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e> - -zi- • - 'TS_^r J. Y^N 8LTKE, Publisher McTTENRY, - - ILLINOIS. IKE NEWS CONDENSED. / THE KA8T. JATMI aocoanta of the Northampton (Mus.) tenk robbery are to the effect that the total •mount of funds taken Is at least $1,000,000, the half of which is negotiable. * FOOT men. while filling a lime kiln at Colum­ bia, !•*., one day last week, were overcome by gua and fell into the pit. Only one was res­ cued alive....Among the failures reported from the East are Pforsbeimer, Droyfrea & Seller, jewelers of New York, liabilities, $114,- 000 : John H, Lockey, of Leominster, Maw., liabilities, $93.000; and Patrick Douahue, a Boston bookseller, liabilities, $:U)0,(MR# The village of Greenpoint, a suburb of Brook- Ira, W agitated by a murder of unusual atrocity. A. man named Simmons, a hammersmith, in a gfeel foundry, disappeared suddenly and mys- ^gWnrmly T)i« noxt. day the head of the miss­ ing man was found in a ship-yard, wrapped np in a newspaper. Detectives amwted a man naruod Kretz, ft whose house Simmons had been visiting. They found in the house a frank locke i ana Wled together so tightly that it was opened with great difficulty, In this they found packed the arms and legs of the murdered victim, and in a boiler they found the trui.k of the body, skinned and cut np. The entrails had been removed and quick­ lime pal inside, so as to cause speedy decom­ position. Kretz then confessed to the murder, and said he had done it because he had found the victim in criminal intercourse with his wife. Mrs. Kretz, however, denies this, and says that her husband committed the horrible crime for the purpose of robbtry; that he first stupefied Via victim with liquor and then chopped his head off with a hatchet. THE residence of David W. Skidmore, near Deer Park, Long Island, N. Y., was destroyed by fire the other night, and all the occupants- Mr. Skidmore, Fleetweeks. an old man who had lived with Skidmore many years, Mrs. Titus, the housekeeper, and her husband--were trarned to death. THE shocking murder of Simmons, in Brook­ lyn, N. Y., is made more revolting, if possible, bty the disoovery of the missing portions of his body in the swamps on the outskirts of that city, where they were placed by the murderer Kretz, and by him pointed out to the police Authorities The town of East Lyndon, Me., was the other day the scene of an unparalleled tragedy. Silas Wilder, a resident of that town, killed bis father and mother with an ax, and then cut his wife's throat. He then hung bimaelf. NEW YORK and vicinity had a terrific gale on the morning of the 2d inst., prostrating chim- ileys, church steeples, telegraph wires, etc.,. . The dispute over ten shares of the stock of the Kew York Times, included in the estate of the late James B. Taylor, has been settled by George Jones purchasing the entire ten shares ior $150 000. The stock of the Times is now divided as follows : George Jones, 51 shares ; E. Morgan, 40--and Mr. Jennings, the editor, 9 shares. TUB WEST* A DISPATCH from Lincoln, Neb., reports that ' large parties o? men are passing through there •very day bound for the Black Hills. < THE Ohio Legislature has repealed the cele­ brated Geghan law, about which there was so much agitation last summer. OHIO proposes, through the Legislature, to make habitual drunkenness for one year a gooi ground for divorce.... Another boy supposed to be Charley Ross has turned up at Tiffin, Ohio. Much damage has been caused along the borders of the Ohio River by the recent heavy flood in that stream. THE trial of William McKee, senior proprie- • TANG* AK--I^TTIIAJERCR IIWMBTKNUMPIL AaJkf frauds, has resulted in his conviction. The result was wholly unexpected by McKee and his friends, who had calculated confidently : *tipon a verdict of acquittal Four notorious * desperadoes and dealers in illicit horse­ flesh, named Cox, Hutchinson. and Jack and Ed. Connaughty, were" recently lung by vigilante in Brooks County, Kansas De Bar, the popular manager of the 8t ouie Opera House, is now making a tour of * Jhe country, giving to the public a series of Representations not brought nut since the death of the lamented Hackett. De Bar's character­ isation of the "fat knight" (Falataff) in Shakespeare's " Merry Wives of Winsdor" and 44 King Henry IV." is witnessed nightly by * -Crowded houses at McVicker's Chicago Theater ;. jjhe present week. The impudent, witty, lying, Blustering, affectionate, cowardly but gooa- " Thmooted Jack F&lstaff ia portrayed as Shake­ speare intended he should be, and with such unction that laughter spreads all over the house like a contagion. FIFTEEN convicted members of the Indiana whwky ring .̂efrauders of the revenue were ; lest ^vcck la tL.? United'Court at Indianapolis--eight of them to two years in the Penitentiary and each to pav $1,000 fine ; one to three years in the Penitentiary and to pay $1,000 fine ; one to one year in jail and to Eay §1,000 ; and five to six mouths in jail and > pay $500 each. . CoitHTAimire MAGUIKE, late Internal Revenue < Collector at St. Louis, indicted in connection >• with the wliiBkv frauds, has confessed hie guilt, and now, with Avery, McDonald, and McKee, ,aiid several distillers, awaits sentence The first f-tage of F. D. Yates & co. 