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PfttgftKg flautdcaltt J ^ ^ ^ % wv&p: ••» .r& •? T I. VAN SLYKE. EMarsnd PubHth*. ILLINOIS. TFFOHENRY, .%2---. . ••' WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW. M" -i , THE E.ISfij. •'.y'„ Tn woman Blanche i&ouglass hM Irfned State1* evidence at New Haven, Ot, and told how poor Jennie Cramer was inveigled io her miu and death by the Mallcy boy* and fceiBelJ In Allegheny county, Pa., a highly* HfcsjjfcUd yomiK man named Lee, while out fciuitinir, nut two ladv acquaints neea in a grove Of in c.-, and at oncedeliLerately tired at them, null ttmg flight wounds. On being pursued, fie killed himself with his shot-gun, literally 'Wowing his head to pieces. There isnoex- ^Itnaiionof the affair. \ K ' Thb death is announced of the Rev. ifienry W. Bellows, the eminent Unitarian l ^crgyman and author. He was born in Boston :^lu 1814, and was Dearly 63 years of age. ' Oscar WhjDb attracted to the Boston : Knaic Hall an audience which filled every seat Sixty Harvard students appeared in full-dress ts and knee-breeches, and carrying lilies funilowers. Tne esthete wm heartily yed, aud fchowed unmistakable anger •<o&r L. Baldwin, late cashier of the Mechan- ' Bank of Newark, N. J., has been sentenced tiitoen years in State's prison Hiram illtr, of Herkimer, N. Y., father of the Sen- wan kitted by a Central train at a crossing " year h<s home. A pibk which broke out in the flour-mill Arnold & Little at Lock port, N. Y., extended "^4b tbe mills of ThorntonChester and Gibson - It Purser. George P. Woods, assistant engi­ neer of the tire department, was killed by leap- sixty feet from a window. The loau is esti- 'KfiHtated at #175,000. Thb Grand Jury investigated the fipnyten Dtiyvil disaster and returned an in­ dictment acrainst George F. H&nford, conduct­ or, and George Melius, brake man, of the %recked train, charging them with manslaugh- S ter in the fourth degree. The jury ^ensure f&.\- Superintendent Toucey and the manager* of the New York Oeutral raUroad for not naving the cut better guarded, and for allowing too (k'.iv.v.fcigh a rate of speed through it. Tliey advo- -• t' «&te some method for cur illuminatiou other ttiu mineral oil, and say heating cars by lira ould be abolished. They should be heated 1 ' )ly hot air, steam or hot waur. ** ' THE WBSXi ;, Foot-pads have bred a reign of terror . ." Jb Indianapolis. The attendance at the thea- |ei s has fallen ofT one-fourth, and a loading * iiergvman advoeat<-d from his pulpit the carry- . jug oi anus in sell -delense. * Thb aged wife of Gen. Geor.ge P, .Corns was murdered near St. Louis, Mo., by pF her grandson, Bussell Brown, and a companion ' %amed Patrick McGlew. Brown made a full »1 fonfessionVthat they choked the oid lady to 4!e&;h and stripped the rings from her finger*. ' - l"oung Brown is the son of a prominent lawyer fr And Protecu in* Attorney in 6t Louis county. . ?,c I'ua hff.iir creates a preat deal of comment, on ' account of the pos.tion of the parties con- iv ferned Four men were drowned at New - WuRtm niBter, British Columbia, while trying */Y\ cr0B8 a river in a canoe. y} t A young man who came forward at a •'|c revival meeting in New Carlisle, Ind., gave his name as Arthur Thomas, a Cuicago burglar, And stated that he had selected twe safes to be ' robbed that night, and had strayed into church .'j: to kill time. Ho surrendered his tools, and Accompanied the Sheriff of Whitley county to Omni'-, to be tried for a burglary committed at ^ s i ihat place. * Nbab Logansport, Ind., a tramp ^ - jj tiamed William Steele called on Mrs. Buell for nupper. Finding the woman alone, he out- ' raged her person, and fled. The pcigbbon tmniediately pursued, caught htm, and, withoot <Selay, hung him. T&mi thdv' piled bruah ahoot liim. and burned tbe body pa«i recognition. , ^ * jThe Sheriff took possession of tha body and Itarned it over to the Coroner. Fkkiqht and, comtmction trams on the Scoto Valley road collided near Hanging Book, Ohio. Two laborers were killed outright, fuid live others badly rnjured. Thb Governor of Michigan has called *n extra seeaion of the Legislature for Feb. 23^ to provide relief for the fire sufferers, and to take action on Oongresaion&l &p(/ortilonment ft, . v^f and the report of the tax commisstou. : Tele paymaster's special on the Union ific railway ran into tbe rear of a freight m near Fort Steele, Wyo. Ter. Brakeman f||Beeley was killed >>nd Oondoctor Hobart and a v&reman fat&Hy iujnred. •" >v A fibboq Lake street, Chicago,bnrned .t^ut C. B. Reynolds, dealer in paints, and V JWhifuey & Johnson, orookery. Lmisi $126,OuO p^vff;pMid §^,000 rebpe^Uvely. - v'tr THEWCTBi • ' *' * m * Thb damage by the reoent flood in the Jte -.si fjnmfcerlsknd valley of Tennessee is ntimatod - ati500,*)00. Near Knoxvilie, oa Saturday, the ' wm tallest peak of tlic Buffalo mountains, having ; ; ^ b e e n u n d e r m i n e d b y t h e c o n s t a n t r a i n s , f e u ^ from a height of 3 >0 feet, alarming citizens for ^; a distance of thirty miles. ' § f C entral Ai<abama has suffered se. " .. $ tereSy from the overflow of the rivers Warrior, fk'\' f Big tee and Tombigbee. Tbe Alabama and . s, Great Southern railroad has been damaged - , $130,000 worth, and ran no trains for ten days. POUTIMb • A ' A i i K A D i N O R e p u b l i c a n S e n a t o r p r e - , _ dicta the failure of the Sherman Funding bill, * * ^or reason that the rate of interest is too ' '•*'• *ow ^ fastened u]x>n the private capital^ V|' v the country, aDd that the situation as to the continued bonds is the b^t possible one. : The House Committee on Elections / * ^:ha$ diFinissed the eontested ease of Lanier i A iM'- M egainBt King, in tbe Fcfth dUtriet of Louisiaua. aab-committm reported in favor of seatihg f . Motion D. Ball as delegate from Alaska. * Tn Congressional delegation from , ^ \ » Nebraska called on tbe President aad urged jjthat Home important position be given to ex- , ,^Lgaena.tor PaddoA. the Secaretarrahui of the Ia- •^d3?P^torior being first choice. f' 4 ' In the New fork Legislature, the ^ deadlock which had existed for six weeks was * "/• 'brcAen by a compromise effected between tbe : . : ' straight Democrats and the Tammanyites. %,» The uitte-, in consequence, withdrew Coalella, f? " ,/i their candidate for bpraker, and voted solidly ; v for Patterson, thus securing him the requisite \ t y $ number of votes to elect. The regular Demo- . ' ;'s - ,Z- orate thereupon w tbdrew th« balance of the regular tioaet and &cc*ded to John Kelly's de- ' mandator reprwenk^g^pt important ' At Puerto ia Mexioo, r- ' -V , < two Mexican offioerslHJHpBBlleil (Oapt Jose 5',' V >3^,* A. Romero fatally, F. Gonsales eeri uslv) by tlieir own drunkeis soldiers... .In ^ Tcmax," Yucatan, there are 1,700 cases of yel- . « ' low-fever. Two hundred and twenty-two people ksfe- ' have died. >'"? 