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i, I • iiv *» ZZSS&iSSSL ti»wSf«»d!S? >»» •••llJIIOf Ukftrd cftw* a HHMMB la >eb»saa;bHfc.whleh «M ifgpM, that iMXmlMhta thema- HMt Ctl- Mi' SMMttlM A •>•'--» m1|| frOfi tki macfirfXewMexfeoiaresard to as- "MWr by ths cte»a.and * imlutloi btio buhttnga i> Had author- at flfcrlagfield. nuaote. ItaaK t»4 ertwi iddimil . jard to the koMnMi«iMo( ttt lM SifNmMh* Haskell, and a wsoln- ttmot NnMrulii«tatM«M(iafM. Tin Bnwtf KqmmtittTCi passed tlw biUpea- Moiitt (Vmon at liw mdns «»r. UWTIA* * Mr. Bendall fepmtok ' na lie • Secretary ot tk«> Treasury itiitoi MM te rebate oa tioOmrfio be threemoaifcs. Mr. Convcrae^ot Ohio. S2S&&,' that V** •uncmM i I wool Mil before the 'the scheme. kWMadopted that the a>mmlttce n sate MI iawUnUon of ttw ht ID connection with the Jean- •etN'tnat expedition. It wasreeolved that the Oowntttw on Banking sad Currency look Into the staged misconduct of Federal officials in the ooOapseef the Pacific National Bank of Bca- |.Cmi*L*stoN (ft. C.) dispatch says i^Caeh.who shot down two unarmed men ia«he*t*fpof C»erav, has p»tt«ed himself la a barn aaar hie father * amnsion, and keepe a party of negroes constantly oa picket duty. The senior Oaah la aaid to havo threatened to barn the town If hit SOB be shot. The Governor's indignation * at white heat, and the military of Columbia have tendered their ssrvlces. There are ten thouM&d acres ot swamp in the lmneolftta vldnity of the Gfcsh homestead. Hnrasaa la Chafer Coanty, South Carolina, captured • ferocious animal, with the bead of a Ilea and the body of a coat, after It had killed Ire doge. THE decrease of the puMio dabt for February waa SS,i8t,S87. The available ceah balance In the Treasury te$lM,SM,Ml. Pol- lowiag la the official statement: latewat-bearln* debt-- • • gaarand eas-half per cents. J®-*®*"" •Mr nar easts ....,.« i87.sis,sso per «w« ...... 305.800 14.000,000 ...tUSMM.WO Ma tared debt ...%.• X*,a«7^«« Debt bearing ae Interest-- Legal-tender notes. OtrtMeataaof deposit........ Odd and rilwr certificates... VkMtioaii ... IM.t3B.BM ... nMM.m 1 •*»%.» i< */a I - \* *><• #***••• *"--'*-01 i.-IWMs > » . s# k v^sfv « « • &&V' "W»« '•:+* .•* , ' J" ' •av­ ion. UOa were Introduced for the erection of pubUe balldiBsa at ZanesvMe, Ohio, and Fort worth, Texas, to prevent the importation of tamronl and beggar*. and to liquidate the war debt by the brae of tt.aoo.ooo.coo in greenbacks. TB military academy appropriation bill was passed by the Senate on the 4th inst., with •a amendment providing that any cadet here­ after dlnmlwai.nl for haling shall not be reap­ pointed. A 1411 waa tBvoraMy reported to re­ lieve member* of the Fiti John Porter conrt- tnartial from their oath of secrecy, and a aaemottel waa presented from a Grand Army poet or Kansas protesting against Porter's lb. Sherman introduced a to newspapera or press a copyright on their aewa for eight hours. v. Cockrell reported ad­ versely on the Mil to lend tents for the soldiers' reunion at Chlnage. aa none were at hand. A bill was passed to punish the counterfeiting of se­ curities of foreign government*. A resolution was adopted Inatrecting the Attorney General to report the awards for damage* caused by the erection of dams on the Fox and Wisconsin Riv­ ers. With other Information on the subject. In the Hoase of Btereeentativee, bills were report­ ed to amend the Chinese immigration act. to i4nlltfTOt jffB Total without intaraat.. Total debt (principal).. Total interest Total oaah in treasury Debt, leas cash in treasury.. Deereaae daring February. •J MMHIW ... in.SM.ioi .. MMn,ui .. i.«o,soi.m Deereaaeof deUaince June9\ 1C83. 6T.SW.OT4 reinstatement, bill granting Current UabOitiee-- Interest doe and unpaid ...$ 1.675,837 Debt on which interest baa eeaasd.. u.(m.3«s Interest thereon S33.649 Gold and silver certificates 318.581,321 U. S. notes held for ndenptta at certificates of deposit. IS.215,000 Caan balance available...t.i.146,5.1*,281 Total. Available i Cutx m treasury... .1 996,393,481 .1 Bonds issued to Pacific railway com­ panies, interest payable by United States-- Prindnal ontatanding $ 14,633,811 Interest aocrued, not yet oaid....... 648.335 Interest paid by United 8tatea...... 61.160,798 17,ns,069 An act waa pas roetonster Genoa! for PoetoOoes of I wnai lormventuura machine for nadMeeirte provide for a system* nlaeea outaide the territory of Wtate*. and to appropriate W.000 1 VKventthe adulteration of teas, and to perma- awntly Impowa the Bale Caaal for free ttafllo. tnaaaammeeof the whole on the naval appro­ priation bUL It was agreed that the staff oorpe •hall. aft«r July, be largely reduced by retire- aff* A aiu. to extend the limits of the Yellow- flMene Bade paaaed the Senate oa the ffth Inst. The Jadktery Committee made a favorable re- 9ortea the Ullprovidlng for the ooltection ot aaarttageand dfvoroe MaSsUee. A bill wasin- teodnoedfer apubUc bnildlng at Jackson. Micb. " to authorise the to lease buildings , ^ ^ -- the first. seoond, and 1 Mjawaaeftr tea years, at reasonable ratea. ^^^sssssTL^srs'"*01"- from Mew Mexico, aad admitting F. A. arw^wbo was pteinptly awonin. Ai eepMt was aaade oa the resolution tor the relief of HuOerers by the overflow of the Lower Mia- eisstppi aad by the cyclone in North Carolina, but a favorable revert waa handed in on am? lutton requesting tne Secretary of War to inform the Howe whenever relief is needed along the JliaalsslMrt. There was a Drolonged debate en lbs naval appropriation bm. Mu. OOCKKHUL. presented a memorial m Ht Senate, on the 6th inst, lkom the united labor organisations of St. Lends, ptaytag that the wholesale immigration o( European me- ^^ta^h^RS^^gL^AmmMiri^^m the nsased je*aw*ot*iate *mw^ooo^o Col. Al^.t Imwyfy InvenUny a machlne for testing Iron - ' i of courts in the United proreaient of "tile " Mississippi ^delu" 'Tn execnUve aeaslon it waa agreed to re- •onsider the vote on the Mexican treaty. She ilense ot Representatives perfected and Mtued the naval appropriation bill by 389 to l. The Ways and Means Committee, by a vote of „ SP> *• agreed to make a favorable report on the Worrison tariff bill on Mondav, the 10th. Salt. eaaL and lumber go on the free list. not KAAX. " ° WfliLiAM ICYUEKO, a bartender in Bos- Mn, while suffering frotu delirum ireiuens, 1 WW hhnaelf by ripping o|ien his ulwdmen •ai shaving a slice from hia thigh. JOHV W. HAWKINS, of liaflalo, oouti- deatiai secretary:of Nelson Holland, is a de­ faulter for t5o,«W. He also holds the posi- ®on of Unitc<l 8tat«s insp«.