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J. VAN SLYKE, McHENRY, t*M2£E™E£ ILLINOIS. ilLE NEWS CONDENSED. THE XAST. A «mKwmn> collision oocarred the other day m the Lehigh Valley rnlroad, near Wilkes- |»»rre, Pa. A large train of empty passenger <ttare going north, en route for the Erie railroad, for the purpose of bringing an excnraion to Philadelphia, collided with a down freight wain, demolishsnp both looomotivee and piling «IA freight can on the top of one another. Jit the Mune moment a rear section of the pas­ senger train telescoped with the preceding one, Mling the track indiscriminately with the rains. The deetrnction of the trains was complete, %n1, fortunately, unattended with loss of life. " THE various banknote companies in the East are making desperate efforts to retain the printing of internal revenue stamps, which the Treasury Department haa decided to have done at the Printing Bureau. THE Philadelphia Centennial buildings were «erionsly injured, a few days ago, by a violent Wind and rain storm that swept over the city. A portion of the roofs of the Main Exhibition •building and Machinery Hall were blown away, •nd injury was doc© to raanj exhibits They .'had a Centennial celebration* in New York city j«n fcke 16th inst,, which wsw the hundredth an- •iversiary of the battle of Hiu-lem Plains. The >®plebi Ation was participated in by the famous Seventh Regiment and other military organiza­ tions. The oration was delivered by a grand­ son of John Jay. of Revolutionary fame. Many distinguished oiteKens of other States were present TVVTNTT-FIVE or thirty fishing-boats were oaught in a gale off Erie, Pa., a few days ago, and a number of them wrecked. Nine or ten of the unfortunate fishermen lost their lives. Edmund 8toner Janes, a Bishop of the Ifethodist Episcopal Church in America, died • few days ago in New lork city, which has been his "place of residence for 'many years. He was born in Sheffield, Mass., 1807, and at the age of 23 became connected with the Phila­ delphia Conference as a minister. Ten years later he was appointed Financial Secretary of fhe American Bible Society, and in 1844 was Sleeted Bieliop. He was a man of large ability, and his life was one of earnest labor and dis­ tinguished usefulness in the denomination. CENTENNIAL notes: The daily attendance is steadily on the increase, and the number pres­ ent on the opening day is now approximated svery day, and the prospect is that still greater crowds will come as the close of the exhibition approaches, and people realize that they must be prompt in their coming.--The grand ' Jury having made a special present­ ment regarding the frame buildings erected contrary to law in the neighborhood of the main exhibition building, declaring them nuis­ ances, the Mayor of Philadelphia has caused them to be demolished The street parade of Odd Fellows last week was a splendid demon­ stration. It ;s estimated that 15.000 men were inline, and the streets along the line of the prooession were thronged with spectators. THE WEST. A TKUOHAM from Bismarck says a complete enrollment of Indians at Standing Rock Agency ahowB only 450 lodges--a total of 4,000 Indians. Sations have, ligrotofore, been issued on the -basis of 7,000, from which it would appear that liearly 3,000 are absent or else a large amount *f stealing has been done. Indians are known to have returned from the hostiles, but so stealthily that they could not be caught, and an Attempt to disarm hostiiea has, therefore, proved abortive. Gross, Chief of the Blackfeet, was lately arrested for harboring and supply­ ing hostiles. The Indians threatened rescue, but the garrison was too well prepared to resist, and so the attempt was not made. THE first section of thirty miles of the Cov­ ington, Columbus and Black Hills railroad has been completed and opened to tiffin to Ponca, Web. The road is three and one-half foot gauge, was projected, built and equipped to the fireaent terminus since the firat of March this •#ear, aad is the fin* link of fhorcrojected route 15%® 'k® Black Hills and the National Park to fortland, Oregon. Arrangement* have been made to complete 150 miles this vear, and teach the Black H ills in 1877 A dispatch from Fort Laramie says : "Gen. Crook's command left Hart river, Dakota, on the 7th of Septem­ ber ft® the Black Hills. Gen. Crook has orders to bring his entire command to this post as Quickly as possible. Gen. Sheridan will meet him here, and reorganize for another campaign. They will have had nearly two months' constant marching. Besides the great distance from «»eir supply-camp to Hart river, where they turned homeward, they were hunting and fol­ io whig trails, End were obliged to mid grvm for the animals, as the Indians burned the grass after t-hem. The fact that the grass was burned is sufficient cause of failure to overtake the •nemy,, The troops have had hard work