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J. VAN SLYKE. Editor «MI Publisher. MoHENRY, 111 HUH"1 SB ILLINOIS THE NEWb CONDENSED.. •* <*'• THE EASIV f^AWBlJEBS from Chicago Mt& fltilW points having crowded Pittsburgh, the Mayor of the latter town closed all the gambling-houses... .Joseph lion son, of Newport, R. IM while suffering from delirium tremens, fired a keg of powder in t cellar beneath bis saloon. The building was destroyed by the explosion that followed, and ltenson fatally injured. "GENEBAL GBANT has accepted an in­ vitation to occupy the cottage of his friend Mr. Drexel at Mount MacGregor,near Sara­ toga, and will start about the 23d of June," gays a New York dispatch. "The cottage on the mountain where he will pass the sum­ mer is daily visited by many curious sight­ seers. It is ten and a half miles from Sara­ toga, on one of the finest peaks in the Lower Adirondack region. It is reached by a narrow-gauge railroad ascending at times by a grade 300 feet to the mile. The building has been thoroughly renovated under the direction of Joseph W. Drexel, of New York, its owner. Near the cottage a tent has been erected, and S W. Willett, of New York City, an armyveteran who served under Gen. Grant, will be on duty there as long as his old commander is on (he mountain." , . THE epidemio in Plymouth, Pa., is abating, but the fever has broken out in neighboring villages, with a large mortality. ... .The New York Board of Trade favors a Government subsidy of thirty cents per ton for every thousand miles sailed by sail or steam vessels built and owned in the United States, and engaged in foreign com­ merce. the subsidy to be reduced ton cents after ten years. ^ TUUB WEST. VICTORY, a 6mall village between La Crosse said Lansing, on the Mississippi, was struck simultaneously by two cyclones. Over fifty houses were blown down, iand fragments of the principal hotel were scat­ tered for a mile over the country. One hundred families were rendered homeless. The people saved their lives by taking ref­ uge in their cellars. Hail, one to two inches in diameter, fell at Milford, Oconomowoc, and Hubbleton, Wis., and the highways were blocked by trees which had been blown across them. Crops were badly injured. The storm was veiy severe throughout the Northwest. It swept eastward, striking the Atlantic coast the same night. CHICAGO elevators contain 14,462,878 bushels of wheat, 880,574 bushels of corn, 426,306 bushels of oats, 33,363 bushels of rye, and 25,726 bushels of barley; total, 15,828,847 bushels of all kinds of grain, against 9,674,298 bushels a year ago.... Incensed at a publication in a Lafayette paper, Mrs. Helen M. Gougar. in the streets of that city, assaulted the proprietor, Col. John S. "Williams, Third Auditor of the Treasury, with a parasol. The Colonel wrenched the deadly weapon from her hand3 and struck her with his cane, which terminated the hostilities. A DECISION has been rendered by the Ohio Supreme Court that assessments paid by saloon keepers--amounting to $2,000,- 000--before the Scott law was declared in­ valid, can not be returned After striking ahale gas, and some veins of rock salt, the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company discovered petroleum in their well at a depth of 2,700 feet, and the oil flow is now copious. The petroleum is unusually clear, and of the best lubricating character... .The Illinois crop report for the month of J une has been issued. The indications are that the wheat crop wIH be lew than lO.GOdjOOO bushels this year. Farmers are still engaged in plow­ ing up wheat that gives no promise of re­ turning the expense of harvesting. In many counties there will not be enough wheat harvested for seed and consumption. The condition of winter wheat gave promise Of 72 per cent of the average yield April 1, 94 per cent. May 1. and 66 per cent. June 1. In Michigan all the crops look well, and wheat is much better advanced usual THE Iowa State Board of Health has pro­ hibited public funerals of persons who die from small-pox, scarlet-fever, or diphthe­ ria. .. .Harlow, Spencer & Co.. a St Louis grain and commission firm, have failed for $90,000. A (TOMBSTONE (Arizona) special reports that the Apaches killed' four soldiers be­ longing to Capt. Lowden's command in Guadalupe Canyon. A Mexican named Oshow waB killed by another band of Apaches six miles ^outh of Bisbee, in the Whetstone Mountains A meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at Lafayette, Ind., petitioned Presi­ dent Cleveland and Secretary Manning to remove Third Auditor Williams from office Sparks' store and flouring mill at Madison, Wis., was burned, with 6,000 bushels of wheat and 500 barrels of flour. Loss, 35,000; no insurance... .The princi- Ed hotel at Sheboygan, Wis., the Park ouse, was burned, causing a loss of $25, - 000.... Senator Culloin's Committee on Interstate Commerce began its sessions in Mfpflcago last week. THE SOUTH. A TYPICAL Texas lynching is reported by telegraph from Bonhain, Fannin County, in that State. In the small hours of the morning the jailer was awakened bv a gen­ tle rapping on the front door of his resi­ dence. What followed is described: Hearing no unusual commotion outside, the jaUer arose, opened the door, and was consider­ ably surmised to find over one hundred masked men standing before him. Under the persuasive influence of a couple of six-shooters the jailer *&ve up his keys. Proceed! nit to the cells occupied by Sam and Eli Dyer, brothers, the murderers of Sheriff Rajtsciale and Deputy Sher­ iff Buchanan, they entered the cells, identified tneir men. and then stuffed their mouths with pocket handkerchiefs. After tying their hands they hurried them outside. Scarcely a word was spoken during this proceeding. With the pris­ oners at the head of the column they inarched 5°.,a only three hundred yards from the Jail. The leader gave the order, "Halt. Texans!" and there, under the boughs of an oak tree, dangled two ropes. The gags were withdrawn, ana the leader asked the doomed men if they wanted to prav or had anything to say. Sam begged piteonsly for his life, and fell on his Knees, moaning and weeping. He said he had been a bad man but that Eli had killed both Bagadale and Buchanan. Eli maintained a bold front, and would say nothing except "It's no P8®", would pray. This being over, two large men came forward; each raised one of the murderers from the ground while the wa8,bei1n?adiU8t«d' and then thev sim- viilvw1!. I an/1 the desperadoes were lacking and struggling in the air. MEAGEB details of a terrible accident on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad are tele­ graphed from Chattanooga, Tenn^ A con­ struction train, loaded down with laborers was passing through the New River tunnel,' when the roof and walls gave wav, and fell with a crash upon the train. All was con­ fusion, and the shrieks of the dving and groans of the injured issued from the tunnel. It is known that six men were killed outright and twenty others were badly injured, fully half of them fatallv Eighteen men had to be dug out of the debris, and six