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h-, fm ;Vu. IW: wm:. pfr#l8 itodfaUr i.wptui(i,i«w" MoHENBY, ILLINOIS. •a k ' . " « • glEIlT ICRS REIIEI, 4 wutwrn* Ih his argument in the aw of the Standard Oil Company, the Attorney (leuenJ Of Pennsylvania, said that as domestic corpora­ tions were taxed on their whol® owxUl stock it would do them great injustice to admit for- «ira corporations to compete on an cqnal foot­ ing wtthoat exacting tbe tame tribute. Besides the Standard had rained thousands of men by Its «ud Riouopoliced the oU business, 'ted compelled four groat railroad* to oarry fr-ir^ un its own term*, and had brought the western part of the State to the verge of Thb Standard Goal and Iron Oom panv, with a capital of #25,000,000, haa been 6rgtnlHi in Boeton by Imbm G. Blaine and Kogene SaH of Maine, GOT. roster and other aapitaliaU of Ohio, and Oliver Ames, of Mass- aonuMtta. It la ebfeflf * oomaolidatioii of coal and Iron wnpudei in the Hocking valley of Ohio, tod repr Beauts S&000 (aw of roiueral lands... .lbs. Caroline Leroy Webster, widow of the great Daniel Webster, haa jnst died at her torn®, mar New York city, to the 86th year of her age, TmnramnnT the East unusually heavy rates and tbe rtotag o? fcfae rivers oaosed great 'J • ••J tiestngetioa to property and live stock, In the <* - '1 pwrrinoe of Qoebeo the melting of th« mow '**' tod the rate submerged the Grand Trunk rail- Ji road fkom three to four feet, and inundated a of the country. < A ookmhi with $5,000,000 capital has been organised at St Peal to build a tail- Mad thence to Grand Forks, Dakota.... .At Hoekberry, Arizona, a desperado named J. a Wildan, who bad killed John Bullock, waa Meet! flrdm jail by tffteen men and handed to the beam of a blacksmith shop--Darnel J. Murphy, ex-Dufariet Attorney and a tending lawrer of San Fnaoiiro. was shot in open court by a witness whom he cross-examined in the usual aggravating way of Sawyers with strong '•'itliiasnii on the other side. Three masked m*>n entered the fturo-hoase of William gtadribalMt, twelve mites from Ckmncii Bluffs, and nibbed him of •&. Maddened by his ob- «tinacy about surrendering his money, one of t^.rillain* shot him through the longs. Hum ftohibitioaAbts are to hold at CMsago, In August next, what they intend shall be the lamest and most important convention i kiM fc\ at the kind era: utiembled in this oountry. |f«a SoovtiaiiB, sister of the assassin GuiWsi, sidressed a letter to the United States Senate, protesting against the confirmation of Bqeeoe Conkling as Associate Justice of tlie Supreme Court, She says he was morally re- spyiitiMft for the death of President Garfield. IIks. Gabfibud was visited at Clevo- krui by es-Gov. Fail-child, late United States Minister to Spain, who conveyed a kindly of sympathy from the Queen of wtthwfciahtte bereaved lady was greatly £ pi '•a ¥ • % •»] may remain in Mm on until Augon, as the calendars are gorged, aadthwe is a de­ cided laok of leadership on the Republican side. Thb Omsus Bureau has completed ita of the population of Utah Territory, as Mormon*, Gentiles, Apostates, tea and doubtful. Of the Mormons there are 130,983. nearly 4»,u*>0 of whom are •Mm than zl veers old, while 40,000 are lees than 9 years old. Of the Gentiles there are only 14,150, of whom * little more than one- half are more than "21 years old. There are 6.988 Apostate Mormons, 820 Josephite Mor­ mons, and 1.716 persona who are classified as doubtful. Of the Mormon*, nearly 87,000 an of foreign birth. By invitation of the House Military Committee, Gens. Sherman and Hancock ap­ peared and gave their opinions on the bill for the compulsory retirement of army officers at 62, which they heartily favored. They indorsed the proposition to give increased pay to Cap­ tains and Lieutenants who have served in one grade for fifteeniveaxs.... .Oapt James B. Eads waa before the House Committee on the Im­ provement of the Mississippi, and told them tw overflows would be prevented by spending #2,000,000 in closing the breaks in the system of levees. rOLlTICAI. It is said that John Kelly wlD enter the field for Mayor of New Yonc, at the next election... .A meeting of citizens of Crittenden conntv, Ark., was held at Marion to petition Congress for aid. Manv people are said to have perished from absolute starvation, and some are subsisting on the carcasses of animals drowned in the overflow. A caucus of Democratic Representa­ tives was held at Washington, last week, to pro­ vide for the selection of a Congressional Com­ mittee. Mr. House, who was Chairman of the caucus in the last Congress, declined to serve further, and Gen. Ilosecr&ns was unanimously elected. It was resolved that the Congres­ sional Committee to be appointed consist of one member from each State and Territory having a Democratic Representative, the selec­ tion of the members of the Committee to be made by the State delegations. A Democrat has been elected by 1,000 majority over a Conkling Republican to suooeed the late Senator Wagner in the Senate of New York. The latter was elected last year by 6)800 majority. |j§r~ Tr, > . 3ft'i •*? / Qk opening the door of a school-bouse, C- ft-oneiaife north of Salem, Adams ooanty, Ind., 1 • .Jt inter mornings ago, the children discovered tbe f » teaeher, Miss Emma Numbers, lying oil the floor with one arm cut off, bar tongue torn out and lying on ihe boards beside u«. »ui 1™ neck puuied to the floor with a large dirk knife. They ran home and gave t,ne alarm, and within a few minutes the farmers gathered and began a search for tbe perpetrators of the crime. A fa»«ty examination of her per­ son showed sbaf tbe had been outraged. Tbe fiends bao evidently entered the school- house during the night or early m the morn­ ing. and when she arrived before the pupils to bmld tiki lire they caught her, violated her person and then, to prevent her from telling anv tales, hacked her with an ax and •tabbed her with the knife until her m wt« chopped off, and her bowels ran oat on the floor. Still fearing that she might tell on them, they cut her tongue off, Hung it down on the floor and left the knife sticking in her t*ck, with tbe point driven through to Ike plasskp Mirk Numbers was 16 or 17 years Old, and w described as being a beautiful girl. ' Bibhot Dugoan, who was