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7r.y-' 'i:.« tf'm , "V .j/.T-T-r,'.'r*>- - ^ « * ' v i f - ? • ; • • * ' * ' , VH ^4 * v < *~P .' s * v* ' • V - W. Wfrl"»g glaindealw I. VAN SLYKE, ««w"< p">lt«h*r ILLINOIS. SST Sfe® Ha'-' *>z* r l O K S R E mSiiSer. Jonf L. Som./van, the pugilist, im^md in the poBca oonrt at Boston tnl ; fined 920 for drunkenness and using obscene language. Heckkb & Co.'* flour mills, in Cherry ! srrOPt, New York; also the mill of Sanger, Beers A Ffeher, together with a number of ten- • 'm#raest*&y®% IBM. v"Ww> • mapim* and dwellers in the tenements wens compelled 1 to rtfn ttk thrir lives. Two ftretneti werfi in- i jnrod by falling: walla. The loss will exceed j $1,000.003 What is said to be the first Cath­ olic camp-meeting ever hold lb the United ! States ha* jiii* bean in pragmas at Atlantic i Bkhlauds, N. J. The- attendi«M» was large 1 ana tbfc services interesting The neat in New York hae been mteme, and the nortality re­ port* Bhow & large increase of the death rate in oonseqnenee. Gen. IJakstow, TJ. S. A., retired, of Oak- bod, Ifd., is d&wl'...George Goodwin, tit* theatrical manager of Philadelphia, died at Boston, recently... .Forest fires of large pro­ portions are raging in the lower counties * fWfc* . Thb statistics prepared by the Kansas State Board of Agricultare as to the winter "wheat yield of lSS2in the State show a total of over 30,000,OCft btifehels. " Kesmtfe' of threshing since these figures were prepared radicate that the aggregate, will be increased to 35,000,000 bushels, ilie estimated vield of corn is 175,- 000,000 bushels, but there'an good masons to belieVe this estimate to be too low by 15,000,000 bushels. Fete the week ending July 30 the number of cattle passing tip the trail through India* TerHtory was 1,106, TOO. This is the lugest drive on record. >. Thbbe are now staged in theCJhicago •levators 3.638.004 bushels of grain Trouble is brewing in the Greek nation between two factions straggling for supremacy, and there is a erosp«St of civil war..,. A railroad RoUinw »t - Boafih Bend. Ind.. be­ tween two freight trams reunited in the demoli­ tion of the ctra, wftich afterward caught lire. Several traaqsisie belieral tohave perished in the flamea. The toes » estimated.^ #150,000. The National AssSdatlon of Amalgamated Iran and MM Wertsei* ha*e bcRtm * ten-days' session in Chisago, Addresses were made by Kayor Harrison," Mr. A.' M. Carpenter or £Mifeacfk>l<l, 111., aM President Jsrrett..... TW National Mwing Exposition at Denver, Col, was opened with a lame crowd in attend­ ant Hon. WilK&m D. Keller, of Pennsyl­ vania, made -an address.... .The fnneralJpf. Matthew ftobinaoa. aged 103, took place at La-' fayette, Ind, •The old gentleman was with Jackson at the battle of New (Means. Top sixty-ninth anniversary of the defeat of the British at Fort Stephenson, by Ibtj. George Croghsa, ,wa« celebrated with ap­ propriate ceremonies, at Fremont, Ohio. A' spanking-match between yottog colored pugilists'at IfMiknapoKs resulted in the death of one of them from a blow in the domach.... A Missouri Pacific passenger train wept through a bridgftnwsr Beknt, Kan. The engineer and. fireman were killed, "yi three other' employee of th« rdtid badly injured. . ; OTB lotJTM., At 'Hagerisf-omij'/Md., a young lady wnWd Jeilnfc Boggsi ittracted nhtumal atten­ tion'by the' tLickness nnd length 'of her hair. Reoecfc't goate tinfeaowii marauder entered her. apartment and deprived her of the precious tresses. Illness set in, and culminated in her death. It iseMpposed she died of a broken heart it the low of her hair. * Goi<. Stephen R, Pboctob, , Adjutant -General 9/ the State of committee! suicide. . The death of his children, financial reverses and ill health impelled him to the deed, fie vrss 65 years of age..' ..Yellow ferer but appeared in 'BrowmviUa. Tex., and tbedeath rat« from tiw piogno to ion;.the in- omiae at Matamorm, ' JoxATttAN Stboh,_ a German, died at yrilow fever at New Orleans. The health offi­ cer* are using the utmost precautions against a spoad of)the disease....Bishop Emberton and l^phard^peakman, charged with an uuspeaka- Me crime against Mr?. J. B» Garrett, of Tomp- kinsTiOB; Hy.„ were taken from the officers and •«tot^^aU^by the xm$fai*wm ui the , Arrm casting 278 ballots the Demo-' antic Cougtesidqn&l Convention of the Twelfth "Illinois district, in session at Jlount Sterling, Aug. 1, affjournod until next morning. The final -vot® Mood : Singleton, 96; Wike. 25; Wither#, 12 j Goodticti, 7.iy%CoL ^ugh 8. Thompsorl wild nominated' for Governor of Tr>)J ,«oatn Carohna by tbrDeattierat]* Ante Gon- ^«4k>Q.; ? . ,/ wa& renoiainated by «ccb|paUon by the JlepuWican Congressional Conventi^e, gf the fijghpi Ohio. cliBtrict.. ..The BepubTjcjy^ate toroittee bi 'jtew ^wk bm fixed the mrte of tEe convention for tho 30th 0e#tonwif, at Sir&tog&= " »<•'«. ' uu ';;rr. 7!.'." yttfri.* Gfaiteau ease is, it BeieiHti.' |o '• (iontfeuW in the Prttbiite Court! A ^Tashington i dispatch state* that "George ^eoville has given natice.it!> Hicks that he intends to contest fijfiW". to .control body of Guiteau. HICKS "Will'-probabiv cause a citation upon lieod tontpear rt the Prab&U Court iddptov^the will.; tt^he doe* so, E^fcd.wiU appear and make oath that Guiteau was ihsaue when he made the wjlL If the wiH U) sM asifle in tteig wav, Hicku will £a$e no ijgtt to Gniteau's, efiecte, which *ill * become the property of his brother and sister, subject to hiV debts. PkJO'vflle may put in a claim m enditor for legal temees to Guiteau, aMmiUtcJaim. Whether' Guiteau • body, like his book, ia part of the sWet^ ia dwpoted. The law:s£ems to attach. to the oorpae of a mSST Ordinarily, the law requires the dead man to be •dfeoeally- buried by'his personal representative, and pw**Uj fa» penalties, hi*j grave from vio^ ' mtion, leaving hin^ there to r£pt in Following is a statement of the pub­ lic debt at the close of business Jnly 31: Extended 471807,100 E x t e a d e d f i ' s . 8 0 1 , 6 0 : 1 , 9 0 0 Four »ud one-oat; per cent bonfe..... 250,000,000 fopr pfe» den**,.. t<738.897,750 Sffundihg oertlflMtes..,..... 462,750 mstjpeBBloti fnnd........ 14,000^)00 J tl,453,001,600 Itatarea dew .