of t)>« Tmttrior for information *a to in the paynwut of iK>uaUee and >ck pay; by MrTAinsIie, SftientUng the I'aciftc Railroad acta, Xh» Speaker laid before the Hou«e a message from the President, tranuuitting the report of the Secre­ tary of State relative t» immigration. The House went into committee of the whole for a three bourn' talk on the A rmy bill, which time was ooeupied by the Republican*, the Democrats H(r»in remudnf from debate. The amendment was adopted in committee forbidding the use of troops at the pollR, and the committee rose and the House ad­ journed. In the United States Senate, on the ISth but, Mr. Slater introduced a bill forfeiting to the United States the unearned lands included in the grant Biade to the Oregon Central Baitroad Company. The Joint resolution legalizing the health ordinances at the District of Columbia waa taken up and passed. The session of the day waa passed in debate on the Geneva Award bin, no oon- tfnftion being reached..... In the Howie, Mr. Thompson ribmitted the conference report npon the Census bill, and, after some debate, the wport mm agreed to, A Mil giving the widow of Ma?. Oea. , Onrtia, of Iowa, a pension of $50 per month was passed. After debate, the Army Appropriation bill waa passed by a 'party vote. An evening Heesion waa held for action upon pension bills, a number being Mr. Wallaoe introduced » bill in tha Senate on the 14th Inst, to define the amount and manner of the purchase of public loans to be made by the Sec­ retary «f tha Treascry. A Dill waa offered by Mr. Mazey for the relief of oeztain officers and privates of the United States army. Mr. Yoorhees submitted a resolution iustructing the Committee on Pensions to report a bill authorizing pensions to sur­ viving soldiers and sailors of the Mex­ ican war. A hill to remove certain Apache Indians from one agency to another waa passed. Mr. Cameron (Wis.) introduced a joint res­ olution authorising the Secretary of War to permit' members of the soldiers' reunion at Milwaukee, in •June, to use artillery flags and camp equipage be­ longing to the Government, which was passed. Ihe Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was taken up. The amount appropriated is tiL- Ufi,KV>, an increase of $7,900 over the bill a® pawed by the House. The bill panned. In the House, the bill passed authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to aispofts of a part of Fort Dodge military reservation to actual settlers, under the provisions of the Homestead laws. The Ilouee went into committee of the whole and debated the Indian Appropristlon bill. Mr. Hutching introduced a bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy. An evening session of the House was held for the consideration of bills report­ ed from the Committee on Naval Affairs. In com­ mittee of the whole, the bills for a permanent con­ struction fund for the navy, and for an expedition to the Arctic sea were reported favorably to the House. and thence to Oxford, Ohio, for the purpose of visiting relatives. OoL. HATCH, in command of the troops A bill for the relief of the owners of the Orapeshot passed the Senate on the 15th inst, after Which the Geneva Award bill waa taken up and dls-' onssed without action. Mr. Baldwin Introduced a Mil to authorise the purchase of a site to enlarge the present Government building in Detroit and for the #4,000 .... Died in Chicago, Mrs. Leer Hall ; tseid in Chieago laat week. Robert T. Liuooln ' Pur^1B<f " Bl*8 and|l„ere^°n 0L..* Govern; (colored), aged 107 years. She was an inveter- ; {.resided, and Stephen A. Douglas acted as | bflMBj: in psssija ate smoker up to the day of ' her death, and for j Secretary The fakers wereEinory ̂ Stom, I f^f^rg^^ior^ orCto"^ th6 Iftst twenty years of licr life never wore . John A. MQBSTS. Dpugl&s wiu Ij^colii, h day next for the coiiRkteration of the Immigration shoen nor stockings. At the age of 90 years i and Leonard Swett. "' . ' ' i bill The regular or^er being demanded, the Speaker ^to™Mo»j™t(rw.CI^«toSt.Louta1i canrenUoM have feii cUled] fSff&SSWA SBWt AS follows: Vermont Greenback, May. 3; mittee of the Whole providing a con- • . T , „ . „ . . , I stmction ' fund lor the nay. Without* Maine Democratic, June 1; Maine Grcenbaek, j the bill was pawed, as also a . , Jnne 1... .Lee Graodall, ©f the National \ bill to equip an expedition to the Arctic sea*. The operating au»u>st Victwia H bond of Apaches M View, and Tlionms J. Durant hfive been ; Indian Appropriation bill waa discussed all day, no Sew Mexico. tKitil-a the punishment recently in- ! chosen as delegates from the District of • ooncluuion being reached. In the evening a sefsian on ih\. «nv«w« Will brino. them to terms. ColumUa to the National Greenback Conven- wae held, at which a number of bills reported from fllcted on the savages will bring them to terms. tion >A Washington - dispatch says: the Naval Committee were passed. A dispatch from Santa Fe places the loss of the ; .lTlie re8u]t 0f tlie Massachusetts Con- Mr. Edmnnds reportfsd adversely to the bill ' fedians in the laj»t engagement nt tiiirty killed, vention is looked upon here as favorable 'to j against allowing locations for unsatisfied private F-»« Cook, of Santa flam county ; Gea> Q-aat. This is owing to Edmunds' known j j«id ciahns, sending them to the courts, and It was a twenty-mile race with any iady in the United , , f P^™011 claim of Jesse Phares, a scout, was dis- States for $1,000, $2,000, or §3,000 a side. j FOBEICSlVa : cussed. A report from the Secretary of Stale in THE Minnesota Millers' Association, at | GlttAT destitution prev&ila i t i . the j reference to awards of Mexican clatas was a meeting held in Minneapolis, adopted a reso- ' nrighboriiood of Van, Armenia, and appeals i ^d. ^efore 0,6 ^he^ Geneva award lution that, in view of the insufficient store of j have been mjbehalf of the; suffering in- j Monday ^.'