's semi-weekly direct line between Cheyenne and Custer City, via Fort Laramie and Red Cloud, carrying tlie United St.. tea mail, left Cheyenne on the 20th Inst It is reported that Secretary Bristow * will shortly turn his attention to the manufac­ turers and dealtrs in illicit beer and tobacco, at St. Louis. It is believed his prod will reveal & perfect bonanza of rascality. GENERAL. "CAKE to their deaths by a mob--names un­ known," is the laconic verdict of the Coroner's jury in the case ef three murderers--Dawson. j£*tep and Hines--who were missed the other from the Charleston (V,T. Ya.) Jail, an;! • subsequently found dangling from the limb of a tr«e.... An agent of the Borden City (Mass.) Mills has just returned from a bu*inese trip to England. He reports fiuding a better market there than in this country, and 25 000 pieces per week will, therefore, be exported by his mills. Thnty thousand pieces have already been shipped. . THE Japanese Commissioners to our National ^ C r *'_ fiv<> rti«Mntrnml.e-l representa- tire#--arrived at Ban Francisco last week. i Hi* Utiuiitliiluii OF V\ tive in Congress from Connecticut, died In Washington last week, aged 50. T. M. TAIL, of Iowa, suoceeds Col. George 8. Bangs as Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service Mr. Morrison, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, has introduced a Tariff bill in the House. It reduces the duty On all staple Articles---'woolen, iron, and the articles of necessitous consumption--from 20 to £5 per cent. It restores tb? dnt,v on tea and Coffee to the old rates--6 cents per pound for tea and 10 cents for coffee. ACCORDING to the monthly report of Seicre tary Bristow, the public debt of the United States was cut down $1,599,155 during January. Appended is the official statement: , 8ix per cent bonda $1,012,721,850 Vive per cent bonda #87,884,760 Total coin bonda TOO,608,690* Lawful iuoue; debt $ 14,000.'*>4' Matured debt 9,269.760 Legal tenders............ 871,lUl,60T _ Certificates of deposit..... 40,600,00®*v Fractional currency 45,861,38*1 Ooin certificates 84,604,400* Total without interest. ' 492,410,389 Total debt • «2,216.286*^9 Total interest... 28,140,231 Caab in Treasury: ^ Coin $73,601,361 Currency 11,99V®* Special deposits held for re- ' demotion of certificate* of deposit 40,600,000 Total in Treasury 126,193,949 Debt less cash in the Treasury...... Decrease of debt during January.'... Decrease since June 30, 1875 ..$2,118,233,039 .4 1,599,155 .. 10,455,686 Bonds Issued to the Pacific Railway Companies:, interest payable in lawful money : Principal outstan ling...... Interesi accrued and not -<-t paid. Intere*'• p the United States..... Interest rep*'I op tosmsportation of mails, etc... Balance of interest paid by United States ' $64,623,512 323,117 30,141,513 #acK •»*ung jen * jtouii K li as Agent for "tin dve civilized tribes of the Indian Terr tity, I* heartily indorsed by the people of the M .tiou. Boss was formerly Chief of the Caere- itea, mitd is a r e<i Infiimi. * " WASHINGTON. 'im, House Appropriations Committee have ' fcrted 11 icui.ee the rreeideut's tm.arv to $25,- t OQ0 a vear after ft'arch 4. 1877.....The Grand Jury for the District of Colombia Lave returned inuiotmeuts agaiust ex-Senator aim ex-.issisi X-tanfc Treasurer Frederick A. Sawyer, William T. Haines, Frank W. Brooks, Phineas D. Ito&n Hud William H. Baistow lor conspiracy to de­ fraud tiie Government of the United States of e following sums of money: $24 315 and %$33 2h7, F.W.Brooks and Phineas D. lioddj * presenting a false claim. Frederick A. Sawyer f- aiding as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury i,fn pa wne a tloverumeiit claim and receiving th< re'or il.f-OO ; Wijhnm H. Barntow, a Gov- *3i t.meat officer, jeoeiving $1,000 and avatch •nd cLain. William T. Haines, also a Govern­ ment revived $l,0t0. Mom. Harsv S. STABICWISATHKB, Bepre-tnt*. V an 6,669,033 38,472,479 THE Secretary of War has given assurances to the House Special Committee on the Troubles Along tlie Rio Grande that he will order additional troops to Texas The in­ ternal revenue receipts for January were $8,- 833,571. The total receipta from that source for the seven months ending Feb. 1 were $66,- 671,673. which is an increase of nearly $5.