and no glory." ABYICKS FROND the West give particulars of a sharp fight between Gen. Crook's troops an 1 a section of Bitting Bull's band. On the 8th of September a srasll detachment, which was en wwte to the Black Hills, struck an Indian • 4 7»ip on ibs line c... snd captured >jome hundreds of ponies and a quantitv of provis­ ions. The savages dashed out of" their tents St the first charge, sad escaped to the hills, but were quickly rallied and reinforced, and turned »pon the attacking pasty. The latter prudently sent at once for bupport from the main body, gallantly maintaining the fight against gieat ®dds for some Lour*, till Crook himself and a strong force appeared on the scene and ies- cued the little band, wliich was commanded by Col. Miles, from a position that might have ceen critical. The Bioux fought obstinately for some time after the arrival of Crook, but they Buffered heavily and were eventually dis­ persed. Among the spoil captured from them were articles that had belonged to Custer's men, so that there is no doubt that this partv Were concerned in the massacre. A large number of savages were killed. Our troops lost two killed and several wounded. Twenty- two prisoners, mostly women and children, were captured. The famous chief American 5SrjP- wounded, and died two foSiJ? ™Before dying he said that the ft t goring, and expressed surprise at the temerity displayed bv the sol- m *ollowing them into that dangerous Mfpon. It ^ was a bold adventure, the chief have resulted like Custer's at­ tempt had it been made three weeks earlier. He said, also, that the Sioux were prettv well "tired of the war, and were discouraged "by the iin- "eX 0f Holc^er8 thrown into thSr hi «16y ̂ Le/ev.to 1)6 ^Banned at the the livea °f wL PKK5 m& children were spared. Gen Crook appears to be convinced now that aconl eideraWe part of Sitting Bull'a forces have^ot Off to the north beyond reach, while another division wUl be found whe."e Terry's command ®n the Yellowstone may readily Htrike them . A Cheyenne dispatch says "the Wheeler brothers, who have been working their famous chum No. 2, below Gayville, on Deadwood creek, arrived at Fort Laramie last week with m paid escort of twenty men. They bring as the proceeds of their work for seven months ever $300,000--1,900 pounds of dust." THE small end of Crook's campaign the hostile Sioux bas been reached. His re­ turning column arrived at Glister City on the 15th of September, greatly to the delight of the Black Hills people, who had begun to feel the need of military society. There will be no more expeditions this year in search of Indians hundreds of miles away Two of Sitting Bull's Generals, with 150 of their people, buoks^ squaws, and papooses, and 100 horses, have surrendered to the commanding officers at Standing Itock Agency. Thirty of the men were engaged in the Coster opaeeacre. Lumbermen'# National bu Just held its annual meeting at Eau fllaire, Wis. The attendanos, though not large, was respectable. The President, Hon. J. G. Thorp, in nis opening address, briefly reviewed the past and present condition of the lumber trade, and reached the conclusion that the bottom had \ been reached, and that better times were at hand.... The pursuit of the Northfield (Minn.) robbers has been given up, and tho poranerei have re­ turned home. Two of the robbers were fol­ lowed into Dakota to a point between Sioux City and Yankton. It ia not positively known in "what direction the other four escaped, though they are undoubtedly out of reach of the officers and citizens of Minnesota. The bankers of SU Paul have subscribed a fund of T500 for the widow of Heywood, the bank cadhier murdered by the robbers, and have printed a circular which they propose to send to banks in all parts of the country, asking offerings on the part of each as a recognition of rare fidelity to doty. Tss second trial of John D. Lee, the Moan- tain *Meadow butcher, has been concluded st Beaver, Utah, and resulted in a verdict of mur­ der in the first degree. Judge Boreman, in the course of his charge to the jury, said: "The prisoner, J= D. Lee, stands before you charged with being a participant in one of the most atrocious massacres of human beings--of men. women and children, in the Mountain Meadows, in 1857--that was ever known in any civilized part of the world. The evidence shows that the persons killed were emigrants. For several days a combination of Indians and white iren had! been planning an attack upon their encampment. The Indians and white msu vied with each other in the fiendish work, destroying over 120 men, women and children. It has been alleged that ho shot one worowi with a gun, one with a pistol-, and cut the throat of another, and told an Indian not to spare a young W' mail whoss life the savage asked Mm to spare." . , THJB SOUTH. THE steamship Rebecca Clyde, from Wil­ mington, N. C., for Baltimore, was