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TT.T.moiK! itHcnraniD. ** v t-- 4'T' \ Ax explosion .in the Excelsior Squib laetery, at Kingston, Pa., wrecked the bulld- 1W,U4 alae children employed there were » - 'lioir* in every direction with the flying An of the children, whose ages MMge from 11 to 16 years, were shockingly awvM. Five of them were burned to a "L\ Wtop, Mid the •thers received such serious in- Juries as to render their recovery doubtful - v . William P. Copeland, one of the well-known IfHfcntt of Newspaper row, Washington, •!" '.living been a popular correspondent for » MOf years, died at Philadelphia--At the National horse-show in New York an engine company harnessed Its team and made ready fortlte in 8H seconds. "'R" SBCRET-SEBVICE officers in a raid on a 4 "• Smintcrfctting den in the mountains of Ver­ mont discovered the existence of an oath- bound conspiracy of crime with all the para­ phernalia of signs, passwords, mystic *>o-* Ords and blood-curdling oaths of secrecy. IN the village of Lakeville, near Hartford, Ct., a llfe-«f*ed figure of Christ is , ' nutened upon a crucifix at a street corner. Merchants who petitioned for its removal fii have been boycotted by the Catholics, and now the Protestaut ladies propose to retaliate securing colored servants from the South. •'vJ" ... .The New England coast has been visited . / hjy the fiercest northeast gale experienced ¥*: for years. Great damage to shipping re­ sulted, and some loss of life is reported.... fbe Sheriff closed the ciothinghouseof Stern, Trautman & Co., at Philadelphia. The liabil- " Hies are placed at $150,000 A numlipr of Suits have been begun in New York against -•« the Northern Pacific Railway company usk- :v,t_ Jng the injunction of the court against an in- ' ,. • eue by the company of second-mortgage -tends. PATRICK B. DF.LAX*y, of New fork, lias invented telegraphicappliances by which says six operators can send six messages .. • '""jji the same time over a single wire. Part of i' the six can send messages one way while the test are sending them in the Other direction. This will give a wire three times the capacity It has with aquadruplex instrument. Twwiity- £our Morse instruments can be connected Vtth one wire by this system. JSwlve Messages can l>e sent simultaneously at the -'Is, pte of twenty words a minute wire at Pittsburgh destroyed Munderf's plaiu- teg-mill, 1,000,000 feet of lumber, and Ave tiro-story buildings. The mill employes jpar- rowly escapcd. and the occupants of the bouses lost all their goods. The total loss is •bout $65,000 Hon. T. H. Murch, a stone­ cutter in Maine, who was once elected to Con- ' |tCM over Eugene Hale, has settled in Boston, and to engaged in fitting up a show)'saloon If. A. Kitts, a lumber broker at Oswego, N. Y., has failed for $50,000 William H. Jenkins & Co., door manufacturers at New York, have failed for $179,000; actual assets, f>7,000,-. .. By the capsizing of a schooner off ineyaVd Haven, Mass., the Captain and three seamen were drowqed. THB WK8T. THE Society oQfae Army of the Cam* fcerland held its animal reunion at Cincinnati, with Gen. Sheridan in the chair. Gens. Mosecrans, Logan, Newton and FuOerton were among those present. , A HORRIBLE crimo Is reported from iJHewoomerstown, Ohio. A farmer named Albert Frazer murdered his wife and three children and then terminated the fearful trag* «dy by putting an end to his own miserable ^Kistenee. Many peopie have left for tue scene Of the crime. A few days berore the tragedy a brother-in-law of Frazer was talking to trim, when Frazer remarked that h« was Amnhcarted, that he was too 111 to work, and w not know whatwould become of his fain- a. This was the last time Flriaer or any of family was seen alive. A neighbor came to Fraseer's house, and, finding all the doors locked and curtains down, concluded that all was not right. He and several neighbors climbed in the window, and in one corner of the room lay the dead body of Mrs. Frazer, With her throat cut from ear to ear, and by was her youngest child with its uhed. In a little crib cot lay two oldest children with their heads Near by lay Frazer with the his face blown off by the discharge of Then> was no fcamaMjMMMi Ihe bar- gOnr HC mast WPC loaded the btt'i ol and then held one endta the Unnfrn of that stoOd near by and the Otfcera||d IB Ills face. He was a German, 30 jfjiiiplif age....At Berlin, Mich., O'Connor, the' «i- CathoUc priest, delivered a lecture, roiling the causes which led to his atiandobmeat Of dw |ric(tbooil. After the lecture a mob setoed BRd^Jbadly maltreated .him. Ill Wis thM to a miilpond, where, la of- 4hr to escape drowning, he promised never to Speak aCMnt the Roman Catholic church again. He after ward sought the protection and championship of the law, aud-will prose­ cute his tormentors On the farm in Kan­ sas once occupied by the murderous Bender finally, J. C. Murphy plowed up a sealed tin can containing $30,000 in greenbacks and i coin. Other parties are digging up the • ground In the hope of similar discoveries ' In the billiard game at Chicago for the cush­ ion-carom championship of America, Slos.-km defeated Sexton by 500 to 483. The contest lasted until an early hour this morning 'Van. Crook telegraphs the War department that the Chlricahua Indians whom he left in MMIW are now on their way to San Carlos.... . ®he saw-mill and salt-blocks of Bliss, Brown JP Co., six miles from East Saginaw, Mich., palued at 80,000, were burned. •' A BBPORT is telegarphed froml'omb- ftone, Arizona, that Mexican troops had fouted the Apaches at the Swisshelm inount- #ns with great slaughter. A large body of defeated Indians were said te be making jjbr the San Carlos reservation. A STRANGER applied to James ftraw- iwi, a well-known farmer near Green- ; fttstle, Ind., for food and lodging. ^ After /•gating, lie struck Crawford repeatedly with knuckle* and a slung-shot, seriously and perhaps fatally injuring him. A second man jken broke the door and came in. Craw­ ford's wife, a confirmed invalid, attacked •ha stranger* with a fire-shovel, when they "* led and beat her, fracturing her skull breaking her nose, jaw and collar-bone. Injuries will prove fatal. Crawford, Bring consciousness, tired at them, thereupon beat him again and then taking three' revolvers, shot-guu and in cash. A COMPANY of leading citizens of Dakota, hare filed a mining claim of •;:.'#00 acres on the town site of Lisbon, and sub- to wmivn oomlit Oa., .fit hunting, a ittqfo named JoaHolden dtsoov* ered another MffM butchering a bog >sl6Bj lng to a white man named Clay. Holdeo re­ ported the fact to Clay, who, with Holdha and two white aeo, armad with double-bar- nlsd shot-guns, wsat to tha kouse of the tMsd He was not at home, and Ma wife refused to tell his whereaboata. Clay knocked her dowa. The parly then left. Two sons of the negro woman and an ex-convict named Cooper armed themselves and pursued ttie wfcKe party, overtaking them. Tb«j^ fired and killed llaiden instantly, day returned the Are, Milling Dick Cooper and wounding the other two. WASHINGTON telegram: '"the ire- ported 4l«agrcement in the Cabinet i$ not only tMla, but tM cause, it Is sald^. Involves two memhdii&'bne of whom emphUMMy eom- ID !55i5565S55 .