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A PARIS dispatch ofthe 17th says Vt#b iron-clads from the French squadron at Smyrna had gone to the entrance of the Dtr» handle*. > , .A PEIUL correspondent of a London newspaper says it was reported that the Cir- c&sfons, when retreating before the Russians, «Bffocated with sulphur 800 women and chil­ dren who him taken reraise in a cave, A PESTH dispatch of the 18th says the Hungarian Ministry was tn complete accord with Count Aodrassy, the Austrian Premftr; .that Austro-H ungary v,T&s resolved to defend )M3r interests diplomatically in the Congress in the first instance, and then, if necessary, by force. THE Forte has informed the Powers that the Qreekfi hove again crossed the Tark- m frontier, near Arta, in Albania. "HE marriages of the Princess Char- daughter of the Crown Prince of Ger­ many, alid the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Pkfoce Frederick Charles of Germany, to the VMnce of Baxe-Meiningen and Prince' of Olden- borp, respectively, Mere celebrated In Berlin on the evening of the 18th. I" AN official telegram from Zanzibar "Ipiiounces the death, there, of Messrs. Mars Crpppel, who were sent by the King of -SMginm to explore the interior of Africa. IK the German Reichstag, on the 19th, Prinee HBismareb, in a speech on the Eastern question, sAld that German interests irere unaffected by the present situation. He did not believe in a European war, and fa­ vored the meeting of the Conference not later than the middle of March. He was opposed to Germany intervening, and said she did not wish to become the arbiter of Europe. , In the Austrian Reiehsrath, on the lWk, Prince Auaperg, President of the Aus­ trian Council of Ministers, said his Govern­ ment was opposed to the peace pre­ liminaries agreed upon by Bussia and Turkey, because they contravened the con­ ditions of the Paris Treaty. He ex­ pected an early meeting of a European Con­ gress, at which the interests of Austria would tie fully considered. He was bound to say that Austria unalterably opposed such of the peace preliminaries as involved an alteration of 4be balance of power in the East. The Chief Of the Hungarian Ministry made a nimHar declaration to the Hungarian Diet, A SEMUN telegram of the 19th says that the Servian Premier had presented a memorandum to the Czar, claiming the whole of Old Servia, and stating his intention not to evacuate conquered territory unless forci­ bly expelled. A collision between Russia and Sepia was deemed probable. "ATHENS telegrams of th^ }9th repre- Whfc the Thessalian insurrection as increasing. It Was reported that 6,000 Turks had been de­ feated near Volo, after desperate fighting, with a less of 600 killed* IT is stated, on authority whieh is not questioned, that 70,004,000 human beings are starving in the famiae-rstrieken Province* of Northern China. , , ON the 20th, Cardinal GioaChimo Pecci, the Pontifical Camerlengo, was elected Pope, and assumed the title of *Leo XIII. He is an Italian, sixty-eight years old, and is classed m Moderate in his views. His election was accomplished by the method known a$ "by adoration." It is reported that the Ultra- aMntanas are fnrious over the result A VIENNA telegram of the 20th says UH reeeritly-expressed opinions of Princes Bismarck and Aaspeig kad tocreased the feel* fog that war with Bnajria WM tawitaWe. A NEGOTEW apodal ol the 20th MY*, the Turkish Commandant at Widiu Mf| re­ fitted to surrender to the Roumanians. 'SERVER PASHA, Turkish Minister of ; Por^ga Affairs,.'fd^oVeii'froin of- fiee. SafvetPaeha lMM been appointed hi* successor. A LONDON dispatch of the ; 21st ssys England and Ruas|a had agreed topeenpy Bather shore of the Dij'^axicllcc "Ml? affato remain as they are. A CoNSTA!5TiNon.E telegram of the 21st says recent events Had so shattered the Sultan, Intellectually'and physically, as to cause the gravest apprehensions. SULEIMAN PASHA has been plaoed an- der arrest and will be court-martialed. THE Governor of. Erzerouin tele­ graphed the Porte, pn ta^ 21st, that he waa •liable to surrender that stronghold at pres- «kt, as, owing to the quantity of snow in that Hgion, he would be unable to obtain supplies IQT the army elsewhere^. & A MADRID dispatch of- the Slst says aa official announcement had Met madtf that the Cuban insurrection had been ended. Flags: were flying a!l over the citv, and, in the even- lag, there was a general illumination. It was stated in the Cortes that Cuba would have the mme legislative privileges and representation as Porto Rico. . ; : . : , LONDON dispatcher of the report the serious illness of Earl Russell. LATE Capetown telegrams report that the backbone of the Kaffir Rebellion been broken. A CONSTANTINOPLE; telegram of r the 23d says the Czw 'had' telegraphed the POrte that the Russians would occtlpy Constantino­ ple if tbe TurUwfc Government continued to «Ue term# ot P1^ »W«h l»- afr !?