>ctor of lumber, am bis accounts with the Oovernment are %e*ieved to be straight. IT is fotmd that the lorn of the aMatner City of Columbus was due to the carelessness of Capt. Wright, who was the •nly authorized pilot on board the ship jab" MK.innis was executed Ht Philadelphia •* iBurtfcriug his mother-in-law. Two MEMBERS of the jnry which ac- q^ihtcd Dukes of the murdev of Capt. Nutt Union town, Pa., have brought proceedings •or criminal libel against a uewgpa|>er, and WUl institute damage suits against its editors. KEV. JOSEPH COOK, while taking a > at Keene, N. H., was aroused by a local abareh. As it was seven minutes too early, JTE. Ceok seized the offender by the coat-collar Md removed him from the door The boiler jj dyeing establishment of 1 awrcnce, Mass., exploded ki ling one man and wounding two others mortally. Three buildings were demolished, and pieces of the boiler crushed la the roofs of dwellings 400 feet away. THK WKST. THE Chicago Tribune*ays; " It is |M'.eved that a motor superior to steam haa at Inst lieen discovered. Any way, capital- ta|a have defiled ftl.000,000 on the strength •Tthlii idea, and the history or the extraor­ dinary a air is published for the )<nt time xbe <oiiiiectii n of the name or Dr. Calushit Aaderstiti, of the Chliago l.'niveraity, with lae new discovery Is i-ultli ifiit lo guarantee th«* public i gainst any ol eap fraud of the fc«*e!y oiiltrr. It is claimed that by the new mveni oil iiower can l« geoeratoJ at ono- SDtiith the cost or Meniii. . AFTEK deliberating for three days Ibe Coroner's jury in the Willsou doulilc-mur- dor ease, m ar Chicago, returned a non-com> 8Htttl verdict. U i« |n effect that Mr. and rs. W IIIHOII eauM. to their death at the bauds of some l er^oti cr persons unknown. lH)t that fnun (Imevideut!*! produced, Uiey ."25"® ' el,,-'V4! tliat sus|iici»ns areeastoii iMcKchchc tin ttJC |K.-i|«etiutoror the deed. MeKcajrtio is ti e >ouug liutcluM- who, uism Ibc iirst discovery or the horrible crime, told • story l« tUc ci!cct that on the evening or UK- inunler. Mr. Willson Is.ught or him an ex- «rn tine steak, remarking at the time that IN- V ^.,w who wo,,w remain will. Wm all ii.gtu. No irmoc. „r ,hlH k|tetI)L|| M SeriouH Kuest litut ever btwn found Martin O. Xaefaevt, tounty Trensurer at Korwalk. I;d ihe Other night, and proves w,l0r 11,8 ,M»><l'ia< n ,mT «f WKk,',"*»« who are for ®4-,0,,KKJ- ^ an Kent was a large wiad- ' agricultural-iiiiplonjw»t (loaler. waaai Wood high £n |iubtic tHticcm. CmzK*M of Wichita and Sodgwiok •bainty, Kansas, have sent to the Ohio Iteod ^iilllerers forty car-loads of corn Ix-skhts a farpo aaottht of money. . .Tim cigur tuaiiu- ffaeturers of San I- runciseo have loeked out ^UW Chinamen, and propose to eninlov 2 'MO F Wblte men from Xew York. -v THK SOUTH- • - •bring*. Ark., has banished from that city Jloscs C. Harria, editor of the IMiily Hun*. gbne. Honour in CbeRterfield Conuty,South : ^fbroUaa, dares to arrest W. II. Cash for the Of Marshal Hichards. A posae of rti- . _ have screed to await the lateraatkNial laane pf tba Lasker atair befwt is |bs wi*Ht* at aons.... Another siikUt, due to gambllBc tem'ail oeenrred at MNaataOute^saibai <ay.laiildaMr the nineteenth sinee the 1st of Jaauiy.,.. la lbs Mouse of Oomaxma, Clsdstotie aatd the Government had no iutsnttoa of ^ lavooalrol of Knrpt, aad that tba would be wltMrawn at the earliest possible--The oommlttee in tba Chamber of Deputies will report In favor of the proposal to settle the pork question by the appointment of aboard for tba inspec­ tion of pork imported into France... .One thousand rebels marching from El Obeid upon Khartoum were defeated by tribes friendly to Qen. Gordon. AdesMoabsM juat beea rcbdlnd bylbeSa- _tsaMC«ottqf the United States la the long- (eadingleiBBl-teMer ease of Angaatns D. Juinard It tSUtea^lasnsd iatinw< of the Interest repaid by companies-- By traneportation service. By cash payments, 8 per ocot. Met earnings. Balanoe at Interaat paid by United Statee 4X8*9,790 POLITICAL. THE Illinois Democratic Committee met at ^eoria an I decided tbat the State Con­ vention to nominate candidates for State off!, cers and choose delegates to the National Convention at Chicago, should be held at Chi­ cago on the 2d of July. The basis of repre­ sentation will give 1,200 delegates. A strong sentiment was manifested in favor of nom­ inating Mayor Carter H. Harrison, of Chica­ go, for Governor--The Republican State Central Committee of lowa has published a call for a State Convention, to be held in. lies Mo ne.s on Wednesday, April 30, to elect four delegates for the State at large to at­ tend the Republican National Convention. A BILL has passed the Rhode Island House forbidding the location of dram-shops within 400 feet of scboolhouses... .The rail­ road supervising bill has passed both bouses of the Mississippi Legislature. It provides for the appointment of three Commissioners by the Governor The Governor of Cali­ fornia has issued a proclamation calling an extra session of the Legislature for the 24th inst The Republican State Committee of Wisconsin calls a convention April 30, at Madison, to elect delegates to the National Convention, nominate an electoral ticket, and select a State Committee. The regular State Convention will be held in September. THE following nominations for State offices were made by the Louisiana Republi­ can Convention, at Mew Orleans: Governor, John A. Stevenson, of Iberville; Lieutenant Governor, William Burwell; Secretary of State, F. w. Llgglns; Attorney General, John H. Stone; Auditor, Claudius Mayon: Treasurer, Dr. A. Duperrler: Superintendent of Education, II. F. Flandera, formerly sub-treastrer: A resolution was offered in the conven­ tion instructing the delegates to the Chicago convention and greeted with applause. It was referred to the committee on resolu­ tions, which reported in favor of Arthur. The sentiment of the convention, however, was so favorable to Logan tbat the matter wns not nreased and the defecates go unln- structed. THE WEEK'S FIRE RECORD. THE week's fire record, where a loss of f10,000 and upward was entailed, is as fol­ lows: Baker's wagon manufactory, Mloh- awaka, Ind.. loss, !2'),000; several stores at Chesterfield, I'l, $50,000; llayden's brass works, l-oraln, Ohio, &l5,(Kh); a block of build­ ings at Amcsbury, Mass., £40,000; the opera house and litizuiril office. Oil City, Pa.. $50,- 000; a number or stores at Latireuburg, N. C„ $40 ,000; a grain warehouse at La Grange, Mo., $-0,U00; the United States Stamping Works, Portland. Ct., $500,000; the City Na­ tional llank, the Utwerwr office, and eight ether fine buildings, in Utica, N. Y., $800,000; an engine manufactory, at Painted Post, N. Y-, $40,000; the Court House and records at Weatherford, Texas, $50,000; the' Aoademy, at New Paltx, N. Y., $20,000; six fine build­ ings, at Caiusteo. N. Y-. $100,000; a drug warehouse, at Fond du Lac, Wis.. $10,000; a flouring mHl. at Pent water, Mich., $25,000; a steamboat, at Ha^trop, La.. $>'0,000; a hotel, at Denton, Texas, $20,000: five business houses, at Seneca, Mo., $10,000; a flouring ' * " wv»i jxiiji, ,'it 1'rcciKjri, III..