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V- • v<* .. «A,M ,k.a 't..*t.J..N« ag^KSiisi, ,TR T Tf:-:#^-r?: T^-* s>* # *v'*i e#* *y# . hi: *.$; ^y^r^:/;i XcHENBY, §ps«mi gintod»|te 1.1# ilM, Irfttsr and PablKhK ILLINOIS. NEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST. ^ <hteHl walking in Allegheny OHy, ft., *, - - John Donaldson, who had been bitten by a '•"/ ^dog two years ago, was suddenly taken with f .liydropholiia. He was removed toapolioe station, where it required the efforts of Ave w * men to-hold him, and after intense suffering "**Vv he died the following (lay A fire at -. 'Driftwood, Cameron County, Pa., destroyed <*•"; <tht principal buildings in the place. The ~ i ., •> total lom is placed ae $75,000. \•' Ex-Jailer Merrick, of Carmel, N J., ©on- >'victed of manslaughter by beating a pris­ oner to death, has been sentenced to ten - |f,,"v Vears' pennl servitude... .Four of William - IS. Hooper & Son's cotton-duck mills at "4 • f Woodbury, Md., have closed down until ?' " September or until the trade shows greater * - " "improvement. frWE WEST. ee of Mrs. Patrick ?;s ?.{ • • THIS UPBUfehce of Mrs. Patrick al Brier Hill, near Yotmgstown, Ohio, was de- •l" wtroyed by fire. Three of the children, ;.?>• -Jaged5, 7, and 9 years, perished in the , i; • '{flames. Mrs. Murphy herself escaped, and /,?* *> (she succeeded in rescuiug her fourth child. 0Tbe Sheriff of the Cherokee X#ti«n is cn- in taking down fences on all tracts _ than fifty sores, and confis<*a*>ng the %ire. He began work sou'h of Cofftyville, , Sind han removed thousands «f miles from !.-» Inclosures which exceeded the limit fixed 4ft L**y the council. *YL *'V ALIIAN PINKERTON, the famous detective, %ho died in Chicago last week, was born in * ;<lLisgow in 1819. He uever fully recovered y#iom a stroke of paralysis received in 1869. s '|He leaves a widow, two sons, and a daugh- and was possessed of a lorge for- » ' feme Northern Cheyenne Indians on v •••jhe Tongue and Rosebud Rivers "who are without rations and 6tarv- » |ng are killing range cattle in great ffi lumbers, and the stockmen threaten j* resistance if the Indians are not moved •way by the Government. Tbc situation is v$%"^eRardedas serious The Denver & Rio ® * Grande Road is unable to meet interest to 'the amount of $655,917 on its consolidated •fconds Two men were killed and t#n . others seriously injured by the wrecking of 4 -4 construction train near Sumner, Mo. ' ' •' THE Atchison Road has secured an inde- ' pendent line from the Missouri River to #*n Francisco by obtaining rights over the , Southern Pacific and purchasing the Mojave i ft vision of the Atlantic and Pacific. quietly throughout this portion of Mexico. Porfirio Dia* had no opposition, nnd was overwhelmingly elected to the Presidency it Mexioo tat the second time. The elec­ tions which lately occurred correspond with the primary elections in the United States. Yesterday's election was by popular suffrage. The electors will meet at the capital of (heir respective States on the second Sunday in July and cast the ballot for President." FOREIGN. CASTEUIO, the Spanish Premier, declared in the Cortes the other day that Spain had absolutely no intention of selling Cuba A dispatch has been received in London from Gen. Gordon, showing that he is safe and in good health at Khartoum... .Foxhall, the renowned English racer, has been purchased by Lord Roseberry for £4,800. THE German Government has given an English shipbuilding film an order for the construction of a torpedo boat of enormous proportions--the largest ever built... .It is reported from Toulon that five persons af­ flicted with cholera have been cured bv in­ haling pure oxygen. The effect, it is said, is that immediate warmth is restored to the system and the pulse becomes normal. The cure is the subject of general comment and investigation by physicians and surgeons. ; V A0DITIOMAL NEWS. * Si • ' , ,*v ; r 1: -[ THE SOUTH. OK account at the failure of the air- #rakes to work, a Virginia Midland express train ran at a high rate of speed onto th» •ridge over the James River, near Lynch Jtaigh, Va. The corner of the smoking- strnck the upright girders, throwing it the track. The trucks of the car the sleepers a distance of 200 feet, one coach fell through the opening 'Into ten feet of water. All the passengers ; Jrere Saved, mo6t of them being taken out « "through holes cut in the ventilators in the ^»opofthe car. ! #»*:», gT> JOSEPH'S Catholic Orphan Asylum 5^ J^iiear Newport, Ky., was destroyed by fire. iThe inmates all escaped, and are tempora-, ^pj^yy^tztered in Newport WASHUWTOIV. THB Senate has confirmed the nomina- on of CoL Gilbert A. Pierce, of Illinois, •*s Governor of Dakota. The President Jhas nominated Charles S. Zane, of Illinois, be Chief Justice of the Territory of h. FOUOTOIG is the last regular monthly - statement of the public debt: 'v-t Interest-bearing dcbi--» .-'.Four and one-half per cents...350,000.000 i »jgepr per cents. TO7.66l.70J SU»iaihreeI,eroenM 334,612,1M »f.f9Refnndtnir certificates. 2!»,ooo ^S'flNavy pension fond l4,ooo,oot ^ Total inlewst-bearinir debt. tt.ra.563.8M . 4J;|Matnreddebt Debt Lx-arinsr no interest-- .»•Xeftal-tender notes. , iCertlfleaten of deposit • 5*«rjCoid and silver oertiticate* ? f Vtaetkmal currency Total without interest..... ••«x% |Xotal interest . Dtslcaah in lreMurT ..."].]^]] ebt. leas cMb in i u aanr> durinir Jm,e of debt since Jo|ie %>.* .% 19,656,203 S(6,739.45T 1-2,385.000 21H,2<I4,351 6,980.061 >,.^f.^Tetsl debt tpriaelpal). .$ 684,308,H68 ....tl.f-30,52fi,923 .... 11.507,240 .... £91,i>85.»28 .... 1^80,050,235 9,217,256 188A. 101.010.971 - j, Cnrrent Habilitie»-- - ; *>lnt«re«tdiie and nnp«14. f X>ebt on which interest bit eeued.. Interest thereon. - Oold and silver certificates 't\ "> tilted Btatee notes hel d for redemp- Cash balanceaT»ijikble." TotaL - <! Available assets-- Cash in Treasury • Sonds issued to Pacfflc Railway CompaiUes, interest payable br * United 8taie»-- TrlneitMd outstandini; Interest accrued, no*, yet mid..... Interest paid by United States.... Interest repaid bv companies-- • v:' By transportation service. $ - ? v'By cash payments, I per cent, net i earnings.. , M Balance of interest ^'d 'by't'ni'ted'" States 1.605,718 IU.656,205 3*7,214 218.204,351 12,385,000 139,887,439 891,985,<J28 ...$ 891.985.928 M.MV13 ... 