'J I* has been ascertained that Lieut. ' ^ McDonald, recently arrested with a party of / v '* t, ' Indian scouts at Aaoeiuiou bjr one of the Mex- "v . ican authorities, showed that he had crossed L/ ' the frontier by permission of the town autbor- jties to purchase forage, and was released after flvt) da/u* detention, tbe arms and property re­ tained, the Mexicans who arrested them all placed in jaiL IN 1881 there were 822 deaths from small-pox in Chicago, 1,319 in Philadelphia, 464 in New York, and 444 in Pittsburgh, which had the greatest mortality in proportion to popu­ lation. A Sx. Johh (N. B.) dispatch annonn- eas tbe burning, at sea, of the ship BoxsUana Willi a l««s of several lives. • la regard to the disposition of Qui* tsan's body, Scovillo aay@ it remains to be de* sMsd by the prisoner's hrotlier and sister. Tbe remains oiiid not be protected from res- •WcMdb, and the prooeedo of their exhibition eouid be used in paying debte. Mra, Scoville was intsrviewed in Ctueag<v and stated that the body should not be shewn if she stared to 4eath; besUe, «ha «eid, Charte to not going to be Junged. CMiacles Iteed deftouaces Soo- ^tOe 4* fte f1"^ aasaasin'a re­ frigerated eorpse, and refuses to be associated with that worthy any longer. Tn promoters of the Mexican Nar tiooal railway state that 303 miles have been oompleted, 650 graded, and rails and roll- ing-etook purchased to oover the whole hue, 729 miles. The stock of the construc­ tion company is to be increased #3,000,000.... the trunk lines have raised pa sue inter rates to $1? for second-class and $20 to $23.25 for firat- eiaHS between New York and Cuioago, and $26.50 by the Pennsylvania and Baltimore roads. WASHINGTON. Thb hill introduced in the House bj Mr. Smith, of Illinois, requiring the Surgeon General to furnish pure vaccine virus to the public at cost, Las also been introduced in the Senate by Gen. Logan. Thb Anti-Polygamy bill reported by Senator Edmunds fiom the Judiciary Commit­ tee strikes out from the shoulder in every di­ rection. It provides for the punishment of men in the Territories who marry more than one woman, or who live with more than one woman as wife ; for the punishment of women who marry men who already have wives; pre­ vents polygamists from serving on juries ; dis­ franchises all polygamist- ,both men and women,, and puts Utah for election purooses under the rule of a commission appointed by the Presi­ dent j A • Washington dispatch says that Guiteau ia very much subdued, and says little exoept to his guards. District Attorney Cork- hill has received from Cameron, Mo., a package of new repe with which to hang the assassin. Mr. Seovillo bas accepted a proposition from a manufacturer of refrigerators in Philadelphia to take Guiteau's body immediately after di nth, preserve it, and exhibit it in all tue principal cities of the United St ^es and Europe, half the receipts to go to the r*.t:ves. Ca<pt. Eads believes that his ship- eanal-railroad scheme ia not receiving fair treat­ ment in Congress, the trans-continental rail­ roads working against it Secretary Hunt has instructed Dau- enhower, of the Arctic steamer Jeannette, to charter a ship in the spring and search the Russian coast, for which work two navy officers will be aer>t De Long has been tiaced to a definite locality. Thk following ia the publio-debt stato- mt for January: Six per eent bonds, extended $ 119,479,900 Five per oeuta, extended 401.»M>K) Four and one-haif per cent, bonds 3fiO,iKXI,000 Four per cent bond* 738,788,7(W Refunding certificates 659,100 Navy pension fund 14,000,009 Total interest-bearing debt (1,534,381,000 Mutuiwl ileM 18,8J0,0U6 fcejral temtors $ S4C, 740,906 Ccrtil'.^itih tif deponlc ... ll,4c0,U00 Goid aud silver certifi­ cates T4,187,790 Fractional currency T,06i(,4M Total without Interest Total debt Totul interext Cash in ireaaory. 439,398,lft9 ... .$1,987,649,794 10,i8fl,S54 346,026,4*8 Debt less cash tn treasury... Decrease during January...,.......... Dtcreuse sicce June 30, 1881...' .... ,,, Current lialiiiities-- Intcwt Jue aud unpaid. f Debt on which interest has oeased Interest thereon. GoM arid Kilver eertiSeatee li ui (<-•<< Htate? notes held for redemption ol certificates of deposit. Caah baJanoe available Feb. 1, Total Available assets Cash la treasury.. ..$1,752,513,880 12,978,S (8 88,0s6,w31 1,953,060 lii,9'Ji),0.J6 C62.H49 T4,187,790 11,400,009 143,901,COS $ 346,046,46* $ >46,028,46$ Bonds lssned to Pacific railway compan­ ies, interest payable In lawful money, priucipai outstanding | IntCKwt accnipd and not yet paid interest paid by United States. Interest repaid by ©wnpmiies-- Interest repaid ay Irmiuportattaa at mails.. By cash payments e a par earn, at aal earning*.. Bslimce of interest peld by tiie DnlMd States 64,«as.m 8JS.U7 n,4o&,m 14,804,631 a05,l«S DOINGS OF CONGRESS. w* *4 ST.946,786 A okstIiBHAx who has taken much interest in the matter--telegraphs a Welling­ ton correspondent--says he is satisfied,, after oareful inqniry, that the President dost not in­ tend to do ftoyttesng in regard to the nts John Porter c*m>, uoreveft toihe extent of grant­ ing him a pardon, which wonld restore him to 'full citizenship again. It has beea agreed by the House Committee on Commerce that the rivei>and- Ebor grab this year shall bo restricted to a il t.ff $9^00,000, beside an appropriation of §1,000,060 for the Mississippi nfer Publio Printer Befrees has resigned, to take effect April L rOBEXGIV. Da FsnazmcT it to be Minister of Foreign Affairs in the new French Cabinet; Jules Ferry «ill have charge of publio instruc­ tion. Goblet of the interior and worship, Yar­ row of tinances, and Cochery of poats and telegraphs A London correspondent save: "The news that Guiteau has been found guilty wa» received with satisfaction and with & feel­ ing of great relief here, tut the average En- gl Hhman, »ho is used to seeing a miuderor hanged three weeks after bis conviction, cannot understand why the execution of the assassin ahould be delayed until June or July. The whole case liae been such a gross burlesque npon the administration ef justice th^t lawyers here are at a lo»8 to understand American pro­ cedure. ... A large force of military and police raided for arms at Athenry ana Longhrea, County Galway. A number of treasonable pa­ pers were found and twenty arrests made. .... Engineer Melville, of tbe Arctie steamer Jeannette, has gone to the momh of the Lena to search for Li< ut/^Da Long, accompanied by two Russian ofiici&fr..... Dublin is suffering from a local panic. Failures have occurred ou the stock exchange. Firms in the foundry and building business have also collapsed. Landlords are unable to mee t their obligations to tradesmen. Heavy failures are al'O announced in Hamburg, Cologne and Frankfort Thb perrons arrested for outrages in the l^.llstreet district, Dublin, will be charged with treason and felony In Astrakhan 600 fishermen have been drowned by a severe gale. ....Richard Brinsley Knowlee, only mrviving son of the dramatist, Jamea Sheridan Knowing, is dead... .The burning