recently wrecked at Portsmouth, off Pamlico Sound. Capt. Childs, two mates, two engineers, three seamen, the steward, two coalheavers, and a passenger named Wheldon were lost. THE editorial rooms of the New Orleans Bee were the other day the Bcene of a lively scrim­ mage. Alfred Bourges entered the sanctum and assaulted Mr. Lirnet, one of the editors, who had refused to retract certain charges against, him. Mr. Roman, the city editor, en­ tered the room during the attack, and shot at Bourges, the ball passing through his coat- sleeve. The latter thereupon beat a retreat, leaving the editorial forces®victors. Casual­ ties--one scalp-wound, one perforated coat- sleeve, one broken cane. WASHINGTON. CONGRESSMAN WAUCEH, of 'Virginia, has pur- hased Gen. Belknap's residence for $30,000 ... .The work of withdrawing the 5 and 6 per cent, bonds deposited by national banks to se­ cure circulation still continues... .It is certain that negotiations are pending for a new treaty with Great Britain which will be chiefly devoted to extradition. It is understood that the initial steps have been taken by Great Britain. It is safe to say that in any new treaty which may be submitted. Great Britain will be bound to place the United States officials upon the same footing with her own. This has not been the case under the treaty which is now aban­ doned. SINCE the passage of the'act authorizing the redemption of the fractional currency in sub­ sidiary coins there has been issued in silver coins $ 18,285,885. Of this amount there was issued to redeem fractional currency $10,910,- 242. and in exchange for legal-tender notes and checkp, $7,375,643. The amount issued at Cincinnati was $1,356,871; at Chicago, $1,552,- 738 ; at St Louis, $884,559. GENERAL. THE proposed Bcheme to form a telegraph line between New York and Paris has fallen through, failing to receive the necessary sub­ scriptions. .. .The International rifle match at Creedmoor has resulted in a substantial victory for the American team, which won by 22 in a score of 3,126 points. The second prize is awarded to the Irish team, which made 3,104. The result gives satisfaction t© all the par­ ties interested, except the delegation from the land of the tlxutle. Who protested against the American ̂ the services of Gildereleeve and Bodine at the last mo­ ment. JOHN WALTER, the proprietor of the London Tiroes, and inventor of the Walter press, is on a visit to this country. THE market reports from New York city an­ nounce a nearly unprecedented activity in the dry goods trade, from which a very hopeful horoscope of the future business prospects of the country is cast... .The National Agricultu­ ral Congress held its annual session in Phila­ delphia last week. A number of interesting papers upon agricultural and industrial topics were read. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, William C. Flagg, Illinois; Secretary, Horace J. Smith, Pennsylvania; Treasurer, Ezra Whitman, Bal­ timore, and a long list of Vice Presidents. Chicago was selected as the place for the next Electing. ' POMTICAi. THE Republicans of South Carolina have nominated Gov Chamberlain for rc-election. OFFICIAL returns of the Maine election from the whole State except one town and six plan­ tations give the total vote of 135,961: Conner, 75,710; Talbot, 60.251; scattering, 529; Conner's majority over Talbot, 15,450. IT is decided by the Attorney General of the United States that a candidate for Presidential Elector cannot bold the office of United States Commissioner, and that the same rule applies to attorneys specially employed by the Govern­ ment to assist in the conduct of "«afft THE Iowa State Greenback Convention was held at DM Moines last week. The following nominations were made : For Secretary of 8ta|e,#A. McCrady, of Sioux City; Auditor Leonard Brown, of Polk; Treasurer, George C. Fry, of Jefferson; Register of the Land Office, George M. Walker; Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Rev. J. A. Nash. of Polk; .lodges of the Supreme Court, W. H. Mcllenry and S. H. Berhain. The resolutions favor tue adoption of the platform of the Indianapolis Convention : recognize the rights of capital, but condemn special legislation in its favor; demand the re­ daction of official salaries proportionate to the reduction of profits in labor: demand the re- monotization of silver ; demand equalization of BOJdierrt' bounties ; approve and indortfe the nominations of Cooper and Gary. FOREIGN, RUSSIA is endeavoring to indues the Bul­ garians to emigrate to the Crimea, where the population is decreasing on account of the ex­ tirpation of Musselmen Tartars, who get settle­ ments in the Greek provinces of Turkey. THE London Time* ef Sept. 16, in an article on Turkey's basis of peace, declares that Eu­ rope cannot permit Turkey to occupy the Servian fortresses, which she held until 1857. The European powers