1,!WS,705 ... <1,160.798 18.148,923 THE business quarter of Port Perry, On­ tario, was swept away by firo. the loss being over $150,000... .The establishment of the Silver and Deming Manufacturing Com- Eanv at Salem, Ohio, was entirely destroyed y fire. The loss is estimated at $100,000; the insurance is $40,500. About 150 men are thrown out of employment by the fire. THE President has made the following appointments: John A. Kasson, of Iowa, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo­ tentiary from the United States to Germany; Alphonso Tuft, of Ohio, Envoy Extraordi­ nary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to Russia; John M. Francis, of New York, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to Austria-Hungary; Louis Richmond, of Rhode Island, Minister Resident and Consul-General of the United States at Portugal; Samuel H. M. Byers, Consul-General at Rome, Italy; Ramon C. Williams, Consul-General at Havanna; Ward McAllister, Jr., of California, United States Judge for the District of Alaska; E. W. Haskell, of Iowa, United States Attor­ ney for the District of Alaska; Seward Smith, of Iowa. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Dakota; John Jarrett, of Pennsylvania, Commissioner of Labor. INDEPENDENCE DAT was celebrated throughout the country in the usual man­ ner and with the usual spirit There were the usual number of speeches in eulogy of Washington, Jefferson, and the fathers of the Republic, and of the Republic itself. Gen. McClellan presided at Henry C. Bowen's celebration at Woodstock, Conn., the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher opening the proceedings with prayer, and Dr. Franklin Fisk, of Chicago, closing with the benedic­ tion. Addresses were made by Gen. Mc­ Clellan, the historian Lossing, ex.Gov. St. John, of Kansas; Joseph Cook, of Boston, and others. A hymn by George H. Boker, of Philadelphia, was sung by the whole audience At Ogden, Iowa, Kate Shelley was present­ ed with the medal voted to her by the Iowa Legislature for bravery. The Governor's private's secretary made the presentation, to which Prof. John F. Curpan responded. The formal presentation of Barihol- di's statue, "Liberty Enlightening the World," by the French Government to the United States took place in Paris. The festivities of the day were attended by the customary gunpowder accidents and fatali­ ties. At Grand Haven, Mich., a twelve- pound • gun , belonging to th? Grand Rapids heavy artillery company was prematurely discharged. Louis Smith lost his right arm and Edward Lohring had a thumb blown off. At Clarendon, Pa., while attempting to fill a shell with nitro-glvcerine, Patrick Con­ nelly was blown into fragments... .Near Mobile, Ala., a party of Democrats returning from a political meeting in a wagon, were fired upon by two negroes, armed with shot­ guns. One man died in an hour, and six others were wounded. The negroes escaped. Tin anti-Chinese bill passed the Senate en the 3d inst., by a vote of 43 to 12. The Senate, by a vote of 27 to 27, failed to oass the Fitz John Porter bill over the President's veto. A resolu­ tion was adopted for an inquiry into the capa­ city of the steel-producing works in the United States and the tools in the navy-yards to furnish outfits for np-w ve*sel-< or guns for seacoast de­ fenses. Tiie bill to forfeit unearned lands grant­ ed to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad wan pass­ ed, with an amendment to refer to the courts the question of tifcir after forf iture. In the House of Representatives, the select corn- mi tee made a report that William H. Knulish was not guilty of a brea h Of privilege, while a minority declare that he lobbied on the floor in the interest ot his son. The House refused to con ur in the Senate amendment" to the fortifi­ cation appropriation bill, and api o.ntcd new conferrees. An atte-rpt to pass the Mexican pension bill was followed by the loss o£ a quorum. BILLS to pension the widow of Gen. Ord, toia- crea9e the allowance to Mrs. Frank P. Blair, and to authorize the retirement of Gen. Averill with the rank of Colonel passed the Senate on the 4th inst. The conferrees on the deficiency appro­ priation bill were reappointed, as th" Senate in- si«te<i on its amendments. The postal telegraph bill was postponed for tb > session. The House of Representatives resume i consid­ eration of the Mexican pension bill, and as a quorum was not present a call of the Hous - was ordered. A motion to recede from disagree­ ment to the amendments made by the Senate to the general deficiency appropriation bill was lost, and the conferrees were reappointed. The conference report on the river and harbor ap­ propriation was agreed to. 42.35S.67t POLITICAL. >. DOW, of Maine, denies the -report •that he would not support the Prohibition ; " ticket this year. While-ilii Kansas, Maine, 5«, and Iowa he claims the E^pnblican ticket . , is worthy of all support, hejmaintains that in other States the Republican pnrtv have ; . done nothing to claim the ballots of the , temperance element. THE Illinois Democratic State Conven- v tion, in session at Peoria, nominated Car vter H. Harrison for Governor, Henry Sei ter for Lieutenant Governor, Michael J. Dougherty for Secretary of State, and Al- •fred Orendorff for Treasurer. John M > Palmer, William R. Morrison, John C. Slack, and Lambert Tree were chosen as delegates-at-large to the Chi- «®Ro convention. The platform de- , nounces the present high protective tariff v ag a masterpiece of injustice and false pre- tense, favors a tariff for revenue only, and f < heartily approves of the course of William : E. Morrison in his earnest efforts to reduce the tariff taxation. Ite CSBMERAI. OJWJHOITO at Twillengate, N. p wrecked one of three houses tenanted by f Catholics m that place. At Green's Pond ' Harbor the Orangemen drove off four -vessels which put in for shelter T brutally beat the sailors, and seri ' * «ratly damaged the crafts by missiles. In St. Mary's Biy the crew of a bark J entered the Catholic Church, destroyed the furniture, carried off the chalice and sacred vessels, and desecrated the structure in various ways. The parish priest and .j merchants prevented the destruction of the ship and cargo by the Catholic population. "Bill" England, a British pugilist, who J *»mt- over to make a match with John L. - Sullivan, was "used up" by George Booke, ; at New York, in four rounds. f K*W LABKDO (Mexico) dispatch: "The THIS MARKET, .$ aoo .. 6.60 . 4.00 .92 . .95 .. .57 . .36 .. 16.50 e.oo 6.25 4.50 .82 .93 .50 .29 X0 .