.inTho House, the Senate Wheat in the State to keeS the mills ramdne habitants.,..The Greeks, Buumnans, and tb«vemoviim tlie poutieni of luger A. onSl Tru, I 1 „ thTanrSSuo^ Slavic peoples generally, are jubilant over the re-1 Pryor paenea. Mr. Cox, cimirmMi of th« ConunittM TOW Bat •nil illHO of the surplus On J mu -• 1 oa Foreign Alfairt., reported * reaolu^on requ««kbia the President to take »teps |b itbewisto tlMLCI ~ - trtetv, fir. Wilwof «|be 'MMM S» , i« im reSmt tau^ tr of the Chinese * indemnity fund, of Mr. Bouek, thiw Senate joint resolution aathdrizhig the Secretary of Wur to loan the flags, I tents and camp equipage for the soldiers'reunion at Milwaukee iu Juue next passed. On motion of Mr. IMbrell the bill passed authorizing the Secretary of War to turn over certain condemned can­ non to the Government of South Carolina. On motion of Mr. Valentine, the bill passed for the relief of settlers on public lands. It provides that when a pre-emption, homestead, or timber-culturo claimant has filed a written relinquishment of his claim iu the local jand ofiiec, the land covered by such claim afaall be open to entry Without farther action. The Indian Appropriation bill was under discussion all day. I- 'V I perwinced - at San ytaiilriingK rocket^ but no serious damage is re­ port ad. ... The Western N&fl Association, at a meeting in Pittsburgh, agreed nnanimously to a furtlke* MopfeUfdon of two Week*, After dis- cussiqg the advisability of reducing the prkses, it was decided to maintain the present rates." THE passenger agents of Western «hd E*8teru railroads have established a schedule ' Of cheap rates from all points to Chicago ahd 1 Cincinnati during the National Conventions and, the reunion of the Knights Templar. . . A GANG at fiye highwaymen, com­ posed of convicts who recently escaped from the Wyoming Territorial prison, are now en­ gaged in stopping stage coaches and robbing passengers in that region... .While the jailer of the Frankfort, (Ind.,) jail was opening a cell door he was knocked down by one of the prisoners, pushed into the cell and locked up. Six prison­ ers then made their escape. -4'. • '<ro >111)1--1 •: h ( Baranr frosts are reported have iamusly damaged the fruit-trees of Kcntockv, and a short crop is expected*. MOODY and Sankey liave gone to Texas tar a revival campaign in that State... .Fifteen men took a colored murderer from jail in St Helena parish, La., and shot him to death. ....At MunfordsviiUe, Ky., Thomas Boyd, in the presence of about a thousand people, jumped from the railroad bridge over Green liver, a distance of 120 feet, to the water below. He sprung off the bridge head foremost, and struck the water in that position. In a moment afterward lie appeared swimming. He was picked up by a boat's crew, and when brought ashore passed through the crowd, receiving what money was offered. He was not injured |u the least AT Waoo, Texas, Will Hard wick, Idlled John French, a rival in a love affair, and then committed suicide.... J ames Black, a negro, who assaulted Mr*. Hattie Ferries of Dinwiddie county, Va,, was taken from the jail by ah armed body of seventy-five masked men and hanged. A New Orleans boy, who was exercising in a gymnasium, was accidentally strangled to death tgr getting his head in a swinging ring. A WOMAN at Warren, Va., who inter­ fered when her husband was punishing their • son. was thrown by the infuriated father from a ladder on which she was standing, lotted. EXTENSIVE forest fires in the Wilder- peas region of Virginia have done serious dam- age. Two or three persons have been burned io death. • ' i im . The Sing's illness ^ said | THE/ diabolism perpetrated' by ' the i drunken demon in human form Who reigns as King of Bnrffiah appears to have been even more horrible than, at first reported. Instead of burning them he buried alive 700 men, women and children under the walls of Mande- lay... .A still exploded in a creosote mill in London, England, killing eleven persons.... Advices from South America show that the at­ tack of the Chilians on the Peruvian city iof, Mollendo was attended by frightful atrocities. The invaders destroyed and sacked many costly buildings, and, coming to the residence quarter, spared neither age, sex, nor condition. At the height of the beastly revel the Chilian officers attempted to check their soldiery, bat were un­ able to rescue the women and girls until they had killed with then* revolvers several of their owntnen. TAB effect of thenew German Army bill is shown in th#s lnoruise in emigration. For the week ending April 12, 5,800 emigrants sailed from Bremen for the United States, and they are evidently but the advance guard of hundreds of thousands to follow. IN the great billiard match at Paris for $2,000 and the chtfftpionship of' the world, between Sloason, of Chicago, and Vigneaus, of Paris, the American was badly beaten. The game consisted of 4,000 points, 800 points be­ ing played each evening for five consecutive days. Score: Vigneaux, 4,000; Slosson, 3,118. The former made the extraordinary run of 1,451 points. Slosson made a run of 1,103 points The Liberal majority in the British Parliament over the combined opposition, in­ cluding Home-Rulers, is about sixty Otero, who attempted to assassinate King Al­ fonso on the evening of Dec. 30, as the royal carriage containing the King and Queen was t „ tl, ... , - passing through the palace gate, was executed •? Afj donumon over that part of at Madrid otithe 14th imt Lorillards Amer- j wmular ininngeuients fol- lcan horse Wallensteia won the Newmarket! d K, ' . 