were dead before assistance reached them In an affray at a camp- meeting in York County, South Carolina, one negro was killed, two fatally injured! and a score seriously wounded. WAgHWcxoar. UHIHED STATES COMMISSIONEB SPABKS has made an elaborate report to the Secre­ tary of the Interior concerning the cele* brated Maxwell land-grant claim. The pppany claims 1,700,000 acres, bat the Commissioner mf* that the patent was ob tained by frand, and that the company is not entitled to more than 100.000 acres. The report recommends that the Attorney General be instructed to enter suit to re­ cover the land. There are some 1,200 settlers on the tract, and suits of ejectment are pending against many of them. THE Postmaster General says that there is no danger of a strike among the railway postal clerks. The official Postal Guide for May contains a notice to the effect that efficient and honest railway clerks who are not offensive partisans need not fear dis missal. IT is urged in behalf of the proposition to remove the Government money from the Sub-Treasur es to the banks that the cash would be more secure and the expense of taking care of it would be greatly lessened. The use of the Government deposits would be an ample equivalent to the banks for taking care of the money The question having arisen whether an alien comiug into this country and paying his "head money" shall in future be ex­ empt from all further tax of the kind. Sec­ retary Manning referred the matter to At­ torney General Garland. The Attorney General holds that the capitation tax levied under the immigration act must be collect­ ed every time an alien passenger comes into the United Stales. Under the act of Aug. 8, 1882, the tax has heretofore been levied only on the first coming in of alien passen­ gers. ' POL5TICA£. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has appointed to be United States Marshals Frederick H. Marsh, of Oregon, 111., for the Northern District of Illinois, and Henry C. Urner for the Southern District of Ohio. Other ap­ pointments have been made as follows: To Be Collector of Customs John P. Robin­ son, for the District of Alexandria. Va. To Be Collectors of Internal lievenue--Isham Hess, for the Fourteenth District of New York; Hunter Wood, tori he Second District of Ken­ tucky; Alfred C. Parkinson, for the Second Dis­ trict of \Msconsin: W. H. Yarborongh, for the Fourth District of North Carolina. Tc Be Surveyors of Customs--John H. P. Voorhees, for t-ha port ot Denver. Cola; Addi­ son Cole, for the port of Albany, N. Y. To Be United States Marshals--Edward M. Boykin, for the district of South Carolina; Bobt. 8. Kelly, for the Territory of Montana; Thomas Jefferson Carr, for the Territory of Wyoming; Romulo Martinez, for the Territory of New Mexico. To Be United States Attorneys--John Eatlett Gibson, for the Eastern Division of Virginia; Gustavus Van Hoorfeke, for the Southern Dis­ trict of Illinois; and Anthony C. Campbell, for the Territory of Wyoming. Receivers at Land Offices--Abraham Hall, at Milburn City, M. T.; John E. Budd, at Stock­ ton. Cal.; P. K. Wiser, at Tracy. Minn.; Jos. Hill, at Beatrice. Neb., vice Wm. H. Sommers. resigned; O. C. Hals, at La Crosse. Wis.; W. R. Edigar, at Ironton, Mo.; Hugh C. Wallace, at Salt Lake City, Utah. Dolores Romero, of New Mexioo, to be agent for the Indians of the Pueblo Agency in New Mexico. William A. Walker, of Wisconsin, to be agent for the Indians of the Green Bay Agency in Wis­ consin. Ex-Mayor Fox, of Philadelphia, to be SuDer- intendent of the Mint at Philadelphia. Robert Taylor, to be Pension Agent at Knox- ville, Tenn., vice N. R. Gibson, suspended. George R. Warner, to be Register of the Land Office at Tracy, Minn. POSTMASTER GENERAL VILAS has re­ ceived a communication from the National Civil-Service League requesting the re­ moval of certain postmasters iu different parts of the country for violation of the regulations forbidding the solicitation of political subscriptions in Federal offices. FOUR THOUSAND persons viewed the proceedings of the Ohio Republican Con­ vention at Springfield. The temporary Chairman was Hon. J. D. Taylor, of Guernsey County, and the permanent Chairman Hon. Amos Townsend, of Cleveland. Hon. J. B. Foraker was nom­ inated for Governor on the first ballot. General Robert P. Kennedy was given the second place on the ticket A long series of resolutions were adopted, denouncing the administration for paying honors to the memory of ex-Secretary Jacob Thompson, for appointing "unrepenting rebels" to important offices, and for "dis­ criminating" against Union sol­ diers; demanding the rigid enforcement of the civil-service law, and an enlargement of its scope; expressing sympathy for Gen. Grant, and denouncing the Democratic party of Ohio for the "destruction of the Scott law." Ihe New Hampshire Legisla­ ture elected A. B. Thompson, Secretary of State; Johh B. Clarke, State Printer; Solon A. Carter, State Treasurer, and Frank P. Brown, Commissary General... .On the first ballot the Republicans of the New Hampshire Legislature renominated Sena­ tor Henry W. Blair. 'ON. SIMON B. BUCKNER, the ex-Con­ federate leader, was married last week at Richmond, Va., to Miss Delia Claiborne, one of Richmond's belles. DURINO the month of May about 78,000 persons arrived in this country from abroad. Of this number 67,000 were im­ migrants. .. .The aggregate losses by fire in the United States and Canada dnring the month of May are computed at $8,750,000. W. A. DANIELS, a mounted Inspector of Customs, has been murdered by Apaches near Bisbee, Arizona. Public officials at Tombstone have forwarded an appeal for help to the President. Gen. Crook tele­ graphs from Deming, urging vigorous oper­ ations against the raiders. ADJUTANT GENERAL DRUM, U. S. A., has completed a list of casualties in the national army during the rebellion. The list is thought to be the most accurate yet published. The aggregate number of deaths is shown to have been 359,496. Of these 29,498 occurred among Union sol­ diers held as prisoners of war. The total number of troops reported as furnished by the various States under various calls is 2,772,408. Some of the returns were duplicated, and it is estimated that the actual number was about 2,500,(100 The Agricultural Department estimates the total wheat crop of the country at 360,000,- 000 bushels. The condition of winter wheat is lower than ever before in Jtfne, and the average yield will be less than ten bushfels per acre. There is an increase in the cotton area of 5 to 6 per cent., and a general average condition of 92 per cent Reports from the principal tobacco-grow­ ing sections in the Northern States show a decrease of acreage in New England, New York, and Pennsylvania, and an increase of one-fourth in Wisconsin. NEWS of a terrible disaster comes from Zacatecas, in Mexico. Twelve miles from that city is situated the celebrated Santo- Tiburcio de Laveta Grande Mine, that has produced ever since the Spanish conquest yielding untold millions of silver during that time. Within the past few years it has been newly developed and fitted