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An old man of 70, named Rafoa Streetsr, was found dead in a ditch near Rftrr*. Vt«» Ms head beaten to & jelly, his abdomen ripped open, and the body otherwise mutilated. The crime was evidently committed for the purpose of robbery. A shocking domestic tragedy was enacted last week at Hackettetown, N.J. Jas. Bicker shot and killed his two sons, aged 6 and 10, aad shot at his wife, but missed her, He then shot himself in the head. The wound is not seri­ ous. Domestic trouble led to the crime-- Thomas M. Jndd, member of the Massachusetts Legislature from Berkshire county, has been arrested for forging a note for $1,000, on which be secured the money. THKRR was a large reunion of Union and Confederate soldiers at Elizabeth, N. J., last week. Speeches were made by Gens. Kil- '* *, I , WK „ '• "i • ii'M-. •' w V'4f; Matthews, both colored, wen hung by a mob., In East Feliciana parish, La., last week. Titty were at the time under arrest for murder Mad had confessed the crime.... Reports of the condition of the Southern oettoa crops are vary discouraging. Bain and iwt are playing havoc viHi 4"1*» ryyflut fltanla THE epiaooUo prevails among the hones in many ps^ts of the South, though in a solid form. ™ WASHINGTON, JL WASHINGTON dispatch says : 'Although this government haa repeatedly a»a omphatio- ally expressed its desire to the Spanish govern­ ment for fee termination of the insurrection in Cuba; and tendered its good offices to produce an acoommodation between the contendirg parties, it has never gone to the extent or the late t^as&tlaatip story, by diplomatically threatening to acknowledge the rights of the Cubans in case hostilities be udt cljsed before the 1st of January next" THE President returned to Washington on the morning of the 15th inst., and the first regular Cabinet session for several weeks was held at noon of that day. 1 A SINGULAR episode happened at the White House one day last week. An insane oolored TOM) visited the Executive Mansion and stated that he had been discharged from the Maryland Penitentiary whore he wsa unjustly incarcera­ ted. He claimed that President Grant WEB his father, and asserted this claim by reaeon of signs which were given him while in psisou. He was arrested and on his person was found a five-barreled revolver, loaded in ©very barrel. ... .The President has made the following ap­ pointments : Charles M. Lynch, Collector of Internal Revenue, Nineteenth District of Penn­ sylvania ; George B_ Cbamberla&d, Supervisor of Internal Revenue; Thomas J. Mitchell, Illinois, Agent for Indians of Milk River Agen­ cy, Montana; James -8. Hastings. Michigan, Agent for Indians of Red Cloud Agency, Da­ kota, vice John J. Seville, resigned ; Col. Ben. "V+ 41^. j i i t A % 1 ! /. \ " \\ C{> *• H' ' ' " 'ft .in session at Lynn, Mass., last week. The «tattrtias of the church show a steady increase throughout the country Butterick & Co., tbe well-known dealers in fashion-plates, dress patterns, etc., of New York, have failed On the 10th of December last Jacob Standerman killed Louisa, Siedenwald, in New York city, be­ cause she refused to marry him. Jacob has just been tried for the crime and sentenced to death. *HK WK8T. Ax the county fair grounds near Greenfield, O., one day last week, the seats around the race track fell, precipitating fully 1,000 people to the ground, severely injuring a large jaun­ tier 'of men, women and children. ,. .A letter baa been received in St. Paul from a well-in- ftarmed gentleman at Bismarck predicting a red-hot Indian war next year, unless Congress takes heroic measures to suppress it, before .iaaife' lisass^Tsts.'i, U® 'esss MteaM fa-- •1st that the Blaok Hills will be occupied with­ out a treaty, or that the Indians will be stirred up to such an extent that trouble and a treaty must follow. Except a few timid ones, the people on the frontier do not fear the result in that case, believing that it will require more troops to be thrown into the country, giving them employment and adding to the popula­ tion of the bordar San Francisco and other portions of California, have just experienced another sharp «dft'to£u&ke ahoc%,, ̂ . bgnrnd jtsgr. of Winnebago county, Hi., hsefcdictsd the'two St. Louis editors, Foster, «n ̂ Edwards, w§o some time, ago fought a duel near Rockftad. The seconds and sur­ geons, and Postgate, the Inter-Ocean reporter, were also indicted. The same grand jury also found indictments against Patrick Flvnn, ex- Aeriff of the county, and Franc B. WiMe, one of the editors of the Chicago Times for con- •apttacy and subornation of perjury in obtain­ ing affidavits to damage the character of MIM Ear?y, the young lady who some time ago re­ covered a verdict for $25,000 damages for libel against Storey, of the Times John T. Hose, Cashier of the First National Bank of llffin, Ohio, having involved the institution by embezzlement, ended his iife the other day by shooting himself through the heart with a pistol. :„..The village of ParkBidge, a suburb of Chi­ cago, has narrowly eacaped having a second Charley Jkiea affair., Willie Broughton, aged 10, son of a prominent citizen, was enticed into .