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> : , . 'r> v; -v '< * :• J. TAN SHIK, MWim hUhktr. hllENBY, : ? : ILLINOIS EPITOME OF THE WEEK. SS ©ruRiarr jrAJRA«KA» Cattam. Morton & Co., leading West merchants, In London, hav» failed for 500,00a ^ tm The Louisiana Republican State Con **' %ention to to be held at New Orleans, on tU v 9th of September. " Emil Uoedel, who attempted the as- Inatioa of the Emperor William, on the th of May last, was beheaded, on the 16th. James Virtue & Co., publishers, of don, have failed. Liabilities, between 000 and $1,000^000; assets, nominally, ,730,000. Prince Milan, of Serrla, has Issued lis Droc'amation announcing the independ­ ence of Serviaandthe redaction of the army to a peace footing. James Hill, a colored man, formerly Secretary of State of Mississippi, has been ap­ pointed Postmaster at VicksburjE, in place of ex-Senator Pease. ,? • <" •liond d,73( Maria Christina, ex-Queen of Spain, and mother of ez-Queen Isabella, died at Bainte Adreaee, Franae, on the 28d, aged eeventy-two years. Charles W. Angell, Secretary of tho Pullman Palace Car Company, Chicago, is •aid to be a defaulter to the amount of $120,- 400. He has absconded. Orders have been, issued to station an army of observation in Bessarabia, consisting ef 80,000 men, until the changes south of the Danube are made known. Germany and Italy have concluded to mediate in favor of the rectification of the ©reek frontier, and have dispatched some men- *if-war to Greek waters as a demonstration. A Borne (Italy) dispatch of the 18th •ays the Papal Secretary of State had decided in drop for the present all negotiations for the *e-establishment of diplomatic relations be­ tween the Vatican and Great Britain. revert to «. Tnse vdbtage of silver. The Swiss representative waad his country looked for- ward to a potd standard «p the ultimate solu­ tion of the question of coins**. Mr. Goechen, of Eaeland, argued that a free mintage of sil­ ver will be impossible; the object aimed at ehould be the matetenance of silver as the companion of gold wherever possible, as the universal disuse of silver would provoke a terrible crisis. The pro positions tub- mittcd to the Conference by the United States delegates favor the un­ restricted coinage of silver, and declare that the use of both gold and silver u un­ limited legal-tender motley may be safely adopted by equalizing them at a relation fixed by international agreement, and by granting to each metal, at the relation fixed, equal terms of coinage, making no discrimination between them. A Washington special to the Chicago Tribune of the 22d says the President had set­ tled upon a policy as regards the Rio Grande border difficulties with Mexico, to the follow­ ing effect: Raiders are to be pursued with in­ creased vigor when they retreat to Mexican soil, and punished, when caught, and the troops engaged in such pursuits will be in­ creased from time to time. While not seeking & conflict with ihe Mexican regular forces, tbe commanding officer of the pursuing par­ ties will not avoid one if such forces interfere. While on Mexican soil, the pursuing forces will strictly confine themselves to the single object of their expedition, and take the utmost care to give no offeuse or cause of complaint to the Mexican authorities. No offense is meant to the Mexican Government, the design of the United States being simply to punish depreda­ tions upon the rights, property and lives of its citizens. Nothing which may occur on the south side of the Rio Grande, as a result of the execution of this policy, will be accepted by the Administration as an immediate cause of war between the (wo countries, but if the Mexican regular troops shall cross the river, in retaliation for these measures, a CWM belli may be construed therefrom. The Washington National Republican •farecent date states authoritatively that ; Voters in the Government Departments in feat city will be granted the usual leave of absence to attend the elections In their sev­ eral States. _ The sixty-eighth call for the redemp­ tion of $5,000,000 of 5-20 bonds of 1865 was Issued, on the 16th, by the Secretary of the United States Treasury. The principal and Interest are be paid on and after Nov. Interest to cease on that day. While Senator Blaine and family were out driving tf; Augusta, Me., on the 19th, the horses became frightened because of a "Violent storm, and ran away, wrecking the carriage. The Senator received many pain­ ful bruises. No one else was. injured. The amount of standard silver dollars coined up to the 1st of August was $11,472,- 800. Of these, $1,393,013 had been placed In circulation, leaving $10,079,487 on hand in the Government Treasury. A Washington •dispatch of the 23d says the demand for these dollars was slowly but steadily increasing. During a storm on the 17th, a powder Magazine at Potts ville, Pa., containing 1,100 legs of powder, was struck by lightning, and " an explosion followed, with terrible effects. Several buildings were demolished, and a gap jftfty feet wide was made in a neighboring wood. Of a- icnic party there assembled, three persons were killed, and several others were Injured. Up to the 18th, the Pension Office in Washington had received, since