$ IS,909,715 , iegal tenders...,, ««,740,71^ : ' Owtlfleateg or . .V1' l2,730,wafe® ' Gold and iaivee oHtta- eatw. a guano oompsny waa «n- Mfaa. Mr. Ksott's reeolntion to dealara the forfeiture ot land* in New Mexico, Arizona and Southern (Nlifornia granted Uu^ffexas Pacific «aflwWv<M^t)ongreaa. and provide for their * "^ntothepal Wieiuy ^p^loatiPl dt a papwt, iodge Wjlie iiimMi date 01 to ^ssagei «KHKRAJ&»' Oct of SI, GOO,000 takefi from the vaults of the Northampton National Bank, neariy $1,800,000 has been re­ covered. After six years, some of the stolen conpon bonds are being placed on the marlfOt Uhft»rope, viotimiziiig,bankers. ,.vw|v AN epidemic of yellow fever is threat­ ened alaag the Rio Grande. At Matamoras, where the plague first appeared, there is ah alarming increase in the number of victims..... Pittsburgh telegram : '• A leading iron manu­ facturer, who does not desire his name men­ tioned in the matter, said to-night that an nn- der^tanding had been reached among miil- owners to mtrodnc© non-union workmen ae fast «s possible as the most effective way to break the strike." The revenues of Mexico few, the last fiscal year amounted to #27,500,000 The coinage of the United States mints for July was 13,153,850. Of this sum mdre than tWo-thirds are standard dollars....The Liok\ng river at Cincinnati rose over twenty-five feet in one day. Nearly two-ecore barges were sunk, and the property loss is pl*oed at $*50;000. .. John Baper, the, Chicago embezzter^ arrived at Glasgow, Scotland, on the Kteamer State of Nevada, and wu at onee arreted....A blaze on boartJ the steamer Gallert white at set, caused & panic among the steerage passengers, mostly Polish Jews, which w»* with dfifficaity held in check. The flftnswe were subdued after' doing ^10,000 ^rorth of damage. A dispatch from Tucson, 4pzoaa, says : The Prefect of the District of Monte­ zuma, Mexico, sends the following to Gov. Ortiz: I have the honor to inform you that on the 2(th, between the hours of 9 and 10 a. m., the Apaches attacked CoL Lorenzo Torres at Encino, eighteen miles from here, who was accompanied by sixty Federal troops. The fight lasted three hours, resulting in the death of Vicciente Provincio. the Diputado of the district, and all the troops -except five Federals and CoL Torres, who was wounded. The Indians took all the horses, equipage and stores. They were strongly fortified and com­ pletely ambushed the 'troops. A force of troopg h&B been sent in pursuit of the Apache, who are moving toward the Arizona' border. Thb Union Pacific and Southern Pacific are endeavoring to beat each other's time in the trannportitioa of overland freight. Two trains loaded with" tea came over the former route from Han Francisco to Chicago in six days and a fraction....Buffalo Girl piisea a anile at Buffalo in ( <kiA loo tHie v:|** ft /!< 1 «i Gbbkakt views with satisfaction the peaceable intentions of the French nation, as shown by their defeat of the, policy of armed intervention in Egypt. The Greek troops have oocupied the Turkish village of Zarta, near &e frontier An explanation has been demanded by th* Forte. ....A fire 'at St. Petersburg destroyed fifty houses on an island in the Neva..:. Cetewayo, the noted African chief, has arrived in England... .Pollock Castle, the most ancient family seat in the We* of Bootlaad, hafc b^6n destroyed by fee. . . , . . Richard Kemkt, proprietor of the Tuam (Ireland) Hercdg, has 'been served with a summons under the Prevention of Crime act, charging him with publishing an article writ­ ten by James Redpath, encouraging the mur­ der of landlords Engineer Melville and sea^ men Soros and Nindennan. of the Jeannettfe's crew, ha^p arrived at Tobolsk, Russia. They believe that Lient. Chipp and companion per­ ished in a snow-storm. A. Dublin dispatch says that a circular to be issued by Parnell with a view to checking the operations of the Land Corporation Com­ pany is also signed by Dillon, Davitt, Egan, <J»y and McCarthy. It will be sent through­ out Ireland to obtain signatures to a re qui si­ te® asking the Lord Mayor of Dublin to con­ voke a meeting during exhibition week for tins purpose of inaugurating a national fund far the relief of evicted tenants. The circular states that the organization will not be a polit­ ical one. but evictions will be increased if the tenants are left defenseless in the presence of a wealthy company* • *«•* i -w" 1111 • 1 irfn ' 1 5i"', 'v: •ETO MESSA^By j- VoBowing it ttie ran text of the Preddent's message vetoing the River and Harbor bUl: TMfre HoM»«>< If iiCMi.livt,; " irtth much interest,ilia pt©>. No. IMt, entitled * An act for the ocnutrnctioo, re- «f oertain works on rivers for other purpose*.'* it wr8 received, carefullv •af(er mature consktomtton I am return it herewith to the House of preeentatfv^s. in which it originated, without my signature add with my objections to its passage. Many appropriations in the bili are cloariy for the general welfare and most benetl- ceut in their character. Two of the objects for Mitch provision id made wtere bv me considered so important that I felt it my <luty to direct to them the attention of Congress. In my annual aissage in Beosmber last I urged the vital im­ portance of legislation for reclamation of the finhue ami for the estabiisbaaent of harbor lines along the Potomac front. In April last, by special message, I recommended an aj>pro- pffRtion for the improvement of the Miss­ issippi river. It is not necessary . that I say that when my signature would make the bill appropriating for these and other valuable national objects a law it is with great reluctance, and only under a sense | of dftty, tVat I withhold it My principal ob~ j jectioii to the bill »b that it contains appropria- i tions for purposes not for common defense or general welfare, and which do not promote commerce among the States.. These provisions, on the contrary, are entirely for the benefit of the particular localities in which it is proposed to make the improvements. I regard such ap­ propriation of public money as beyond the poweffs given by the constitution to Congress and the President I feel more bound to with­ hold my fiznature from the bill because of pecul­ iar evils which manifestly result from this in­ fraction of the constitution. Appropriations of this nature, to be devoted purely to local ob­ jects, tend to increase in number and amount An citizens of one State iiM that money, to ratee which, in common, with the whole country, they are taxed, is to bs expended for local im­ provements in another State, they demand similar benefit# for themselves; and it is not unnatural that they should seek to indemnity themselves for such of the public funds by securing appropriations for similar improve­ ment* in their own neighborhood. Thuti, as the bill becomes more objectionable, it secures more support. This result is inevitable, and necessarilv follows neglect to observe the oon- stttationsJ limitations imposed on ' the law­ making power. • Appropriations for river and harbor im- frovements have, under the influences to which have alluded, increased year by year out of proportion to the prqgres's of the country, great as that has beSh. In 1870 the aggregate appropriation Was $3,07b,900 in 1875, §6,648,- 617.50 ; in 1880, f8,976,500, and in 1881, $11.