$30,000; business nron- dtorgymau to attend a prayer-meeting at his erty, at Waucedah, Mich., $10,000; the dye^ house of a bleaching mill, at Fotncrville, Mass.. $20,WO; a private school-house, at Fottstown, Pa., $30,030; several stores at Hannibal, Mo., $20.000< a grist-mill, at Horl- con. Wis.. $l'i,000; a wire factory, at Water- ville. Me., $26,000; the Kimball House, An- kona, Minn., $15,000; a yarn factory, near Providence, R. I., $20,000; Pard- ridge's- dry goods store, Detroit, $10,000; half the business portion of Odessa, Mo., $80,- 000; an oil-cloth factory at Philadelphia, $100,000; a New York Central freight bouse at Rhinebeck. N. Y., $40.000. Ducbg the month of February there were 181 flres where the loss was $10,000 and over, the total los-es aggregating $".000,000. The total losses from fires in January were $12,000,000, making $19,030,000 for the Crsttwo months of the year. GENERAL. RECENT deaths: Gen. Schramm, a French hero or the Napoleonic era: Gen. De Wimpffen, upon whom fell the duty of sur­ rendering the French army at fodan; Lucius J. Know leu, one or the wealthiest citizens of Worcester. Mass.. well known as an inventor; R. U. Hubbard, ex-Governor of Connecticut; Edward Smith, of Boston, an early Abolition­ ist and associate of William Lloyd Garrison; Mrs. Mary llrown, of j?an Fraucisco, Cal. widow of Oiawatoinie Brown: Dr. D F Roliertson, or Port Jervis, N. Y.. inventor of tin; flying machine; Alvin BigelOw, leading merchant of Boston; J. B. Winstanley, a leading «;ltl*ei» or New Albany. Ind.; John Itapp. a pioneor or Henry County, 111.; Col Joxwph Cuahlng. or Dover. N. H., one of the oldest circus managers intho country. Tiik liahilitiftH of the Montreal Loan Mud Mortgage Company are $2,500,000. At n meeting of the shareholders it was admitted that half Ihc capital had been sunk by the *lw"iM»liiig manager, George W. Craig. 'A'1! reference to ox-Post master Gen Sia* James' Ml aliments before the Springer MMNnilltee, conveying the lir.p esslon tbat the •tar route proseoutions led to Garfield's •Inatloii, t harlea H. Reed, Guiteau's counsel, asserts that lu private conversation, the last one taking place the day before his exeou- J1""' Ouit®au solemnly averred that no one but God and liiuiK-lt know of his purpose .to tnuider the i'n-sid.nt... The OntarieLegi* lature has decided that women shall be ad ni it1 as students In the Toronto Ptovincial University, and the lair sex are now petition vote * iyoml government for the right to muEioa, BOCKIMGHAM PALACE, the London residence of Queen Victoria, is believed to be the object of attention of dynamiter*, and axtraordlnarjr precaution! tn bf^| tfllfcfflU V ininoHAi HSWBS •' INSX Senate passed AN importaiii DQI touehiog the prooeedlngs of the SuprenM Court. A majority of the Justices are con­ stituted a quorum. A Justice will bo pro­ hibited from sitting in a case which be has. beard below while on circuit.....Rx-tienfttor Spenoer redted to the Springer Oommlttee his connection with the prosecutions of the mail contractor* and Assistant Postmaster Gen­ eral Brady. Spencer claims f» have been the man who started the ball rolling, yet he denies that he knows or ever knew anything: likely to damage the pleas of any of the. de­ fendants. Where statements whloh he has made are nailed home and clinched by the testimony of men of recognized probity, Spencer falls back on the declaration that if ho made the allegations thus fixed on him he must have been drunk The German Minis­ ter at Washington has received from Berlin the Congressional resolution on the death of Herr Lasker, with an expression of regret by Prince Blsmark that be felt ooinpolled to re­ turn It. THE Maine Democratic State Conven­ tion has. been called to meet at Bangor on the 17th of June Hon. H. Stone, nomi­ nated for Attorney General by the Louisiana Republicans, declines on the ground tbat be is a Democrat Ten towns in Ulster Coun­ ty, New York, voted "no license." Ellenvllle. women threatened to boycott merchants who supported the whisky interest. A SUB-COMMITTEE of the Senate Com­ mittee on Postofflces and Post-Roads ex­ amined William Henry Smith, General Man­ ager of the Associated Press, in regard to the relation of the association with the Western Union Telegraph Company. Mr. Smith ex­ plained tbat the Associated Press is a private business, enjoying no exclusive contracts; tbat its news is personal property; tbat its wealthiest members take upon themselves the largest payments for expenses; and that at some points it pays the telegraph company mora than is asked from the papers receiving the reports. THE Chicago Tribune prints the facte concerniife the outbreak of the foot, and-mouth disease at Neosho Falls, Kas. A district circular in shape of a d araeter of fifty miles, with its center somewhere in Greenwood and other counties, in Southeast­ ern Kansas, is affected. Gov. Glick, a prom­ inent stock-raiser, is giving exclusive of­ ficial attention to the matter, and believes that the disease can be stamped out with the expenditure of $5,000. The locality is already closely quarantined. This is the first out­ break of this cattle-pest in America. The disease generally leaves the animal without feet. Ik the German Reichstag, the other day, the death of Lasker was announced, the matter being a formal proceeding. Upon this the parties of the Left precipated the debate,' which was fairly uproarious,but on the whole well repressed by the creatures of Bismarck, who rule the House. The dogma of the Presi­ dent of theKeichftag andBottloher, Bismarck's First Assistant Despot, was that Bismarck must not be criticised. The mention of the American Congress once or twloe created tumults which blocked all proceedings for several minutes each time Parnell and his followers intend to work up excitement in Ireland for the amendment of the land act, and to open subscriptions toward a special agitation fund The Italian Am­ bassador has been instructed to confer with the powers in regard to the proposed Euro­ pean demand upon the United States Govern­ ment to legislate against dynamiters In a residence in a suburb of Vienna, opposite the mansion of Baron Hothaohild, was found a quaniity of dynamite and nltro-glyoerine. . . . .iiniipii Biiijnjn iu;i:e uii:ca':cii i"cg!nter their vsssels under a foreign tlag if the pro­ posed shipping bill becomes a law. EL PASO (Tex.)telegram: "News has reached here of an accident at tho Prieteas mines, Sonora. It is sakl that twenty men lie buried in one of the shafts, wbirti caved in without a moment's warning. None of the bodies have yet been recovered. There is no hope sust tlned that any of the miners at work in the shaft at the time of tho accident are alive." BILLS were passed by the Senate on the 7th lost., appropriating $350,000 tor the erection of s fire-proof building for the Hall of Records constituting a majority of the