«<» „ NEW YORK. BEEVES HOGS KLOUB-- Kxtra. WHEAT--No. i Chicago..... Na 2Bed CORN--No. A OATW-- White 1'OBK--Mess „ CHICAGO. " BEEVEa--Choice to Prime Steers. Fair to Good UuU-liers".... HOGS FLOUB--Fancy White Winter iix Good to Choice Spring... WHEAT--No. '2 borinir No. 2 Red Winter....... CORN--No. 2. OATS--So. 2 UYE-NO. J. BAULK?--No. % ....J.*.*.* BT'TTKB--Choice Creamery Hne Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream. Skimmed Flat EGGS--Fresh. POTATOES--New, per brl FOBK--Mess 1-.ABU TOLBDO. WHEAT--No. SKed. COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 3 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 3 CoiiN--No. 3 OATO--No. 3 BA&EI-N*. 3 *OEK--M»*S, LABD ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 3 Bed .98 COUN--Mixed. .48 OATtt--No. 3 .36 RYE 66 Pons--Mess 1*00 CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 3 Bed 89 COBN 56 OATS--Mixed. U POBK--Mess< I5.» LABD M „ DETBOIT. Fioca e.oo WHEAT--No. 1 M bite. T oo CoRN-Mtxed. I OATO--NO. 2 Mixed U PoKft--Mess la'so m ^ INDIAN'AFOLia WHEAT--NO. 3 Bed COBN--Mixed OATS--Mixed EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best Fair. .".... Common. Hoos.. ...... wmmmr • • • * *»•••#»(! * » •• • & 9.5# & 7.<W & 6.50 & .'J3 .96^ <& .59 & .39 @17.00 6.50 & 7.0'J 6.00 <4 6.50 5.00 5.M « 6.50 «« 5.75 A G. i i 0 0 0) & & «* .17)6(^ •13 & .OS @ .04 & .14 « 3.00 (g 3 50 19.25 iejia.75 .97 & .07 li .83 •J4 .61 ^0 .61 &•! .19 .14 .<* .05 .15 Xt M M M ^4 $ 15.00 7.00 .54 .33 THE WWK OF C0NGRE8S. & .83 & .56 & .34 .59 «l!t.60 <0 7.25 & 1.03 & .49 & .28 @ .67 18.75 0 91 & .58 @ .33 @16.25 & .0114 A 6.75 & 1.01 <& .53 & .33 @19.00 .86 M JO 6.2* i7i 4.00 iU IM & . 53 0 Si « 6.75 9 6.5) «t 4.«> 0 6.H • m MmmM * * * i % ( ^ : y ' What li Being Done by the Sitiooal Legiilatare. A VATOROU report was mads in the 6en>( ate, Jnne 28, on the bill to pension the widow or! General James fi. Bteedman. The general defi-| ciency bill was passed, with an Item authorizing the payment of $3,000 to Charles H. Reed for de-| tending Charles J. C^teau. The River and Harbor bill consumed the remainder of the day's action. In the House, the Speaker stated that the regular trder was the qu stion ot privilese come.UK over from yesterday, and ivr'sented by a resolution offered by Mr. Can­ non, that the lircord bo so amended »s to show tiiat the speech purporting to have been delivered by Mr. McAdoo, in which allusion is made to Senator Logan, was not actually deliv­ ered liy him. Mr. Co* after deprecating the practice of printluc long essays in The Kec&rd, said the present dispute arose from the pub­ lication in The Record of a newspaper article fits ting that Senator Logan owned 80,(K0 acres . of land. It had not been charged that he came by it wrongfully. He (Cox) did not know that Locan was a dishonest man. What was the object of this discus­ sion to-day, except to prevent adjournment? In order to put an end to the discussion, he moved to lay the whole matter on the table. (Cries of "Good " and "Vote."] The motion was agreed to without a division. Mr. Loverlnf's eight-hour law, which proposed to pay Govern­ ment employes a full day's pay for eight hours' work, was detested. Bills were reported to the Senate on the 90th ult. to forfeit the unearned land grant of the Northern Pacific Road, and tor the erec­ tion of a public building at Akzon, Ohio. An adverse report was made on the bill to grant public lands to the survivors of the Mountain Meadow mas^a re. Mr. Cameron called up a reso ution to discharge the Finance Committe * froni Inrther consideration of t e bill for the retirement and reco nage of trade dollars, but it w.is voted down. The river and harbor b' II was taken up, and several *nu nd- ments were disposed of. A House joint ies- ol ution was passed continuing the present appropriations for five days 1rorn June 80. President, Arthur sent to the Senate tho name of ex-Congressman Henry S. Neal, ot Oiiio, to be Solicitor of the Treasury. In the House of Rep­ resentatives. Mr. King introduced a bill a r>ro- priailng f2(Kt,000 to prevent the introduc­ tion of cholera into the United States. The conference reports on the bills authorizing a bridge at St. Paul and the disposition of useless military reservations were agreed to. The Committee on Elections mad • a report that John H. Wise is en' itled to re ain his seat as Represcntative-at-Jarce from Virginia. The for­ tification bill was discussed. Messrs. Horr, Flnerty, and Dorshoimer favored the majority report for a larire appropriatio . Messrs. Hbl- msn and Follett made speeches on the ooposite side. No action was taken. THE river and harbor bill passed the Sen­ ate on the 1st inst. The bill as passed by the Senate appropriates $13,534,700. As it lett the House it provided for an appropriation of $13,- 086,200. Bills were also passed to provide for a branch of the Soldiers' Home west of the Mis­ sissippi; for the relief of soldiers improperly chat ered with deser ion, and to grunt a pension of ISO per month to the widow of (Jen. James B. Steedman. It was agreed to refer to the t om- m ttee on Finance resolutions for the redemp­ tion of 10,000,000 trade dollgru, and for an inves­ tigation into the condition of the banks in New York. In the House of It preeentat.ves, the Conference Committee on the naval appropria­ tion bill announced its inability to Agree, ob­ jection bei g made to the items for the new cruisers and to continue work on the monitors. The House voted to insist on ips disagreement on both of these ques­ tions, and new conferrees were appointed. The Conference Committee ou the postoffice appropriat;on bill reported a failure to agree on the items of railway mall clerks and for compen­ sation to land-jmMit roads, bnt the House voted to recede and accept the Senate's decision. The fortification bill was discussed in the House again, Mr Randall offered a bill embodying the views of the minority, and pending a vote to substitute this for the bill reported by the ma­ jority. the House adjourned. THE Senate passed the sundry civil appro­ priation bill on the 2d inst., after striking out the clause providing salaries instead of fees for United States Marshals. The House, by a vote of 150 to 91, adopted the fortifications bill recom­ mended by the minority of the committee which considered the measure. It appropriates $595,I!