the passage ef the act of March 9, granting pensions to the soldiers and windows of soldiers who Served fourteen days in the War of 1812, 23,000 claims filed under the act, and it was thought that at least 2,000 more claims of a similar nature might be presented. These pensions were being allowed and paid at the rate of 1*500 to 2,000 per month. Senor Zamacona, the Mexioaa. Min­ ister at Washington, having been recently asked whether he anticipated war with the United States, replied: " By no means. Presi­ dent Diaz is very anxious to preserve friendly relations with the United States, and is doing everything in his power to put down lawless- Bess on the border, but the Mexican Govern­ ment is like this country--it cannot at all times keep perfect order in outlying and sparsely-settled States." A Public Administrator in California, named Dye, and an employe of his, named An. Hereon, have recently confessed to the murder of a friend of the former--a wealthy farmer-- for the purpose of securing the legal commis­ sions (about $3,300) which would accrue on settling up the affairs of the estate. Dye and Anderson charged each other with being the original tempter. The crime was committed by Anderson and a confederate, Dye assisting them in getting to and from the murdered man's ranch, about sixteen miles below Sac­ ramento. Writing of the recently-arrived Chi­ nese Embassy, a reporter for an Eastern pa­ per says Chun Lan Pin, the Chief Ambassa­ dor, is sixty years of age, and a graduate of Han Lin College. He ranks second in the Empire, being next to the Imperial family. He is the only one of the Embassy of noble rank, and can be readily distinguished by his polished manner. He told the reporter that the hoodlum outrages in San Francisco are looked upon in China with feelings of bitter enmity. He thought the Embassy would tend to mitigate the evils spoken of, and create a more friendly feeling between the two Nations. A Washington dispatch of the 17th says Sec'y Schurz had prepared roles for the guidance of settlers desiring to locate home­ steads on the Pacific Railroad land grants, un­ der his recent decision that such lands were open to settlement. The Pacific Railroad, through counsel, requested to be allowed a hearing against the decision, before the regu­ lations were promulgated, and the Secretary gave them until the 26th to file their argu­ ments. Tnis action on the part of the com­ pany was considered to be an indication that they intended to fight the Secretary's decision at every stage of the proceedings which might be taken under It. In the International Monetary Con­ ference, at Paris, on the 19th, M. Leon Say stated, in his address, that the policy of The British Parliament was pro­ rogued by the Queen, on the 16th, until Nov. 2,1878. A speech was read from the throne, congratulating the members upon the preserv­ ation of the peace of Europe, and thanking them for the alacrity with which they voted necessary supplies. Considerable damage was done in the Towns of Austin and Eureka, .Nev., on the 16th, by cloud bursts and consequent freshets. Several buildings were wrecked in the busi­ ness portion of the former place. Gen. Mezentow, Chief of the Czar's private police, was assassinated in the streets of 8t. Petersburg, on the 16th. The assassins escaped. John A. Leet, who had recently been a witness before the Potter Committee, took a room at the Astor House, in New York, on the evening of the 18th, and shortly after fired a bullet from a pistol through the door of his room, and raised a great hue and cry. On officers bursting open the door of the room, Leet fired at them twice, but they finally over­ powered him. He was terribly excited, and said there was a conspiracy to kill him on ac­ count of his testimony before the committee; that he carried a private memorandum book with him containing some additional startling testimony, and it was this book they were aft­ er. Leet was taken to a Police Station and locked up. He swore at every everyone, and denounced all as part of a band of conspira­ tors. He was taken before a Magistrate, on the morning of the 19th, charged with dis­ orderly conduct, and exhibited the same symp­ toms of insanity that had characterized his conduct the night before.^ He was finally committed to the chargc of the Commissioners of Charity and Corrections, with a view to an examination of his mental condition, which examination was had) on the 20th, and result­ ed in the decision of the physicians to have the patient transferred to the Bloomingdals Asylum, as he was laboring under acute mania. He was stilt boisterous and irrepressible in conversation, aud violent in demonstrations. During the second balloting for Mem­ ber of Parliament at Hasburg, Hanover, on the 18th, the Socialists created a riot which required troops to quelL One was killed and several wounded. Late Chili advices, received on the 17th, state that all the banks in that country had suspended specie payments owing to be­ ing drained of gold by the Government to carry on the war with the Argentine Republic. Many private banks had failed. A Madrid dispatch of the 19th says great misery andanarchy prevailed in Morocco. A special telegram of the 19th from Ban Antonio, Tex., to