Judges of the Supreme Court a quorum, and to repay $700 to the heirs of Maurice Givot, of New Orleans. A favorable report was miade on the bill to forfeit lands granted to the Texas Pacific Railroad Company. The H ouse of Representatives voted to reoom- mit the bill to retire Alfred Pleapanton with the rank ot Colonel, and a new measure was intro- dnofld to give him a pension ot $100 per month. A bill to pension the widow of Gen. Frank P. Blair was reported. Bills were passed to in­ crease the pension of Ward B. Burnett to Sioo per month, aad to grant relief to Louisa lioddy tor injuries at the hands of Modoc Indians. An evening session waa held for the conaldnration of pennon bilk. sot of Cpngnaa declaring them to be legal ten­ der Inpayment of private debts, and afterward topaacarartasmadgadpaidforlnsoldcotoat the Tmsanry, and then reissued under the act of 1878, san, under the Coaatttatioa ot the United Ion that ths pneeatoaseeennot bo distinguished in principle from ths cases heretofore decided aaarapartsd nnder the naaaaof "legal-tender e/sad sll tbe Jastioee swept JosUse to the views expressed la thedls- ...done 2n those esses, ate of the opinion tfist they were rightly decided. Tbe (MM hoMs, Iterators, that Congreaa ' had power to iatsae obligations of tbe United States in aoeh form, and to lmpresa upon them sack qaafctiesas enmaoy tor the parshsseof mer- •sri2ii&#*Si££Xi The power (as incident to the power of bor- money and issuing bills and THB MAREH. SEW YORK. ..$ A00 (9 1.14 @17.78 .0«M 4.0S 8. .M & : 1.01 <# 1. M <3 . Hoos.. FLOCB--Superfine. Wheat--No. 3 Chicago _ No. 2 Hed. COSH--NO. A OATS--Mixed POKK--Mess.. LAKD ^ CHICAGO. Barms--Choice to Prime Steers. 6.75 0 7.50 Fair to Good. Afo & A 35 Common to Medium.... S.25 & B.75 HOOFT, (4 7 60 Fiona--Fancy White Winter Ex 6.50 0 doo Good to Choice Spring ASS f" 5.25 WmuT--No. s Spring 91 a .»s _ „ No. 3 Kied wlnter. COBK--No, a OATS--No. a Rn--No. I BAMJCT--No. a BUTTER--Choice Creamery. Boon--fresh PORK --Mesa ltiso «»17.7S tn MiLWXukifc WHXAT-NO. * .11 & .93 COBN-NO. a m & 53 OATH--Ho. a ji d .33 RYE--No.? J7 % .58 JUIILET--No. A W © .60 POBK--Meaa 17.50 AOS 9 9.73 ST. LOUIE WHEAT--NO. a Bed LOO & 1.11 4X15 CINciNN ATL " ® *##>4 .88 & & ... « .03 ,64 .34 .60 .(*- .84 .34 WHEAT--Ma 9 Bed COBM... OATS Rn POBK--Mess l.t«n '" '̂TOLEBBV"" WnAT-Ka 3 Bed COM--Ha 9 OATS--Ha 9 ̂ DETROIT. FIOCB WHEAT--No 1 White. OOBK-Ha 3... OATS--Mixed POBK--Mess O INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--Na a Red Coaw--No. a ** * OATS--Mixed.. * . "AST LIBERTY ClTTlJh-- 1.68 .49 M M 17A0 1.0a .(8 M G 1.06 % 3 €1 .67 01S.a5 0 .09* • LOO • .H 0 .81 6.00 1.S3 .83 >s ««.I0 f 1.08 i .88 .88 <» .89 18.00 #18.10 LOS M 1.01 .48 • .48 J4 i .H 138 |T.S ABO 0S.38 tn i A78 7.38 A 7.78 U0 rowing 01 * notes Goverment for money borrowed) ot Impressing upon those bills or notes the quality ot besag legal tender for the payment ot private debta was a power universally under­ stood to belong to sovereignty in Europe and America at tba time of the framing and the adoption of tfte Constitution of the United Statea. Thlsjiower of making notes of the United States^efcal tender in payment of private debts, being Included in tbe power to borrow mosey and to provide a national currency, is not defeated or restricted by the fact tbat its exercise may affect the value of private con­ tracts. If, won a Just and fair interpretation of the whole Constitution, a particular power or authority anpears to be vested In Congress, it Is no constitutional objection to the existence or to its exercise that the property or contracts ot individuate may be incidentally affected. "Congress," the court saya In conclusion, "aa the Legialators of a sovereign nation,-being ex­ pressly empowered by the Constitution to lay and collect taxes, to pay debts, and to provide lor the common defense sad general welfare of the United States, and to borrow money on ths credit ot tho United States, and to coin money and regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and being clearly authorised, as Incidental to the exercise of these great powers, to issue billa of credit, to charter national banks and to pro­ vide a (national currency for the whole people in the form ot ooin. Treasury notes, and national bank bills, and the power to make the notea of the Government a legal tender In payment of private debta being one of the powers belonging to the sovereigns in other clvilixed nations, and not expressly wtthheld from Congress by theCon- stitutkm, we are irresistibly Impelled to the conclusion tbat the impressing upon the Treas­ ury notes of the United States the quality of being a legal tender in payment of private debts is an appropriate means, oondudve and plainly adapted to the execution of undoubted powers of Congress, and consistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, and there­ fore, within the meaning of that Instrument, necessary and proper for the carrying into exe­ cution of the powers vested by this Constitu­ tion In ths Government of tbe United States. Such being our conclusion in the matter of tbe law question, whether at any particular time in war or peace the exigency is such, by resson of unusual and pressing demands on the re-? sources of tbe Government, or ot the inade­ quacy of ths supply of gold and silver coin to furnish ths currency needed for uses of the Government and of the people, that it is, as a matter of feet, wise and expedient to resort to this means, la a political question to be deter­ mined by Congress when tbe question of ex-', igency ahall arise, and not a judicial question to! be afterward passed upon by tbe courts. It,; follows that toe act of May 31, 1878, Is constitu­ tional and valid, and that the Circuit Court rightly held that the tender in Treasury notes reissued aad kept in circulation under that act wis a tender of lawful money in payment of defendant1)) debt to the plaintiff." The lodg­ ment of the Circuit Court is affirmed. THBAM-PEB-CENT. LAND CASES. A decision was also rendered by the court in what anpwsrally known as the 6-per-oent land osaaMpWTlie State ollowa and State of Illinois agalnSt Noah C. McFarland, Commis­ sioner of the General Land Office. These were petitions for writs of,mandamus to compel the Commissioner ot the General Land Office to make a statement of the acoount between tbe United States and States of Iowa and Illinois for the purpose of obtaining what sums are due said States under the acts providing for their admis­ sion to the Union, which authorized the payment to them of 6-per cent, of the net proceeds of the pubHo lands lying within their limits which should be sold by Congress. The question presented by the oases is whether or not public lands located by the military bounty land-warrants come within the scope of the acts above mentioned-- that la, whether