will be the best judges au to what military force Prince Milan should maintain after they complete their plans. For the sake of peace the Porte should waive the empty form of Prince Milan doing homage to the Sultan. The only safe condition of those proposed by Turkey is the construction of a laiiway across Servia....A Vienna telegram aasertn that Germany will not move in aid of Muaam's demands upon Turkey, and in the event of a war will remain absolutely neutral* THE terms on which Turkey expresses her willingness to negotiate a peace withServia include the payment of a large war indemnity, or, in lieu thereof, »u increaued annual tribute; the reoccupation of the fortresses held by tlX Porte previous to 1857; the destruction of those U1J. by the Servians since that year; the in- * rince Milan at Constantinople; the reduction of the Servian army to 10,000 men and three batteries of artillery; and the construction of a railway adroM the Servian principality. ' AN immense meeting oh the Eastern ques­ tion, at which the Lord Mayor presided, was held in London on the 19th of September. An address to the Queen was voted deploring the outrages of the Turks, and praying u0 longer to support Turkey from considerations of political expediency. An amendment ex­ pressing confidence in the Government was rejected by an overwhelming majority. A motion in favor of the immediate con­ vocation of Parliament was carried Turkey hag ordered a cessation of hostilities for ten days THE report of Mr. Baring, Secretary of the British Legation at Cons tan tinopls, on the sub­ ject of the Turkish atrocities in Bulgaria, fully corroborates the official accounts previously given of the fearful butcheries which have shocked the entire civilized world. Mr. Baring was assigned by the British Government to the uuiy ui iavtmu^ituiik; Lima auujeuL ui Luw jBttl- garian nmasacres, and the arraignment of the Turkish authorities for their encouragemenc *iy| sanction of the horrible deeds of the Bashi-Ba zonks will have the effect of increasing th® al­ ready intense popular resentment and indigna­ tion of the people of Great Britain.. „. A treaty of peace has been entered into by the Liberian Government with the natives of Cape Palmas, with whom a desultory warfare has been waged for some time past. A CASUS dispatch reports Lard Beaoonsfield (the late Mr. Disraeli) as having delivered a speech at- Aylesbury in defenso of his «oum» in dealing with the Eastern question. He stigmatized as "worse than the Bulgarian atrocities the conduct of any man who would avail himself of the popular enthusiasm for the attainment of his individual ends by a course which he may know to be injurious to the interests of his country and to the welfare of mankind." This, of Couree: was meant to apply to Gladstone. ILLINOIS ITEMS. THE case of The People vs. John Atterbury, indicted for the murder of Mr. Rippertreger, in Quincy, last spring, came up in the Circuit Court at Mount Sterling, a few days ago, and was continued until March. The defense is insanity. W. H. H. JOHNSON, conductor on the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw freight train, was crushed to death near the Sfote line last Saturday night. He was cling­ ing to the rail on the end of the cot, when he fell off in some manners and was caught beneath the wheels. He leaves no family, except a young lad. <. THE trial of Stilts, charged with mur­ dering his wife at the Sagetown stone- quarry, last spring, took place at Oquawka last week. The jury returned a verdict of "not guilty." Loyfield, who was tried for assault with intent to commit murder, was sent to the peni­ tentiary for three years. WITH a view to ascertaining who patronize the houses of ill-fame in Bloomington, the hack-drivers of that city were the other day summoned be­ fore the Grand Jury and interrogated upon the point, but evinced a degree of ignorance of the personality of their customers which would do credit to a witness for the prosecution in the whisky trials. MB. E. R. E. KIMBROTTGH, a young lawyer of Danville, was married to Miss Julia Tincher, eldest daughter of the late Senator Tincher, onp evening last week, by the Ret. W. F. Gillemore, at the residence of the bride's mother. There were 400 guests in attendance, while the elegant residence was hand­ somely decorated and the beautiful grounds brilliantly illuminated. The presents were very numerous and costly MONTGOMERY STEVENS, one of Jackson county highway robbers, his esca'pe from the county jail at Mur- physboro, Friday evening of last week. He had been sentenced to twenty-five years in the penitentiary, taken there, and brought back to be used as a witness against his former companions. While a torchlight procession was going on, Stevens took advantage of the guards, who were watching the procession, and lit out the back way, jumping a fence, though having heavy shackles on his