decoyed Iran Chicago to an insane asylum at St. Louis ttdrteea years ago, when aberration of mind had become apparent, entertains the delusion that Chicago has been swallowed up by the sea, • and that all hi* former flock nave gone to per­ dition. The churcn in Chicago pays $1,000 per annum for hi* mainUuimii-, £u health is W vigorous as ever. Bkpobtb from nearly every ooonty in tan of the chief wheat-growing States show a lORh ratio of condition of winter wheat, with an important increase in acreage The ice in tbe Mississippi below St Paul, Minn, opened en the 2d inst, after being closed for sixty-foor days. It is an unusually early opening. t.l "f TOE SOUTH. ' A WHIR boy near Fayttteville, N. O., -tbfelgM % colored boy into the woods and fiddled bim with shot Tbe body waa found partially buried in a swamp The young mur­ derer is highly connected Bishop Lynch died at Charleston, aged 65 years. Five persons were drowned by a flood canned by the breaking of the levee below Con- oonlia, La. Great distress, for want of food and shelter, is being felt by the inhabitants of 1 the kubmerged country. The Governor of Texas includes in his . oaD for an extra session of the Legislature the subject of a law regulating freight and pa--nn- pK tariffs in tbe State and provision for iU rigid enforcement WASHINCtTOlC. first proof of the new 5-oent %iMage stamp containing the vignette of Gen. Garfklil, and known as the Garfield stamp, and which is intended as a present to Queen Victoria from the American Bank Note Com­ pany, lia-i been received in Washington. It is an excellent likens*, and i* inclosed in a mag­ nificent and costly frame of ebony, with mat­ ting of sterling silver and bordering of pure Sold. It will be transmitted to Queen Victoria krongh the State Department Tbe grand jury of the Du>tr;qt of Columbia has returned twenty-nine star-route cases, m«.fcing thirty- two in all. ,* Thb following is the regular monthly i debt statement^ issued on the 1st inst: Attended 4 1»,473,900 ! extended 5's. 401,60 ,#00 5 Jfrar and one-half pw cent, hoods ass.ooo.ooo Kmr per cents, extended 7M.8D1 ••efumfciiK certificate 546.45U *MVy pension fund 14,000,000 ; ^ToW iuiewsUbsartai debt S1,534.XK.600 Thb Odd Fellows of the TTuiled States are to have a day of thanksgiving on April W, the occasion being the su.ty-third anniversary of that order in this oountry The fiend Gui- teau is reported to be morose and much an­ noyed because the newspapers have ceased to say anything about him Gen. Roeecrans, now occupying a seat in Congress, takes an early opportunity to deny a statement by Mr. Blaine in bis oration that Gen. Garfield found various troubles seriously affecting the value and effi­ ciency of the Army of the Cumberland. The American Rifle Association has acepted tbe British proposal to shoot a match at Creedmoor, near New York, next September. The twelve Englishmen will be drawn from tbe volunteers, and the American team from the National Guard. VOKKIOfle The recent elections for {he Hawaiian Assembly indicate the complete downfall of the old missionary influence in the Sandwich islands. Victor Theodore Junod, the celebrated Swibs doctor and medical writer, is dead.... Germany aud Austria are strengthening tbatr fortresses in anticipation of coming trouble.... The severity of the weather has driven thous­ ands of Heraegovinians into the adjoining stele of Montenegro, where they are Ming relieved from Russian funds. Bt a mine explosion at Styria, Aus­ tria, 160lives were lost....All the farms on Dnney island, thirty-four in number, have been sold for non-payment of rent The Land League intends to build houses and support the tenants on the island. The Egyptian Ministry is said to favor the maintenance of slavery, and wishes to dis­ miss the agents appointed to stop the traffic. In tbe British Hoaae of Commons tbe elec­ tion of Michael Davits as member for Meath was declared void, the vote standing 208 to 20. Ten Nihilists, one of them a woman, were sentenced to death at St Petersburg. Gen. Skobeleff, in conversation with a Vienna journalist, expressed his astonishment that his recent speech should have excited at­ tention, inasmuch as much Btronger expressions are used in Russia every day in regard to the Panslavist agitation. His utterances, he said, were those of a private individual only. Queen Victobia has been shot at again, and, luckily for her, by a poor marksman as usuaL After spending two days in London, her Majesty was jnrt stepping Into her carriage to be driven to Windsor Castle, when a resident of Soutfasea, named Roderick MacLean, delib­ erately discharged a revolver at her, but the bullet misled the royal target Instantly the weapon was knocked from the hands of the assassin, who evidently intended to fire again, and some Eton scholars made an attempt to lynch the fellow. The Queen at once drove off to the Castle, and sent hack an equerry to know if any one had been h irt. Ponsouby, the Queen's Secre­ tary, obtained all possible information at the pohot station and telegraphed it to Gladstone. The Cuu of Russia, the Empress of Austria and the Emperor of Germany telegraphed messages of sympathy, and the Cabinet bent a dispatch expressing gratification at the failure of the attempt. The Queen held her usual dinner party. No bullet marks were found on the royal carriage. Two chambers of the assassin's revolver had been discharged, and fourteen toil cartridges were found on his per­ son. MacLean is a grocer's assistant, 27 years of age, and is pronounced aaoe by piiyiieians. He says hunger prompted him to the deed.... Brad laugh was again elected M. P. for North* ampton, by a vote of 3,798 against 3,687 re­ ceived by Corbett, his opponent g*f' H mrsgMK f '.v £ mx.' <*-' '•* • . V---~ " '• W;.' 1 *: .. 1 X i".