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jjjtgftHj ftomfoaln I. VOW tLYKE, IHw --< McHENRT, - - ILLIXOI& IEWS REVIEW. TOG EAST. THB managers of the.Commercial Ex- «knge of Philadelphia adopted a resolution denying the report emanating from the British Oonmil in that city in regard to the death of fcogB bv cholera, and referring the matter to a oonimittee for investigation. Sir Edward Thornton, the British Minister at Washington, •ill be asked to correct the report A Ger­ man Socialist mass meeting in Faneuil. Hall, Boston, was attended by about 4,000 person*. ANOTHER Mexican railway scheme has been matured in Boston, and a charter has been granted to a company with $30,000,000 of •lock. Among the incorporators are Mayor Prince, Ben Butler, U. 8. Grant, Jr., and two Mexicans. The main line is to run from Pied- rae NORTHS. on the Rio Grande, to the Bay of TopaloBumpo, on the Gulf of California .. . Daring the first week of March. 5.323 immi­ grants arrived at New York, being 2,479 more (ban for the corresponding week of last year. MAHONING Plane, Pa., lias been so undermined by the collieries that the booses nat on a thin crust of earth. Every few weeks this crust settles, and occasionally drops en­ tirely out of sight.... .The people are just now experiencing t heir periodical excitement from tbn cause Erysipelas, resulting from recent vaccination, caused the death of Chief En­ gineer James W. Whittaker, cf the United Mates naw A bill to t sUbliafc the whipping post for wife beaters is before the Legislature «f Pennsylvania. A TERKIEL.k explosion occurred in the boiler-works of Donaldson & Patterson, at Buffalo, by which six men were killed and seven injured. The body of the junior woprietor was hurled through a solid board fence across the street. The build- jag,; wbih was 100 feet long and eighty ftet high, was" literally leveled to the ground. The dome of the boiltr was thrown 100 feet in the air, and landed half a mile away. Those killed were Kobert Patter­ son, John Langenfeld, Francis Chadwlck, Wm. Wager, Wm. Gibson, and a man unknown A bill to establish the whipping-post for the benefit of wife-beaters was favorably reported to the Pennsylvania House. THE WESrr. A CBAZT man attempted to burn the fcmnr asylum at Topeka, Kan., with its ISO inmates, but was unsuccessful A bill was introduced in the Illinois House, making it a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprison­ ment, tp slope with any woman, married or •ingle. THE Southern Pacific and the Atchi­ son, Topek% and Santa Fe railroads were united at Deming, New Mexico, on the 8th of Match.. .".Ex-l'resident Hayes arrived at bis home in Fremont, Ohio, on the 8th' inst., and was given a royal welcome by hia old friends. He was faet at the depot and escorted to his residence by a large procession. Two engines were wrecked, fourteen •irs d tct ed, and a conductor and engineer ftajored by a collision of freight trains at Creat­ ine, on the Cleveland and Columbus track. A DISPATCH from Walnut Grove. Red -wood county, Minn., says that there is much •offering there on aooonnt of a scarcity of fuel, as the Winona and St. Peter road has been Mocked for two months. All out-buildings, hog-pens, railroad fences, etc., have been used up, and now many are trying to keep warm by burning straw and hay. which is poor con­ solation, as none have suitable stoves Flames appeared in the wholesale drug-house, of Woodward, Faxon & Co., in Kansas City a few nights ago. No less than seventy-five dis­ tinct explosions followed, caused by .cans of gunpowder in the adjoining store of Ogleboy & Co., wholesale grocers. The five extended to the hardware house of Kelly, Willis & Co. The force of the waterworks was very light, and all three stores were destroyed. The loss it estimated at $420,000, on which the insurance is $260,000....At Eldorado, Xev., Hank Parish shot two men over a game of cards. When the Coroner came to sit upon the remains, Parish compelled him to take the money from the dead men's pockets and return it to him....Moody and Sankey gospel meetings are being •vary largely attended in Ban Francisco.... Thirty-one women of Palestine, Ohio, have been arrested for outrages committed upon a saloonkeeper named Long, the last of his kind left in that place. Six of the women were dis­ charged, and twenty-two gave bail. They claim that the arrests were made in revenge for their having secured sixteen indictments against Long for selling liquor to minors. Long charges that the women sent him word to leave or he would be killed. JOHN MASTERS, one of the oldest jour­ nalists in the United States, has just died at Cincinnati. He is raid to have never bor­ rowed a dollar or owed a debt since he was 11 Tears of age A construction train ont. the Dallas and Wichita railroad went down an em­ bankment. and five men were injured, two of them fatally H. E. Sargent has resigned the poaiuoo of General Manager of the Northern Pacific railroad. THE SOUTH* THE National Board of Health has awarded contracts for floating hospitals to»be stationed off Cairo, Memphis, Vicksburg and Bayou Sara. The boats will be eighty feet long, and accommodate twelve patients each. FEDERAL detectives have tracked a band of counterfeiters from Pennsylvania to Texas, and assert that these notorious dealers in opierating in the vicinity of Dallas, having 916,000 of spurious notes in their possession. FOUR negroes implicated in the mur­ der of Miss Mattie Ishmael, near Jonesboro, Ark , were lynched by a band of masked men numbering 200 or 300. The lynchers suddenly appeared from the woods, surrounded the house where the negroes were temporarily placed, overpowered the guard, took the prisoners out, hung them to a tree in the vicinity, and dis­ appeared as quickly and silently as they gath­ ered. It is claimed that, prior to their execu­ tion, the negroes made a full conft ssion, giv­ ing a detailed account of the crime, alleging that Miss Ishmael was killed for refusing to disclose the hiding-place of a large sum of money which her father had received a few * dlji before the tragedy occurred. WASUnOTON. NATHANIEL GOFF, ex-Secretary of the Navy, has been nominated by President Oar- Add for United States District Attorney of Went Virginia, the position he held previous to 1 aocepting the Naval Secretaryship some jks ago... .It is said that Frod Douglass will --J be reappointed Marshal of the District of Columbia, but that the place will be given to Mr. Henry, of Cleveland, the Adjutant of Gen. Garfield's old regiment. Miss FRANCES E. WILLABD, of Ev- aaaton, I1L, on behalf of fifty ladies who sub­ scribed for a memorial oil painting of Mrs. Hayes, as a recognition of her advocacy of the temperance cause, presented the painting to President Garfield. In accepting the gift toe President responded as follows : "I have observed the significance which yon have given to this portrait fiom the standpoint ri occupy, and in connection with the work which you are engaged. What you have •aid concerning the evils of intemperance Meets my most hearty concurrence. I have been in my way, and in