(JO. The majority recommended a bill ap­ propriating $1,500,00 >. The President sent to the House a message vetoing the bill for the re­ lief of Fitz John Porter, the Attorney Ge.i<>ra! having pronounced it unconstitutional. The House, on motion of Mr. Sloeum, of New York, immediately passed the measure over tue Presi­ dent's veto by 168 to 78. The President, in his veto messase, takes the same view at tin- Attor­ ney General regarding the constitutionality ot the bill, and says: Thjxe are other causes that deter me from giving this bill the sanction of my approval. The judgment of the court-martial ov wnich more than twenty years sine1 Gen Fit? John 1 orter was tried and convicted, was pronounced by a tribunal compos^ d ot nine g neral officers of distinguished character and abilitv. ^inves­ tigation of the charge* of whlch'it found the accused t uilty, was thorough an lconsc en.iou*, and its tndingsand sentence in d e course of law approved by Abraham Lincoln, th n Pr si- dent ot the United States.-1^. iajjal compe­ tency, its junsdiotl^*i^K3» ajxu-ed add of the subjects of ftflla&ncn,' tho sub­ stantial regularity rt all its proceedings, are matters which have never been biough: in «jn s- tion. Its judumont, ttiereforc, is tiual and c >n- clnsive in its character. The Supr. me Court of the United States ha* recently d.-olared that a c< urt-mait ul such as this was,*"i* tne organism provide I by law and clothed with the <;uty of administering justice in this clasa of cases. Its judginen s, when approved, rest on the same l»ai-is and are surrounded by the same consid­ erations which give conclusivenes > to th t judg­ ments ot other tribunals, in hiding, as well the lowest as the high st." It fol­ lows accordingly that when a lawfully constituted-court martial has duly declared its findings and i s sentence and the same has been duly approved, nt ither the President no- Con­ gress has any power to set them aside. The ex­ istence of such a power is not op -nlv asserted nor jierhaps is it necessar.ly implied in the provisions of the bill which is beto e me. but when its enacting clauses are read in the light of the re< itals of its preamble, itwil, be seen that it seeks in effect a practical annulment ot the findings and sentence of a competent court- martial . A conclusion at variance with these findings has been reached after inve tigation by a board ronsisiiug of three officers of the army. This board was not created in pursuance of any statutory authority, and was pow rless to com­ pel the attendance of witnesses or to pronounce judgment which could be lawfully enforced. The offlcerp who composed it, in th ir report to the Secretary of War, dated March 19, 1x711, state that in their opinion "Justice requires * * * such action as may be necessary to annul and set ai^id-' the findings and sentence ot the court-martial in the case of Maj. Gei-. Fit/'John Porter, and to restore him to th- posi­ tion of which their sentence deprived him, such restoration to take effect troin tho date of his dismissal from office. The pro­ visions of the bi 1 now under consideration are avowedly based on the assumption that the findings of tiie court-mar ial are found to I* er­ roneous. ljut it will be borne in mind that the inves igation which is claim d to havn resulted in this discovery was made many years afi^rthe event to which these lmdings related a-.d und -r cir umstances t.iat made it im osxible to repro­ duce the evidence on which thev wri; based. It seems to me that the propi sud legislation won d establish a dang rous precedent, cal ;ul tted to imperil in no small measure the binding force and effect of the ju gments of the va­ rious tribunals established u.'dcrour Constitu­ tion and laws. I have already, in the exercise of the pardoning power with wh ch the IT si- dent !B vested, remitted the continuing pens ty that made if imi ossil le for Fitz John Fort< r to bold an office of trns or profit under the Gov­ ernment of the Uni ed States. Bnt I am un­ willing to give my sanction to any leicisla'ion wh-.ch shall practically annul and hi t at naught the solemn and deliberate concln'dorw of the tribunal by which lie was convioud. and of the iTosident by whom the findings were examined and approved. PURSE. HI Condition «t the Cloee of the GOT* l i a e a l - - l „ - ' - Tear. . . *>' i » •"«.« i..' .• »• «oM OMn Md Silver BnBlntFttd Wettings of the New r • Tariff., fi': 1 , A k • v •MhhitoB telsgcass.1 ' - ' The Government fiscal year closed on the 30th ult., and the publio debt statement shows a redwUftnof -#101,000,000, against ajeduction of f|88,000.000 during the previ­ ous year endtai^f«Bo 30, 1883. An exami­ nation of thelwcrest-bearixig debt shows, however, thai c|he actual reduction dur­ ing the year hsg been nearly $112,000,000, which represantp a permanent annual saving in the interest #ooount of over $3,250,000. The one hundred and twenty-eighth call for 3 per cent, brads matured June 30, and the $10,000,009 jPtus called were taken from the column of Hnnded debt, which will ex­ plain the apparstat discrepancy between the aggregate reduction given in the debt state­ ment and the Aptoal amount of reduction in bonded debtjor tho year as given in these dispatches. f The gold cop and bullion fond is now nearly $205,000,000, an increase sinoe June 1 of about $3,060,000; while, however, this fund shows ait increase of $3,000,000 for the month, thefts'has been 1 decrease in the amount of gold owned by the Treasury of $4,300,000, the outstanding gold certifi­ cates having increased since June 1 $12,- 000,000. The ittnount of these certificates now outstanding is over $71,000,000, and the amount of gold in the Treasury not covered by certificates, $133,729,914. The number of silver dollars now on hand ie $135,560,916, an increase of nearly $3,000,000 for the mont^ and since July 1, 1883, of $23,646,897. w The amount of silver certificates out­ standing is $96,420,000, thus leaving the number of silver dollars not covered by certificates over- $39,000,000, an increase eince June 1 of nearly $4,000,000. The available cash4 in the Treasury is $139,887,439, a falling off of $8,000,000 since June 1, 1883. During the month the national banks withdrew $6,000,000 in 3 per cent, bonds for redemption under the call, and deposited in their place $4,1)00,000 of higher rate bonds. The amount of bonds now held to secure national-bank circulation is $334,- 000,000, against $357,000,000 one year ago, thus showing a withdrawal of bank circula­ tion for the yea* of about $20,000,000. The contraction, however, in this portion of the circulating medium is more than compen­ sated for in the increase of outstanding gold and silver certificates, during the past twelve months the increase in silver certificates having been nearly $24,000,000 and gold certificates over $11,000,000. The total receipts for the year were $348,(M 0,000 against $398,000,000 for the preceding year, a difference of $50,000,000 in round numbers. During the discussion of the tariff bill in Congress it was estimated that the passage of the revenue bill then pending would work a redaction of about $70,000,000 per annum. The actual reduction in these two sources, as shown by figures reported to the Treasury Department, is a few thousand short of $42,000,000, the reduction in cus­ toms having been $19,000,000 and internal revenue $2d,0(1^000. The following table shows receipts from all sources for VteTfiscat year compared with those for preceding fiscal year: 1884. c 1883. Customs $199,027,291 $214,706,498 Internal revenue 1*2,004,499 144,720,360 Miscellaneous 30,086,944 38,860,716 PERIL IN THE SLEEPER A Paaenger Train Hurled Into i." ftraam While Banning* v Mile a Minute. Vil „ Total ....