ankles. It is supposed he took a horse near by, which is missing, and made his successful escape. No trace has yet been found of him, and it is generally thought there never will be. THE State contract for printing paper has been awarded for first class to P. W. Harts for 2,500 ream:,; second class, to the Cleveland Paper Company; copying, to M. V. B. C :_or, f ;r 11112e per 100 words; distributing laws, to samo party for $297. The action of the Commis­ sioners in awarding the contract for printing and binding to D. W. Lusk, of Pekin, on his bid, was protested against by him, the reasons alleged being that the Governor did not accept and approve his bond, and that the Governor was not present at the opening of the bids, as the law directs; second, the law has not been complied with in regard to the bid for the printing; each bid for each class of printing should have been accompa­ nied by a separate bond. Sept. 8, the Cleveland Paper Company wrote the Commissioners proposing to withdraw its bid for supplying paper, but the board declined to allow the withdrawal, and awarded the contract on thebid. Result of European Harvests. Retunis show a preponderating de­ crease in wheat and rye, the two cereals which come _ chiefly in competition with our own grain, and the results on which alone, therefore, we have presented. In the most important countries, hov/ever, --France, Central and Southern Russia and Austro-Hungary--there is an aver­ age crop ; but the increase in the cen­ tral and southern provinces of Russia is set off by an amost total failure of wheat in the northern section. The most con­ spicuous decrease is shown in the case of Prussia and other German States, the falling off applying alike to wheat and rye. As a rule, the failure appears to have occurred in countries lying to the north of the fiftieth parallel of latitude, while everything south of that line comes up to an average standard. We cannot but express a slight suspicion that these returns are, in some degree, affected with that unconscious disposition that clings to all producers to underestimate the quantity of their product. The bearing of the percentages upon the total yield, at the most recent dates, is as follows: Norway Pruggia...;. DosniaA Bavaria Wurtembtug Holland 214,074 France ...17,136,667 Austria 2,301,411 Hungary.......... 4,986,019 --New York Bulletin. •Aire* under Acres under Popuia- Wheat. Rye. firm. .... 11,858 82,851 1,742,{)8« .... 4 ,196,110 10,070,66 1 2l,S4:iU)0 « • • • 1 2 8 . & 5 3 6 6 1 , 6 4 / 7 1 t u i .... 718,025 1,460,788 ^mooo 39,214 100,001 1,818,000 . . . . 2 1 4 ,074 487,578 8,767,000 ....17,136,667 4,780,378 33,103,(J00 . . . . 2 , 3 0 1 , 4 1 1 4 , 9 9 8 , 3 0 5 2 0 , 4 3 0 , 0 0 0 . . . 4 , 9 8 6 , 0 1 9 „ 07,269 16,800,000 THE DASGEBS. OF THE PtfLE. | Somo lMscomlortliig Arctic SpjBeolation >. [From the New" York Time*.] The English press has just begun to discuss the question, who is the proprie­ tor of the North pole ? The discussion may be a very proper tiling, but the English are certainly somewhat late in entering into it months after sending an expedition in search of the pole. If the North pole belongs to the British nation there was no necessity for sending a na­ val force to take possession of it, and, on the other hand, if it belongs to some other nation, Great Britain is incurring an enormous expense merely in order to hunt npa German, Danish or American pole. This question of proprietorship ought to have been settled long ago, and the cojt of the present British polar ex­ pedition avoideid. There is no doubt that every nation ought to look after its own pole, and that a gratuitous search after a pole to which no one lias anv clear title is not a business-like proced­ ure. There seems to be a very fair prospect that the British naval expedition which recently wintered in Smith's Sound, will succeed ill reaching the pole during the summer. If it accomplishes this task and returns to England, there will no longer be any room for discussion in re­ gard- to the ownership of the pole. Eng­ land will promptly claim that she has pre-empted the North pole, and will at­ tach it as a province to the Dominion of Canada. It may not prove a very valuable possession, but it will afford the English Cabinet an opportu­ nity to appoint Mr. Whalley, or some equally oppressive statesman, to a Governor Generalship, and to thus A him peaceably out of the country, we ourselves might reap some little benefit from the formal organization of the British province of the North pole, since we could send Sergt. Bates or Rev. Mr. Talmadge as Consul-General to that cool jmd quiet locality. All this, however, depends not only upon the successful reaching of the pole by the British ex­ pedition, but upon its safe return. The former event is rather probable than Otherwise, but it can be easily shown that there is very little probability