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;* : 'v >%£5i - • > ~ * • .Y P^<w-"-v Tf- .«,.. ., •* • ,i ,-X. *&% ®ht Ptieiwj fllaindealfr. J. VUl SLYEE, PPBJ-ISME*. ; McHENRY, ILLINOIS. has brought roit igibutthe Sheriff for $90,000 damages. CIKXKRAL. FAXXJ8> : The jEtna Savings Bank, of Pitts­ burgh, Pa.; Nathaniel Cheney, manufacturer of agricultural machinery, New York, liabilities $200,000 ; 3?ike Bros, & Co., bankers, New Oi> £ Jaap HEWS COSDMSE|h ^ , 1 ' INDIAN IMSOSBMOB. 1 ^ BITTING BULL'S ANSWER TO THE PEACE COK- uabiov: "Go BACK HOME, AND TAKE IT EAST GETTING BACK"--THE WILT CHIEF • ELECTS TO REMAIN ON BRITISH SOIL. A oommisaion of civilians and military men, organized upon a Bcali commensurate with the court of an Emperor, has .been traveling aev- eral thousand railest to interview an unbreeched ^ Indian who has been robbing, plundering and murdering at his own hweet will for two or %ii" thiee years past. A great deal of time and monev has been wasted, and all to no purpose. The commission met Mr. Sitting Bull, officially got down on its knees to the doughty chieftain while he squatted upon his hams and smoked his pipe, and then read an address to him, - much in fche manner a burgomaster would read an address to a King. They sentimentalized on the blessings of peace, expressed a firm conviction that the Great Father didn't want to fight him any more, offered not to pun­ ish him for any of his past atrocities if he would give himself up and go on a reserva­ tion, and suggested they might kill a fatted calf, put a ring on his finger, and array him in purple and fine linen when that interesting event took place. After the address was read to him, the stenographers sharpened their pencils in readiness to report a beautiful flow of Indian oratory, and the Commission prepared itself to receive the Prodigal Son with open anna. There was no flow of oratory, however. Sitting Bull's reply was as terse, sententious, aad almost as brief as C&mbronne's reply to the English at Waterloo. Between the whiffs of his pipe, he quietly remarked that the Com­ mission that had come to interview him might fo to hell. He did not waste any words about is Great Father, the Great Spirit, the whispering winds, the red deer, the pale flow- era, or indulge in any other Indian tropes and metaphors. Ho just expressed himself triefly and emphatically, and, having done so. went on smoking his pipe as unconcerned as if the whole commission had gone to the undesirable place he indicated. It evidently struck the commission like a bombshell, exploding with guch effect that it even cut the dispatches short off in the middle. The following is Sitting Bull's speech in reply to Gen. Terry's invoca­ tion to go back to United Btates soil, surrender his arms, accept a reservation and a kerd of stock, and live in pea«je and amity with the palefaeeB: _ "For sixty-four years you have kept me and my people, and treated us bad. What have we done that you should want us? We have done nothing, 'it is all the people of your side that have started us to do all these depredations. We could not go anywhere else, so we took ref­ uge in this country of the British. It was on fhia side of the country that we learned to shoot, and that is the reason I came back to it again Why do you come here ? In the first place I did not give you the country; but you followed me from one place to another; so I had to leave and come over to this country. 1. did not give you any country, but_ you took it •way from us. I was born and raised in this country, with the Red river half-breeds, and I Intend to stop with them. I was raised hand in >»nri vrith the Bed river half-breeds, and we are going over to that part of the country, and • that is the reason why I have come over here." Shaking hands with the British officers, he proceeded: " This is the way 1 was raised in the hands of these people, and that is the way I Intend to be with them. You have got ears to hear, and you have got eyes to see, and you see how I live with these people. You see me. Here I am. If you think I am a fool, you are a bigger fool than I am. This house is a medi­ cine house. You come here to tell us lies, but we don't want to hear them. I don't wish any guch language used to me, that is to tell me such lies in my great mother's house. Don't you say two words more. Go back home where you came from. This country is mine, and I intend to stav here and to raise this country full of grown people. See, these people here were rawed with them," again shaking hands •with the British officers. "That is enough. See me shake hands with these people. The part of the country you gave me you run me out of. I have now come here to stay with these people, and I intend to stay here. I wish yon to go back and to take it eaay getting 1.03 1.16 69 90 90 63 3d. 1 49 TO 71 86 97 58 75 75 53 m. 80 41 43 65 61 35 45 46 32 m M 'M M "-lb m TKBI48I. Jjogo^Hofi?etef the late President of the Philadelphia Passenger Railway Com- / ' pany, has been held in $5,000 for further hear­ ing on a charge of perjury in connection with the financial condition of the road Investi- , jntion of the affairs of the collapsed Union ftank Company, of Baltimore, shows the avail*? ' ble assets about $4,000. of which there is $12 in cash. Liabilities, §58,000....Flint & Co., bankers, 31 