$348,166,794 <398,387,582 Expenditures as follows: 1884. 1883. Ordinary ^ $134,915,689 $140,215,433 Pensions .^A.. 66,003,996 66,012,573 Interest.. „. 64.678^194 69,160^131 TotaL $245,498,678 $366,408,137 ||HE TEMPERANCE ISSUE. • • A letter from Hon. Neal Daw* [Freeport (111.) Dispatch.] It having been stated that the Hon. Neal Dow, of Maine, who was a candidate foi the Presidency on the Prohibition ticket four years ago, would refuse to support the National Prohibition nominations this year, and work for the success of the Republican ticket, Russell J. Hazlett, of this city, who is the Grand Worthy Secretary of tho Illi­ nois Good Templars Grand Lodge, wrote to him for his views on the question of a third party. The following reply was received this afternoon: PORTLAND, Me., June 27, 1884. R. J. Hazlett, Grand Worthy Secretary, Oood Templars, Freeport, III.: DEAR SIB: Your note of the 24th is re­ ceived. The newspaper slip you send me correctly reports my views as to the wise action of the temperance men of Maine, Kansas and Iowa. The Republican party in those States has steadily favored prohibi­ tion and has afforded the people an oppor­ tunity to put their will as to the liquor traffic into the constitution. 1 think it is for the interest of the temperance cause to show the country that the party has lost nothing in those States by such action. As to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsyl­ vania. New York, New Jersey, Massa­ chusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, the temperance men owe the Republican party nothing, and it has no just claim whatever on them for help in any election. You ask me if it is really true thit I look on the third p\rly action with disfavor. So far from that, I am sure we can never win in any other way. The sooner we come to that the sooner we shall accomplish our purpose. Respectfully, NEAL DOW. XJrac&loag Escape of the Pasuuageii-- Thrilling Scenes and In- 1 . ^ ddeata. v * •• • [Lynchburg: (Va) Telsaram.] A railroad disaster of a thrilling and re­ markable character occurred on the Vir­ ginia Midland Railroad near this city. The Washington and New York sleeping-cars were precipitated from a bridge into the James River, and yet not a single life was lost. The escape of forty or more peraonB from death was almost miraculous, and tiie scenes while their rescue was being effected from fhe submerged cars were exciting be­ yond description. The train was the morn­ ing express, to which the through sleepers from New York and Washington had been attached, and both were well filled with passengers -- men, women, and children. All went well until reaching a point about two-miles north of Lynchburg, where there is a heavy down-grade. The engineer found that the speed of tha train was rapidly in­ creasing, though he had shut off steam and applied the air-brakes. To his surprise there was no perceptible diminution oz the train's motion, and it became apparent that, through some defect in the brakes, they were not operating. The speed of the train increased with each revolution of the wheals, and, during the run to the river, a distance of nearly two miles, the train swept along at the rate of more than a mile a minute. Some of the passengers were alarmed, but none were prepared for the thrilling episode which was so soon to fol­ low. Upon reaching the bridge the engine, tender, and bnggage-car kept the track, but the smoker swayed so that it struck the girders, throwing it from the track and causing the cars following to do the same. The trucks of the &moking-car tore the sleepers away for a distance of more than a hundred feet, and when the heavy sleepers reached the place the strength was insuffi­ cient for their support, and they went crashing through into the river. The water into which the cars plunged was ten feet deep, and the terrified passengers were of course imprisoned like dogs in a'pound. Their stifled screams for aid as the water rose around them were pitiable in the ex­ treme, but there was apparently little room to hope for their rescue. Conductor William Sling was thrdwn from a platform and had two ribs broken, but realizing the peril of the passengers he went promptly and heroically to their aid. Proouring an ax he, with one or two other persons, swam to the submerged cars and smashed in the ventilators at the top of the cars. By this time the water had reached that point, and the struggling passengers were clinging to upper berths and the bell- rope to keep from drowning. The screams of the women and children were heartrend­ ing. One by one the half-drowned passen­ gers were dragged through the opening and helped ashore until all were got out safely. Among the many thrilling incidents was that experienced while rescuing the child of Mrs. J. S. Farden. The terrified woman while in an upper berth which was fast be­ ing flooded with water, pushed her 2- months-old baby through a window and held it there until it was rescued. The he­ roic woman was then saved herself. Old railroad men say this escape was one of the most remarkable that have ever been recorded in the history of railroad disas­ ters. THE PROHIBITIONISTS. SELF-STARVATION. HENRY WARD BEECHER is reported aa Laving said: "Pie, sir, goes with civilisation; where there is no civiliza­ tion there is no pie." Accepting th&t theory as correct, some printing offices where "pi" is constantly accumulating must be in an eminent state of civil za- tion. It is a well-known fact that wh<*n a new batch of "pi" is made in a print­ ing office the foreman uses some very Christian-like expressions.