* occludes .epofc by* couple of strtr^ci-a, bound and gagged, an£ thrown into a carriage in ting. The wen then drove rapidly away. At the neighboring town of Jefferaon they stoppsS' to j©t a drink, leaving the boy under the seat ovfi of sight. Wtsila they were drink­ ing 'he MIKI&ged to slip the cords from MB wrists and mate his escape, and reached home safely. The *fair created the wildest excitement in the «iiiflge- JPBOF. WALTER P. JENNKT, chief geologist of die Black Hills exploring expedition, returned to Cheyenne last week, having spent five months in the Hills. The Professor reports gold fields extending forty miles north from Harney's Peak, and twenty miles wide, that contain gold in quantities that will pay from $8 to $5 per day to the man. There are bars on numbers of streams that will pay much than that. Prof. Jenney corroborates Custer's report of the Hills, and says that they will support thousands of miners, when the government opens them to settlement. The valleys are adapted to agriculture, and the hills and canons to stock-raising. The rainfall is plentiful, and timber abundant. JUDGE BOBEMAN, of Salt Lake, has decided Brig ham Young must immediately pay to Ann Eliza, his divorced wife, the ali- y due her, now amounting to some #10,000. Two BROTHERS named Courtwright, who were implicated in the murder of the Sheriff of Portage county, Wis., were taken from the jail at Stevens Point by a party of about forty masked men, and hanged, a few nights ago. Both of the victims were old men, aged respectively 50 and 60 yean.... Mrs. Bapp, of ttt Paul, Minn., for the murl der of Ulrica lick, has been sentenced to the Penitentiary for life, twelve days of each year to be passed in solitary confinement. Her husband had already received a similar aentenoe, and her brother will be hung for participation in- the seme crime....It is re­ ported that' Gen. Crook, the great Tnflî n lighter, is preparing for an active winter cam­ paign against the fractious savages of the Upper Missouri. CHICAGO eievaton contain 823,935 bushels of wheat; 1,022,524 bushels of corn; 846,975 boehels of oats; 99,361 bushels of rye, and 250,141 bushels of barley, making a grand total «f 2,541,936 bushels, against 2,908,997 bushels at this period laat year. THK SOUTH. Jon GAIS and hip sister-in-law, Catherine patrick, Pemberton and Pryor The first building in the country, erected exclusively for B/fionner, Marshall of the United States for the order of the Sovereigns of Industry, ^he East District of Missouri.... Workmen on dedicated last week at Springfield, Mass. f the Nevada and Northern telegraph extension A NATIONAL convention of Univerealists wasy have been driven off by the TIMIUM of the Umatilla tribe, who threatened to kill them if they continued. THE report of the Commission appointed to investigate the affairs of the Red Cloud Agency has been made public. It sustains Prof. Marsh's charges of incompetency against Agent Saville, but exonerates him from impu­ tations of dishonesty. Tbe Commissioners report that they find no evidence to sustain the charges against the late Secretary Delano and Indian Commissioner Smith. They recom­ mend that Agent Saville be removed ; that J. W. *J. Slavens, J. H. Martin, and D. J. MoCann be excluded from future contracts with the government; that E. R. Threlkeld be excluded from all future employment as Inspector ; that bids for flour, clothing, and wagon transporta­ tion be received at some suitable point in the West; that the office of Superintendent of Indian agencies be abolished, and the «uuw cuiiuwwu iiiexewilii be iruusierreu to inspectors; that the feasibility of dispensing with railroad freight contractors from New York to the West be considered; that amy officers be detailed to inspect Indian supplies; that the system of keeping accounts be im­ proved ; that Indian agencies be .graded with reference to salaries of agents; that Bed Cloud and Spotted Tail Agencies be removed nearer the Missouri r ver; that a commission of army ofiicere be appointed to consider the propriety m Miaajoiji(nr te poUM wd similar duties; that a Tewfwria! government be established over the Indian Territory; that suitable jiersons be appointed to prosecute for all wrongs against Indians,. to defend their righto as far as they may become subject of adjudication before the courts, and that future 'legislation be shaped with a view to bringing the Indians under the same laws which govern all other inhabitants of the republic. EX-SENATOR CHANDLER, of MICHIGAN, has ac­ cepted the appointment of Secretary of tbe In­ terior, made vacant by the resignation of Del­ ano, and entered upon the duties of the office. It is stated that the recent reduction of 54-100 of a cent per pound in the drawback on refined sugars exported has oompletelytotopped the exportation of refined sugars from the United States. POLITICAL. THE