# iHmona. THE FAVTLY DOCTOR. Tbe other eigkt . . .v r OsurfloM, i WAimiKOToir, Feb. 87. Prior to 10 o^slook this morning admiaaion to the Capitol was Mtaand to *.11 save members of the two houses of Congress and their em­ ployes, but at that hour the doors were thrown open to persons holding tickets to the memo­ rial service® of the late James A. Garfield, and soon the galleries of the House were filled to- the utmost capacity. A large majority of the spectators were ladies, who, out of respsot to the occasion, had, for tbe moet part discarded bright colon, and somber Mack was the prevailing hue. There were no signs of mourning in the halL A full-length portrait of the lafee President was hnng just back of the chairs of the presiding officers,' bemg itself undraped, tbe members of the Honse early in attendance all being arrayed of theSi in black. In the lobby, back of the Speaker's desk, the Marine Band was stationed, and at intervals from 10 o'clock until noon ditwmrmd •Olemn music. Among the distinguishes guest first to arrives Were Judge Bancroft, Cynw W.Field and Admiral Worden, who took seats directly in front of the Clerk's desk. Among the guests who at an •arty hoar occupied seats upon the floor, were Gen. Schenck and Govs. Hoyt of Pennsylvania, Foster, of Ohio, Hamilton, of Maryland, and Bigelow, of Connecticut At lfdW Gens. Sher­ man, Sheridan, Hanoock, Howard and Meigs and Admirals Ammen, Rogers and Rod&ers entered, and were assigned seats to the left of tbe Spe&ker*« desk, aai tt few moments later tlw members of lhe Diplo­ matic Corps, in full regalia, were ushered in, headed by tbe Hawaiian Minister as IXmn of tbe oorps. Their brilliant costumes only served to throw into stronger relief the dark attire of the members of Congress, who sat immediately, behind them. The members of the Supreme Court of the District headed by Marshal Henry,, wore the next arrivals. Dr. Bliss was also in attendance. Mrs. Bfeine occupied a front seat in the gallery reserved for the friends of the President. At precisely 12 o'clock the House was called to order by Speaker Keifer, and prayer was of­ fered bv the Chaplain. The Speaker then said : "Thi# day has been dedicated Say the action of the two houeex of Oongreae to nervicee in commemoration of the life and death of James Abrant Garfield, late President of the United States. This House is now assembled and ready to perform its pftrt.5* The resolutions sotting apart: to-day (or the memorial services were then read by Clerk Mo- Pherson. At 13:10 the Senate was announoed, and all rose as the Senators, headed by the officers of that body, entered and took their assigned ata. They were followed by the Chief Jnstioe and isociate Justicm of tbe Supreme Court, dressed in their robee of office. Again the assembled multitude arose, as the President of the United States and his Cabinet were announced. They were accompanied by Senator Sherman and Representative MoKin- ley. Chairman of tbe Committee of Arrange­ ment*, The President took tbe front seat on the right of the presiding officer's chair., The orator of the day, Hon. James *G. Bl&inef was announced at 12&0, and the cere­ monies then opened by & short prayer by Chap­ lain Power, of the House, after which Presi­ dent Davis said : " This day is dedicated by Congress for the memorial services of the late President erf tbe United States, James A. Gar­ field, 1 present you Hon. James G. Blaine, Who has been fitly chosen as the orator for this historical occasion." Mr. Blaine then rose, and standing at the Clerk's desk, immediately in front of the two presiding officers, proceeded,' with great im- preasiveiiesB of manner and clearness of tone, to deliver his eulogy from manuscript The oration was quite lengthy ana worthy of toe occasion. Dawes, Morrill voting against __ The nomination oC Aartm A. Sargent to Minister to CtanMay waa approved wtthovt divisioiL In to» Honse, the Oregon contested' election castot Me Powell vs. George waa missed. l>ebate on too Consular and Diplo­ matic Appropriate* bill, which acta arida #L196,&30, took a wide range, and resulted only in out&nlaf pmty action in the future. The Senate amendments to the Post-Route bill wera ooucurred in. Mr. Butler presented a memorial in the Sen­ ate, on tin- 3d, from citizens of South Carolina ,cr nation 1 aid in the education of the youth of that Stite. Mr. Hoar reported adversely on the petitions in regard to the celebration of the discovery of the mouth of the Mississippi. Bills were passed to compile and print the naval history of the war; to reduce the charge for licenses to engineers and pilots, and to make Denver a portof dehverv. The Chinese bill gave rise to a prolonged and'spirited debate. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Gibxon intro­ duced a bill to appropriate §6,113,000 for im­ provements along the Mississippi river. A bill was pasctd to rednce fees for licenses to offi­ cers of i>t"un vessels. The Committee on For- F05TT •5EYEHTH COHCtS&H* itured debt. / •togaltendw* . Qbrtificatei of deposit... •old and silver ctrtifl. ^ oate» Yractiou&i ctirretkcjr ' %•. *Total w1thowt intamsL Total debt , s Total interest , «ICaah iii wounury.. 10,<KI7,»» SM,740,841 U,5SO,UOO 73,862,600 ',065,8n •A.. i Bebtlewoarfiin-^^ji . . ®ecreaa» duruig fabnury. * VecieaM eiiioe June 3u, 1S81 ..Currant UsbUitle*-- ' . jntenet doe and unpaid. e * sPSbt on which interest hae eaaaad antewttbsrson.... 'wold and sllvwr oertiaoatog fJnited. Mates notes held for isdManttoa ato* ttfloatssof deposit.. >|SMb balance avaittls Wh.il, ...i..!." ....$1,742.729,aw 9,783,511 •7,Mi»,442 I,408,6%) 10,(07,925 611,120 f3,862,600- II,550,000 1M,146,338 '"i-f.mi «Mtf ; IPSSI ffi *2,617,«ia ..1*^,617,648 m jlj^onds toned to Pacific railway f- tee, interest payable in lawful monsnr, principal auWundlng | V Interest aoorned and not yet paid Interest paid by United States. ... Interest repaid by comnantes transsortation service A ,]py oaafa paymenta of o per oenv. ot net V wrniagi,., IWwa of interest ptld tojr Iho OoM •tetaa «T,f0»,m President Arthur haa nominated Cor- nelius A. Logan, of Illinois, to be Minister to Bn ••--i i i i i i i • SnmiaB thinks 646,236 83,405,977 14^41,6^6 666,196 ADDITIONAL NEWS. The three Indian aeouts--Dead-Shot, Dandy Jim and Skippy--who gave the signal for the onslaught on Gen. Carr's command, were executed at Fort Grant, Arizona. Bobebt Jones, a white rnan^ and William Miller, colored, were hanged at Aber_ deen, Mise., for the murder of three brothers, named Walker, in November last The House Committee on Boles has agreed to a resolution for the appointment of a committee of nine Representatives and sev- I en Senators to attend the celebration of the anniversary of the discovery of the mouth of the Mississippi Secretary Frelinghuysen sent I a cablegram to London