through­ out with the most costly modern machinery. The work of recovering and reopening old portions of the great mine had been in progress for some time, and was approaching completion. Large quan­ tities of timber and other material, includ­ ing blasting-powder, had been kept on hand. Suddenly an explosion occurred, plainly heard at Zac itecas. Five hundred cases of giant powder had gone off by some means unknown. Ten persons were killed outright, and as many more wounded. The mine and everything near it was a complete wreck. The surface improvements were totally destroyed. ON the steamers Weser and Polynesia, now at quarantine .in New York harbor, forty cases of small-pox have developed since the vessels came into port... .Gland­ ers caused the death of two men aft Mon­ treal VOBEIOII. CHOLERA in Spain is spreading, and the increase in the number of cases now daily reported is causing great alarm among the people. ....A Russian newspaper re­ affirms its statement that the Ameer of Afghanistan has been assassinat­ ed. H is rumored that ex-Amect Ayoub Khan will be raised to the throne by Russian influence Michael Davitt reeeived an ovation in Dublin, the occasion being the expiration of his "ticket-of-leave term. It ia understood that ha will stand for County Mayo at the approaching Par- liamantaiy election By the fail of a crowded stairway in the Court House at Thiers, Frauoe, twenty-four parsons were killed and 168 injured, a number of whom will die. A cable dispatch from Paris gives the following details of (be shocking catastrophe: A murder total bad been In nnwress for some days. On the last day of the trial the Court House was crowded with men and women anx­ ious to witness the closing scenes. When the people were leaving, immediately after the ad­ journment of the oourt, and were Jammed upon the stone stairway leading to the street, the lofty stairway fell. The scene that followed was appalling. Immense masses of masonry from above crashed down upon the stnurgUng people below, grinding through their flesh and bones and mangling and mutilating them In a horrible manner. The fall of the stair-case and the shrieks of the people lying helpless in the ruin* caused a panic in the court-room, and there was a rush for the now wrecked exit Those who were in front were unable to withstand the pressure from behind, and were hurled down upon the men and women crashed in the fall of the staircase, ana whom the people in the street were already striving to rescue. When, at length, the panic had exhausted itself, and the immense stone sters of the fallen staircase had been re­ moved, twenty-four persons were taken from the ruins dead. The injured numbered one hun­ dred and sixty-three, and many ot these will die of the injuries ADDITIONAL NEWS. CHARLES AXJPHONSE LEON RENIER, the distinguished archaeologist, is dead... .The town of Sikuch, in the Eastern Caucasus, has been wiped out by an earthquake. FIVE THOUSAND colored men turned out in Washington to welcome Senator Logan back to the national capital.... .By instruc­ tions from Washington, Gen. Badger, Col lector of the Port at New Orleans, removed Deputy Collector Tom Anderson, of return­ ing board fame. A POCKETBOOK containing certificates of deposit, promissory notes, and other papers, the total value aggregating $100, 000, was dug up by workmen at Fort Worth, Tex. The deposit certificates are favor of A. T. Treadwell, a wealthy cattleman... .The Randleman Cotton Fac­ tory, in Randolph County, North Carolina, was partially destroyed by fijp., The lo^s is $150,000; partially insured,' Seven hun­ dred hands are thrown out of employment. IN a report to Secretary Lamar, Com­ missioner Sparks, of the General Land Office, recommends the vigorous prosecu­ tion of suits to set aside the patents issued under the famous Maxwell land grant ift New Mexico... .The Chief of >the Bureau of Statistics reports that the total values of exports of domestic breadstufis from tha United States during the month of May, 1885, and during the five and eleven months ended May 31, 1885, as compared with similar exports during the correspond­ ing months of the preceding year, were as follows: » 1885. 1881. May ..$11,348,986 $11,453,555 Five months ended May 31 .T.. 67,584,803 66,542,247 Eleven months ended May 31 146,431,965 GEN. GBANT. Interesting Extraota from the of tdal M Personal Memoirs the Groat Soldior. Describing the Late Fra Duel in the South in T Anglo-Saxon The Federal Picture of the Battle IP ShiloH-Dashes of Quiet Humor. (- Story of the Surrender of Lee at Appo­ mattox--How an Apple Tree Bloomed Into Fictioil. 144,556,873 THERE were 207 business failures during the week in the United States and Canada. The general conditions affecting trade are unfavorable. The accumulation of sur­ plus funds at leading business centers is increasing, the volume of merchandise moving is light, and there are few encour­ aging features in the industrial outlook.... S. H. Seamans, Secretary of the Millers' National Association, has completed and issued an exhaustive report of the present condition and outlook of the wheat crop as compared with the same time in 1884, compiled from replies to 3,000 circular in­ quiries sent to the milling fraternity and others. The report makes the probable ag­ gregate yield of wheat in the United States Ihis year 339,16 i,800 bushels, or 20,835,200 less than the estimate of the United States Bureau of Agriculture. 8. E. SPENCBB, cashier for the firm of Grant A Ward, testified at New York that loans by the concern often reached $1,000,- 000; that they frequently paid more for the use of money than they received on loans; and that Fish drew on his private fuuds to pay fictitious earnings to depositors.... A mob at Springvale. Maine, attacked the residences of several active prohibitionists with rocks and firearms, inflicting consider­ able damage. No one was injured ...A grand regatta, open to the world, will be eld at Pittsburg in July. Teenier is mak­ ing the arrangements, and the prizes will aggregate $3,000.... J. H. Rutter, Presi­ dent of the New York Central Road, died at Irvington, N. Y., aged 4'J. THE company engaged by Manager Mc- Vicker, of Chicago, for the production of John C. Freund's new play, "True Nobil­ ity," on the opening of his theater, June 29, is one of the strongest that have been or­ ganized for Chicago in many years. It in­ cludes such well-known names as Robert Mantell, Edwin Varre.v, W. B. Calisle, Russell Bassett, Harry Hawk, Luke Martin, Charles Masoa, Geo. Conwav, Geo. Paxton, and John C. Freund, the author of the play, Viola Allen, Ida Vernon, Blanche Thome, Etta Baker, Blanche Vaughn, and Mamie Doud. New scenery will be provided for the play by John Maggaronovich and J. Howard Rogers, and will include two magnificent >iews of the Colorado region. Manager McVicker intends following "True Nobili­ ty" with a series of standard plays, and is now in negotiation with some of tho lead­ ing members of the dramatic profession with the view of presenting the different plays with extraordinarily strong casts. McVicker's summer season will be in reality a great dramatical festival. THE HARKET8L $5.50 4.25 L 8.75 5.00 4.25 .88 .47 .33 .64 .47 .15 .14 .06 .03 .11 3.00 10.00 6.50 .93 .47 .34 NEW YORK. BEEVES HOGS WHEAT--NO. l White No. 2 Bed. COBN--No. 2 OATS--White POKK--New Mesa. Lard , CHICAGO. " BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. Good Shipping Medium... .. .. . HOGS "" FLOUB--Fancy Bed Winter Ex.! Prime to Choice Spring. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring Coax--No. 2 '* OATS--No. 2. *• BYE--No. 2 liABLEY--No. -i ....* BUTTEK--Choice Creamery...... Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream „ Light Skimmed.. EGGS--Fresh POTATOES--New, per tori. POIIK--Mess LAKD | „ TOLBDOL"'* WHEAT--NO. 2 Bed... COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 3. COBN--No. 2 OATS-- NO. 2 RYE--No. L BABLEY--No. 2. POBK--Mesa frr. LOUIE WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--Mixed OATS--Mixed RYE HAY--Timothy POBK--Mesa „ , CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN OATS--Mixed BYE--No. 2 Fall. POBK--Men DEFBOIT. FLOUB. &50 WHEAT--No. 1 White 97 COBN--No. 3 4ft OATS--No. 2 White 88 POBK--New Mess. 11.75 INDIANAPOLIS, WHEAT--No. 2 Bed 9* COBN-Mixed. 45 OATS--No. 2 84 EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best &oo Fair 6.00 Comma* 4.00 4.00 4.25 @ 6.50 4.75 @ 1.02 1.00)^ .54 <G> .56 .44 @ .45 11.90 @11.75 . 0 . 0 7 5.50 & 6.00 5.00> & 5.50 4.60 @ 5.00 4.25 M 5.50 <& 4.75 .88)6 & .48 (<$ .34 <SS .60 <® .50 m .16 & .15 @ .07 <A> .04 @ .12 & 3.00 @10.50 @ 6.75 .94 .49 .36 .87 & :£ t .65 .47 10.00 .48 .34 .66 & .49 @10.50 1.03 .44 .» .63 14.00 10.60 1.03 .47 .96 .73 10.50 & 1 04 & .45 & .34 .64 @16.00 @11.00 & 1.05 & .49 0 .37)6 & .74 @11.00 & 6.00 & .98 9 .49 ® .39 @12.25 .97 .47 .36 Hoos.... 0 6.50 0 5.50 ® 4.75 & 4.50 & 4.76 Gen. Grant's "Personal Memoirs will be pune llshod within a few months. The ftrst volum- is completed, and tiie second nearly so The extracts Riven show the v\ ork to be written m sturdy and teine Aualo-Saxon, with here and there a touch of quiet humor. The tiook is "Dedicated to the American Soldier," the dedi­ cation being a laosimile ot the General's hand­ writing. Gen. (irant says, referring to his or­ igin: "My familv is American, and has been tor Kinerations, in ail its branches, direct and col-teral. Mat hew Grant, tbe founder of the branch In America ot which I am a descendant, reached Dorchester, Mass., in May, 1630. In 1635 he moved to what is now Windsor, Conn., and was the surveyor of that colony for more than forty years. I am of the eighth generation from llathew Grant. In the tlftii descendintt genera­ tion my great-grandfarher, Noah Grant, and his younjrer brother, Solomon, held commissions in the English army in 1756, in the war against tbe French and Indiana. Both were killed that year." \vriting of 13{1, Gen. Grant says: "Going home for a day «r two soon after a conversation with Gen. Popq I wrote from Galena the fol­ lowing letter W the Adjutant General of the armv: "GALENA, HI, May 24,18C1. Col. L. Thomas, Adjutant General U. S. A., Washington, II. C.: "SIB--Having served for fifteen years in the regular army, including four years at West Point, and feeling it tlie duty cf every one who has been educ;ufd at the Government expense to offer his sertices for the support of that Government, I liuve the honor very respectfully to tender' my services until the close of the war in such capacity as may be offered. I would say, in view of my present age and length of service, I feel myself competent to command a regiment if the President in his judgment should see fit-in intrust one tome. Since the first call of tho President I have been serving on the staff of the (iovernor of this State, render­ ing such aid as I could in the organization of our State militia and am still engaged in that capacity, A letter addressed to me at Spiiug- neid, 111., will mach me. I am, verv respect­ fully, your obedint servant, U.S. GBANT." Gen. Grant, describing his first battle in the Civil war, says: '"As soon as the enemy saw us they decamp­ ed as last as ther horses would carry tli 'm. I kept my men in the ranks and forbade their entering any of tie deserted houses or taking anything from tliein. We halted at night on the road and proceeded the next morning at an early hour. Harris lidd been encamped in a creek bottom for the sake of being near water. The lulls on either side of the creek extend to a con­ siderable height, possibly more than ion feet. As we approached the brow of the hill, from which it was expected we could see Harris' camp and possibly find his men ready formed to meet us, my heart kept getting higher and higher, until it felt to me as tnough it was in my throat. I wculd have given anything then to have been back in Illinois, but I had not the moral courage to halt and consider what to do. I kept right on. When we reached a point from which the valley below was in full view 1 halt­ ed. The place where Harris had been encamped a few days before was still there, and the marks of a recent encampment were plainly vis.ble, but the troops were gone. My heart resumed its place. It occnrred to me at once that Harris had been as much afraid of me as I had been of him. This was a view of the question I had never taken before, but it was one I never for­ got afterward. From that event to the close of the war I never experienced trepidation on con­ fronting an enemy. "At the battle cf Belmont, fearing thit the enemy we had seen crossing the river below might be coming upon us unawares, I rode out in the field to our front--still entire­ ly alone--to observe whether the enemy was passing. The field was grown up with corn so tall and thick as to cut off the view of even a person on horseback, except directly along the rows. Even in that direction, owing to the overhanging blades of corn, the view was not extensive. 1 had not gone more than a few hundred yards when I saw a bo iy of troops marching past me not forty yards away. I looked at them for a moment, and then turned my horse toward the river, and started back, nrst in a war*, and when I thought myself con- oga1O<1 from Tlcw ot tho €*noiT>y 1*0 faet as my horse could carry me. When at the river bank I still had to ride a few hundred yards to the point where the nearest transport lay. The corn-field in front of our trans­ ports terminated at the edge of a dense forest. Before I got back the enemy had en­ tered this forest and had opened a brisk fire upon the boats. Our men, with the exception or details that had gone to the front after the wounded, were now either aboard the transports or very near them. Those who were not on boar.l soon got there, and the brats pushed off. I was the only man of the national army be­ tween t::e rebels and our transports. The Cap­ tain of a boat that had just pushed out, but had not started, recognized me. and ordered the en­ gineer not to start the engine. He then had a plank ran out for me. Mv horse seemed to take In the situation. There was no j ath down the bank, and every one acquainted with the Mis- si-sippi knows that its banks in a