Broadway, New York, have failed. Liabilities, $115,000. WILLIAM S. TAYLOB, a produce commission " merchant of Albany, N. Y., hag been detected -*» fa* series of forgeries amounting to $40,000 «t' at $50,000.... Samuel Humphries and Edmund 1 'V', Smith, who pleaded guilty to burning the Leb- IQOQ vallev oridg© during the strike riots, have :i each been'sentenced at Beading, Pa., to im- 4V prigoBiBCBi for live years stud fine of $1,000. The ca*-e» of thirty-seven rioters were put over, owing to the discharge of the jury in conse­ quence of a manifested bias of two of them. - - MAINE has now but one "State" bank, the Eastern of Bangor. All the rest have been . changed into national banks... .A Boston dis­ patch announces the failure of theBayState Iron Cotopanv, with liabilities of $500,000 and as­ sets approximating 61.250,000... .The first of the Pittsburgh riot cases was tried in the Crim­ inal Court of that city last week. A. Murray, aged 16. convicted of havine stolen property, firearmK and ammunition in his possession, was sentenced to the penitentiary for three years, Tom Gallagher, another of the rioters, was ! convicted of receiving stolen goods, and pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny. Sentenced to * fine of $1,000 and six years in the peniteu- S tiary. I,-. " r* THE WEST- ;rtf. TgE President of a national bank in Wichita, ,.;j|bn.r has been found guilty of embezzlement ' |fl appropriating the bank's funds to bis own " * upe, and sentenced to five years' imprisonment : |o the penitentiary A. most gigantic swindle I • has been brought to light at Kansas City, Mo., by the arrest of J. It. Ham, Edward L. Stevens arid George Miller, on a requisition of Gov. Hubbard, of Texas, on a charge of forging land titles and issuing deeds for large tracts of land in Texas. An immense amount of land : hfca been conveyed by them under many aliases •Od to many different parties. " THE favorite comedian, John T. Raymond, is playing to a fine business at McYicker's Thea- " ' ter, Chicago, in his unequaled roles of "Col Mulberry Sellers" and "Pennington Pem- broke " Persons visiting Chicago should not . _ fail to go and see Raymond and enjoy , . hearty laugh. -; v • O. O. HOWABD, in his official report of tite campaign against the Nez Perces Indians says 179 soldier* bam been killed and 68 citi < sens murdered since the beginning of hostili . - ties. CHICAGO elevators, as per official returns, con- I ; .{tain 596,586 bushels of wheat; 649,089 bushels , ,of corn; l'J'2,610 bushels of oits; 90,842 bushels ^ of we, and 548,383 bushels of barley, making ' a grand toUl of 2,076,510 bushels, against v • §,*>8,358 bushels at this period last year. .A . fixe in Chicago, last week, burned Wood s Mu nenrri. and damaged Chapiu A Gore's liquor es- n <, tablishment to the extent of several thousand „ijollars. Total loss about $50,000. • ST. LOUIS is waging a relentless war against ( the gamblers.... .The wife o* J. M. Berry, the tj!: , a < tJnion Pacific railway robber, who was killed * hf Sheriff Glascock, of Fayette county, Mo. Tn railway managers hare advanced rates on west-bound freight from New Yotk to the following figures: lttclOM. ClPVAland................... 63 Cincinnati... 99 ludiantpottt.,,. 95 Ixmiaville 1.13 St. Louis...u............. 1.98 Toledo ..w 77 Chicago ... ..J....... . ..1.00 Milwaukee 1.00 Detroit : .. 70 PORTLAND, a suburb of St John, N. B., has been devastated by fire. Two hundred and thirty buildings were burned, involving a loss of $300,000.....The departure of the Wood­ ruff scientific expedition around the world hus been postponed until May 15, 1878. THE United States Commission sent out by the Government to find and treat for peace and good will with the Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, has succeeded in coming face to face with the redoubtable Indian chieftain, and have lailed to bring him to any terms. In short, the Com­ mission has met Sitting Bull, and Sitting Bull has dismissed it abruptly and disdainfully. The expedition has failed in its purpose, and the Sioux question is as far from a satisfactory solution as when Gen. Terry and his brother Commissioners first set out on their long and tedious journey to the Northwest THE Agricultural Bureau at Washington an­ nounces that this year's wheat crop is the largest ever produced in this country. It is also worthy of note that the exports of Ameri­ can produce this year bid fair largely to ex­ ceed those of any previous year in our com­ mercial history... .The board to examine the Washington Monument at Washington will re­ port that the monument may safely be com­ pleted if a certain addition is made to secure the foundation. BUSINESS failures: The Bank of Bunker Hill, 111., liabilities $6,000; The Carroll Car­ riage Manufacturing Company, of San Fran­ cisco, Oal.. liabilities $50,000, assets nominally I 000 ; Bradford, McCoy & Co., lumber deal­ ers, Quincy. 