accordance with my own convictions, an earnest advocate of tem- moe, not in so narrow a sense as some, _ in a very definite and pract ical sense. These wnvictions are deep, and will be maintained. Whether I shall be able to meet the views of all people in regard to all phases of that question remains to be seen, but I shall do what I can to abate the great evils of intemperance. I shall be glad to have this picture upon these walls, and shall be glad to remember vonr Wad expressions to me and my family, and, in your eflorts to better mankind by your work, I hope that you will be guided by wisdom, and that will achieve a worthy success. Thanking for this meeting and greeting, I bid you I morning. Congressman LEVI P. MOKTON was ]Mt week nominated for Minister to Franoe by the President. The Semite promptly confirmed nomination. Ex-Gov. Noye«, of Ohio, has i the Minister to France for the last four JMV&OOP, ont in a years Secretary Blaine has addressed a note to the British Legation fully and emphatically denying the reports sent to England by the acting British Consul at Philadelphia in regard to the prevalence of hog cholera in Illinois and Ohio. He says the most searching inquiry leads irresistibly to the conclusion that her Majesty's representative was imposed upon by designing speculators, and he looks to the Le­ gation to undo, as far as possible, the mischief that has been dono. flaunt.™ D. GiXiMORK, an attorney and claim agent, of Washkigton, has sued Carl Schnrz for 1200,000 damages. He alleges that Schurz, without any just cause, debarred him from practice in the" Interior Department, and thus broke up a legal business worth 640,- 000 per annum. THE Cabinet has decided not to per* mit national banks to withdraw legal-tenders deposited with the treasury to retire their cir­ culation. Secretary Windom is of the opinion that the heavy bond purchases of the Govern­ ment will prevent any monetary stringency. POLITICAL, THE Democrats of Michigan met in convention at Lansing, on the 8th inst., and nominated G. V. N. Lathrop, of Detroit, and Henry Frallick, of Grand Rapids, for Regents 0 1 the University. Augustus C. Baldwin, of Detroit, was placed in the field for Justice of the Supreme Court William P. Frye was nominated by acclamation, at the Republican Senatorial caucus at Augusta, Me., to succeed James G. Blaitio..... Judge J. W. MeDfl), one of the Iowa Railroad CommisMoners, has been appointed to the va­ cancy in tho United States Senate, caused by the resignation of Senator Kirkwood. Judge McDill was a member of the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, and also Of the Electoral Commission Jauies Russell Lo .veli, American Minister at London, has received a letter from President Garfield, expressing the hope that he will continue to serve the United States. SETEN persons were drowned, off Queenstown by the capsizing of awhale-boat.... Michael P. Boyton, a Land League organizer and one of the traversers, was arrested at Kil- dare, Ireland, under the Coercion act. He is charged with inciting to murder and other acts of violence. He protested, in the name of the American republic, against being taken into custody. THE office-seekers have formed the im­ pression that there is to be a grand upheaval of the organization of the departments, but there has been no intimation from President Garfield that such would be the case. On the contrary, he has said he would not consider any proposition to remove any man from con­ tinuous office except for cause Abram S. Hewitt has addressed a letterto ex-Gov. Jewell, inclosing $100 to defrav the expenses of " hunt­ ing down the rascal wiio forged the Morey let­ ter," and promising more if necessary. Gov. Jewell, it is said, intends to push the investiga­ tion. THE Executive Committee of the Na­ tional Anti-Monopoly League report that ap­ plications for charters for branch organiza­ tions have been received from twenty-four States. _ SEHTERAL. THE Pennsylvania Railroad Company has consolidated its railroad lines west of Pittsburgh under one management, with the view of giving the Gould interests battle for supremacy The Union Pucific road reports its gross earnings for the yeir at $22,455,134, and a surplus of f13,204,416. A dividend of 1% per cent, was declared, and the old board 01 officers re-elected Ex-Secretary Evaits, ex-Senator Thurman. and ex-Senator Howe will represent the United States at tho Inter­ national Monetary Conference. AN international polar expedition is to sail from England next June under Com­ mander Cheyne. of the royal navy. It is pro­ posed to send a vessel to St. Patrick's bay, where the Alert, of the Nsres' expedi­ tion, wintered, and from there survey the pros­ pect of polar sledging,?by means of balloons, and, if favorable circumstances are found to ex­ ist, it is intended to attempt the journey with the assistance of balloons The census fig­ ures show (hat our native population has in the past decade gained upon the immigration. _ FOREIGN. THE dreaded plague has ndade its apA pearanoe in Mesopotamia The Ameer Abdur Rahman Khan is preparing to occupy Candahar when the British garrison is wholly withdrawn, and Avoob Khan's adherents are preparing to resist, so that there is an excellent prospect of lively times in Afghanistan during the spring and summer. It seems to be the settled policy of the Gladstone Ministry to let Abdur Rahman Khan and Avoob Khan settle their own disputes. ....The French Government has resolved to recall its representative in Venezuela. The cause as­ signed for this action is tho bad faith of tho Venezuelan Government to French creditors The latest dispatches state that twenty vessels were lost oa the Scottish coast during the re­ cent storm and 200 persons drowned Notwithstanding the reports to the contrary, it does not appear that the Irish Land-Leaguers are much scared at the passage of the Coercion act. Those agitators who were in Ireland be­ fore the measure became law have stood their ground, and others, like Dillon and Brennan, who were in England or France, are returning to the Green Isle. THE British defeat in South Africa has greatly stimulated the movement in favor of tho Boers, which was started in New York about a month ago, and liberal subscriptions are being receiver! by the Treasurer of the organization, and large sums have been sent to the Red Cro»s Society of Holland. Several Dutchmen of New York and a number of American physicians have volunteered to go to South Africa. The Irish are also in deep sympathy with the cause, and it is reported that a bark carrying over 600 well-armed Irishmen and four Gatling guns secretly saled from Key West, Fla., not long ago, bound for South Africa Capt Eftdn has three parties of engineers at work at the isthmus on his ship-railway scheme. At a meeting hold in the' Cooper Institute, New York, it was decided to organize the United States Cremation Company, with a capital of 850,000, and to form a BJ :iety to educate the public to a proper appreciation of the virtues and beauties of incineration..... There was an immense demonstra' ion by the