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'tfa ILLINOIS. %n NEWS UONDENSEDi PATRICK TTJJA* (the "No. 1 of the Irish invincible*) is new living fat Hew fork, •0*4 bis MAN? pkKMilBAo longer a matter «(Mcrtcy. Gen. Roger A. Pryor. the we'I- known lawyer the ottier day wrote to F. F. Mar bury, counsa! for the British Govern­ ment, sayt g I am instructed bv Mr. Tvnan to Inform whomsoever it mav con oernthatlf he has not obtruded himself upon the public notics neither has he been hiding, and that on an in imation of the un- <derrfgned he will promptly present biirself to the Marshal to do and abide bv whatever the law* or the United States may require of him." Mr. Martarv replied: "I certainty have received no instruc­ tions to take proceeding* for Ills arrest, frwrt ao warrant therefor ha been applied for to produce Mr. Tynan whenever he is called tor. I beg leave to state thst, if oc­ casion shoald arise, I will farther communi­ cate with you." In the funeral oration <ever the remains of Bishop Peck, at Syra­ cuse, Bishop Stepson paid tribute to his kindness of heart. Us magnetic influence as a preacher, and to Ms sonnd theology. Syracuse University gets the dead prelate's* fortune Freddie Gebhardt was slapped in the face in Delmonlco's restaurant. New York citv, by Mr. William Sanford, because Gebhardt had given him the lie direct. •Gebhardt went away with a threat that Sanford would hesr from him again-- Fire destroyed the Pennsylvania Kallroad Company's cabinet, upholstery and paint chops, situated between Jersey City and Newark, together with some rolling-stock, the total loss amounting to $412,000 Forest fires in the vicinity of Groton, Vt, destroyed property worth at least #160,000, besides burnin _• over large tracts of un­ cleared timber lands Jesse Oakley ft Ca, soap manufacturers, of New York, have failed, with 9214*406 of preferences. THE life of the Hon. W. D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, is said to be in danger from cancer of the jaw, and his affliction is simi­ lar to that of the late Senator Ben Hill, of Georgia. Not long ago a tumor was remov­ ed from Mr. Kelley's month, and it was sup­ posed that he would have no more trouble, but ser ous d velopmenta hare followed which cause alarm. THADDECS DAYIM & Co., of New York, ink manufacturers, have assigned, giving preferences for #33,793. The embar­ rassment was can'std by the irregular practices of George W. Davids, who recent! y committed suicide Ten hundred and •bcty steerage passengers arrived at Bos on lart'week fioin Ire laud, most of them te ng "assisted" emigrants, Arbuckle, the famous cornet-p.ayer, died last week in Brooklyn, N. Y. AT Denver, Col., the trial of William R Bush, ex-Senator Tabor's partner in the Windsor Hotel, and until recently manager of the Tabor Opera-House, on the charge of having embezzled #~,000 Mm the opera- house while manager, lesulted in a verdict of acquittal after five minutes absence of the jury. The suit was brought by Mr. Ta­ bor as the result of a quarrel between him­ self and Bush, growing out of the refusal of Mrs Bush to associate with the new Mrs. Tabor, and has excited in Denver a great deal of feeling again-t Mr. Tabor, it being the general impression that the prosecution was uutfdous and groundless. So nigh has the feel­ ing ran that the Denver club, the most promi­ nent organi'ation of the kind in the city, has expelled Mr. Tabor from its member­ ship. adopting- at the same t;me a resolution to the efiect that the expulsion is due to the fact that he married a woman with wbom members of their families could not asso­ ciate, and that the object of the c.uo was therebv set aside Whi:ewood river, run­ ning through Deadwood City, overflowed its banks. That portion of the town up the gulch was badly wrecked by the rushing waters. Several bridges weie washed away, and serious damage to other property. Four lives were lo-t Crook City Buffered severely. The property lots is estimated at $5uo,0bb. ... .The explosion of a boiler in the Wolver­ ine paper-mlil at Detroit, wrecked the build­ ing--a fine new one--ana killed the engineer and fireman. Tbt damage to the mill will tto#0Q,tQOL Wrslleetta* _.. dealer it' Wfiwingtaa, Delthas talked for ixoMoa AseateiMthoafSMMi J. C CLAUSSKN & Co.*8 steam bakery and oandy manufactory, ChsghaKon, & C, vnchbuog; Va, region May. POUTKUUK TH* Prohibitory Liquor amendment to the Pennsylvania constitution was defeat­ ed in the Sui« Senuie, uy • vuio u£ 21 ye«s to 18 nays--less than a constitutional major­ ity. WALTER EVANS, of Louisville, Ky., has been appointed fey President Arthur as Commissioner of Internal Revenue, vice Green B. Baum, resigned. Mr. Evans is a lawyer bv profession, served in the Federal army daring the rebellion, has hssn a mem­ ber of both branches of the Kentucky Legis­ lature, and received the Republican nomina­ tion for Governor of the State four years ago. He was one ol the 3D<i Stalwarts who stood by Grant in the Chicago Convention. THE appointment of Walter Evans, of Louisville, to be Commissioner ef Internal Revenue is regarded at Washington as an in­ dication of the President's intention to con­ trol the Kentucky de'egatu a in the next National Republican Convention in his own interest or in the interest of the per.-on he may desire to succeed him in the Presiden­ tial office Prohibitionists, of New Jersey have held a State Convention and nomi­ nated Dr. Isaac M Quimby, of Jersey City, for Governor: THE Ken tack; Republican Conven­ tion met at Lexington. Walter Bvans, the newly-appointed Commissioner of Internal Revenue, was chosen permanent Chairman. The platform declares in favor of a tariff for revenue only, urges the need of in­ creased free schools and a compulsory- education law, expresses sympathy with the people of Ireland in their efforts to obta n independence, advocates the abol tion of all taxes on the production or manufacture of tobacco, condemns the Democratic administra' ion of State affairs, commends President Arthur's policy, and in­ dorses the selection of Mr. Evans for the Commissionership of Internal Revenue Thomas Z. Morrow, of Pulaski county, was nominated for Governor on the sixth Dal lot GEN. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAX lias been discussing politics with a Texas news­ paper reporter. In his opinon the Demo­ cratic party should declare for a tariff for revenue only. Among the possible Presi­ dential candidates he mentions Gen Han­ cock and Senator Bayard. Tilden, Butler and Dana he regards as unavailable WASHINGTON. INVESTIGATION at the United States Land Office at Denver, CoL, has disclosed extensive fraudulent entries, principally of land! valuable for water privileges and grazing purposes. The Secretary of the Interior has recommended to the Depart­ ment of Justice that criminal proceedings be brought against the persons implicated. ATTORNEY GENERAL BREWSTER has rendered an official decision which, it is sa.d, will cost the Government #3,000,030. He holds, in an opinion given to the Secre­ tary of the Treasury, that, under the pro­ visions of the act of March 3, 1883, no tax can be collected on the capital and deposits of National banks since the 1st day of last January, and no tax on the capital and do- posits of State banks or private banks since the 1st of last December. This decis­ ion sustains the position of Comp- troller Knox and overrules that taken by the Internal Revenue Bureau.... The President left Washington for New York on the 2Sd of May. accompanied by Secre­ tory Folger. Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. handler, the Postmaster General and Mrs. Gresham, the Attorney General and Mra Brewster. They were present at the cere­ monies incident to the opening of the East river bridge THE National Board of Health has been defeated in its attempt to obtain con- | tool of the epidemic fund ol #100,000, the Secretary of the Treasury having decided that the Surgeon General of the Marine Hos­ pital service shall have charge of disburse­ ments from the fund. OKKERUI THE priests in Canada ii * M 1 "T ' I-- ;g"v P.- ahouts of ex-Judge Che-ter H. Krum, for­ merly United States District Attorney there and who attained prominence some years ago M counsel for the whi-ky ring in' that city. He left St. Louis. Ay ril SJp, ostensibly to try a suit in Chicago, and although he has Important law cases pending in the St. Louis eourts be I ent no explanation of Lis contin­ ued absence IN the fight between Gov. Tabor and fell late partner, Bosh, the latter goes into •sort at Denver with a series of counter claims against the thirty-day Senator, of Which the following are a few: Seventy- flve thousand dollars for malicious prosecu­ tion; #13,l0j commissions unpaid for man- Hint the opera-houses in Denver and Lead ville; #1»,0)J for special services-, as per agreement, in aiding Tabor's election to the United States Senate, and in procuring • divorce from his wife, and bring­ ing about his marriage with Mian MoCourt. Bush's answer is a volum­ inous and highly sensational document Kerr, the absconding bank clerk from Chi­ cago, recently arrested in Peru, is being taken around the Cape on board the United States steamer Essex, to avoid the compli­ cations that would arise from the absence of an extradition treaty with Colombia should he be liken across the isthmus. OVEE 5,000 people witnessed the opening of the great Railroad Exposition a# Chicago. Mayor Harrison welcomed the visitors, and Hon. £. B. Washburne and others made speeches The mam bu li- tag of the Exposition is given up to the smaller machinery on exhibi­ tion, while the south part of the building is devoted to electric lighting apparatus and such other parapherna.ia as •witches, signals and blocks. An electric railroad train of two coaches enciicles the building, carrying forty passengers each trip. The north part of the annex contains the products of mi Is and foundries, in the to affiliate all the Iriuh societies in the Do­ minion with the new League formed at Phil­ adelphia They threaten the terrors of church discipline to their congregations, and urge that as Canadians and loyal British subjects the Irish people there should not join a quasi-treasonable organization. The people resent the dictation, and it now looks as though a l>it:er s niggle between clergy and people is unavoidable. THE Baptist National Convention at Saratoga settled the Bible Society contro­ versy by the adoption of a resolution, by a vote of 387 to 30, that the foreign bible work be done through the Missionary Union of Boston, r.nd the bible work in the United States through the Publication Society of Philadelphia, and re jue^ting the Foreign Bible Society to retire from the held. A DECISION of the Second Auditor of the Treasury that the acceptance of posi­ tions in the civil service deprives persons on the retired list of the army cf the latter honor and the accompanying emoluments affects Gen. Daniel E. bickles equally with CoL Badeau, whose case invoked the ruling. Gen. Sickles has been drawing $4,C0i) a year as Brigadier General on the retired list since 1836, including- the time he served as Minister to Spain Illinois, Indiana and Icwa report tevere irosts on the nights of Mav 21 and 22, injur­ ing small fruit to s me extent and tericus'y damaging vegetables Heavy ran? and floods created havoc in section* of New York 8nd Ohio, while the unusual cold in the South, it is feared, affected the cotton plants THE question of instrumental music in churches was the issue in the election of Moderator of the United Presbyterian (Scotch) General Assembly at Pittsburg. The party favoring the utilization of machinery in the services of the church carried the day, electing their candidate by a vote of 139 to 70 The Captain and first mate of the fcato Ma wmoed ^..isartolpeptttapg matem ifltiunuft » applied to the for its support nessary oonces- _ _ and QsUlard, who had been te- SSOSJS^St eSMPjE «« won by Auctioneer A secret society with 800 members has been gisooveiedat Aorea, Bpain. llrirty-fonr members have bees aaxsatp4t...A -vrarn; reception w»e tendered to AnMithop Croke on his return to Dublin from Rome It is antiounoed that the marines who have been assisting the police la Ireland are to be withdrawn IN the British House of Commons, Secretary Trevelyan, on behalf of the Gov­ ernment, stated that Messrs. Davltt, Healy and Qainn oould obtain their liberty at any moment by signifying their willingness to comply with the law. At a meeting of the ParneUite members, Mr. John Mc­ Carthy, member from Longford, who pre­ sided, said it was the duty of Irishmen to contribute to the Parnell testimonial fapd. Mr. Biggar and other speakers condemned the Papal circular, but aid not go so far as Congressman Finnerty In recommending the "bc^ cgbUng" of the Head of the ChjiroE ""i-l • : . , •" : « ADDITIONAL NEWS. \ | ' NEAR Lakeville, on the California shore, the steamer Pilot, hound north from San F; ancisoo, b!ew up. Fifteen persons were killed or drowned, and seven are wounded. The explosion sent some of the victims flying- fiom the boat and landed them on shore, where the fall caused death or broken limbs The nitro-glycerine fac­ tory- of the lloberts Torpedo Company, north of Bav Citv, Mifch., expioded the other day, smashing the build.rig to splinters, and tear­ ing Joseph Shambuig, the only man about the place, to pieces THE business failures throughout the country, as reported to the mercantile agency of R. G. Dun & Ca, during the week ending May £5, numbered 158 as compared with I'll for prev.ous week, a reduction of ly. New England states had 17; Western, 41; So uthern, :>7; Middle, 28; Pacific States and Territories, 13; - New Yoik city. 7; Canada, 15 News comes fiom Mexico, bv way of Tombstone, ? rizuna, that Gen. ('rook had an engagement with a large nody of Indians near Ouaca- n vpe in the Sierra Madres. Croik