1U?UH <lie . v.«, \ I deliberate establishment by Great Britain, on (Eng.) handicap. [ the 17th of July, 1862, aft "new colony" in A VESSEL loaded with arms and am- Central America, off the coast of Honduras, munition for the Chilians took lire while lying i nnder the name of the Colony of the "Bay in the river Elbe, near Hamburg, and was I / «n- I ^ Senate in January. 1853, declared the scuttled to prevent an exi^osion.... .The dis- treaty to have been virtually nullified by Great tress in the famine-stricken districts of Ireland j Britain. s said to be on the increase.' f The report then details the negotiations and THE medical men of Hungary are re- | soutroverhies between this Government and MOMIOE DOCTRI?®. Ilepert of tlt« cammittes on Foreign Relationik Representative Cox's report fPom the Com­ mittee on Foreign Affairs relative to the Intor- oceauic canal and Monroe doctrine, lately sub­ mitted to the House of Representatives, quotes lit length from the President's message upon the subject (of March 8, 1880), and severely arraigns the policy of Clayton in seeking to in­ duce Great Britain to abandon her own un­ founded claim upon the territory of an inde­ pendent Spanish-American state, and inviting her to share with us the duty and priv­ ilege peculiarly our own of protecting an mter- .oceamc communication of infinite interest and concern to thw country. Having blundered thus at the outset, the report says, he went into the most complicated and ill-arranged series of transactions, the final outcome of which was the treaty with Great Britain of April 19, 1850, known as the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. The report continues: " Fortunately for the country, the Clayton-Bulwer treaty had scarcely come into operation before its fundamental provisions were violated by Great Britain by the linng upon the American steamer Prometheus, Nov. 21,1860, while she was going out of the port of San Juan de Nicaragua, by the English brig of war Express, then lying in the port to Whj Mr* Wither* «|ome WttH lUm. I'ork Times.] What is known among tailors qs the "hip pocket" in exclusively a charn^ter- istic of the American species of incuo, • • * * * Mr. Withers is not a Western man, and is wholly unacquainted with whis­ ky ; but his reoent experience of the in­ compatibility of hip-pocket and glass bottles was very painful and embarrass­ ing. He had returned to his Orange- eownty home from a brief visit to Now York, and had brought with him as a present, for Mws Wilson--to whom be was betrothed--a bottle of that remark­ able cement which is sold by sidewalk merchants, and which is by them repre­ sented as being much stronger than wrought iron. It htul occurred to him that this cement would be a very nice thing to have in his future house, since with it all sorts of broken china and flass could 1m? mended, and eveJry one nows thfit children will break a great deal of china. On the evening of his arrival home h&put the cement bottle in his hip pocket Kd called on Miss Wil­ son, intending to offer it to her as soon as he entered the house. Mr. Wither#was ardently attached to the young lady, and, when he saw her before him, he not unnaturally forgot all about such merely earthly matters as cement. The old people welcomed him politely, and, alter a few moments of conversation; withdrew with a discretion which it is to be wished that all old peo­ ple would emulate. Being of a frugal mind, and knowing that the merciful young man -should be tnerciful to his in­ tended father-in-law in point of kerosene bills, Mr. Withers promptly turned down the lamp ana proceeded to make himself at home. The bottle was a stout one, and would perhaps have withstood any or­ dinary pressure, but, as -Miss Wilson weighed fully 140 pounds, and as the back of the small rocking-chair was of hard wood, it is not strange that the bottle yielded. Mr. Withers was so much interested in the weather and othersubjects such as usually absorb the attention of young men in his position, that he did not notice the breaking of the glass, and it was not until an hour later, that a false alarm of father in the front hall induced Miss Wilson to flee to the sofa, and suggested to Mr. With­ ers the advisability of turning up the lamp. The cement had done its work, and Mr. Withers did not get up to attend to the light, but requested the young lady to discharge his duty* for him. She did so, and then noticed his pained and preoccupied expression. To her anxious inquiries he admitted that ha felt a little faint and would like a glass of water. Miss Wilson hurriedly went for the water, reproaching herself for being so heavy, and accusing herself of selfishness and want of considera-r tion. In her absence :the young inan made Superhuman efforts * to wrench himself loose, but the cement refused to yield. When Miss Wilson returned with the glass of water, he looked so much worse that she was rieally fright­ ened and he was compelled to tell her the real state of the case. She was a practical person, and she promptly proposed to get a tea-kettle of hot water and dissolve the cement, but desisted when he explained to her that his system would not bear the applica­ tion of water at the boiling point. She then timujjy suggested that if she were to call "no. perhaps pa might lend you Withers said no ; he ©rtificatiou of being "ciott by any father, tliut he should wait hour, and should then take the chair home with him. This was ac­ cordingly done, and, had not the unfort­ unate young