Irinh-American Land and Industrial League at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. A circular distributed among the people gave utterance to the sentiment that " What is good for Ireland is good for America. Rent is robbery; land­ lordism is despotism. Down with both of them. Just rent must not amount to more than taxes and repairs will cost." Mayor Howell presided, and many promineut men were present. A dis­ patch was sent to Parnell, signed by Mayor Howell, urging him to " never surrender." WHOLE villages are said to be emigrat­ ing from Germany to the United States, al­ though the American emigration agents are forbidden by the authorities to even explain the advantages of the States they represent. The German Government aims particularly to divert emigration from this country... .The Parisian drapery establishment known as Le Printemps was destroyed by fire. Several lives were lost, and twenty-six p» rsons were injured. The loss was about 7,000,000 franos. GREAT BRITAIN objects to the words of the invitation to the momentary conference, being unwilling to commit herself absolutely to a bi-metallic standard. Germany has ac­ cepted the invitation to the conference, with the reservation that she will not be bound by its decisions The order for the withdrawal of the British troops from Candahar has been given. AMONG recent deaths in Great Britain were those of Prof. William Rutherford Lan­ ders, of the University of Edinburgh ; Hon. John Charles Grant Ogilvie, Earl of Stratford, and Maj. Gen. Richard Herbert G«le, C. B.. Lieutenant Governor of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea Mohammed Jan, the noted Afghan leader, has been murdered.- Thirtv persons have been arrested in the province of Tcruel, Spain, for dem nstrating in favor of a republi­ can form of government. CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. The Senate, March 7, WM in session only a few minutes, and did nothing except awear in Oen. Mahone, ol Virginia, It is claimed by the Demo­ crats that he will vote with ob the organisation of the committees. At the session of the Senate on Tuesday, Much 8, communication! were laid before the Sen­ ate from ex-8en&tora Kirkwood and Blaine, an­ nouncing that they had forwarded to the Governor* of their re*p«*tlv« Stales their resignations ss mem. ben of the Senate. The ?w«ldmt sent in the fol­ lowing nominations: Nathan Qott, Jr., to be United States Attorney for West Vir­ ginia; Iiewi* Richmond, of Rhode Island, Control General at Rome; United State* CortMila--John L. Friable (Michigan), at Kheima ; P. M. Eder (Neva­ da), at Guagaquiel; A<bert Rhode* (District of Oo- Inoibia), at Rouen; Edward Backua (Illinois), at Para; F.milio (\mrtalo, at La Union; John A. Hal- deman (Kansas), at Bangkok; Abbot L. I>oen, at Aleppo, ladle; John F. June (New Jereay),atNueva Lareda. On tho assembling of the Senate on Wednes­ day, March 9, a telegram from the Governor of Iowa waa read, announcing the appointment of J. W. McDlU to fill the unexpired term of Senator Kirk­ wood The following names were sent in bv Uie President: William H. Krarta, of Hew York, ADen ft. Thurman, of Ohio, and Timothy O. Howe, of Wisconsin, Commissioner* from thla Government to the Inter­ national Monetary Conference ; L P. Morion, of New York, Minister to Franco; Lot M. Morrill, United States Collector of Customa at Portland, Ve.; David P. McC ung, Surveyor of C<int< mn at Cincin­ nati ; John W. Green. Collector of Internal Revenue for the Second district of Iowa; Robert S. Taylor, of Indiana, member of the River Im­ provement Commission. Postmasters--Conley B. Gu.iferd, Wanston, Oliio; Georcre Pfleper, South Bend, I lid.; James O. Raymond, Stevens Point, Wis. Immediately upon the assembling of the Senf te on Thursday, March 10, a message from the President was received. Mr. Pendleton offered a reeolutien providing for the organisation of the standing committees of the Senate. The resolution was read, subject to objection raised by Mr. An­ thony. After reading the resolution Mr. Anthony moved that it be printed and lie on the table, the subject to be called up to-morrow. Agreed to. Mr. Pendleton then offered a resolution providing for the orgimiiation of the select committees, which was disposed of in a similar manner. President Gar­ field Font in the nominations of Col. C'ark E. Carr to succeed himself es Postmaster at Galeeburg, and Sandford A. Hudson, of Wisconsin, as Associate Jus­ tice of the Kupreme Court of Dakota. The session of the Senate on Friday, March 11, was an exciting one. The Democrats tried to press Mr. Pendleton's resolution relative to the com­ mittees to a vote, but Mr. Conkling mads the point gf order that it could not be consid­ ered because it changed a rule of the Senate without notioe having been given. The Vice Presi­ dent sustained this point, and an appeal was taken from his ruling. After debate at some length, Senators Conkling, Sherman, Bayard, Garland, Ferry and others taking part, the point of order and the appeal were both withdrawn, and the matter went over to Monday. Mr. Edmunds made his appearance and took the oath. Senator David Davis said he had no intention of ac­ cepting honors from either party, but intended to be independent. He would not accept the Chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee, although ho would vote to appoint the committees. He moved tho substi­ tution of Mr. Garland. The President sent in the following nominations: Postmasters--George F. Dick, Bloomington, III.; Orlando H. Merwin, Evans- ton, 111.; Almond B. Biford, Benton Harbor, Mich.; Lorenso J. Worden, Lawrence, Kas.; Thomas F. Hall, Omaha, Neb.; Henry G. Pearson, New York. ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. SATURDAY, March 5.--HOUSE.--fiarely a quo­ rum was present, and the House considered lulls on second reading. Bills were introduced: Abolishing the Board of Equalization; empow­ ering the changing of arms and equipments for those of later pattern; milking May 30 a legal holiday; redisricting the State in the matter of the insane hospitals; appropriating $5,(100 to pay the expenses of the standing and special committees of the two houses; to render valid leases, bailments and conditional sales of rail­ way rolling stock; amending the Drainage law; to amend the law about chancery proceedings. MONDAY, March 7.--SKNATK.--The Senate met at 5 o'clock, but no quorum being present it adjourned. , HOUSE.