•? ?tot Armenla and (he surren­der of the Turkish fleet. ON the morning of the 22d, in Lon- d°n, Rev He,,^ DwlweH, of Brighton, at­ tempted the assassination of Sir George Jesse!' Master of the Bolls. He was arrested. ' A PARIS dispateh the 28d says the g^xsh Goyemmenl. had retailed 18,000 Mn Twenty-third street, near Second avenue, and two Presbyterian Churches adjoining. The total loss was estimated at from $500,000 •it _ igsBgnfc im. inoonms taifcef produoad that the renewal of such tax would not now yield over half that sum. ACCORDING to **«Npy gran of the 18th, flfty-tfiree Republican mem­ bers of the Lousiana Legislature had signed a petition asking for thteittr^on of (Jen. AnBer- !?n> had been r?»ehed JnJtha. ®se of Anderson's appeal for a new trial. A MA* nfemed T. Herbert Chase, of Boston, Mm, has been recently found guilty of the psoisnnnuR adnlteratlrm of candv. and Itt6 appealed from the verdict. ; A NEW YORK CIXR gourmand has.ac- qpmplfched the leat of eating a roasted quail a 2ay few thirty consecutive days. FOUR POUNDS of ashes* comprising all the mortal remains of the late Mrs. Renn Pitman, whose body was cremated at Wash­ ington, Pa., arrived at Cincinnati, on the ltfth, and were taken charge of by her husband,1 , THB Somersworth Savings Bank, - of Great Falls, N. H., has suspended. ; * A WASHINGTO* telegram of the 20th says the 4-per-cent. loan WAS being taken at the rate of $1,000,000 per week. THE Indiana State Democratlp Con­ vention met at Indianapolis, on the 20th, and organized by the selection of ex-Gov. Hen­ dricks as presiding officer. John G. Shankiin was nominated for Secretary of State; Gen. M. D. Manson, for State Auditor; William Fleming, for State Treasurer; T. W. Woollen, for Attorney-General; J. H. Smart, present incumbent, for Superintendent' oT Public In­ struction. The resolutions adopted de­ mand the retirement of National Bank notes and the issue of greenbacks to be a legal- tender for all debts, except when coin is stipu­ lated for in the contract; the remonetizatlon of the silver dollar of 412}^ grains, and its free coinage the same as gold; the repeal of the Rankrupt act; the making of employes' wages a first lien on the property of a corporation; denounce those Republican leaders who were engaged in the alleged Presidential fraud whereby Messrs. Tilden and Hendricks wen wrongfully kept out of the positions to which they had been elected, etc., etc. DESTRUCTIVE floods hare recently oc­ curred in many portions of California, and great damage wrought in the vicinity of Sac­ ramento. On the 20th, the Village of Wash­ ington, opposite Sacramento, was altogether under Water. • ' ' > • • • • * - - BY consent of all the parties- to the Lord-Hicks controversy, ws order lias beat en­ tered by the Supreme Court of New Tork dis-. continuing all proceedings in the lunacy mat­ ter, a compromise having been effected. THE statement is made from Wash­ ington that fears are entertained, at the War Department, that there may be another gen­ eral Indian war with the Sioux on the open­ ing of spring. Several hundred lodges have left Spotted fail and Red Cloud Agencies, and are said to be roaming1 in Northern Dakota, where, It is thought, they will be joined by Sitting Bull, •• • '; THE Indiana State Board of Agri­ culture has decided to hold the next State Fair during the last week in September, just pre­ ceding the St. Louis Fair. They, fixjed the price of admission at twenty-five cents. A BILL to allow women to yote at municipal Elections was, recently, Indefinitely postponed in the Maine Senate. A STATE Prohibition Convention was held at Columbus, Ohio, on the 21st. K. N. Robinson was nominated for Secretary of State; Wpn. F. Ross, for Judge of Supreme Court; D. Lock, for Board of Public Works. The platform expresses sympathy fpr all en­ gaged in temperance work; demands total prohibition; the abolition of official patron­ age and the election of all civil officers by the people; appropriate, labor for convicts in Jails; a law giving laborers a first lien on property for work done; opposes subsidies of land to corporations; favors equal suffrage and eligi­ bility to office, without regard to sex, and the repeal of all laws militating against, (be; civi) r i g h t s o f w o j n e n , e t c . , , ( . , , THE National Agricultural Conven­ tion, in session at Washington, on the 24d* adopted a resolution declaring that the Gov­ ernment ought to control the entire State com­ merce, and that Congress ought to be asked to take action to rqgard to it, Gir lUe 22d, ilrs. Isabella Deecher Hooker appeared before the Senate Commit­ tee on Privileges and Elections, to discuss the quebtion of woman eullrage. A number ol Senators' wives and oilier distinguished women Mr*. Hculiei'- • replied at consid­ erable length to the arguments usually made against grafting political rights to women. A CALL has been issued for A State intro-SKNATE.--Among the bills duced and referred, on the in the life-savin#1 .The bill grantii and sailors Of the -47 to 8. . -In a debate o* the te the eomi for other the m«>)itt£ % favor of franhii OUSK.--The contested election CMS of AoVMn «m. Darrall, from the Fourth LooJ*- i fina litettict, was called ftp, the m^cct^ «b- port favoring the -contestant (Acklin), and the minority report being in favor of the sitting tlteinbur (Darrall. > A lenjftliy /debate took I'lace on JLouisiaua.affairs, ii» theCOWBM of which the President's Boutnern policy was freely disoussed. SENATE.