•&.4 " -• plains of nnwarranted interference with the affairs of his department. The President hav­ ing assumed the entire rfsponslbilitjcfor the c a u s e f o r t h e a l l e g e d g r e v ' a a o o m - plainlng member of the QR^M|| has only to gracefully yield or resiipi." Full returns of the recent Iowa election from all the counties give the following: Wor Gov­ ernor, Sherman, 1M,|82; Kinnle, 139,003; Weaver, Sherman over all, 2,000; for Supreme.ludge, Beed, 168,396; Hayes, 141,049; Church, 31,438; Heed over all, S*)9 T. Q. Latrobe, the iegula> Democratic nomlne.e, was elected Mayor of Baltimore by S,54€ votes over HeiskaU, the fusion candidate. AN epidemic offfiphtheria in the past six weeks has carried oif over 300 chUdren in North Carolina. Between some counties quarantine was established. The disease it now abating. WASHINGTON. • IT is said that Gen. Hancone is likely to go to (%icago as the successor of Gen. 8herldan. The commandant at Governor's island is personally much averse to leaviog New York city. SECRETARY CHANDLER has written to Commander Wildes that the steamship Yan- tic defeated the object of the Greely Belief expedition by keeping twelve days behind the FM*< us, instead of serving as a tender, life aUkiiSka the Commander to explain why presgUuiMftind supplies were not landed for Lieut:tJ'reely at Littleton island. UPON the recommendation of the Commissioner of Jfenshms, the Secretary of the Interior has onMaybe suspension of the folibwing-aamed peaMm attorneys: J. R. Cilley, of Bockland, A,; Francis Re^cster and Win. H. Druen, o™ Philadelphia; Milo B. Stevens & Co., of Cleveland, Washington, De­ troit and Chicago; Wm. H. Wells & Co., of Washington. 1). C., and James R. Russell & Co., of Trenton, N. J. POSTMASTER GENERAL GRESHAM, says a Washington dispatch, has put new Ctaergy into his war against the lotteries, and now announces it to be his policy to proceed against the patrons of lotteries as well as against the lotteries themselves. Those who buy lottery tickets probably are unaware of the fact that they are not at liberty to use the mails for 1hat purpose, and that any letter requesting that a lottery ticket be sent is an offense against the laws of the United States. Postmaster General Gresham will base.his action upon fee. 3,$94, Revised Statutes, which provides that "no let­ ter or circular concerning lotteries shall be carried in the mail. Any perSon who shall knowingly deposit or send anything to be conveyed by mall in violation of this section shall be punishable by a flue of not more than $500 nor less than $100, with costs of pio*ecution." The Myra Clark Gaines case has been placed before the Su­ preme Court of the \Jnited States. The rec­ ord Is bound in one gigantic book, which weighs 200 pounds. One man cannot alone open the volume. POLITIC Al» TWENTY-S*VEX members of the Dem­ ocratic State Central committee of Lousiana have bolted and organized a rival body, in­ tending to call a separate -State convention in the interest of Gen. Fred Ogden for Gov­ ernor. A LAB&E mads meeting of colored people was held at Indianapolis to consider the civil-rights decision. Addresses were made by Senator Ben Harr'son and other prominent Republicans. There was a great deal of feeling manifested, and, as a rule, the resolutions were adopted unanimously, one of which declares that *.we recog1- nize in the decision a Harrow and partisan view, entirely at variance ifith the great principles enunciated by Lincoln, Sumner, Morton and other Repub­ lican leadors, Mad of the 350,000 brave men who purchased It with their blood." A mass-meeting of colored men at Washington was addressed by Col. Ingersoll and Fred Douglass. Col. Ingersoll praised Justice Har­ lan, and placed the recent opinion of the Supreme court on a par with the Dred Scott and other ante-war decisions. At a similar meeting in Cincinnati, resolu­ tions acquiescing in the decision, and thank­ ing Justice Harlan for his'lldelity to the race and for his own convictions were passed. The negroes of San Francisco, in public meeting assembled, passed resolutions con­ demning the decision The follow­ ing is the total vote of Ohio for Governor, at the recent election, as tabulated by the Secretary of 8tute. Foraker 347,064 Hoadly .869,593 Schumacher:.... 8,361 Jenkins 2,785 H1 towamro iffidrs. Prenflk TeUow Book tiatkws writ* Total vote i.*..,.v721.4#4 Hoadly's majority i,S83 Majority for jadiclal amendment....;.... a%4l3 The second amendment fell short of a ma­ jority 3ft,543. The regulation amendment received U8,050 votes. THE colored people of Chicago, in mass meeting assembled, resolved to cheer­ fully acquiesce in the civll-rightsdecision and look for redress of all their wrongs to the proper State authorities; that the names "Democrat," "Bourbon" and "Rebel Brig­ adier" have lost their terror; that they will wecome any issue that will consolidate the negro vote in its interest; and appeal to the State Legislature for legislation to prevent anjrabridgement, of their rights. QENiRAL THE agricultural condition of the country, says the Chicago litter Ocrnn, Is highly favorable, notwithstanding the un­ usual large amount of soft* corn. Between the late spring and the early fall, corn suf­ fered severely. The corn production of the year will be,however,about 1,600,000,000 bush­ els. Fortunately the soft corn is confined almost entirely to the regions which consume nearly all their own crop. Oats and barley were never so abundant as they are this year, and we have not had as good a potato*crop sincc 1875. The wheat will be about 11.3 bushels per acre, or, in the aggregate, between 4U0.000.000 and 420,000,000 bushels. At the South the cotton crop Is Scribed $500,000 to work it. In all that region j •^,^,te„,Up.to lHSt >e^ but enormous, ex - .. . ... .. ., .. . , ?, , | ceeded only twice in the whole history of « ,5- Kold discoveries i-< talked | cotton-planting in this country. The crop About At »V arrenton, Mo., a mildly insane aggregates 6,000,000 bales. Taking everv- fnan named Keeney was placed in a la rye : *•-'-- <-•- - --> goom adjoiningtliejail, underthecourt-house. I>y the authorities, who had taken him in out the wet and cold. While the Jailer > was at supper loud screams attracted tie people to the window. They saw Keeney, in an insane frenzy, bugging a red-hot stove, fie was taken away, but death soon relieved •• •pis sufferings... .The wholesale fur house of Jiddy, Harvey & Co., of Chicago, have made •'* an assignment. It was rated by the commer- , trial agencies at $350,000, and Its liabilities are •';/ t»lleved to lie something less than $250,000. ' ^jyflpeclal partners put in $150,000 last February •, to establish a boot and shoe department.... (.'itlivni of Gardner, Colo., tied a Mexican •nurdvrer to the horn of a saddle and fright ( tned the horse into a run, the culprit beina f, *lra<rued to death over the rocks John N. / filidden, of Cleveland, admits that his liabili- 'ties ate $ 00,000, and shows assets appraised «tt $l.