--Petitions were presented: Asking the Legislature to amend the Game law so as to prohibit the destruction of quails for the uext five years; asking that the 30th of May be made a holiday; asking for the establishment of a hospital for the incurable insane. Mr. Vanghey sent up a petition thirty feet long, bearing, as be said, 10,000 names, asking that no prombitory legislation be enacted. The fol­ lowing bills were introduced : To prevent and puiii->h elopements, making it a misdemeanor to elope with any woman, single or married, punishable by a fine not to exceed $500, or im­ prisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months; to provide for the appointment of bailiffs of Circuit Courts by the Circuit Judges; for an appropriation of $76,- OtO for the Insane Hospital at Elgin; t© allow shippers of livl Block to ship mixed loads and to load the same at different stations ; to make an appropriation of $5,000 for the con­ struction of an artesian woll at the Insano Hospital at Elgin; for an- act requiring rail­ roads to give sixty days' notice of any change of rates in respect to freights or other compensation; to secure to labor­ ers the prompt payment of their wages on or before the 11 h day of the first month after the month in which the wages are earned ; to prohibit the further letting of con­ vict labor ; to authorize Clerks of Courts hav­ ing chancery jurisdiction of cases wherein there are judgments, or in which judgments have been returned unsatisfied, to require de­ fendant to appear before tue Master or a referee, and account as to his property and ef­ fects ; to provide for the election of Masters in Chanoery by the people; to allow the voters of anv city or village to determine for or against tne sell­ ing of liquors on a petition of twenty voters ; for an appropriation of $3,433 for the relief of Manual H. Boals for material furnished in the construction of the Feeble-Minded Institute at Lincoln; to compel railroad companies to make ont bills of lading for the transportation of live stock and to enter the numbers shipped for the protection of shippers ; to revise tho salaries of County ClerkB, confining their pay to the terms of court. TUESDAY, Marsh 8. --SENATE.--A joint reso­ lution was introduced calling on the national Congress to pass the bill pending in the House of Representatives for the relief of the sur­ vivors of rebel prisons. Bills were introduced as follows: Amending the law giving corpora­ tions the power to change their names and place of business; making rad­ ical changes in regard to the qualifi­ cation of State officers, and render­ ing an habitual drunkard ineligible; appro­ priating &8,o00 for the construction of an artesian well at the Elgin Insane Asylum; authoi izing Mayors of cities to order the use of streets for the laying of gas-pipes upon the petition of the majority of the property-owners abutting said streets. HOUSE.--Bills were passed: On remanding causes on appeal or writ of error; changing the terms of the County Court in Calhoun and Wayne counties to January and August; to amend section 3 of an act to indemnif v the owners of sheep in case of damage committed by dogs. Bills were introduced: Enlarging the hst of personal property exempt from execution and from di-tress for rent ; to appropriate $4,000 to the Fish Commission; to abolish distress for rent; to divide Cook county in two Justice of the Peace districts-- the city of Chioago forming one of tuem and the remainder of Cook county the other. WEDNESDAY, March 9.--SENATE.--The follow­ ing resolution was unanimously adopted: Jietolved, That we have received with deep regret intelligence of the sudden bereavement which haa fallen upon our friend and associate, Senator Coil- dee, in the sudden death of his wife, and we hereby tender to him in hi£ afiiiction our sincere regard and sympathy. Bills were passed : Making the office of Public Administrator in each county ; amending the Fee and Salary law of the mate by allowing witnesses a fee of $1 for each day's attendance upon trials or giving depositions and 6 cents per mile each way for necessary travel ; to make all certified copies or abstracts of the field-notes, maps or plate of tho United States surveys, furnished by the custodian of tho same, competent evidence in all courts within this State; plac­ ing Jersey and Calhoun counties in the Third Appellate CouVt district of the State; amending the Fee and Salary law in respect to allowing fees to appraisers, eta Bills were introduced : For township consolidation; amending the Dram Shop law by requiring a sub- nri-tion of "license" or "no license" to the legally qualified voters of cities, towns, and villages ; an elaborate bill restricting railroad charges for passengers and freight; amending the charter of the Chioago West Hide Gas Com­ pany, restricting the price to $2 per 1,000 feet; taxing all insurance companies 2 per cent, on their gross earnings. HOUSE.--The bill to pay ex-Lieut. GOT. Glenn the sum of $1,118 for hit services as Acting Governor for sixty-eight days during the years 1875 and 1876, was taken up and passed. The regular order, bills on second reading, occupied the whole session. THDBSDAT, March 10.--SXHATZ.--A joint res­ olution was introduced to the effect that, in­ asmuch as Congress had failed to make an ap­ portionment, when the Legislature adjourned on April 15 it stand ftmtuned until Feb. 15, 1882. A bill tn regard to vuage el ctions was ( passed. The speenl order for the hour was' then taken UD, being Senator Clark's bill, mak­ ing stockholders liable for the entire debts of the corporation. A tong debate was had upon this biU. end it was finally oraered to third reading bv a vote of 24 to 18. Bills were introduced : Amending the law relative to the redemption of lands sold at tax sales, greatly rednctog the penalties therein imposed, and prohibiting speculators in tax titles from charging anf penalty greater than that charged by the County Collector as speci­ fied in the bill; amending the law of deposi­ tions so as to admit confidential communica­ tions to attorneys ud physicians; amend­ ing the law Of elections so as to permit the publication of election notices in newspapers; amending the law of public administration so as to give these officers control over personal property as well as real estate of decedents ; giving Justices power to issue executions for costs against parties making them ; a resolution protesting against the evils experienced in the tobacco-growing districts of the country in con- scquence of the trade in France, Spain, Italy, and Austria being a Government monopoly, was read and referred. HOUSE.--A large number of committee re­ ports were made. A resolution was presented providing for one session a day, beginning Monday next, from Ha until 1 p. m. A bill was passed making the present January and June terms of the Criminal Court of White County chanoery terms only, and providing for a chancery and criminal term for March. The Pharmacy bill was debated till adjournment, being amended and sent to third reading. FRIDAY, March 11.--SEWATE.--A bill provid­ ing that in villages whose territorial limits co­ incided with township limits, the village and township elections shall be held at the same time, was passed. Bills were introduced: Changing tho time of holding the County Court in La Salle feqnnty to the first Monday in January, March, JI*y and September in each year; to allow Aldermen and Trustees to fix their salary or eomjwnsation by ordinance, the same not to exceed $1,500 per year. A bill providing that an arrest may be made by an officer or private person without warrant for criminal offense committed in his presence was passed--ayes, Sft s noes, 2. A joint resolution was introduced, which was adopted, tendering the thanks of tho people of the State to Presi­ dent Garfield for the appointment of Robert Lincoln as Secretary • of War. Several bills were ordered to a third reading, amon^ which were the Township Insurance bill, limiting their risks to farm buildings, school houses and churches; the bill enabling counties to raise monev for military purposes by taxation ; and the Dentistry bill for the bet­ ter education of practitioners, which last was amended, making the examination fee $2 in­ stead of $10. HOUSE.