--On the 20th, the bill to regnlate the compensation of Postmasters, *»ii £ur other purposes, was takcii up, &n amendment was agreed to--33 to 21--providj ing that the President and Vice President, United States Senators, Representatives and Delegates in Congress, Secretary of the Senate MID Olfirk of thf llmiw MAY KIUUI RAOOTYG free, through the mails, all written and printed communications not exceeding two ounces in weight. A second amendment was then agreed to, without division, granting the free trans­ mission of official mall matter to all officers of the General Government, except Pension Agents and those who receive a fixed allow­ ance as compensation for their services, in­ cluding expenses for postage. The bill, as amended, was then passed. HOUSE,--The Louisiana contested election case of Acklin vs. Darrall was again called up, and, after considerable debate, the majority resolution, declaring Acklin (con­ testant) elected and entitled to a seat, was adopted without division, and Mr. Acklin was then sworn In, taking the iron-clad oath. - SENATE.'--A bill was introduced and referred, on the 21st, to provide for a military post for the protection of the citizens of the nnu kin i/TAVN JIUIO • 11 j,uv MVUOV asai* IV au~ thorize the granting of an American register to a foreign-bulk ship, for the purposes of the Woodruff Scientific Expedition Around the Worldf was reported from the Committee on Commerce, with an amendment--two members of the committee dissenting from the favora­ ble report... .Adjourned to the 25th. HOUSE.--Bills w6re passed--dividing Missouri into two Judicial Districts; provid­ ing that when a woman shall have been a member of tbe bar of the highest court in any State or Territory she Khali, on application, be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court--189 to 64; exempting from seizure on executions or attachments issued by any United States Court the same property that, shall be exempted from levy and sale under the laws of the State in fhich defendant shall reside A ma jority report was made from the Committee on Elections in the Massachu­ setts contested election case of Dean w. Field, that Field, the sitting member, is not entitled to the seat, and that Dean, the contestant, is --Mr. Candler, of Georgia, presenting an adverse minority report signed by himself and all the Republican members of the committee. The Senate amendments to the Silver bill were debated and concurred In by large major­ ities, the bill going to the President for his approve rejection--Adjourtio^ tp tb? S* •{ i i • • • > ' . , i , y S . The Silver BI1L The following is the full text of the Silrer bill as amended and passed by the Senate on the morning of the 16th. Iti§entitled "Abill to authorize the coinage of a standard silver dollar, restore its legal-tender character Be it enacted, etc,. SECTION 1. That there shall be coinedat the several minte of the United States silver dpllaxB ot the weight of 412M grains troy, of standard silver, as provided in the act of Jan. .1837, on which shall be the devices and super­ scription provided by said act. which coins, to­ gether with all silver dollars heretofore coined by the United States, of like weight and fineness, shall be a legal-tender at their nominal . value for ail debts and dues, public and private, except where otherwise expressed and stipulated in the contract; and tbe Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and di­ rected to purchase from time to time silver bnUjoiuat toe market price thereof not leas than •2.000,000 worth per month, nor more than $4,- (Ki0,()00 worth per month, and earne the same to be opined monthly, as fast as no purchased, into such dollars, and a sum sufficient to carry oat the foregoing provision of this act k hereby appro* priatea out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. And any gain or seigniorage arising from tins coinage shall be a©- counted for and * paki into the Treasury, as pro­ vided under existing laws relative to the subsid­ iary cmnage; provided, that the amount of mon­ ey at any one time invested in such silver bullion, exclusive of such resulting coin, shall not exceed •6,000,000; and provided, further, that nothingin this act shall be construed to authorize the pay­ ment, in silver, of certificates of deposit issued jmdCTthe provisions of Sec.254 of tne Revised SKC. 2. All acts and parts of aets inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby te- . o r a n y thie© of them, shall have signified their willingness ta ignite in the same. The President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint three Commissioners, who shall attend such Con­ ference on behalf of the United States, and Democratic Convention to meet atSpilngflel4, i HL, 'on thellth of April next. f\,, •; • r . » • r }. •. • mi'Ajm.-> } : • 'CMfOMBSIIOllJdk *• m hu' SENATE.