<f:.'0 000 Conrad Kattentidt, proprietor «f a lar»:e cooler factory at the coi ner of Michigan and La Salle streets, Chj^Sgp, made an assignment. TUB SOUTU, AT Flemingsbnrg, Kv., Otiarles Mc- , ,, Cartney was attacked on the street by James <T. Tenwe'.l and Frank L. Thompson, who felt aggrieved by publications in McCartney's ijffi£2£,,aIei'- T"lev used stones as weapons. ^McCartney drew a revolver and shot both. imnir ealjr tn the Southern pswrlaccs. CARDINAL MANNING asserts that pis- is favorably inclined toward the and will affree to any measures w&l settle Iks difficulties between and the Pepe....Maay deaths from and exposure are threatened in the recently wrecked by earthquakes unles help is mm. £lotk!ng, medicine, and building materials **re mostly needed Cardinal HobenlOhe Is on bad terms with the Vatican. THE: ̂ dreadful epidemic of cliolera, which raffed in ||>^ throughout the sum­ mer, but whlch Was thought to have perma­ nently has broken out again at cxandna with great violence, and a renew the honors of the past few months is . Henri Hochefort asserts in his jour- t the French .Ministry and the Due d'- haveentered In an agreement for the llshment of an Orleanlst monarchy. state the alllanoe Is simply a ne HerrRiohter, a Deputy, for insulting the German imperial fumily four yekra ago, was sentenced at Liegnltz, Sl- lesttt, to six months' imprisonment and depri­ vation of hls righta as member of tb& lteich. stag. Meeting of ffce Society oftte imj Uider the JUw Eqnal with i Vfeiifr wM" it" ad modi suffering Toaqvin, 12M thM the asto^ %eea eoidueted In nothing has bee n the whips of Horth- a foothold • -JjTenwell is dead, and Thompson is supposed to j-gpte mortal! .. ..A difli thing into account, the productive returns for 1883 must be set down as a guarantee against hard times for legitimate business. A treaty of peace between Chill and Peru has been signed. JOSEPH D. WEEKS, Secretary of the lion association, Just returned from Europe, gives a gloomy account of the condition of the laborer and mechanic. One-third of the puddling furnaces in Northern England are idle, and mills are working but part of the time. Arbitration, he states, is becoming a factor in the settlement of labor questions. Ix the Protestant Episcopal Church convention, at Philadelphia, it was reported that from 1833 to 1883 the growth of the churcn has been such as to more than double the numler of dioceses (from 18 to 48), to in­ crease the number of parishes In a large ratio, to Increace the number of clergy flve- lo'.d (from 592 to 3,572), and the numbei of communicants more than ten-fold (from 30, •3# to 372, 484); also the number of baptisms In nearly the same proportion. The number of missionary jurisdictions shows a gain of 1(0 per cent, since 1871; the number of mis­ sions a like gain, and the offerings a gain of 100 per cent, from 18«8 to 1880. THE MASKED - NEW YORK. LIKKVES „| FOREIGN. CAPT. MAYNE REID, the novelist, te mortally wounded. McCartney u amstedl ^ Bdonjafter "hort illness, aged 65 ... .A difficulty atMcRean, Ga., between two Jears 'n tt ^uel with pistols at Temsvar, young men named Syms and Rogers was ro- Hpigary, Count Stefan Batthyanv was shot uewcU after church Sunday, whither the | through th " 4.65 & 6.75 HOGS ,.... #.;« @ 5.«5 FLOUB--Bnperttne 8.10 3.60 WHEAT--No. l White l.o» & l.wfy No. 2Bed I.lO'aO 1.1194 CORN--No. 2 ; ,573i OAT8--No. 2 .35>S PORK--Mess It2> «»U.60 LABD .<"*< CHICAGO. BKETBS-- Good to Fancy Steers.. 6.60 & 7.2S Common to Fair 4.20 # 6.30 Medium to Fair S.2S & 9.95 HOGS 4.25 & 5.m FLOUK-- Fancy White Winter Ex. 5.25 @8.50 Good to Choice Spr'gEx. 4.75 & 5.0(1 WHEAT--No. 2Spring .so & .90^ No. 2 Red Win;er...... -»97 .97 'K COBN--No. 2. <9 .4614 OATS--No. 2. »27 & Ryk--No. 2 • .65 BAKLEY--NO. 2 59 .69?a BiJiTEii--Cbole.' 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INDIANAPOL16. glt«£en and Syms families went armed, ie- Koscnberg An explosion in a colliery at WHEAT--Na 2 Bed <» 1 ™reo ot ,he S>'ms being Stake-upon-Trent, EngLind, killed six miners COBN--No. 2 '.40?- M6fwiUjrj£. the temple and killed by Dr. Julius . ... , --bimvm pi* wiuvi o 4,v> ### ## 1 being killed on the spot, one inoilaUr, I and wounded three. I OATS--Mixed .jtua '27 C V ®« <"«' -P°'f f «» CMtbquake | ,r." < ' j™?** capitalists aro inspecting the coast of 1 ln the Turkish islands were greatly exagger- ' iiygfltlwlth a ylc** I »tcd. . appears that the loss of life wlU many peopls ^ Tht Prwiwct of (UmstitutioW /Uwmid- JMntt and th« SMft «f Stete SMUIM. AbstrMt of the Hewitt Beebfam b the Civil Bights 10HAL NEWS* LATE advices from the far South­ west are to the efleet that the Apache Chiefs, Geronimo, Juh, and their band of hostlles have sucoecded in eluding the Mexican sol­ diers, and, with 2,00J head of stolen cattle, are now making their way through Chihua­ hua to the American line. On the other hand, a troop of seventy Chlricahuas have surren­ dered and will be taken to Fort Howie, in Arizona. I* ft announced from Washington that "Judge Freeman, Attorney General for the PostotBce Department, has prepared an order of importance to newspaper publishers. It will require them to number the pages of their supplements in regular order with the pages of the regular issue." POSTMASTER GENERAL GRESHAM, says a Washington dispatch, is urged upon all sides to recommend in his annual report radical changes in the law relatlnicto rates of post­ age upon transient newspBcrs and mail mat­ ter of the thiW class gtomM ly. The sender of a transient HBWSBape|Wpordlnary size, to insure lis transmission though the mails, is cautk>m»d to earry the same to the postofllce and have it weighed, or else prepay postage enough ftS plaee his newspaper beyond any risk of dropping Into the postofllce waste- basket. The Revenue derived from the sales of these confiscated newspapers is consider­ able in the course of a year. Transient newspapers, as a rule, are sent for some specific purpose, and to those concernel it Is ^Mftipst as important that they should reach tKMr destination as should a lette;*, but neither the sender nor the person addressed is notified if there i6 any lack of postage. It is urged that the weight limit of newspapers to be sent for the ordinary rate of postage should be extended, or some provision adopted for notifying the sender of a news­ paper or the person to whom it is addressed. A COURT of inquiry engaged in in­ vestigating the origin of the yellow fever outbreak in the Pensacola navy yard is con­ vinced that it was germs remaining after the epidemic of last year Miss Blanche Gray, 517 pounds of flesh have been her f«*tunelk%ag married but a few weeks ago to "freaks" exhibiting at the same < ttaw^Pa Hew York museum. Her wedded bliss was but brief, for she was found dead ln her bed la a Baltimore boarding- house last wetmt - ((he was but 17 years old, and died of fafty degeneration of the heart. THE Trade -Palace ond the Boston Store, at Lafayotte, Ind., competing estab­ lishments, began a war of rates, one selling calicoes for 1 cent per yard, and the other giving away a calico dress with every one purchased. Whew their stocks were ex­ hausted peace M as (unclaimed Near Wau- scon. Ohio, George w. Williams was killed in his barn, his wife was murdered 4n the house, and their babe was left to starve, but was rescued by neighbors.... The