had sent forward a portion of the San Carlos scouts, who were surprised by the hostiles and driven back to the main body. A general advance was then ma le by the entire force, diiviug thi hostiles fiom their intrenched position, ki ling thirty, The remainder broke and tied. Crook immediately took the trail and started in pursuit. AT a meeting in Cork, the Mayor pre­ siding, £250 was subscribed for the Parnell fund, and the Philadelphia Convention was thanked for the support of the national leader AtRosloff, Russia, a Jew killed a native, when the Russians retaliated by burning and robbing several Jewish shops. The riots lasted during the night, three companies of Cossacks being unable to suppress the disorders.... The loth and lltu of next November will be observed in Germany, in accordance with a royal decree, as the four hundredth anni­ versary of the birth of Martin Luther M. Edouaid Laboulaye, the weil-known French jurist and newspaper writer is dead in Paris. THE South had four hangings--three of them in Arkansas--on Friday, May 25, Joseph Young (colored) who was hanged at R'chmond, Ark., for outraging Mra Annas, a white woman, last November. He con­ fessed, and said he died in the hopes of. for- flveness beyond the grave A large orce of armed men surrounded the scaffold to prevent a rescue by the negroes.... Leander Coleman (colored) was hanged at Baton Rouge, La , for the murder of John Cray last winter. The execution was pub­ lic. * A large crowd was present, mostly negroes....John Taylor was executed at Clarendon, Ark, in the presence of a large crowd, lor the murd, r of Col. Ilges, in I8J1O. He met his do xn bravely, and gave good advice to the i.Rsembled thoueiarids Jack Hinlon was hinged at Helena, Ark., for murder. A large crowd witnessed the of lynching a murderer, but were repulsed, though the Sheriff and several others were wounded. Gov. PATTISON, of Pensylvauia, ve­ toed the bill giving pensions to veterans of the Mexican war and to the widows of sol­ diers and sailors engaged in that conflict The Houce sustained the veto A liich- inond (Va) dispatch says: Returns from the county elections show that Mahone has lost largely in some of his strongholds. Mahone's native county. Southampton, has gone against him, and Nansemond, which gave his Lieutenant, Cross, 1,000 majority last year, has given a Democratic majority of .r,0J. THE total value of imports of mer­ chandise for twelve months ended April 30, 1883, were #733,177,431; for the year ended April 30, 1K82, S70S,(>J4,427; increase $"25,153,- 004; value of exports of merchandise for the year ended April 30, 1883, #S11,041,354; for the preceding year, #777,875,781; increase, #33,t(i.\o73. As SOON as a young man and young woman are engaged in Norway, no mat­ ter in what rank of life, betrothal rings are exchanged. The rings are worn ever afterward by the men as well as by the women. The consequence is that one can always tell a married, or at least an engaged, man in Norway. way of rails, boiler plates, etc. Among the I ^•merican steamer Tropic, which carried a curiosities are the o d Stephenson engine, the work of the inventor, and the Arabian •ft 1, the first engine to d^ any service in the country. THE verdict in a slander suit, just dosed at Cincinnati, hinged in a curious way upon a question of parentage A young My, who was a foundling twentv-two years sgo, became possessed of the "belief that she was the daughter of a Mr. and M s Clement L. English, and claims to have nad confirm;tion of this belief from Mra En- Hsh. M •. Eng • sh denounced the young woman as a blackmailer, whereupon she brought suit against him ior slander. The jury awarded her 92,rm damage* In the Union depot at Cleveland the atten­ tion of Alexander Granger, money-carrier of the United States Express Company, was diverted by a call from an unknown person, and when he returned to his buggy in a few seconds, afterendeavoring to determine Whence the call proceeded, he found that two pouches containing #1.\UU0 had been taken from his rig, and had been re­ placed with two filled with paper. There no clew to the thieves . THE more solitary, the more friend­ less, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect and rely upon my­ self.--Charlotte Bronte. ~TinTllABKB!L NEW YORK. Is gal. Chicago was visited by a #75,000 fire, which •wept away Louis Huck's malt-house, on Eighteenth and Canal streets, and a plaining- asill adjacent An immense disc-oven- of •Iver is re orted twenty-three miles south­ west of Prescott, Arizona, in Turkey Creek i i^uey The ore assays #20.i;0j to the ton. < IHX SOUTH. • THREE months ago Pierce Lanier, K., was murdered in Livingston parish, La His two sons.Guion and Pierce,suspected the brothers James and William Curlev as the •MSMOns. and in a short time slew tie form- STiJS ifeCurl?y and his brother-in-law Sobeit Morrison, lay in ambush for the Lanl ton, and in a fight which resulted the two HfOihers and William Cur.ey were killed. Lmm the soil of Tennessee should be <teeped in gore, the Chief of Police of Mem­ phis arrested Gen. James R. Chalmers, of ^^"oTSwic |-t£OCh8 in the RuS8 :^tImPeLllW8to?y-i^ 1 • . toundati°n by Runek; U88. the in? I rftre ™ h r>ut traduction of Christianity by St 1 Vladimir; 1407, the livzantine Dominion of the Grand Duke Ivan Vasslllvitch; 1721, the ! lmyeiisl msnifBito of Peter the Great OB ' Mississippi, and Col.Gallowav, of The Appeal Who were suspected of duelistic intentions' •ndthey were each put under #1,0j0 bonds SO keep the peace David Todd, son the Supreme Court Judge, and force of Haytian revolutionists from Inaqua to Miragoane in March, have been convicted in the Lnited States Court, at Philadelphia, of violating the Neutrality lawa VORElOIt FOLLOWING its usual custom, the British House of Commons, by a majority of more tban two to one, decided to adjourn over the "Derby Day." For many years an attempt has been msde on the eve of each recurring anniversary of the great sporting event, to induce the Home not to recognise it in this manner. The opposition is com­ posed of Nonconformist Radicals, some of whom look at the maftter from a moral stand­ point, while others object to the waste of a legislative day. But the Cockney holidav Frenh has the indorsement of all the Tories and many of the Whigs, and to l'ar it has with­ stood the onslaughts of its enemies. The Czar entered Moscow in great state on the and proceeded to the Kremlin, the firreetin£8 of the people along1 the route be- ing enthusiastic in the extreme. The ring­ ing of bells and booming of artillery gave the signal for the procession to start, and when it reached the gales of the Resurrection the imperial pair and the Grand Dukes alighted and prayed before a picture of the Virgin. The Emperor, dressed in a General's uni- form wore a calm demeanor, and smiled at the plaudits of the populace, while the Em­ press received fpecial marks of public favor. Longfellow's bust will be placed be­ tween the tombs of Ciiaucer and Drvden, in Westminster Abbey The rebels' in the Soudan are submitting to the authority of theKhedive. THE preliminary ceremonies prior to the coronation of the Czar, began at Mos­ cow on the 33d of May, with the benediction of the imperial banner, which is renewed on every accession to the throne. The banner was blessed in the presence of the Emperor by the Holy Synod It was in cloth of gold, six feet square, edged with deep bullion sur­ mounted with bands of silk, on which was embroidered the .