- 451,300, while by the present act there is ap­ propriated §18,743,875. While feeling every disposition to leave to the legislature the re­ sponse i!ity of determining what amount should.' be appropriated for the purposes of the bill, so. long as appropriations ars confined to the objects indicated by the grant of Congress, I cannot escape - the fact that, as "part of the law-making power of the Government, the duty devolves upon me to withhold my sig­ nature from a' bill containing appropriations which, in my opinion, greatly exceed in amount th? needs of the country for the present fiscal year. It being tue usage to provide money for these purposes by an annual appropriation bill, the President is in effect directed to expend so large an amount of money within so brief a period that- fxp-nditiire can not be nrndo econ­ omically and advantageously. Extravagant ex­ penditure of public money is an e' measured by the value of that people who are taxed for sustain greater injury in the demoralizing effects produced upon those who are mtrusted with official duty, through all the ramfftMAau of government. These objections couiflTve removed and every constitutional purpose readily obtained should Congress enact that one-half only of the aggregate amount pro­ vided for in the bill be approbated for ex­ penditure during the fiscal year, and that the sum sd appropriated be expended only for snch object named m the bill as the Secretary of War, under direction of the President, shall determine ; provided that in no case shall expenditure for any one purpose exceed the sum now designated by bill for that pur­ pose. I feel authorized to make this suergestion because of the duty imposed upon the President by the constitution to recommend to the con-' sideratton of Congress such measures as he shall ju ige necessary and expedient, and be­ cause it is my earnest desire that the public works which are in progress shall suffer no injury. Congress will also convene again in four months, when this whole subject will, be open for their consideration. Chebteb A. Aaittrtm. Bxetv?*VB Maksiox, Aug. 1,1882. xuravagant ex- 1 evjl»bt^ji be r l T T h S j 12,137,15® T,o«0,Me- •• • TOotalwtthcmt intttkk."'0 • - '" "• total sebt:'.. Cotsl inteuMtaw if... J» OpAin vre*^;.... «M4S,3I0 ..11,905,225.540 10,026,918 .. 241,098,031 a»* ' i , - 1 1 Current liabilities-- IettrwK'due'and'ttapald..... ' $ OoUtMd StW« Vaitei sutes note* h^ld for redempfoo "Of certificates of depniat. vssh baianoe Mailable Aug. ^ |88i^j., ' '2,838,709 , U^09,715 655,asi 7^137,160 14,780,000 189,427,072 . Ml.O'JS.OSl PS#Si' ,v.-- •.,$#* 1»v."..?r-r-wrw-«U3S*!! Bydslsroert te facific railway oomoaa- *> iBt^reet pavabla iu lawloJ mouev. ,0»8,(Q1 pnncjpal- ... ~.. 'ft Interest accrued and not yet jmi<j SBl»l|mby UBiwd State»...i;".*.i| Xatcsreft r^paxa bv com mmoi Berviee .. esso^ayuieateof 5 per cars tugs... Balsticw ot interest paid by the United • 64,623,913 , $23,117 66,844,081 - • V'16,231,035 ' 855,198 99468.418 • TfUi House Committee, on Foreign £f- JUrs adopted'a rep6rt respecting the results'of fbe recent OhiB-Pern investigation, which dis- dMdite Smpbord and exonerates Minister Hurl- tit The ieakitaotiy recently taken is reviewed at great length, and the attempt made to use the iuAwjsse -vf-the United States to further ft*-if* V • " •' ' The Daagerg Of Ignenuie%| • *•' One cannot judge from the brief ao- counts given what are the precise causes of such disasters, but there is reason to belive that ignorance is prolific; that persons have only a vaugfe knowl­ edge of the qualities of nitnvglycerine, cannot recognise it when they see it, and are not acquainted with the various forms in which it is compounded,, or with the peculiar dangers of handling it care- He&aly. Nitro-glycerine itself is a dense, yellowish liquid, but in carder k» dimin­ ish the danger attending its uaq, fine earth, ground mica, sawdust, or some similar powder, is saturated with it, and thus the various blasting powders known 4e dynaknite, mica powder, dualin, rend- .Jtook, eta , are formed; These compounds caij. be transported; with comparative safety. But the nitro-glycerine easily drains off from the powder and oozes from'any crevice in'the vessel in wfaich the eottpound is kept. Drops of it thus bedewiag the-edges of a bos may easily be mistaken for oil escaping, apd if workmen ignorantly endeavor to qail the box tighter or to open it for examin­ ation there will be a disastrous'explosion. Several have occurred in past years in this way. The victims knew, no doubt, that nitro-glycerine (or the cqmppnnde) may be exploded by a blow (contact with' fire is not needful), but they did not suspect that the iutooent-lookixig oil was nitro-glycerine. ' "' f Why sl^uld not youth be taught in the schools somewhat of thft practical dangers of these substances which are coming into' such common use? Th^y •would pursue the study with intere^ 'especially if thetfe were judicious expe^r* imento. A Missouri story is that a teacher confiscated a small metal box which a pupil was playing with in school hours, and, thinking it contained chew- ing gum, tried to break it open with a hammer. It was a dynamite torpedo of the kind used on the railroad track as a danger signal, and large bits of it iiS4j. fco u6 cut out of the chcck. Would it not have been well if she'had iknowp somewhat of the aspect of torpe- doesf Was jut not more important to the joimievman plumber who threw the lighted match into the can of camohene mistaking it for water", by whwih the great printing establishment of Franklin Square was burned some twenty-eight years ago, to know camphene by sight than to have memorized many of the matters promineht in a public school course? Surely workmen, especially "raw hands" ia establishments where the*e things are used, should be sysr tematicaUy instructed in advance, and the courts are now enforcing this prin­ ciple. " r ̂Ajt agent for the sale of some house­ hold articles attempted to mount the steps of a houise, but the dog nakna around the corner and took a half-yard of cloth from the back of hia coat. Thd PODICW OF COITCttBgg. The Senate devoted the entire day's session, od the 28th ull, in wrangling over the Naval Appropriation ML An amendment by Mr. Beck was adopted, reducing to $400,000 the item for completing the Miantonomali and launching the other four monitors. The clause abolishing the grade of Commodore was struck out, as was eteo the provision for the condem­ nation and sale of unserviceable stores, belonging to the several bureaus 0/ the uavy. The House passed the Senate biU making Kan­ sas City and St, Joseph ports of delivery, and a joint resolution providing for the expenditures of the Government to August X Mr. ToWn- send reported back the bill regulating the car- riageof explosive materials on steam passenger vessels. The Senate accomplished nottuqg in the way of legislation on the 29th ult. The H<mse was not in session. After passing the bill to preveht the coun- ; terfeiting of foreign securities, the Senate, on ' the 31st nit., took up the Naval Appropriation bill. Several amendments were adopted looking , to the abolition of useless navy-yards, the dis­ posal tot worthless ships, and the making of tests and experiments. All laws were repealed provid­ ing for promotion and increase of pay on the retired list Aa attempt to strike'out the Kobeson contract job failed, and tk® bili then passed. The remainder of the d^v waa de-' voted to a disins«i»n of the sundry civil mea1?