natural state do not vary at any great angle from the perpendicular. My horse put his fore feet over the bank without hesitation or urging, and with his hind feet well under him slid down the bank and trotted aboard the boat, twelve or fifteen feet away, over a single gang plank. I dismounted and went at once to the upper deck. "The description of the battle of Bhlloh given by CoL William PrestOn Johnston is very graphic and well told. The reader will imagine that he can see at each blow struck a demoral­ ized and broken mob of Federal soldiers, each blow sending the enemy more demoralized than ever toward the Tennessee River, which was a little more than two miles away at the begin­ ning of the onset. It the reader does not stop to inquire why, with such Confederate success for more than twelve hours of hard fighting, the national troops were not all killed, captured, or driven into the river, he will regard the pen- picture as perfect. But I witnessed the fight from the national side from 8 o'clock in the morning until niaht closed the contest, and I see but little in the description that I can rec­ ognize. The Confederate troops fought well, and deserve commendation enough for their bravery and endurance on the tith of April without detraction from their antagonists or claiming anything more than their due. In an article on the battle of Shiloh which I wrote for the Ventiiru Maijaxhie I stated that Gen. A. McD. McCook, who commanded a division of Buell's army, expressed some unwillingness to pursue the enemy on Monday, April 7, because of the condition ot the troops. Gen. liadeau also, in his history, makes the same statement on my authority. In justice to Gen. McCook and his command, I must say that they left a point twenty-two miles east of Savannah on the morning of the 6th. From the heavy rains of a few days previous, and the passage «,t trains and artillery, the roads were neces- Larily deep in mud, which made marching slow. The division had not only marched through this mud tbe day before, but it had been in the rain all night without rest. It was engaged in the battle ot the second day, and did as good service as its position allowed. In fact, an opportunity occurred for it to perform a conspicuous act of gallantry, which elicited the highest commendation froin division commanders in the Army of the Ten­ nessee. Gen. Sherman, In both his memoirs and report, makes mention of this fact. Gen. McCook himself belonged to a family which furnished many volunteers to the army. 1 re­ fer to these circumstances with minuteness be­ cause I did Gen. McCook injustic > in my article In the ('piitnry, though not to the extent one would suppose from the public press. 1 am not willing to do any one an injustice, and if con­ vinced that 1 have done one I am willing to make the fullest confession. "The campaign of Vicksbnrg was sug­ gested and developed by circumstances. The elections of 1K62 had gone against the prosecution of the war. Volunteen en­ listments had nearly ceased and the draft had b-en re sorted to. This was resisted and a defeat or backward movement would have made Its execution impossible. A forward movement to decisive victory was nece-sary. Accordingly, 1 resolved to get below Vicksbnrg, unite with Banks against Port Hudson, make New Orleans a base, and. with that base and Grand Gulf as a starting point, move our combined forces against Vicksburg. Upon reaching Grand Gulf, after running its batte ies and fighcinga battle, 1 re­ ceived a letter from Banks informing me tint he°cou!d not be at Port Hudson under ten days, and then with onlv fifteen thousand men. The time was worth more than the re-enforcements. I therefore determined to push into the Inte­ rior of the enemy's country. With a large river behind us, held above and below by the enemv, rapid movements were essential to suceess. Jackson was captured the day after a new com­ mander had arrived and when large re-enforce­ ments were daily expected. A rapid movement west was made, and the garrison of Vicksbnrg wai met in five battles and badly defeated. The city was then successfully besieged." Following is an acoount of Gen. Grant's ap­ pointment as Lieutenant General: "My com­ mission as Lieutenant General was given to me on the 9th of March, 18C4. On t he following dav I visited Gen. Meade, commanding the Army of tbe Potomac, at his headquarters at Brandy Station, near the Rapidan. I had known Gen. Meade slightly in the Mexican war, but had not met him since until this visit. 1 was a stranger to most of the Army of the Potomac -1 might tay to all, except the officers of the regular army Who had served in the Mexican war. There had will be read t's aooount and Mr. of that" araav laras commands. Meade «id»^r toed. He aald to me that I i®*? ** **" WJ»° Iwd served with mTa? • ^b rfmater interest than coin until called to the «p"Su t^^oSve m; commission as Lieutenant^^nendfl kn?w him, however, very well and favorably fromth# accounts given by ottoers under "»f at the Went who had known him all thelr UvA> T read the remarkable course of debatea betw ̂ Lincoln and DougU, » few years brtoref w£S &rei tS f®£ th.e United 6Ut^ u 1 M then * resident of Missouri and by no inferos ft * Lincoln man* IT thr«t contest, bat I rsoomised his great abil.ty. In my first interview with Mr. Lincoln b^aliillitarv'man^ir'1^^ nev.8r professed tc De a military man or to know how camoaigns should be conducted, and never wanted to in­ terfere with them, but that prtJcStWion nr. the part of the commanded wlEressure theKNSL? Of Congress! Till H h<? Il*d always with him,' had forced him into issuing his well-known sertes of executive orders.' He did not know i^ih'7^ere *'1 wro»K\«Ba did not doubt but some ot them were. Au he wanted, or ever had wanted, was that some ona would take the re­ sponsibility and act, and call on him for all the assistance needed." Of the Wilderness campaign the General says: "Operating u we were in an enemy's conntrv, and supplied always from a distant base, large detachments had at all times to be sent from the front, rot only to guard the bas3 of sup­ plies and the roads leading tu it, but all the roads leading to our flanks and rear. We were also operating in a country unknown to us, and without competent guides or maps showing the roads accurately. Estimating Lee's strength in the same manner as ours, the enemy had not less than eighty thousand men at the start. His re-enforcements during the campaign were about equal to ours deducting our discharged men and those sent back, Lee was on the de­ fensive and in a country in which every stream, every road, every obstacle to the movements of troops, and every natural defense was familiar to him and his army. The citizens were all friendly to him and his cause, and could and did furnish him with accurate reports of our every movement. Rear guards were not necessary for him, and, having always a railroad at his back, large wagon trains were not required. All circum­ stances considered, we did not have any ad­ vantage of numbers. On the morning of the 7th we sent out pickets and skirmishers along our