111., liabilities $100,000 to $150,- 000 ; the Manchester Savings Bank, of Pitts­ burgh, Pa. THERE was a great running race at Baltimore last week between Ten Broeck, Tom Ochiltree and Parole. Thousands of people witnessed the contest, and tens of thousands of dollars chaaged hands on the result. Ten _ Broeck, the Kentucky horse, was the favorite in the pools at large odds, but contrary to general calcu­ lation Parole, the New York flyer, came in several lengths ahead of his competitors. Dis­ tance, 2)4 miles ; time, 4:37%. "WASHINGTON. SEHATOB HAMLIN, of Maine, has been made Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Af­ fairs, and Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, succeeds Mr. Hamlin as Chairman of the Committee on Postoffices and Post Roads. THE President has decided to appoint John Baxter, of Knoxville, Tenn., Judge of the United States Circuit Court of the Sixth Cir­ cuit, in place of the late Judge Emmons, de­ ceased, of Detroit. This circuit includes Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee Pinch- back has renewed his claims to the Senatorship from Louisiana. OBDEBS have been issued to step the coinage of trade dollars at the United States mints for private depositors. Director Linderman is of the opinion that the profit of this coinage, if it be continued, should go into the treasury, and not into the pockets of private persons. THE estimated amount for carrying the in­ land mails during the coining fiscal year is $20,889,270, an increase over the estimates of the current year of $2,030,297 Our Govern­ ment has received official confirmation of the press dispatch announcing that the Mexican ocal authorities at Matamoras had released the four remaining raiders from the Iiio Grande jail. Official reports state that this action was taken upon the plea that the prison­ ers are Mexican subjects, and, therefore, lia ble to extradition. THE President has appointed Hugh Gamp- bell, of New Orleans, United States District Attorney for the Territory of Dakota Senor Mata, the Mexican Minister sent to Washing­ ton by Diaz, has abandoned all hope of the recognition of the Diaz Government by the United States, and has left for home in ditgust. Mareecbal, the old Lerdo Minister, who has been at all times recognized as the representa­ tive of Mexico, remains at his post of duty. THESE is an animated contest over the vacant United States Judgeship for the Western Dis­ trict of Wisconsin, recently held by Judge Hop­ kins. .. .A petition of 400 ex-strikers of Pitts­ burgh has been presented to Congress by Rep­ resentative Errett, of Pennsylvania, asking for an appropriation to transport them to the. Gov­ ernment's free lands'of the West, where they may settle down to farming. THE SOUTH. once begin the construction of an extensive n ilway system in Bulgaria, to aid in the for­ warding of troops and supplies Eighteen thousand men and forty cannon were captured bv the Russians in their recent victory over Mukhtar Pasha, in Asia. RUSSIA has ordered the mobilization of all the Cossacks not yet inactive service. These will amount to ninety-one regiments. DISPATCHES from Erzeroum state that "mili­ tary operations in Armenia are being rapidly pushed forward. Gen. Torgukasoff is in pur­ suit of Ismail Pasha, who is endeavoring to effect a junction with the Turkish forces at Zewin. A Russian attack on a fort before Kars, on the 19th, waB repulsed." GBNERAL FOREIGN NEW®. THE famous monolith known as Cleopatra's needle was abandoned off the coast of Spain by the steamer having it in tow, during a tremendous gale. The crew on the craft which contained the obelisk were transferred to the Olga, but not until the Olga had lost her second mate and five hands in her endeavor to rescue them. The lost needle was subsequently discovered by an­ other steamer and again started on its voyage to England. THBBE were 7,793,000 votes polled in France at the late election. This is the largest number known since 1848, when 7,893,000 voted. The Left polled 43,000 votes less than in 1876, while the Right gained 680,000 from the ranks of those who in 1876 remained neutral A Paris dispatch saye : "The political situation is unchanged. The Cabinet has resolved to remain in office, and preside over the elections for Councils-General."... .A Russian journal reports 49,434 Russian troops killed and wounded to Oct. 11. THE Berlin bankers, Henckel & Lange, with a capital of 7,000,000 marks, have been forced into liquidation in consequence of the failure of the Ritters Chaftliche Bank. CABLE dispatches make brief mention of a terrible mine explosion near Glasgow, Scot­ land, by which 300 or 400 men lost their lives. Advices from Cape Town, South Africa, state that war has begun in Trauskei between the Galekas and the British and their native allies. There has been some severe fighting. .The principal buildings for the Paris Exhi­ bition of" 1878 have been completed. ALL the provinces ef the republic of San Domingo are in insurrection, though two of them have been reoccupied by the Government troops A Havana dispatch states that "a Spanish column near Holquin. commanded by Col. Mozoviejo, has captured the President of the Cuban republic, rhomas Estrada, Secre­ tary of the Cuban Chambers, and several other members of that body." EX-PRESIDENT GBANT bade adieu to En­ gland, and arrived in Paris on the 24th of October. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. THURSDAY, Oct. 18.--SENATE.