of the expedition's return. • There is, of course, one great difficulty in the way of a naval officer who tries to sail his vessel to the pole. We do not now refer to such obstacles as ice and polar bears, but to the fact that the pole is Atnated in no less than 360 separate degrees longitude. Now, your scientific navigator, on being ordered to carry his ship to a point situated at the crossing of any single degree of latitude with any single degree of longitude, will take his chronometer, his sextant, and a good slate and pencil, and will soon find his way to the designated place, provided it is not an inland town. But what can the best of navigators do when ordered to sail to the 90th degree of north latitude, and 360 distinct and separate degrees of east or west longitude--the choice of the particular species of longitude being, perhaps, left with him ? Kiis is a prob­ lem concerning which the best treatise on navigation is silent, and the effect of such an order as the one supposed would probably be to convince the most ac­ complished navigator that the admiralty authorities were a collection of rare and curious idiots. But let us suppose that the oommand- of the British expedition leaves his ips at some r§asona{rie degree of lati- _ fde, 'and setting out overland on sledges contrives to reach tho North pole with­ out confusing his mind with nautical observations. When he arrives at his destination he will find one particular spot of the earth's surface which will be the actual extremity of the axis of the earth. Being a British mariner, he will, of course, plant himself on that pre­ cise spot, holding the union jack in his hand, and ranging his men about in order to salute the emblem of his coun­ try in a proper manner. Mark the in­ evitable result. The unfortunate com­ mander will instantly begin to revolve on his own axis with the same speed with which the earth revolves. The avig of the earth will, of course, correspond with liis personal spine, and the latter will become, so to speak9 a mero pro­ longation of the former. He will have his regular day and night, and his incli­ nation to the plane of the eliptic wili give him proper seasons. The spectacle of a captain in the royal navy revolving at tremendous speed on his private axis, with, perhaps, the run rising behind his eastern whiskers, or gilding the top of his western ear as it sinks below the horizon of his waistband, can hardly fail to appal the minds of his officers and crew, and to keep them rooted to the spot until they are frozen with horror and the prevailing area of low tempera­ ture. Of oourse, giddiness would almost im­ mediately seize upon the rovolving cap­ tain, and settle forever the question of his return to England. The assembled ring of mariners would, however, fare no better. Those on one side of the pole would see those opposite to them revolving from east to west, waxing and waning in the shadow of'their un­ happy commander's legs, and at times totally eclipsed by his coat-tails. If they survived this awful sight, and rusned headlong for the pole, bent upon an immediate return to England, they could not tell what course to steer. A divergence of a quarter of an inch from the true route to London might carry them to Oshkosh or Kamtschatka; and the hope of picking out the meridian of Greenwich from the other 359 tangled degrees of longitude would be simply hopeless. It is true that scientific persons assert that none of these terrible calamities are possible, and that a party of explorers at the north pole would undergo no more inconvenience from the revolution of the earth than they would were they at the equator. This is all very well, but it should be noticed that while the scientific persons are perpetually egging on the simple mariner to go and find the pole, they never offer to accompany him. The only explanation of this fact is that they are reluctant to try the experiment of revolving on their own axis. They may seejc to conceal this humiliating truth by whole slatefc full of figures, and the most impressive display of fa­ miliarity with the procession of the equinoxes and other aristocratic astro­ nomical phenomena. Common sense teaches us that if a man perpetually whirls on bis own axis at the "rate cf •peed maintained by the earth, he would undergo a terrible attack of vertigo, and until some scientific person goes to the pole and returns in good condition, we should decline to accept the airy asser­ tion that sailors can visit that locality without danger, or, indeed, with the slightest reasonable hope of ever ooming back again. THE PRESIDENT INTER VIEWED. Bla Tlewa of the Campaign-- Contemplated Trip Abroad-- He 111 Settle Down In WaRhington on Hla Return--Why Jewell Wai Removed. [ from an interview in the New York Henld.] The President, who was on the piazza listening to the music of the sad sea waves, here cttlled me to join