of a reservoir in the ancient city of Calais', France, caused the de- atruction of a school-house and two other buildings, ali occupied Few inmates escaped. ... There ate said to be plenty of informera again in Ireland. Mb. John Dillon, writing to the Rt. Hon, W. E. Forster, declines the offer of leav­ ing Eilmaiubam jail for the continent, andaska that the Becretary address him no more com- A favorable oommittee report was made to the Senate, on the 90th nit,, on the bMl for a public building at Peoria, EL Mr. Edmunds reported favorably the bill to re-establish the Court of Commissioners of Alabama <'l»ims and for the distribution of the remainder of the Geneva award. Mr. Ferry introduced a bill for a water route to facilitate transporta­ tion between Lakes Miotngan and Erie. In the Hou^e, Mr. Berry introduced a bill to fix railroad fareB at 3% to cents per mile. Mr. Berry also introduced a bill projKwing a constitutional amendment mnking any person holding the oflioe of President of tbe United States ineligible for re-election, granting an annual pension of #<1,000 to all ex- Prexidente, and making Cabinet officers ineligible to election to the Presidency for the term following that during which they servo 1 as members of the Cabinet Mr. Cobb handed in an act to repeal the land grants of several of the unfinished Pacific railroads. Meaaures were also presented for t he admission of Arizona and Idaho ae States. TheCotuular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, setting •side •1,198,530^ was reported. Mr. Wmdom reported a resolution to tht Senate, on the 31st ult., requesting the Presi­ dent to transmit all correspondence with our diplomatic agents in Mexico and Guatemala since January. 1881. Mr. Harris introduced a bill for a bridge across the Mississippi river at Memphis, and Mr. Morgan au act granting the right of way over public lands in Alabama to the Chicago Air- Line railroad. The Sherman funding bill was t«ken up, and the Vent amendment was defeated and that by Mr. Plumb was agreed to. The latter provilcs for a red. mptiou fnud of only $lii0,000,000. In the Hoi we, Mr. Springer introduced a resolution culling on the Post­ master General for copies of all correspond­ ence in regard to the necessity of weighing the mails between New York «nd Chicago. A resolution was adopted requesting tbe President to obtain a h*t of American citizens confined in English prisons. Mr. Robeson mo<!iried his resolution as to rail­ road land grants to include all but the Paeiflo roads. The annual post-route bill was re­ ported aud paused. Mr. CoSenek introduced an apportionment bill fixing the number of representatives at 316, and Jfa Go* pwwntad oue provid for So7. - , Several petitions for the mppresakra of po­ lygamy were reported in the Senate on the 1st inst A favorable report was made on the bill appropriating $15,000 to the National B tard of Health for supplying the peopie with vaoeine virus at cost price. A resolution was adopted calling on the President to furnish copies of all correspondence relating to a congress of America a nations. The Sherman Fund­ ing bill was taken up, and amendments were adopted recogriizmg as bin lin« the agreement made for the extension of ths 5 and 6 per ct-nt bonds, and providing that the act fchatl not be construed to authorize thp increase of the publio debt. Mr. Sherman t-aid that :f Mr. Plumb's amendment were not atric!.- n onf b'i nhoul I vote ajrtin^t tim bill. The President nominated J. & Bunnell as United States District Attorney for Iowa; Marnden C. Burch, Uuited States Attorney for the Distnot of Michignu ; Hiurh J. Campbell, for the Ditcrictof Dakota ; W. H. Armstrong, of Pennsylvania. Commissioner of Itai'.roidK. The Hou^e fixed upon February 27 for tbe Girtield memorial service*. Mr. Hdl introduced a bill for » reduction of letter post­ age to 2 otnts per half ounce. In committee of the Whole the postufli^e appropriation of $43,529,300 was discusMcd for three hours. In response to the call of the H >nse for informa­ tion, tbe Commissioner of Pensions estimates the amonut of money requited for the next twenty-five years at $1,347.(-51.593. The rams grow gr dually 1< ks annually, ranging from $02,00<t,000 to $23,000,000. The Sherman Funding bill being under con­ sideration in the Senate on the Sd inst., Mr. Plumb's amendment to leave in the treasury only $100,000,000 for the redemption of green­ backs, was oeieated by uu 27. Au niAoafX- aaentby Mr. Hoar, asserting the legality of the union of Becretary Windom in extend ng the 5 and 6 per cents, was au opted, after a hot debate. Mr. Ferry re­ ported adversely on ths resolution to grant the franking privilege to Senators and Representatives for ofliui S business, and intro­ duced a bill for postal cards with llexibte covers 1 to conceal the message written thereon. The President nominated 6< o%© E. Bryant to be Postmaster at Malison. Wis., and George Fisher to be Surveyor ©f Customs rov ia . House, Mr. Stepheus reported back bills lor a 1 metric gold piece for international use, and for goloid coins of several denominations. Mr. Dunne 11 reported a measure to repeal the ex­ port tax on tobacco, and Mr. Beliord an act to lease arid and desert land in Colorado. The postofiice appropriation was taken up in com­ mittee of the whole, and an attempt was made < by Mr. Bingham to add $100,000 for expenses of the free-delivery system, but the House adjournod without voting ou the proposition. The Senate amended ths Sherman Funding bill, on the 3d, by limiting the withdrawals of bank circulation to $5,000,000 per month, and requiring thirty days' notice. Ths measure was then passed by 88 to It. A bill wad passed to appropriate $300,000 for the erection of a fire-proof ball of records for the War Department. The Secretary of the Interior transmitted the draft of a bill to (xtend over Indian lands the act for the preservation of timber. Mr. Teller reported a bul granting life pensions of $5,000 per an­ num to the wiaowa of Presidents Gar- tield, Polk and Tyler. The bill to extend "the northern boundary of Nebraska was paased. The House devoted the day, in committee of the whole, to the private caJouder. A Desperate Btitle. Dantillk, Ts*, Fob. 1. A desperate, novel and fatal battle took place on the plantation of William Lanier, Pittsylvania county, between Thomas King, oue of Mr. Lanier'a tenants, and King's mother, on the one side, and Goorge Slate and wife, hirelings of Mr. King, on the other. A complication of circumstances led to the difficulty, but it was mainly Slate's aggressive temper and hi:* refusal to deal vquarely about some property he had fouud and refused to advertise. Slate lert King's employment and came back to demand his wages. Finding King in bin stable. Slate drew a pixtol and told him he would shoot him if he came out of there without bringing with him the disputed property. K ng called to his mother to bring him his shotgun. The old lady wae approaching