--Consideration was resumed of Mr. Thurman'a resolution to have the oath administered to Mr. Spofford, of Louisi­ ana, the pending question being the substitute re­ ferring the credentials to a committee. After de- THE Chicago and Alton and Iron Mountain roads have effected a combination to establish a short through line to Texas via St. Louis, to be known as the Chicago and St. Louis Short Line. The route is 136 miles shorter than via Hannibal and Cairo and the other two routes. POLITICAL. OFFICIAL vote of Ohio for Governor : Bish­ op, Democrat, 261,236; West, Republican, 239,347 ; Bond, Workingman, 12,480 ; John­ son, Greenback, 16,890 ; Thompson, Prohibi­ tion, 4,868. THE Cincinnati Enquirtr classifies the Ohio Legislature as follows: Senate--Democrats, 25 ; Republicans, 10. House--Democrats, 71; Republicans, 36; Independents, 2. Demo­ cratic majority on joint ballot, 58. KANE, Democrat, has been elected Mayor of Baltimore over Thompson, Workingmen's can­ didate, by 15,000 majority The Democrats of Detroit have nominated George C. Langdon for Mayor. THE TURKO-KUS3IAN WAK. As ADDITIONAL particulars are received of the recent battle in Asia, the magnitude of the Russian victory and the disastrous extent of the Turkish defeat become apparent It is now estimated that the Russians captured thir­ ty-two battalions of infantry, four brigades ©f artillery. 100 officers and 2,000 horse", besides an enormous quantity of military stores and provisions. The Turkish loss from all sources is stated at 16,000 men. IN consequence of Mukhtar Pasha's disaster, all the troops in Constantinople are being sent hastily to Trebizond. Achmet Eyoub Pasha will go immediately to tase command at Erze­ roum A London dispatch says "the Rus­ sians have before Kars 70,000 men. Mukhtar Pasha's tfrmy at the time of the battle did not comprise more than 40,000 men. The Grand Duke Michael can safely leave 40,000 men in front of Kars, and with the remainder press forward toward Erzeroum." There was some fightiug Rt I'leviia on the 19th and 20th of Oc­ tober. The Roumanians assaulted and captured the second Gravitza redoubt, but the Turks re­ captured it after a sanguinary contest. A CORRESPONDENT in Plevna telegraphs that the Turks are actively constructing a Lew in­ terior line of formidable defenses. Cases of sickness are comparatively rare.. Provisions ha\ e never faile 1, but it is impossible to pro­ vide fodder for thousands of oxen and horses. Osiuan Pasha has ordered all Circassian ir­ regulars, Bulgarians and non-combatant Mo- hammeaans 10 quit Plevna Russia will at bate, by a vote of 36 yeas and 33 nays, the substitute was agreed to, and the credentials of Spofford were referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elec­ tions. Mr. Davis (111.) voted with the Democrats against reference, A motion of Mr. V hitc instruct­ ing the committee to report on of before the 1st of Novembe , 1877, was rejected--yeas, 31; nays, 35. Th« committee was also instructed to consider and report upon the creuentiala of William Pitt Kellogg. Mr. Thurman moved that J. B. Eustis be sworn in as Senator from Louisiana. Laid over. HOUSE.--Not in session. FRIDAY, Oct 19.--SENATE.--Mr. Merrimon introduced a bill to amend section 146 of the Re­ vised Statutes relating to vacancies in the office of President and Vice President Mr. Morrill sub­ mitted a resolution instructing the Committee on Pensions to inquire and report, by bill or other­ wise, a plan for reducing and properly adjusting the salaries and fees of Pension Agents. An amendment offered by Mr. Ingalls, di­ recting the committee to inquire into the expediency of abolishing all the pension agencies and having the pensions paid from Washington, was agreed to, and the resolution passed Mr. Merrimon intro­ duced a bill to alter the times for holding elections for President and Vice Presidertand casting the vote in the Electoral College... The claims of J. B. Eustis to a seat in the Senate from Louisiana were discussed, but no action was taken on the case. HOUSE.--Not in session. • MONDAY, Oct. 22.--SENATE.--A number of bills were Introduced and referred, among others the following: By Mr. Jones (Nev.) to authorize the coinage of a dollar of 412)$ grains, standard sil­ ver, and for other purposes ; by Mr. Beck, to repeal section 3 of the act to provide for the resumption of specie payments, approved July 14, 1875 ; by Mr. Hereford, to repeal the act to provide for the re­ sumption of specie payments; by Sir. Howe, to amend the Revised Statutes relating to the trans­ portation of live stock ; by Mr. Ingalls, to establish a pension agency at Topeka, Kan.; by Mr. Paddock, to divide the State of Nebraska into two judicial districts. HOUSE.--The Colorado case was debated, but Ht> action, taken Mr. Schleicher offered a resolution for the appointment of a select committee of eleven members to consider the subject of the civil service of the United States and measures to promote its effi­ ciency. 'Adopted Mr. Southard offered a resolu- tton for the appointment of a select committee of eleven members to take into consideration the state of the law respecting the ascertainment and declara­ tion of the result of the election of President and Vice President, and to confer with a like committee on the part of the Senate. Adopted.... Mr. Cox offered a resolution directing the Secretary of the Navy to report to the House what action had been taken, if any, in the navy-yards of the United States in regulating the hours of labor, and whether such actiou ha« been in derogation of or in compliance with Sec. 3,738, Revised Statutes, which requires that " eight hours shall constitute n day's work for all laborers, workmen and mechanics who may be emploved by or on behalf of the Govern­ ment of the United States.'" Mr. Cox presented a petition for increased compensation to letter-car- riers Adjourned to Wednesday, Oct. 24. TUESDAY, Oct. 23.