- ure. In the House tha-Senate bill for the i-etirenitent of U. 8. (Srant. late Gfmetid and ex-Prewdent of the United Statef, came Hp. A motion to lay the bill on the table fwle'V »ud it wae referred to the Military Committee)} ' In the Senate ai» adverse report was receive^ on the 1st inst. from the Finance Comjpittee on the bill authorizing the issue of 2 per dent, bonds. Seventy-eix pages of the sundry civil measure were considered. The House passed a bill appropriating ®678,<Q24 for the .printing and binding of the tenth cens'is report. A resolution fixing a dav for adjournment was promptly voted down. The veto of the Kive* and Harbor bfll Was received With interest, and •ome portions of the message elicited laughter. A bill appropriating f100,000 for a public building at Leavenworth, Kansas, waft pasted by the Senate on the 2d inst. The timeiii which the Ute Commission shall complete its work was extended to Sept 15, 1883. The Sundir Civil measure, the last of the long list of appropriation bills, was passed; A message, was received from the House inform­ ing the Senate of the action of that body in passing the River and Harbor bill over the President's veto. The -pending "business was suspended and the veto message read. A vote was immediately taken osi the qapstion " Shall the bill pass, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding ?" , The result was yeas 41, nays IS. 80 the bill panned. The House, by a vote of yeas lit. nay# 59, p|««5tS tfa® Biver and Harbor bill ©vei the President*! veto. The House also passed a lull ing for a XT adjournment en Saturday, and passed a bill to establish diplomatic rela­ tions with Iprsia by the aid of a Const* Gen- eral, wl*o,shall reoehre a salary of 9S,Q0Q|^ ^ i i : ' • ^ 4 . WAB nr EGYPT, Gladstamii announced iu the British Com' "OMWi fie 29th .nit that the Turkish Am- bssmAot |)|bd sent a communication to the QowiMMBt tiiat the Sultan had decided to immediately send troops to Egypt. Ambi nsba wtt provide for the safety of the Suez Canal so long as England will respect its neu­ trality. The cotton and wheat crops of Egypt are in a woful state from neglected irrigation. The Bui tan informed the Secretary of the British {Motion that England's action with regard-to Egyptian affairs irritated hitn ; that he wonld do nothing for that country, but would lw observant of the wishes of tne powers. De Lexiieps, on learning that the British troop­ ship Orion intended to land men at Ismailia, started at once for that point, declaring ttiat the English should only dtbaik atler passing ovef his dead body and tbat of his sou. The French Admiral ielegrapbed to Paris grave complaints about D& Leseeps' behavior. He is said to be in daily communication with Arabi Pasha. Tbe British forces in Egvpt have de- , sprayed the fort at Gobari and tilown up the large powder magazine at Mekhuron. Alexandria dispatches of the 1st inst. report numerous outrages in the territory dominated W the the whites. The Khedive authorised the English to occupy the the Suez caw, while De Lesseps has been given supervisory power along its line by Arabi. The conference at Constantinople terminated without arriving at any conclusion, owing to the attitude assumed by the Bossian represent­ ative. f; Dispatchef of Aug. 1 state* that the number of Christians murdered by1 the'adherents of Arabi is placed at 660. The attitude of the European powers is now believad to be hostile of Assioot, tbe largest city in Upper Egypt, with 2,000 men at his back, has declared for the Khedive. Hie Coldstream Guards have em­ barked at Dublin en route to Alexandria. Active measures are being taken at Constanti­ nople to accelerate the departure of Turkish troops for the seat of war, A company of the Sixtieth Rifles occmpyiug an outpost of the British, outside Alexandria woe charged upon on the morning of the 2<i inst by infplfey and calvary of Arabi, and fled in great dlKnfler, throwing away their rifles and ammunition,! which the enemy secured. Nine­ teen Cairenes who refused to recognize Arabi'e authority have been shot An official statement is published at St Peters-^ burg that Russia never indorsed the Anglp^tVench naval demonstration, but her purpose is to induce Great Britain to "com­ bine heft action with that of the Porte," based on tfte*d«rt3ionB of the Conference. Lord Dufferjn explained to the conference that En­ gland's sote object was to restore peac9 and the authority of the Khedive in Egypt, and to-se­ cure ftee navigation of the Suez canal, and that she would acsept the co-operation of any pdwer to effect these results. > A reconnoissance waa made by the thirty- eighth and sixtieth regiments of British troops on the 3d inst, and the enemy's portion in front of Alexandria discovered to be almost totally abandoned. Suez was occupied by marines, and at their approach the Egyptian troops fled. The archives of the American consulate, which it was feared' had been destroyed, were found at Cairo. A further massacre of Christians waa feared. • Seventeen Pashas unfriendly to the rebel leader were imprisoned at Cairo. Da Lesseps donounces the occupation •f tbe oanal by British vessels as an act of war and a flagrant violation of neutrality obligations. A collision between England and Turkey is predicted as the outcome of the pres­ ent troubles. Bismarck has officially expressed regret at the retirement of De Freycinet from the French Ministry, and intimated a willing­ ness to support his Egyptian policy. } FARMS in the UNITED STATCS. One of the late census bulletins exhibits the number of farms in the United States in 1880,° 1870, 1860 and 1850, and the rate per cent of increase from 1870 to 1880. Francis A. Walker, late Superintendent cf the Census, in a note made befor«||ris retirement from office, said: 'The table |bows itto results which especially require notice, except in the case of Massachu­ setts. Tbe figures for this State seem to prove that the agricultural statistics of 1870 were taken very loosely, and that the number of farms in the State at that time was greatly un­ derstated. The great increase m the number of farms from 1870 to 1880 in the Northern, West­ ern and Pacific States and the Territories is of course satisfactorily explained by the ra,>id set­ tlement of those regions during the past de­ cade. The great increase in the late slave States, especially in the cotton region, is read­ ily accounted for by the subdivision of the large plantations of ten and twenty years ago, by reasoc of