name of John Quincy Adams, Jr,,<has been placed upon the Democratic ticket for Lieutenant-Governor of Maa^achuBetts. -in place of Gen. li&rtlcit, who declined...»Senator Ed­ munds, of Vermont, has been tendered the office of United States Judge for the Second Judicial District, but declines on account of the insufficiency of the salary. OHIO, at the recent election, decided against taxing dogs--Attorney-General Pierrepont stated at a Cabinet meeting, the other day, that he was in receipt of information, which h.e deems authentic, to the effect that both parties in Mississippi have agreed to terms1 which will prevent further troubles in that State, and a peaceably election is confidently anticipated. OKNKBALi THE steamer Pandora has arrived safely in England after a year's cruise in the Arctic re­ gions. The adventurous mariners revisited the mournful neighborhood where the gallant Franklin and his companions are buried, and found the monuments of the last explorers un­ impaired. They found the storehouses built for the benefit of sailors, or castaways of ice­ bound vessels, broken into. On entering the building the visitors found the clothing and provisions left there to be in a state of terrible confusion. Everything of a movable nature was scattered about in the most singular man­ ner. At first this seemed to be an act of a human being, but on further investigation the Pandora people were satisfied that the destruc­ tion of the stores had been accomplished by polar beam, as traces of these were visible in every direction, both inside and out­ side the building. THE Pacific coast has had a marine tidal wave, the water of the ocean rising from one to three hundred feet above the ordinary higl£- water mark. One of the incidents of this com­ motion of nature was an earthquake shock on the coast. It is believed there has Been some great upheaving in some locality yet to be heard from....Two notorious abortionists, a Dr. Davis and his wife, have been sentenced to death at Toronto, Canada. THE fire-fiend is on the rampage again. In Polish Russia, the town of Widsy haw been de­ vastated by a conflagration, several hundred dwellings being destroyed; the town of Iquique, in Peru, has been almost literally wiped out of existence by a similar visitation ; and the min­ ing town of Fairview, Col., has suffered by fire to the amount of 9100,000, scarcely a house being left standing... .A new mixed Commis- aion is shortly to assemble at Halifax, N. 8., to arrange for a final settlement of the fisherieaqnestion. VOXUKXON. A Bnux dispatch states that under the pressure of the great powers, Poriwjr la dimin­ ishing her concentration of tftrtpe 011 the Ser­ vian frontier, and oervia is demobilizing her forces... .The British foreign office has reoeived a telegram from Minister Wad®, etkting that he has obtained from the Chinese govern­ ment the guarantees whioh he considered ne­ cessary. ... Russia is pvepattttg an expedition against Bokhara, out of revenge for the assist­ ance rendered by latter to the Khokand in­ surgents. THE coast of England haa been visited by another destructive storm, attended by consid­ erable Iocs of life and property A frightful accident recently occurred, in an irop mill near Lowkui, uiivvu workman being fatally burned by i.n overflow nf mnltAn m«f*| A Consfcsaiti- nople dispatch says the following sews is offi­ cial: "A force of 2,000 insurgents hue been defeated by the Turks. One hundred and sixty were killed. The rest took refuge in Monte­ negro. Seventeen villages hitherto strongly insmgent, have submitted to Turkish author­ ity." RUSSIA has commanded the Polish proprie­ tors in the Provinces of Milua, Grodno, Koona, Minsk, and Vltepek to sell their farms to Rus­ sian tenantry, the government fixing the price. This completes the impoverishment of the Polish nobility A serious revolt against Spanish rule in Porto llicois threatened.. .. The well-known English poet and lecturer, Gerald Massey, has beoome insane. Spirittpl- ism did it Don Carlos has dismissed from his service Gens. Dorlegat ay, Mendiri, Velasoo and Mogrovejo It is stated that in conse­ quence of the Pope's intercession, the Emperor of Germany has remitted one year of Cardinal LedochowBki's term of imprisonment, for re­ sisting the Prussian ecclesiastical laws, and that a full pardon will probably follow. TWENTT-OHE persons were recently lost by the wreck of a French schooner on the coast of France M. Thiers, in a recent speech at a banquet given in his honor, said that the French republic must be maintained. He did not think that the Radicals are as bad as they are painted, and believed that if they gained power, they would pursue a different course from what their opponents suppose. The policy of the future, he said, would be peace and non-intervention... .An edict has been published in the official journal of the Chinese, the Pekin Gazette, declaring the right of for­ eigners to travel the interior of Cliina, and re­ quiring officials to take cognizanoe of the trea­ ties. Snti, another destructive inundation is re­ ported throughout Lancashire, Warwickshire and elsewhere in England... .TheTurkish gov­ ernment have declared their willingness to give the great powers my guarantee compati­ ble with the nation's dignify for the fulfillment of her financial programme... .The Supreme Court of Prussia have heard the appeal of Count Yon Arnim, and refused to reverse the verdict of the lower court. , was about 40@45c lower, but was rather steady toward the dose. Laid waa quiet but firm. OOOVnUQE. AXl> WOOD. FINANCE AN1> TBADS* Weekly Bavtew at the Ofcleafo Market. IDMHOXU* Money continues abundant, and borrowers are readily accommodated on tEe street at 8 per cent., while the banks continue to obtain 10 per cent. Tbe demand1 for favor is not at all urgent. Government bonds remain steady and quite firm. BREADHTUFFS4... .-Three haa bar** rt*^**~Tn- i&wneat and com, but for th«jltwei"rux AAWI nnro> I v** jly iVj* amoupt of business transacted being consider­ ably below the average. For spring wheat the demand from the opening until the close him been quite active, and a steady improvement in values was notioed, the closing quotations showing an advance of from 4c to 4%c per bu, being mainly on the short futures, the de­ mand from speculators who had not covered their maturing contracts being quite active. At the same tune there was a good shipping and export demand, and Eastern advices were of a favorable tenor. Corn opened firm and higher, but closed lower guilder increased re­ ceipts, while oats sympathized with the changes in corn. Rye vim "firm and a trifle higher, but barley was weak and lower under increased receipts. The movement was principally on speculative account. Hie following table shows the pricea current at the opening and at the cloSe of the past week: 7 No. a sp'g wheat, oaah No. 3 seller October.. No. 2 sellcrNovoiabcr No. 3 eorn, October.. No. 2 corn,seller itov. No. 2 oats, caslw.... No. 2 oats, n . <M\.. . . No. 2 oata, B.NOV.... No. 9 rye, cash....... No. 2 rye, seller Oct.. No. 2 rye, seller Nov. No. 2 barley, cash.... No. 2 barley, s. Oct... No. 2 barley,s. Nov... No. 3 barley, cash.... Opening. @1.09% Closing, #1.19 : . @1.13 • 1 0 . 2 C . . Y .55^ 33«@ .533*" @ .335;, .33*8 'W* .73 .78 .74 .92 .96* .93% .68 TFBODOCK. Butter quotable at 2C@32c for extras, 19@25c for firsts, 17@18c for seconds, ahd 14^(ifl6o for thirds. Light sales of prime old medium beaus for New York were made at §1.80, and $1.65 was paid for new in bags. Western re­ main dull at $1.25(0)1.75, according to quality. Broom corn dull and prices weak. Several good lots of neW were sold at (i©7c. Beeswax was quiet at 26@28c. There was a fair local and shipping demand for cheese. Quotable at 5(c£o>c for inferior, 9@10>£c for common to good, and ll)^@12c for prime. Choice sweet cider was in fair de­ mand and steady at $G.50(<i7.00 per brl, and t3.00@3.75 in kegs. Cranberries in light de­ mand at f7.50@8.50 per brl for good Wiscon­ sin, and fsl0.50@ll.S0 for choice large culti­ vated ; one-hu boxes sold at t8.00@3.50. There was no demand for dried Mas, and gales were slow at tl.50@1.00 for choice green, and 95c per bu for yellow dried. Eggs dosed at 21c in carriers and about 20c in loos<» packages. Prime live geese feathers were in fair de­ mand and steady at 58@{K)e; the other kinds ruled dull. Game was in better supply and easier. Prairie chickens sold at #4.00 per doz; mallard ducks at $2.75@3.00; small at fl.50@1.75, and snipe and plover at $1.00. Hie hop market remains very dull, but prices were without change; quotable at 4@10c gsr brl for poor to good and ll@13c for prime. oney was in fair request when In the comb at J®@24c, but strained was dull st 10@12e per lb. There was a fair demand for hides; and sales were made at 8 '̂ c for green salted, for damaged, and 13c for calf. Potatoes were in . v, marK ̂RI1d Prices were s shade firmer; quotable at 30(<i40c per bu for peachblows. oweet potatoes, however, remain dull and slow of sale; yellow Illinois $2.00(3,2.25 per brl, aud Jerseys ijs3.00te3.25. There waa a fair demand a"d a fair business was reported at J for Onondaga and Saginaw fine, and #1.70 for ordinary coarse. Wool was in fair demand Mid steady at 38@40c for washed, and 28@32c for unwashed. 1 SEEDS AND HIOHWINBS. There was a fair demand for prime timothy, and prices, under light efferinfrs. were * steady at $2.20 @2.25. There was a good deal of com- 1i:?wever, this was slow at #1.85@2.10. There WHS a fair demand for mghwinea, and the market closed steady at a' slight decline. The market closed at $1.13X< PROVISIONS. In this market there was a slight increase in the amount of business transacted, but prices were rather irregular. The stocks were larger than was generally anticipated, bat this had a tendency to increase the offerings. Mees pork tierces: fL9d(i2.iO tat whisky barrels, and 45 @55e ^or floor barrels. Lumber, owing to fight offerings, was quiet but firm. Values wars iiomi&ali? Sra JS.25 for joist ssd scantling, and' *8.50@14.00 for strips and boards. / Shingles, 82.10@2.60. Lath eteadv at $1.60; closing firm. For wood the demand continues moderate, and prices were steady and unchanged, v Telegraphic Market Reports. NKWYOML ̂ , BgRVifl ...... . A BRP-'H).,.,..... » « V Hoot--Dressed.... 