such lands are "lands sold by Congress." Tbe court holds that "Under the of Mwh s i«45, rehitins to «<imiesion of the State of Iowa into the Union, or the act of April 18,1818, for the admission of the State of Illinois into tbe Union, by which 6 per cent, of tbe net proceeds of lands lying within the State" aad afterward "sold by Congress," is reserved and appropriated for the benefit of the State, the State is not entitled to a per­ centage on the value of lands disposed of by Congreaa In satisfaction of military land-war- rants. . The writs of mandamus prayed for are there­ fore refused and the" petitions dismissed. TBE KU-KLUX CASES. ' A decision was also rendered in what are known as theKu-Klux cases, which stand on the original docket under the title, "Ex parte, in tho matter of Jasper Yarborough and others. They are petitions for wyits of habeas corpus to release « number of persops now imprisoned under Judg­ ment ot the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia, rendered after the trial and conviction of the prisoners for the of­ fense of threatening, beating, and otherwise in­ timidating colored voters at an election in Geor­ gia for members of Congress. The principal question presented relates to the constitution­ 's Utv of tbe law under which the prisoners are held. Juatloe Miller, speaking for the court, after deciding that the offense set forth in the .indictment is fully covered by Sees, csos and 6520. Revised Statutes, says : "1 hut a government whose essential character is republican, whose executive h«ad and legis­ lative body are both elective, whose most nu­ merous and powerful branch--the legislature- la elected by the people dlrcctly, haa no power and no appropriate lawa to secure this election from the influence of vlolenee, corruption, aad fraud la a proposition so startling, as to arrest attention aad de­ mand the gravest consideration. It this Gov­ ernment Is anything more than a men aggre- Stion ot delegated agents of other States and •vernments, each of which Is superior to the General Government, it must have power to protect an election, on which Its existence de­ pends, from violence and corruption. If it has not this power, it is leit helpless before two great natural and historical enemies of all re­ publics--open violence aad insiolous corrup­ tion." Be avks. if it be not doubted that Congress is powers to provide laws for the proper con­ duct of elections for Representatives in Con­ greaa, Are suou powers annulled because an election for State officers is held at the same time and place? and replies: "These questions answer themselves, and it is only because the Congress of tue United States, through long habit aad long years ot forbear­ ance, has, in deference and respect to the States, retrained from tbe exercise of these powers, that they are now doubted." Tneruleto show cause In this case Is dis­ charged aad the habeas corpus denied. (Waablnftea Tdegram.] 4be fsflowtng' aeoouat of tfee'TCuiiMhn County (Va.) tragedy has been obtained: Sunday last John Glasoock, a well-known and Influential farmer of Fauqutar County, Virginia, Hriof near Delaplaae Btattoa, oa tbe Virginia Xtdlkad Railroad, murdered his entire family, consisting of a wife and three children, aad then eosasMttsd sutoMkh -Stba- first Intimation the neighbors had of any­ thing wrong at tbe Slascook bouse was the appearance ot tmasp aad sssobe through tbe windows Sunday ssoeniag* *4. number of people ran to tbe house for the paipoae of rendering ssaiatanoe, but found, to their sur­ prise,' the doors and windows seourely bolted aad barred oa the Inside, and the building, to all appearances, deserted. As the were making rapid progress, It was sary to effect entrance In some way, first cotdfrs soon succeeded In battering down oas of the doora and eventually in putting the fire out. THE HORKIBLB XMSCOVBHY. Ho living person wan found in tbe bouse, but on a bed In the family bedroom, over which 'coal oil had been poured and then ig­ nited, were found the dead bodies of Mrs. Glasoook and her infant son, the latter great­ ly disfigured by the flames. Both bad been phot through the head with a revolver, and tbe murderer, as if to make sure work of Mrs. Glasoock, had Qbot her a seoond and third time through the body. On tbefloor near the burning bed lay the dead bodies of the two other children. Rodney and Emily, both shot through the head, and tbe for­ mer also shot through tbe body. In a piece of woods overlooking the farm-house was found the dead body of John Glascook, the huebaad and father, who, after murdering tho whale family and setting fire to his house, bad gone to this pieoe of woods and committed suicide by shooting himself with the same revolver used in killing his wife and children. GLASCOCK'S METHOD. It now appears that Glascock, while labor* ing under some hallucination or fit of tem­ porary insanity, drove away the servant early Sunday morning, murdered his family, poured coal oil over the bed and set fire to it, fastened up tbe house, and then went to the cabin of a neighbor and pretended to be in need of a servant to cook breakfast for himBelt' and family. He then returned, as his tracks in the snow indicate, to the vicini­ ty of his own house, and, finding the tragedy had not yet been discovored, proceeded to the edge of a pice ? of woods overlooking the farm, where he seems to have watched his burning house until it was entered and the fire extinguished by neighbors. He then re­ tired a few paces farther Into the woods and shot himself through the heart. BIOGRAPHICAL, The murderer and suicidewas the son of wealthy parents, and had very large and in­ fluential family connection. He was a son of Thomas Glasoook, who lives beyond Fau­ quier County, in Loudoun, but owns more land in Fauquier and pays more taxes in this county than any other one man. The young wife, Marie Glascock, was the daughter of Herod Frazier, formerly of Loudoun County, Virginia, and now a citizen of Missouri. Tbe father, mother, and three children were buried side by side in the cemetery near Middleburg, Va. Glascock was given to drink, and it is believed was crazed by liquor. =m A HOT HEREAFTER! ! Blasphemous Threats ef a Cnuk to it Arthur and ttt|)p eat Congress. •;;]; ^ j [Washington Dispatoh.j Tho following circular has been received by every member of Congress and bp the President: FIFTH AVENUE HOVEL, NHW YOKK CXTT, I Feb. 96, 1881. 