oil belt of Wyoming is satd to be three times as large as that of Pennsylvania, and a railroad Is soon to be constructed through the district Judge Noouan; of St. Louis, has decided that poker is a game of chance, and comes under the Johnson law making j##ht- blinga felony Charles Lorrenson, a Swede, farming near Elgin, III., caught glanders from his horse and died after terrible Buffer­ ing:. FOB the purpose of obtaining a joint guaranty from the other Central American states the Nicaraguan Congress has provided by law that the net profits of the proposed canal through Nicaragua shall not be less than 3 per cent, and the capital not more than $75,000,000, the guaranty to last for twenty years from the opeain; of the canal..f. Dun's Mercantile Agency reports business improved, with it marked increase in clean­ ings. Profit•< ate not large, but money is be­ ing made, and most all traders feel satlsfii d with the season's business. ' The monc y market is easy, and the present low prices c if iron and other raw staples Invite capitalist s to invest, feeling assured of a rich return i 11 the future. No fears about the promptnei g Of collections are entertained. IN his annual report, just published, Indian Commissioner Price enumerates anion f the four things necessary to solve the India 1 problem one law and three appropriations, th e statute being designed to punish person s furnishing arms to the red men, and the a{i • propriations for police, surveys and todefraj • the expense of detecting and prosecutinj; persons selling liquor to the Indians... Secretary Lincoln has decreed that 1 white mule, of unknown antiquity, shal be kept at Mount Vernon barracks, Ala. Tht animal was ordered to be sold, when the offl cers and men sent in a petition on the subjest Gen. Sherman reported on the petition that hd| believed the mule was at Mount Vernon when Gen. Jackson's army camped there in 1819-20, and he thought he also saw the animal at Mobile Point In 1842. Upon this showing the Secretary issued the order for the mule's maintenance. The following are the main polats fa the decision of the Supreme Court in the civil- rights oases. After quoting the first two sections of the act, Justice Bradley, who de­ livered the opinion, says; Has Con are? s constitutional power to make such a law? Of couree, no one will contend that the power to pass It was contained in the constitution bdlore the adoption of the last three amendments. Power is sought first ln the Fourteenth amendment. The first section (which Is the one relied on), after declaring who shall be dttens of the United States and the several States, is (and pro"" action of Ited. Îndividual invasion of indivldual rigbtg Is not the subject matter of the amend­ ment. It has a deeper and broader scope. It ntdllfies and makes void all State leg- g&afeagrag life, liberty osprosperl. y wUtiefuraafe' JmK*wof law, or which Benies to any of them the eqaal Srotection of the laws. It not only does thls, ut,in order Apt the national will thus declared may not be mere brutum fulmen, the last section of the amendment invests Congress with th? power to enforce it with appropriate legisla­ tion. To enforce what? To enforce prohibi­ tion. To adopt appropriate legislation tor cor­ recting th.} effects of sueli prohibited State laws find State acts, and thus to render them effectually null, void and innocuous. This is tMr , legislative power conferred upon Gongrqgkind this is the whole of it. It does not uww Congress with power to legislate upon subjcCTm which are within the domain of Stats legisUSHh, but to provide modes of relief against Statewtislation or State action of the kind referred to. Until soma State law has besn passed or some State action through its oftlctrs or agents been taken adverse to the rights of citizens sought to be protected by the Fourteenth amendment, no legislation of the United States under said amendment nor any proceeding under such 1 glslation can be called into activity, for the prohibitions of the amend­ ments are against State laws and acts dene under State authority. An inspe.tion of the law here in question shows that ic applies equally to cases arising in the States which have ihe jnstest laws r spect- ir. g t hs personal rights of citizens, and whose authorities are ever ready to entwoe sdeh laws, as to these which arise in States that uiay have violated the ncohtbitive am . n linent. In other word", tt sters'lnto the domain of local juris­ prudence and lays down rules for the conduct of individuals in society toward each other, and imposes eanct ons for the enforcement of those rules without referring ln any manner to any supposed action of the State or its authorities. If this legislation is aprr >1 riate for enforcing the prohibition amendment it is difficult to see where it is to stop. Wljy may not Congress, with an equal show of authority, enact a code of laws for the enforcement and vindication of all rights of life, liberty and psaperty? If it Is noi supposable that States nuwdepiive persons of life, liberty, and propittfMMMrat due process of law (and the amendHHlt itsel( does not suppose tills), why thouldllbt Congress 1 roceed at oncc to pre- BC«IW of Jaw for the protection of •w fundamental rights in every possible case, as well as to prescribe equal I rivileges in Inns, public conveyances and the­ aters? Judge Bradley refers to the Civil Rights bill of April 4,1866, and shows it " is clearly corrective in its character, intended to coun­ teract and furnish redress against State laws and proceedings aud customs having the force of law which sanction the wrongful acts specified." In this conncction it is proper to state that civil rights such as are guaranteed by the con­ stitution against State aggression cannot be im­ paired by the wrongful acta of Individuals un­ supported by State authority, in the shape of laws, customs, or judicial or executive pro­ ceedings. The <fnrongful act of an individual unsupported private wron invasion of t: true, whet! ty or his r< some way authority, may presamal the laws of the „ cannot deprive a hold pi courts, a light in a assault against a ssa* Fair. Common ••••••»:»#•• »A» • •• ... -v.?