- 000.000 over the amount received during the corresponding period of last year. The re­ ported roQpipts of customs for January were $11,077,*74, This is an increase over the re­ ceipt* for Deoember of $2,126,280, and over November of nearly $300,000. The total amount received from customs for the Beven months is $87,255,371 The House Commit­ tee on War Claims has 600 bills before it. ag­ gregating $20,000,000 Cold comfort for pur- ties urging claims on account of Indian depre­ dations is afforded by Prof. Seelye,_of Massa­ chusetts, who has been successful in securing the adoption by the House Committee on In­ dian Affairs of a resolution which excludes all claims of this clliracter except in cases where treaty stipulations render the Government re­ sponsible. POLITICAL.. . SOUTHERN Republicans of prominence, now in Washington, say that there is a movement on foot in the South to send delegations to the National Convention in favor of Bristow for President and Jewell for Vice-President. MONTGOMERY BLAIB is out with an open letter on the suffrage question, in which he pro­ nounces the b*!lot a failure, and declares that rvyvrw is alone secure against fraud-- Speaker Kerr, in a letter to J. H. Iteall, of Philadelphia, says it is not his desire that his name shall be used in any connection with the Democratic national ticket, and ex­ presses a decided preference for Gov. Hendricks as a candidate for President It is believed that the Mississippi Legislature will impeach and remove from office Lieut. Gov. Davis and Superintendent of Education Cordoza, both colored. It is said the impeach­ ment of Gov. Ames is not probable, as convic­ tion is regarded as uncertain... .John S. Bur- dett, Treasurer of West Virginia, has been im­ peached by the Legislature, tried, found guilty, and removed from office. The impeachment fa'progress The Kentucky Legislature lias, by a note of 25 to 26, instructed the Senators and requested the Representatives in Congress from that State to vote for the Texas Pacific Railroad subsidy. THE President has made the following ap­ pointments: Charles R. GUI, of Wisconsin, to be Commissioner of Pensions, vice Henry M. Atkinson, appointed Surveyor-General of New Mexico; Frederick Morley, of Michigan, to be Consul-General at Cairo, Egypt; William P. Ross, of the Indian Territory, to be Agent for the consolidated agencies of the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole Indians. A LA.BGB number of the Republican journals of Kansas have declared in favor of James G. Blaine as the Republican candidate for Presi­ dent The Republicans of Pennsylvania will hold their State Convention March 29 The Connecticut Republican Convention is called for Feb. 29. FOREIGN. * THERE has been some severe fighting between the Turks and Hcrzcgoviriiaris ne , Trebigne, resulting, the cable reports, in favor of the former.... A Paris dispatch informs us that M. Brossel, IBonapartist, has been sentenced, under the provisions of the new Press law, to a Hue and' imprisonment for distributing, without proper authorization, invitations to a masB for the late Emperor. And yet France claims to be a Republic... .Advices from Panama report that war ia imminent between Guatemala and San Salvador Austria talks of reducing her army. CASTELAB has been elected to the Spanish Cortes There has been some severe fighting between the Carlists and Alfonsists near San Sebastian, Spain, without decisive advantage on either side Francis Oeak, the eminent Hungarian statesman, is dead A revolution has broken out in Hayti The Cuban insur­ gents are unusually active.... A dispatch from Berlin says there is great agitation in Posen over the proposed law to matfe the use of the German language compulsory in the public offices and courts of law. THE political constitution of the French Sen­ ate^ is stated as follows : Monarchists, 65 ; pure Bonaparists, 12 ; Republicans, 93 ; and " Mon­ archists and Imperialists" (so described), 45. Among the Senators olected are ex-President Tuiers. Victor Hugo, Peyrat, Jules Favre, and Leon Say. Buffet, Chief of the Cabinet and Minister of the Interior, and Dufaure, Minister of Justice, were defeated. THE Chinese Government has decided to take its place at the approaching industrial ex­ hibition at Philadelphia... .The Scottish Na­ tional Rifle Club has resolved to accept ti e American challenge for the championship of the world. JOHH FOBSTER, the liberal statesman of Er- gland, and author of the "Life of Charles Dick­ ens," is dead... .London now has * huge defal­ cation sensation, Wiiiiam Sniiiu, the head of a bankrupt soliciting firm, having used up $750,- 0»0 of hie customers' money. OxFoan ha<* decided not to accept the chal­ lenge of the American Inter-Collegiate Rowing Association to row in the latter part of JuJy at Saratoga. The invitation is declined on the ground that the date fixed comes too near the Henley annual amateur regatta Many Span­ ish families are fleeing to titince to escape t e wrath to come Mt. Vesuvius threatens to erupt again Advices from the Cape of Good 5® rePort that the Zambesi mission has KUC- ceeaed in placing a steamer on Lake Nyunza. Beven hundred natives wei e employ* d to carry the vessel past th« Mmc ison cxt tracts. A clergyman of Pa^uic, N. J., has made a public statement to the effect life U ^ ou' necessaries of tORTT-POIJBTH COStiftSSS* - -- - i \ THURSDAY, Jan. 27.-- Senate.