man been ^rested by a local constable, who only discharged lnm when a severe test proved that hia possession of the chair was purely invol­ untary, his misfortune might never have become generally known. When disas­ ters such as this are liable to happen to the wearers of hip-pockets it becomes doubtful whether they are not altogether too hazardous for general use. In fact, good authorities maintain that the hip- t>ocket is positively detrimental, and that an earnest and united effort irnould be made to secure its extirpation. V, service WBB IU» » bfUllj£ W> thoughtlessly and lightly entered upon. It is likewise generally understood that the canons cannot be altered without royal license from the Qneesi issued to the Canterbury and York C<mvocations, who must be unanimously agreed as to Skins, Money. How were the men to be brought to­ gether who wanted each other s arti­ cles? How was the farmer to find a tailor who would give him a coat in ex­ change for a sheep or a sack of corn ? How was he to get furniture from an upholsterer with a calf or a load of hay ? The progress of human life would have been brought to a dead-lock. Village • - maht King Theebiw, of Buitaaih, who is reported to have caused 700 rittn, women and children to be burned auve as a sacri­ fice for hia restoration to lieiklth. is but .20 years old. Selected over his elder ><***"* brothers to rule, he paid the Ministers life on a petty scale, upon the system I himself against palace plots by the of things made to order, would have ' simple process of killing all his relatives. IAAAVI RT I- V * A HUFFIIR IFLAA WLIOF MNTI who advanced him by imprisoning them. "Instead of these advisers of his father he surrounded himself with men} or boys of his own age and tastes, and the palace became the scene of orgies conducted absolutely without restraint." An arti­ cle lately pnbli*h«d regardiiig him says: "Another of Theebaw's acts, immedi­ ately after his accession, was to secure himself against palace plots by the been the inevitable fate of human beings. Some contrivance was imperiously called for to clear away the difficulty, and tluts it happened that money was invented. It made its appearance at the very origin of the human race; savages bethought themselves of furs or skins to make trade, the exchange of goods, possible. • Their instinct revealed to them the principle of money, the principle of all instru­ ments of exchange. They saw that the only way to get over the perplexity was to select some article which every one should be willing to take in exchange for the goods which he had to sell, and then with it to buy those particular things which he required for the supply of his wants. The path for trade was instantly cleared for the whole human race. Money was found forever in the form of that primitive period--skins. Its essence and action were discovered for all time. Purs acted as an interposed commodity, as ft go-between, between what a seller parted with and what he obtained in re­ turn, and this has been the nature of all money down to this very hour. The skins so employed were instruments for ex­ changing goods, and nothing else? and so are sovereigns and dollars and every form of money. The mighty machinery of division of employments was at once brought within the reach of the human race, t'rogress in civilization was inafle possible. The hatter and the shoemaker could moke hats and shoes for the whole town. The grocer could pile up stores in his shop for all. The manufacturer could weave cloth for the whole commu­ nity. They all relied, and their confi­ dence was not deceived, on their goods being bought with money, whatever that money happened to be, and on their bet­ ing able in return to procure with it whatever they required. And here it was that consent came in for money, and still continues to come in. All the hunt­ ers took skins for their money by agree­ ment; no law or force compelled them. The skins came naturally into use as con­ venient for All. And so it is now. No A better idea of what this means may be gained bv considering that the gay old monarch had fifty-three wives and 110 children, of whom thirty-seven wives and fifty-nine _ children survived him. It is impossible to say how many of these brothers, sisters and step­ mothers--so to speak--were killed, but eighty is a fair compromise estimate. It must not be supposed that they were disposed of with any sentimental tender­ ness. At first the victims were led from their cells in twos and threes to shekho to the King; then their heads were tied to their respective pairs of ankles, and blows with a heavy club on the backs of their necks ended their misery. But this soon proved too mild •alraly smile "M «ach other. " •' will then slip out one w*y» softer, and in two mimiif *hey will he «Joying themselves together in, a committee-room over thrM-fbigers of "66, ' When Dennis of Mliwand wn in the Senate he was vew^nemusin keeping the "corner " mippQted with all the choicft bfayds, and in 1077 had some< old peach brandy brought from his in Maryland that was 40 years old, aid so thick that it was taken from the bottles with a spoon. Dennis was not. much on statesmanship and heavy of** tory, but he was an authority cm terrapin. l^tbraDdjr.-- ^ » The Chinese Cuisine. 