with the gun in one hand and a cane in tjie other. Slate, seeing this, told his wife, who was with him, to knock tbe old woman in the head. The old lady wad thrown by the younger female, when Mr. King came running to the aid of bis mother. Slate fired at him but missed. A desper­ ate struggle ensued, in which all four were engaged. Kiug secured the guu and shot Slate in the thigh. Slate's wife then got hold of the gun and kuocked Kiug seuseleis, instinc'sof grandmamma Eve,must needs peep id on Ma jooat Christian Mbjesty. fie detected the f tir t-pv, aud plumbed her by seizing her with his hands and repeatedly kissing her. THE ASSASSIB. Be. Boovilla appeared in the Criminal Court at Washington Jan. 28, and Sled papers oa which he bases his motion for s new triaL F. H. Snyder and J. W. Guiteau made affidavits that a newspaper wan found in the room occu­ pied by the jurora, ou which live of them had uri'ten their names. Mr. Scovillo manes the points that the verdic: was an nncort;iin one ; that the trial «in unlawfully extended into the Decern I ier term of court, and that the court had no Jurisdiction of tiie oaui>e. Ilie five jurors whose signatures are aHeged to have been found on a newspaper in their room declare that a forgery Ins been committed. They are qu te indignant, and denounce tha charges of improper conduct on the r part. Mr. Corkniil remarked to a patty of gentlemen that Guiteau will be exicuU.d not later than June 10. In tbe Criminal Court at Washington, on ths 80th ult, District Attorney Coikhill asked Judge Cox to fix a day for hearing the argu­ ments for a new trial of Guiteau. Mr. Booviile stated the rumors prevalent in regard to news- papers haviag been lurmshed the juror*, aud a«lced that tiie latter be produced in court or tbeir depositions be taken by a commission. Friday, Feb. 3, was fixed for a further hearing. A prominent mtm in Washington predicts that the President will pardon the assasain on the ground of insanity Mr. Bcoville i«fnied an appeal to the American people for $2,000 to secure competent coun­ sel to push tbe movement for a new trial. He savs Guiteau's mail will hereafter be dumped into the Potomac, unopened. / Guiteau was brought into ths Criminal Court in Washington on the 3d inst., to hear the ar­ guments on ths motion for a new trial, and obtained permission to sit beside his counsel. 'He then undertook to addre-s tho Judge, but was pi omptly suppressed. Mr. S. oville brought forward the charge tnat newspaper* had b«en lurmshed the jury, and Mr. Coikhill submitted an affidavit from each niembef of the jury in de.niHl. Judge Cox said he would announce his decision on the 4th Guiteau made two inter- mptionp, and realized several dollars from the sale of autographs. It is stated that the assassin is beginning to show much nervousness and irritab lity. He is suffering from a severe cod, wt.ich bas in­ flame 1 hiH eye*. One jail offioiul says he wou.d not be surprised if Guiteau did not live to be hanged. John W. Guiteau, last evening, spent an hour in his brother's cell, in compauy w th Warden Crocker. Tho prisoner became very mncb ex­ cited, and denounced his brother and Scoville. John W. Guiteau, in a card to the public, dis­ avow^ all knowledge of the proposed exhibition of hia broiher'rf body, and hays that, whether hi* brother dies by legal proce^H or in the m- xHne asylum, his body shall tie disposed of in a manner that wiH not offend public decency. In view of the recent proposition to make a publio spectacle of Gu.teau b remains, it is thought highly, probable that Judge Cox will exercise the dnkuretion given him by tho Re­ vised Statutes, aud include in the death seo- tenoe the disposition of the body. Blaine and the State Department. Mr. Blaine, having been interviewed in Wash­ ington. haa given his version of certain matters connected with the rsigning diplomatic sensa- Un. He pronounce* as false and without foundation in truth the a»sertinn that his in­ struct ous to Tresoott were drafted and for­ warded without the knowledge of the Presi- derr , and states that not only were the in­ structions fully diKcussed between the Presi­ dent and himself, hut after being written out they were no less «than twice sub­ mitted to hm for criticism and change, and lie has in his possession the origiual draft bet-ring mark* of the modifications desired by the President. Mr. Blaine r> calls the fact that the President, in his inaugural message, speci­ fic i Uy referred to Tret cott's mission and in­ structions. He promptly acknowledge* the right of the President to change his mind and reverse any policy previously agreed upon, but tor himself says he can see no reason to take a different view of ths wisdom of the prior oourse marked ont He fearu that one r salt of the chance wnl be tue utter* destruction of the commercial iuifimis, States on the South 1 f t c i f l k y c o a s t • f S t h e • i n t the interview, 'Mr. Blaine declares that the spoilatiou of Peru demanded by Chili is i-qniv- kieut to the secession of the eleven States in rebellion in the years following 1861, and the loss to the Union of the P oific Hiatus beside. " it amounts," says Mr. Blame, '* to the whole­ sale destruction of a friendly republic--a de­ struction as comploto aud aa cruel as ths par­ tition of Poland ** HUBM1KWT ASTHOa S VSBSfGW. A statement is made, on authority traceable directly to the Executive Mansion, whioh con­ tradicts the assertions of Mr. Blaine in essen­ tial particulars. It is stated that the President did not examine or approve the particular draft of instructions sent by Blame to Tres- cott, and ou the subsequent examination of the correspondence was astonished aud alarmed to find that the important modifications or­ dered by him had not been made, and that tbe text of the instructions was such as to immediately inv te, if not to provoso, declaration cf war by Chili. Upon the discovery of the precise character o Blaine's communication to Treseott the President dirooted the telegraphing of counter-in- stiucUoua to ward off the impending nuBch.ef, and with the same objest in view Seoretary Frelinghnyten sought an interview witn tLe Chilian Minuter and gave personal assuraucos that the offensive language employed i i lres- ooti's instructions did not correotly represent the sentiments of the President regarding the affair with Ciiili. The President's desire in the whole matter was to protect tbe dignity of the Uuited States without inviting the host lttj of Chili and with­ out endeavoring to act as an aggres-ive inter- meddler in the affairs of otlur countr.es. The spirit a<id letter of Mr. BUiie, if they accom­ plished the oue purpose, oould not have doue so without inviting the tostility of Chili, if not open war with that ountry. Thi<, in subt-tanee, i« the statement tf thooe well in­ formed as to tbe views of the administration, aud it will be seen that thia explanation leaves s ill a very sharp and well-delued issue with Mr. Blaine. < , „ , when 81ate himself drew a knife and stabbed munications... ,l_he H^-rz^OTinianinwHTection | him ,n eight places. Meantime the old lady *"" * had been ser.ously cat and be.