1 To the President' of the United States, Senators, and Members of the House of Representatives, Washington: I am directed by the Holy Spirit Mind of Nat­ ure Who Dwells in my Bosom, urging Me, as His Instrument of Clay, to publish that no As­ semblies of Clay Beings will hereafter be Per­ mitted to enact laws Infringing the Divine Pre­ rogative. I am Directed to Publish that the Long Struggle between the Two Eternal Minds of Nature the Holy Savior, and tbe Devil-God of Moses, has been won by tbe Savior, the Holy Mind of Nature, who has Regained His former Almighty Power and Authority. I am Directed to Publish that Enacting Laws by Nations was Permitted by the Holy Spirit-- an Eternal Electric Fluid, the Life of Mind «nd Matter, pending tbe issue only of the "War in I am Directed to Publish that tbe King of Heaven Challenges the President of tbe United Htates, Senators, ana Members ox the House ui Representatives to fight. I am, lastly. Directed to Publish that the President of the United Statee, Senators, and members of the House of Representatives will,if they persist in Enacting Laws, hereafter be Car­ ried Alive in a Cyclone of Fire to a Hell of In­ finite Woe and be Fought by tbe King of the Boundless Universe through All Eternity. Behold: The Judgment Day, foretold in the Book of Revelation, published Throughout the United States. JAMES A. BUCK. Springer's Boose Committee oa Expenditures of tho Departaeeot of Justice, ex-Postmaster General 'nam and ex- Attorney General Wayne MaoVeagh have been rehearsing their brief experiences as Oabiaet odoets, and telling what they know about the star-route . frauds and star-route tileM ewTtiRSelilStiwtt the pithM thq As TeMby Mr. Jaaaas. ***P*otmaeter General prodaosd a printed statsment ef star mats Investigation £? ^ brought to hia Wtlcsbr 9. MM. the Pre^deat eS^&mgi»^#SSSi tfsHsass! the New York Sun, sugg£^U» aSeK*!*. 61 waa aooepteo ansi Here wttaess entered into a lengthy narrative w<*?®«>acnaild^Sod- ward, all of watoh are ftmlHir to the country. PMsldsnt thought criminal suits should be be- 52S: .th? Attorney General warned thePtesl- hfSf J«5Lfl^5^5^*utt5i,n,|rht 8trikctten in ESSh?11!?!*1 J£*£lontu« the political tide totibs Democrats. Wimeas saMDorseycalled on him to denounce Gen. Brady, and demanded his removal. Witness recommended Brady** removal to the President, who task the matter under advisement. After concluding 4|||tei teas ta the mhult.: rn, whlchthqAna 1H1I111 has baeuNMwLUpsnthe that Brady's resignation wooldtotbe dSK President reconsidered, consented to It, ana the! WHIPPED TO DEATH. A South Carolina Negro's Inhuman Cr|me. [Greenville (8. C.) Dispetch.1 Thursday night John Barnes, a negro at Townville, ten miles from Seneca, whipped his nephew, John Croft, so that be died before morning. When the faot had been discovered and people arrived at tbe spct a m< s' terrible sight met their gnze. There, tied to a post, with a rope coiled around his knees, waist, and laeek, was a boy whose drooped bead indicat­ ed tbat be was dying. As a woman went to his aid she felt bis heart beat, and calling others to te quick and unloose him so aid might be rendered, he lell Into her arms dead. The body shows cuted of over an inch In depth, strips of flesh hanging out like rib­ bons. Tbe boy was but 1 years old. He was the son of Barnes* dead Bister. He beat the boy to death with a bundle of hickory switches and hastily left. He has been ar­ rested and is In jail at Anderson. CHIPS. • CHABtrr ball at Minneapolis was attended by only twenty-flvo couples. AK Ohio physician is preparing a aaedical lexicon in forty-two languages. THE proposed reform bill in England will enfranchise about two million men. QEKSRAL OftArr tzz reoevered from his Ql* IOWA MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. THK municipal election in Des Moines re- sulted'in the election of P. V. Carey, Repub­ lican, to the Mayoralty, while the rest of the Republican ticket will average about 1,000 majority. The ..Council remains Republican. In Ottumwa the Democrats elected the Mayor, Solicitor, Assessor, and one Alderman, being the first Democratic Mayor elected in Ottumwa lor over eight years. Eldon, in the same county, elect­ ed the whole Democratic ticket. Tbe Sesult of the municipal elections in ther Iowa cities and towns is summarized in tho following: At Atlantic, John H. Scott, 'Republican, elected Mayor. At Muscatine, R. L. Wallace, Demoeiat, elected Mayor. At Iudianola, Ed Hall elected Mayor by 00 malority. At Pella, tbe entire Democratic ticket elected. At Burlington, Adams olect- <td Mayor by a majority of 480. The Repub­ licans made an almost clean sweep at. Cedar Haplds, C. W. Eaton being elected Mayor. At Wiota, Joseph Turner elected Mayor. At Boone, J. 'K. Whlttaker chosen Mayor. At Ottumwa. the Democrats combined with the Greenbackers and Knights of Labor and elected the whole general city ticket by majorities ranging from 13 to 120. The new Council will stand six Republicans and two Democrats. At Fort Dodge the Repub­ licans elactcd £ Mea*ervey, Mayor, and earry three or four wards on Councilmen. At Wlntersct tho entire Republican tioket was elected* with A. L. Tullis as Ktayor. At Brooklyn O. F. Dorrante was elected Mayor. At Kellogg tbe result is a victory for the anti- license party; tbe majority lor Mayor was 37. At Fairfield a Republican Mayor was e'euted by a majority of 180, in 623 votes. Ex-Sena­ tor Boiling was elected. At Adel Farr was elected Mayor on the Citizens' tioket by two majority. At Marshalltown, Mayor Bahbee was rt»elected by M majority in a poll or 1,511, over the temperance candidate. At Mt. Ayr, the temperance ticket was all elected except a tie on Mayor. At Clinton, Dr. Reynolds was elected Mayor over Smith by 1,000 ma­ jority. At Colfax F. W. Carr was elected Mayor. At Oskaloosa, Perdu for Mayor, B{iyer for Treasurer. At Council Bluffs Vaughan was elected Mayor by TOO majority. At Sioux City Swartz was elected Mayor by S00 majority. At Aigona Smith was elected Mayor unanimously. BRIEFS. FUAHK GBBOOBT, of Great Bend., Kaia., sold his wife for $75. THEODORE TRACKER, of Baltimore, killed himself because his wife would not support him. WILLIAM H. VARDXRBILT says that about 80,000 people have already visited his Mt gal. let y. Ma. AND MAS. ISAAC BANNI^TBR, of Mid­ dle town, N. Y., celebrated their pearl wedding, sixty years, the other day. In tbe Vatloan Library at Rome there are seventeen royal lave letters, written by Henry VIII. to the cruelly wronged Anne Boleyn. WILUB GRBV, of Montreal, IS years old, forged his father's name for $300, raised the money, and with two boys of bis own age and forty-one dime novels started to Investigate the city of New York. THK Salvation Army is meeting with grwl VMV a. TVOIWUV IVWWIUEIOU, VUUBCX1C6CK tO It, Uia witness asked for it. Brady immediately handed it in. Then Dorsey began to hedge. He cringed and crawled, and his brazen eftrontery disap­ peared in his pleas for clemency. The story of Rerdell's confession was re­ hearsed, and was directed especially at the al­ leged "deplorable character," Dorsey. Witness related that upon visit ng the President with William A. Cook he loand Dorsey and Attor­ ney IngersoU in conversation. Cook warned the President that "something awful" was about to happen. Jamea aafcl that togas, Gibson, Wowiw^d and others fetslnsd in tho case did not fix their own sahuMb. "MgUt here I want to *y." oonttnuedjbe witneaa. "that What I say ot the other Poptoffloe ofliclala intrudes Slbson. The statements tbe witness closed with the as- sertion that "hail tbe PraaMeat not taken tbe step he did against the stiuMontcrs he wouldn't have fallen by the assassin's bullet." ^ "^h?ldo jrtm sUt®that the assassination of Garfield was the trait of the star route prcseaa- tlons r inquired Mr. Stewart. 