-- Boutwefr pre­ sented a report prepared by the Chief Clerk of the Treasury Department, and submitted to the Secre­ tary in December. 1572, in regard to erroneous practices in accounting in the Treasury, which have grown up in usage, or have been authorized by law. Ordcrod printed The bill protecting tho rights of settler* npon lands within the limits of railway grants waa passed. Houm.--A question cf privilege was raised by Dnnnell, in reference to some remarks by White, of Kentucky, some days ago, which were regarded as offensive to Adams, the Clerk of the House, and which White had, at the time, agreed to expunge from the report of his speech in the Can<jreH*i»nal Record. After a long disdussion, participated in by Hale, Blackburn, and Dunnoil, Hoar (Maes.) objected to the further altera­ tion of the Heeord, and there the matter ended ... The bill introduced by Cannon (111.) providing penalties for sending obscene matter through the mails provoked a spirited discussion. It was con­ sidered too sweeping in its cicopo «uu provisions, and was recommitted Another day was Bpent in debating tae West Point Appropriation bill. FRIDAY, Jan. 28.--Senate.--The Committee on Privileges and Elections reported that no vacancy existed in the office of Senator from Louisiana, Pinchback having been elected thereto in January, 1870, and recommended that the papers of Eustis, the Democratic claimant, be laid over ... LiOgan introduced a bill to establish a mint at Chicago .. A large portion of the session was consumed in discussing the bill to pay the in- U<ri e,t on the 3.C5 District of Co'mubia bonds. House.--The House spent another day upon the Military Academy bill without reaching a vote The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was reported from the committee and made the specu-.l order for Wednesday.. . Barnum offered resolutions for the appointment of a committee of seven to take order for superintending the funeral ©f H. H. Stark­ weather, late member from Connecticut, who died in Washington this morning. Agreed to. SATURDAY, Jan. 29.--Senate.--Not in session. House.--The House met far debate only, no busi­ ness being transacted. Schleicher (Texas), Ward (N. Y.), and Campbell (111.) aired their views upon the financial problem, and Mills (Texas) spoke against a protective tariff. MONDAY, Jan. 31.--Senate.--Wright submit­ ted a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, so as to elect President and Vice-President by the direct vote of the people. Also a joint resolution, proposing an amendment to the Constitution, so as to "elect Uni­ ted States Senators by a direct vote of the people of the United Ktates Another day was spent by the Senate in debating the resolution to pay interest on the 3.65 District of Columbia bonds. House.--The West Point Appropriation bill was finally passed. It fixes the pay of cadets at $540 per annum, without rations....Resolutions were adopted which will probably result in four new Investigations--first, into the management of the District of Columbia by the new Commissioners; second, an inquiry as to'the amount of cash in anv form in the hands of the Government, Jan. 25; third, inquiry into the relations of all the Pacific and land-grant railroads to the Government, with a view of discovering whether or not their charters maybe declared forfeited; fourth, an inquiry by the Banking and Currency Committee into the advisa­ bility of substituting greenbicka for legal tenders. Under a call of the States a large number of bills were introduced, including the following: By Willis, for the reconstruction of all tariff and collection laws ; also, for the abolition of prize money; by Monroe, to establish an educa­ tional fund and to apply a portion of .he proceeds of the public lands to public education; by Fo t, to forbid Territories incurring indebtedness in aid of railroad or other private corporations; also, to pre­ vent useless slaughter of buffaloes; by Stone, or­ ganizing a National Railway Company for the pur­ pose of constructing a double track, cheap freight railway from the Atlantic seaboard to St. Louis, Chicago and Council Bluffs. TUESDAY, Feb. 1.--Senate.--The Joint reso­ lution proposing a oommon unit of money and ac­ counts between the United States and Great Britain was passed.... Gglesby presented a petition of citi^nH of Illinois asking the repeal of the Snecte Resumption act. and the substitution of legal tender for national bank circulation, etc A large portion of the session was devoted to the considera­ tion of the District of Columbia (finance bill. House.--The House was engaged nearly the whole day in debating the bill reported from the Judiciary Committee limiting the Presidency to one term. WEDNESDAY, J?eb. 2.--Senate.--The Senate consumed the larger part of the day in debating the bill to pay the interest on the District 3.6S bonda. House.