--The all-night session con­ tinued up to five o'clock on the morning of the l(»tb, at. which time the 8ilver bill was finally passed, as amended, by a vote of 48 to 21, tbe yeas and nays being as follows: Teas--Al­ lison, Armstrong, Bailey, Beck, Booth, Bruce, Cameron (Pa.), Cameron (Wis.), Chaffee, Cockrell, Cook, Conover, Davis (111.), Davis (W. Va»>, Dennis, Dorsey, Eustls, Feriy, Gar­ land, Gordon, Grover, Hereford, Howe, IngailS, Johnston, Jones (Fla.), Jones (Nev.), KMkwe, Klrkwood, McCreery, McDonald, McMillan, Matthews, Majcey, Merrimon, Morgan, O^lesby, Paddock, Plumb, Sauls- bury, Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Thurman, Voorhees, Wallace, Windom, Withers-- 48. Nays--Anthony, Barnum," Bayard, Blaine, Burnside. Christiancy, Conkling, Dawes, Ed­ munds, Hamlin, Hoar, Kcrnan, Lamar, Me- Pherson, Mftcliell, Morrill, Randolph, Rol­ lins, Sargent, Wadleigh, Whyte--21. Messrs. Harris and Patterson, who would have voted in the affirmative, were paired with Messrs. Hill and Batler, who would have voted in the negative, and Mr. Ransom, who would have voted (n the affirmative, was absent on account of Bickiless.... Adjourned to the 18th. SENATE.--On the 18th, bills were in­ troduced and referred--to provide tar the election of a Territorial Governor, Secretary and other Territorial oncers In the several Territories; to reinstate certain officers of the United States Army....A bill was passed for the relief of settlers on the public lands under the Pre-emption laws, providing that a settler who has occupied a tract of land a year or rmore may change his settlement and take up one under the Homestead law, and the time spent on the former traelt may be' counted as ,part of the five * years required under the IlohicFtead laws. ' HOUSE.--The Silrer bill, with the Senat« amendments, was received and placed upon the Speaker's table.. ..The bill compen- SEC. 8. That immediately after the passage of this act the President shall invite the Govern­ ments of the countries composing the Latin Union, so called, and of such otlier European Na­ tions as he may deem advisable, to Join the United States in Conference to adopt a oommon ratio be- teen gold and silver, for the purpose of estab­ lishing internationally the «»e of M-metallic inoney and seoosiqs a fixity of the relative value between those metals, auehConference to be held at such place in Europe, or in the United Etete} at Gffch time' within six months as may lie mutually agiee^ upon fay the Executive;; uf Sic- Governments Joining in the same, whenever the Governments eo invited. Commissioners sh&ki each reoeivt the sum of $2,500 and their reasonable expeiwsa, to be ap­ proved by the Secretary of State, and the amount necessary to pay such compensation and ex­ penses is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated Site. 4. That any holder of the coin authorized by this aet -may deposit the same with the Treas­ urer or any Assistant Treasurer of the United States In sums of 910, and receive therefor cer­ tificates, shall be retained in tiie Treasury for the payment of the same on demand. Said certifi­ cates shall be receivable for enatoms, taxes and all publiedoes, and when so received may he re- issued, ,• Hit TUB HEW WWSLO. THE United States Treasury held. on the/ttth, $3^6,237,550 in Uuited8tat« „ Blulk cweulation, 1 satin- George H. Giddings for mail service ISfiS k5 ? 8e,CUre pubUc ^ Unbred prior to the war was passed-152 to posits. National Bankcirculatiou out«tand- [ 80.... Bills were introduced--to prohibit the l»*:a^rCl f830,60B,518; golflnotes, orgranizattonof National Banking Associations #1,WSyIAI* < Uiuler existing laws:-tu promote the deposit A KECENT fire,; in New York Citv •and refunding of the National debt* .destroyed a efx-storv iron front h»iui„„ incorporate the National Padfic Railroad; weoiroyea a six-story iron-iront building, to provide for a more thorough tnvestiifatlon WB as Excelsior Block, on the south side of of railroad accidents. . m9&4.• ' • • • ' • ' • ' ' • ' • ' ' Workers In Deep Mines. many men who see the miners of the Savage lifted out at the t6p of the shaft at change of shift hare the cour&ge to descend into the lower regions of the mine. Very few even of the old residents of the Corn- stock would care to descend into the steaming regions below, and not one Eastern man in a thousand could be in duced to make the trip after seeing the men popped out at the top of the shaft, steaming as though just lifted out of a caldron of boiling water. Though they are shirtless--naked as at birth from the waist up--and wear only cotton overalls, they are dripping as if but a moment oht of a pond of water; yet this is from steam and perspiration. In all this great heat men must work. The wonder is that thev are able to do anything but gasp and pant. It is a place better fitted for salamanders than for men. At the head of the main in­ cline it is as hot as in the hottest vapor hatha at Steamboat Springs. One would think that men in such a place would be quite secure against rheuma­ tism. On making inquiries in this re­ gard of an underground foreman, he said he never knew of any of his men1 working below to have the rheumatism. Some of our sufferers from this disease might try this cure--might procure : ' if themselves to be lowered into the depths of the mine, there to sit and £team through one shiftper day. But for the immense quantitl® of