entire front to discover the position of the enemy. Some went as far as a mile and a half before finding him. But Lee showed no dispo­ sition to coire out. There was no battle during the day and but little firing, except in Warren's front about midday. Warren was directed to make a reconnolssance in force. This drew some sharp firing, but there was no att mpt on the part of the rebels to drive them back. This ended the battle of the Wilderness. More severe fighting has not been witnessed on thts continent than that of the 6th and tith of May. lHtit. Our victory consisted in having successfully crossed a formidable stream almost in the face of the enemy, and in getting the army together afterward as a unit. We gained an advantage on t; e morning of the fith which, if it had been followed up. must have proven very decisive. In the evening the enemy gained an advantage, but was speedily repulsed. As we stood at the close, the two armies were relatively in about the same condi­ tion to meet each other as when the river had divided them, but the fact of safely crossing was a victory. Our losses in the battle ot the Wilderness were 2,2fii killed, 8,783 wounded, and 2,902 missing-probably nearly all the latter captured by the enemy." • Gen. Grant thus describes Gen. Lee's surren­ der: "1 found Gen. Lee had been brought into our lines and conducted to a house b?longing to a Mr. McLean, and was there with one of his staff officers waiting mv arrival. The head of his column was occupying a hill, a portion of which was an apple orchard, across the little valley from the Court House. Sheridan's forces were drawn up in line of battle on the crest of t he hill, on the south side of the same valley. Be­ fore stating what took place between Gen. Lee and mvseif. I will give all there is of the narra­ tive of Gen. Lee ana the famous apple tree. Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed. The war of the rebellion was fruitful in the same way. The story of the apple tree is one of those fictions, with a slight foundation of fact. "As I have said, there was an apple orchard on the side of the hill occupied by the Confederate forces. Kunning diagonally up the hill was a wagon road, which at one point ran very near one of the trees, so that the wheels on that side had cut off the root« of the tree, which made a little embankment. Gen. Babcock reported to me that when he met Gen. Lee he was sitting upon the embankment, with his feet on the road, and leaning against the tree. It was then that Lee was conducted into the house, where I first met him. I had known Gen. Liee in the old army, and had served with him in the Mexican war, but did not suppose, owing to the differ­ ence* In our agss and rank, that ha would probably remember me, while 1 would remember him more distinctly because he was the chief engineer on the staff of General Scott in the Mexican war. When I left camp that morning I had not ex­ pected the result so soon that was then taking place, and, consequently, was in rough garb, and without a sword, as I usually was when on horseback on the field, wearing a soldier's blouse for a coat, with shoulder-straps of my rank to indicate who I was to the army. When I went into the house 1 found Gen. Lee. We greeted each other, and after shaking hands took our seats. What his feelings were I do not know. Being a man of much dignitv, and with an impenetrable face, it was impossible to say whether he felt inwardly glad the end had finally come, or whether he felt sadly over the result and was too manly to show it. Whatever his feelings, they were entirely concealed from observation; but my own feelings, which had been quite ap­ parent on the receipt of his lett r, were sad and depressed. I felt like anything rather than re- joic ng at th? downfall of a foe that had fought so long and gallantly, and had suffered so much for a cause which 1 believed to be one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and for which there was not the least pretext. I do not question, however, the sincerity of the great mass of those who were opposed to us. Gen. Lee was dressed in full uniform, entirely new, and wearing a sword of considerable value: very likely the sword that had been presented by the State of Virginia. At all events, it was an entirely different sword from the one that would ordinarily be worn in the field. In my rough traveling suit, which was the uniform of a private with the straps of a General, 1 mnst have contrasted veiy strangely with a man so handsomely dressed, six feet high, and of faultless form. But this was not a matter that I thought of un­ til afterward. Gen. Lee and I soon fell into a conversation about old army times. He re­ marked that hfc remembered me very well in the old army, and I told him, as a matter ot course, I rememberedshim perfectly, but owing to the difference in ye^rs--there being about sixteen years difference \in our ages-and our rank, I thought it very liltely I had not attracted his attention sufficiently to be remembered after such a long period. ^ Our conversation grew so pleasant that I almost foriget the object (.four meeting. Gen. Lee at that time was accompa­ nied by one of hi* staff officers, a Col. Mar-hall. I had all of my staff with m \ a good portion of whom were in the room during the interview." This is Gen. Grant's account of how Chatta­ nooga was saved: "On receipt of Mr. Dana's dispatch Mr. Stan­ ton sent fi r me. Finding that! was out he be­ came nervous and excited, inqnliinsr of every person he met, including guests of the house, whether they knew where I was, and bidding them find me and send me to him at once. About II o'clock I returned to the hotel, and on my way, when near the house, every person I met was a messenger from the Secretary, ap­ parently partaking of his impatience to see me. I hastened to the room ot the Sec­ retary, and found him pacing the fioor rapidly in about the garb Mr. Jefferson Davis was wear­ ing subsequently when he was captured--a dressing gown, but without the shawl and sun- bonnet. He showe 1 the dispatch, saving that the retreat must be prevented. 1 immediately wrote an order assuming command of the Mili­ tary Division of the Mississnpl and telegraphed it to Gen. Hosecrans. 