--The constitutional amendment, pro­ hibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicat­ ing liquors within the State, was taken up im­ mediately after the reading of the journal, and oocupied the entire time of the morning seas on. In spite of the inclement weather, the galleries and floor were crowded with ladies and others interested in the temperance movement, and the discussion was quite exciting. The discussion was continued^ the whole after­ noon session, and at 5 o'clock a vote was taken and the amendment defeated bv 56 to 51--not the necessary two-thirds. The House then ad­ journed to Monday evening. CENSUS RETURNS. Belatioai of the Sexes in Use Different Stolen. Census Bulletin No. 73, issued a few days ago, is one of the most important and interest­ ing, as it shows the reEtions of the sexes in the several States and Territories, and gives an analytical summary of the changes during the past decade. The following table shows the distribution of population by sex and the num­ ber of females to 100,000 males in the United State and in each State in 1870 and 1880 : Total of 1 United St« Alabama. Arizona ArkdiiBf*.. ,4 A. California...... Colorado.... Connecticut. Dakota Delaware District of Co­ lumbia Florida. Georgia Idahffc Ilinoia. Indiana Iowa. Kansas Kentucky Louisiana. Maine Muryliind MasKaobusetta. Michigan MinueHota MiwiKRipin .... Missouri Montana Nebraska Ncvoda N. Hampshire.. New Jersey New Mexico.... New York North Carolina. Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania... Hhode Inland.. 8. Carolina.... Tenueasee. Texas Utah Vermont Virginia, Wash. Ter West Virginia.. Wiaconsin Wyoiuinu BXSTRIBUTIOX B* SEX. Male*. • Females. 1870. I 1880. »,620.r>g2 m,8oo i, 28,202 >118#83 8^8-.'j071 129,471 »05,88ti 82,302 74,153 83,594 135,3U3 761,184 21,818 1,687,433 1,01<',()76 84 8,'23 63«,7A'j 8a2,(i7t5 408,833 824,<)84 4<;2,M4 8.18,475 8C2.27K 4Hl,2fi2 6fi7,i3" 1,127,427 2-,180 241), 275 42,ol;i 17tl, >75 659,823 <13,751 2,506,283 »)8S,203 1,0H,1()5 •103,388 2,i:«,<Ur> 1:13,033 4!KI,4fi'J 7«'.»,374 838,719 74,470 166,888 745,8 ill 45,1*77 314,471* 680,100 14.151 NO. FJCMALKS TO 100,000 MALES. 24,632,284 639,904 rj,2JR) am,it" 316,415 66,178, 316,797 62,818 72,$31 « 777,864 10,793 1,491,336 907,686: 776,386 459,241 816,032 471,270 324,861 472,028 921,537 7,74,035 364,544 564,445 1,041,380: 10,971 203,158 20,252 176,409 671,161) 54,679 2,577,527 711,814 1,584,074 71,379 2,146,151 143,495 505,153 773,089 753,8.">5 69,436 165,398 766,96" 29,14 303,964 635,374 6,637 97,801 103,993 40,233 »j,146 60,309] 60,612 102,606 59,732 99,015 111,764 "98,574 104,525 23,104 92,822 96,880 90,763 80,196 98,447 100,714 1(H), 226 102,832. 107,075 91,674 86,871 100,261 92,034 22,801 74,644 81,230 104,51(1 101,502 94,9171 96,519 102,131 43,398 ••>2,747 66,841 50,342 103,567 64,249 97,772 112,501 97,464/ 102.191 49,468 93,846 95,746 91,539 85,562 98,001 1 0,520 100,239 102,300 107,695 89,767 86,233 89,527 92,368 38,953 81,599 48,203 103,420 102,025 "70 102,6031102,813 106,546] 103.438 99,204 'J8J35 71,l:u»j 69,0-10 100,282':1.X», 445 107,486:107,864 105,176 102,994 tol,897jlOO,479 93,263 j 89,882 96,700- 93,210 99,462| 99,107 105,200 102,832 56,8071 63,386 98,3521 96,656 93.558 93,423 26,306| 48,901 MRFIEIO'8 MVI8ER8. •* a. MinlMtom, This table covers the ground of the other table* of the same bulletin. It will be noticed that tho Urgent exeoxs of females is in the Dis­ trict of Columbia, lUiodo Island standing sec­ ond, Massachusetts thirst, Connecticut fourth, North Carolina fifth, Now Hampshire sixth and South Carolina seventh. The females are in excess in sixteen Mates and the District of Columbia, and the males nra in exoess in twenty- two Btates and all the Territories. In Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Arizona and Montana, the females are less than 50 per cent, of the males, the excess of males being largest in Montana and Arizona. Utah and New Mexico are moro evenly balanced, the sexes xtanding in Utah about as they do in Illinois, while Minnesota is near the standard of New Mexico. Bince 1870 the proportion of females has in> creatted in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas. Nebraska, Nevada and nine other Btates and Territories. In Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and twelve other States and Territories in which the males were in excess in 1870, the Sroportion of females has increased. In the [iddle States, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maryland, Tennessee, and the District of Columbia, females were in excests in 1,870, and the proportion of females has increased. In Alabama, Georgia, Louisi­ ana, Mississippi New Hampshire. North Caro­ lina and Virginia (in which female* were in ex­ cess ifi 1870) the proportion of females hat de­ creased. Seeing Pair PUy. Strolling leisurely about a shipyard, saya an English paper, ire observed a regular liard-weather, sailor-looking tar from a man-o'-war, who, in turn, was watching two men dragging a seven-foot cross-cut saw through a huge live-oak log. The saw was dull, the log very tough, and there they went--see-saw, see-saw, pull, push, push, pull. Jack studied the matter over awhile, untikl^a came to the conclusion that they wfije pulling to see who would get the stw, and as one was a monstrous big chap, while tho other was a little fellow, Jack decided to see fair play; so, giviug the big one a blow under the ear that cap­ sized him end over end, he jerked the saw out of the log, and, giving it to the small one, sung out, "Now run, you beggar!" ' Work- s There is no remedy for trouble equal to hard work--labor that will tire you, physically, to such an extent that you must sleep. If you have met with loss- es, you don't want to lie awake and think about them. You want sleep--calm, sound sleep---and. to cat your dinner with an appetite. But you can't unless you work. James G. Blaine, of Maine, Recretary of State, was born in Washington county, Pa.i Jan. 31, 1830; graduated at Washington Col­ lege, Pa.; adopted the editorial profession, and went to Maine, where he edited the Portland Advertiser and the Kennebec Journal. He waB a member of the Maine* Legislature in 1859, '60- '61 and '62, serving the last two years as Speak­ er of the House ; was elected to the Thirty- eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty-first, For ty-second, Forty-third and Forty-fourth Con­ gresses (Hervmg in the Forty-first, the Forty- second and the Forty third as Speaker) • was elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Lot