--SENATE.--Bills were in­ troduced and referred: By Mr. Coke (Texat), amending the Revised Statutes of the United States in regard to the militia; it makes an annual appro­ priation of $1,000,000 for the purpose of providing arms and equipments for the whole body of militia, either by purchase or manufacture. By Mr. In­ galls, to enable Indians to become citizens of the Uuit« d States. By Mr. Wallace, to provide a lawful note and coin currcncy for the United Stairs, and a bill to authorize a long bond for the investment of savings; this bill direcbt the Secretary of the Treas­ ury to issue in lieu of an equal amount of 4 per cent, bonds authorized by the act of July 14, 1870, a sum not exceeding $100,000,0110 of United States coupon bonds in denominations of $25, $50, and $100, In equal sums, each denomination redeemable in coin of the preeent standard value after sixty years from the date of their ixnue, and bearing in­ terest payable semi-annually in such coin at the of 3 05 per cent, per annum, thet-e bonds to be ex­ empt from all taxation. By Mr. Ingalls, to equalize the bounties of soldiers who served in the late war for the Union. HOUSE.--Not in session. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24.--SENATE.--Not in ses­ sion. HOUSE.--Consideration of the "Colorado case was resumed, and Mr. Harrison made an address advo­ cating Patterson's right to a seat. * Mr. Oarfleld sup­ ported Belford as having the prima facie right.. Mr. Brentimo introduced a petition of the central body of trades unions of Chicago, which was al*o signed by 10,t0j poi'Fons in diflVt eut Western States, asking for an amendment to the Homestead iaw, in order that the poorett people may better en­ joy its advantages. One of the requests of the pe­ tition is that the United States shall give the actual settlers small sums of money at low rates of inter­ est for ten years, until the land is improved. THE SILVER QUESTION. He poet of the Congressional Conn [Washington Cor. Chicago Tribune.] The report of Senator Jones' Com­ mission upon the silver question, so long expected, was completed this after­ noon. Senator Jones has spent the whole summer here upon it. The report comprises a volume of 200 pages, ac­ companied by a volume of statistics of equal size. The following is an epitome of tha conclusion at which a majority of the Silver Commission have arrived : The first question relates to the cause of the recent change in the relative value of gold and silver, and to the ef­ fect of that change. The commission concluded: The causes of rocent change in the reiativ value of gold and silver are mainly the demon­ etization of silver by Germany, the United Statee, and the Scandinavian States, and the closure of the minta in Europe ^gainst its coinage. These principal causes were aided by contemporaneous diminution of the Asiatic demand for silver, and by the enormous aggre­ gation of the actual and prospective yield of the Nevada silver mines. The effect of the de­ monetization so far accomplished has been sig­ nally disastrous, especially to the countries which have recently demonetized silver, or in which the gold standard was already estab­ lished. The second question covers "the two points of the restoration of the double standard in this country and of the best legal relation between gold and silver. The commission recommends the restor­ ation of the double standard and the un­ restricted coinage of both metals, but are unable to agree upon the legal rela­ tion which should be established be­ tween them. The third question relates to the poli­ cy of continuing legal-tender notes con­ currently with the metallic standards, and the effects thereof upon the labor, industries and wealth of the country. The Commissioners do not suppose that it is possible to maintain paper in actual concurrent circulation with coin unless the paper is made equal in value to coin by actual convertibility into it. The fourth question covers the best means for providing for facilitating the resumption of specie payments. The opinions on this point are various and contradictory. The experience ff other countries furnishes little aid in reaching conclusions which can command confi­ dence. The fact in regard to paper money issued directly by Governments, and having a forced currency, seems to be that it has seldom been redeemed in coin. The commission concludes that resumption in this country is not prac­ ticable under the circumstances until the existing laws making gold the sole metallic legal tender are repealed. The total inadequacy of gold alone is apparent. Germany, Great Britain and France are the only countries which have any considerable quantity of it, and the maximum estimates of the amounts they have in coin and bars do not exceed $1,300,000,000. The commission think the quantities in the Western World are much exaggerated. The commission be­ lieve that the remonetization of silver will have a powerful influence in pre­ venting, and probably will prevent, the demonetization of