--Carl Pret­ zel's Weekly. LOVE never tires; and the more we love, the more we have of solid satisfac­ tion. Every new soul we come in con­ tact with and learn to esteem fills us with new life. Those who love otuers are themselves full of sunshine, and the day marches triumphantly on with them from rosy morn to dewy eve and silent night. THE forms of society are bnt the robes of humanity. The restless genius, of the race is constantly shaping them, and is seekimg in ©very way to adopt them more completely to its diverse thoughts and varying moods. AT the latest accounts the debts of H. B. H. Albeit Edw£d footed up $1,000,000. Death of a Woman Who Lived Fll^y-three Day* Without Food. [Atchison (Kan. i'telegram.1 Lizzie Brasley, of White Cloud, Doni­ phan County, Kan., the woman who started to commit suicide by starvation, succeeded Sunday morning at 3 o'clock. She wholly abstained fr.im food for a period of fifty-three days, during Srhich time fhe a'.so stubbornly refused to speak. Before beginning self-starvation she had lain seven weeks on a bed of sickness, and her system was therefore much reduced when ehc began. An autopsy revealed the fact thit her organs were all perfectly healthy. The formal verdict of the physi- ciai s w vs death by starvation. When she took the strange freak she had been in an unple isint quarrel with her father, and the loss of a little niece whom she had reared discouraged her. She resolved upon nnici.de. She first tried chloral, and, that failing, quit eating. Froapeots for the National Convention at • 'Pittsburg. ̂ •*;. A. - .4- (Pittsburg dispstejb] Reports received at the Prohibition head* quarters indicate that the national conven­ tion, which will assemble in this city on the 23d of July, will be one of the largest tem­ perance gatherings ever held in the world. Over 1,000 delegates are expected to be Eresent. The convention will be held in afayette Hall, where the first National Re­ publican Convention was held. Arrange­ ments are being made by a committee of 200 local Prohibitionists. The expenses will be met by private subscriptions. The local leaders talk most extravagantly of the pros­ pects of the party. Many firmly believe that the convention will name the next President of the United States. Secretary Swoger said in an interview to-day: "We oontend that Ohio and Michigan are already pronounced Prohibition States, and that in calculations of the present dominant politi­ cal parties they should be left out. By nominating such a man as Clinton B. Fiske, of New Jersey, I believe that New York, New Jersey, California, Kansas, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and some of the Southern States will give their electoral votes to the Prohibition party." The canvass for the nomina­ tion is quite animated. Gideon T. Stewart, of Norwalk, Ohio, is prob­ ably the leading candidate, and will come to the convention with a very strong support. In this locality, however, Clinton B. Fisk, of New Jersey, is the leading favorite, and iu Methodist circles is being strongly and effectively urged. R. H. Mc­ Donald, President of the Pacific Bank of California, is urged by the Western and Pacific-Slope Prohibitionists, and will come into the convention with the unanimous support of the delegation from California. Gov. St. Johu. of Kansas, will have the sup­ port of the delegates from his State. There are other names mentioned, but Fiske for President and John Russell, the veteran Prohibitionist of Michigan, for Vice Presi­ dent, seems to be a very satisfactory- combi­ nation. 'FATAL ACCIDENT. CLIPPINGS. PAPER peach baskets are in use in Mary­ land. ALL the Presidents since Lincoln have worn full beard**, except President Arthur, whose whiskers have the English sideboard cut. DAVTD M. STOKE, editor of the New York Journal of Commerce, has not been absent from his editorial chair for recreation for more than thirty years. A LADY in New York has just finished a silk quilt composed of 14,000 pieces, each about the size of a 10-cent piece. It took her seven years to complete the work, and it is valued at $600. WESTON- KENT, of Peoria, deposited $50 to the credit of a new-born babe, upon the agreement of the pireuts that the child should bear his name. The boy was ehmtfcufcil Wealon Keiii Keith, and, when 21 years old, he will draw the $50, with in­ terest Husband and Wife Killed la a Runaway . ' Smashnp. _ [Bellefountaine (Ohio) dispatch. A sad accident occurred at Huntsville, six miles north of Bellefountaiiie, last evening. Lewis Murphy. Marshal of the town, and wife were out riding in a buggy behind a vicious Texan pony. The horsebecame un- maivigeable, throwing ont Mr. Murphy, who is a cripple wearing a cork leg, breaking his back and terribly injuring his head. Plung­ ing forward, the frightened animal brought the buggy into contact with a heavy gravel 'wagon just as Mrs. Murphy was preparing to jump backward. She was thrown on her head and instantly killed, her neck being broken. She and her husband were laid side by side in a yard, and his screams as he implored his neighbors to kill him were heartrending. He said he had dreamed the night before that he was ihrown from his buggy and his eyes gouge* out, and that he was accountable for his wife's death, as he bad coaxed her to ride with him. He is un­ conscious and will die. Mrs. Murptiy was thirty years old and leaves three children. THE Emperor of China has ordered the destruction ot $4^000,000 worth of opium. HERE AND THEBE. ir . .. , . r .v.: *' . -h V AH Indian chief has married a Washing­ ton washerwoman. WHITE stockings are coming once again into fashion in London, from the crusade by the doctors against colored wear as slow poisoners. A iiiTTXiK girl in Concord, N. C., swal­ lowed a lightning bug, which caused her death. This is the first death from such a cause on record. THE color line seems to have cropped out in England. The British Lords of the Ad­ miralty have issued a stringent order that no negroes shall be ent- red for servioe in the navy without their special sanction. COLORADO contributes 1Q0,00G oott* to the eonntiy'a resources this year. , ^ . j CAUSE OF Oeeasloned by Roftut af th* • Heart Canaad by Msa tatAcoay. -"The most remarkable event in the history of the world was the death of Jesus Christ," said Be*. Dr. Thomas A. Hoyt, pastor of the Chambers Presby­ terian church, in beginning a special sermon to the medical students. "Its hidden meanings," he continued, "are transcendent and it was, without paral­ lel, the most sublime tragedy ever en­ acted." The speaker had chosen his text from St. John xxxiv. 