M. Morrill, appointed Secretary of the Treasu­ ry, and was elected for the ensuing term, which will expire March 3, 188S. The i.eople are fa- miliar with his campaigns for the nomination for the Presidency. William Windom, of Minnesota, Secretary of the Treasury was born in Belmont countv. Ohio, May 10, 1827 ; received an academic ed­ ucation ; studied law at Mount Vernon, Ohio • practiced his profession in that State and in Minnesota until 1859 \ W&H clcctwl Prostmiitiiiff Attorney for Knox county, Ohio, in 1852 • re­ moved to Minnesota in 1855; was a Represen­ tative in tho Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh, Thirty-eigthth, Thirty-ninth ahd Fortieth Con- gresse#; was appointed by tho Governor of Minnesota, in July, 1870, to fill the unexpired term of the Hon. Daniel S. Norton, deceased in the Senate of the United States; was sub­ sequently elected as a Republican, and was re­ elected m 1877. His term of service will ex­ pire March 3,1888. Robert Todd Lincoln, of Illinois, Secretary of War, is the only surviving child of Abraham Lincoln. He was born in Springfield, 111., Aug. 1, 1843. He prepared for college at Phillips' Academy, Exoter, N. H., and, having entered Harvard, graduated in the summer of 1864. Four months subse^nently he became a mem­ ber of the Harvard Law School. But before finishing the course ho wont into the army and was on Gen. Grant's staff with tho rank of Captain, from Feb. 20 to June 10, 1865, serving until tho war closed. Ho then returned to his law-books, and completed his studies. Ho located in Chicago, and was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of the State Feb. 25, 1867. He has taken very little part in politics, but has devoted his attention almost exclusively to his law practice, which has been largo and lucrative. Samuel J. Kirkwood, of Iowa, Secretary of the Interior, was born in Harford county, Md., Dec. 20,1813; received a limited education at the academy of John McLeod in Washington city; removtd to Richland county, Ohio, in 1835, and' studied law there : was adm.ttcd to the bar in 1843 ; was elected Prosecuting Attorney in 1845 and again in 1847 ; was in 1850-61 a mem­ ber of the convention that formed the present constitution of the State of Ohio ; removed to Johnson county,Iowa,in 1855; was elected to tho State Senate in 1856 ; was elected Governor in 1859 and again in 1861; was in 1863 nominated by President Liucoln and confirmed as Minis­ ter to Denmark, but declined the appointment; was in 18C J elected to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of Hon. James Har­ lan ; was in 1875 again elected Governor of Iowa and resigned that office Jan. 31, 1877; was elected in January, 1876, to the United States Senate as a Republican to succeed George G. Wright, Republican. His term of service will expire March 3, 1883. Thomas L. James, of New York, Postmaster General, was bom in Utica March 29, 1831, and iB now in his 50th year. Ho was educated at the Utici Academy, but, at the age of 15. he was thought old enough to begin to work for himself, and waa apprenticed to learn the printing butiness to Wesley Bailev, tho veteran abolition editor of the Liberty Pre**. Young James eerved the full term of his apprentice­ ship, five years, and in tho meantime rote several article* for tho Lilx-rty Press, which were accepted and printed. In 1857, shortly after the close of his apprenticeship, he started the Joui~nal at Hamilton, N. Y. He was also made Collector of Canal Tolls, which office ho held for five years, performing at tho same time his editorial duties. In 1861 ho loca­ ted in New York city, and from that year until 1869 he held various responsible positions iu the Custom House. In 1869 he was made Dcpnty Collector of the Third Division, which position he held until 1873, when ho was ap­ pointed Postmaster of New York city, the du­ ties of which he has continued to discharge ever since. William H. Hunt, of Louisiana, Secretary of the Navy, is a native of the State from which he is appointed, having been born in 1835. During the wnr he was a Union man, and since the war has acted with the Republican party. He was first brought into prominence in Louisi­ ana politics when he became the counsel for Gov. Kellogg in his contest with McEnerv. He subsequently became a candidate for Attorney General on tho Republican ticket, was elected, and served one term ; he was re-elected as At­ torney General on tho ticket with Packard. Curiously enough, he was thrown out of office through the influence of the M&cVeagh Com­ mission, which overturned the Packard Gov­ ernment and installed Nicholls while the prep­ arations were being made to seat Hayes in Washington. MacVeagh, the head of tho com­ mission, and Hunt, tho overthrown Attorney General of Louisiana, now meet on a common plane in Gen. Garfield's Cabinet. Soon after this Mr. Hunt was appointed a Judge of the Court of Claims. Wayne MacVcagh, of Pennsylvania, Attor­ ney General, was born at Phuuuxvillc, Chester county, Pa., April 19, 1833. Ho graduated at Yale College in the famous class of 1853, and then studied law with th^Hon. Joseph J. Lewis, of Westchester, and was in that borough ad­ mitted to the bar April 26, 1856. Soon after his admission to tho bar he was elected Dis­ trict Attorney of Chester county, and served in that capacity for three years. In 1863 he was made Chairman of the Republican State Committee. In 1870 he WRB appointed Minister to Constantinople, but re­ signed in 1871. In 1872 ho was a member of the State Constitutional Convention, in which he took a leading position. He was one of tho organizers of the National Republican League, which worked against the nomination of Gen. Grant for the Presidency last year. Mr. MacVeagh, in an address at a public anniver­ sary in New York, a year ago, thus set forth his political platform": "I happen, among other unpopular and impracticable things, to enter­ tain a sincere desire for the relief of the civil service, and I would trust to your practical common sense whether or not it might be of advantage* to our foreign trade in the future that that sen-ice, instead of being filled by de­ cayed politicians seeking a temporary asylum as a reward for partisan labors, should be filled by such busy, energetic and working men as can only be secured by the attraction of that permanent tenure." < A CRT FROM THE SOUTH. AddreM to the President from the Ke>- publlcauM of Alabama. To THE PRESIDENT : The Republicans of Ala­ bama congratulate yon and the American peo­ ple on your elevation to the highest office in their gift, and thank you for the patriotic sen­ timents expressed in your inaugural address. In the interests of the people of Alabama we desire to present to you a biief statement of their condition, and respectfully but earnestly ask your careful consideration of the same. The election lairs of Alabama open wide the door to fraud, and render impossible its detec­ tion and punishment, indorsed as it is, by an aggressive and dominant minority. Indeed, those laws were enacted to enable this dominant minority to commit fraud on tho