him, and an easy, chatty conversation ensued, of which I will only give ouch portions as are of a public character. Correspondent--What do you think of the 'result in Vermont, Mr. Presi­ dent t The President--I think it's satisfac­ tory-. Correspondent--"Satisfactory" is not a very enthusiastic word, so that the Democrats may still take heart,,' The President (after n pause)--If we carry Ohio and Indiana next month, then I think the Democrats have not the ghost of a chance to carry the coun­ try in November. Correspondent--But how if the Demo­ crats carry Ohio and Indiana in Octo­ ber? The President--Then, I take it, Til den is as good as elected. But I do not think that their carrying Ohio is at all probable. Correspondent--How if the Republi­ cans carry Ohio and the Democrats In­ diana--what is the lookout then? The President (after oogitatinga while) --Then the chances are pretty even for both parties. Correspondent---You are going to make a trip around the world after you get out of office, Mr. President, are you not! The President--I shall go to Europe, but I shall have no jiet programme and go just where I like. When I go to a place I shall stay there just as long as I like, and take my time leisurely.. Correspondent--You will be very handsomely received, Mr. President. The President--I shall be very glad to travel quietly. This the President said with a depre­ catory manner, as though he wanted already to waive off the Lord Mayor's address, the freedom of cities and other botherations of the distinguished travel­ er, and go about in true Pom Pedro style. Correspondent--I suppose you have a great desire to go abroad? The President--The desire is not so great as it has been in years gone by. I have never been abroad. Correspondent--And after you have finished your travels abroad where do you intend to settle in this country? [The President--If I had my free choice I suppose I would say in Washington. I have lived longer in Washington, and been more identified with it, than with any other city. I have lived there since 1865--eleven years. (In a tone of medi­ tation.) In 1868 I gave up a position for life for the Presidency.] The tone and manner in which this was said left no room for doubt that the comparative advantages of a brief tenure of the Presidential office, and of a life occupancy of the Generalship of the army have been seriously pondered by the President of late. Correspondent--It has been stated in some quarters that you would settle in New York, and in others that you would make Galena your home? The President--I have never felt iden­ tified with Galena--I only lived there a a year. As to New York, my means would not allow me to live there, even if I preferred it. Correspondent--Is not Washington, in your experience, at least as expensive as New York, Mr. President? The President--Oh, no! The rent of a first-rate house in New York, in the best locality, would be as much as I could live for in Washington. In Wash­ ington the only item of great expensive- ness consists of entertainments, and these a man can limit according to his means and pleasure. I suppose I shall settle in Washington. I feel at home there, I fcol more identified with it than any other city. Correspondent--Mr. President, I have never yet seen in any paper a satisfac­ tory explanation of Gov. Jewell's remo­ val. The President (laughin g and twinkling at me out of the comers of his shrewd eyes)--There are a great many things of which no exact explanation could be given. I don't know that I could give precisely an explanation of his removal. (Off-handedly.) You select a Cabinet. Well, after a while you find that you do not like a member s way of doing busi­ ness; why should you not get rid of him ? Not that he'does anything wrong, but simply that you don't like his way of doing thi business intrusted to him; that's all. (Liaughing still more and twinkling still more sharply out of the corners of his deep eyes in a persuasive tone.) I got very tired of Mr. Jewell generally at the Cabinet meetings. I have nothing in the world against Gov. Jewell, but I got very tired of him. That's all. % Correspondent--Did you see that re­ cent skit in a New York paper saying that if you strip Gov. Jewell of his kid gloves and patent leather boots, etc., he is about as nude a body as you can find ? The President (shaking with heartv laughter)---Well, if I described my feel­ ing about him for an hour I wouldn't do it any better. Gov. Jewell did noth­ ing wrong--I didn't like his way of doing things; that was all. (Ye knights of the kid glove and the patent leather boot in President Grant's Cabinet, take warning 1) Vaccination. Vaccination is encountering much op­ position in the north of England. A sale of goods seized by the police in dis­ charge of a penalty for refusing to vac­ cinate a child took place early in August at Donton. The anti-vaccinators