10 Co t t o n , ; . . . . . . . . u FLOPS--Superfine Western. 8 10 WHKAT--NO. 2 Chicago j 35 COBN .̂ N OATH 48 »v* Pobk--New Mesa.... ,..,.$2 30 LABD--Steam 13 *r. iamf ̂ , WHEAT--No.2 Bed.. . .•.,.166 OOKH--No. 3 .« L " %3 OATS--No. 2 ,... ,84 RYK--No.- 2 72 POBK--Mess .2T 25 LABD.,.. HOOP CATTLX. .......... S 90 lOtWAITKEK. WHKAT--Sal... .... 1 so No.2...., „4«9 Cobh--No. 2....;.,.'..,.. . . . . . . . 4 . ; >'456 OATS--NO. 2 S5 . . a 0 1 6 6 Q M 9 86 @ 74 ($23 75 • .13X9 14* 7-50 <3 8 00 01 0 l'J BTB 73 Babijbv--No. 2 111 CINCINNATI. Wheat--New . 1 40 COKM. 63 OaTs.... ...., 1J2 Bnt ....r.. 83 Pobk--Mess.... ....28 60 Labd 13 TOLEDO.; \ WBKAT--Extra. F 33 Amber.:......... >vl23 Coaw.... 63 OATS.... 37 DETBOIT. » , WHIAT--Extra | 33 No. 1 White.... 123 No. 2 White. l 17 Amber..... ....124 Oowr 66 OA*1*. 38 BABHTST--No. 3 109 Pobk--Mo m . . . . 33 75 CLEVELAND. WHKAT--No. 1 Bed No. 2 Bed Oobk «5 OATS 38 9 1 24 9 1 18 <a «T <$ 87 % 76 a 112 I ' S S 88 @21 75 # U 9 1 36 a 1 24 9 69 9 41 <B 1 35 @ 1 24 O 1 18 @ 1 25 ® 67 9 42 @ 1 12 ®24 25 d 1 86 0 1 25 § 2 Large Brains and Intellect. The relation between weight of brain and extent of intellectual capacity is as yet in obscurity, and. this obscurity is by no means cleared tip by a report of Dr. Lawscm, pathologist to the Lunatic Asy­ lum of the West Riding of Middlesex. Six distinguished men are instanced as having exceeded the male average of forty-nine ounces, and opposite their brain weights are placed those of six lunatics, the aggregate of the latter ex­ ceeding that of the former by more than ten ounces. The following are the fig­ ures: Dr. Chalmers, 53 oz., lunatic, 58 oz.; David Webster, 53.5, lunatic, 58; Sir J. Y, Simpson, 54, lunatic, 58.5; Goodsir, 57.5, lunatic, 59.5; Abercrom- bie, 63, lunatic, 60.5; Cuyler, 64, luna­ tic. 61. It must, of course, be remem- <tersd that IUESOT is no indication of a want of mtuilectuai capacity, and also thai, the size of iiie body should be taken into consideration in all comparisons in­ stituted between brains. This last cir­ cumstance is not alluded to by Dr. Law- son, although the advocates of woman's rights forced attention to it by their efforts to account for forty-four ounces being the average for the female brain. This is a subject of great scientific in­ terest; but in all investigations great care should be taken to carefully dis- «rimin*te between mental weakness and; the destruction of mental equilibriuni. Mortality In the Large Cities. We find in the Sanitarium for Octo­ ber a table showing the population and deaths in the leading cities of the United States, computed for four weeks ending August 28, (except Newark and Provi­ dence, which are for the month of Au­ gust). The comparative health of these cities is shown, provided that the data here given may be relied upon: New. York Philadelphia... Brooklyn St. Louia.. Chicago.... ... Boston.. v . ,777 Cincinnati San FiaaciBoo.. New Orleans... Washington.... Pittsburgh..... Newark. Providence 060,000 aw.ooo 500,000 450.000 •njfj.oao .180,000 311,919 26'.}, 396 232,000 202,000 160,000 140,000 128,000 100.675 2,619 1,633 1,168 721 890 919 338 323 447 491 301 318 201 32.48 26.63 30.36 20.82 27.54 •am' 34.64 1G.S4 10.91 26.55 32.68 27.95 29.81 53.95 „ •) . The Champion Swindler* Information received at Washington indicates that the defalcation of Pinney, of San Francisco, late Paymaster in the navy, will reach $1,000,000. He bor­ rowed large sums of money of indi­ viduals, giving his note and acceptance. He borrowed stocks and sold them. One broker lest $200,000 on forged cer­ tificates. Pinney swindled both gov­ ernment and contractors, taking per­ centage from both. In the coal con­ tract, he made an immense mm of money, and in many instances not half the material called for by the bills was ever furnished. On one hardware con­ tract he made at least $30,000, and in the item of Oregon lumber furnished the Navy Yard at Mare Island, he pocketed the difference between $22 in coin and $50 in greenbacks. Large sums of money were obtained by Pinney on forged certificates of indebtedness, and these certificates are held by some of the leading financiers of San Francisco. It is probable that Pinney had at least half a million in cash on the day ' of his disappearance. Affairs in Aiggissippi. Ex-Senator Pease, of Mississippi, now sojourning in Washington, has received the following dispatch from Jackson: Military operations have been suspended b/ Gov. Ames, based upon the most ample and minute assurances of leading citizens of the State that there shall bo peace and a fail' and free election. They would not undertake to answer for ̂ the lawless, but guarantee to aid the civil officers in the execution of the law*. The Governor expresses himself wholly satis­ fied with t^he assurances given, and believes that they will be carried out to the letter. An Improved feeling prevails, especially among the whites, and a general desire for peace pre­ vails among all claaeee. Good citizen* are greatly en<x>urage«L J. L. LAKE, Jr., United Statee Marshal. -- Dm yon ever see a door step or a corn stalk?" asked one boy of another. "Yes ; and did you see that maid-serve- aunt ?" Well, I have seen a feather-dust- her, and my aunt-eatrher." ? 