# . 7.40 . 4.10 . 1.15 ,. 1.20 S.40 4.75 4.80 5.60 6.00 5.00 .44 Hoos FLOUR--Superfine | WHSAT--NO. l White No. 2 Bed CORN--NO. 2 OATS--NO. 2 PORK--Mass liAitn „ CHIC AGO.' Bum--Good to Faecv Steers. Cows and Heifers Medium to Fair Hoos.. FI^UB--Fancy White Winter Ex. ... Good to Choice Spr'g Ex. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring No. 2 Bed Winter COBN--NOL 2 OATS--NO. 2 LIYE--No 2 BARUJY--No. 2 UUTTEB--Choice Creamery Eo«s--Frenh POBK--Mess LAUD MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Ha 2..„ CORN--Na 2., OATS -NO. 2 RYE-NO. 2 BARLEY--No. 2 PORK--Mess LABD „ ST. LOU1B. WHEAT--Na 2 Bed CORN--Mixed OATS--Na 2 BYE. POBK--Mess. LARD „ CINCINNATI. WHEAT--Na 2 Red. CORN OATS RYE... PORE-- Mess.. LARD „ TOLEDO. WHEAT--Na 2 Bed CORK.... OATS--NAS " DETROIT. FtiOUB WHEAT--No. l White... COBN--No. 2. OATS--Mixed PORK--Meas... » INDIAifA^OUeC WHEAT--No. 2 Bed i,09 CORN--No. 2 *53 OATS--Mixed AI _ „ EAST LIBERTOA. CATTLE--Beet ' (.;« Fair :::::::::: a«« Common. (.in "***** • Mo #T.«0 ® 7.70 <3 4.60 @ 1.16 « 1.20H # .66(5 .02!£& .53 90.00 #20.25 .U&0 .12 4m. of .ZtovM&sttoi! The cyclone portions of ] of the mosl itations of tH|| Northwe-:! is visible troja i sonri, to ] over £00 aOea*jT every obleotfi ing up into, down again aft j their horrihhM this frightful their cour ~ ' again, for a waters of ' their wild * 0 6.65 & 5.50 & 6.50 (§ 7.60 & 6.15 <$ 5.50 1.0f»'2.<S 1.0994 1.111.11'it .5<>J6 .46 .62 ls .80 .21 .16 M .79 .19 .16 19.60 @19.75 .1 IK® .12 1.06 0 1.08!<i .56 & .Mt% .41 .4-2 MX® .60 •7o ni .ii 10.45 @19.70 41 K<3> .12 1.12 & |.I2^ Jtl lA<» .tel'j ' . 4 2 , 4 2 l a .69 20.^5 irt'20.50 .u 'iiata 1.18 # 1.14 M .56^ ^5 0 .46 '.<3 & .64 20.50 »@20.75 .11!* 1.14940 1.14% 42 & 43 4.39 0 4.50 1.12 & 1.14 JK & M .45 & M 20.6O ®2L0U # 1.0954 0 .54 d 42 0 6.65 9 6.50 )» 6.00 <& 7.06 of lift ttdProp- reo:ntly swept over [and Wi consln was on* tslve and danuNTtng vis- sver experieaoed in the of desolation and death iinery connty, in Mls- i Wisconsin, a distance of _ te storm seems to have consisted ofaM&ries of funnel-shaped clouds, that burs# vjf here and there, dart­ ing to tlMi%v*h, pulverising farm­ houses, sweeataff away trees, fences and " interposed, and then, sail- heaven*, only to pounce te other point and resume rk of destruction. Thus tanx of funnels pursued ling up and then down t of !W0 miles until the ihigan arrested them in The loss ef life inflicted by the awful Visitation numbers at least seventy, while hundreds of unfortunates have been mare or less severely Injured, many of them, |t ls feared, beyond the hope of recovery. '̂ The vagarlea and fcoent-icitiss of the cyclone defy enume ati n. Preserving one gene: a; conies Ijfbm northwest to southeast, it wobbled and twisted in every ccnoeivable way. It was no recpeeter of persons or property. Everything in its path was hurled violently to t&e earth cr carried away. Massive oak and stalwart hickory trees were as pipe-sbems before the terrible bJaitt and as ti x telegrai h poles and fence-rails, the windy monster plaved with them a* if they had been lucifer matches. Not sati fled with raining homes, it scattered their contents upon every hand. In one instance a tea-pot was landed in the boughs of a tree, where it was caught and held At anottiw place, piece* of a lady's necklace were found in a hedpe fence, un­ der careened stoves, and in various out-of- the wav places All of the wearing apparel of one himily was torn to shreds, so that it could not be worn. One man's vest was hlown several miles away, and a roll of money was blown out of one of the pockets and torn into small bits. In one case a farm was swept clean of cornstalks, which were im- beded in a hedge on the opposite side of the field. The cyclone took off the porch and chimney of a man's house, nothing else be­ ing injured. A piano was lifted up. carried half a mile, and dumped into the cellar of a house that had been blown away. Many miraculous escapes are reported. In San­ gamon county. 111., a farm laborer was prostrate# on the ground by the wind juHl as a house passed over him, failing'in the air like a balloon. Had he been standing up he would have been killed. In the iame vicinity a whole family was buried heneath the ruins of their dwelling, and all escaped Injury. A man was blown out ef h:s hou-e and landed in his orchard, several reds awav. The hou<e was wrecked. One man's housa sailed away in the air, and at last accounts he had not heard of it, although he had searched far and wide for his property. Peter Shaver, of Brown county. Ill, opened h- s door to see the makeup ol the storm, when the house was taken an# shaken to atoms. He found himself in the top of a cotton-wood tree, and his wife and tames were all scattered about and insensible* Luckily they all came to, scratched and fcraised, but with no bones broken. Those who describe this terrible storm- king, tell of a sudden hush, of the descent of ablack cloud with a heat fiery and whl e; of a glare of lightning and a roar of un­ chained elements. The rumb'e of the ap­ proaching storm was like the thunder of in- numbcrable wheels. The next instant it was over, leavjhg in its track ruined home­ steads and great fields, blasted as if by Hie. One man descQbes it as consisting of three clouds of smoke and fire, rushing along through the .*;alr with the smaller end of ifeto funnel near the earth. As tile! clouds drew nearer they seemed to unite. Then there was a deafen­ ing roar, resembling the passage of a hun­ dred railroad train*, only shriller, then there was a cra?h, another moment it was over. The faaMLxrf the air had tped on his wHere* efsei^Uo^^e^ina'n'p' cyclone the clouds assumed the appearance of a revolving sheet of fire. Tte spec a^'e was grand and yet horrible. At times it Feemed that immense balls of fij e were sept up, and these would i ursb,fil Ing the heavens wish tiame. At such times there was a cracking sound like the burning of an im­ mense toreet. The storm seems to have had its birth west of the Mississippi and just north of the Missouri river. It first made itself felt in Montgomery county, Mo., where it blew down a good many houses; killed four or five people, and maimed a dozen or so more. It thence crossed the Mississippi river into Madison county, III., passing four miles south of Alton. Houses, trees, fences and every­ thing in its path were razed to the ground or carried into