*" such authority is timuly a me of that individual--an of the injured party, It is afiecs his pe son, his proper- 1; but, if not sanctioned in (ate, or not done under its iti remain in full force and vindicated by resorts to for relreAn individual of his right to vote, to buy and sell, to sue In the or juror. He mar, bv witu the enjojVnent of case. He may commit M, or commit murder, or use ruffianly violence at the poll*, or s;under the good name of a fellow-citizen, but, unless pro- tec ed in thsse wrongful acts by tome shield of State law or State authority, he cannot destroy or injure the right. He will only render himself amenable to satisfaction or punishment, and amenable therefore to the laws of the State where the wrongful acts are committed. If thp piinciples of int rpretation we have laid dowu are correct, as we deem them to be, it is clear the law in question cannot be sustained by an grant of legisla ive power made to Congress bj the Fourteen h amendment. But the power of Con ress to adopt and dl rect primary as distinguished from corrective legislation on the subject in hand is sought the second place from the Thirteenth amend­ ment, which abolishes slavery and gives Con gress power to enforce the amendment by ap propriate legislation. This amendment, as well' as the Fourteenth, is undoubtedly self-execu torv without any ancillary legislation, so far as its terms are applicable to any existing state of clrcumstanc K By its own unaided force and effort it abolish?d slavery and established uni­ versal freedom. Still legislation may lie neces­ sary and proj er to m ;et all tlie various cases and circunistanccsatiected by ft and,to prescribe proper mole' of redress for its violation in letter or spirit, and such legislation may be primary- and atrcct in Its character, for the amendment is not a mere prohibition of State laws establishing or upholding slavery, bat an abso­ lute declaration that slavery or involuntary B rvitude shall not exist in any part of the United States. Now, conceding for the sake of argument that admission to an inn,public conveyance, or place of public amusament on equal terms with all 01 her ci izens is the r Mht of every man and all classes of men, is it any more than oae of those rights which the States by the Fourteenth amendment are for­ bidden to deny to any person, and is the consti­ tution violated until ttio d?nial of right h •o:ne State sanction or authority? Can the a< of a m ;re individual, t le owner of an inn, pu lie conveyance, or puce, of amoMMJisnt ln refus ins a.C3mmod;ittonbe inst^y regarded as impos iflg any liadge of sIpMvy Or Servithda^pon WItetefc^rog^^fltoHlIcfetojg anort tate and presumably subject to redress by thos J laws until the contrary appears? After giving to these qu?st:ons all 1 he consid­ eration which t :eir importance demands, we are forced to the conclusion that such an act of re'.nsal has nothing to do with slavery cr invol­ untary Ht rv.tude, and that If it is violative of any right of a party, his redress is to be Fought under the law ot the State, or, if those awn are adverse t • his rights and do not protect him, his remc dv will be found In the corrective legislation wiiitli Congress has adopte.1 or may ndopt for counteracting the effect of the Sta'e laws tr State action prohibited by the Fourteenth Amendment. It would be running the slavety ar­ gument into the ground to make it apply t > every act of discrimination wUc|\.a^pcrso:i may see lit as to a gut st 1 e wlll etiteitatn or a-«to the people he will take into bis ooacb, or cab, or car, or ad 1 it to his doecert or thSaSmfHCjdital witnln othr mutters cf intercourse orouslnesiJ. Inn­ keepers and public cftrrit rs by law In all States, so f: r as we s re awar ', are bound t> th? extent of t!:cir facilities to frrnlsh proper aocouioda- tic 11 to all unobjectionable person* who, in good faith, apply f 1- them. If the laws thems.lves make any unjust discriminate n amenable to th; prohibitions ot the Fouit:entn amendment, < o grtss has full power to afford a remedy under that amendment and ln accordance with it. When a man has emerged from slavery and by the afcfo: 1 "glMati- n h ts shaken oif the In- Hepaiable concomitants cf that state, there mnst b.' fome st- g ; ln the progress of his elevation, wl.en he fciki-s t!ie lan ; of a mere citizen and ce^scs to be a special favorite of t e laws, and when his lights a < a citizen of ntswx fere to be ] rot Cte 1 in the ordifr.tr / "modes 13V which «the - men's rights aie protected. There w< re thov.s nds of free .colored ie p!e in this c< lintry, I ctore the a')< li 1 m of slavery, enjoy­ ing all the es-nntUl rl«h .s of life, liberty and protsvty the same a« white citizens; yet no one at that tirn - thought it was any invasion of their i crsonal st- tus as free me l became ttiev were not admitted to all the privileg s enjoyed by white citiz ns, cr becius; they wjre siib- je.:te<l to (liHcriminations in the enjoyments of the accomi) c<!atl< n*of inns, publicconveyames and places of amuNcinent; mere discriniin.it i jns on a -count of race or ccl ir were not regarded as a badgj of slavery. 1? since that time the en­ joyment of e iual rirlits in all these resjiojts has Ixcom:- c<tiljllsh.d by cons itutionil en- actmcnt. it is not V>y force of tin Thirteenth amem.me.t (which merely aboli-h ~s s a very), but bv force of the Fourtjenta an J Fifteenth rn«i)dme;it. on O.e w iole, we arc o* ooln'on that no connteoat c • of s u hor.ty for thapassage of the law H quent on ca I h>; fotin I in cither the Tnirt'c ith OI,i>'-urtcenth amen'ments ti the Constitution, &iv>l. no other gi-oand of authority lor its pas ag; belai auggested, it must n- cassarily I e de;lar.d TWMt least eo far as its operation In th j several !WSit** Is concerned. A 100-y tiAU-OLD gentleman recently do- poslted his flrstvotem&enslngton, { AAtom of Gsn. 8mith D. Atkins, Uw Oritor of the Bay. _ r. -•% "yi.rdndnnatl Telegram.] The reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland oommencad with a march of the members, headed by Its President, Gen. Sheridan, and a band, from the Burnett house to the Grand opera-house, where a business session was held. Acoompaajriag Gen. Sheridan were Gens. Bosecrana, Wood, Logan, Newton, Mufsey, Carlin, Morgan, Kimball and Parkhurst. The President called the meeting to order, and Chaplai'S Earnshaw offered prayer. It was decidod that a sketch of the late Gen. Steedman, Who was not a member of the society, be pub­ lished in the annual record. The Treasurer's report showed a balance in hand of f 197. He also said that many members were delin­ quent, their whereabouts being unknown. Committees were appointed and invitations accepted from several clubs, and the society adjourned. In the evening they marchcd to Music hall alone, the local military organisations which were to have escorted them falling to turn up. An audience of fully 2,000 wai speedy In the hall when the society marched in. The stage and wa^ls mere beautifully decorated, flSgs, stacks of arms, tents aVd cannon being scattered around In profusion. Gen. Cist called-the meeting to order and introduced Gov. foster, who welcomed the society. His references to the numerous distinguished military ip prewnt called forth loud applause* upon which Gen. Sheri­ dan, with mock sternness, called for order. Gen. Smith D. AtlHns was then introduced as the orator of the evening. A reunion of soldiers, said the speaker, does everyone good. The stories told by the gray-hatred veterans are incentives to youthful patriot- Ism, and childish hearts burn with awakened love of country, and childish cheeks flush with desire of emulation, when they hear the fathers and grandsirea reciting their warlike deeds and telling how they left home and families to bear privation and peril in defense of a common country. Aug. 15, 1861, continued the orator, Gen. Robert Anderson, "the hero of Sumter," or­ ganized the Army of the Cumberland. His department comprised Kentucky and Tennes­ see, but those States were neutral then, and the headquarters were established at Cincin­ nati. Don Carlos Buel was its first command­ er, and at Mill Springs was won the first decisive victory for the Uulon cause by