the Galveston News says that, on the night of the 16th, Col. Young, with a battalion of cavalry, crossed the Rio Grande, surrounded Newtown, and early in the morning charged the town for the purpose of capturing the notorious stock- thief, Areola, but he had fled. The Alcalde of Newtown was induced to accompany Col. Youna: to this side of the river, when he stated that Areola stole cattle from Texas for a liv­ ing, and took them to Mexico and sold them, the regular Mexican troops being the purchasers, the Mexican officers know­ ing them to be stolen Tbe Alcalde also gave information implicating high Mexi­ can officials in the robberies. Owing to high water, part of McKeuzie's forces failed to cross, and, the trail of the stock being obliter­ ated, CoL Young's command was forced to return. The First National and the Quincy Savings Banks, of Quincy, 111. (both under the same management), suspended on the 19th, causing great excitement in the city. Tbe cause assicned is the insolvency of a large manufacturing firm of the place. The Tennessee Democracy have nom­ inated Judge Marks for Governor. The reso­ lutions adopted demand the unconditional re­ peal of the Resumption act; that no more in­ terest-tearing bonds be issued; that the Na­ tional Banking act be repealed, and green­ backs be substituted for the Nation'al \Bank circulation; that Treasury notes be (mspe re­ ceivable for all Government dues; that all loans required by the Government be raised by the issuance of non-interest-bearing Treas­ ury notes, etc., etc. The Congress of Industry and Com­ merce met in Paris, on the 20tb, the President of tbe Paris Chamber of Congress acting as Chairman. Dennis Kearney spoke in Chicago, on the evening of the 90th, to the work- ingmen of the city. He gave a history of his exploits as the champion of labor in California, and predicted that the organi­ zation of woi kinsmen would carry the next election In Massachusetts. He offered reso­ lutions, which were adopted, indorsing the Cal­ ifornia war-cry. that "the Chinese must go." The total number of eases of yellow fever reported In New Orleans, up to noon on the 20th, was 1,355; deaths, 396. For the twenty-four hours ending at the same time there were 136 new cases and forty-one deaths. Southern towns, where ao fever had yet ap­ peared, and people who could were fleeing from thf.tr homes. The disease had broken out at Port Gibson, Miss. There were fifty new cases and twelve deaths reported in Mem­ phis for the twenty-four hours ending at five p. m., on the 21st--being an Increase of over 100 per cent In Vicksburg, during the same time, there were fifty new cases and twenty- two deaths. The fever was raging as bad as ever in Grenada, and the negroes were being attacked by the fearful scourge and rapidly dying. Assistance was greatly needed. Jack­ son, Miss., and all adjoining towns were nearly deserted by the people, who had fled fer fear the fever would visit those localities. New cases in New Orleans, 107; deaths, forty. Contributions in behalf of the afflicted com- munlt!** were being rapidly raised and for­ warded from Northern and Western cities. There was no abatement of the disease at any of the infected cities, on the 93d. Several ne­ groes, in Vicksburg, had been attacked by the fever; fifty new cases and ten deaths were re­ ported. In Memphis the new cases numbered fifty-one; deaths, ten. The crv for help still continued, from all the afflicted localities. Vienna dispatches of the 21st say that hostilities had again broken out between Turkey and Montenegro. The Austrians had taken the Bosnian Capital. Rome telegrams of the 21st proclaim the truth of the rumor that the late Cardinal Franchi, Papal Secretary of 8tate, was poi­ soned, A nitro-glycerine explosion occurred at Negaunee, Mich., on the morning of the 2l8t, resulting in the Instant death of four men who were in the employ of the Miners' Powder Company, at whose works they were &t the time of the accident, engaged in the manufacture of glycerine. The bodies of two of the victims were mutilated past recogni­ tion, and the debris of the company's works were scattered over a large area. An Athens (Greece) telegram of the 22d says the Minister of Foreign Affairs had returned, with assurances that the Powers would support the claims of Greece against Turkey. In the International Monetary Con­ ference, on the 22d, Leon Say announced that Germany had declined, with thanks, the invi­ tation to participate in the Conference. After discussing the question of the demonetization of silver, the Conference adjourned for one week. The Tennessee Republican State Con­ vention met at Nashville, on the 22d, and nominated Hon. Emerson Etheridge for Gov­ ernor. A platform was adopted inalnly relat­ ing to State affairs. THE POTTER INVESTIGATINTT COM­ MITTEE. - THIS Chairman presented a telegram, on the 16th, received from Maj. Burke, of New Orleans, the accredited agent of Gov. Nicholls at the Wormley Conference, stating that he would reach New York on the following day. John A. Leet again took the stand and read sundry letters from Kellogg, among others one dated Feb. 25, 1878, in which the prediction was made that Hayes would be declared elected before March 4. Witness