the air. Eleven people were killed and upward of twenty wounded inf Madison county. In Jersey county a num­ ber of dwellings were demolished, three people killed and several severely injured. In Montgomery county a great many build­ ings were borne down by the fierce blast, and several fatalities occurred At Wood- boro a church and a school-house were blown down At a farm-house near there, saw-logs two feet in diameter were picked up and cairied away like featheia In Macoupin county the cyelone tore sev­ eral farm-houses to pieces George Baker's house, near Brushy Mound, was blown to atoms, and his wile and three chil­ dren killed. They weie blown into a tree and found dead. Two other chi:dren were badly injured. Eleven persons were in one house that wan demolished, and, strange to say. on'y one was klLed. Green county suf­ fered severely. I'arm houses, barns, fences and fruit trees were leveled to the ground. Turee people were killed and about a dozen badly hurt. A number of farm-houses were wholly or partally wrecked In,. Christian coantv, and several persons in­ jured, tnou<> li no fata'lties are reported It was in Morgan coun y, however, that the hurricane wan more sev rely felt, both in regard to IOBS of life and damage to prope-- ty, than at anv ot'.icr point, in Illinois i wo funnel-sh i) ed cyclone -s passed almost sim­ ultaneously with n a few miles of Jackson­ ville, one north and one souib of the town, and both traveled irom a southwesterly to a northeasterly direction. One of the funnels struck the village of Llterbuig, ion ainlng about 103 inhabitants, ar.d wrecked nearly every building in the town. Seven people were killed and about tiiirty injured, some of them so badly that they will hardly recover. A good many farm­ houses in the vicinity were wrecked and several persons wounded. The other funnel swept over a section known as Greasy Prairie, and did nearly ai much damage as the first Fourteen farm-houses were de­ molished, six peoi>ie killed and a large num­ ber injured. In Mason county several farm­ houses were blown down, two persons killed and others injured. Hail fell in freat chunks that ki led live stock. The urricane was very damaging In Brown county. Dwellings and barns without num­ ber went down, manv people were in­ jured, a few of whom wiif piobub'y not re­ cover. De Witt county also suffered severe­ ly. About fifty farm-houses were wrecked in the county,"fiv ; people were k lled and about twenty injured, eome of them very se­ verely. Macon county was likewise a severa suiierer by ths terrible vixitai.t Farm­ houses, barns, fences and trees were swept away like feathers Four people werekilled and more than a dozen cr ppied. In Lopan county sayerai farm dwellings cnl outnouees were torn to p eces, throe people ki'led nnd qu to a number injured. In Menaid county ao^ut a dizen dwellings were, wrecked and a child was killed. In Sangamon county a great number of houses were blown down, three lives were lost, and several persons received 1 juries m >re o* less severe. In Sullivan and Champaign counties the tornado did considerable dam­ age to property, but no 4ves were lost In Livingston county one woman was killed, four or live persons were injured, and much damage to property was inflicted The cyclone seems to have paused here in its terrible work, and is not heard of again until Mo- Henry and Boone counties*, in the extreme northern part of Illinois, ar<> reached. Here it bobbed down to the earth again, and re­ sumed its fantastic tricks with increased fury. In Boone county several houses were •wept down, two men were killed, and con­ siderable live stock was lo-"t. In McHenry •ounty the damage was still greater. Be­ tween thirty ancT forty farm-houses ware is next it Mew d< It ji _ heard cf at down several houees and Tbenoe it paaaed between Geneva Junetion and GenenTUike.doiav Btttedmsge. how­ ever. It< next week was In the vkSnlty of Union Grove, where ttdemol shed churches. rohooL-hoaces, dwellings and bams, killed four persons and wounded seven efirktk In this region at least four separate and entirely uuiinoi funnels were seen within a iwiiu-! of three or four milea Thev seemed to unite, and thus strengthened! the storm demon shaped Ms course for the ill-fated city of Badne, where it resumed its terrible work of death and devastation. The first reports of the tornado's work at Bacine exaggerated the casualties, but the damage to property was neater than the first ac­ counts indicated. Only eight people were killed outright, but the injured number ninety-nine. Many of thete sr« hor ibly maimed and some of them will never recover, while others will be cripples for . lie. About thirty cf the injured were sent to the hospital for treatment The others were cared for In nitrate houses. About 2:0 people were made homeless by the cyclone at Ba- Ire. Prompt aetion was taken by the local authorities to relieve the BUE erings of the homeless. From Bacine the demon of destruction passed into Li ke Michigan, where It became dissipated and lost its power fcr further harm before reaching the eastern shoxfi REVENUE COLLECTORS. Reduction of the Internal-Revenue Dis­ trict*--Thlrty-llx Heads to Come OS [Washington Telegram.] Secretary Folger is meditaftng upon the proposed reduction of the internal-revenue districts. He will have*the unpleasant duty of decapitating the Collectors done by July 1. At any rate, he hopes so. He grows more sanguinary the more he thinks about t He thought first of leaving an even 100, then he fixed upon ninety-three, but now he has in contemplation a basket of th rty-six heads, which will leave but ninety. The saving to the Government, even under this process of decimation, will be comparatively small. It w.ll be about one-tenth of 1 per cent upon the amount of revenue collected last year, or say, at a lib­ eral estimate, $150,100. As an economic move therefore, it would rcarcely have been suggested An official of the department said 10-day that the saving would not amount to much, in fact, but the reduction had to be made in obedience to a clamor. Wherever a $ '̂,5 JO collector is discharged, a #1,0(0 deputy would have to be appointed. In addition to this saving there would be a few hundred dollars difference in the rent paid It would be difficult to make a saving of $3,01,0 for each district abolished Sev­ eral Congressmen are already m the city to see about it Each has his particular Col­ lectors whom he thinks should be retained The Secretary holds, however, that no favors can be »-hown, that tbe reduction must be made entirely upon a business basis. ' Veer Bast mver;*'rr of tbv Homentead Entries* [Washington Telegram.] In a recent opinion the Commissioner of the General Land Office holds that in making proof upon pre-emption and homestead en­ tries witnesses must be persons entirely dis­ interested in the claim and cognizant of their own knowledge of the facts in the proof during the entire period of