ice water they drink, the , 1*1tin|§ the great heat in which thair are pl^ced or the floods of per^irsjpon jMimped from their pores. l^heK%wa^>vv gal­ lons on gallons of it,jand?t neror hurts them in the least. Enterprise. Virginia City (Nev.) 1 ifcMJitfis s*tat!e lftWS". f \ s k •? « 1 , / Wny/E Intoxicated, ion the n\prQing of the 15th, Thomas McCornuck attempted to enter a house in Hyde Park. Word was sent to the Police Station, and McCormfck, having fallen or having been, pushed down, stairs, was brought to the station insensible. At noon he died there, of contusion of the brain. AT the Bethel Home, In Chicago, on the evening of the 14th, Patrick Tlerney, an old vagrant, who had asked the cook for food, been refused, and did not vacate the premies when ordered, was ueswii by thekitclicii mag­ nate with a towel-roller and so hadly Injured that he died shortly after. /- A FATAL stabbing affray occurred near St. Elmo, in Fatette County, a few nights ago, be­ tween A. Sproate and a Mr. Leach,arising from an old grudge. The former, being on horse­ back, drew his revolver and attempted to shoot Mr. Leach. Leach sprang forward, caught his wrist and pulled Sproate from his horse, stab­ bing him three or four times with a pocket- knife. Some one, snpposed to be Sproate's brother, cut Mr. Leach from eqr to ear on the back of the neck, almost severing the head from the body. WHILE twenty men were employed in piling bales of hair on the third floor of the Ghicago Packing and Provision Company's packing­ house, in Chicago, on the 16th, the floor sud­ denly gave way and precipitated them and the goods to the floor below. That the falling mass did not go through to the basement is a miracle, and, had it done so; hardly a single man of the twenty would have escaped with his life. The building is an old one, and, while not Considered architecturally safe, It was not thonght that the floor would cave in with the weight of bales of hair. -Most of the workmen escaped unharmed, and three only were caught under the falling floor. Thomas Miller was killed outright. Michael Rooney was badly Injured, and It is feared fatally. William Can- was also injured internally and fatally. JACOB DOSCH, employed in the Grand PacMSe Hotel, in Chicago, met with a singular acci­ dent on the 17th. .He was in the hall leading to the dining-room, and conceived the idea of jumping up and touching the gas-fixture. He had a heavy ring upon the third finger, which caught upon one of the stars of the gas-chan­ delier over the exchange hall, and held him until taken down by some of the employes. The finger was denuded of flesh and broken near the second articulation. THERB were 445 fires in Chicago last year," involving a loss of $1,044,997. On this prop­ erty there was t6,173,575 of insurance. Da. HENRY C. Moss was assassinated at his home, at Venice, opposite the northern part of St. Louis, about one o'clock on the morning of the 18th. He had arisen to take some medicine, when he .saw two men peering through the window. He opened the door, thinking they wanted his professional services, and one of them immediately fired, shooting him through the heart. Several men were ar­ rested on suspicion. IN answer to the communications sent out by Secretary Fisher, of the State Agricultural Board, to a number of foreign Governments, asking for an exchange of agricultural prod­ ucts, he received on the morning of the 18th favorable replies from the Minister of Agri­ culture of Egypt, also, the Royal Minister of Agriculture in Germany. OFFICIAL advices have reached the Auditor that Jackson County has readopted the town­ ship organization system. THE election for Judge In the Thirteenth Ju­ dicial District, held on the 16th, resulted in the electioh of Hon. John V. Eustace by about 2,000. CHRIS. KLEIN, a noted burglar and thief, was shotr-dead on the evening of the 18th, while attempting to enter a house on Marsh- Held avenue, Chicago. James Farson did the shooting. The Coroner's Jury exonerated Mr. Farson from all blame, and passed a vote of thanks for ridding Chicago of a bad citizen. THE Grand Jury at Mt. Vernon have recent­ ly indicted Rev. C. E. Cline, a Methodist mi bl­ ister in that city, and D. B. Goodrich, a mem­ ber of his flock, for hunting in inclosed: prem­ ises without permission. THE Commissioner of Internal Revenue, after a thorough investigation, has exonerated Cc!Icctor Harvey and Deputy Collector Som- erville, both of Chicago, ot the charges pre­ ferred against them by Mr. C. A. Storey. Ox the evening of the 18th, Henry Chancey Jackson and Leanaer Hoofs at­ tempted to cross the Sangamon River at Sfcep- ard's Mills, a few miles north of Decatur. The river was very high and the current swift. They were going down stream very rapidly, became scared and jumped into the water. Henry and Leander were drowned, but Chan­ cey succeeded in reaching the shore. THE State's Attorney of Cook County has dismissed the Indictment recently found against Maj. Woods, State Insurance Examin- Protection Life Insurance Company of Chicago. The District Attorney said to the Court that he had examined the case and found no evidence against the accused, and