--Ihe bill to sell the Kansas Indian lands to actual settlers was passed -- The Judfciary Com­ mittee reported unanimously the bill ty. A^rganize diHCUH*s"iotrbf~tfiH "jVropSKS'J EfSlPjfSment to the Constitution limiting the President to one term, and finally reached a vote on the measure. It was defeated by a vote of 144 to 108 nays--not two- thirds. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER, The Centennial Bill in the House--An Im­ broglio Between Two Important Com­ mittees -The Military Academy Appro­ priation Bill--An Act of National Good Faith--Slow Work by Committees--Per­ sonal. [From Our Own Correspondent] WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 29, 1876. When* the report of the special oom- mittee on the Centennial waa made to the House, and was unanimous for an appropriation of $1,500,000, it was sup­ posed, as I stated at the time, that the bill would go through with a hurrah. But before it came up, the amnesty debate had occurred, and had aroused partisan and sectional feelings to such an extent that hand-clasp­ ing and love making were not so much in vogue as they had been. The Centennial bill suffered much in conse quence. Conciliatory speeches by Banks, of tlie North, And Lamar, of the South, had a great deal to do with the final success of the bill in the House Its passage in the Senate is not at this time doubted. Party lines were disre­ garded in the vote on the bill, but a majority of the Republicans voted for it, and a majority of the Democrats against it. It is a noticeable fact that the four great States of the Northwest bor­ dering on Lake Michigan--Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin--gave only 12 votes for the Centennial appropriation to 34 against it "If you scratch New York," said a popular writer once, " you will find the Commune." A majority of the members from these Lake States thought they saw a little stock- gambling job under the Centennial bill, and so went against it. A COMMITTEE IMBKOGUO. The situation of the Committees on Appropriations and on Foreign Affairs toward each other anent the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill may be said to make a very pretty quarrel as it stands. The Appropriations Commit­ tee proposes to very considerably, quite slashingly in fact, cut down the salaries and expenses generally of our Consular and diplomatic establishment. Th<- Com­ mittee on Foreign Halations is op{*osed to any sueh wholesale and indiscriminate changes, as members assort, as are con­ templated by Mr. Randall's committee. And there is an internecine war in con sequence, which will probably result in miscellaneous criminations and recrim­ inations, a general ventilation of the conduct of our affairs abroad, a live­ ly time all around. The truth is, there is a wide diversity of opinion among men of ail parties, in and out of. Congress, in respect to our diplomatic establishment. There are those who assert that it is a supernumerary concern anyhow, and ought to be totally abolished ; that di- plomtcy originated iu the cowardice and falsel ood of the Italians in the tim* of MacliaeveUi, and from that time to this has done constant credit to its igno­ minious origin. On the other hand, men say it is a necessity of modern civil­ ization, an aid in the cause of universal peace among nations, and that its rep­ resentatives ought to be maintained in dignity and honor. Between these ex­ treme views on the subject there are others claiming that a diplomatic estab­ lishment is indeed a necessity, but that Amerioan representatives abroad ought to maintain their respec­ tive offices not only with dignity but in a style of republican simplicity and economy. The advocates of these and other views will probably take ad­ vantage of the pending imbroglio be­ tween tlie committees to air their opin­ ions on the floor. Let us hope the anticipated debate will be as instructive as it is expected to be animated. THE WEST POINT APPROPRIATION TUT.T., The appropriation bill tor the support of the Military Academy, as reported by the Appropriation Committee, cuts down the salaries of professors, the pay of cadets, and economizes in other re­ spects, so that the estimates of the War Department are reduced about one half. There is much opposition to these pro posed sweeping changes, and some of them will probably be modified before the final passage of the bill. There used to be a strong feeling against West Point in Congress, but it has not manifested itself for a long time till now. Men are curious to see whether the old state of feeling will be revived by this discus­ sion. AN ACT OF NATIONAL GOOD FAITH. I must regard the passage of the bill providing ways and means for the pay­ ment of the February interest on the 3:65 bonds of the District of Columbia as an act of national good iaith. The Senate, at this writing, has amended the bill, but not in such a way as to endanger concurrence by the House. Indeed it will have passed, most likely, be­ fore this epistle shall be deposited in the mails. The succe s of the measure is a gratifying guaranty of the mainten­ ance of our public credit by either polit­ ical party of the country. snow COMMITTEES. The most of the committees of the House may be said to be extravagantly jlow in preparing their work for action on the floor. It is no ground of just criticism that but few bills have yet been acted on by the House. On account of the long debates which have occurred this has been impossible, even if there were no other satisfactory reasons for such a situation. But it is astonishing that the committees have done so little. We have had about two months of ses­ sion, and not more than eight or ten reports, on matters of general interest, from all the committees put together. This is due to the inexperience of so many new members and of so many new clerks to committees. But I submit that the delay has now been long enough to allow both committeemen and clerks to be reasonably well posted in their dqjiies, and that palpable results OHght to be speedily forthcoming. And from various indications I am inclined to think they will be. Nevertheless, the session will probab­ ly be unusually long. This not only be­ cause of the delays which have already occurred, but because, it being a Presi­ dential year, men of all parties will be anxious to make up as full a record as possible for political purposes. More- lenaLtf Republican, tnCTS is fio te; ing how often there may be a " dead­ lock " between the two branches, nor how long a dead-lock may last. So it is not unlikely the session may be pro­ tracted to the middle of July or first of August, possibly to the latter part of August. Nothing can prevent this if the committees do not very soon get into a much livelier gait than they have as yet been able Ito strike. i The Homestead Act. 'Senator Ingalls' bill to confirm pre­ emption and homestead entries of public lands within the limits of railway grants has passed the United States Senate by an overwhelming vote, there being to oppose it only a few gentlemen from the Atlantic States, who know nothing about homestead matters and who represent railway corporations, to whom the meas­ ure is obnoxious.* The bill will in all probability become a law. It is a very important one to frontior settlers, and reads as follows : Be it azactcd by the Senate and House of Rep­ resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, I hut all pre-emption and homestead entries in compliance witli any law of the United Hiatee, made iu g<>od faith by ac­ tual settlors on tracts of land of not more than 160 aoreu each, within the limits of any laud grant, prior to the time when notice of with- arawl of lands embraced in eu^h grant was re­ ceived at the local land ortice of the district in which sui-h lan s sre situated, or after their restoration to market by oner of the General Land Office, aud where pre-emption and home­ stead laws have been complied with and proper Eroofs thereof have been made by parties olding such tracts ot parcels, they shall be confirmed, and patents for tl.e same shall issue to the parties entitled thereto. BEO. 2. That when at the time of such with­ drawal as aforesaid valid pre-empt'on or home­ stead cluims exist- d upon any lands within tlie limits of any suchgrauts. which afterward were abandoued. and undt-x decisions and rulings oi the Land Depaitment were re.-eiitered by pre­ emption or homertead claimants who have com- pliru with the i»v»s governing pre-emption or homestead entries, or shall make tlie proper proofs required under su -li liws, tmcn entries shall be deemed valid, a.i>d patents shall issue th refor to tho person entitled thereto. BEO. 8. That all such pre-emption entries, and which mav have t<een m -de by permirsion of the Land Department, or in pitrrinnuoe of rules and insTuctiOus thereof, wiiliiu ihe limit of any land gr^nt, at a t me sulmequent to the expiration of such ^raut, or when the grantee was iu default in tl.e performance of any of the oondit one imp >sed hy xucU fcraut Aail be deem -d valid, and a complinm e w.th tlie laws and making of the pr of required shall entitle tho holder of such cl urn to » p tent tlierof >re. THE long-sought- for Planchas de ia Platas Mine, worked a century or two ago by the early Spanish explorers, has been fouud about ninety miles southeast of Tucson, CAL., near tho Sonora line. This is tlie mine which Spanish history says yielded pure silver in such large pieces that the Government "confiscated it for: the use of the crown. The mine has been promptly secured by Gov. Sun- ford. Ex-Gov. CJBYAIOUK, of JSew York, hat nothing to cay to interviewers when po liti ;al topics are broached, but he waxe- eloquent on the subject of fish. He it- one of the State Fish Commissioner', and he hopes next year to render ever} stream in the State alive with brook trout. ^ V PASSING EVERTS. F BKI&AOT3BB the United tStatesMenat-e is to be allowed only three bouquets per diem from the Government garden, and the House of Representatives but seven. THE Military Committee of the House fire said to be strongly opposed to any reduction of the army, but