21 do not state tbat," replied witness. "That's the Inference drawn from your asser­ tion. I think you need to explain your situa­ tion. Witness said lie wouldn't make that assertion because he didn't know it. From the character of the newspaper clippings found upon the per­ son of the assassin at the time the deed was committed it was plain that his head was turned by press accounts of the star route prosscutions. Mr. MacVeagh's Story. Ex-Attorney General MaoVeagh-, testified that after President Garfield was shot he con­ sidered it undesirable to complicate the star- route cases, and he de ired to do nothing to complicate the President who would succeed Garfield. He wished his successor to go in as little embarrassed as possible. "1 had," said Mr. MacVeagh," several conferences with Presi­ dent Arthur as to the general Subject of the prosecution ot the star-ronte risen, and he ex­ pressed a desire that I remain and oontinue re­ sponsible for tbe prosecution, first as Attornev General and subsequently as leading counsel for the Government, but I felt I could not do sa" Explaining the talk he had With President Garfield in the political effect of the prosecution of the star-routers, Mr. MacVeagh stated that he warned tbe President that it would strike some of his high political friendp, men promi­ nent in his election, Who held letters from the President which he wouldn't desire to have made public. Witness explained the great gravity of the step proposed, as there was at the time a division in the Republican party, and he thought tbe prosecution might nacard Its future. Among those high in politi­ cal position referred to were Dorsey, Brady, and Kellogg. Witness told Dorsey's attorneys that papers had been found in tbe department which needed explanation. He also told Dorsey that there must be an investigation by the Grand Jury, as he could not be Injured if innocent. He said the matter caused Garfield great dis­ tress, but he consented. He was made aware ot sll the steps taken In the investigation, the is­ suance ot warrants proposed, etc. He stated that it was not Garfield's desire that the matter U. settled b? jadlctel investigation. Witness dwelt upon the efforts of Dorsey to have him turned out of the Cabinet, and the use ot Rerdell's affidavit was referred to. The grounds upon which Dorsey demanded the re­ moval ot witness were that he was generally a bad man. Witness entered into an acoount of the circumstanoes of his leaving the Cabinet He said it was attributable to President Arthur's sympathy with the star-routers. Witness cited the Intimate relations ot Arthur with Hugh Hastings, George C. Gotham, and other friend* of star-routers. They supported Arthur before the aasasainstion, ana were cordially received afterward. He thought tbe gentlemen had great influence with Arthur. Witness didn't desire to remain In ths Cabinet. He suggested to the President that he had better have another Attor­ ney General, as the citisens of the District oi Columbia believed if he remained it was merely to administer to a dead man's estate. Mr. MaoVeagh testified thst he? did what he could to oust District Attorney Corkhill, but President Arthur wss set la his desire to have Corkhill prosecute Gulteau. The ex-Attorney General's testimony next turned upon tbe subject of salaries paid to tbe Government's attorneys iu the star-route prose­ cutions. The testimony on this subject tended to throw the responsibility upon Attorney General Brew­ ster. In fact, he explicitly stated that Mr. Brewster first recommended the payment oi 1100 a day to the attorneys The only account witness passed upon really was 12,500 to Attorneys Bliss and Brewster prior to the ap­ pointment of the latter as Attorney General. He recommended, however, tbat these two gen- men should be paid 86,000 and $5,000, respective­ ly, for services from the middle of December tc the 1st of January. Mr. Bliss first suggested $100 a diy, and it wat insisted upon by Mr. Brewster, who wiote sev­ eral letters upon the subject of salary, and In­ sisted upon tbs settlement of his bill before be entered upon the dunes ot Attorney General, at he did not want to pass upas his own bill. Wss not the saury of $100 per day unreason­ able?" inquired Mr. Stewart, of the committee. "Not for a short time/ replied the witness "It might be uareasonabte tf it should run a yeai or two years. For ISO days It would not be an exeeaalve salary. laddeih of the Cjclone. I* Heard County, Alabama, logs were whirled into tbe air and broken before they reached ground'. AT I^eds, Ala., the tornado deposited near the railroad a.wool-working maching which no one a bout-tbe re had ever seen before. THREE horses bolcnging to Dr. Thomas Wright, near Birmingham, Ala., were lifted into the air, and have not been eeen nor heard from since. A HOUSE near Birmingham, Ala., In which two negroes were lying sick, was picked up by tbe wind and landed fifty yards away. Neither of the men was Injured. A BAI.B of cotton was blown half a mile away from Goshen, Ala. A church was de­ stroyed and a large portion of It was found on the top of the mountain three-quarters of a mile away. NBAR Midway. S. C., Martin Mingo, a colored preacher, was lilted from his bed by tbe wind and deposited in a vslley five hun­ dred yards away, with but slight bruiaea. His home n m blown to pieces. CLIFFORD A. LOCKS, of Jasper, Ga., throw, himself into a clump of undergrowth to escape the tornado, and was so severely thrashed about aad pelted with halftones that his clothes were torn to ribbons. UPON a bill in the centre of the village of Goshen, Ala., stood a new and well-built, shoolhouse. Although not a stick of the building could be found after the storm, exoepting the flooring, not one ot tbe twenty- six inmates was fatally injured. As AK evidence of tbe recent remarksble growth of Texas, It is stated tbat the State has now sixty-four organized counties in which no vote was polled at the last Pres­ idential election. THE Southern Bkmms argues tbat bulldoee weredrowned by floods. tbe e to the pceprlattoa as ahftD bs 1 Ifirtbiittve Vaaeton, t The report neakes a VOIUBM ef alxtr«ev«b -reet objects ef the law and civil servioe- rules, as uaderatocd by tbe i. That official aathority and influence mart or otherwise, fcrate paqrtHrat