added that the in­ dictment never should have been found. In fact, it was all a mistake, as twelve of the Grand Jurymen now say they never voted to indict Mr. Woods. WISH Sc BuKoen, a clothing firm, doing business at Mount Vernon, have reeently failed. Assets, *6,198; liabilities, $7,500. Two BUILDINGS on the north side of the square at Jacksonville were destroyed by an lncendiarv fire on the morning of the 21st Losses, $10,000. BTKON CAKLOX'S residence, at Waverly, in Morgan County, was burned on the 21st. Loss, $3,500. Cause, defective flue. NELSON MORRIS' packing house, at the Stock Yards, near Chicago, was burned on the morning of the 21st. There were iu the build­ ing at the time it took fire ninety head of live cuttle, 700 carcasses of beeves, 18,000 hides, and 1,000 barrels of tallow. Tbe live stock was taken out comparatively uninjured. The loss was $150,000, and the insurance $101,580. 8. CORDING JI;DD, tbe well-known counselor at law and chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Illinois, has not relinquished the further prosecution of the celebrated Clieney case by any means. The Supreme Court recently de­ cided against his side of the question, it is true, but only on certain counts and picas, which may and will be materially added to. A petition has been filed with the Supreme Court praying for a rehearing of the case, and If a rehearing is granted much new matter will be introduced. - -The first hours of slumber are the sweetest. If ever a man sleeps the sleep of the Just, it is when he^s just asleep. TBI NATIONAL PARTT. Deligatesjo the Cfcnjwjitign of the National p«ty met at on the 22d of February. A permanent organization, was ef­ fected by electing Judge Franeis W. Hugh**, of Pennsyhranii, as Prtsttent, ana a number of Vice-Presidents from different States. Ralph E. Hoyt, of Michigan; G. H. Jones, of New Tork, and G. W. Murphy, of Iowa, were chosen Secretaries. The following platform was adopted ! Without debate and by a unanimous vote: WHEREAS, Throughout our entire country the value of real estate is depreciated, indntUy par­ alyzed, trade depressed, business incomes and wages reduced, unparalleled distress inflicted upon the poorer and the middle ranks of our people, the land filled with frs-v«i, embezzlement, ba^r-"r c.7. crime, suffering, pnnpmmm nsd •tatvat on; and, VVHEHKAN, I his state of things has been brought about by legislation in the interest of and dic­ tated by money-lender*, bankers and bondhold­ ers; and, WHF.HKHS, While we recognize the fact that men in Congress, connected with both the oid political patties, have stotwi up manfully for the right* ot' iho people, and met the threats of the money j>ower and the ridicule of an ignorant and subsidized pieas, yet neither the Kepublican nor the DenvKTAlie parties in their National policies prop^>ss remedies for the sxistin,r 6vils* nifl. WHEHEAS, The independent Greenback party and other associations, more or less effective, have been unable heretofore to make a formida­ ble opposition to the old party" organizations; and, WHEHEAS, The limiting of the legal-tender quality of greenbacks, the changing ot currency bonds int > coin bonds, the demonetizing of the silver dollar, the exempting of bonds f torn taxa­ tion, the contraction ot the circulating medium, the proposed forced resumption of specie pay­ ments, and the prodigal waste of the public lands, were crimes against the people, and so far as possible the result® of these criminal acts must counteracted by judicious legislation; . Then-fare, We iwsemble in National Conven­ tion, and make a declaration of our principles, and invite all patriotic citizens to unite in an ef­ fort to secure financial reform and industrial emancipation. The organization shall be known as the " National Party." and under this name we will perfect without delay National, State and local associations, to secure the election to olfice of such men only as will pledge themselves to do all in their power to establish these principles: 1. It is the exclusive function of the General Government to coin and create money and regu­ late its value. All bank impure designed to circu­ late as money should be suppressed. The circu­ lating medium, whether of a metal or paper, should he issued by the Government, and made a fall lefral tender for all debts, duties and taxes in the United States at its stamped value. 2. There fiha.ll be no privileged class of credit. Official salaries, pensions, bonds and all other debts and obligations, public and private, shall be discharged in the legal-tender money of the United States ttrictly according to the stipula­ tions of the laws under which they were con­ tracted. 8. The coinage of silver should be placed on the same footing as that of gold. 4. Congress shall provide said money adequate to the full employment of labor, the equitable distribution of its products and the require­ ments of business, fixing a minimum amount per capita to the population, as near as may be, and otherwise regulating its volume by wise ana equitable provisions of law, so thai the rate of interest will pecure to labor its just reward. 