the alleged residence and cultivation. The fa:t that a homestead or pre-emption claimant can­ not furnish the necessary proof by his neighbor*, but has to depend upon his at.oiney and backer to make the same, casts suspicion upou the transactions, and tencs o show collusion in tho making of such proof. '1 hi} opinion was called forth by a letter from W. W. fcurke, of Huron, Takota, calling attention to the fact that in many instances homesteaders and pre-emptors in making proof have for wit­ nesses their attorney s, or parties from whom they i re borrowing mom y with which to perfect their claims, people who do not» re­ side near the land covered by the entry, but generally reside in towna Death of Lydia Pink ham. [Boston Telegram.] . PiMkham. whesa. £as**rra and or tne patent-medicine advertisements are familiar to every newspaper-reader in the country, died at Lynn of paralysis. She was of Quaker parentage, was born in Lynn in 181S1, and has lived there nearly all her life. She began the manufactui e of the' medicines w .ich liave made her fam< us some sixteen years ago from a reoipe left with her by a lady, and from ahumb e beginning her busi­ ness grew until it aggregated $100,010 a year. Her new paper advertising alone amounted to #180/ 00 a year. She possessed remarkable bu iness tact, piudence and energy, and was a Spliiiua'isb in religion- She leaves a hustand, one EOU and a daugh. ter. Tbe completion of the great snspenrion bridge over the Bast river, between New York and Brooklyn, has been looked forward tO "Wiyi* w ft" »•"»> Of iutcrSSi, f-"» country, and the formal ceremonies of open­ ing the structure to the public traffic were witnessed by an immense throng. The building of a bridge to connect the two cities was first suggested by Thomas McElrath, of the New York Tribune, nearly half a century a?o. but it was not seriously entertained, however, and nothing was done tben. In January, 18&7, Mr. John A. Roeb- hng, a Brooklyn engineer, acted on by the s.a eo( popular iee.ing. suggested the construction of a sus ension brxlge, to cost #2, Oj.oOj, wirh a roadway lO.i f.er, above highwater mark, that should be available both for vebio es and pedestrians, and on on which trains eh' i d ran troiu shore to shore a; shorj in.er/ai& This may be :all to have been th ; nrst definite proposition made. Three years later, in April, lgjQ, the sime gentleman ;t ted his views in the co.umus of tbe Architect*' and M«- ehani-H1 Journal. He then e< im.ited the o« S3 at 94,OOJ,OJ», ad the annual revenue deivable from a S-ce.it to.l, which tho-ild include the fare ove.- in the cars, at IL.UIO.OJO. 8.x years more elapsed, and then Mr. William C. King^ley, of Brooklyn who had taken up th ? project warmly, t.nd who was teo meed by Henry C. Murphy (sicca deceased) and Congress­ man Willi am E. Bobinstn, began to work ieul:>usly for the accomp is lment of wnat many coaside: e t an impossible design. A bul was int:oduc;ed inco Congress, em­ powering a company thut had been formed U build the bridge, und ic passed in March, 1»WL The work wai commen ed under the auspice* of the company, which, liice others, was at first a privat; coiportion But as ic progres- ed it became evident that its cost would largely exceed the estimate. Objec- t ons were al: o raised to s cii an undertak­ ing leing in the hands of tue compa iv. The result was that in 1875 a bill was pasted by the Legislature of this State, authorizing the cities of New York and iiiooklyn io buy out the: took, the forn:er to the extent of one- thiid and the la ter to that ot two-thirds Tnis ar angemenc was ta:r.ed into e .eut, and a Boaid of Tru tees w^s appointed by the Mayors of the two c.ties, under wnose di­ rection tae work hai been car. iect out Opera .ions were commenced on Jan. 8, lH'tv, ao that the work lias gene on for nenly thirteen years Lnd five month . Tae at pioaohes to the Lrldga are n^c \ e . com­ plete, bftt th?y are soon to be The total leng.h of tbe brutgs is5,V89 feat, the span betA-ten the two columns be:ng 1,5\'5 feej 6 inches Ion . . The summits of the towers that support the great struct me are 2.< feet above nkh water, and their foundations t-o down on the lUT.okl' n and New lork skies respect­ ively 15 and ,N feet The clea height of the b. dge above hiah water in the center is l.»5 feet, the grade of the roadway s feet ;n 1 U, and the width OI the bridge H> feeD. NO le38 than 14,3t.l miles of wire were u ed ior tLe cables, each single wiie be ng ; feet long. The e cables, which are fou in num­ ber, weigh ton». The ceremonies attending the opening of the great bridge were uuder the d rection of the Brooklyn autlior t es, and were of an imposing character. Business was general.y suspended in bo hci ies. President Arthur ana his Cabinet Minis', era and a large num­ ber of other dLs injrni hed persons graced the occasion with th: ir presence, and the parading of the crack ltcal military regi­ ments added eclat; *to the at! air. Gen. James Jourdan was Marshal of the day. At night there was a pyrotechnic display on the bridge, and the pub ic buildings of the two cities were illuminated. The completion ot this grand structure marks another decided advance in the con- s ruction of this cla s of bridges, as this i? the laig 'st of 1 s kind in the world, and probably in all material respects the most notable one. It certainly is the most re­ markable one in t ti; country, in regard to the 1. ngth of span and the amount of mate­ rial used in its construction. At the time of its construction the sus­ pension br.dge built by Roeoling afc Niagara was regarded, with respect to its slug'.e ITEMS OF INTEREST. THERE are forty-nine female physicfemslg Brooklyn, N. Y., of whom titteen are home- opuths. IN Hudson, Columbia county, N. Y., Is the largest apple orchard In the world--80,000 trees on .aa> acres. THE dressy A oung man, to be in tone now, ... mutt have a narrow stripe of braid down j flfiimiui 7UU feet the side of bis j antaloona IT i< estimated tbat the pawnbrokers of New York citv, collectively, ha^e i'u'ly #20,- 000,vOu of pledges in the'r possession. A YANKEE TYU • tormed a prairle-dcg town in the We t, and captured tbe animals for thtirskns. whioh, made into gloves, rival the tinest kid. •nan. it? elevation above the water, and tnsr daring Involved in its constracil m, as an additional wonder of the wo 14 Th s was in 18o5; and, however great may have been its prominence at that data, it has flnce become EO dwarfed by greater con3.ructions that it is now scarcely no.i'jeab e In I860 the briJge at lin- cinni.i was completed w.th a span of 1,(57 feat, or nearly ~00 feet more than the Niagara biidge, and it at once sup­ planted the latter as a work of art, in tbe matter of magnitude. Then Roebling built the upper bridge at Niazara, with a t pan of 1.250 ieet, some 40.) leet moje than the first Niagara; end then the C;n;:inniti structure fell back to sjcond place. And now Koeb- 1 ng has once