further said that the $500,000 relief bill passed in 1874 urns for "overflow" and also to "take care of the niggers and see that they voted straight," Witness produced the election ticket of 1876, gotten out by the Republicans. It bore the names of the Democratic candidates all through, except that of Durrall Republican, for Congress. Another letter from Wetmore to Leet was read, which stated that he was getting dis­ gusted with Wells, and that he was nearly starv­ ing. Wetmore edited Wells' organ. VVells liv«»d at Rapides Parish and regarded the place as his private kingdom. At this stage, owing to the absence of Mr. But­ ler and some expected witnesses, the Committee adjourned until the 19th. BEFORE the Committee, on the 19th, John E. Leet and his apparent insanity were dis­ cussed. A dispatch wan received from Gov. Kel­ logg denying several of Leet's statements, and stating that, for several months, he had been an importunate offico-beggar. Mr. Kellogg said that any statement that Packard and himself, or lead­ ing Republicans, ever took Leet into their party cout ciis, would be received with derision in Lou­ isiana. Gen. Butler called attention to his request made during the preceding week, regarding the failure and refusal of Senator Stanley Matthews to appear before the Committee. He now moved that the fact of his service with a subpuena and his failure to come beftiru the Committee be en­ tered on the minutes, and that this Committee report him to the House for their action. Mr. Potter said that he had lost night of Butler's motion, but remembered it, and would sustain it now. He put the resolution to the Committee, and it was unanimously carried to report Senator Matthews to the House as being in contempt. MAJ. E. A. BURKE appeared before the Committee, on the 20th, and stated that the highest Tilden Electoral vote was 83,859, and the lowest Hayes Elector received 75.240, a difference of 8,619. The witness could not give tho vote for Nicholls exactly, but he had a majority of 2,000 votes. The Returning Board threw out so™? 10,000 votes m.< count i>i the Hayes Electors. " In the campaign of 1874," said the witness, "we were cheated -out of the election results by this same Returning Board of 1876. There was no change in their actions or principles. They were as arbitrary and unjust in 1876 as in 18 <4. Onr apprehensions were increased by telegrams passing from leading Republicans all over the country to these leaders in Louisi­ ana, and showed us that they would sustain their men in any action that they took. The Louisiana men got despondent after the election, and about gave it up, but when ther.c tckg;;;jiik o;in;aienc-ed and the visiting statesmen arrived, their spirits arous'sd, and they never seemed to falter from that out. The inauguration of Gov. Nicholls took place before some 60,000 persons, and the Senate and Assembly were at once organized They took possession of everything except some small space filled and occupied by Packard.' Witness went to Washington on the 15th of January aa Nicholls' agent to secure non-intervention by the Federal troops and got an order to that effect, from Gen. Grant, on the 2d of March. He did not know that that order wis the result of a conference between Grant and Hayes. The people of Louisiana were not in favor of the Electoral Commission, because they thought if Haves was recognized, it would logically follow that Packard wa» also electcd. The witness further said: "When the hope of neating Tilden. whom we knew to be elected, passed away, on the 16th of February, we were ready to confer with Hayes and see what he meant doing for Louisiana. Among some of the promises made to Senator Matthews were t*ie suppression of crtir.e, the education of the blocks and whites, the promotion of friendly w-lations between both, and equal civil and po­ litical rights. The education question of black and white together was not discusHed between Matthews and myself. Nothing was said l>e- tween Matthews and myself about the Returning Buird. We offered these guarantees for the Nicholls Government." He and his party friends agreed to stop opposition to counting in HayeH. 'l'hey were ass urea by President Grant that atter the count was completed the troops would be withdrawn. He caid to Matthews that while he was atumrcd that President Grant's assurances of Pi evident Hayes' policy were well intended, vet he wanted these assurances from such men as Garfield, Morton and others, whom he regard­ ed more than Hayes. Matthews said he could not answer for them, and witness said, " Then we will place your frartv in such a position that they must speak." Witness meant thereby that nis people would join the tili busters and pre­ vent .Louisiana and 8 >uth Carolina being count­ ed for Hayes. Witness further said there were but two phases of the negotiations in this thing, C ameron's and Matthews' phases; that he rnace the same proposition of agreement to Cameron an he did to Matthews on the 18th of rebruary, also to Foster and other leading members of the Republican party. Afti-r the resolution by Congress deciding not to interfere with the Louisiana count, there was no hope for a Republican administration, < xrept t-oiuo ar­ rangement was made with