ballot-box with impunity, and therefore the elections in Alabama are all wor»e than a farce. * * * Under the baneful influence of these laws political corruption and demoralization, so prevalent in the State, have extended to the Federal elections, and they too now utterly fail to express the will and voice of the people. We. therefore, earnestly desire that tho Fed­ eral" election laws be so amended that every legal elector in Alabama, in common with the great body of tho American people, may, with­ out molestation, at any election, if ho* desire, cast one ballot and have that bullot honestly counted. A free and nutrammeled exercise of the elective franchise is the right of every legal voter, and this right the Republicans of Ala­ bama demand. Another sacred right of every American citi­ zen is a fair trial by ail impartial jury. We wish to call attention to the fact that, in many portions of Alabama, this right is practically denied to the colored citizeus by their total ex- c'union from tho jury-box, though many of them possess all the qualifications required by law for jurors ; in a word, they are excluded from the jury-box because of their color. The education of fbe masses " is of supremo importance to the South." Many of the people of Alabama are poor and ignorant without fault of their own, and the inadequate provisions made by the State, discriminatingly disbursed by the authorities, have failed to afford proper relief. The Republicans of Alabama have ob­ served with unfeigned pleasure that this im­ portant subject is engaging the attention of the American Congress, and thev hope that it may take form in such legislation as may provide a national law for national education, that will extend its beneficent .influences oyer ev«-rv portion of this great republic. In order that all peop'e may equally enjoy the benign blessings of such a law, we declare it to be of the highest importance that all funds appro- priat d by the Federal Government for this purpose should m Alabama be controlled and disbursed exclusively under Federal supei- vision. The friends of good government in the Son'h look to your administration fr r protection and support, and the Republicans of Alabama, sub­ jected as they have been to the severest teats of political intolerance and persecution, of social and business ostracism, have followed with unfaltering fidelity the principles of the Re­ publican party; and now, upon the accession to the Chief Executive chair of tho nation of a true exponent of those pr ncinles, we confi­ dently hope that the patronage of your admin­ istration will bo bestowed upon its friends in Alabama, who are really identified with the interests of the Sta'e, and not waste it in the Tain endeavor to conciliate its enemies. OUR MINISTER OF STATE. There have been many brilliant men --men of world-wide reputation--at the head of the State Department, but we doubt if there has been one more capable of giving tone and brilliancy to that place than the present Minister, James Q. Blaine. He unites the qualities most calculated to give luster, ability and prominence to what has been regarded, until of late years, th<^ most important department of the Government. It is not unlikely that, under the administra­ tion of Mr. Blaine, it will become again in reality, as well as by tradition, the first place under the President. In speaking thus of Mr. Blaine, the Inter Ocean is not unmindful of the fact that he must come in contact with many illustrious predecessors. Not to speak of lesser men, he takes a place occupied in turn by Jefferson, Madison, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren, Daniel Webster, JameB Buchanan, Lewis Cass, Wm. H. Sew­ ard, and of late years by Hamilton Fish and Wm. M. Evarts, the one a consum­ mate diplomat, and the other one of the very greatest lawyers of his time. The records of state are full of the triumphs of these men, but we doubt if any one of the number was better fitted by nature for the peculiar duties of the position, or more fully qualified by rear son of positive acquirements and wide experience. Lord Beaconstield makes the extensive personal acquaintance of a Secretary of Foreign Affairs with men of other lands one of the most valuable acquisitions for a Minister in this de­ partment. There are men, no doubt, who know the eminent chiefs of other countries better by sight than Mr. Blaine, but we doubt very much if there be one who actually understands and measures these men more accurately than he does. Besides, he has the knack of becoming acquainted where it is policy to make acquaintances, and an unusual power of popularizing every­ thing he touches that few men in the country possess to an equal degree. Joining to this his long and active ex­ perience in political life, his quickness of perception and the charm of a personal presence that is particularly valuable in such a place, James G. Blaine stands out as very near a model of a minister of state. Words are given to men, it is said, to conceal their ideas. If this be true at all, it is especially true of the diplomat, and, such being the case, we will place Mr. Blaine against the diplo­ matic world with perfect confidence in his ability to distinguish himself. Not that he can not be plain and direct enough when he wishes to be--there are too many instances of his power in this direction to leave a doubt--but he is abundantly able to disguise his purpose when necessary, and at the same time make himself the most agreeable of com­ panions, and this we understand to be an important qualification in the suc­ cessful conduct of diplomacy. There are greater orators, greater lawyers, more profound statesmen, per­ haps, than Mr. Blaine; but there is hardly a public man in the nation who has so much general knowledge as he. He seems at home upon all subjects, and is, in its widest sense, a political cosmopolitan. No man has had warmer friends, greater admirers, or more en­ thusiastic supporters. He has given battle squaroly, with audacity, vim and perseverance, and, though he has twice failed in reaching the object of his am­ bition, the people like the man, and are proud of him. His nomination, there­ fore, will be accepted with general satis­ faction, arid with the fullest confidence that, while he remains at the head oi the State Department, wily men will have their match, and high-bred courte­ sy and gracious bearing a model ex­ ponent and exemplar.