+ten, an 1 a large progio*tee rather unfavorably to the Austrian Government who are unwilling to cati oul the i Dalmatian l&ndwehr, on account of tbeir pre­ sumed disaffection. At Blick twenty men on each aide were killed in an engagement. Thirty thousand troops are to be poured into the die- affected orovinoe. Russia proposes the annexation of Cores, «o the ground of its be'ag a menace to her possessions in the Pacific, and also on ao- count of the warlike disposition of the Chi- . nese At the call of the Lord Mayer of Lon­ don a meeting of distinguished citizens was held to protest against the outrages committed upon Jews in Kussia. Several members of the Kothschild famtly were present. Resolutions were adopted declaring that the lews of Russia concerning Hebrews tend to degrade her in the eyes of Christians. Some heavy subscriptions wore made. Thb new French Ministerial pro­ gramme has been reoeived with general ap­ proval. .. .A fire destroyed the Bulgirian Na­ tional Assembly buildings. Th< y were made of wood A defalcation of $47,000,000 in the Cus­ tom House at Taganrw, Rugbia, is announced.... The Rothschilds of London and Paris gave £6,000 each to the fund for the relief of lttia- wiun Jews, and the coijioration of London sub- Scribed £300... .The Government officii-is have ' made a large number of arrests in the town of Lough Monk, Ireland, on account of the mur­ der of the process server*, Huddy and ids Bephew. A Mom is told of a Jew of fowks- bury, in 1820, who fell into a well on Saturday--the Jewish Sabbath. Out of reverence for the day he would not suf­ fer himself to be drawn out. The Earl of Olaston, on whose land the well was, would aot allow him to be taken out the next day oat of respect for Sunday, and before Moackv came he died. piece bitten out of her arm by the female. It was a desperate lifo-and-death struggle. All four of the combatanis were covered with gore, and fought uutil they had to cease from loss of blood. When ne ghbors came on the scene they found King and his mother dying arid Slate terribly mangled, so that life is despjored •f. The wife was painfully hart, bat nt is thought not fatally. J? The Hew Apportionment. A Washington correspondent says the Ap­ portionment bill agreed npou by the House com­ mittee "is cunningly contrived to obtain the united support of the big States of tlm York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois, having a total vote of ninety-nine in' tho House. To this number must be added Iowa with nine votes, Massachnsetts with eleven, Michigan with nine, .Kentucky with ten, Missouri wiih thirteen, In­ diana with thirteen, Virginia with nine and Georgia with nine, all of wnich gain one mem­ ber each, between 807 (Mr. Cox's number) and 820, which is the nnmlier agreed upon by tbe House committee. But it is not conceivable that the 320 bi 1 will get through the Senate Without amendment. It deprives It:Hide Island, Florida and California of a member each. The wliola Democratic vote will be cact against it in the Senate, and the Republican Heuatora from Rhode Island and California will not agree to it A uot improba­ ble solution of the question is the passage of tbe present bill with an amendment giviug au extra nu mber each to Rhode Island. Florida and California." A Royal Sausage-Maker. Just as Louis XVL loved lock-making, so Charles IY, of Spain had a craze for the manufacture of sausages, which he carried on in strict seclusion ill a build­ ing specially set apart for it Lady B., a handsome English woman, true to the BIAIKS TO THK PRESIDENT. Mr. Blaine, in a letter to Pitesident Arthur, expresses great surprise at thi annulment of the invitations to the congress « nations, say­ ing that the voluntary humiliation of the Unit>d Slates could only be made inor« complete by requesting the permission of Etrope for the gathering. The ex Secretary begt tnat the in­ vitations extended by the President be not r< - •ailed, as the meeting is a necessity to the com­ mercial interests of the country Probable Fate of Lieut. Be Long. Interesting information ooi ceruing the fate of Lieut. De Long, commander of the Jean­ nette, comes troM Lieut Danenhaver at Ir­ kutsk. The record " cached" by Lieut De Long shows that his party, consisting of four­ teen officers and men, reaohed a decerted hut Sept 2s, and from thence proceeded in their endeavor to reach some ^ttlemeDt on the Lena river. Later records were found showing that on the 9th of Octo­ ber two men were sent ahead for relief, uud tha' after marching Aoutti for fifteen days ttiey were found in a starving condition by natives and taken to a settlement Efforts to find i .i> ut. De Long's party h»d to be aban­ doned by reason of the refusal of the natives to go on further, and a Rtiwtian foroo was then organized, and is n0«* searching. There is reason to fear that starvation may have been the fate of the Do Loug party, as tL*y had but two days' provisions, and there wns nothing to depend upon for sub­ sistence but the proeirious supply of game afloriled by that desolate regkm. Socre ary Hunt bas selected Lieut Giles Ji. Harbor and Mister W. H. Sehemze, of the navy, to pro­ ceed to Siberia and ass.st Lieut Danenhover in his search for the mwsing explorer*. FIRE IN HEW YORK. Lssa ®t.OO0.OOO--A Bnaibmr of Burned to Dea.Uu A disastrous fire, entailing a loss of tl,000,000 and tho death of at least seven per­ sons, occurred at New York in the five-etory budding with two cellars owned by Orlando "B Potter, and occupying the south half of the triangular block bounded by Park row and Nassau and Beekman streets. Tha building was almost exclusively occupied by people ougaged duvctly or indirectly in the printing au l publishing business. A uumber of weekly pipers, among them the Observer, the Scientific American, tho Turf. Field and Farm, thn Scottish American and others, had their offices tuere, aud there, too, several lead­ ing advertising agencies were located. Adjoining and separated by a party wall, was the office of the New York Times, whioh narrowly escaped complete de­ struction, aud near by was the postoffiee build­ ing, which was at oue tune thought to be in gr at danger. In the rickety old firo-trap in which the tldmea originated, and which should long ago have been remodeled or else pulled down as a dangerous structure, were employed 500 people, who were all at work when tho fire broke out in I ha half on the lower floor. The rush for safety through the narrow passage devel­ oped with terrible force the danger tnat had long been known to exist. The means of egress were shamefully insufficient, and au awful hor­ ror filled the hearts of the vast multitude which assembled in the City Hall Park as spectators of the frightful drama. The scenes as described in our ui->p .tches