conveying the con­ gratulations of the American people on tbe Queen's escape from injury. McLean, the would-be kmuu»«iin of Queen Victoria, is a crank of the craziest type, and has been an inmate of several asylums. It appears that be fin-d the shot while the carriage was in motion. Princess Beitrice and John Brown saw him point the pistol at the carriage. He was exactly thirty paces distant when he fired. All the European sovereigns and republics sent congratulatory messages to the Queen Twin monuments to Keats, the poet, and his friend Heveren, in tbe Protestant cem­ etery at Rome, were unveiled, with a brilliant address by Story, the sculptor. The recent increase in the immigra­ tion of Chineee to San Francisco is dm to the Six Companies, and it is rumored that 40,000 tickets have been issued at Hong Kong, to be used after tbe passage of the bill before Con­ gress....The failures throughout the United States fer the week ending the 4th iaat. were 152, an increase of 17 over the preceding week. ... .The railroad magnates have decided on a ft-eent-per-100-pounds increase in fnafcht rates to the seaboard. Great excitement prevails in San Francisco over the report that, anticipating a stringent anti-Chinese emigration bill, there would be an enormous influx of Chinese to this oountry within the next few weeks. A raid on the Chinese quarter is feared. " The effects of the floods in the Mis­ sissippi river and its tributaries," says a' Hele­ na (Ark.) correspondent, " will be to throw the country back financially for five years or long- Tom Thumb has smoked since 17, but has now " sworn off" because Mi phy­ sician ordered it; In tbe Honse* of Representative^ on Feb. 3% Mr. Henderson asked unanimous oonsent to re­ fer to the Committee on Military Affairs tbe Senate bill retiring Gen. Grant but Mr. Spring­ er objected. A resolution was passed to form a select committee of nine to consider all ques­ tions relating to woman's rights. Mr. Stephens reported a Mil' authorizing the coinage of silver dollars and fractions thereof on the metric system. Mr; Groat reported a bill to establish the Territory of North IMkota. Whoa in committee of the whol© on tho Postoffioe Appropriation bill, Mr. Springer (jm"11 the passage of an amendment that all correspondence on official business shall be transmitted in penalty envelopes. The com­ mittee rose and reported the bill to the House. The amendment authorizing the Postmaster General, in case of the sub-letting of a mail contract, to arrange with tbe sub-contractor, was agreed to. Tlie bill then passed. There was no session of the Senate. Mr. Windom reported a resolution to the Senate, on the 28th ult, instructing the Com­ mittee on Foreign Relations to report on the alleged abstraction of important papers from the office of the Secretary of State, as also upon the cbarges that our representatives in France and Peru had been concerned in contracts with those Governments, or whether other officials had been so involved. Mr. Vest introduced a bill for a public building at Hanni­ bal, and Mr. Ingalls presented an act authorizing the President to appoint Alfred PieasoDton a brevet Major Genemand p ace his name on the retired list The Post- office Appropriation bill was passed, lhe Chinese Immigration bill was taken up. While Mr. Miller was airing his views four members of tbe Chinese Legation appeared in the gal­ lery, but retired hs soon as they learned what subject was under discussion. Tne nom­ inations of Messrs. Conkling and Sar­ gent were reported favorably to the Senate, in executive session, and went ova: to the next executive session, under the rule. Mr. Gibson introduced a joint resolution for a oouiniitU* of Mixteeu to attend the anniversary of tbe dia- covery of the mouth of the Mississippi sw«r. B.lls were passed authorizing the bridging of the Mississippi at Ketthsburg, IlL, and appro­ priating 8100,000 to continue work on the narbor of Galveston. Three reporte were submitted in regard to the Utah contested elec­ tion, the majority favoring the rejection of both Campbell &ud Cannon. Tlie House then went into committee of the whole on the Mili­ tary Academy Appropriation bUL which was p&tsaed. Mr. Robinwm introduced a bill to or­ ganize the National Labor League Railway Company of America, to run from New York to Council Bluffs, with a capital of §40,000,000. Mr. Test offered a bill in the Senate, on the 1st inst, to prohibit the issue of notes by the national banks organized or reorganized after July 1. The resolutions for an investigation mlo the Chili-Peruvian imbroglio, after being amended to delude any promise of intervention bv officials of the United States, were passed. Mr. Voorbees made a long speech upon the necessity of better accommodations for tbe Congressional library. Tbe Chinese bill was taken up, and Mr. Hoar spoke against tbe measure. Mr. Kellogg introduced a resolution for an appropr.ati-m sufficient, when combined with local revenues, to give ail childr«n in the States and Territories a good common-school education. Mr. McDill presented resolutions of the Iowa Legislature asking the amendment of the patent laws to prevent unjust ,exactions. In tbe House, a bill to mxke Denver a port of delivery was passed. Bills were reported favorablv to stop the coinage of trade dollars and exchange those now out for standard silver pieces; to adopt a meter, to measure the quantity and lost the gravity and temperature of thsulled and malt liquors ; to provide for organizing, arming and dmciphtiine the militia; for the dn-tri- bution of pure vaccine virus, and for tbe erection of a public building at Detroit The contested Louisiana election case of Lanier vs. King was dismissed. A resolution wasadooted that the Secretary of the Intel 1 >r examine and report upon the bill to create a sinking fund for the Sioux City and Pacific road. Tne In­ dian Appropriation bill, <30vcring £4,020,203, was perfected and passed. Mr. Piatt made a favorable report to theie^ ate,, on the 2d inst. on the bill to regulate prac­ tice in patent eases. Mr. Gorman offered a resolution directing the Postmaster General to transmit a statement of the oost of fast malls and a list of railroad companies which per­ formed the services. Mr. Vance offered a reso­ lution, which was laid over, reciting that