the Democrats of Louisiana. Witness fta<i & conversation with Hewitt, and he said the Democrats were deter* mined to put the odium of the fraud on the shoulders of the Republican party. '1 he Repub­ lican party were well aware of their deienn> na­ tion to _ break up the oount- Witness had talked with the President on the oi February, stud was informed that he would not do anything to prejudice the Republican party, and would not act until the count -mm cte- -i ua virtMrtf U'SSfiS Ellis, of LouMMuia, received aletter fram Senator Lamer oonTeyin* to him (Ellis) information which he (Lamar) deemed authentic, that Have* had promised to reoocmae the Nicholls Govern­ ment on certain conditions, and witness was in­ formed of tbe oontents of the letter, a oopy of which witness furnished the Committee. The witness continued: ^Mr. Elite proposed a con ferenee in the room ez the Finance Committee of the Senate, and then were present at it Mat­ thews, Dennison, (Sherman, Foster and my­ self. I showed them the vuArant* e* which the bicholls Government were willing to make. Sherman expressed anxiety aVsc the Senate, and remarked that if the NicfaoMs Government were at once recog­ nized. two Democratic Senators would also have to be recognised. It was finally agreed to call on Grant and urge bun to remove the troops, as socb reqnest wonld do away with his expressed fear* of doing anything to enbanvs his successor s policy. As 1 was in the minority in that conference, it being four to one, I sug­ gested a conference in the evening, when other parties, representing the Democratic side, could be present, it »RB i wno suggeeteu the confer­ ence. It was held in Evarta room, bnt he was not present. There were present Sherman, Gar­ field, Foster, Dennison, Matthews, Ellis, Wat- tenon and myself. We disenssed the whole con­ dition of affairs." At this point the Committee adjourned. MAJ. E. A. BUBKB was recalled, on the 21st, and stated that by mutual agreement the friendb of Hayes were to visit Grant to learn his views on the question of establishing the Nicholls! Government, but nothing was said about, any finmmwiinii, Mr, Hayes and others nad told witness that the troops would be with­ drawn, The Foster letter of ffeb, 28. containing the basis of a guarantee, was the only written memo andurn between the conferees. Witness denied that he had told anyone that Mr. Hayes in person hind authorised guarantees or sssur- anoes. Tbe remainder of Maj. Burke's testimo­ ny was mainly an elaboration of that produced before the Sub-Committee at New Orleans. THE testimony of Maj. Burke was continued, on the 22d. Witness stated that the census of 1875, for New Orleans, was fraudulent, and the negro population increased by 25,000, in the interest of the Republican party. The State was carried by Nicholls, by n majority of 9,000, and for Tilden by about 8.UGQ majority. The in­ timidation of voters, if anything of the kind oc­ curred, was the work of liepublicans. Witness further stated that the rulings of the Returning Board were unfair and partial, and umformly against the Democrats, witness saw Anderson, Sherman and Stoughton in a restaurant, in New Orleans, but did not see them talking together. In an interview with Anderson, the latter had offered witness to furnish him with the documents to prove that there was a Republi­ can conspiracy to throw out the five bull-dozed parishes, provided the Democrats would give him $4,000 cash in hand, and f1,000 after the count was declared. Witness accepted the offer, and the documents would have passed, only that the money was not forthcoming. Witness then de­ tailed at length the circumstances attending the Wormley conference, his testimony being substantially as given before the Sul>-Committee at New Orleans. The Republican parties to that conference were willing to abandon Packard if they could strengthen their waning power in the Senate. W. E. Howe, of Texas, on being asked if he sent a dispatch to Gov. Young, of Ohio, on the 26th of February, in relation to the President's action in respect to Louisiana affairs, and re­ ceived a reply thereto, declined to answer, a* he acted in the capacity of legal adv iser. He ad­ mitted receiving a dinpatch from Gov. Young, stating that Hayes would coon be in Washing­ ton, etc. He declined to say whether he called upon Hayes on his arrival. CAPITAL AND LABOR. Meeting of the Congreaielonal Commit­ tee on tlte LaborQaeetion THE Congressional Labor Committee resumed its session in New York, on the 21st. W. Godwin Moody, of Boston, was the first witness. He said he could not discover' that there was any conflict in the theory between capital and labor, but he found that there was an artiticial conflict between tbem. growing out of a misconoeption of the relations between them by both parties. The direot causes, he thought, were that the laboring classes could not understand why the capitalists could be in affluence and they in poverty. He had no sym­ pathy with the hostility against capital on the part of labor. One was. to a great extent, de­ pendent on the other. He believed that in Mas­ sachusetts they were living in as much harmony as they could in the present condition of things. Witness continued at some length, but