w ere fearful almost beyond im­ agination-- 5)0 people penned up like rats iu a bbusing trap leaping from the windows to find death on the cruel pavement below, or failing back into the flame* through fear of taking the appalliug leap; 100,000 people gathered to watch the issue of* life and death, powerless to-save or succor. Six or seven per­ sons wers taken from the building by firemen or others on the Nausau street side, eight or ten on Bookman street, and five or six on Park Row. The number o£ deaths aasured is five. Ellen Buck, a colored woman 34 years old, jan- itress of the building, who jumped from the fifth story and had her skull fractured. Joseph Cunningham, foreman of the Observer com­ posing-room, 55 years old, who used to set type at the same st and with Horace Greeley, an I was an intimate friend of both ho aud William Cullen Bryant burned iu the ruins. Richard 8. Davcy, an Englishman, a com­ positor in tbe Scotiiith- American office, fell irom a fourth-story wiudow ; 40 years of age: left leg, left arm aiid lower jaw fractured, and sever© internal injuries. Alfred W. Harris, 38 years old. The assistant foreman of the Ob­ server composing room bnrned iu the building. Mary Blount, New Jersey. Mary O'Con­ nor, city. Mary Smith, city. William Stubbs, photographer, Brooklyn. Three others. Four weekly newspapers were burned out The iKistofrice escaped ignition by closing its iron shutters. Munn & Co., of the Scientific Ati.ericaii, lost a large amount of patent mod­ els, A. M. Stewart, editor of the Scottixh Amer­ ican, was resound by oue of his com»o.<uors. UYim ON HUMAN FLESH. Horrible Details of the Crimea ef Deckwitli, ef A If ont, Hsmb. Boston, Mass., Jan. 80. ***-«> now believed that the murder of Simon A Vandercook, near the town of Alford, tt»w State, a fow week* ago was the resu't of the cannibalistic longmga of a powerfully built man of fine personal appearance named Beckwith, between 55 aud CO years of age, and weighing something over two hu idred pounds. On tho day when the constable and poesey broke into Beckwith's hut some sicKening sights were presented. Ia the stove were discovered the head, feet aud one hand of a human body, charred and blackened by fire. In an adjoin­ ing room was found the rest of the body, the tmnIt M>lit thtough, several ribs split off. and the entrails taken out and lying in a basket near by. Great slices of Seph had been cut from the arm-* and legs, and there were evi­ dences of a ghastly and fiendish purpose hav- >ng been oouij leted. The theory is, and it is said to be well founded, Ihat Beckwith is a cannibal. It is thought he intended to eat a portion of Vandercook's body, the liver of tho victim haviog been found in his frvmg-pan and a portion of it gone. The mur­ derer had also, it is said, washed his victim's remans and otherwise preparKl them for salting <1o\vn in a barrel, to serve for a Mipply of food during the winter. That Btckwith's t;<wM w»juat Um 'astidin"« *«>r thin fMltdot diet wonl.l seem to be implied bvthe remark bf a singe-driver tlmt ;4* Jkckwi'th ate one of his hor-os that died from disease early this winter." Romi) of the people of Alford say they have heard tbe murderer boast that ho hud' eaten hui.uin finish in Australia, an i that ho could do it agu'u, if necessary. Ic is called to mind that an old lady, named Mrs. Wdisby P< ck, went berrying on the mountains in the vicinity of BcckwitVs cabin f^veraJ years ago, and "has mm r rite < be. n seeii. At fha time of her dis­ appearance 300 men made Search for lier. Now lie.ckwnh'8 recent crime gives Color to a sus­ picion that he aii-o murder* d tt is woman, and, peri aps, at ' portions of her fl^sh. When Beckwith was la^t in Great Barrington, a few weeks ago, lie inquired of one of the butchers whether the hitter wished to pur­ chase snirio pork. When the cai>in was reached, soon after the murder, no pork or other pro­ visions of any account could be found, aud the startling query now raised among tins (pos­ sessed of vivid imaginations is whether he in­ tended to sell human llesh as pork. Beckwifh's cabin has been burned, and it is reported that there has been found beneath the rubbish a subterranean passage, in whi jh it is thought that the remains of 100 persons have been burned. £400 of English money. In Henry VltL's time horees were Bhoed with ADDITIONAL NEWS. felt; Shakspeaxe mentioned the South Obiolhta MM "Lear." ™ . ~ . .. K . vi*' •' A. * /. 5... mi ,Jt }. 'J ' V .<¥\ y Daniel Webster to Hli Soa. Daniel Webster wrote to his son Fletcher, who was about to be gradu­ ated at Harvard, in 1883 : "I have sel­ dom felt so much concern about any­ thing of the kind as I do upon your success npon that occasion. I pray y ou spare no pains. Do your best ana you will do well enough. I earnestly remind you of the necessity of acting with great caution in regard to all festivities. You remember what I said to you on that kfcad, and I mij job to forget no part •I it* '"i- The Hew French Ministry. The new French Cabinet, as formed by De Frevcinet, is as follows: M. De Frevc net, President of the Council an 1 Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. F< rrv. President of Public Instruijtion. M. Got>iet, Minister of the IaUrior and of Public Worsliii). M. Leon S*y. Minister of Financei M. Vanoy, Minister of Publio Works. Gen. Bill'or, Muuster of War. Admiral Jaurt^gulberry, Minister of Marina. M. Tirard, Minister of Commeroe. M. Coobery, Minister of Posts and Tele­ graphs. The Department of Agriculture is separated from that of Commeroe, M. De Mahy has accepted ths Ministry of Agrieui'nre. 1 he I'ost of Minister of Fine Arts, created by Gambftta, ia suffered to fall in abeyance. The.programme of the new Ministry, as read to Us Chamber of Deputies, met with great favor, and tl<e new administration is -in a fair way to get along smoothly with the oleniei.t which jut an extinguisher upon Gnmbetta's Aiming ambition. Commencing with the as­ surance of peace at home and abroad, he announced that the laws relative to the press and to the right of publio meeting will ue applied in a liberal sense. It is thought best to postpone a revision of tiie constitution until the next Legislature meets, but the judi­ cial, military aud educational reforms already undertaken will be persevered with. An im­ petus will be giveu to labor, but there will be no compulsory conversion of the debt or pur­ chase of railways. The Revolt In Herzegovina. The insurrection which bas broken out in Bosnia aal Herzegovina is very similar in its incipiency to that which in 1875 led to the war between Turkey and Russia. The occupation of these provinces by Austria, which was al­ low t d conditionally by tho Berlin treaty, has substantially changed to annexation. An­ nexation has been followed by heavy increaso of taxation, and. the taxation ha* been let out to Turkish collectors, whose methods are always brutal. Following upon tho heel* of this came the mili:ary conserip