8TAKLBY IH AFRICA. Adreattiroa* Corre iponrt mrt tat Otto land of the Hippopot»ml--Kxplotmtfc»tt SaSw&vS VfCtOrw MMU TSiymtkZA* The last letter of Henry M. Stanley to*; the London Telegraph and Hew York' Heraldf whose joint conSspoinkit ttd explorer he is, written from the interior of Africa, reads like a chapter= from Itobiiison Orusoe or Jules Veine. It is dated " Village of Kagehyi, District of Uchambi, Country of Usukuma, May 15, 1875." We give beiow a few extracts, (regretting that our limited space forbids the reproduction of the whole of this in­ tensely interesting naAti^p: Frcm Majita north we sail along _the ooaet of rassarkabie for its Wealth of cattle and fine pastoral lands. It is divided into several districts, whose namce you will find marked ot> the map. THE EL DORADO OF IVOBT SERKFRS. Molunu and Sliirati, low, flat and wooded dis­ tricts of Ururi, separate this country from Ugeyeya, the land of BO many fablee and won­ ders, the EI Dorado of ivory seekers and the source of wealth for slave-hunters. Our first view of it while crossing tbe Bay of Knvirondc is of a series of tall mountains, and of a mountainous projection, whioh latter from a distance we take to be a promontory, but which on a nearer view turns out to be an Maud, bearing a tali mountain on its back. At the northeastern extremity of the bay ia Qori river, which rises northeast near K»vi--an im­ portant stream, but on® that grows during the rainy season to large breadth and depth. Far east'beyond the Niyanza, for tweoty-hva days' march the country is one continuous plain, low Mite riauw here aud there dotting the surface, » acrubty land, though veil adapted to pasture and caittle, of which the natives have vast herde. About fifteen days' march east the peo­ ple report a land wherein lo w hillsepout smoke, and sometimes fire. This wonderful district ia called Busa, and in situated in the Masari Land. All combine in saying that no stream runs north, but that all waters come into the Kiyanza --for at least thirty days* march. Beyond this distance the natives report a small lake, from which issues a stream flowing toward the Pan- gain. oosHfa NOOK or BEFUOE. Continuing on our way north, we pass between the island Ugingo and the gigantic mountain* of Ugeyeya, at whose base the Lady Alice seems to crawl like a mite in a huge cheese, while we on board admire the stupendous height and wonder at the deathly silence which prevails in this solitude, where the boisterous 'sinds are hushed and the turbulent waves are as tranquil as a summer's dream. The natives as they pass regard this spot with superstition, as well they might, for the silent Majesty of these dumb tall mount* awe the very storms to peace. Let the tempests bluster as they may on the spacious main beyond the cape, in this nook, sheltered by tall Ugingo Isle and lofty Goahi on the mainland, they inspire no fear. It ia this refuge which Goehi" promisees the dis­ tressed canoe men that causes them to sing praises of Goahi, and to cheer one another when wearied and benighted that Goshi is near to protect them. Sailing between and out from among the clustering islands, we leave Wategi behind, and sail between two low isolated islands not far from the mainland, for a quiet night's rest, and under the overspreading branches of a man­ grove tree we dream of unquiet waters and angry surfs and threatening rocks, to find our­ selves next morning tied to an island which, from its peculiarity, I have named ttridge I Island, though the na^ve'maniels Kifcwfe A HATUBAIJ BRUME OF BASALT. While seeking * road to ascend the island to take bearings, 1 discovered a natural bridge of basalt, about twenty feet in length by twelve in breadth, under which one might repose com­ fortably, and from one side see the waves lashed to fury and spend their strength on the stubborn rocks which form the foundation of the arch, while from the other he could see his boat, secure under the lee of the island, rest­ ing on a serene and placid surface, and shaded by mangrove brances from the hot sun of the equator. Its neighborhood is remarkable only for a small cave, the haunt of fishermen. From tbe summit of Bridge Island tne view eastward takes in all Masari as far as Nakidimo, and discovers only a flat and wooded distriat, varied at intervals bv isolated cones, and norths, ward, at the distance of twenty miles or s<y tinds the land makes a bold and long stTeteii eastward. Knowing, however, by experience, that the appearance of the land is deceptive, we hoist our sail and scud