even un­ der cross-examination nothing practicable was stated. Herbert Iladcliffe, Agent for the Business Im­ provement Society of Boston, advocated a re­ duced tariff, and submitted statistics regarding trade in Massachusetts. PROP. SUMNER, Professor of Political and Social Science in Yale College, was the first witness, on the 22d. He directed attention to the fact that within the last few years the means of transportation and communication became greater, and by these means overproduction was the consequence, and had made a revolution over tbe whole world. He said that when the Suez Canal was first opened, goods came much quicker and caused a glut in the English market --new goods accumulating on each of the old-- but this glut had now been overcome. Within the last quarter of a century there had been a great improvement in machinery of all kinds, and, taking the accumulated effect of thene ma­ chines, they must produce a temporary set-back. This effect would reach everybody, for the effect that machinery would have would be to cheapen luxuries, and bring down things to the poor classes which a century ago they never thought of. Machinery had bean a great good to the masses, though in cases of individuals and class­ es it had worked them evil. If the United States had had a free tariff in 1872, the country might have been able to esauBete with England when the coal and iron trade was being carried on to a great extent. Tiie laborer la the United States, at the present time, is not having as j>x:od a time or IIB good subsistence as the laborer m England. In this country ther** wnr« f pooplo t(ss mile, and in lielgium there were 460 persons to the mile, and the latter lived fairly. He did not think a revolution would cause a change in this seopect. The people of the whole country, since 1873, had been trying to solidify and settle their accounts. During the last five years many persons had accumulated capital by reducing expenditures. He thought legislation could do nothing for this stagnation in labor. Every person must work along the best wav he could. We had heard a great deal lately about overproduction. When there was this dispropor­ tionate production, witness thought it was due to the protective system. The tariff con­ gested population in some districts to where it wonld not otherwise nave been attract­ ed. The only way to remedy this was the redistribution of people among the indus­ tries of the country. This redistribution was going on under its natural laws. He was not in favor of the Government colonizing lands, but found no fault with private organizations doing so from a spirit of benevolence. The only way in which the Government could assist the non- capitalist in the accumulation of capital was to give the greatest amount of privileges in using bis liberties and energies for production, and by removing the restrictions on trade and leaving him free to profit by the fruits of his industry. Prof. Sumner spoke for a long time, and was listened to attentively. William E. Dodge, iron merchant, appeared in his ofticial capacity as President ol' the National iemperance Society, and claimed that the use of intoxicating liquors was one of the causes of the preterit condition of the laboring classes. ThiB (UhtrenK in labor might be relieved to some extent by the modification of the tariff, and action of the Government in the matter of re­ sumption of specie payments. He never knew capital to lie HO abundant AA now; but there was great oitficult.v iu using it in bu»ines8. Another factor in alleviating this diwtiesM would be leg­ islation in the matter of the liquor trattic. Other officers of the National Teuipeiance So­ ciety appeared, after which tlie Committee Ad­ journed. LESS than one-tenth the usual crop of peaches will be harvested in Delaware and Maryland this year. THE San Francisco Bulletin, from re­ ports received from most Of the gold and silver mines on the Pacific slope, announces the. following production this year: 1878. Mines. Product. January 28 $4,849,800 February 90 4,661.700 March S4 4,928.400 April 25 4.161,400 May... 40 8.285,300 June ...86 2,650.200 Total $24,436,800 Nearly 40 per centum of this was gold ana the remainder silver and lead. As there was not more than $600,000 in lead, $14,000,000 is left as the value of the silver. --It is the silent watches of the night that ^render the alarm clocks neces- Htury.--Cincinnati Saturday HighL ILLIWOJL8 STATE HEWS. JOHN W. Dcrror committed suicide on the public street, at Danville, on the morning of the 14th, by shooting himself through the head. An exDected prosecution for bigamy was tbe inducing cause of the deed. Til* Greenbackers of the Fourth District have nominated Hon. Augustus Adams as thetr candidate for Congress. ERNEST KREBL, Grand Keceiver of the Grand Lodge of the A. O. U. W. ef Illinois, died at Rock Island, on the 14th. THE State Court of Claims has unanimously decided to Ignore all claims against tbe 8tate arising out of the construction of tbe Illinois & Michigan Canal. This decision disposes of claims aggregating $1,025,000. ' AT Danville, on the 14th, Lewis Witze stabbed Charles Howensteln in an affray grow­ ing out of the former's abuse of his divorced wife. Howenstein