tiou, aud this has aroused resistance. So far as Bosnia and Herzegovina are concerned, Au tria can make short work of the in­ surgents ; but the danger is always immi­ nent in tho Balkan provinces that an insur­ rection will spread, and involve Austria in a war of such large d luensions that the other powers may fimt themselves necessitated to interfere. Should the re'oelhou, however, be confined withiu its present limits, Austria will not only make short work of it but she will improve tiie opportunity to make a further stride toward Salomca, the goal of lier am­ bition. The occupation of posts far advanced beyond her present limits already point* ia that direction Horses 400 Tears Ago. It is curious to And that in 148# the Queen of Navarre gave carrots to her horses. The ordinary price of horses in Engl nd. in the reign of Edward L, was from £1 to £10. When St. Louia returned from bis captivity, the Abbot of Clony presented to the King and Queen each a horse, the value of which Joinville estimated at 600 livres, about 'Lear. Haw Rags Are Xade. How many who stop to admire the ] 1 show windows of our oarpet dealers; know how the rug is made ? That it is j woven somehow is all that is apparent I | as it lies there, warm, soft, bright with a dozen colors, fruit, birds or figures. ) | The rug is twice woven, and this is its ' history : First, the border aud center that is to form the pattern is designed ; then paint eU in straight lines upon paper cantaining a ruled scale, and in tiie proper colors that are afterward to ap­ pear on tho rug. This paper rug is then cut up into strips, each containing two spaces of the scale, and the^e papers ara the pattern that the first or weft weaver is to follow. In weaving weft a warp beam of 3ay 200 threads iu width, and a wheep beam of 100 threads in width are required. Two threads of the first and one of the second pass through the same pplit in the reed at regular intervals of, say one-third dt an inch, the intervening splits of the reed being empty. The paper pattern is fastened to the middle of tha work, and the weaver follows it exactly as it is painted; that is, the pattern may need six threads of crimBon, two of black, twelve of ecru, ten of green olive, and so on, the weaver fill­ ing the " spot" exactly as to length and color. Having woven the full length of the paper as painted on the left-hand spaoe the paper is begun again and the painting in the right-hand space is fol­ lowed aud when ail the papers whioh, laid side by side, form the rug, have been thus gone over the weft for the rug is finished. The roll of weft-cloth is then ruu through the eutting machine, a 10 inch cylinder, around which a con­ tinuous thread of knife blades is wound. The cylinder is revolved at a high rate of speed, and the weft-cloth, passing within range of the knifes, is cnt into strips by them. These strips do not un­ ravel, because, in weaving, the wheep- thread, is twisted about the two warp- threads and the filling is locked in. After twisting each strip to change it from being a flat thread into a round thread, it is wound upon a bobbin, and is ready for the second weaver, who ia called the setter. The warp of the rug is blaok flax; and the setter uses two shuttles, alter­ nately--a small oue, containing a bobbin of two-ply or three-ply iiax, and a large one for the unwieldy bobbin of weft. A white thread on each side, and one in the middle of the black wrap are the guides to the setter, who sees that cer­ tain parts bf the weft-thread oome under those white threads before he presses the( weft in. Each bobbin of weft wilt weave about three inches of the rug; so, if the rug is one yard long it wiil require twelve bobbins, whioh mean twelve pieces of weft-cloth, to complete it. But these twelve pieces, having each been cut up into ninety-six identical strips, will make ninety-six similar rugs. Therefore should the Veft-weaver put in, say, eight threadd (one-half inch in length) of a wrong color or shade, that error would appear iu ninety-six rugs. The setter having iiuiaued the ninety-six sets of twelve bobbins, . the rugs are ready for finishing. The machine through which they pass cuts the sur­ face off evenly, aud brushes ti. em free of fragments of the materials used. This treatment brings out every detail oi the design and heightens the colors. Most of the rugs made here are of flax and wool; others are of silk and shoddy silk. The weft for the silk rugs has eight strips to #ho inch, and to oat it requires 288 knife blades, each oue of which must have a razor edge. The weft cloth aud the blades must be set to a nicety, since the variation of the sixteenth of an inch would make the knives cut the 288 threads instead of the filling be­ tween the threads. There is a firm in Glasgow, Scotland, who manufacture for the royal houses of Europe such elaborate designs, as the Lord's supper, the weft-weaver, in some cases, using 400 different shuttles. t beeing Venos. On the street corner, the curbstone astronomer was standing by his instru - metit waiting for a customer. Presently two miuers came along and paused to take a look at the " machine." " What in thunder's that?" asked one of the miners. " It i9 a telescope," said the student of the stars. "You see Venus for ten cents." "Consider me in," said the miner, and he put up ten cents and turned the tube ou a constellation of the fourth ascension. *' Don't think much of it," he said, after a look, and then he turned the in­ strument down until it was focussed on a residence some nine blocks away. Hero the miner paused, pressed his eyee close to the instrument and became ae still as a mouse. "Ain'tyou too low?" asked the planel sharp. "I allers was low-sighted," responded the man of tbe pick. "You can't look all night; othei customers are waiting." The miner surveyed the crowd stand­ ing about liim, and handing the show­ man a dollar, asked him to tell him when he had used up the money. He lowered his eyes to the telescope once more and was again engrossed in hie observations. Suddenly he rose up with a sigh aud remarked to his companion: "Billy, she pulled the curtain down. The haudsomest woman I ever saw in all my life. She let down her hair, took off her collar, and then, just after I give i that coon a dollar, she lowered the cur­ tain and- shut the blinds. I think I ought to huve about ninety cents change. That old glass tube, though, is about two hundred boss power. It was like being right under the window with s step-ladder. I'm going to buy one oi j those machines the first time I make a < raise." | Be v. Whaogdoodle Baxter Iaanlted.! The Bev. Whangdoodle Baxter, an ; Austin oolored clergyman, wished U ' hint to Uncle Naoe, who is his neal neighbor, that a gift of a cord of fire-1 wood would be very gratefully accepted I Uncle Nace by the way does not likt j Whangdoodle much. Finally, saye! Whangdoodle, insinuatingly, "Uncle Nace, I'se gwine ter be powerful hare ; up for firewood dis winter. Can't ye) j give me a load ? " 1 Uncle Nace looked all around as if he j was afraid of being overheard, and then ; he said-- j " Parson, is you werry perticklei j whar de wood oomes from ? " j ' Parson Whangdoodle supposed this to : mean that Uncle Nace was going to give I him some stolen wood, BO he replied : J " Uncle Naee, as long as I gets de wood, I don't keer muoh where it oomes • from." " Den Parson yon don't keor whose | wood you bur as up." "Hit's all de same ter me, Unole Nace." " Weil, I aaa gwine," said Naoe. " War is ye gwine ? " "Ter look ip aoy wood shad."