19. John, he said, stood only a few feet from the Savior, and subsequently related what he saw. The subject discussed by the speaker was, "What was the physical cause of Christ's death ?" Several emi­ nent physioians had devoted years to the question and a book on the subject bad been publishod by Dr. Stroud, of Edinburgh, about thirty-five years ago, in which he ascribed Christ's death to rupture of the heart. During a conven- tii n of physicians in Scotland several years ago the deductions arrived at in this book were presented for their con­ sideration, andv they were confirmed, lliere are, the minister said, many ease* on record where death has result- ed from violent passions of joy or grief. Plinv tells us of a Lacedamonian who fell dead from joy at hearing that his son had won a prize at the Olympian games. The speaker read several med­ ical opinions on the subject of heart rupture, and continued: "There is no pretense that the spear thrust into the Savior's side caused death. In fact, he was dead before the wound was received. Christ was crucified at 9 o'clock in the morning, and expired at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, or two hours before the cen- turian dealt the blow with his spear. The crucified usually lived from two to four days, and sometimes as long as five days on the cross Thers is no evidence that disease might have caused His death, and no reason to believe that He was not of perfectly sound health. Some have thought that He might have died from exhaustion, but we are told that He was miraculously sustained during His trials. It was not weakness. Some declare that He voluntarily gave up life, but He did not take His life; He simply submitted to the conditions under which He died. The answer to the question, "What was the physical cause of Christ's death?" is, "Rupture of the heart caused by mental agony.' Literally, He died of a broken heart.'" The speaker read extracts from many letters from eminent physicians giving their opinions on Dr. Stroud's book and on his deduction as to the death of the Savior. They all indorsed hie con­ clusion that Christ had died of a •rap­ tured heart. "John says," continued the speaker, that when , the spear was thrust into the Savior's side 'forthwith came there out blood and water.'" Dr. Hoyt then proceeded to explain this from a medical point of view. He said that when the spear-head punctured the peri­ cardium the blood and serum from the ruptured heart escaped. He said that all this was simply a fulfillment of a scriptural prediction, as was the part­ ing of His raiment and the casting of lots among the soldiers for His vesture. "But what was this mental anguish that broke our Savior's heart?" asked the speaker. "It was not fear of death, for He looked toward that with long­ ing. 'If I be lifted up,' He said, 'I will draw all men to me.' He antici­ pated death as the consummation of His labors. 'Reproach hath broken my heart,' He said, and then died. He died for us. The weight of human guilt broke His heart."--PhiladeljiUia Times, Value of the Sweet (jam. This tree is found in all the Southern States and in the southern portions of those immediately north of the Ohio River. It has never been utilized to any great extent in the arts. A. writer in The Industrial World states that its good qualities are numerous, and it is a very excellent timber for general pur­ poses when not exposed to continuous dampness. For rafters, studding, joists, except when exposed to the ground, and general framing it is superior. It also makes rery excellent fencing lumber for all bat the bottom board, which, lying upon the giound, must be of some other wood. In building fences of this material it will be found ad­ visable to put alternate posts inside and outside the fence to prevent twisting and warping. A fence so built in 1869 is now standing apparently intact. As a weatherboarding lumber it ranks in the second quality, but if thoroughly painted as soon as put on, abundant oil being used, it will stand almost if not quite as well as any of the more favored woods. Although a comparatively soft wood, it holds nails with a wonderful tenacity--a fact that for many uses makes it peculiarly valuable. It splits with great difficulty and is very desir­ able for purposes where splitting would be injurious. Having a very fine, close grain, it admits of an extremely high degree of polish second only to walnut, anil presents a rich brown color of great beauty and capable of very high finish. For staining it is unsurpassed. Seeming to become impregnated with the staining fluid, it retains the color tenaciously. It may be remarked that even in furniture the sap can not be used. It will take a polish in some de­ gree, but will not hold it, and a dirty white streak will appear which BO amount of staining or polishing can for more than a few days obliterate. For turning it is also a very valuable -vrood, its close grain and indisposition to split rendering it susceptible of high finish across and diagonally as well aa with the grain: The Plane Rcptnne. w Neptune will be a pleasant planet to dwell in, on some accounts, when in the progress of the ages he becomes fit for the abode of animal life. All the other planets are inferior or inner as viewed from his suface, and will seem to move in straight lines east and west of the sun, as Yenus and Mercury move in our sky. But if tho Neptun- ians have eyes like ours they will only be able to see Uranus, Saturn, Jupitor, and perhaps Mars. Their best tele­ scopes, if like ours, will hardly pick up the earth, and onr beautiful Yenus and fleet-footed Mercury will be for­ ever unknown. All the planets will make transits, bnt the sun is so small and the planet far away that transits will be rare. It is calculated that Uranus will make a transit not oftener than once in 40,000 years. The sun in the Uranian sky is but a brilliant day- star, no larger than Venus, when near est to the earth. His illuminating power is but one-thousandth part ot that enjoyed by the earth, about mid­ way between our sunlight and moon­ light. Planets beyond our ken. how­ ever, may shine in the Neptunian sky, and the inhabitants will have abase line thirty times larger than ours for measuring the distance of the fixed Btars. On the whole, the temptation to migrate to Neptune it not alluring. it -'fiJt'r-; The earth