will probably recommend some curtailing of the re­ tired list. THE Iowa House of Representatives have passed a bill requiring that all con­ ditions of insurance policies shall be printed in type not smaller than " long primer," and that the use of smaller type shall vitiate the policies. CANADIAN poultry, as well as Canadian meat, has been successfully shipped to England and meets with a ready side. A lot of turkeys of nearly four tons has been disposed of readily at Bristol, and the business next year will attain large proportions. THE Bessemer saloon steamer, which proved an utter failure, has been sold at a heavy loss by the company that owned it, and is undergoing the change neces­ sary to its conversion to the use of a great floating bath, some distance down the Thames, in England. JONATHAN P. CHJJEY, son of the Cilley killed in the famous duel with Graves, has been elected Adjutant-Generrtl of Maine. He served with the First Maine Cavalry through the war, was repeatedly and severely wounded, and was breveted Brigadier-General for gallantry on the field. MARK TAITOOR, a yOung negro at Se- dalia, Mo., has gone mad and believes himself to be the Savior. In his parox- Esms he recites whole, chapters and even ooks of the Bible without missing a word, a feat all the more remarkable be­ cause he cannot read and was always a vicious boy. MB. SARGENT, of California, has pre­ sented to the Senate a petition signed by a large nnmber of ladies asking that a Giovernment be established in the Dis­ trict of Columbia which shall confer upon women the right of suffrage. Mr. Sar­ gent is in favor of making such an ex­ periment in the District. THE House Committee on Appropria­ tions, at a recent meeting, decided to re­ duce the pay of members from $5,000 to $4,500 per annum, struck out the appro­ priation for seven clerks of the House, and proposed to make a general reduc­ tion of ten per cent, in the salaries of all civil Government employes. THE great newspaper man, George P. Rowell, has been authorized to construct a building upon the Centennial grounds for the exhibition of files of American newspapers. If carried out on the plan proposed, it will be an extensive budd­ ing, sufficient not only to exhibit files of 8,000 publications, , but arranged to serve as a journalists' headquarters, with desks and the requisites for a gigantic reading-room. The Yiceroy of Egypt himself sends, practically, the whole of the contribution of that ancient country to our Centennial fair, and it has already arrived. It com­ prises 6,000 articles, and will be one of the finest and most interesting national displays in the exhibition. No pyra­ mids are sent, but all the products of the Nile-land and much antique and oriental "bigotry," together with some very bright men. rn OBIIK TI«iif IWVI1 iJliiiierwfCfc' (tod Nova Scotia papers are discussing the project of building a canal to connect the Guff of St. Lawrence with the Bay of Fundy, and thereby shorten the ocean route from Montreal to New York by 500 miles, by means of which Western grain can be delivered in Boston or New York considerably quicker than by the present route. The route is through the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy. THE Grand Jury now in session at Washington seems to be cutting a pretty wide swath through ex-Secretary Rich­ ardson's employes. It is reported to have indicted ex-Senator an ex-Assistant Treasurer Sawyer, ex-Commissioner of Customs Haines, and W. H. Barstow, who was a clerk under Haines. This action has been taken after consideration of the circumstances of Hie payment of what is known as the swindling Parkman- Brooks cotton claim. THE curious and interesting project has just b,een started in Philadelphia of reproducing a complete file of the Penn­ sylvania Journal of a hundred years ago. The first number, that of Jan. 3, 1776, was accordingly issued on Jan. 3, 1876, under tlie process of photography, which a century ago our fathers knew nothing of. The first, second, seventh and eighth pages form the fac-simile of this ancient paper, while the others, in modern style of typography, constitute the Pennsylvania Journal for 1876. GEN. O. O. HOWARD, who recently re­ turned from a visit to Alaska, has made an official report to the Government, iu which he recommends that the Territory be made a county of Oregon. He refers to the charges against the Alaska Com­ mercial Company, and says a citizen of standing on the Pacific coast writes him that the company are making millions of dollars; that their operations are con­ cealed as much as possible; that vastly greater numbers of seals are killed an­ nually than their agreement allows, and that large amounts of "hush money" are paid to keep the matter quiet. P. T. BARNUM has collected materials for a show which will surpass all his previous efforts. He bought in at the recent Bridgeport sale the best parts of his old hippodrome, including the hip­ popotamus ; and he has become owner of several circuses and