---Texos Sitings, j.,- *** iat, entered the Senate Chamber at Columbia in an intoxicated condition, and persisted fci speaking. When Lieut. Gov. Kennedy left te chair Fishburne called him a lur, for which he was instantly knocked down, when friends In­ terfered. Tue Lieutenant Governor was fol­ lowed two blocks by his antagonist and struck at with a heavy cane, whereupon he com­ menced to whip Fishburne in earnest. Both were taken before a trial justice, where Ken­ nedy was discharged and the duelist was com­ mitted to jail At Grafton, N. Y., a man named Jacobs shot and killed his deceased wife's sla­ ter, and then suicided with a razor. Thebe were two executions on Fri­ day, Feb. 8, namely: John W. Berry, at Pree- oott, Arizona, and D. C. White at Canton, Texas. A fibexan on a Northern Paoifta freight train became insane, overpowered the engineer and fixed a mile a minute as the pr jper rate of speed. After having his cloth­ ing torn off, the engineer stopped the train Just in time to avoid a collision. The maniac pat off across the prairie. Thk international billiard match ia Paris was won by Slosson, with a total of 8,019 points. Yigneaiix's total wai; 2,553. " • -S The Cat. ^ The oat ia frankly, undisguisedly ga|i» fish ; there is no denying that. It Uvea for self, and compasses its ends without scruple, patient to wait, skil iul to feign and scheme, and utterly pitileae and un­ relenting. But should sportsmen ba very severe on the creature that evi- dent'y enjoys with a gusto keen as their own, the pursuit of the helpless, prey which it hunts and toys with, often as much for diversion as hunger? One hopes, for the sake of the sportive birds and heedless mice, which it fascinates with basilisk eyes and captures with cruel paw, that there may be some oa- cult provision of nature to disarm their fate of its terrors. Perhaps the theory propounded by Dr. Livingstone when * he records his feelings while in the lion's clutch--that the sensations of the prey are rather pleasing than otherwise--may be true. We hope so, but it must be confessed that appearances are not in its favor. In eirly youth cat nature appears aft its best. Once having emerged from the puling sightless stage of its first nine days, the kitten becomes a winsome and attractive creature. " Cat like" is a re­ proachful epithet aptly applied to women of the Becky Sharp type ; but it is not considered derogatory to the moat fascinating girl to be credited with kitten-like ways--for the kitten is the embodiment of playfulness and graca. The cruel instincts of its tribe are nok however, slow to assert themselves, ana it is comical to hear the mimio growl of puny thunder with which the tiny crea­ ture gloats over its first mouse. In the pages of fable, Puss has ever figured largely, but rarely after a flatter­ ing manner. His guile and subtlety form the salient points in the represen­ tations and his character is painted akin to that of Master Reynard, the master of craft. He is depicted as a demure hypocrite, a false hermit, a deceitful counselor, the euBuarcr -of the unwary, the ally of wizards and witches. Bats iu council debate vainly how to baffle him. It is hopeless, they find, to dream of " belling the cat." Noiseless himself on his gloved feet, his keen ear is not te be oaught napping.--Temple Bar. Buried iu a Coal-Mine. CojlLTTf.ld, Va., Feb. & J Shortly after 1 o'clock to-day an explosion J ooonrred ln'the Grave shaft of the MffllotUui * A fj coal-pits. A volume of smoke, cinders, wood aud bark burst from the shaft, which became choked up and closed. Intense excitement en­ sued, ss it was known that a large numlxr of men were at work in the pit, which is over 1,200 feet in depth, the galle­ ries extending about three thousand feet under ground. Tne greatest efforts have been made to tap the pit and reach the injured worKmen, but without success. People from all quarters are flocking to tho scene of explo­ sion. There are various reports as to the lum­ ber of workmen in tho pit Seme say there are thirty-five, others say that the correct number is probably thirty-two. There is now hardly a doubt eutoranrd that the tbirty-two men are dead. If any survived the immediate explosion they were suffocated very soon after. A majority of the iutombed were married, and many leave large families. Mott of these assembled at the mouth of the shaft, and the scene was heartrending in the t xtreme. A stobt is told of a member of a ea»- tain _ theological seminary who wua so sensitive as to any suspicion of plagiar­ ism that he never allowed himself to make the slightest quotation without giving his authority. On one occasion he commenced grace at breakfast thus : "Lord, we thank Thee that we have awakened from tue sleep which a writer in the Edinburgh Review has called ' the image of death.' " Onb hundred and twenty-five years ago John Adams, school teacher--after­ wards President--sat in his cliamber at Worcester and wrote: " I have no books, no time, no friends. I must therefore ba contented to live and die an obscure, ignorant fellow." Why be discouraged! THE MARKETS. MW YORK. Bwbvks.......... ... Koon OOTTOW Floub--Superfine... _ Wbxat--No. 2 Spring. No. ReS 1 Cobw--Ungraded Oat s--Mixed Western Poax--Hess 18 00 @18 Labd CHICAGO. Bxxvrs--Choice GrsdedSteers.... 6 00 @6 Cows and Heifers. S 75 @4 Medium to Fair 480 @5 Hoss «00 @ 7 Flora--Fancy White Winter Ex.,. T 00 *<< 7 Good to Choice Spring Ex.. 8 3S £7 Whiat-No. a Spring JW £1 No. 3 Spring. Ooaw- No. a Oats--No. a Rye--No. 2 Baulky--No. % Buiteb--Choioe Creamery. Eoos--Freah Pork--Mess Wheat--No. 1... No. a...., Oats--No. 1 R*s--No. 1 BAain-No, X. Fou-Hw IiASD 'kiiwaixKik" 1 14 80 42 •4 . 1 0 8 . 87 18 .18 00 . 11 . 1 44 81 .. 41 . *8 .18 ST. LOCI& Wheat--No. a Bed Cos*--Mixed Oau-ko, a. Bn Pobk--Mees. 11 e i % * «i I. e i e e A 0 *18 84 40 IS 95 U* 4S •a 83 84 84 88 11* 38 43 ?Jw.iHEW .hA.Sk 0 •Ai*' *1* J.. J- '<& • 1 4a A 1 48 •1 #[ 88 44 w 48 • 84 £ 88 18 00 618 U « OUfOIMNATL Wheat 1 40 % 1 Cokm M a Oats.... 47 £ Bye 1 04 % 1 Posx-Mesa. 18 38 «18 La an ii a TOLEDO. Wheat--Ha 1 Bed 1 80 Ooew 83 ©aw. 88 DKTBOI r. Fix>ur--Ohoies 8 SB Wheat--No, I Whtts 1 87 Cob*--Mixed. 66 Oats--MM 48 Haslet (per ceatal) 3 88 Pobk--Mesa. is 88 INDIAN APOLia. Wheat--No. 3 Bed. 1 88 Cosa--No. 3 88 °AT* IUINLXBKM.'RA. " CATWJt leal s 38 Mr « 88 Osaaai 188 •om. 8 ffi tar ./..A.. SfS -.1? '•> "V- ,