wit&^ber gSAfcps eon, her solitary moon, the cfat brother planets tteible in her aky, If** ftworable posi­ tion in the system, and her perfection of development, affords all that can be desired as a dwelling-place* and few of the dwellers on her surface manifest any desire to leave the pleasant --Providence Journal The Supremacy of the English Iitnwgt and Literature. President Eliot, of Harvard, discusses the question "What is a Liberal Edu- cuatio?" Its importance lies in thei fact that so prominent a scholar and educator should take such strong- ground in favor of making the science jind the _ English language leading branches in the college course. While admitting that Latin and Greek are valuable studies, he says of English: "The first sub ect which, as I conceive,, is entitled to recognition as of equ<4t academic value or rank with any sub­ ject now most honored is the English, language and literature. When Greek began to revive in Europe, English waa just acquiring a literary form; but when Greek had won its present rank, among thehberal arts, Shakspeare b«id risen, the English language was formed, and English literature was soon to be­ come the greatest of modern litera­ tures. How does it stand now, with its- immense array of poets, philosophers^ historians, commentatois, critics, satir­ ists, dramatists, novelists, and eratorsf It cannot be doubted that English liters ature is beyond all comparison the am­ plest, most various, and most splendid literature which the world has seen;, and it is enough to say of the English language that ic is the language of that- literature. Greek literature compares with English as Homer compares with. Shakspeare, that is, as infantile with adult civilization. It may further be said of the English language that it is. the native tongue of nations which are preeminent in the world by force of character, enterprise, and wealth, anj whose political and social institutions have a higher moral interest and great­ er promise than any which mankind lias hitherto invented. To the original creations of English genius are to be added translations into English of all the masterpieces of other literatures, sacred and profane. It is a very rare scholar who has not learned much more about the Jews, the Greeks, or the Bo- mans through English than through Hebrew, Greek, or Latin. "And now, with all this wonderful treasure within reach of »©ur youth,, what is the position of American schools and colleges in regard to teaching Eng­ lish? Has English literature the fore­ most place in the programmes of schools ? By no means; at best only a subordinate place, and in many •'•choola no place at all. Does Engl sh take equal rank with Greek or Latin in onr ©alleges? By no means; not in tne- number and rank of the teachers, nor in the consideration in which the sub­ ject is held by faculty and students, nor- in the time which may be devoted to it by a candidate for a degree. Until within a few years the American col­ leges made no demand upon candidates for admission iu regard to knowledge of English; and now that some 'colleges make a small requirement in English,, the chief result of the examination is to demonstrate the woeful ignorance of their own language i.nd literature which prevails among the picked youth of the country."--The Century. Love Among the C actL ! The Pitalla is the only variety of tus, so far as we know, that produces fruit that can be eaten without the man who does the eating being sorry for it afterwards. The fruit of the Pitalla is quite small, not much larger than a. man's thumb, and it has almost the identical flavor of strawberries. The- berries have to be eaten with great care, as the small thorns are apt to stick in the lips. There is a very romantic story con­ nected with the Pitalla, a wild, weird- legend, in which undying love, Pitall&s, and a cow-boy are mixed up. Some- years ago, the mother of a fair, wild prairie Dower, happened to look out in the direction of the cowpen, which nes­ tled cosily up to a Pitalla bush, when her motherly eyes perceived the wild prairie flower and a freckled-faced cow­ boy, the son of a neighbor, flattening their noses on each other's faces with a- pressure of 3,00J pounds to the square inch. As the families of "the lovyers" were not on borrowing terms, the- mother of the prairie flower lifted up her voice, as Jacob did, but instead of weeping, as Jacob did, ahe warbled forth: "Mirandy Jane! O, Mirandy Jane! you Mirandy Jane! Come right up here­ to the house. O, Jane! you. Jane! O.. you Mirandy Jane! come right up here, I say." She came. He, the coy and gentle cow-boy, slid out of sight behind a Pi­ talla bush. "Didn't I tell you to have nothin' ter do v ith that low-down, brandy-legged^ slab-sided, maverick-stealing Jake Mul- lins, and I seed yer a-kissin' him and a- kissin' him." • "Indeed, mother, you err., You do Mr. Mullins a gross injustice. He i» too much of a gentleman, too noble, pure." • "Shet your gab, or I'll wear you to a frazzle agin a tree, Mirandy Jane. Did'nt I see Jake with th big catfish mouth of his smack up agin yourn, say "No, mother, he did not smack me. You do Jake injustioe. He is too nobler too pure--* "What did he have that big mouth of his up agin your fool mouth forr if he wasn't a-kissen you." "He was extracting the spines of the Pitalla from my lips. I had been par­ taking of some pitallas, and I had got some of the spines in my Lps, so I- re­ quested Mr. Mullins to extract them, and he had to do it with bis teeth. You see, mother, how unfounded your suspi­ cions were." The door of the little cabin was sud­ denly closed, and the stillness of the- forest was pierced by a succession pi shrieks, annotated with lond thwacks at regular intervals, justifying the conclu­ sion that the old lady had got the prairie flower across a trunk, and waa taking advantage of the situation with a board.--Texas Siftings. ^ OOB Yankee girls, with clear heada and steady hands, will mount the en­ gine of some one of two hundred indepen­ dent callings, pull out the throttle, and, shouting to the masculine drones, who are lumbering up the w ty, "clear the track," drive on to the dignity of a- useful life.--The Interior. Hn who thinks he can do without the world deceives himself; but he who thinks the world can do without him tn still more in error. ONE of the best rules in conversation is never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish we had left nneaid. ' "v ~ 'Vt • . r •** - ~ ~ •> iit:* ' J- .«.«».«. > jpJjL