5. It is inconsistent with the genius and spirit of popular government that any species of pri­ vate property should be exempt from 1 tearing its just share of the public burdens,, Government bonds and money should be taxed precisely as other property, and a graduated income-tax should be levied for the support of the Govern­ ment and the payment of its debts. 6. The public lands are the common property of the whole people, and should not be sold to speculators, nor granted to railroads or other corporations, but should be donated to actual settlers in limited quantities. 7. The Government should, by general enact­ ment, encourage the development of our agricul­ tural, mineral, mechanical, manufacturing and commercial resources, to the end that labor may be fully and profitably employed, but no mo­ nopolies should be legalized. 8. All useless offices should be abolished, the most rigid economy enforced in every branch of the public service, and severe punishment in­ flicted upon officers who betray the trusts re­ posed in them, 9. As educated labor has devised means for multiplying production by inventions and dis­ coveries, and as their use requires the exercise of mind as well as body, such legislation should be had that the number of hours of daily toil will be reduced, giving to the working classes more leisure for mental improvement and social enjoyment, and saving them from premature de­ cay and dentin 10. The adoption of an American monetanr system as proposed herein will harmonize all difference in regard to tariff and Federal taxa­ tion, reduce and equalize the coBtof transporta­ tion by land and water, distribute equitably the Joint earning* of capital and labor, secure to the producers of wealth the results of their labor and Bkill, muster out of service the vast army of idlers, who, under the existing system, grow rich upon the earnings of others, that every man and woman may, by their own efforts, secure a com­ petence, so that overgrown fortunes and extreme poverty will be seldom found within the limits of our Republic. 11. Both the National and State Governments should establish bureaus of labor and industrial statistics, clothed with the power of gathering and publishing the same. 12. That the contract system of employing la­ bor in our prisons and reformatory institutions works great injustice to our mechanics and arti­ sans, and should be prohibited. IS. The importation of servile labor into the United States from China is a problem of the most serious importance, and we recommend leg­ islation looking to its suppression. A National Executive Committee, to be composed of one member for each State, was then ordered and appointed, the committee to have permission to fill vacancies which may occur in its membership. The committee is made up as follows: Massachusetts,1Charles McLean? Bhocle Island, Ji O. VaUettf Co«n>?K*ticnt. ^!e-«RC?ei: 'J&onpt New Tork, Ralph Beaumont; New Jersey, John J.Drew; Pennsylvania, P. Deweee; Maryland, J&me Gilmore; Virgimr,, Moses 8tearns: West Virginfe, John A. Thompson; Ohio, D. B. Sturgeon: Michigan, Moses W. Field; Indiana, O. J. Bmith; Illinois, Alexander Campbell;'Wis­ consin, Edward P. Allies Nebraska, Allen Boot; Iowa. Daniel Campbell; Missouri, Brittan A. Hill; Kentucky, P. L. B„ Duppy; Tennessee, Henry Richmond; Arkansas, CharlesE. Cnnni ham; Louisitnn, D. Forney; Alabama, ~ sning- uuuiomuy, xj. ,ji uCy - AlMUnilllt, J. B. Woodall; Georgia, Daniel H. Pittman; Kansas, D- F. Sargent; Texas, left vacant by request until er, for perjury, in connection with the defunct '•the State Convention meets; Colorado, Joseph PmtiMlilnnT IfaTnalimn/iaP/imnnnttn# ffoif a Orf^UH . TtlOtllllR J. UnWlii! f!l)l 1 fIII >• 1 • Wolf; Oregon, Thomas J. Durant; California, left vacant for the present. The following resolution was . then unanimously agreed to: Resolved, That, as we believe in the supremacy of the law over and above all perishable<mate- nal, and the necessity for a party of united peo­ ple that will rise above old party lines and prej­ udices, we will not affiliate in any degree with either of the old parties, but in all cases and localities will organize anew as united National men, nominate for office or official position only such persons as are clearly believers iti and iden­ tified with this our sacred cause, and, irrespective of creed, color, place of birth, or past conditions of political or other servitude, vote only for men who entirely abandon old party lines and organi­ sations. A resolution was offered, and unani­ mously adopted, denouncing the Silver bill, just passed in Congress, as a delu­ sion, and indignantly condemning it as a financial measure. After short speeches by Hon. S. F. Cary, Blanton Duncan and others, and the adoption of the us.ual resolutions of thanks and the singing of the Doxology, the Convention adiourned sine die. Did fie Tell a Lie f A GOOD story is told of a ship-owner of Liverpool, which will bear repeating. Our merchant was a Quaker, and prided himself on his honesty. He would not have told a downright falsehood to save the value of his best ship. Jacob Penn was his name. Oiice upon a time Friend Jacob suf­ fered one of his ships to set sail from