silver in France and in other European countries in which the double standard is still legally and theoretically maintained. But if, not­ withstanding remonetization here, fur­ ther European demonetization shall take place, the result for us will be an ad­ vantageous exchange of the commodi­ ties which we can spare for money which we need. Finally, the commission believe that the fact that Germany and the Scandi­ navian states have adopted the single gold standard, and that some other Eu­ ropean nations may possibly adopt it, in­ stead of being reasons for perseverance in the attempt to establish it in the United States, are precisely the facts which make such an attempt entirely imprac­ ticable and ruinous. To propose to this country a coLtest for a gold standard with the European nations is to propose to it a disastrous race in reducing the prices of labor and commodities, in ag­ gravating the burdens of debt, and in the diminution and concentration of wealth, in which all the contestants will suffer immeasurably, and the victors even more than the vanquished. Sound Logic. "There !" said Mrs. Jones; "you can just wager you'll have nothing but cold b<>ans for your next Sunday dinner now. No more risk for me. No more work on the Sabbath day. They've fined a bar­ ber in Cambridge for working on that day, and there's only one letter's differ­ ence between shave and slave. You can cut into morality and dip into illegality just as easy with a carving-knife and ladle, as with a razor and a shaving- brush. "--Boston Traveller, An Eight-Tears' Quarrel Ended in Har­ der. An affray between two old citizens-of our county occurred at the ranch of David Evans, about six miles from Hor- nitos, on Monday last, whioh resulted in the death of Mr. Evans, caused by a gunshot wound inflicted by Moses V. Northrup. The animosity existing be­ tween the parties was an oid feud caused by the burning of Evans' barn some seven or eight years ago, which Evans charged upon Northrup. Ever since the occurrence a deadly hostility has existed between them. On Friday of last week John Northrup, brother of Moses, in company with a man by the name of Pollard, went over to Evans' ranch to purchase fruit. After getting the fruit pay was offered, which Evans refused to take, at the same time stating that lie did not want the Northrups to come about his ranch, as Moses had burned his barn seven or eight years ago. This conversation was communicated to Moses Northrup, who on the Monday following armed himself with a double-barreled shot-gun and six-shooter, and in com­ pany with Pollard went to Evans' house. Evans at the time was a short distance off, cutting wood. Northrup sent word to Evans that he was armed with a shot­ gun and pistol, and to meet him on equal terms. Evans soon appeared with a shot-gun, and asked Northrup if the distance or ground should ue measured. Northrup replied that he did not care. Evans then asked, "Are vou ready?" Northrup replied, "Ready, whereupon they both fired almost simultaneously. Northrup'a shot proved i"atal to Evans, one ball penetrating the right temple inta the brain. Evans fell forward upon his face, and was insensible till death came to his relief, about six hours after­ ward. Northrup escaped unhurt. North­ rup and Pollard, who was deemed to be accessory, went to Hornitos and surren­ dered themselves to the authorities.-- Mariposa (Cal.) Oazette. Longevity of Literary Ladles. The literary ladies of Great Britain appear to have been astonishingly long- lived. Here is a list of them with the ages at which they died : Miss Jane Austen, 42; Mrs. Radcliffe, 59; Miss Mitford, 69; Mrs. Trimmer, 69; Miss Jane Potter, 74; Mrs. Elizabeth Mon­ tagu, 80; Mrs. Piozz, 81; Mrs. Barbauld, 82; Miss Edgeworth, 82; Lady Morgan, 82; Madame d'Arblay, 88; Miss Hannah More, 88; Mrs. Marcett, 89; Mrs. Jo­ anna Baillie, 89; Miss Berry, 90; Mrs. Somerville. 92; Miss Harriet Lee, 95; Miss Caroline Herschel, 98; Lady Smjth, 103. THE tiRANGEB LAWS. The Railroads and the Public DecLlona of the Supreme Court* [From the Chicago Tribune.] Granger laws of Illinois, nesota, Iowa and other States have re­ ceived the judicial support of the Su­ preme Court of the United States, and we have more particularly the recent de­ cisions of the same court in the Wiscon­ sin cases. It is time that the railroad companies of the United States should take warning. There is no more legal objection to the enactment of laws regu­ lating the rates of freight in one State than in another, and the legislation of the half-dozen States may become gen­ eral. Now that the principle has been established and the power of State Leg­ islatures to enact such laws clearly recognized by all the courts, railroad managers may well consider how far and how long the people will submit to be robbed by any manner of, combinations. The New York Journal of Commerce, one of the most conservative papers in the country, and which for years opposed the Granger laws, has discovered io. the judicial decisions affirming these laws a possible remedy for monopolies and a popular means of breaking up railroad extortion. It says: " The United States Supreme' Court has at length recognized as valid the ex- tremest power claimed by a State over a railroad. The question involved the au­ thority of the Wisconsin Legislature to establish a