in the Sixth District of North Carolina the oost of collecting internal revenue was 60 per cant' greater than in any other district In the United States, and asking fer a committee of three to investigate charges against the officials. Mr. Conger made a favorable report on tbe House bill to better the life-saving service, with amendments providing for pen­ sions for widows and children of keepers losing their lives. Messrs. Farley and Hoar debated eigu Affairs was granted leave to sit during ses­ sions of the House, to investigate the Chili- Peruvian correspondence. He Fleod ii the Lower Mississippi. Memphis, March 1. It would require an artist's pen to picture the grandeur of the Mississippi aa at its - present fiood-tide it sweep* with a mighty power down to the Gnlf, while its endless current everywhere carries upon its boaom the evidence of Its de­ structive powers, from Cairo to Vicksburg, Miss., there is aoaroaly anything to be seen but a. dreary water waste, extending in many localities fifteen milea into Urn in enor from either bank. The damage that jsas been dona to farming internets by tbe great overflow cannot be esti­ mated. Thousands of cattle and other stock have been drowned, and hundreds are now daily dying of starvation. The inhabitants of the bottom lands have been dt iven from their hemes and are now existing the best' they may on ridges where hastdy-built huts afford them shelter, and where they would soon starve were not food provided. Never before within tbe history of the country was there so much suffering experienced by the people of the Mississippi valley as now, and, what with toe rising waters and tho incessant rains, the dis­ asters of the future cannot be foretold. Mkmpirs, March 8. News reaches hereof terrible destruction-of property by the breaking of the levee at Car­ son's Landing, La. A gap of seventv-fivo feet was first made by the rushing water, and 100 yards of the levee were soon swept away. The noise of the roaring flood awoke the sleeping cit zeus, whot looking out of their homes, caw the river rapidly spreading over tbe country. Without taking time to elotbe themselves, tne people fled for their lives. Four persons were overwhelmed by the rushing waters and drowned. Their cries for help were heartrend­ ing. Many people had narrow escapes. By tbe breaking of the levee a few miles above Greenville^ Miss., the whole of Bolivar county, Miss., is inundated. Great loss of property, and, worse still, loss of life has re­ sulted. RosedalCk the county seat of Bolivar county, is more than six feet under water. Advices from Riverton, Miss., 150 miles south of here, report a fearful destruc­ tion of property and some loss of life. The stock is all drowned, and there are no provis­ ions for poor people to subsist on. The village of Rivertdn has been entirely swept away, and the inhabitants are homeless and penni­ less. Steamboats now run through the streets at Indian Bay, Arkansas. The water at Hew Orleans is greatly higher than tbe average level of the city. Arkansas City, Ark., is from six inches to four feet under water. The poor inhabitants depend on Government rations. The damage to tbe Memphis aud Little Rock road by floods is esti­ mated at (500,000. Retugeea are flocking to t MCiiipytb aiulldrvd" distribute rations for Arkansas and Mississippi are on hand, and supplies have already gone forward to Riverton, Concordia and Belen. Insects in India. Ton are sitting at dinner with all your doors open, and suddenly yon hear a familiar sound, and a beetle is wheeling " his droning flight" around the room. : Flop ! he falls W the table l^alf stunned. Yon seize hinf^anu are. amazed at the' strength of his struggles, and still further at the squeak lie utters, showing that he most have vocal organs--like the death's head moth, which squeaks loudly when touched. - Examine him, and you will find that he is, the Egyptian scarab (Scarabeus sacer) or dung beetle, vary­ ing in size from half an inch to an inch and a half long, and relatively, I believe the most powerful animal in the world. Take an inch specimen and place him on the tablecloth under a full quart bot­ tle of wine or beer. Presently you will see the bottle move, and, if unchecked, it will slide mysteriously across the table, pushed by the giant beneath in its efforts to escape? Yet one other incident. To­ ward the close of the rainy season, gen­ erally in September, "flying bugs'* ap­ pear on the scene, attracted as usual by the light; email, black and shilling heter- opterous insects, surcharged with a dis­ agreeable powerful odor, which they generally distribute alhtroand. You may encounter a flight when out driving in the evening, and perhaps feel something creeping in your whiskers. On raising your hand to eject the intruder, your nose is overpowered, and your fingers defiled with the odor.--Chambers' Jour­ nal. Fatal Boiler Explosion. lhe explosion of a boiler in Wesler A Barnes' saw-mill, at Stone, Randolph county, Ind., was attended with shocking loss of life. The em­ ployes had just gone to work and some of them were adjusting the pomp which feeds the boiler. There was a very heavy head of steam on, and the pump commenced working, throwing cold water into the boiler, when suddenly there waa a deafening explosion. As soon as citizens could gather, it was found that tbe following persons were instantly killed : Hodson Clark, Robert Randall, George Wesler, William Yankee, Lewis Mann, WiiLaia Fleming. In addition to tbis shocking death- list a number of persons were hnrt, some of thum quit" sev< rely. The dead victims of the explo­ sion were frightfully mutilated. Wesler's body was found ptirtly wrapped around a post, with all of tho large bones broken, his head split, and a grate bar sunken in his face. Robert Randall's head was smashed flat and one eve and the temple gone. Hod- son Clark had his throat cut with a piece of iron or a splinter, and the back part of bis head was pinched off. William Yankee's head was in the "same condition, and his brains ran out on tbe ground. A piece of the casting from the engine penetrated Lewis Mann's side Bow to Tbeat uiphthjebia.