appeared in force and held an open-air mass meet­ ing previous to the sale. A Methodist minister condemnefl compulsory vacci­ nation and asked the crowd to subscribe and buy in the property--a silver watch, two pictures and a table. A hat was passed around, and the contumacious citizen lost nothing through resistance to the law. -- ^5**"^--^<111)1- Commercial Values dunging/̂ " In several classes of goods an impor­ ted upward tendency in prices has become apparent, more especially within the past month. In the cotton goods trade, the change of tone is conspicuous, oi * K g°°ds a general .advance of 2* to5 per cent, has been established, and the market stall shows firmness On printing cloths a rise of 25 per cent, haa occurred, and on prints an advance of 7| to 10 per cent. These improvements are due entirely to the changed relations between production and consumption. In woolen fabrics there are no such definite symptoms of improvement, although the market is steadier than at any period since the panic, the difficulty being that we have an undoubted excess of woolen machinery, and especially of produces seeond and third rate goods, and that, although a laree percentage of the looms are now idle yet they are liable, to resume work th» moment any signs of recovery appear. There are isolated branches, notably the- flannel trade, which show firmness in prices. In silk textures an advance of 5- to lo percent, has been well established » while on other articles of this class, such as sewings and twists, the nse ii&s ranged from 10 to 25 per cent- The wool market, after settling to an extremely low range of values in sympathy with the depressed condition of the woolen trade, has estab­ lished an advance of 4 to 5 cents per pound, or at the rate of 10 to 121 per cent, upon the leading classes of wooL * • * * • * # Hides, after being long stagnant, have, within the last two weeks, develop­ ed an activity which has established an advance of 1 to 2 cents per pound. The most remarkable change has occurred in petroleum. Since the middle of June, the price of refined oil has advanced from 14| to 25 cents. This change amounts to an increase of 824,000,000 in the value of our exportable surplus of this article. Coffee and sugars also show considerable firmness.--New York Bul­ letin. Death of the oldest Son of Hon. Wm. H. Seward. Maj. Augustus H. Seward died this* morning at the residence of his brother, Frederick W. Seward, in Montrose, Westchester county. Maj. Seward came from his post in St. Paul, Minn., three months since, to consult occulists in this city for a disease which proved to be paralysis of the eye. While under treat­ ment his strength gradually failed until a few days since, when his friends be­ came seriously alarmed. On Saturday Dr. Hammond pronounced bis recovery impossible. On Saturday evening, when his cousin, Clarence A. Seward, left Montrose, he was suffering severely, but no fatal result was immediately appre­ hended. The deceased was the eldest s^n of the late Gov. Seward. He received hi« military education at West Point, where he graduated creditably, and received an appointment as Second Lieutenant in the army. _ During his twenty-eight years' service in the army, his charac­ ter and bearing as an officer and a gen­ tleman won for him the confidence of the Government, the regard of all with whom he was associated, and the esteem of all who knew him.--New York Com­ mercial Advertiser. No More Torture. An important notification hm been , issued by the Prime Minister of Japan * which will have the effect of. abolishing torture in criminal proceedings. By the old law no criminal could be punished without first having confessed the crime imputed to him, and the confession in obstinate c&ses had to be extorted by torture, with the inevitable result that persons falsely accused often confessed to crimes of which they were innocent. The notification rather adroitly evades the fact that the use of torture has beeil one of the instruments in criminal pro­ cedure, by proclaiming that " verdicts in criminalfcases shall be given on the evidence adduced." British Emigration. The last report from the English Board of Trade shows that the total emigration from the United Kingdom during tho last year, including British subjects; foreigners and others whose nationalities cannot be distinguished, amounted to 173,800 persons, of these, 105,046 went to the United States, 17,- 378 to British North America, 35,5251& Australasia, and 15,860 to other places. An analysis of nationalities shows that of the total number above mentioned, 140,676 were persons of British origin, 84,540 of whom were English, 14,686 Scotch, and 41,449 Irish. 10 so 9 6 80 0 4 18 16 50 THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BKETXS 8 00 HOCW 6 00 COTTOW 11 FLOXIB--SUPERFINE WESTERN 4 00 WHKAT--NO. 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