maximum of charges to be made on passengers or freight taken up outside of the State and brought within it, or vice versa. Has the State a con­ trol over the inter-State commerce which affect its own people, or does this matter wholly belong to the Federal Govern­ ment ? The Supreme Court decides that a State, where it has not parted with its power by contract, can regulate the fares and freights, under the circumstances mentioned, on a road outside of its lim­ its which is consolidated with one on its own territory. The power of the State reaches beyond its confines as to things which directly concern its own people, however its action may indirectly affect the people of adjoining States. This is good law, says the Supreme Court, until Congress takes to itself, by special en­ actment, the regulation of inter-State commerce by rail. The grasping rail­ road monopolies which are planning to raise their freights this fall, and to keep up their odious pool arrangement, should take warning in season from the ominouc drift of the Supreme Court decisions in the Granger and other cases. When the peotrte of the different States realize how much power they have--if they would but use it--over the railroad cor­ porations, they will not much longer ab­ stain from exercising it through the Leg­ islatures. " The recent combination of the various trunk lines, by which they have resolved to take from tne producers a larger por­ tion than usual of the product, may evoke a popular storm which will not easily be quieted. Five years ago the railroads demanded three bushels of corn for carrying one bushel to market. The outraged and plundered produoers resorted to the ballot-box, anu in due time what are known as the Granger laws were enacted. Th^ railroad man­ agers have now resumed their policy of combination for extortion. The people of all the States are now advised of their power to deal with these corporations; they know they have legal power to limit the exactions of railroad compa­ nies, and with that knowledge they will not long submit to such combinations without exercising their power. Let the railroad companies take warning that, when this power of control shall be exercised, it may not mark the limit of tolls at much less than would be will­ ingly submitted to if no extortion was attempted. Bees and Flowers. Bees axe fond of pleasant odors and bright colors, and, in the opinion of Sir John Lubbock, have been largely in­ strumental by fertilizing the beautiful flowers in increasing their numbers. The most lovely flowers,he states, have at­ tracted bees, and consequently the finest blossoms of the year have been cross- fertilized each by the other. Thus, for century after century flowers have been growing more and more beautiful. From these tastes on the part of the bees also it has in the course of long years come about that the plants which bloom by day have bright colors and a sweet smell. Similarly night plants, although as a rule colorless, are yet often power­ fully scented, the reason being that they are fertilized by nocturnal moths which have a sense of odor fully as delicate as that of bees, and, like bees, are fond of honey. A Great Charity. Thomas Betton bequeathed to the Ironmongers' Company of England, over 150 yfars ago, Ms entire estate, with a provision that one-half of the proceeds should be applied to the re­ demption of British slaves in Turkey and Algeria, and one-fourth toward the assistance of poor Church of England schools within*London and its ouburbs. Long ago there ceased to be any English slaves to redeem from the Turks; the courts, therefore, permitted the slave money also to be used in the aid of schools. The magnitude of the sum ac­ cumulated during 150 years can best be appreciated by the statement that 1,200 schools are now aided from " Betton's charity." A Deliberate Suicide. Maj. Huntley went to the stable at the rear of his residence on Main street, having deliberately prepared to put an end to his existence. He had supplied himself with two revolvers, one of which he placed at his temple and the other over his heart, after which he pulled both triggers at once, and sent two balls on their fatal mission. He fell dead in­ stantly, either of the wounds being of such a nature as to have effected his object. Previous to the act he had writ­ ten a letter full of instructions as to the manner in which his funeral should be conducted. -- Cumberland (Md.) Ci­ vilian. THE GRAIN YIELD OF 1877. Th« Largest Crop that the Country Haa let Produced--Figures that Promise a Golden Future. [Prom the New York Snn.] The grain crop of the United Stai this autumn is a vast increase over thai of any preceding year in the history o: the country. It amounts in the tw principal cereals, wheat and corn, 325,000,000 bushels of the former, an* 1,280,000,000 of the latter, according the careful estimates of Mr. Walker, th» statistician of the New York Produce- Exchange. The movement of this, enormous crop has just begun to be felt, as up to the past eight weeks the expor- tations were of last year's crop; but the sudden increase already rioted gives, good promise of a golden future. Dur­ ing the brief period mentioned our ex­ ports of wheat from the ports of New York, Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia* Baltimore, New Orleans and Portland have aggregated 11,525,188 bushels* against an exportation from the same ports during a corresponding period of last year of 3,938,951 bushels, showing^ an increase of 7,586,237 bushels. There has also been an increase of 708,234 bushels in the exportation of rye during the same time, and in peas an increase of 81,409 bushels. In corn alone there has been a falling off to the extent of 1,633,054 in that time. The following table presents the in­ crease of production and exportation in the two leading cereals in the past ten years: WHEAT. Yearn. Crops. 