--For yotuig children give two-gram quinine pills, adult four grains every night; this will keep down fever. Take dilonte of potash one part, sulphur one part, and sugar (white) two parts, mix thor­ oughly; take this mixture, a pinch at a time, letting it dissolve slowly in {he mouth. Apply a warm poultice at flax seed to the throat, wrapping a piece of dry flannel on the outside. Mild aperi­ ents should be given. A Remedy fob Rheumatism. -'-Sena­ tor Voorhees has- a remedy for rheu­ matism, which, as he hasn't patented it, may a% well be widely advertised. He says : " I have cured myself of rheu­ matic gout by a simple remedy taking lemon juice in warm water twice or three times per day. Consequently, 1 am able to do what I have not done for years--walk from my lodging to the Capitol and back, a matter of fourmilea, every day, and outstrip the young fel­ lows who go with me." Soda thb Best of Alt, Remedies fob Burns and Scalds.--Accidental burns and scalds, even when not, very severe, extensive or dangerous, oommonly cause so much pain for an indefinite time, de­ pending probably as to duration and severity a good deal on the age of the sufferer, and on the greater or less degree of sensitiveness of the individual's skin or constitution--cot forgetting the fever­ ish reaction and the dangerous internal secondary inflammations that are apt to follow in some cases--that any easily ap­ plied and quickly available remedy and relief, without perhaps the immediate necessity of calling in professional as- sistance, will be acknowledged as a boon by most persons; and especially so when it is remembered that, the sooner agon­ izing, burning pain in the part can be aliayed, the less chance there is of dan­ gerous secondary effects, beside slough­ ing, etc., so severely trying to children and old persons. The usual first appli­ cations to these painful injuries, whether so-called popular remedies or such as are usually recommended by members of the profession, are numerous enough, but cannot unfortunately hitherto be considered as generally successful in giving certain and speedy relief from pain, and, too often, intense suffering. It is now many years ago that the au­ thor of this paper, while engaged in some investigations as to the Qualities and effects of the alkalies in inflamma­ tions of the skin, etc., was fortunate enongh to discover that a saline lotion, or saturated solution of the bicarbonated soda in either plain water or oamphor- ated water, iU applied speedily, or as soon as possible, to a burned or scalded part, was most effectual in immediately relieving the acute burning pain ; and, when the burn was only superficial, or not severe, removing all pain in the course of a very short time ; having also the very great advantage of cleanliness, and, if applied at once, of preventing the usual consequences--a painful blis­ tering of the skin, separation of the epi­ dermis, and perhaps more or less of suppuration. For this purpose, all that is necessary is to cut a piece of lint, or old soft yag, or nvsn thick blottinct- paper, of a size sufficient to cover tbe burned or scalded parts, and to keep it constantly well wetted with the sodaio lotion so as to prevent its drying. By this means/ it usually happens that all pain ceases in from a quarter to half an hour, or even in much less time. When tbe main part of a limb, such as the hand and fore-arm, or the foot and leg, has been burned, it is best, when practicable, to plunge the part at once into a pail, or jug or other conven­ ient vessel filled with the soda lotion, and keep it there vntil the pain subsides; or the limb may be swathed or encircled with a surgeon's cotton bandage previ­ ously soaked in the saturated solution, and kept constantly wit ed with it, the relief being usually immediate, provided the solution be saturated and cold. What is now usually sold as bicarbon­ ate of soda is what 1 have commonly used and recommended ; although this is well known to vary much in quality according to where it is manufactured-- but it will be found to answer the pur­ pose, although probably Howard's is most to be depended on, the common carbonate being too caustic. It is be­ lieved that a large proportion of medical practitioners are still unaware of the re­ markable qualities of this easily applied remedy, which recommends itself for obvious reasons.--F. JPeppercorne, L. Ii. C. P., in London Practitioner. and cr.t his entrails. father I have the Chinese Immigration bill, when the Senate went into executive aeasion. Boeooa Conkling waa confirmed aa Associate Justioe by 89_yeaa to 13 naya, among tbe latter being Hoar, 'W,) J Raising the Wind. Once Tom Sheridan asked his for a supp'y of cash. " Money none." was the reply. " But money I mast have," said the other. "If that be the case," said the affec­ tionate parent, "you will find a case of loaded pistols up stairs and a horse ready saddled in the Btable--the night is dark, and you are within half a mile of Hounslow Health." " I understand what you mean," said Tom, "but I tried that last night. I un­ luckily stopped Peake, your treasurer, who told me that you had been before­ hand with him, and had rob him of every sixpence in the world."--Ail the Year Round, 8 " Here," said Jones Brown, "wear my hat till you get one." "Not much, answered Brown smartly " I'm afraid I might be taken for you." "Don't be alarmed Mr. Brown; there's no danger of anybody taking you for a gentleman, I guess." Then there was silence, and a bitterness arose between Jones and Brown.--SteubenviUe Herald. A Tinkbmr man told a neighbor that he had hidden $500 in a corn-crib, and that very neighbor waa the chap found in a bear trap at ttw corn-crib morning. •J'i mot Josh Millars* The famed writer of the Yankee prov­ erbs is now about sixty in years, and shows it. His hair, which is as long and unkempt as ever, is iron gray, and his stiff, drooping mustache is fast changing to the color of old age. As he grows older, he seems to become more and more supremely regardless of persons, surroundings or opinions. As he greets one with a machine- like " How do ye do," or an inanimate "Good day," the impression is conveyed that he has ar­ rived at the state of life and prosperity where he deems fate powerless to work any alteration for worse. Billings is es­ sentially a man to himself, taciturn and unobtrusive everywhere. He is not so popular as formerly, his only work now being that which appears in the New York Weekly. For this service he re­ ceives, perhaps, $3,000 a year. His royalty from the circulation of "Prov­ erbs," his almanacs and other works swell his yearly income to about $5,000. He is now a willing, but not an attractive lecturer; his services in this field are small and waning demand. From the proceeds of his labor he has amassed a fortune of over $50,000. All this money apparently affords himself and wife but meager and inelegant oomfort. They pa->b a quiet, relegated, but doubtless oontented life, in an unpretentious Sixty-third street dwelling-house, the garret of which is made to answer the combined purposes of literary sanctum and store-house.