more excelled hinise.f by con­ structing a bridge, with a sing e span cf 1,(KK) feet, ne: rly doub e that of his first work, and a third larger than the Cincinnati eflcrj. There is no suspension bridge in Europe that is at all comparable to anv of these, unlcrs it be to the tilst one built by Roeb­ ling at Niagara. The r; is one at l'i ibourg in Switzerland, whi-h has a sj an of <S7u fee:, some 5u more than the Niagara t-pan; and t >ere are three or four bridges of the kind in England which have spans of between - ^ --w * OF thirty-nine female students of medi­ cine attending the lectures of the Paris Fao> ulty ia t yei.r, eleven were English, Ave Anieiican and one Indian. EIGHT Massachrsetts rai ways having in the la«t year ca ried 41,4'i^v passengers and killed only eight, it is argued that It Is safer to ride than stay off the eaia TRAVEUKO costumes are NOTHING IF NO. silking and con picuous. Brown, olive green and mouse-colored cloth is tbe mat ter al, made Fuperfluo:?Rly tijrht-fitting, and the entire front of tbe jacket or Jersey basque covered with military braid. IN bridal presents something new are knives of hammered silver and coffee spoons of silver, with the edge of the bowi in a ragged condition from presumable antiquity. Very old la ;e collars, made last winter, axe in very high favor. AN Arkansas man. during the floods, killed fifty-seven deer within four days, merely for their hides, leaving the flesh to rot They weie driven in large numbers to the hills by the high water, sad oould be shot like cows in a barnyard. FASHIONS IN DRESS. 5%. • h J - Jsw Luoi puff crowns and plaited brims are features in some of the most beooming sprirur bonnets. TBE dressiest silk wraps are dolman visites and mantles of rich Ottoman silk, plain or brocadecL BROWN and dark, almost invisible, green are favorite colors for spring wraps when of woolen cloths. AN eccentric fancy is to cut the ends of all ribbon b >ws strings, and sashes into long forks or notchea MSBINOS are again in favor, and, combined with velvet, bid fair to rival cloth for dressy street costumes. THE new wraps, pelerines, scarfs, dolmans and visiles are a.i made bouffant v n the top of tbe shouideis CATS are tbe fashionable animals at pres­ ent, and cat-head and oat-paw ornaments are in high favor. THE ong nurse-apron front, with panniers above it iround the hips, is a favorite style for spring costumes. EMBBOIDEBED costumes of black cashmere will be still more dressy with trimmings of the new soutache laces. ONE of the loveliest dresses for midsum­ mer wear is of white veiling, closely dotted with fciik brocade dots. LABOE palm-leaf patterns appear in in­ volved design, covering the ent re surface cf cashmere broches of the finest quality THE new fraises and ruches for the neck are very wide and full, and are nearlv a yard long, so as to form a Jabot down thk front VENDETTA. Southern Feud Leads to the Slaying of Nine Persons.---- [Telegram from Baton Rouge, La.] News has been received here to the effect tba> Robert Moiri on. a brother-in-law of the Kirbys, was found dead In the woods yes­ terday near where the affray took place between the Lanier and Kirby par­ ties. In the first statement it was leported tbat not only were the two Laniers k lied, hut that the Coroner had found the body of Willi an Ki:bv where the Kirby party made the attack, th owing that the Laniers had i e- sisted tliem. The supposition is that * o-- rison was wounded in the light, and d. J while endeavoring to get home. Bamuol Lanier, aged l.-i, has no been heard irotn, and he is a eo supposed to have been shot down duiing the tight, and to have s nee died in the woods This is a family feud, which has caused the death of nine men already. There are t tire a members of the Lanier family, with o e b. other-ln-law re- ma n ng, of one faction, and one Morrison and two Kirbys of the other. PISCICULTURE What It Being Done at the ' Fish Hatcheries. National ["Washington Telegram. 1 Fi<-h-hat Thing is attracting a go~d ilea' cf attention at tho eld Armory Bji'd ng just new, 150,000 eg.;s being received daily fr. m tie Potomac Eti.Uor.s. C.;L McDcm.lJ, who is in charga of thj tUUrikut.'o'i o f f i s h , e x p e c t s t h e y i e l d < f i h s sea'oa to lie upwtrd of 00,000.(0) fli d- T. rje tar-loads a.e sen; awav every week. Tlio j roduction of young herring h is 1.. 1 -S Mm I *n<VO lirVi /> iu M IWashington TslsgmaJ _ few paaeei t»n realise that the time has oome to sneak respectfully of the Washington Monument The unsightlycolumn--aa 1*was for ao fsany years--which used to stand as a big stops stump between the Ionlo portioo of the Tiwunrr and the broad, ghtiering. shallows ef the Potomac, has, within the past two' years, risen, into a stateW ebefok, whoee marble sides gleam in the son--«simple and lmpoting chut, whi«dt will oae day be majes- tia The paragrapers, who are still loklng about it, are belLod tbe age, It Is now higher than any of the Egyptian pyramids, except that or Cheops un its companion pyramid, King Shafras; and when It is com­ pleted, it will be more than 100 feet higher than either of these, and will be not only the highest known structure to the worl<L hut, so it is said, the highest structure which is known to have ever been raised by the hand of man. The great spire of the Btraa- burg Cathedral runs up to the height of 468 feet; the height of the tower of the Cathe­ dral at Cologne Is put at 511 feet; 8t Peter's, from the pavement to the base of the lantern, is 448 feet, and tne Milan Ca- thedral Is 355 feet to the very top of the statue of the Madonna The Washington Monument Is now 840 feet above the Door of the shaft. When completed, as it will be bv December, lt-85, at the latest, It will be5f& feet high, or more than forty feet higher than the very tip of the slender p. nnacles at Cologne The comparison ls an awkward one, perhaps, but it has its uses neverthe­ less--a plain shaft is not to be compared, architecturally, with a cathedral or pyra­ mid; but it is of some Interest to remem­ ber that while the tower of the Cologne Ca­ thedral will probably taper into the sir with a very small diameter, tne Washington Mon­ ument at r.00 feet, or almoft exactly ihe same height, will show a width of thirty-live feet on ea -h of its four la. es. At the base each of these sides have a width of (ifty-flve feet. The engineering feat by which a new and enlarged foundation was inserted under a structure 150 feet high and weighing 71,500,. 