menageries, which he proposes to unite with his own. He has also a new and beautiful name, --" Academy of Object Teaching"-- which will not be the least of his attrac­ tions. For the transportation of all the material Mr. Barnum says 120 cars will be required. There will be used in the show 1,100 men and women, 560 horses and ponies, and 62 cages of wild animals. THB Sultan of Turkey, who although on general principles is not, strictly speaking, well up in the mysteiies of finance, has yet an inborn respect for the science of numbers which reflects not a little to his credit as a preferred creditor. It will be remembered tlmt the Ottoman Government recently, in consideration ef the low state of its rev­ enues and the bulky condition of its monetary obligations, decided to issue coupons for the payment of one-half the interest on its debt, the payment of the If remainder to be deferred indefinitely. English holders of Turkish promises to pay growled vociferously thereat, and it seems that the Sultan was not willing that the arrangement should apply to himself. It is now stated that his Im­ perial Majesty, who is interested to the extent of £8,000,000 in the national in­ debtedness, must needs retain the fall amount of the interest therein in order that the dignity of his peculiar surround- ings may not suffer for lack of funds, FOILED. Frustration of an Attempt to Ontd* Alt Previous Train Robberies. [From the Toledo Blade.] A singularly daring and well-planned scheme to rob the express train on the Lake Shore Railroad was frustrated this morning by the action of dotectives and officials who had become aware of the plot through the confession of one of the parties to the plot. The conspira­ tors were L. C. Hartwell, an ex-oonduo- tor on the road, two brothers named Dwight, and a Texas desperado named Sophus, all former brakemen on the road, and well acquainted with every detail ot the running of the trains. They went some days ago to the little station of Archibald, and prepared for their work. Supt. Cone, of the United States Express Company, was advised of their movements, and kept a watch upon them. Last night, accompanied by Capt. Purdy and Sergt Nohl, of th,e city police, Detective Cavanaugh, of the Lake Shore Road, and another person* all in disguise, he went out on the west­ ward bound train until he met the east­ ward bound Chicago express, which was boarded, two of his party taking a po- _ sjtion in the express car and three going into the baggage car adjoining, to emerge upon a signal to be given by pulling the bell-rope. The night was intensely dark, and the rain was falling heavily. The express messenger in the car was in­ structed to lie down and feign sleep. Shortly after leaving Wauseon for the long run into the city those waiting in­ side saw the end of the car penetrated by an auger. The robbers outside carefully inspected the inside of the car through this hole,' and were satisfied that everything looked favorable. They then bored out a piece of the door, and Hartwell reached in his hand to unbolt the door. In an instant his hand was seized by those inside, and his arm drawn through to the shoulder. The signal was given by pulling the rope to those in the baggage-car, who opened the door and sprang out upon the aston­ ished scoundrels from the rear. A des­ perate fight ensued with billies and knives. The thieves tried to throw themselves from the train and drag the officers with them, and nearly succeeded, but at last were all dragged inside the baggage-car and secured. The train fe&s not checked in its speed, but continued running at the rate of 40 miles an hour during the whole encounter, which greatly complicated the conditions of the fight. In a little while the train reached the city, and the desperadoes were placed in the prison. They were heavily armed, and masked with Ku-Klux masks. They were all severely, but not dangerously, beaten about the heads with the slang- shots of the officers. The latter escaped with but little injury. The whole affair was admirably planned on both sides. If the robbers had been successful, they would have secured about $275,000 hi : currency and $125,000 in coin. Prospective Revival of Bnslntss. _ The New York Graphic closes an ar­ ticle on the "Trade of the Centennial Year" with this encouraging prognosti­ cation: "We must repeat the conclusion, therefore, that the prospects for trade in 1876 point almost uniformly to a great improvement over 1875. The long ses­ sion of Congress, with its tinkering at taxation and finance, will be found to be a drawback; so will the Presidential can­ vass; but the Centennial celebration will compensate in part for these, and, taken all together, nothing but such a failure of the crops as is not likely to take place can prevent 1876 being reasonably rej munerative to manufacturers and people engaged in trade." THE MARKE1S. 10 Q ft 8 @ 9 13 X® H* 8 10 @ 8 40 % 1 18 @ 63 £ 61 NEW YORK. 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