Gen. Thomas and a portion of the Cumberland corps. At Sblloh, April 6, 1862, the armies had been fighting all one day, and step by step the Federal forces were being driven back, when Gen. Buell led the army of the Cumberland upon the field and saved the day. Then came the race to Louisville, and Buell beat Bragg into the city, which was the "miss" of the campaign. Then Gen. Hose- eratis took command, and the victories of Stone river, Murfre jsboro, Tullahoma and Chattanooga were achieved by his corps. At Cliickamauga they met with defeat, owing to the faintheartedness of the right wing; but it was atoned for at Missionary Ridge, when, without orders, they swept Bragg's center from its strong position. Part of the Army of the Cumberland went to the sea with Sher­ man; "and," concluded the orator, "Gen. George H. Thomas was the hero of the war, and his army was the Army of the Cumber­ land." Capt. Millard sang a song of his own com­ position, written for the occasion, after which Gen. Koseorans responded to a call in a few words. Gen. John A. Logan was also called out, and said that, though not a member of the Cumberland army, he felt like he was a part of it, owing to the close relationship be­ tween it and the Army of the Tennessee. Gen. Barnett, Chairman of the Committee on the Garfield monument, reported that a place had been selected in Washington, but the selection would require an act of Congress to make it final. The committee thought the monument would be completed in time for the reunion of 1885. Capt. Ford reported the accession of 150 new members. The fol­ lowing officers were elected: President, Gen. Phil. H. Sheridan; Corresponding Secretary, Gen. H. M. Cist; Treasurer, Gen. G. S. Ful- lerton; Recording'Secretary, Col. James W. Steele; with Vice* Presidents from each State and Territory represented in the society. Hochefter, N. Y-., was selected as the next place of meeting, Sept. 21-22 (Chickamauga week). The society then proceeded, by invi­ tation, to the Chamber of Commerce, where Capt. Foraker, Vice President for Ohio, mada an address. Pi-esident Peabody, of the Cham­ ber of Commerce, responded, and was fol­ lowed by Gens. Sheridan, Hosecrans, Logan and others. The closing session consisted of a banquet at Music hall. About 600 sat down to the banquet. Gen. Rosecrans presided. Much satisfaction was expressed at the success of the reunion. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. Wonderful Progress in the Last Four Years. Figures Gathered from Inte rviews with Twelve Governors 4 [From the New Orleans Times-DemoOCSM Th^fftnet-Democrat presents this morning a complete review of all the South, from the Potoinacand Ohio to the Gulf and Rio Grande, ln the form of interviews with the Governors of the States of Virginia, North and South .Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis- Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky, Tenncs- e and Arkansas. The assessment rolls have st been completed in mos . of the States, ich enable us to show in undisputed tlg- -s. iii dollars and cents, the exact growth South since the census was taken, wing is far more t'attcring than we a few weeks ago; is almost start- wonderful growth of wealth: -1883.- Tax rate. a 4-9 State. Alabama Arkansas *,,, Florida Georgia.. Kent ickv ... Louisiana,... Mis issii pi. North Ca ol na...... South Caro.ina... Tennessee.. ... Texas ;.. Virgin, a...,. Total.. Flori la......... Geo gia. Kentucky.,.. Iiouisi: na Missies.ppl -a,.,;, Nt rth Carolina South Carolina Tennj>8je Texas Vlrgi nla;, To'al.. *2,184,227,517 8 1-13 This Is aft IWcrdlis-; of $6P»,707,02 ? In four years, an average of 9160,176,757 a year. How rttpid is the growth of the South is evidenced by the fact that the increased as­ sessments over 1882 amount to S258,(00,000-- neatly the vit ue of th:; cotton crop. In every respect the South has improved, but in none more KI than railronds, fully $300,000,000 being Invested In the construc­ tion of new railroads. During the last four years, four Southern States--Arkansas. Flor- i la, Louisiana and Toxas--have doubled their railroad mileage, *i the following table will (•how: Mileage M.leage Oct., 1-W3. Jan.,187J. . * AfseiFment. 128,«J0,0 HI Sf-,OW',U<0 .... 32»,<>UI,OUO .... 374.M4.tt7U 201.7 0,7*1 .... l:.2,<"<KI,t00 iii. s at to .... 130,(X 0,000 .... 252,589,873 .... SW.OOi'iOOO .... ?....% ,,S2t,»34,57.1 1«7.». . ! "Ass s men*. .4 117,4"i',581 2ll,4fr.fll8 233,l»U,&iU 81S.017,875 15H,:87,I95 ltM!,f 'J4,7< 8 MFI.'OO.COU 18 v£)7,a8r> 2:3,211,345 304,4' 0,730 315,!>7<(,822 Tax rate. 7 6'a 7 « ! 1-5 1 5 • Ala)>ama.. ?,oi.% A rkan*M»........ 1,574 Floiiia. 1,0.8 G -oi «!a. 2,913 Ktntucky 20 0 Louisiana 1,140 Mi» issitipl, 1,7(3 Ntrt'i Carolina.......... l.noo K< uth tarollna 1,517 Tenncss-ej 2,<f.il Total 2fi,'4» 17.9M This is all taereace in three years of 7.7M miles--one-quarter of tthe increase for'the whole country. 1,»3. 7^1 4t>7 9,441 1,521 4«l 1,12; 1,43. 1,411 l,Mf 2.434 1,M« Frank Hi :er Oeneral, Postmaatar Gener al e*h dhrtalonof the W P»vioua rear, aa the appwqirla- voted to nxiit the tthat in nopCeeed- complainta beea made or or dishonesty of confusion In thede- inthedlf- number of 47,848, an 1B- G£IFRP3GS ,*«*«• M. Inftero tory TW, Stateaand ' west 580, aod the had the largest . New Yi - * " lie third, offices suspensions du; than for the year lowed with The number an Increase of The removal year were 814 mmm eaan ror uie yei an indication undoubtedly of the hnnrove- mentln charaeter and habits of the per*oaa now serving the lng the year 10," Postmasters and volvlng deeWons and laws, and (£,< as Postmasters. Dur- were written to individuals in- Iregulatlons ' from pub- "shetreo? secoad>c}aas matter for the viola­ tion of the law in Inclosing third-class matter in seoond-agpae publications. Publishers of legitimate newspapers are speciallr inter- ested in iuntanttDflr the department in its efforts through tint division of postal laws and regulations to exclude from the pound rate all publications designed primarily for adver­ tising purposes or for free circulation, or for circulation at nominal rates. The enforce­ ment of that law will enatble legitimate publi­ cations (favored by statute aa an instrument of popular education) to sustain themselves by securing such local advertising support as would naturally come to them. Beyond the benefits of the free-delivery service as at present restricted is a class of towns in densely-populated portions of the country which it is believed could be served by carriers with benefit to the people and economy to the department. These are towns within short distances of one another, which have not singly required the qualifications in population or gross revenue. The law should be amended so as to authorise the depart­ ment to extend the system to such places by establishing it at the nrfaeipal or central HKNHY WAKD DEECHKH rot teturlog tour with 118,000 ta igsffir pensive branches of the fi!6tt*"o*6e,:from which carriers could serve UuNnroundlng localities. Excess of postage on local matter over the cost of free-delivery service, and taking into consideration the faet that local correspondence increases In pro­ portion to the