pejria* theex- pnsesef parties ccr candidates, mast name to 1 for executive 1 adequate teMs of ditfcms foreatsiiag < *, Tba ttne responrtblit lbs Legislative and Executive ] der the Constitution must be served. w Upon the subject -of political the report says there have bean «everal~vle> lations of the law, but only trifling sflms se­ cured, and the Illegal practice ceased upon public attention being called to it. The amount collected from Federal officers sinee the act went into effect is not more than one- half or one-fourth as much as formerly. The- evils of the spoils system are set tbrtb at great length, and the benefits derived from competitive examinations fully described^ The difficulty attending tbe clseslfieation of civil service is dwelt upon at length, and the statement made that at large Offices the power and opportunity for Intrigue and sel­ fish influence are dangerously great. In the three branches of the clatslflea"service the number of places to be filled on the basis of competitive examinations is, in the aggre­ gate, 18,024. Tbe increase since made in the olasalfled service carries the number above 14,000. The opinion is expressed that a sal­ utary effect would follow the selection of chiefs of bureaus, postmasters, and ooliectors- at the larger offices from among sabordi- nates who would bring business experience rather than partisan activity to tKoss posi­ tions. The report states that sehllws an* sailors honorably discharged by reason of disability, if capable, are allowed preference, and nowhere is there any favor 6r advantage allowed by reason of sex. The commission hold that the power of removal and its exercise for just reasons are essen­ tial both to the discipline and eflietehoy of the public service. A life tenure would be indefensible. It is still possible, sayfe the re­ port, to promise the spoils of 100,006' offloea as rewards for party victory in a national canvass, It is still possible to remove every person ia the classified service -once m four years or once in four months, but the va­ cancies can bo filled only by those who, irre­ spective of party, demonstrate superiority In a free and open competition of cbfracter and capacity. It appears from the statistics presented with the report thit 06 per cent, of all those who entered the' service- through competitive examinations were educated in the common sobools, alone, and the commission considered It unques­ tionable that the nation by bestowing its offices upon the most meritorious of those whom the States have educated at public ex­ pense will greatly honor and Stimulate the public school system of the country. Hie report gives extracts from a large number of letters received from Postmasters Ind Collectors, showing great benefit has accrued to the public service by the enforcement of the civil service rules. It is suggested that party test should be no longer applied in the selection of Collectors and Postmasters, and that every corrupt exercise of power, nomi­ nation, promotion, transfer, or confirmation, even though the corrupt consideration may not be "a thing of value," should be an of­ fense under the bribery laws. The commission, in conclusion, declare the civil service act a success, and do not doubt that the most difficult point has pagoei, . * AN UNWORTHY SCION. ttomss H. Crittenden, 01" amincky, tenced to AM Penitentiary for Bight Yeai* for Murder. ** [Louisville Telegram.] Thomas H. Crittenden, grandson of John J. Crittenden, the great Kentucky Senator, nephew of Gen. Thomas H. Crittenden, U. 8. A., and son of Col. R. H. Crittenden, lata United States Marshal for the District of Kentucky, was sentenced to the penitentiary for eight years to-day for murder. Critten­ den, who is 21 years old, was tbe wildest blade of this celebrated family, noted for their dash and courage on the- field and la private life. Gov. Crittenden, of Missouri, is a cousin, as is Gov. Murray, of Utah, and so also was the brave young Lieutenant of the VirginiuB, who met bis tragic fate so coolly at Havana ten years ago. The young murderer, who was raised at Frankfort, Ky., has always moved in the highest sooiai oircles of the State. The crime for which he was sentenced la what Is known in Kentucky as a "nigger- killing." Crittenden bad whipped a servant on his father's place In the country, and waa arrested on tbe charge of assault and bat­ tery. Rose Moseby, a negro maa, who bad witnessed the assault, gave the testimony In court which convicted Crittenden. After the trial Crittenden walked up to Moseby aad said: "1 will see you later." He then walked across the street to bis resi­ dence, procured a shotgun, came back, and blew off the top of Moseby's head. The mur­ der was shockingly unprovoked and cruel, but Crittenden succeeded in fighting off the trial until the negro Was forgotten. Sev­ eral of the ablest lawyers in the State volun­ teered tor his defense.but he was prosecuted with the utmost vigor by Prosecuting Attor­ ney Caruth. Tbe prisoner's faiaflr eonneo- tion made it impossible to convict him of murder, bat the jury, after an hour's delib­ eration, agreed on voluntary manslaughter. Two jurors were for the death penalty. The prisoner's mother, who waa In court, fainted away on hearing the verdict. As ha was led to jail he remarked: "I expected to he cogjs vict«Mt, but that eight years knocked me ottt When I heard it." ftpnamiten to Be Dealt W|tlu * ft {Washington Diapatch.1 It is bellved that sosoe action will be taken by Congress to prevent explosives from being shipped from this country to Jtag|and for the use of the Irish secaar societies. All Congress can do will be to paso eome etringent regulation forbidding the ex­ portation of explosives, and then provide for the enforcement of the same by rigid inspee> tion. It Is felt that this country would not tolerate for one moment the manufacture of explosives abroad and the shipment to this country lor purposes of outrage, and that the least this Government < an do is to take such prompt action as will show that it haa no sympathy with a system of assa^sioation which ta li for the murder of Innocent peo> pie ae a satisfaction for political wrotigg. The actual manufacture of these expkn-iv oe, and the meetings lor experimental discussion of their use. Is a matter for the polioe regu­ lation of the States. ODD HAPPENUCMS. A TODKO dog was recently frightened t» death near Lafayette, Oregon, by a child who dressed up as a bugaboo and ohased the ani­ mal. A SHORT-HORN heifer named T.tiifr n«i» belonging to J. W. Dawson, of Russellvilla. Ky., died four hours after eating & loaf of to­ bacco, , MRS. NELLIE KELLER, of Hyde Park, VL , was severely burned on the face, bands a# arms by tbe explosion of a doughnut whtab she was frying. AMAKFAH TO»H>AI» of Hartls~<. Ma- in aflfi. at lasaalty eat off his toss saeitta Hba. ' .-fi- ' if.