--CMcago Inter Ocean. The Remarkable Story Told About Hart*, the Conjurer. A singular story is told about Mr. Hartz, the conjurer, which is nearly as strange as some of the tricks he per­ forms. According to the story, he was obliged to give up his business in May, 1877, having lost all power of action. His flesh became soft and flaky, and the least touch gave him exquisite pain. His sense of hearing became wonderfully acute, and in the room he occupied, which was on the third floor rear of a house in Brooklyn, he could distinctly hear what was being said in the front basement. He could bear no light, but his memory became so retentive that he could repeat all the conversations he had heard in three years. A footstep seemed as loud as the detonation of a cannon, and he waited with dread for hours beforehand for the report of the sunset and sunrise guns on Governor's Island. He was not able to swallow al­ ways, and he says he frequently expected to die from that cause. Sometimes as many as sixteen days possed without his drinking. He also ate very little, fasting on an average ten days at a time. His sense of taste was entirely gone, and he is only beginning to recover it. After had remained awake six months, it oc­ curred to him that it was strange he should live without sleep, and he wrote with a pencil an order to his attendant directing the latter to wake him when­ ever he appeared tosleep. Thisoccurred only a few times. His beard grew to a length of eighteen inches, and his hair reached to his shoulders. His recovery was more sudden thau the attack. One morning recently strength came to him to get up, and an hour later he was able to do feats of strength that liis attendant, a six footer, 'was unable to perform. His skin is still tender, and his flesh resem­ bles putty or a bursted rubber ball, in that it retains for some time a depression after it lias been pressed. The disease is supposed to have been a disarrangement of the nervous system.-- New York Commercial Advertiser. THERE are at present about 800 Cher­ okee Indiana in North Carolina, owning 80,000 acres of land and $40,000 in cash, which the Government holds in trust for them. inJXORS OF TEE DAT. DAMP cellars--bar-tenders. ICE cakes should never be served holfp "GIVE US a song!" is a please-sing quest THE highest priced coal is about high. A MISPLACED switch may motive or spoil a boy. WHAT is the prime object of soldie drill? To make holes in the enemy. NOTHING keeps a man from knowledgjp" and wisdom like thinking he has both. _ A JOURNAL heads an article, "A Lunt tic Escapes and Marries a Widow." -- caped, eh? We should say he caught. ; - THE condition of the Utes is said to b|». one of discontent. The last lot of paper collars sent them had the button holeft • omitted. f ADJECTIVES are the millinery of litera­ ture, and, like the trimmings of a dress, they should not be allowed to obscure- the original fabric.--Boston fjourier. A SABCASTIC writer speaks of an enemy who "is but one step removed from a& ass." He'd better make it three or four. The animal has a long reach backward*, DED you ever see a woman slip down?" Of course you never looked, but theib you've seen them. She didn't fiourislfe - around like an intoxicated jumping jack, filling the air with arms and bad words, as a man does; but she simply abbrevi­ ates, so to speak, like a crushed hat or patent drinking cup, while you stand by and wonder you never noticed that hole- in the sidewalk before. CONUNDRUMS. 'Twas Harry who the vilenee broke: " Miss Kate why are you like a tree P* "Because, because--- I'm tx>artl," che spoke. "Oh, no; be<auee you're woo'd," aodbe. " Why are you like a tree," ulie said. " h i I have a- heart ?" he rtktd, >o low, tr answer made the young m:iu rrd: ' Becnuee you're gappy, dou't you ksew t* " Once more," ehe a*ked, " why are you now A tree T" fle couldn't (utte perceive. " Trees leave sometime* m>d make a bow. And you can alwavs bow--and leare." --H. C. Dodge, in tt'hileluUi Timet. "You look so happy that I suppose- yon have been to the dentist and hacb that aching tooth pulled," said a Galves­ ton man to a friend with a swollen jaw. "It* ain't that that makes me look happy. The tooth acres worse than ever, but I don't feel it." "How's that?" "Well, I feel so jolly because I have- just been to the dentist, and he was out,** and the happy man cut a pigeon-winy on the sidewalk,--Galveston News. A DISCUSSION arose in a coffee-room as to the natiouality of a gentleman at the other end of the room. "He is an En­ glishman," Baid one, "I know by his head." "He's a Scotchman," said an­ other, "I know by his complexion." "He's a German," said another, "I know by his beard." Another thought he looked like a Spaniard. Here the con­ versation rested, but soon one of them Bpoke. "I have it, said he, "h^'s an American; he's got his legs on the table." THEY were watching the seagulls whirl­ ing in graceful circles above the waters of the bay, while the rays of the sinking sun covered the landscape with a flood of gold. Finally he turned to her, and with, a voice trembling with emotion, asked: "Darling, if we were seagulls would you fly away with me and be at rest ?" To which she answered, with her gaze fixed on a far-off mass of castellated clouds:* "No, George; I'd let you fly away, and. then I'd have all the rest I wanted here." THERE are some very straightforward people in Galveston. One of them came up in the Neivs office yesterday, and sauntering up to the Sifter's desk, asked: "I hear that the bible has been revised. Do you know if many important changes have been made?" "A good many, I be­ lieve." "Then there is no mistake about Ananias being struck dead for lying?" "No, I believe not." "Well, if I was yoC* I would find out about it," and he strolled, out as unconcernedly as you please.-- Galveston News. A NEW YOBK boarder asked a diminu­ tion of his rent because of the dampness- of his house. It was naturally refusedk and the boarder gave notice that he» would leave. He got even with his land­ lord by planting a beautiful mushroom, in his bed-chamber, and whenever any one came to see the apartmeut he would call to the Bervant girl: "Bridget, see- here, what is this mushroom doing in this room? It seems to me that* I told you to take it away;" to which Bridget answers: "I did as you told me, sir, but another must have grown there since." JODGE CALDWELL, of North Carolina, at one time was obliged to call upon an. old darkey to open his court It was evidently the first time he had acted in the capacity of bailiff. He began: "O, yes! O, yes! O, yes! De hono'ble, de Co'tisnow on de bench.'* Then, after hesitating a moment, as if not knowing what to say, he seemed to hit it, and. ended by exclaiming, "An* may de Lawd have, mercy on his soul!" Caldwell re­ torted immediately, "That's right, my man; that's right; if there ever was a Court that needed the mercy of God, it's this one."--Harper's Magazine. THE MARKETS. MEW YOBK. BKVM $7 00 AIO 75 Boo* 8(o «7 laitf COTTON 10^(4 llji. FLOun--Superfine 8 60 (A 4 1)0 WHKAT--NO. 2 Spring L 17 @ 1 18 No. 2 Winter 1 90 # 1 31 CORN--Ungraded OATH- Mixed Weatrnn.... PORK--Meaa 6# <£ 68 « (Si 46 16 35 &1« 80 10&<j» 11 CHICAGO. BucvKa--Choice Graded Steera. 5 40 @ <J 00 Cows and Heifers 190 «i 4 00 Medium to Fair 4 60 (<$ i 90 55XW 6 00 <4 C 66 FLOVB--Fancy White Winter Ex.... 5 75 <4 6 00 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 6 00 (A fi 35 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring 09 <5} 1 00 No. 3 Spring 90 (# 92 Com*--Na 3 87 « 40 OATH--No. 3 81 (3 32 BYE--No. 3 98 @ 1 00 BARLEY--No. 3 1 04 <$ 1 OS BUTTER--Choice Creamer? 81 O 33 Eooa--Freah 31 (4 23 Boa*--Me* 1* &0 @15 75 LA*» io#£ 10J£. 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