--From a New York Letter. " The Violin for tttrls. A correspondent writes to the Queen: " I do not know whether it made much way in the provinces, of which my acquaintance and experience are small, but in and about London, for twenty miles round, there is hardly a large family blessed with an average endow­ ment of girls in which one of them has not learned, or is destined to learn, to perform on the violin. I often attend the practices or concerts given by many amateur musical societies m aud around London, and generally find young ladies among the ranks of the violin players. On all sides there is abundant evidence that the movement is general and strong. The violin dealers and masters tell the same Btory, and I cannot doubt that ten years hence the violin will be far more common in the hands of young ladies than ever it was in former days among their fathers and uncles." , Well Off. The historical Adams family, of New England, are far from being poor in this wdrid's goods. They live in Qoincy, where are still pointed to the traveler, hardly aqtuurter of a ladle from each other, the houses in which Presi­ dents John Adams and John 'Quiney Adams were born. They are taxed upon their personal estate, and a large amount of valuable real estate in that town, but the present Charles Francis Adams also pays tribute to the city of Boston upon $514,600 of real estate in that city, and he and his son, Oharles Francis, Jr., together, upon 1264,000 more. The wife of John (joincyAdams s taxed for $147,3 00 in Boston real es- iate, and John Quinoy himself on $57.- tOO worth. A Few Verbal Errors! The following examples of the more common errors in the use of words are taken from "The •arbalist," by Mr. Alfred Ayres : Accord for give; as, "the information was accorded him." * , Aggravate for irritate; to aggravate is to make worse. Allude to for refer to or mention. As for that; "not as I know," for "not that I know." Avocation tot vocation; a man's voca­ tion is his business; avocations are things that occupy him incidentally. Balance for rest or remainder. Character tor reputation; one may have a good reputation, but a bad char­ acter, and the two woids should never be confounded. Dangerous for in danger; a sick man ia sometimes moat absurdly said to be dangerous, when it is only meant that the poor fellow is himself in danger--* very different thing. JJemean, for debase, disgrace ox hum­ ble. To demean one's self is merely to behave one's self, whether well or ill. Dirt, for earth or loam. Donate, for give. Execute, tor hang, as applied to the criminal. It is the sentence, not the man, that is executed. Healthy, for wholesome; an onion plant may be healthy, bnt when yon pick an onion, there is no more healthi­ ness or unhealthiness to that, although 'it may or may not lie wholesome as an article ot food. Illy, for ill. Inaugurate, for begin. Kids, for kid gloves. Learn, for teach. Liable, for likely or apt. Loan, for lend. Pants, tor pantaloons, or (better still) trousers. m Partake, for eat. Plenty as an adjective, where plenti­ ful is meant. Heal, for very: as "real nice," " real pretty." Reside, for live; residence, for. house. Retire, for go to bed. Seldom or ever, for seldom if ever, or seldom or never. Some for somewhat; "she is some bet­ ter to-day." Stop, for stay; "where are you stop­ ping V" This is one of the vilest of Briticisms. Summons (the noun), for sumrhons (the verb). Those 'kind of apples, for that kind. Transpire, for occur. Vulgar, for immodest or indecent. Without, for unless. The Moth and the Butterfly A Miller and a Butterfly who gradu­ ated from their exuviss about the same time started out to see the world to­ gether. They soon arrived at a large mansion surrounded by beautiful grounds. When the Butterfly saw the gay flowers in the garden, he said, " This is good enongh for me ;" but the Miller was attracted by the glare of the brilliantly-lighted mansion and sailed in at an open window. He incontinently flew to the chandelier and was burned to dust in an instant. The Butterfly, however, flew about the garden in safety until the small boy of the house cap- tared him. There was nothing left of the Miller; bnt the Butterfly's remains, with a pin stuck through them, ami beautify that beautiful mauion. This fable teaches that you caal always tell what is going to happen, and that some people are worth more after thoy are dead than when they are alive.--Botton Tranncript Trout Breeding. Any person in possession of a spring producing a supply through the year of from 1 to 100 square inches of pure water may grow, with right appurtenances and requisite knowledge and care, from 6,- 000 to 60,000 trout in one year, worth, at presen t prices for stocking ponds and streams, *$100 per 1,000, or 500 to 50,000 to weigh a pound each, worth $1 per pound. The first thing necessary in trout culture is the construction of a pond, which must be fed by pure spring water, and must be kept clear and fresh. It is essential to the preservation of the trout that the temperature of the water be preserved at from 40 to 50 degrees. The success attendant upon the culture of trout is instanced in the establish­ ments of Seth Green, Livingston Stone and other noted fish culturists, who realize large profits from this source.