1 1 The shark's fin is a delicacy which* ia- rarely omitted from the menu of a Chi­ nese, feast. It is one of the " great clas­ sic dishes" forming the pieces de se- sistanca of an official banquet, and eaten either in the form of a joint, gar-- nished with crabs, or served up in small pieces in cups placed before each guest. The consumption of rats, though * ifc seems to be somewhat on the decline, is. the cause of a very important traffic in the principal towns of certain districts and especially in a street in Canto^ called Hmg-Loung-Kai Here these* animals may be seen in enormous multi- tudes hanging up in the shop windowu. among chickens and ducks and geese. They are for the most part dried and salted, and when in that state are es­ teemed a sovereign recipe for those „--- r*v<^ retj a spectacle for the fiendish malignity whose hair is getting thin. of Theebaw. One of his elder brothers Beside the dishes peculiar to the 0«- professed utter scorn for what could be lestials alone, there are a variety of difc- dnnA v.iin anA ^ ferences in their mode of eating ancL cooKing food unknown to our cuisine- Hams, for instance, are kept for a yeitti or even two vears, buried in heaps of sawdust, which imparts to them a taste* of wood much appreciated by the gour­ mets. Broad beans are fermented, after being mixed with salt, form a very favorite sauce eaten with all sorts of viands. Finally, the habit of eating " rotten eggs," which sounds so strange* to European ears, is explained by show­ ing that the so-called rotten egg is only a duck's-egg preserved for a long time Uk. an air-tight envelope made of ashes, chalk, tea-leaves, and a number of other-' strange substances, until the yelk turns first to a green color, and then to a fine, black, when it is considered fit to be> eaten. done to him, and was flogged to death. Another, who had looked upon foreign­ ers as the dirt beneath his feet, and as utterly unworthy to crawl between heaven and earth, was taunted and driven to madness before receiving a half-fatal blow, and his writhing body was then thrown into the gigantic trench dug to receive the dead. A former Governor of Rangoon had his nose and mouth filled with gunpowder, a match was applied, and he was also flung into the trench to be stifled by the succeed­ ing bodies. One young girl of 16 was pitched into the same heaving grave af­ ter having suffered every outrage which could be devised by eight soldiers of the guard. The massacre was carried on in this leisurely fashion until Theebaw and the executioners wearied of the sport ; then the women were simply battered over the head, and the children were swung against the palace walls. At last the victims were all killed, and the re­ volting spectacle was over, but Thee­ baw's plan--one not unusual in Burmah --Was not successful, for the reason that at least three of his blood escaped, and one of them will probably succeed him. The area of Burmah (a country in the Ycmuni iu* nai, Aim »u it is xiuw. j uit5uui Duimuu \i% uuuiiuj in uie law forces any shopkeeper to sell his | Southeast of Asia, between India and J 4FR\T* AN^TL XXA I ALLRL S-VF VV^V4-\ -* < • 1 AO AAA ported to be greatly exercised over a case of re- j suscitetion which is said to have occurred at j Baab, about tlfty miles from Pesth, Hungary. I A criminal who was hanged until hfe was pro­ nounced extinct was then subjected to an elec- I tro-galvanic current, which completely restored ) him. The convict thereafter suffered intense I agonv, and died in the course of the night..... \ It is believed that the advent of a Liberal Min- [ istry in England will put an end to the project ant, is dead. fiENEBALi * arrived at the po*t oJf New York during the month of March, 1880, 23,616 passengers, 21,658 of whom were immigrants. Boring the corresponding period of 1879, the to tal number of passengers arrived at the port "r -- i WM 7,736, of whom 5,965 were immigrants. ru*r» *HB NATIONAL CONGRESS* Of the total arrivals of immigrants at the port during the month of March, 1880, there were: From England, 2,780 ; Scotland, 775; Wales, 36; Ireland, 4,007; Germany, 6,503; Austria, 681; Sweden, 2,183 ; Norway, 494 ; Denmark, 191: France, 800 : Switzerland, 814; Italv, 886; Holland. 80B; Belgium, 85 ; liussia. 195*; Poland, 280Tmmgacy, 678; Cuba, 42; all other countries, 43... .VftUiam H. Vanderbilt haa sent $2(U)OQlOOO moru of Government 4-per eent. bonds i* tlM rJuited States treasury for (Jreat Britain growing out of these occurrences, »nd the ineffectual efforts to negotiate a new treaty, coming down to 1860, and continues: " The outbreak, soon after this, of our unhappy domestic troubles and great civil war diverted public attention from Central American ques­ tions, .and the ill-advised Clayton-Bulwer treaty was gradually suffered on both sides to lapse into an oblivion from which it has but recently been evoked by persons disposed to controvert the iwastratidn, in all $61,000,00© registered mhis name. the isthmus. The circumstances in which this ; treaty was originally negotiated have been pro- j fpundly modified by the lapae of thirty years. ' a»id it appears to your committee to be 'entirely | dear that, as an obstacle and possible The Senate was not in sesion on feattirday, ™-v of • complete and P^jflc • . . • , assertion of the sound, necessarv, and VIK- . . i " --In the House, the Senate rtfeohitlon grous American policy laid down in the ft* a Joint committee to investigate tha loaSof in-; President's message of March 8, 1880 taroal revenue concurred in. A debate (if de- this treaty should now bo finally and formally bate it can be called where one party refuses to din. | abrogated. It has been shown to have led only cuss a question) on the political rider to the Army' ^ Kreat misunderstandings and controversies Appropriation bai took Ml the tiate in committee of Wlth 010 power with which we were unwisely led the whole for the day. The Republicans did aU ths * " * ' " * ... * talking, the Democrats having agreed not to debate the measure. ,... . The Barking