facilities offered, tt should be extended and liberal agjfeli latioua made to bring it up to the highest practicable standard in cities where it is now ln opera­ tion. This service meets the general de­ mands of business and social life, but fails to meet the dispatch required ftp the delivery of letters of exceptional iHspbrtanoe. Under the present system lettersjaklved after the carriers go out upon thflrvipc, whatever their importance, must lie wl^e oflkce till the next trip. At 6 o'cloek 'piriii., men the delivery closes for the day, they fnust lie over till nest morning, and this Way fre­ quently falls to meet the object of the com­ munication. Out of this want of aeore speedy delivery, have grown up In several large cities private enterprises, which are now eon- ducted ln competition with this service and are diverting from the legitimate revenues of the department thousands of dollars year­ ly. The patronage bestowed i^on them evinces a public demand for a more speedy delivery of a certain class of correspondence. To meet this want It Is suggested that a spe­ cial stamp be provided, whloh, when affixed to a letter, whether local or otherwise, shall entitle the letter to immediate delivery up to 10 o'clock p. m. To provide for their delivery it is suggested that boys be employed, and re­ quired to procure receipts from the party ad­ dressed, or some authorized person. In view of the excess of the receipts of postage orylocal matter alone over the cost of its delivery ($1,021,804), it seems the time has arrived when the postage on local letters at offices where the carrier system is in opera­ tor can be reduced from 2 cents to 1 cent. Such a reduction will surely result ln a very large increase ln local business. rk» cwmi tjnpirff m wm mmm m Cmeperei with Otter Xatl«•«. , "faeni-y B. Snyder, United States jGonanlrn* Copenhagen, has submitted to the Deparfc- mentof Mate at Washington, a very Interest­ ing report on the grain-producing and grain- consuming countries. He says that by divid­ ing these countries under the category of grain-ex porting ggtt grain-importing ptgMp, and putting them in their order according ilk the relative extent of their supplies for ex­ port, or again for the magnitude of their re­ quirement*, he obtains the two following lists: First, as grain-exporting lands--Ihe United States, Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Danublan Provinces, British East Indies, Dapark, Algiers, Australia, Egypt, Spain, Canada, Chili and Sweden. As graln-lmport- Ing lands--Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, Italy, Nor­ way, Portugal and Greece. On the list of grain-exporting lands the United States ranks pre-eminently first and foremost. Not so many years have elapsed since Bussia occupied this position, and, in 1877, these two countries were about on an equal footing, but fn the later years the ~ " 1 States has largely surpassed Russia, large supplies from the United States illy bad great Influence upon the JEu- grain markets, and the severe the farming; interests in so rope are now passing" ._ less due to this severe com. writers on this side of the water seem the opinion that the culmlnatlnglmlnt has been reached, that the virgin soils of Western States, will shortly be exhausted, and that with a largely increasing pop- 4 ulation in the States, and with a called-for -M use of artificial manures on the soil, the ex- |§£ port surplus will be diminished and the cost ^ of production so much augmented that Euro- v- pean farmer* will not long have to contend, against this formidable competition. These %| views, in his opinion, will scarcely be real- Ized. There Is still in our Western States as ' enormous area of fertile virgin soil ready to . ^ be brought under the plow by annually-in- creasing immigration, and it is more likely that the culminating point may only be looked for in a very remote future. The constantly-increasing competition of the United States, combined with the political) H disturbewelk In the Balkan peninsula, anA 1 the bad Slrvests of 1879 and 1880, have con- 3 duoed In a great measure to lessen the influ- ence of Russian supplies on the world's grain- - J markets. Austria-Hungary is likewise mainly office of the group and *.«aoontinuIng the, wricultural land, and, with its fertile soil otheromc&B, or ^subatitutiflvJta ttoem inex- aindnot overdense population, will doubtless- LINCOLN'S SENSATION. The Mysterious Murder of Zoni Burns, at Lincoln, 111. History of the Grime, and the Efforts to Discover Its Author. [From tbeChicago DWfly News.] ; V&sura, or Zora Burns, the brutally and mysteriously murdered servant-girl, who was found dead in a lane about a mile and a half north of Linooln, 111., Oct. 14, was more come­ ly and better dressed than the ordinary run of her class. Her home was in St.»Elmo, Fayette county. 111., and she first went to Lincoln last spring. She was there employed as a servant in the house of Ornn A. Carpen­ ter, a prominent grain dealer of that place, a man of high standing and irreproachable reputation. Mrs. Dukes, a sister of Zora, lived in Lincoln, and in her house the murdered girl found a home from the mid­ dle of June, when she left the Carpenter place, until August, when her sister departed for Dakota Territory. From that time to Oct. 12, Zora is supposed to have lived with her father at St. Elmo, and had not been seen in Lincoln, or thereabouts. On the above date, early in the morning, she arrived at Lincoln and registered at the Lincoln house. In the afternoon she had an interview with Carpenter at his office, lasting about half an hour. After eating- her supper she went out on the street for an hour or more, but subse­ quently returned, and after paying her hotel bill departed and was eeen no more until her body was .found as described. The throat was horribly cut from ear to ear, a frightful gash oyer the left eye, and a bruise over the right eye were the several marks of violence on her person. Her hair was full of burrs and weeds, though her clothing was clean and fresh. She would have become a mother in four or five months. No abortion had been attempted, however. No clew or trace of the perpetrator of this horrible crime was discovered except the fresh tracks of buggy wheels in the lane, her sachel and wraps were also missing. At first two hackmen and two other.' young men who were thought to have been unduly intimate with Zora were suspected of being connected with the crime. Investigation soon sustained the belief that some private vehicle had made the tracks referred to. Suspicion then attached itself to Orrin Carpenter, who claimed that Zora had only seeta him for ten or fifteen min­ utes on Saturday to inquire after her sister, Mrs. Dukes, whom he (Carpenter) had assist­ ed with money (980) to go to Dakota; that he had written no letters indicating criminal In­ timacy with the girl, and that he could prove an alibi. The inquest was begun Oct. 17* when all the evidence in the hands of the po­ lice pointed toward Carpenter as the murder­ er. His intimacy with Zora was proven on Oct. 18 and 19, and he himself made damaging admissions as to letters written to her,while witnesses testified to having