1868 234,036,600 Export*--By crop years, September to September* 1869. .........260,146,900 flonr reduced to bushels 1870.. 230,884,790 and counted in. Septem- 187 1 230,722,400 ber, 1870, to 187 2 .249,997,100 Sept., 1871 60,094,599 1873 281,254,700 Sept., 1872 39,289,040 1874....... ....309.102,700 Sept., 1873 fi7,2l.r>,295 187 5 .292.130,00(1 Sept., 1874 91,383.33» 1876 286,000,000 Sept.. 1875.. 75,950,150 1877*. 325,000,000 Sept., 1876 f'J,535,19® Sept., 1877* 54,000,000 'Estimated, not yet figured up closely. COBN. Tears. Croph. 186 8 906,527,000 1869 814,320,000 187 0 1,094,256,000 187 1 991,898,000 187 2 1,092,719, (KH) 1873 932,274,000 1674 844,148,500 187 5 1,320,069,000 187 6 1,300,000,000 1877* 1,280.000,000 Exports from all United States porta: 187 1 22,117,84a 1872 44,908,039 187 3 liO,514,07T 187 4 iH,433,60ft 187 5 .£8,960,335 187 6 .67,279,474 1877* .65,000,000- 'Estimated. To arrive at the amount of com sent abroad, it is proper to count in that which goes in the compressed form of pork. Our annual hog product exporta­ tion is about 4,000,000 hogs. As it takes about fourteen bushels of corn to fatten each hog, that will be equivalent to about 56,000,000 bushels more of corn to be added to the exports annually, aa sent in the form of animal food. We also send a great deal barreled up in' the shape of whisky. Corn meal is in­ cluded in the estimate, reduced to bush­ els. The increase in England's importation of breadstuff's from this country in the year ending Aug. 31, 1877, amounted to- almost as much as the average of her importations during the ten years pre­ ceding. Of corn alone she took out 33,000,000 bushels. Her total importa­ tion was about 80,000,000 bushels, of which 60,000,000 were from this country, and 20,000,000 from Southeastern Eu­ rope. The importation of oorn into Germany, France and the United King­ dom promises to increase largely, as of late years a general tendency to resort ta it as food for stock, instead of oats and cut feed, has been manifest. It is found to be one-third cheaper in England than the material hitherto employed for that use. Germany's supply will, however, be drawn mainly from Hungary. Tbe Bottom of the Sea from a Balloon*. The most enthusiastic advocates of ballooning would have hesitated to de­ clare that submarine surveys were with­ in the province of the aeronaut. Such, however, is the case, since M. Duruof and his companion, going up in a bal­ loon on the 25th ef last August, at Cher­ bourg, and being at an altitude of 5,000 feet, were amazed to see beneath them, with startling distinction, every rock, fissure, and depression at the bottom of the sea. And yet the sea opposite Cape Levy, where the aerial voyagers ob­ tained this bird's-eye view, has an avef- age depth of above 200 feet. So limpid did the water appear that the under­ currents were perceptible, while nothing- would have been easier than to sketch or map the bottom of the sea.--Cham­ bers' Jorunal. THE MARKETS. NEW YOBS. BEKVES td 35 @1125 Hoos 5 60 @ 6 12 COTTON Ftotm--Superfine 6 00 @540 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago 1 80 @ 1 31 CORN--Western Mixed 62 @ 64 OATS--Mixed 35 @ 38 RYB--Western 70 QK 71 POBK--New Mesa 14 10 <§14 35 LABD 9 CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice Graded Steers 5 25 (S, 5 50 Choice Natives 4 60 @ 5 10> Cows and Heifers 2 40 (» 3 65 Butchers' Steers, 3 25 @ 3 70 Medium to Fail'. 4 00 <<$ 4 BO HOGS--Live 4 oo @5 25 FLODB--Fancy White Winter 6 75 @ 7 25 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 5 60 (4 5 75 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring 1 08 («>, 1 0» No. 3 Spring 1 04 @ L 05 CORN--NO. 2 44 <3 45 OATS--No. 2 23 <3 24 KXK--No. 2 63 @ 54 BARLEY--NO. 2 59 60 BUTTER--Choice Creamery 30 (A, 32 Eoos--Fresh..... 16 @ 17 PORK--Mess 14 00 @14 20 LARD MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 1 .*. L 12 @ 1 14 No. 2 1 09 ($ 1 10 CORN--No. 2 44 <$ 44 OATS--No. 2 23 @ 24' R*r--No. 1 £3 ($ 54 BARLEY--No. 2 64 @ 65 ST. LOUIS WHEAT--No. 3 Red Fall ;... 1 36 @ 1 27 CORN--No. 2 Mixed 42 <3 43 OATS--No. 2 26 (F 27 RYE ; 64 ($ 65 PORK--Mess 13 62#@13 75- LAR» 8J414 9 . Hoos r 4 70 (A 5 30 CATTLE 3 00 @ 5 00 CINCINNATI. WHEAT--Red 1 20 @ 1 30 CORN 46 <3 48 OATS ;.... 28 31 RYE 58 <» 59 PORK--Mess 13 75 @14 00 LARD - 8if@ » 9ir TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 1 White Michigan 1 32 <& 1 33 No. 2 Red Winter .. 1 26 (<i 1 27 CORN 48 @ 49 OATS--No. 2 T 26 @ 27 DETROIT. FLOUR--Choice White 6 25 @ 6 50 WHEAT--No. 1 White 1 32 @ 1 3$ No. 1 Amber 1 28 @ 1 29- CORN--No. 1 49 50 "ATS--Mixed 27 @ 28 BARLEY (per cental)..; L 10 1 40 PORK.--Mess ..15 00 @15 5G EAST LIBERT?, PA. CATTLE--B?st 5 5n @ 5 «5 Fair 5 25 ,(# 5 5-i Comxuon 4 25 4 f<> Hoos 5 10 H 5 «:i> SHEEP., i 3 00 5 UJ