Popples. Some time ago I kept in town a bitch and three of its puppies ; the former had a strong pair of lungs and a weakness for letting the passers-by know it; when the latter became of age they exhibited all the hereditary peculiarities of the mother, and when the four animals joined in chorus, which was their favorite amusement at night, the result was any­ thing Imt agreeable. Some of my friends hinted to me that if that state of things continued I should probably lie indicted for causing a nuisance, and I therefore' determined to explain to my four animals that they really mustn't bark. One night I remained late in town, and, having provided myself with a stick, I waited till I heard one of them bark, and I im­ mediately afterward went out and chas­ tised him, or rather the one I thought had made the noise. I was, however, soon met by a difficulty; although I could recognize the bark of the old one, I could not discriminate well between those of the puppies; and, while ilio old one was silenced after a few chastisements, the puppies were not; probably in mistake I had thrashed the wrong puppy. I, therefore, hit upon the plan of making the whole four responsible for each other, and as soon as I heard any one of them bark I applied my stick freely to the whole four, the one after the other. When this had been done two or three times, I heard one of the puppies bark, and the next moment it gave a pitiful squeal; the mother had it by the neck. I went out and patted her, thus explain­ ing that she had done well. She wagged her tail, as much as to say she understood me perfectly, and the dogs never barked again, except upon th& most provoking occasions. --Nature. O'LEAKT challenges any two men hi England to make a six-day please" match with Hart and •10,000 to #20,000 a side, the contest to take place in New York city Grain in sight in the States and Canada : Wheat, 24,383,000 bushels ; com, 15,164.000 bushels; oats, 2,769,000 bushels; rye, 691,000 bushels ; barley, 2,034,000 bushels It is announced from Washing­ ton that a new bankrupt bill will be re­ potted to the House at an early date. The experience of business men under the Btate in­ solvent acts, since the repeal of the former national Bankrupt law has led to a strong pres- ID the Senate, on Monday "morning, April 12, Mr. Pendleton presented the report of the conference committee on the Census bill. Bills were introduced: go-as-yon- ^ By Mr. Ferry, to regulate promotion and fix the Dobler for < rank of line officers ot the army; by Mr. Vance, da- fining and limiting the use of the Page patent; by Mr. Vest, to reduce the duty on lead ore; by Mr. McMillan; to repeal the law taxing the circulation of State banks. The confer­ ence report on tile Census'bill wan taken up and adopted. The Ute treaty was taken up and pasted, by a vote of 87 to 16. The President nominated J. M. Bynum, of Rienzi, Supervisor of Ceneuis in the First District of Missis lpiii -- In the House, the Senate bill passed spproprUting {2U0,- 000 for the erection of suitable posts for the protec­ tion of the Rio Grande frontier. The Senate to make it. It has always been equally inoper­ ative either to guarantee the independence of Central American states or to advance the gen­ eral interests of commerce. So long as it has even a formal shadow of existence it cannot but tend to cloud and obscure the perfectly simple, Just aad equitable policy of the United States m regard to mteroceanio transit Your com- mittoe, therefore, recommend the passage of the following resolution: " Reived, By the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives assemMed, That the President of the United States be and he is hereby respect­ fully requested, if the same in his opinion shall not be incompatible with public interest, to take immediate step* for the formal and final abro- tho .convention of April 19, 1850, be- tween the United States of America and her Bntanmc Majesty, commonly called the 'Ship- Canal Treaty,' or -Clayton-Bulwer Treaty " Marriages in England at Night. No marriage of this kind can take place in England except under the signed flat and special license of the Archbishop of Canterbury, first petitioned for and ob­ tained. The grant or refusal rests en­ tirely in the discretion of the Primate, who is said to enter into every detail him&elf. By No. 102 of the " Constitu­ tion and Canons of the Church of En­ gland " of 1603 (now in force) it is or­ dained that all ordinary marriages shall be celebrated between the hours of 10 and 12 in the forenoon, and the same canon law has since been confirmed by various acts of Parliament, and is to be found reaffirmed by the Marriage act of George IV.'s reign. The collective wis­ dom of Parliament from time to time deemed it wise to provide against the ac­ cident, of foolish young or old men, of all classes, being persuaded to celebrate marriage late in the day, after, perhaps, partaking of the Inittle freely at banquets and Hupi>ers. Also the debates in Parlia­ ment show that it was held that the mar- goods for coin. He may prefer barter. He may affix a leg of mutton as the price of one article, a pair of boots as that of another. But he consents to take sov­ ereigns and shillings, and what he does every one else does, too. So, also, does the Government of the nation. It se­ lects its form of money at its own pleas­ ure,. and every laborer and merchant adopts it.