was fatally hurt. AT Chicago, a few days aero, a flfteen-vear- old boy applied for work ataplanlng-laill. He stated that he was familiar with the work about such establishments, and, seeming very earnest, was given a job, without any ques­ tions being asked as to bis name or residence. He proved to be a very prompt and efficient boy, and went through with the half-day's work in good order. In the afternoon, he was engaged in carrying lumber from a planing- machine to a place on the outside of the build­ ing. The belting of the machine and the piece of lumber he had upon his shoulder be­ came entangled and the boy was pulled back upon tbe machine, his head coming in contact with the planer, that was revolving at light­ ning speed. Before anyone could realize the predicament of the boy4 and before he ever had a chance to call for help, his head was completely severed from his body and rolled off the machine.. Portions of his clothing be­ came tangled in the planer, and in another second one of his arms was torn from the shoulder, and the ghastly and spurting member sent flying in another direction. The hands and a portion of the other arm were jerked to pieces, and the body suddenly twist­ ed around until one of the legs and a foot be­ came so mangled that their appearance was sickening to behold. By this time the machine had been stopped, and the fragments of the poor boy's body were collected. No one knew his name, his home, or anything about him. The remnants were put together and taken to the Morgue. A DRUMMER for a New York lewelry house was robbed in the Palmer House at Chicago, on the 10th, of between $12,000 and $15,000 worth of goods. Tbey entered and despoiled his room while he was at dinner. On the 17th, the plunder was recovered, and one of the thieves arrested. A LITTLE before midnight, on the 15th, afire broke out in the freight depot of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company on the East St. Louis bank of the river, a quarter of a mile above the bridge. In less than an hour the entire depot was destroyed, with all the con­ tents, including twelve cars laden with heavy freight, twenty-flve cars dt wheat, fourteen transfer wagons, and several cars of light freight. The fire was caused by sparks from a locomotive backing into the depot, which ignited some cotton bales stowed on the plat- form. ON the 16th, at Springfield, Albert Steinrttz, a boy fifteen years old, engaged as a waiter iu a lunch-house, was exhibiting a loaded re­ volver to a customer who was eating a lunch. The weapon was discharged while in Steln- ritz's hands, and the ball struck him In the nose and passed upward into the brain. He died in ten minutes. THE employes of the Belleville nail works, to the number of 850, have quit work in ft body. The cause for the strike is that the company has been In the habit of paying its employes every six weeks, always retaining the salaries due for the last two weeks' work. The labor­ ers became alarmed at the large number of bankruptcies, and decided to demand that their wages be paid every two weeks, and that no money should be retained by the employ­ ers. The action of the workmen was reported to the company by a committee appointed for that purpose. The employers refused to com­ ply with their request, and as a consequence the strike, for which preparations had already been made, was inaugurated. ' THE last passengers from the South passed through Cairo, on the night of the 17th, In locked cars. Hereafter nothing but the mail and money packages will be allowed to enter the city, and they must be thoroughly disin­ fected. Dr. Rauch, President of the State Board of Health, left for Chicago next day. Prior to his departure he expressed himself as well satisfied with the action of the city au­ thorities, and of a belief that with a rigid en­ forcement of the present regulations, there was little probability of Cairo becoming in­ fected with yellow fever. THE First National Bank of Quincy has failed. The Directors make the usual promise to pay in full. They say the suspension of the bank was caused by the insolvency of a laixe manufacturing house in that city. TOBT HONNERS, the colored man who mur­ dered William Bauer and Clarence Hubbard, tn'a colored Methodist Church in Jackson* ville, last April, has had his trial aud been sentenced to the Penitentiary for twenty years. AT Jacksonville, on the 18th, Wesley Wat­ son and Isaac Davis, both colored individuals, got into a difficulty, when the latter, without any provocation, shot the former through the bowels, inflicting a wound from which it is thought he cannot possibly recover, though living at last accounts. DURING Mayor Hake's administration of East St. Louis, in 1875, he employed John B. Carroll to cut d >wn a large cottonwood tree, which, in falling, destroyed several small houses, an.om; them that of James Giblin, killing Mrs. Giblin and seriously injuring sev­ eral persons. Mr. Giblin brought suit against the city and obtained a judgment for $1,500. The Appellate Court has nofr re­ versed that judgment on the ground that, Car­ roll having been hired for ten dollars to cut the tree, employing his own hands, and hav­ ing full control of the work, the city is not liable. THE Democrats of the Tenth District have nominated Delos P. Phelps ~as their candidate for Congress. ON the 20th, a Dane, name unknown, was killed by a freight train on the St. Louis Division of the Chicago, Burlinglon & Quincy, near Monmouth. Deceased was old and dcaffc and was walking on the track over a bridge when the cars struck him, killing him Instantly. . : * " : How it Is Done. SCENE in a library--gentleman busy writing--child enters. " Fathe\, give me a penny?" " Haven*t got any; don't bother me." 44 But, father, I want it. Something particular." \ 441 tell you l haven't got one about I must have one; you promised me me Child begins to whimper. 