social and industrial changes con­ sequent on tne war, and also, in the case of Florida, Arkansas and Texas, by immigration. Tfce whole number of farms in the United States in 1&70 was found to be 2,659,985. In 188J the number was 4,008,907. The absolate increase from 1870 to 1880 was, according to Ike census, 1,848,922 ; the rate per cent was 6J. It is obvious that if the computation was not accurate in 1870, as possibly it was not the value of this comparison is correspond­ ingly reduced. A slight variation in the mode Of collecting statistics in the two periods would make a great difference in the results. If, for example, strict inquiry were not made as to farms leased and farms owned, or farms worked on the share system at th« time both enumerations were made, or if the system, m accordance with which the two sets of returns ware tabulated, differed, tbe discrepancies would he very large. Inasmuch as Gen. Walker has confessed to the errors of 1870, generally and specifically, perhaps it will not be wise to attach too much importance to the comppjisons made in this table. The reported increase in the number of. farms in New England was, as might be ex­ ceed, comparat: slight In Maine it was 8 per'<x?nt, in iJew Hampshire 9 pe? cent., in Vermont 5 per cent., in Massachusetts (where ; Gen. Walker points out a probable error in the i qeusus of 1S70) 45 per cent., in Connecticut 20 per cent., in Rhode Islam} 16 per cent The mttease in New York waa >1 per cent, and in Pennsylvania 23 per cent The Southern States show a gratifying in­ crease, most of which is undoubtedly genuine, in the number of farms. In Virginia, Where the negroes have become landholders in larger numbers possibly than any other .Southern State, the increase is reported at 60 per cent, in South Carolina it is 81 per cent., in Georgia flfTper cent., in Mississippi 50 per cent., in Louisiana 70 per cent Kentucky and Tennes­ see, where the same causes have not operated to the same extent show but 41 per cent, and 40 per cent, of increase renpectively. Illinois, Indiana'and Ohio report an increase of but 26, 20 and 26 per cent respectively. There has been some breaking up of large farms in these States by deaths and other causes, and much swamp and other waste land hat' been brought under cultivation. Some of the increase in Illinois also has been due to the sale of railroad lands and the cnltivation of pastures in consequence of the building of railroads, T^e greatest increase has been, as was nat- Ctal, In the far Northwestern States and the 1 Territories. Tne increase in Iowa has been 59 | per cent, in Minnesota, 99 per cent., iu Dakota j 914 per cent., in Oregon 114 per cent., in Wash- \ ini-'ton Territory 109 per cent ! .. liie growth in the number of farms has been j healthy and nominal. There have been no ! signs of a disposition to bold lands iu large quantities except in California and Northern man was sliding out, when, the owner of the house came and asked: " Did doze dog bite you ?" "He didn't bite, but ruined my coat," was the reply. '• My goot friend, excuse doze dog if he didn t bite yoo. Efe ish a young dog now, but by-and-by he shall take hold of some agents, and eat der bpnes ride out of tnem. He bides a coat now, but he shall soon do Setter 1*' : <4.™ •eg' . granting a pension of $37 a mpnth to soldiers *]• l*£lwta, and in the Southwestern States and who lost an arm at the shoulder. Coma ~ mandcr Sigsbee and Joseph Ii Hawley were authorized to receive decorations from foreign potentates.' < , '•' HVxritories, where much of the land can only •be used profitably as .cattle-ranges. It is, and will long continue to be, lor the interest o. the people at large that small farming shall be generally practiced in this country, and there is happily no present reason to fear that there wiiltfroop be any serious departure from this etBrtom. The 8enate paeaed a number of bills at:itr session on the Sd hurt, among them the fol­ i o w h i g : A u t h o r i z i n g G o v e r n m e n t b u i l d i n g s a t , ^ JOWPh' M°": ^reUtion to laad Pfttente ia Aw amateur of statistics has dia- the Virginia military district of Ohio ; to pro- covered that the smallest sovereign in eign steamships the provisions of the inspection Measures only four feet six inches. The laws now applicable to domestic vessels. I tallest men are in the Hohenzollern The last two measures Mr. fvye de- j 'amily« The. Emperor William is five clared "the first guns fired iu I feet ten inches; the German Prince favor of a revival of American commerce." A ! Imperial, five feet six inches ; Prince ?rf'?ra?V bT1t no result was reached. W,m„» I fly. feeSSi.C^d nephew of the Emperor, six feet four inches. Waldorf Aster was nominated by the President for Minister to Koine ; Henry K. McCoy, Unit id fetates J udge for the Northern district of "Georgia; Olwer P. Shiras, United States Judge for the Northern district of Iowa ; Win. Lowber, of Pennsylvania. United States Consul at Flor- SoifE men will work harder and longer to plug up the hole in a nickel than to Wfin a denier* . > . .ii,.* POLITICAL CONVENTIONS. IOWA aXTOBUCAKfi, The Iowa Republican Convention con»waed at Des Moines on Wednesday, Aug. 2. William Larrabee, of Fayette county, presided, and J. L. Burdetta, of Bes Moines, Acted as Secretary. James Hull, present incumbent, was nominated for Secretary of State by acclamation. For Auditor. J. L. Brown, Lncaa. received 613 5-6. and Ft. L, Ohfse, of Btitler. Ml 1-6. Fbr Attor­ ney General, Smith MoBhersoo, of Blontgomsry was nnairmotisly chosen. For Judge of tbe Supreme Court Judge Seevers was nominated by acclamation. For State Treasurer, E. H. Conger, present incumbent, was nominated bv acclamation. Before the conclusion of the first formal ballot Fray's nomination for Supr^ie Court Clerk was made unanimous. For Su­ preme Court Reporter E. C. Ebersole, of Tama, was nominated on the second ballot. The res­ olutions reaffirm the Republican platform of 1830; commend Congress for its action iu the contested seats before it as "in vindication of an honest ballot and a fair count charac­ terize the administration of President Arthur as "worthy ail inspect and commendation,;" favor the creation of a department of industry- ask piompt measures to protect Western cate tie from ooatagious diseases; favor an equita­ ble revision of the tariff ; favor legislation to control inter-Htato commerce and 'pooling ar­ rangements between parallel and competing railroad lines; advocate renewed efforts look­ ing to .practical and judicious impfovemaiit ot i n t e r n a l w a t e r w a y s . - • , , , ' ' • INPIANA DEMOCRATS. The Demooratio State Convention'of Indiana met at Indianapolis Acg. 2, and was called to order by W. H. English, Chairman of the Cen­ tral Committee. John R, Coffroth, of Lafay­ ette, was made Chairman, and J. R. Simpson, of Orange county, Secretary! The