-- Sea World. ~ llfl AHB FODfT. How TO procure a telling effect wa» mnnioato a secret to a woman. "PuAaa pass the batter," as the mM|^ remarked wn«a he sent Ida goat by rail* Ik the matter of vaccination, it heifer who gives fte physician hii points. THE wood-chopper who called to seo , his girl was disappointed to find anothet feller there. % A TEACHER says: " In one evening j| counted twenty-seven meteors sitting my piazza." v s BAOOWsays: "Beading makes a ftd|g man." That most be the Beading ill Pennsylvania where the brewery is ' sated. MONET often leads men astray--som# . of them will run after a dollar; bnt § , hound dog is more avaricious--he will , * follow a scent. A CiliOAa© woman, while touring ii). :'T Oregon, frightened off a bear by simpl# ' •baking her skirts at him. The scotioS, \ probably brought har feet into •new.-#."-"' P h i l a d e l p h i a N e t o s . y , . ; A MAX intruded into an HsliinanW^-t shan$y. " What do you want ? " aake<t •' Pat. "Nothing," was the visitor's r«£%"';/ ply. " Then you'll find it in the jnt: When the whisky was." v:;?, A cebtain doctor of divinity mid everif •,/ - blade of grass was a sermon. The nexl" - day he was amusing himself by clippinir:; his lawn, when a parishioner That's right, doctors-cut your sermoni t abort." • " HE was gored bv an angry bullj" ' J wrofce a reporter in describing the death - of a farmer. " Don't be tautological,,* said the editor; V strike out the wor& angry; of oourse a good-natured boll wouldn't do such a thing." " PBBVIOUS good character" counts i* Texas. A man who waa on trial fdf. arson brought forward witnesses tin- prove that he had neglected two good chances to steal horses, and the jury decided that no such man could be guilty of burning a barn. . Sous people are too smart A man saw a pocket-book lying on the pave­ ment, and was about to pick it up, wheft he remembered what he read about " tricks on travelers," and let it tdon4 A man behind him pioked it up. " Qoi fooled, hey f" chuckled the first man*. "No," said the second, " got $10." A lutle girl once took a letter from her mother to an old-lady friend. " Many thanks, my child/' she said ; " you may tell jour mother that you are a. goofl child aud a faithful little messenger." " Thank you, ma'am ; and I shall tell her, too, that I didn't ask you for 10 cents, because mamma told me not to." THE Judge--" How many tenses are there?" asked a teacher of a boy. "Seven," answered the boy; "the present, the perfect, the imperfect, the pluperf.ot, the first future, the second future and Oscar Wilde." "Why," asked she, " what tense is he ?" " On," replied the boy, " he'B intense!" "YESSIB," said the marketmai|| M plenty of game on hand. Whafu you have?" And the gentlem®*' plied : 4' Oh, I don't wish . to purchase any now. I don't know as I shall want any at alL But I expect to go hunting this afternoon, and I just thought I'd make sure there was some' in the mar­ ket, in case I didn't kill fuiy."--BosUm Post. FBOM waa TO She who fall* Kn. to change tl Has Mr. chanon of wedding blT --Cincinbatii Gazette. But she who changes from M1m Has solved the Mr. jr of klssea. '<• '• , --Hycwm AdverUtter. i When r Miss Mrs. to kiss a M>. y, . A MIbh 1h Maid iu modern hlstocy. -- Gorham (-V. //.) Mountaineer. Though a Mlaa, tie said, is as good aa a mile, Wben a Miae misses Mr*. Misters do smile. --State. THE following scene took place in a Paris restaurant on the occasion of a wedding dinner. An awkward waiter, in attempting to place on the table the soup tureen filled with fat chicken broth, spilled its contents on a lady's white satin dress. The lady bcreamed and was seized with hysterics. The waiter stooped and shouted in her ear : "Don't despair, madam; there's plenty of broth left in the kitchen. I am going for it now." SCENE at a Socialist meeting in Paria. An " orator " of the reddest radicalism has been taunted with a long-forgotten conviction for embezzlement. The meeting ferociously summons the orator to explain. "Citizens," he replies, in tones of dignified contempt, " the citi­ zen who interrupted me just now is right. I was once sent to jail for some­ thing of the sort" (The meeting boils over.) "But, citizens," continues the dignified chap, affecting not to hear the groanB of his indignant audience, "a word will suffice to clear me. It was during the Empire!" (Shouts of "Bravo! Bravo!" The speaker is car­ ried triumphantly round the room J He will soon be a Deputy !) Bather Severe on the Lawyers. The Supreme Judicial, Court for one ot the counties adjoining us sat and one or two membeis of the Androscoggin bar attended. A clergyman was invited to open the court with prayer and did so. The divine closed his petition in this manner: "At last may we become dwellers of that better land where there are no lawyers, no Judges and no courts. Amen." The court bit its lip, the at­ torneys' ribs could hardly be restrained from shaking by the solemnity of the occasion and business was not taken np I until some time after prayer. Tbe par­ son doubtless meant that on the other shore there would be no occasion for legal proceedings, but the bar persisted in misunderstanding that there were to be no lawyers among tne elect.--Lewis- ton (Me.) .Journal. And tiot the GirL A healthful moonlight evening is good for building houses. No money is re­ quired, only talk. Two young lovers discuss the future--after they are mar­ ried. They sit down with their arms entwined around each other, and say they will build as soon as they are mar­ ried and the season has advanced a little. They will have a two-story house, with an attic. They will have a three-story house, perhaps. It shall have this or that number of rooms. This convenience or that convenience will make it much more desirable than any other house. Hundreds of little points are discussed. The season advances. The season passes. No house built. The other fellow builds the honse. The name of the chameleon is de­ rived from two Greek words signifying " ground lion," a name singularly inap­ propriate, 8iu«# it is on© of those _ crea­ tures which is especially fitted to live on trees and is ill at ease on the surface of the earth. ' The Saturday Review women " exempt from critioiass ct lhe apote of logical inaptitude." According to the census report 40,- 000,000 galloiif of wine were made in this country last year. THE MARKETS. MEW YORK. .t»M «13 *> . . T O O <*875 .. 11X® 1* .. 8 SO @ 4 « .. 1 81 <0 1 « .. 1 S3 £ 1 38 .. 65 @ « .. 47 ® «i ..IT TO <• .. MX® " . • 00 .8 8# . 5 * .. 5 00 . 7 00 . 6 35 . 1 34 . 1 08 68 .. 43 88 .. 1 04 .. 45 .. 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