441 thinks you might give m one; UV really? mean." ! 44 No--go away--I won't* do.it, so* there's an end of it." Child cries, teases, oonpee>--father* fets out of patience, pofr MV- hand ins is pocket, takes ont a. peaoy, a&d^ throws it at the child. 44 There, take it^'^ :* and don't come back again to-day." _ Child smiles, looks shy, goes out con­ queror--determined to renew the strug- gle in the afternoon, with the certainty |̂: of like results. * * * * * ' t Scene in the street--two boys playing|c,:> --mother opens the door, calls to one off , them, her own son. ' "Joe, come into the house instantly."' Joe pays no attention. ? 4'Joe do you hear me? If you don't, come I'll give you a good beating.*' Joe smiles, and continues his plav;, his companion is alarmed for him, and advises him to obey. 44 You'll catch it. if you don't. oro; Joe," 44 Oh, no, f won't; she always says sot. but never does. I ain't afraid." Mother goes back into the house-, greatly put out, and thinking herself a. martyr to bad children. That's the way, parents; show your- children by your example that you are^ weak, undecided, untruthful, and they learn aptly enough to despise your au- - thority and regard your word "as noth­ ing. They soon graduate liars and mockers, and the reaping of vour own* sowing will not fail.-- Exdbqng&. French Conviete* FROM returns recently published-bv the French Government it appears that, the annual cost of the penal establish­ ments in France averages about two> millions sterling after deducting the sums earned by the convicts. There= are altogether 3,384 places of detention, of which 2,723 are temporary lock-ups,, and 193 depots for prisoners wh® are: being moved from one prison to an­ other. The prisons, properly so-called, number 382, generally divided into two. sections--one for accused persons, awaiting their trial, and another for prisoners undergoing their punishment. There are also 59 reformatories, of~ which, however, only 13 belong abso­ lutely to the State, the rest, to which the Government grants an annual sub­ sidy, being under the management ofr private persons or religious bodies. Out of these 59 reformatories, 35 are for boys and 24 for girls. There are 15 convict prisons (Maison Centrale) for men and 6 for women, an<f 2 or 3- depots for convicts who are about to be • transported to New Caledonia and French Guiana. With regard to the in­ mates of these prisons the returns are not quite so clear; but it appears that. at the end of the year they contained 70,239 persons (59,910 men and 10,329 women). This was exclusive of 5,000* prisoners in Algeria. In the course of the year more than 200,000 persons- were committed to prison, the number - discharged being rather less; and, as. the same has been tbe case for several years, the increase in the prison popula­ tion is looked upon with some uneasi­ ness.--Pall Mall Gazette. Young Wives. one. 441 did no such thing--I won't give you any more pennies; you spend too many. It's all wrori^--I won't give it to you* so go away." \ ( AN English lady, who can cook, en­ larges, in a lively letter to the London Standard, on one of the real grievances of the present day, to-wit: The number of utterly useless and idle young wives, who, being incapable themselves, spoil their servants, and then wonder that. the husband leaves the ill-cooked meal,: perhaps ill-served, also, to dine at his- club. They say, contemptuously, they were not brought up to that kind of thing, and consider it beneath them. This lady replies that she was not brought up to it, either, but she denies- that it is beneath any gentlewoman to try to contribute to the comfort of those- around her. If she need not absolutely work with her own hands, the mistress, of a house should certainly have suffi­ cient knowledge to direct her subordi­ nates, or they will soon discover her ig­ norance and become insubordinate. Nor need the absolute performance of these duties interfere with other pur­ suits. This lady confesses that, after- pastry or cako ni"Icing in the morning, her hand is sometimes too tremulous- for her favorite oil-painting or to help- her husband in the preparation of ob­ jects for his microscope, but it is easy enough to find some other occupation when this is the case; and she has not' lost her love for art, nor her apprecia­ tion of science, because she is happy enough to be a lady who can cook.--N. Y. Observer. --The prayer of the newspaper : • "Give us this day our daily be-read." -- Whitehall Times. TAB MARKETS. NEW YORK. August IS. 1878. 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