following ticket was nominated: For Secretary of State, the Hon. W. R, Myers, 6f Mftdisoo county • for Attorney General, Francis T. Hord, of Bar­ tholomew conntv; Clerk of the Supreme Court Simon P. Sherin, of Cass countv • Supenntendent of Public Instruction, John W.' Holoomb, of Porter countv; Judges of the Supreme Oonrt, First judicial district the Hon. W. E. Niblack, of Knox county; Second district, Judge G. W. Hawk, of Floyd county; Fourth district, Judge Allen Zoiler, of Allen county. Ex-Gov. Hendricks, from tbe Committee on Resolutions, reported the following platform, which was adopted: the Democratic party of Indiana, in conven­ tion assembled, renews its pledge of fidelity to the.doctrines and traditions of the partv as il­ lustrated by the teachings of Thomas Jefferson, its founder, and exempltiied in the administra­ tion of the Government nnder Democratic rule, and we insult upon an honest and economical administration on the principle upon which it reets. Conceding to the Federal Government its just rights and full power as delegated in the Federal constitution, and claiming for the States and the people respestively the power therein reserved to them, we arraign the Re­ publican party at the bar of public opinion for its long-continued course of usurpation and mis­ rule. It has disregarded the rights of the peo­ ple and tbe States. It has held on to its ill- gotten power in defiance of tbe popular will by the corrupt use of money in elections, and it has corrupted the public morals by elevating to high places men who are known to be dishonest. We condemn the Republican party for enacting and enforcing laws designed to place the elections under Federal control, in violation of the rights of the States. We condemn it for the frauds and perjuries of 1878, by which the will of the people was set aside and a usurper placed in the Presidential office for four yews. We condemn it for haviug kept up and main­ tained in time of peace an onerous and unjust system of taxation, by means of which large sums of money have accumulated in the treas­ ury which ought to have been left in the pocKets of the people; and we condemn it for its waste­ ful extravagance in tbe expenditure of the pub­ lic money. We condemn it for its shameless disregard of its pledges in favor of civil-service reform, and its corrupt ut>e of the public patron-, age under the spoils system. We condemn it for the systematic levy of blackmail upon tho clerks and minor officeholders of the United States, in violation of law, to raise a fund for corruption of the ballot-box, and we call especially upon the voters of Indiana to vindi­ cate their honor and to erase the stain that was placed upon them by the Doroeyites in 1880. We demand that the present wastefulness and unnecessary expenditure of the public money shall be stopped and that the surplus revenue shall be faithfully applied to the pay­ ment of the national debt. We demand that Federal taxes be reduced to the lowest point consistent with the wants of the Government nnder an honest and economical administration of its affairs, and that such tolls be so adjusted as to secure an equitable distribution of these burdens. We demand that there shall be such reforms in tbe civil service as will again result in the employment in the public service of those only who are honest and capable, and that no assessments or exactions of any kind shall be re­ quired of them for political purposes. We demand protection to our citizens, native and adopted, at home and abroad, and we denounce and condemn the present Republican adminis­ tration for its neglect of duty toward those lately imprisoned as suspects in the jails of Ireland by the arbitary actioh of the British authorities. We demand a revision of the present unjust tariff. The constitution of the United States confers upon Congress the power to establish a tariff for revenue, and. as a just and croper ex­ ercise of that power, we favor such an adjust­ ment of its previous within tbe revenue stand­ ard as will promote the industries of the coun­ try and the interests of labor without creating monopolies. The Democratic party is now, as it has ahrays been, opposed to all sumptuary legislation, and it is especially opposed to the proposed amend­ ment to the constitution of Indiana known as the Prohibitory amendment, and we ave in favor of the submission of said proposed amendment, as well as all other proposed amendments, to the people, according to the provisions of the con­ stitution for its own amendment, and the people have the right to oppose or favor the adoption of any or all the amendments at all stages of their consideratipo, and any submission of a constitutional amendment to a vote of the peo­ ple Bhotild be at & time and under circum­ stances most favorabie to a full vote, and there­ fore should be at a general election. ; That wie fully indorse, and approve the laws passed pursuant to the demands '61 former Democratic cohvflutloar, making provisions for the safety and protection of laborer* and tnera, and providing for the collection of ges, and are in«favor of all other enart- qients to that; end which hi*|f be necessary and pro tier. ! ' The free schools of Indiana are,tbe pride and glory of the State, and we will see to it that: thev are not po!.«ohed by the breath of sectari-. anism or destroyed by waste or extravagance in their management. In the relations between capital and labor we favor Mich policies as will promote harmonv between them, and will adequately protect the rights and interests of lalxir. We e«teem tbe Hon. D. W. Voorhees as an ab'e and faithful representative of our State in th* Senate, and specially commend him for his active sympathy in behalf of the soldiers. ILLINOI* GBEENBACKEKS. .. The Greenback State Convention of Illinois was held at Peoria on the 2d inst Temporary organization was effected by selecting C. G. Dixon, of Chicago, as Chairman.'and Norman H. Moss, of Jackson countv, as Secretary. The Committee on Permanent. Organization reported Hon A. J. Htreeter. of Mercer, for permanent Chairman; Norman H. Moss, of Jackson, for Secretary: W. F. Carroll, of Chicago,; and W. F. Wallace, of Knox, for Assistant Secretaries; and 8. F. Norton, of Cook; H. M. Miller of Morgan. Dr. A. J. Graham of S'ephenson, B. W. Dean of Be Kalb. and C. G, Dixon of Cook, as members at large of the State Central Committee. The report was adopted. ' Upon taking the chair Mr! 8treeter made a brief address, in which he denied most emphat­ ically that the Greenback partv was dead or even slumbering. Thev wonld yet show, not only that there is a Greenback party, but ^ party of the industrial people, of temperance, of jprogresa. He was followed by Gen. Weaver, who spoke brietlv of the advancement the party whs making, and predicted that, in his State (Iowa) they would elect at least six Congress­ men this fall. The following persons were then named for State Treasurer : Daniel 'McLaughlin, Mayo* of Braidwood, and Hon. A. J. Stteeter. Mr» Streeter declined the honor, and _ Mr. Mo- Langhlin was nohainated by acclamation. For Sup&intendeat of Public Instruction Frank H. Hall, of Kane county, and Miss Frances E. Willard, of Chicago, were named. A delegate stated that he bad received a tele­ gram from Miss Willard stating that ^he wonld not serve, whereupon her name was withdrawn, and Mr. Hall was nomiaated by acclamation. The Committed on Resolutions reported In favor of the platform adopted at the Chicago Convention held June 9. 