000 pounds, as the inonumeno was when work was begun in 18?H, is one which can only be adequately described bv Co'. Casey, tho engineer in charge, and "he save that, though often urcred to do so, he shall not write a line upon the subject until the mon­ ument is completed Perhaps it will make the story more intelligible to go back a lit­ tle. Ti e plan of a monument to Washing­ ton in the city bearii g his name was, as many will remember,' formally approved by Congress in a r< solution parsed less than a fo.tnight after his death, and which le- quested that his family permit his body to be depcelted under it. Ti e monument wss to be erected by the United States, but noth­ ing was done. In lfvltf an associa­ tion of leading citizens here wes formed, which, having collec ed enough money by private subscription to begin worm, secured the site from Con­ gress in 1848 and laid the corner-stone on July 4 of that year. In the eight years fol- lowir g the shaft was carried to the height of 156 feet, where work was suspended for lack of funds, and no f-tone was laid on the shaft from that time until August 8, 1880, an iuterval of twenty-four years, during which the slavery agitation, the civil war and the convulsions growing out of it, united to distract tne public mind from a work peculiarly national and suggestive of peace and unity. But one of the great, reasons why the now of little subscriptions from all over the land was stopped, was the be­ lief, which became general, that the foundation was not strong enough. When Mr. Corcoran, Dr. John B. lilake and other citizens here, succeeded in inducing Congress to undertake the completion, which it did by a resolution in the Centeunial year constituting a joint commission, it was found that this belief was coirect The monument, whictf, as ! already fctated, showed a breadth of 55 feet on each of its faces at the base line, rested ; upon a foundation only 80 f efc square and '2ti feet deep, and poorly constructed at that, i Below this was the ground, of rather a yield- I ing nature If they had gone on hi aping stone upon the monument, the re­ sult would simply have been that the weight would have driven it downward like a nunch. It would probably have settled unevenly; and we should have had e.ther a new lesa- ing tower of Pisa, or perhaps no tower at all, which wxmld have furnished either way a fine paragraph for the newspaper correspond­ ents, but would not probably have been ot much benefit to any other class in the com." munity. [ Obviously, the foundation needed to be strengthened, and CoL Casey addr^ s ed him- self to a task which a good many eng neen would hu\ e prtfeired not to Undertake. Go ng down below t!ie foundation a ready built, he dug from under it ail around, leav­ ing a core of earth 44 feet square directiy under tLe center of the l'ot,nda on and monument; and the <1,5G0,000 pounds of weight stood cn this piilar of earth The new excavation was of a depth of i;> feet, and nr. de a cellar under the foundation 1^6 feet square. This was liiled with solia ma-- j sorry, except wh^re the core of earth stood, woich wa<< not removed. Then the sides oi the old lomditon above were torn down for a considerable di .tance under ti e wt l;e of the shaft, rebuilt of bett r materials, and sprta'l out further over ti.e new base below, thus dlstr.butlng tbe pre sire over a much larger area So, ins.ead of a foundation only f>0 feet square, that is, extending only lii1.^ feet beyond each of the j four faces, there is now a foundation lrfli feet 1 square, extending .'io feet beyond each face, and running IS feet deeper. A good many engineers have come* at ditferent times tc visit the monument and inspect this inter­ esting work. One of them looked at it s long time without saying anything. Then | he remarked quietly, '-Well, that's easy enough to do, but I don't know one engineet in a thousand who would want to try It" The result proves liow well the work has been done. Since the laying of stcne was io tewed 5W.S55 tons of stone have been add­ ed to the pile and. the settlement of the shaft due to this load has been jast one and a quarter Inches The settlement is so even that the greatest . variation in the sinking of the f >ur corners'is a differ­ ence of lo r hundretfcs of an inch te;«e3n th t SDUIhwest and northeast corne.s 'the o,her two have settled exactly alike, even to tie hundte^hpartof an Inch The total p e fcuie n nv ixrne by the bed of founla- iion is (-1,871 ten?, cr 12 jer csn^ cf the whole pres ure that will be placed i-pon .t The line at wLlch the work re; to i in isfiG can plainly be fee i, tbe old poruon of t'<ie monumm ten/ da ksr tud more v e I'her-beaten than the new. The t ow ra e at which con' ractors are able'.o de iver t. e marble regu at.es the j-rogro-w of ihe monume nt Ti.e mi new hioh Congr< ss bis a r alv appropriated, i.bout #8. 0,C0j i.i all, wi 1 suffice ti complete the shsfu and pyr- aniidion, as it is called, the pyramid wn.uh is to t p the shafu at the he ght. of 5 >J foet a d r.se for lifiy-tive feet, pait of it bei'n'Of ^.a«s, in order "io light the deep well of tae monument; tHE^COLOREDCONVtiflON, Card from Fred Douglas--Traitors wi Informers Denonnced. been enornious, and Mr. t'age, who charge of tte batching,« stln.a'.es tha tha vieid of the season will Le i()0,00.,OCO. C L McDonald is devoting a good share of t >o product of the season t > sacking the upj e: Potomac. Tlie ha.ch.ng a j I he ArmorV I t» full cperatim. all apparatus l)cinsr woikecl to the ful est capac.ty. It is expected tliaj t fnllv :.5,viw,oiO good hesh-aara ns- me Pit ce tlie auvs of M IF< from the Potomac this season. Ihe ia^eno-is of the sprirg put ba?k the work cons.deiu- bly. A recent Washington telegram eajrs that Fred Dorglas has come to the front in de­ fense of the proposed colored convention, of which he is the leading spirit In a pub­ lished card he denounces these colored m?n who oppose the convention in tbe following v igorous : anguage: "There are traitcr - and informers a:uo:.g all oppressed tnd unfortr i nate people Colored men are not an ex­ cept on to the rule. There ere those who are never doing anything for tbe xaoe themt elves, but are ready to t cream themselves hoarse in opposition wuen anyt hing is attemp: ed by ot^eri I |oi not at all xurprued when some of these for whom,! have lived and labcrad lift their TfOS quickest time on record made by a steamship from Florida to New Yorkwa* made a few d >ys ago by the steamer Cha:- tshooche in seventy-two h jura. THE fintl ccs a ioi cf the trans of <h» Ma suchusetts C> n.ial la lri ad, an ut «r v suj ertlnous enierpiise w h.oh has sunt •9 <0',(it0 in ri-i nil gaira k through so e b„... oldpa^uiesof Fassaehuse.ts hardlycreaioa L.g the motive, ef Le^er men than Ih iKr a ripple cn the kur.ace of an airs. selves.* *••• ̂ ™ fr t-uch 1 as I e3n the late < f all men eiin^sty enJc avoring to serve U e opj rested and un- lor u„ate, but this mnrmiiy of oppressed peop:e, jus: new conspicuous in the conduct of the opf on mts of thj jroposed Nbt.enal Conven'ion, will no: deter me. or tho: e as­ sociated with me, from going forwaid with the c: nveation iu« ue tion I can t ee at^ the bottom of this o,> pes.tion only groundless apprehension on tne part of tome of our friends, and every ambltfon and jealousv on the j art of most of the co.ored men who are lust i.ow.gaii;jhg a little notoriety by asssil- SX'.-'-'i' .. . *•