--Btmamy Price, in Preiser's Magazine. • Women !n Afghanistan. The dress of Afghan women, especially those whose husbands have rank or wealth, is extremely picturesque. A short, tightly-fitting bodice of green, bind, or crimson silk confines the bust, but buttons so closely up to the throat that one can only guess at the propor­ tions of shoulders and bosom. The bodice is generally embroidered with gold, and then VJECOINJBS BO stiff and unyielding that it is virtually a corset. In cold weather the short arms of the sari are continued down to the wrist, and the vest itself is padded with wool for the sake of warmth. Trousers, a la Turn, baggy and flowing as Fatima's, and tightly fastened at the ankles, a broad silk knmnierbund of al­ most endless length, with the ends so disposed that they become skirts, dainty white socks, and tiny slipper or shoe, gold embroidered--such is the indoor dress of a Cabulese lady, while covering all, save feet and ankles, is the volumi­ nous white garment drawn over the head and face, and falling to the heels. These veiled beauties have jewelry scattered over their forehead, hands, wrists, arms, and ears; while handsome gold loops se­ cure the yashmak at the back of the head; the hair being lightly drawn from the forehead, and tied tightly into a knot, Grecian fashion. The length of a silk kummerbund which encircles a lady's waist is sometimes astonishing; one I saw must have been twelve yards long by eighteen inches broad, and the end was even then not forthcoming. The slippers and shoes are of Cabulese make, and are very pretty. On a pale green background beautiful patterns are worked with gold and silver thread and parti-colored silk, until the effect is more like that of a fairy slipper than one for daily use. But a stout leather sole is put on, with high heels rudely bound with iron, and then the work of art is complete. The stalls in which their slip­ pers and shoes are made are the gayest in the whole bazaar. A Cabulese lady's foot is small, almost to deformity, and the baggy trousers bv contrast make them appear exceedingly petite. From the few faces „seen and those chiefly of old or pasftee women, it is difficult to judge of the famed beauty Cabulese are said to boast of. children are cer­ tainly, as a whole," the prettiest I have ever seen. Their complexions are red and white, with a tinge of olive pervad­ ing the skin, eyes blaok and lustrous, well-shaped features, teeth to make west­ ern beauty enviouB, and bright, intelli­ gent looks.--Calcutta Pioneer. # Insures Safety. In Munich, it is still the custom to provide against the possibility of pre­ mature burial. For three days after death, the body of the deceased is placed in the house for the dead. A ring con­ nected with a wire is placed on his fin­ ger, and, at the slightest possible move­ ment of the hand, a bell is loudly rung, and the hurrying and startled official rushes to the spot. The spectacle is a somewhat ghastly one, to be sure, and, under certain circumstances, very har­ rowing; but it iusures death before burial, and for this, reason the custom commends itself to many who are more afraid of being buried alive than they are of dving. But even in this terrible place a distinction is made between the rich and the poor. The apartment where the rich are deposited is filled to overflowing with shrubs and flowers. In the large apartment, wliefe the remains of the humbler classes repose, there is no shrubbery at all, only a few cut flow­ ers with which poverty has symbolized its affection, its sorrow and its hopes, China, ahd south of Thibet) is 192,000 square miles, and its population is 3,500,- 000. The revenue of the King is £800,- 000, with perquisites enough to make out the even million." The Result of a Murder. I shall endeavor to answer two ques­ tions--Who was Channing, and What was he ? We have no help in the first question from the genealogies on the other side of the water, and this is in some sense to be regretted, because grapes don't grow on thorns, and there must have been noble vines to give us such fruit as men like Channing. No doubty if we could trace the ChanningB and Ellerys back, we should find men and women of rare virtue among them, tind light on many a tale worth the tell­ ing. Still, as we have no grapes, we pan leave the vines where the Eternal ^Providence has left them--on the other sido of the .water--and deal only with what we know of his family on this side. The mother's side of the man makes its first mark during the Revolutionary War, when the grandsire Ellery signed the Declaration. In him was great worth and splendid ability, but his life slipped away without anything great being accomplished in jt. The Chan- liings came from Dorset in 1712, and I '•venture to guess that they fled from the shadow of a great tragedy. Richard Channing, of Dorchester, married Mary Brookes about 1704. The people had urged on the matter rather against the man's will, and the result was that Mary poisoned her husband. She was tried for the murder, and was hanged on the 21st of March, 1705, being then only 19 years of age. After she was dead, her body was burned in the old Roman amphitheater at Mulberry in Dorset, in the presence of 10,000 people. Now, when your Englishmen strikes a great sorrow like that he moves away, and my guess is that John Channing, Richard's brother, left Dorset because he could not live so near the scene of his great and awful sorrow, where people whis­ pered, " His brother's 'wife was hanged and burned." This grandsire Channing became a merchant at Newport, but he fell on evil days, and at last lays down the burden. His wife gets a little store, but was always the lady, and raised her children extremely well. William, their son, took to the law, and rose to some eminence. He married liucy Ellery, and from this twain sprang William Ellery Channing. His father died at 42, and left the desolate little woman to bring up nine children.