Calcutta for home without any insurance upon either vessel or cargo. At length he became uneasy. He was confident that his ship had encountered bad weather, and he feared her safety. In this strait he went to Friend Isaac. " Friend Isaac, I would like for thee Hi--^ «•. , : to insure my ship which is at sea. I . should have done it before, but have < \ carelessly neglected it. canst have the policy signed, for de- ,. v livery, ai three o'clockoiilpie«tternoon. or the morrow, I will sen4 ajfj get it, y and send t&ee the money fill Jlyl | Isaac did not seem niiijwjpi In insure-" the ship, but upon being a&flred that no unfavorable intelligence had been heard from her, he said he would have the policy made out, to take effect on and after three o'clock of the following day, but to cover the ship apd pavgo < from the day of her leaving Intra/ ' Early the following day Jacob re­ ceived a message by the hand of a Car tain just arrived, to the effect that j ship was stranded and her cargo jU This was very unfortunate. SheL-- Friend I before the policy was made out, he would not make it at all; or, if made- out and not signed, he would not sign it. What should he do ? He wanted to act honestly. It would not be right to let Isaac go on and make out the policy under such circumstances. Finally he hit upon a plan. He summoned his con­ fidential olerk and sent him ^rith this- message: '* Tell Friend Isaac," he said, " that ! I have heard from my ship, and if the ' policy is not signed, he need not sign it •' at all.'1 "* * - The clock was close upon the • £Aroke of three when the clerk arrived. Friend: Jacob's message was delivered. The ship had been heard from, and if th6 f policy was not yet signed, he need not'/ sign it. " I think lam in season to save it, the clerk said. "No, sir," answered Isaac, prompt [ ly and emphatically. Now, in truth, i the policy of insurance had not been * signed, for the insurer had been in r doubt; but when he heard the message I he judged at once that the ship was safe, and that Jacob desired to save the heavy item of the premium he had [ agreed to pav. *, " No, sir, he said; "you are not;in • time. It is past three o'clock. The policy is signed. I will go get it." ,. He slipped out and hastily finished ) and signed the policy, an<J, having dried the ink, he brought it to the clerk, demanding in return the sutrj whi.ch had been agreed upon. The- money was paid, ana the policy was taken home to Friend Jacob, who re/^ ceived it very gladly. The end we can readily imagine; and it is not difficult to judge which of> the two felt most sore about the mat- v ter •' The Betting Mania in Califorqia* «« . . . . <r <•. I I. CALIFORNIANS have an inherent, in­ ordinate desire for betting. It amounts almost to a mania. If they are not disr r posed to fight ye tiger or play poker! - or bet their coin on any game of , chance, they are sure to exhibit their propensity for betting in some way, and they will go their whole pile on ) anything, no matter how preposterous.. \ "I'll bet you $10 that man's name is Sneider," said one Californian to an­ other, as a man who was an utter stranger to both passed ly. "It's go," said his companion, Inquiry was made, and the wager lost by the man - who proposed it. Up in one of the mountain towns a stage-coach tipped over, and, it is related, as the M passengers went tumbling down a rocky embankment into a gulch, a fel­ low shouted: " I'll bet the drinks for * all of us that half of us get killed." The, r bet was taken, but the casualties were | not fatal. A doctor reported that a well- ^ known citizen who was at the point of death would not live twenty minutes longer. "I'll bet $5 that he will," said ,i. •one of his friends. The wager was .'Ac-*1 cepted, and the stakes were scarcely o' put up when the report came that the *£* man was dead. "Do you give it up?" 1 asked the man who won. " ]So," was the reply; " I'll now bet $10 that he V isn't dead." The bet was takcit^and about that time the doctor reappeared. ^ Is the man dead, doctor? " the ques- -- tion was asked. " Yes, dead as Julius 9 Caesar." "Then I've lost again," • was the reply. " Now I'll bet $20 that , he won't go into a five foot six coffin.: ) I want to get square if I can." I 6ould give other illustrations of this betting ^ mania whieh have come under my ob» * servation fully as absurd, but these must ' suffice. The betting is not confined/ to;' f any class or nationality. It is character- 4 > , istic of all Californians, from the oldest '•! to theyoungest. It is not strange, theiW «|t < fore, that the professional gambling ' fraternity is numerous in the state. I have been at a small country hotel in an interior town, and of the fifteen who were seated at the dinner-table I was told that seven of them were regular gamblers.--San Francises Qor+J^topw* Journal. / • : C f I --It is reported that Sec'y Evarts, in recently criticising the course of Senar- tor David Davis, spoke of him as " too ' political on the Bench and too judicial n in the Senate " v! * * THE MARKETS. • NEW YORK. Bfeb. 22, 18RL. LIVE STOCK-Cattle... fWO SHEEP,....*.... 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