1880, to which were added tftaftMs in favor. Of submitting the pro­ hibition and woman-suffrage questions to a vole «f the people, against supporting or voting for anv candidate who will not pledge himself ta advMios notto aooapt railroad passes or tie equivalent therefor, and that no title to public or railroad lands shall rest in any alien until be shall have declared an intention to beootne a citizen. Itie report was adopted, after a lengthy and heated discussion. A resolutiontoffered by A. J. Grover, of Chicago, denouncing in strong terms England's scheme to subjugate Egypt, and expressing hearty sympathy for Arabi Bey, was unanimously adopted, and tho convention then adjourned. The following State Committee was chosen: First district, L. L. P*ge, of Chicago; Second, Janes Donnelly, of Chicago; Third, R. S. Heath, of Chicago ; Fonrth, a G. Whipple, of Chicago ; Fifth, E. F. Reed, of Elgin ; Sixth, Andrew Ashton, of Ronkford; Seventh, M. B. Lloyd, of Orion: Eighth, F. Plumb, of Streator; Ninth, R. T. Wilev. of Gibson City; Tenth. A. H. Mc Keighlan, of Yates Citv : Elev­ enth. J. P. Duns worth, of Rock Island ; Twelfth, F. M. Grimes, of Milton: Thirteenth, T. EL Knowleo, of Petersburg; Fonrteenth, James Freeman, of Bloomington : Fifteenth, C. R. Fenton, of Danville ; Sixteenth. H. B. Lutes, of Robinson ; Seventeenth, J. H. White, of Sbel- bvville; Nineteenth, John R. Moss, of Mount Vernon ; Twentieth, R. J. Staples, of Murphys- boro, SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS. r Tne Democrats of South Carolina held a State Convention at Columbia and nominated Hugh S. Thompson for Governor, J. P. Rich­ ardson for Treasurer, Ellison Capers for Su­ perintendent of Public Instruction, and A. M. Manigault for Adjutant and Inspector General. The resolutions adopted treat at, length of the policv pursued by the Republican party in the South, and charge it with the responsibility for various outrages on justice and decency. CIVIl. SERVICE REFORMERS. The National Civil Service Reform Associa­ tion met at Newport, R» L George William Curtis delivered an address severely criticising tbe President. Resolutions embodying the views of those present were adopted. They condemn the political assessment now in prog- rets under the auspices of the Republican Con­ gressional Committee, and instruct the Presi­ dent of the League to bring the legality of the Hubbell circular to a judicial test. Measures were taken for the prosecution of active work among the people. Carl Schnrz, Dorman B. Eaton, John Jay, Josiah Quincy and other Civil Service Reformers participated in the proceed­ ings. WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS OF OHIO. The State Convention of the Woman Suffrag­ ists of Ohio was held at Columbus, Gideon T. Stewart, of Norwalk, presiding. The constitu­ tion and by-laws of 1869 were adopted, and a series of resolutions setting forth that suffrage follows taxation, and an invitation to co-opera­ tion by all, irrespective of party. It was decid­ ed to organize the State by counties and town­ ships, the same as the other parties. A letter was read from Lucy Stone, of Boston, giving the progress of the work in different States. GEORGIA REPUBLICANS. Two State Conventions of Georgia Republic­ ans were held at Atlanta. Both indorsed L. J. Gartrell for Governor. The Blaine faction nominated R. D. Locke for Congressman-at- Large; George S. Thomas for Attorney Gener­ al; R. R. Wight for Secretary of State; Wm. A. Pledger for Controller, and Gen. F. F. Pit­ ney for Treasurer. The opposing element or Arthur faction, placed the following ticket in the fieid : Congressman-at-Large, Gen. Jas. Longstreet; Secretary of State, William J. White; Attorney General, John D. Cunning­ ham ; Controller, Floyd Snellson; Treasurer, W. F„ Bowen. Jwo of the candidates on eaoh ticket sre colored politicians of prominence in Georgia. OHIO PROHIBITIONISTS. A State Convention of the friends of prohibi­ tion convened at Colugibus, Ohio. The attend­ ance was unusually large. The following ticket \vas nominated: Secretary of State, Ferdinand Schumacher, of Akron ; Supreme Judge, John Rosenborrough, of Fulton county; member of Board of Public Works, Carmi Alderman, of Lawrence county. The following resolutions were adopted; That the manufacture and sale of liquor is a crime : demanding total prohibition and denouncing as wrong any license or taxation; that the policy of taxation k a perversion of the prin­ ciples of our Government; repeating and re­ affirming the principles of the party; prohibi­ tion of gambling in every form ; prohibition of all speculation; prohibition of class leg­ islation and prison contract labor; pro­ hibition of star-route swindles; de­ manding a reduction of salaries; asking frequent investigation of Government affairs ; opposing adopting candidates from other parties ; favoring woman suffrage; ap- prqyog the Woman's State Temperance Union; congratulating the people of Iowa on the adoption of the prohibition amendment ; ap­ proving the Smith law as a step in the right direction, and promising to assist its enforce­ ment BETAIL LIQUOR TRADE. A CenMM of the Saloons of the Country* Every place where liquor ia sold must have a federal license. The United States Internal Revenue Department makes tnis return of the retail liquor trade, showing the number of saloons in each State and their proportion to popu­ lation: .. * !>EAI*fCR8 IK II 1881* R et ai l D ta le ra ... 13 ̂f sc. g : «• ^ S1 I2 Alabama 2,076 01 608 Arizona • ••• 787 53 SI Arkansas........"..... -# 1,437 82 , 558 California,. ".... , ̂ 8,658 270 99 Colorado...'; • •• ««• 2,634 7» 76 Connecticut • .. 2,653 x 635 44 235 Drtttota ;... •%< 2,653 x 635 16 252 Delaware*. a a aV' SW9 IT 229 Florida..,, v 48> 7 653 Georgia 2,517 . 64 .*612 I d a h o . . . w . . . • •« »• • • 415 14 76 Illinois 21,524 251 . 267 Indiana... # • •• 5,19tt 7ft 380 Iowa *• • • 4,313 50 377 Kansas » • a • 23 897 Kentucky* .......j,... M «••• 3,7CU 183 438 jUonieiana i.. k . a ... 4,687 160 2U0 Mitfne....'. ... 82-1 1« T91 Maryland i,83C' 166 293 MasKacltUeetts • .. 7,279 198 245 Michigan. ^ • a • • 4,637 43 360 Miutieaota Mi^siBtil»pl ».