1 then telegraphed him the order from Washington assigning to Thomas the command of the Army of the Cumberland, and to Thomas that he must hold Chattanooga at all hazards." Here is a fanny story about Gen. Bragg, which Gen. Grant tells in his characteristically simple way: "I have heard a story in the old army very characteristic ot Bragg. On one occasion, when stationed at a post of several companies, com­ manded by a field officer, he was himself com­ manding one of the companies, and at the same time acting Post Quartermaster and Commis­ sary. He was a First Lieutenant at the time, but his Captain was detached to other duty. As commander of the comiany, he made a requisition upon the (Quartermaster (him­ self i tor something he wanted. As Quarter­ master he declined to fill the requisition, and indorsed on the back of it his reason for so doing. As company commander he re­ sponded to this, urging that his requisition called for nothing but what ho was entitled to, and that it was the dr.ty of the Quartermaster to till it. The Quartermaster (-till persisted that he was right. In this condition ot affairs Bragg referred the whole matter to the commanding officer. The latter, when he saw the nature of the matter referred, exclaimed: 'My God, Mr. Bragtr, yon have quarreled with every officer in the army, and now you are quarreling with yourself 1' L îgstreet was an entirely different man." T A TAME FIGST ». Capt. Steele's Mounted Scouts Give Battle to Big Bear's Braves. Large Quantities of Powder Com «|uned, but Few Casualties Reported. Winnipeg dispatches givo particulars of an engagement between the Indian Chief Big Bear and Capt. Steele's mounted forco of Canadians: Capt. Steele and his force, •eventv in number, were scouting south of Fort Pitt, as it was reported that Big Bear had taken the trail for Sounding Lake. Middleton has given Capt. Steele instruc­ tions to watch closely and cut off the re­ treat of the lodn&B south if they attempted to go that waMPjrafcle he and Strange with their force$ nMGiwatch the north. Steele's force Ruddcrty^gMe upon Big Bear's In­ dians at Two Lakes, fifty miles south of Fort Pitt. The Indians were striking cimp when Steele discovered them. Their force seemed to number between 250 and 300. So suddenly had the scouts come upon the redskins, and so near were they to the latter before seeing them, that there was no chance of retreat, so Steele at once ordered a charge. His men were well mounted and armed, and as they galloped forward they were met by a shower of bullets, which checked them. Still they rode on, how­ ever, seemingly determined not to be driven back, but when auother volley was fired at them, and when Steele perceived that the Indians outnumbered his forces, he ordered the men to fall back. It was well he did so, for at that moment ihe In­ dians were joined by re-enforcements who poured out of the bluffs in the rear. They were well armed, and when they 6aw the Bcouts riding off lired a heavy volley. Steele was, however, determined not to be beaten so easily, so he hastily laid plans for another attack upon the Indians. His force was quickly divided. One-half started north to make a detour so as to close in on the Indians. The other half went a short distance east, and at a given signal Ihe two forces closed in upon the In­ dians from the rear, taking them completely by surprise. So quickly was the movement planned, and so quickly was it executed, that before the redskins were aware of it the scouts were within fifty yards of their rear and pouring their bullets into the camp, doing considerable havoc. The Indians were so much alarmed that they ran pell-mell down the ravine and across a creek four feet deep. Many of them left their firearms behind, and most of the camp outfit was also abandoned. The Indians took refuge in a bush on the other side of the creek, from which they kept up a desultory fire upon the scouts, who for 6ome time debated the feasibility of following them over the creek. As the Indians did not appear to have any prisoners with them, and as there was little hope of accomplishing anything by pursuit and attack, Capt Steele decided to retreat. Before going away he thought it well to inquire after the condition of the prisoners, so he sent an interpreter named McKee to the bank of the creek with a flag of truce. As McKee stepped forward, several bul­ lets whizzed past him, but he went on, and when he reached the bank firing ceased. He then called out in Indian: "Is Big Bear there?" The answer came from Big Bear himself: "Yes." McKee said: "If yon will deliver oui people, we will cease firing on you." Big Bear in a loud voice repliedv^We intend to clear you out yet; so bewtfre." Another bullet which whizzed danger­ ously near McKee's head after the last an nouncement apprised him that further par­ ley would be useless, so he beat a hasty retreat: Capt. Steele's loss was as follows: Sergt Maj. Fury, shot in the breast, fatal. ^ William West, scout, shot through the J. Fisk, shot in the arm. The Indian loss was considerable^ several bodies being found this side of the ravine. Middleton has announced that he will pur­ sue Big Bear until he catches him. Portrait of U«n. Ml^Deton. WE seldom find persons whom we acknowledge to be possessed of good' sense, except those who are with us in opinion. = A BABY two months old and weighing only five pounds is th* latest sensation at Los Angeles, CaL We present herewith a portrait of Gen. Francis Middleton, the commander-in-chiel of the forces operating against the Indiana and half-breeds in the British Northwest Territory. SILVER AGITATION. A Proposition Promulgated by Prom­ inent Public Men as a Basis of Legis­ lation. [New York Bpecial.} Following is the exact form as it is no* being considered by prominent public mer of the silver proposition, which is intended to form the basis of legislation in the next Congress: First--Issue certificates on the deposit oJ silver bullion At its market price afc the time (f deposit, expressed in dollars, which sh ill stand as the declared value of the cer­ tificates while in the hands of the public The average value of silver for the previous mon li might be taken as the market value at the time of deposit. Second--Such certificates to be legal ten- der for all purposes except ia transactionf betweeu private parties. Third--They shall be redeemable in law­ ful money, or, at the option of the Govern­ ment, in silver bullion at its market pric< at the time of redemption. When receive*? into the Treasury for dues to the Govern­ ment, or redeemed in lawful money, thej shall be held and paid out*again as othei ctlireney; but when redeemed in silvei bullion to be canceled and destroyed. Fourth--The coinage of silver to be sus­ pended until required again to meet an act­ ual demand for silver dollars. On th< coinage of any bullion the certificates rep­ resenting the bullion shall be canceled anc destroyed. Fifth--Fractional silver, or at least th« half-dollar pieces, to be made full weighi and full legal-tender, and the redemption of subsidiary silver to be discontinued. Sixth--Withdraw the one and two dollaj legal-tender notes without reducing th« total volume of greenbacks, also the five- dollar bank-note, and issue one, two, anc five dollar coin-notes, based one the silvei dollars now coined, dollar for dollar. Seventh--Redeem and recoin the trade- dollar into standard dollars or. fraction* coin. LOUISA M. ALCOTT'B works have reachec the sale of over 500,000 copies. SENATOB ALLISON, of Iowa, baa gone tc Europe. THE UW'S BELAY DEFIED. Two Desperadoes Taken from Jail at Eldora. Iowa, and Shot to Death. The Wmrlc ;• tit-m K°l» of Amei Hm*ke4BIea. "Help! help! Murder! murder! Ft* Heavens sake, save us!" were the cries that startled the qniet people of Eldora, Iowa, at 1:30 o'clock in the morning "People living hear the disturbance," says an eye-witness of the scenes that for owed, "hastened from their beds and followed the