merrily before a freshening breeze, hugging the coast lest it should rob {is of some rarity or wonder. UNIHSB THE EQUATOR. At noon 1 found myself under the equator, and four miles north I came to a discolored water and a slight current flowing to the south­ west. Seeing a small bay of sufficient breadth to make a good river, and no land at its ex­ tremity, I made sure I had discovered a river, which would rival the Shimeeyu ; but within an hour land all around revealed the limit and extent of the Bay of Nakidimo. We anchored close to a village and began to court the atten­ tion of some wild-looking fishermen, but the nude barbarians merely stared at us from under pent-houses of hair, and hastily stole away to tell their wives and relatives of how an appari­ tion in the shape of a boat with white wings to It had suddenly come before thci.;, bccring iux-'ou njeii. wiLL i-i«I ou uiuit- heads, ex­ cept one--a red man, clad in white, whose face wan aa red as blood, who, jabbering' something unintelligible, BO frightened thorn that they ran away. This will become a pleasant tradition, one added to the many wonders now told in Ugeyeya, which, with the art of embellishment inherent in the tongue of the wonderiug, awe-struck savage, may become in time this most wonderful of all wonders. PURSUED BY HIPPOPOTAMI. Perceiving that our proffered courtesies were thus rudely rejected, we also stole out of the snug bay and passed round to another much larger aud more important. At its extremity a river issued into the bay, which, by long and patient talk with the timid natives, we ascer­ tained to be the Ugoweli. In this the hippos were as bold as the human savages were timid, and to a couple of the amphibious monsters we had to induce the Lady Alice to show a swifter pace in retreat than the savages of Nakidimo had shown to us. These hippopot­ ami would afford rare sport in a boat specially built for killing them: then they might splin­ ter sides with their tusks, and bellow and kich to their utmost: but the Lady Alice, if I can help it, with her delicate skin of cedar and ribs of slender hickory, shall never come in close contact with the iron-hard ivory of the hippopotamui, for she would bo splintered into matches and crushed like an egg before one could say '4 Jack Robinson," and then the hungry crocodiles would leisurely digest us. The explorer's task, to my mind, is a far nobler one than hunting hippos, and our gallant cedar boat has many a thousand miles to travel yet before she has performed her task. , A XABBOW ESCAPE. We flew away with a bellying sail along, the coast of Maheta, where we saw such a dense population and clusters of large villages aa we had not seen elsewhere. We thought we would make one more effort to learn of the natives the names of some of these villages, and for that purpose steered for a cove on the western shore of Maheta. We anchored within fifty yards of the shore, and so lengthened our cable that but a few feet of deep water separated us from the shore. Some half a dozen men, I wearing smalt land-shells above their elbows and a circle around their heads came to the beach. Wittt these we opened a friendly con­ versation, during which they disclosed the name of the country as Maheta or Ugeyeya,; more they would not communicate until we should land. We prepared w> do this, but the numbers on the shore increased so fast that we were compelled to draw off again until they •hould moderate their excitement and talk They seemed to think that we were about to pull off altogether, for suddenly appeared out of the bush on each Bide of the spot we had intended to land such a host of spears that we hoisted our sail and left them to whet their treachery on some other boat or canoe more imprudent than onra. The discomfltted people were seen to consult together on a small ridge behind the bush lining the lake, and, no doubt, they thought we were about to pass clote to a small point at the north end of the oove, shouting gleefully at the prospect of a prize; but, lowering the sail, we polled to windward, far out of the reach of bow or sting, and at whioh we tied for a small island, to our boat, and where we camped in seooxity. Sad Oeearrenw at the TMBHS. On the 3d of September last Samuel McMurray was confined in the Tombs on charge of murdering Thomas Doyle, and days later his wife Anna Jane was locked up in the Tombs as hi« accom- P^:- Sh© took to the prison her little child, a puny, 2-year-old boy, so small and delicate that he seemed hardly a year old. The father was confined in the prison for men, and the mother and child in what is known aa the " Magda-, len," a place set apart lot mothers and" their children and yonng girls. The lit­ tle family living underneath the same roof saw no more of each other than though »Tt ocean dmded them. "Day by day the little one grew weaker, and a few days ago it was plain that it must die. Then the father was taken to see his boy, and the little family were for a few minutes united. On w ednesday the father saw the boy again. He was alive, but very weak. After the father wa» again locked up in his cell the little on© died in his mother s arms. il ae:B better off now," she said, but she wept, and when» her husband waa brought to her cell, both sobbed over their dead child. They said they could not bury it--they were too poor--but asked the Warden to send word to a friend. The friend declined to bury their dead baby, and so the body was sent to the morgue. The mother, still weeping, made the little corpse as decent as she could, and then 'kissed the cold lips, and strangers buried her boy in the potter's field.