--Lecture qf Jiev. Robert C'oUyer. Sand-Showers in China. Every year witnesses curious aand- showers in China when there is neither cloud nor fog in the sky, but the sun is. scarcely visible, looking very much as. when seen through Bmoked glass. The air is filled with a fine dust, entering eyes, nostrils and mouth, and often causing serious diseases of the eye. This dust, or sand, as the people call it, , penetrates houses, reaching oven apart­ ments which seem securely closed. It- is supposed to come from the great des­ ert of Gobi, as the sand of the Sahara i& taken up by whirlwinds and carried hun­ dreds of miles away. The Chinese, while sensitive to the personal discomfort aris­ ing from these showers, are resigned:,to them from a conviction tliat they are ^ great help to agriculture. They say that a year of numerous sand-showers is always a year of large fertility. The sand probably imparts some enriching elements to the soil, and it also tends to loosen the compact alluvial matter of the Chinese valleys. It is possible that these showers may be composed of mi- croscopic insects, like similar showers which have been noticed in the Atlanta ocean. * THE Hartford Times, of Hartford, Ctr Mya oi the Continental Life Insurance Company, of that city : "The sixteenth annual statement of the Continental Life is published in to--* day's Times. Sixteen years of experi­ ence in life underwriting Covers nearly all the salient features of the business, and may well entitle the company •to- rank among the thoroughly-established companies of the country. " The Continental has in force 8,394 policies. They have issued and restored during the years 1,253, relatively a large number, and, of course, accompanied by* a corresponding expense. The endow­ ments maturing and paid during the year amounted to $205,615.23; this pay­ ment is greatly in excess of any which the company will hereafter be called upon to meet in any one year on existing pol­ icies; this, with the other disbursement aggregating on account of policy-ltolder* $612,691.48, accounts for the large dis­ bursements of the year. It will be ob­ served that the company has received in interest and rents $127,696.57, a sum equal to nearly 6 per cent, on their gross assets, and in excess of the claims by death, $30,424.06. Since organization the company has disbursed, on account of policy-holders, $5,215,621.83, and now - has assets of $2,797,323.28, a surplus on a 4-per-cent. basis of $268,750.34, while on a 4j-per-cent. basis the surplus reaches #421,465.28." A Senatorial Tap-Room. • Visitors to the United States Senate, who sit in the galleries and look down upon the grave law-makers, are kept in bliBsful ignorance of many side-scenes which take place on the floor, and in the lobbies and cloak-rooms of that historic chamber. During the last few sessions, many convivial little meetings have taken place in the Democratic cloak-room around a» blazing coal fire, in that sec­ tion known as the "corner." This is the place where, in a very meek and un­ assuming little wardrolie, is kept many choice brands of the article which states­ men are much given to imbibing hi order to brace them up and add eloquence to their elocution, preparatory to making " the greatest effort ' of their lives, am1, if they should gauge the number of these efforts by their drinks, the country would, indeed, be filled with the echoes of their noble words. The beverage is J J*YK bought by funds raised on subscrip- ; tion from the different Senators, and] the key to the "private desk" is kept i by one of the prominent officers of the OATS.V.V.V.V Senate; and when a Senator feels like i JJ,K--••••• taking something he taps one of his ; r"ftp~~Me"*' colleagues on the shoulder and winks at the custodian of the wardrobe, who goes out one door while they go out another, and in a few moments the sound of clinking glasses is heard in the region of the *' corner." The "cor- is a great place for healing over I corn---Na°f THE MARKETS. -HEW YOKE. 'Beeves Hoas H COTTON "FI,OUB--Superfine.. WHEAT--No. 2 COjtN--Western Mixed OA TS--Mixed RYB--W<wtern I'OSK--Mess LAUD ..' CHICAGO. 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FLOUR--Choice C 75 A 7 06 , * WHEAT--NO. 1 White 1 18 <a 1 1# No. 1 Amber 1*17 42 ii» aneeuon, ire sorrow ana its nopes, 1 ner is a great piace ior neaung over ! cORN_N(j. i -- * *' while the bodies of a few, perhaps what j the tender spots of partisanship, and it j OATS--Mixed....".'.' !!!."*!." .".T." ***• * • a® are called paupers, are covered with | was no unusual sight, last Conmess, to p**^E\iper cent*b .....120 -- - - - M E - . . - * W T T -- 1 * O R K - -- 3 4 6 8 8 , , , 1 3 0 0 are called paupers, are covered with j was no unusual sight, last Conme paper flowers and wreaths that could be j see Bayard and Stanley Matthdfifc, bought for a few pfennigs. But what I hees and Don Cameron, and BRoi bought for a few pfennigs. But what cared they? All--rich and poor--have at last shared the common fate. J. G. HOLLAND is' 60 years old. He did his first writing for the Springfield JSepublican. to _. Voor- hees and Don Cameronw and ERon and Jones of Nevada, walking arm-in-arm to take a drink to the health of things in general. Thurman and Edmunds, lead­ ers of their different parties in the Sen­ ate, and often engaged in a most bit­ ter debate, will, at its conclusion, INDIAN APOXJS. WHEAT--NO. 2 Red 110 CORN U OATS ; 92 Pons--dear 12 75 EAST LIBERTY, PA. CATTLX--Best 6 00 Fslr 4 00 Common S 10 Hoos 4 50 Sum. (A 1 18 O 43 @ * t @ 1 55 @12 SO & 1 18- ® 37 9 34 #13 00' , <a B 28 (« 4 80 @ 3 65 (4 5 06 t o e e » """ ̂ '