direction of the sound. As soon as they reached the public square, all doubts as to the cause of the unusual commotion were removed. < ^ "A masked mob had gathered around the jail, and were battering down the doors for the purpose of securing Fin and Manse Bainsbarger, the outlaws who were confined for the attempted murder of Dre. Underwood and Riedenour, on tho evening of June 2. The wild shrieks of the doomed prisoners were heart-rending. They knew too well the meaning of the gather­ ing of earnest and determined men with­ out, and the first blow on the door sounded their death-knell. As the prospect of death loomed up before them, and they realized that iheir miserable, crime-stained lives were to pay the penalty for years of lawlessness, they gave expression to their terror in despairing cries for help. The mob were not long in gaining admittance to the jail, but it took them fifteen minutes to get into the cell where the prisoners were confined, a sledge being used to open the cell door. When the mob commenced on this door, the prisoners backed them* selves against it and made a desperate effort to hold out against tKe avengers. Not until Manse was shot in the cell from outside were the furious assailants able, to get inside. "When the hammering was going on, the prisoners, in their frenzy, called upon the Sheriff, the Marshal, and the people of El­ dora for protection. Their cries of murder and for help could beheardalong distance. Then they called upon George Barber, of Steamboat Rock, who was confined in an­ other cell for liquor-selling, to tell their families that they died like dogs and no one to help them. "Fin, after the door was broken in, made a dash for liberty, but was captured outside of the jail and held up and shot. The Work was so quickly accomplished that not many of the citizens realized what was being done until it was all over. The mob had guards stationed at all the avenues leading to the jail, and allowed no one to approach. "As soon as the work was completed, the party, numbering perhaps seventy-five men, departed quietly. Night-Watch Al- drich and the editor of the Herald were the first to arrive at the scene of the trag­ edy, and the sight that met their gaze was horrible. Lying face downward in the street about fifteen feet from the jail was the lifeless body of Manse Rainsbarger, any lying partly on the sidewalk and partly on the ground upon his back lay the body of his brother Fin. Both bodies were lit­ erally riddled with bullets. The bodies were dressed just as they had retired for the night, their pants and shirts being their only clothing, except that Manse had his stockings on. Their life blood flowed from the wounds and covered them. "Lying near the bodies was the trunk of a hickoiy tree about nine inches in diame­ ter and fifteen feet in length. The limbs had been trimmed up to within a few inches of the trunk, leaving them long enough to be firmly grasped by the hands. This" was the battering ram used to gain admission to the jail, and in the hands of strong and de­ termined men required only a few moments to break down the barriers that stood be­ tween them and the objects of their ven­ geance. "The mob appeared in town about 1 o'clock, and their conveyances consisted of nine wagons, and several of the party name on horseback. A numbe?:fl?f pedple Beam them come in, and wondered what it meant, but as they made little noise in their preparations they attracted scarcely any attention. The officers having the prison­ ers in charge apprehended no danger for their safety. Some threats had been made, but no violent spirit had been openly man­ ifested. _ " The Rainsbarger gang had so long car­ ried on their lawless operations that the people had settled down into an apparent lethargy, hoping that the law would eventu­ ally punish them for their many crimes. They doubtless would never have been molested, and the law would have been al­ lowed to take its course in regard to their past offenses, had they not aroused the people to fury by the last outrage of which they were guilty. On the evening of the 3d of June, as Dr. Underwood, Dr. Cald­ well, and Dr. G. H. Riedenour were pass­ ing through a heavy strip of timber eight miles north of Eldora, three masked men appeared at the roadside and commenced shooting at them with navy revolvers at short range. The top buggy in which they were riding was riddled with bullets, and the escape of its occupants is wonderful, but they were uninjured save a few scratches. Dr. Riedenour, with re­ markable coolness, jumped out and opened fire on the attacking party with good effect, wounding one of them and driving them to the brush. Dr. Underwood held the in­ quest over the body of Enoch Johnson, who was found dead near Gifford last Novem­ ber, and declared Johnson had been mur­ dered, and has done all he can to bring the murderers to justice. Both Underwood and Riedenour testified against the Rainsbar- gers, who were tried some time ago for the murder of Johnson. Since then they have been threatened and warned to leave the State by members of the Rainsbarger gang." Crop Reports. Cincinnati, (Ohio) dispatch: The Price Current of this city publishes the re­ sult of special investigations in regard to the winter and spring wheat crops, the corn area and coudition, and the June supply of hogs. It places the outlook for wheat at 2,106,000,(100 bushels for winter production and 170,000,000 for spring, making the total 145,000,000 less than the amount harvested last year. The corn area in Western States, representing over 77 per. cent of the pro­ duction last year averages 8 per cent in­ crease over last year. The condition is gen­ erally favorable, thougn somewhat back­ ward as a rule, the worst outlook being in Kansas and Nebraska. The heg supply for June is expected to exceed last year by but a moderate number if any at all. Topeka (Kan.) dispatch: The- Secre­ tary of the State Board of Agriculture has not yet given out his report as to the statup of tbe wheat crop. From private sourcei it is learned that the Hessinn fly and chincli bugs are making bad havo?. and it is nit believed now that the State will harvelt over 15,(100,000 to 20,000,000 bushels If that crop. f Of Interest to Those Seeking Pensions. Washington telegram: Gen. John C. Black, the Commissioner of Pensions, decided to-day hot to take favorable action on an application for a pension by a sol­ dier who deserted from his second term of service and again ehlisted, during which enlistment, he alleges, he was disabled. The claimant, Gen. Black says, must seek relief through the War Department or through Congress. The Commissioner also rejected the claim of a soldier who entered the service as a substitute, desert­ ed on his way to his regiment, and, having been captured and tried by couit-martial, was sentenced among other things to make good the time lost by desertion. It was during his service under his sentence that disease attacked him, and the disability followed for which he claimed a pension. A liAW prohibiting manual labor on Sun­ day has just gone into effect in Austria.