--New York Sun. - Fancy Prices for Sbort-Heim Winchester, Kv. (Oct. 14), corres­ pondence of the Chicago Time*: "Never before in the short-horn history of tins State has such a large and enthusiastic crowd of breeders been congregated at a sale as that seen at the grounds of Ben B. Groom, in this county. The seats erected for spectators and bidders were inadequate to accommodate the crowd. The first animal offered ? for sale, the Twenty-second Duchess . of Airdrie, calved in June, this year, was put chased by J. H. Spears, of Tallula, HI., and brought the princely sum of $17,500. The highest prioed animals were : Kirk- lerington Duchess Eighteenth, $5,150, J. C. Craig, Burnhamtown, Can­ ada; Fennell Duchess, #5,100; Benj. Lumner, Woodstock, Conn., and Highland Maid Sixth, $5,060, J. C. Ty­ ler, Brattleboro, Vt. Prices ranged from $500 to $17,000. The sale consist­ ed of sixty-five cows and nine bulls. The- cows brought a total of $109,435, and av­ eraged $1,709.92. The bulls brought $14,015, averaging about $1,457. A great number of breeders, principally ¥CSt?ni mgn WGiC in sllssdssss, TW. Sprague, of Dee Moines, an agent for Mrs. Jesse Long, purchased ten very fashionably-bred animals. J. H. Spears & Son, of Tallula, HI, purchased the very best, and paid more money into Mr. Groom's pocket than any otner three breeders present." in Prominent Chicagoans Implicated Whisky Frauds. Washington (Oct. 15) correspondence , of the Chicago Inter-Ocean: "From some information that has leaked out of the Treasury Department, it may be expected that startling revelations may be made within a few days concerning the implication of several prominent Chicagoans in the whisky frauds. It is whispered that the reputation of a gen­ tleman of high official and social position will be somewhat tarnished. It is fur­ ther said that some who are numbered among the Secretary's most ardent- supporters will be implicated. Rumor at the Treasury Department has it that ^ one of the parties, whose name is very frequently mentioned in this connection, is making preparations to leave for Europe or California, and that he will be allowed to go in peace, but examples will be made of less influential persons. Every effort is being made to suppress- the facts from publication and confine v them to the confidence of a few chiefs ia *' the department, but the matter has been aiiuowl lu iii bucu piuiu tetiuw ui coirea- pondencc, which subordinates me re­ quired to copy, that it has leakedi>iit ii> this way.' The State Elections. ,/ The following are the candidates voted for on the Republican ticket and elected,, in the States of Ohio, Iowa and Nebras­ ka, on Tuesday, the 12th inst.: OHIO. Governor--R. B. Hayes. Lieutenant-Governor--Thomas L. Yoking. Auditor--James Williams. Treasurer John M. Milliken. Attorney-General--John Little. Judge Supreme Court--G. W. McHvaine. Member of Board of Public Works--Peter Thatcher. IOWA. Governor--8. J. Kirkwood. Lieutenant-Governor--J. G. Newbold. Judge Supreme Court--Austin Adams. Superintendent of Public Instruction--A- Abernethy. • * NEBRASKA. Supreme Judges--Daniel Gantt, G. B. Lake and Samuel Maxwell. Regents of University--C. H. Holmee, S. A- Tuttle, J. W. Gannett, Wm. Hungerford, S. P. MobleyandWm. Adair. A Uood Crop of Turtles, Some time since a Providence (R. I.> policeman saw a turtle dig a hole and deposit her eggs therein, at Roger Williams Park, and when he went to his> home that night disinterred the eggs, thirty-five in number, and took them, with him. Digging a hole in his yard, similar to the one made by the turtle* and as near to it in shape and size ai» possible, he again buried the eggs, and after 112 days they commenced to hatch out, and in a short time thirty-four little turtles no larger than old-fashioned cop­ per cents came to tbe surface, only one* of the eggs failing to hatch. They were- put in a pond. A YOUNG MONSTER.--California pre­ sents another young criminal, a boy of 14, named McDonald, who has been sent to the Industrial School for having, within two weeks,, committed one bur­ glary, stolen a horse and buggy, chopped a boy with a htftcliet, cut a man with a knife, and stabbed his mother in tht> face. W'« mother appeared, "and pleaded hard for him, saying that he waa a real, good, obedient little boy." ToKna», death. » gill aa£eiy-*-Cut her tor mailto:t8.00@3.50 mailto:2.75@3.00 mailto:fl.50@1.75 mailto:1.85@2.10 mailto:82.10@2.60