*» 2,510 86 311 Miutieaota Mi^siBtil»pl 1,729 36 634 JliHHOuri..,. ,., PP • ••• 6,430 :oi 337 Moiitana. • « . a 765 80 5i Nebraska ... t*29 IB 487 N e v a d a . . . . . . . . . . V • •• • • • 955 16 65 New Hampshire 922 8 376 New Jersey # t • • • • 1 • 6,325 60 179 New Mexico..... • • • 1,233 49 98 New York 26,440 701 192 North Carolina....w., .... 1,975 21 708 Ohio ...v.. 14,336 820 225 Ocfgon PeniiBylTOtl* - 1,025 16,292 20 13 170 263 Rhode Island.......t. ( • • • 1,397 20 13 296 Bouth Carolina....... 1,085 2,956 23 010 Teimessee • m a • • 1,085 2,956 t» 622 Texas. • ••• 1,901 77 549 tJtab. • •• 887 9 372 Vermont...... 400 1 812 Virginia, 2,507 45 693 Washington ! ,*... • •• • •a. 325 12 231 Weet Virginia 757 11 817 WidconBin t# • •• 4,986 69 864 Wyoming .%. • C. ... »;.v 243 8 80 T<tfal. !' *• ... 170,100 4,021 17,357 Speak Gently. A yousg lady went out for a walk but forgot to take her purse with her. Pres­ ently she mefc-a little girl with a basket on her arm. needle-books, etc. "I am sorry I can't buy anything to­ day," said the young lady- "I haven't any money with me. Your things look very pretty." She stopped a moment and spoke a few kind words t» the girl, and then as she passed, she said again, "I am sorry I can't buv anything from you to-day." "O, miss/'said the little girl, "you've done me jost as much good as if you had. Most persons that I meet say, "Get away with you! bus you have spoken kindly to me and I feel a heap better." , . „ That was "considering the poor." How little it costs to speak kind worda, and how much they are worth. If we have nothing else to give let us at least give love ana syapathy. The wheels of a carriage once pre­ sented to President Pierce by Boston politicians now adorn a watering cart in Mew Hani|wht«fc v , - A Tlglt T® WhitUer. The house is a fair, well-built piazza on three- roadway but. id very charm- n room is es-- home--bright. residence, with a wide sides of it, olo«e to overlooking** 4a ing lawn. The sentialhr the anti „ cheerful and i#trf pbtty things, that, have doubtless t>een made by pretty hands. A piano stands in one corner by* the open fireplace^ and I could imagine- Mr. Wliittier pensively listening to tba good music which somebody plays for* him, as there is a quantity of it lying at hand near the fine instrument, by the* best composers. Mr. Wliittier is tall, erect and somewhat diffident, as bach­ elors of his age are apt to be. His greet­ ing is cordial, apd his fine brown eyes- say "Welcome" before hia lips utter the gracious words. Our conversation drift t-d into a topic common at the time--the* deaths of Mr. Longfellow and Mr. Em­ erson, both close Mends of tie Quaker poet, and both of whom he eulogized ini his peculiar way. Naturally our talk, parsed on to the mention of the other World, and the nearness t&any persons- experience of their dear ones who have- entered its rest. "I have never felt the influence you describe," said Mr. Wliit­ tier; "no one who has^ pasaeil away seems near to me now. Life is such a-- mystery, that I do not ask to penetrate> the secrets of eternity--but I can imag­ ine that you and others are conscious ot the unseen presence of those whom yoit loved and lost," « r "And who ate eternally happy," i ; added.'- • .* . " * 'Well, I am not certain about that, he continued with an expression of abstrac­ tion--"I believe, that we may have- troubles there, as well as here--if not the contrast would not be so Bweet. The difference will be that, -we shall be- better enabled to bear them. Heavfin is a place of harmonv--everything will be harmonized there. . "Then you do not admire a state of: complete bliss?" ' "No, why should I, any more than I; like olams at high tide"--and slter join- ing me in a moment of merriifte^it, he> said: "We all have times of exquisite enjoy*- ment; the more beautiful because bo fleetiqg, and it is for the contrasts in life* of pain and pleasure, that such experi­ ences are prized." Turning auddeniy- he asked: "When are you the happiest?" "You will laugh, Mr. Whittier^Jbut ifc is when I hear the first note of a tybiniik. the early spring- time." i' "No, I shall not laugh, for I under­ stand that pleasure too. Then I described 1 the meadows of Central Park--which he r6aid vfas alt news to him--and he had'not supposed, anyone would go there to hear a robin's- song. A merrv twinkle came in his. eyes as he add*ed: "I like Beston Coijamon bjfcatise they hung some Quakers there opce upon a>- time." He remarked that he is seVenty-flve years of age, ahd "poetical feffusions- could not be expected frohi such an old- man." But he seems in very tolerable health, and his poetic temperament is still enkindled sometimes. In vivid contrast to this gentle, sweet- tempered, genial old man, is thei viva­ cious, handsome and gifted author, Mr. J. T. Trowbridge, whose "Vagabonds"* has been the delighfc of so many public-, and private recitations,' Mr. Trowbridge resides at Arlington, also about twenty miles from Boston, in a pretty, cheerful cottage, surrounded by alawn that slopes' down to a little lake. He is a brilliant, conversationalist, keen at repartee, and full of anecdote. His story of Horace Greeley's absent-mindedness at a tea party is too good to be lost.. A cake basket being passed to that gentleman, on such a convivial occasion, he hooked, it on one of his fore-fingers and con­ sumed its entire contents. Colonel Higginson, one of Boston's brightest "lights," resides at Cambridge* It was- he who wrote--as you will remember---- •The Procession of Flowers" and "Mai- bone House." He is weathly9 but &> great worker. He is also very handsome, having remarkably fine curling gray hair which surrounds and softens his florid face. He went to New York at the time of Dr. Holland's funeral, and sat dose to the coffin of his dear friend and brother author, paying this most com­ mendable respect to his memory and1, genius.. - ----y " r- m~ The Wtfrfc of *n Ediftftr. The duties of the gent^ne "jyed-in- the-wool, simon-pure editor are multi­ farious and multitudinous. His work is not only to "do a little • writing," as- is sometimes supposed, but to cull, to> glean, to select, to discriminate, to- decide, to forsee, to observe, to grasp, to- explain, to elucidate, to inflate, to boil down, "to be, to do and to suffer," and several hundred'other verbs* , with a-* large number of districts yet "to hear from. y » , The first eoin znadain the Philadelphia^ mint was the copper «ent^ madelnl763^ The first silver dollar wsas made in 1794,. and the first gold eagle in 1765. THE MARKETS; TT», I .J\ H NSW YORK. > 4 8 5 0 8 S & 8 40 « 8 60- X 13 1--8u?>erfine... A. S ST & 4*40> r-- No. 2 Spring......«.1 1 12 Bksvks .. Hogs. Cottoh Fm>U: Wheat--No. 2 Spring No. 2 Red. ,.'...112 @118 Corn--Ungraded.... ,-vk,... 84 @ 8T Oats--Mixed Wettern. ,,1... 63 fitt Pobx--Mesa „....H00 @21 7IV- Labd. W3«i CHICAGO. V Bekvm--Choice Graded Steers...... 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