seen him driving in the direction of the lane on Sunday night. In the letters he urges Zora at different times to marry a young man named Cubbage, or T. M. Dukes, a brother of her sister's hus­ band, to both of whom she is reported en- paged, and warns her against letting Mrs. Carpenter know of the correspondence. H. H. Burns, father of Zora, says she was to have married T. M. Dukes Oct. 30. Carpenter was arrested on the 20th iust., charged with the murder. It was shown that he had been seen driving near Hartsburg the Monday morning following the night of the mur­ der at 6:30 o'clock, and stains resembling those of blood were found on the buggy, whip and harness. These have been given Prof. Gilbert Wheeler, of Chicago, to chem­ ically analyze. It was also shown that he made presents to the murdered girl. Reports from Peoria and Qpoatur were that Carpen­ ter had visited those places in company with Zora, registering at the hotels as HOrin A. Carpenter and daughter." The detectives have not yet found any trace of the valise and wraps of the murdered girl. Carpenter Is 45 years old, and la a man of quiet speech and dellberate manner. He has a wife and two daughters. He says he will clearly es­ tablish his innocence. months' supply, and the remainder has to looked for in importation; but still, with these large imports, the price of wheat is less now than when England depended mainly upon her home supplies in former times, and. England is probably less exposed at the "( present day to danger of suffering from dearth than in the days of its home supplies. lu France, although the yield of crops has increased during the last fifty years, still it is only in exceptionally good harvest years that the home supply is sufficient for its own re­ quirements, and during the last three un­ favorable seasons a heavy importation has been required. These imports are chiefly ob­ tained from Hussia and the United States. I*.i Germany, where agriculture may be considered as of a high standard, even tfele country is unable to support its population with breadstuffs from its own supplies. These- supplies were in the first instance entirely ob­ tained from Russia, but now they are likewise- received from Hungary. JOOH P. HOWAOD, of Burlington, has girth 9400,090 to the University of Vermont. iTor j|^oqgrtHne be able to rank among the grain-exporting countries. Until a few years back attention in the British East Indian territory was mostly con­ centrated on the production of rice, other cereala being cultivated to a very slight ex­ tent; but since 1871 the cultivation and ex­ port <*f Indian wheat has largely Increased.. In |£ngland attention is now being strongly directed to the furtherance of all possible means, through an improved transport sys­ tem, either of canal or railways, to an in­ creased cultivation of wheat, so that eventu­ ally India may be ln a position to compete with the United States on the European grain- markets. The grain production of Australia does not appear to have made such progress as was expected. Wheat alone is shown to yield a surplus of any consequence for export. These exports go to England, which in 1880 received about 1,000,000 quarters, the largest quantity yet reached. Egypt, which in remote ages was the moat Important of agricultural lauds, has still her natural resources; but the disastrous tax sys­ tem prevents all developments of agriculture* which is mainly of wheat, and scarcely ex­ ceeds 500,000 quarters. ORALN-tMPOKTlNO COUNTRIES. Turning next to the list of grain-importing lands. It will be seen that Great Britain stands prominently forward in the first rank at a pace increasing year by year, and due to three causes, namely: The large annual increase of population, that more bread ls- now consumed by the people than formerly,, and, lastly, that wheat cultivation, owing to- unremunerative prices, is yearly reduced, the wheat lands being either sown with other cereals, or else turned into pasture land. Even with the most favored harvests, the •% -A • S m home crops do not offowt more than rcffifelfiAei THE PENSION OFFICE. Abstract, of Commissioner Dndlejr's llfastilugton Telegrt.m.l The importance of the pension lists to the- olalm agents may be seen from the report of the Commissioner of Pensions, which state* that there are 068,601 living soldiers antf sail- ors who have not applied for pensions, and. 78,840 pensionable relatives. The claiip agents under the law are entitled to $10 fee from every pensioner whose claim is secured, so that if all the soldiers and sailors should apply it will be seen that a very large sum would go to the claim agents. The report of the Commissioner for the fiscalyeaiended Juno 30,1883, shows there were 1108,958 pensioners on .the roll at the end of the fiscal year. During the year the names of seventy-six whose pensions had been drop­ ped previously were restored to the roll, mak­ ing 88,058 pensioners added during the year, an excess of 10,615 over the proceeding year. The average annual value of each pension is $100, and the aggregate annual value of all pensions $32,245,192, an increase of 92,904,000. The amount paid for pensions was 960,004,- 009, exceeding the annual value by several millions of dollars. The bulk of Hiis excess was on account of arrears of pensions, cov- ering the period prior to the allowance of claims. Tho appropriation for falariee and fees to pension-agents was exhausted, and there is a balance due agents. The whole number of claims filed since 1861 was 8M»,187, of which 31,938 were allowed. During the same time 9621,073,297 was paid for peneione and costs of disbursement. The percentage allowed of army claims filed has decreaseUnom 76.7 per cent, in 1865 to 39.4 per cent. JS 1880. The report next dwells upon the fHmoultles experienced in disciplining the large additional clerical force allowed by Congress to settle the arrears of pension cases. So large an addition to the force of the office consumed the time and at­ tention of the more experienced examiners and clerks, yet so well was the work of In­ structing the new clerks pushed forward that they were soon efficient. Not only were all claims Involving arrears examined and proper call made for evidence, but it was done so rapidly that like examination and calls for testimony of one character or an­ other were made in upwards of 100,000 claims filed since the Arrears act. An examination showed that 204,299 cafes were delayed by claimants, 9,935 by the Ad- lutant General's office, S,9tt! bj* the Surgeon [ieneral's otTc.% and 28,528 by the Pension jffiee, but a large proportion of the cases de­ layed in the Pension office are in the hands of special examiners of the Eoard of lie view, caving but 8,161 in course cf examination^, noat of which have been recently Med. ALL SORTS. ̂ Suioom hotel men and flies ban had a tot •eason. THE Russian Grand Duke Alexis will pass :he winter in Paris. ONE of the Civil Justices in Philadelphia is i»« keeper of a gambling-house. THE Emperor of Austria weighs 14S poundh,' while his wife tip* the scales at 164. TBE very iatest faslilon In dinner-' iqpare In shape, beautifully hmud \ * ' ;t $ * r Jr w. rf3 A , " : . . . .Mi , -- f , .