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8fce JRtltnrg Jjlahtdtaltt J. TAK SLYXJB, McHBHBT, ILLINOIS. XflE pWS COiNB^Sp. Tra Centenntal Managers hav©"reo6i»l3er»S their determination to prohibit the sale of liquors oa the Exposition grounds, and resfc&u- nuttn end we now tree to mD Hqoonof all kirtfe jh>. .»t« W Prnca, now under sentenoe of 4mA tt Boston, has confessed not only that he murdered Mabel Young in the belfry of the Warren Avenne Baptist church, for which mur­ der be i« to be hung on May 28, but also that he murdered Bridget LaadeiRftn, at Dorches­ ter, on the night of December 5, 1873, and that he was the principal in the mysterious and nearly fatal assault on Mary Tyner, in. Oxford utreet, Boston, nearly two yeara ago. Miss AITKA E. DICKINSON, the well-known lecturer, made her debut on the dramatic stage at the Globe theater, in Boston, & few nights •go, in the preeenoe of a vast audience. She was called before the curtain at the end of every act, *nd four times %fter the ptay was over! retiring each timn overburdened with flowers. Miss Dickinson's first- appear*!) ̂ mjn *• «nrmgytnd«ntj was diwpofltatn^ in th«t it lacked originality, soul, ftnc! real instinct, Nevertheless, it ehowed that, with the energy and determination which she posseeaes to such & remwrkable decree, she may become a suo- oeesfrf sstrasa. OHIO, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michi­ gan, New Hampshire, MwwRchusetts, Con- jMscticnt. Belaw&re, Maryland, Tennessee, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Cali­ fornia, Arkansas, West Virginia,. Mississippi, and Kansas all have State buildings at the Cen­ tennial. Of these Kansas has the largest and New York probably the handsomest. PEBACH N. BDBEHSTEIN, who WAS under sen­ tence of death for the murder of Sara Alexan­ der, last winter, died last week, in his oell in the Brooklyn (N. T.) Jail. A RAID wss made the other day upon illicit whisky dealers in New York city. Six promi­ nent dealers in the crooked were arrested and held to bail In sums varying from £10,000 to •90,000. Tiww who contemplate emigrating to the Black Hills are referred to the following prices current at Custer City, the metropolis of that country Sugar, 40 cents a pound; bacon, 50 eenta a pound ; corn, 60 cents a pound; flour, $22 a sack ; whisky, SO cents a drink; tobacco, 93 a pound, GXK. CBOOK'S secend expedition will soon be on the war path. It will be divided into three detachments. The main one, under Gen. Crook in person, will leave the Union Pacific railroad; the second part, under Gen. John Gibbon, will move down the Yellowstone from Fort Ellis, Montana, and the third part will pro­ ceed from Fort Abraham Lincoln up the Yel­ lowstone. A vigorous and active campaign will be prosecuted all summer. A kineb has arrived at Cheyenne with $1,000 worth of gold dust from the Black Hills Advices from Fort Laramie report that Gwin's ax-train and May & Parrott's mule-train, of Cheyenne, were attacked by Indians in Red flwOB, while mx route to tWRtok Hills, They made a strong defense, keeping up a running fight for some time, corraling their trains ana fighting from behind the wagons and teams, and finally, reaching a good, point for natural defense, they stopped there and succeeded in driving the Indians off. One man was wound­ ed badly and fourteen horses were killed. The new Common Council of Chicago has canvassed the vote cast for Mayor at the recent •lection in that city, and formerly declared the Hon. Thomas Hoyne to be the duly elected Mayor. H. D. Colvin, who wanted to hold on the offioe for another year, in defiance of the popular will, is thus forced to step down and out--A die atck from San Francisco an­ nounces the arrival in that city of a gentleman having in his possession the head of Chavez, the hanbit, for which the Governor of Califor­ nia has offered a reward of $5,000 A small force of effective Indiaii-ighters. about a hun­ dred, in alL left Fort Laramie last week to Mour the hills and defiles along the roads to the Black Hills, which have been infested by hostile sa rages lately. The scenes of the re­ cent horrible butcheries will receive the first attention of the party, and it is expected that this scout will render the road to the minw comparatively safe for a while. GEH. CBOOK left Omaha a few days ago for Bed Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies, to become acquainted personally with the feeling of the Indians there, which will, in a measure, deter­ mine his action during the c®aaing campaign. If he finds the Sioux favorably disposed and can trust them, he will organize a body of 300 soouts ; if not bis intention is to raise from the Snakes or Crows. Gen. Crook's ex­ pedition will start on its campaign against the red-skins about the 1st of June. 5 OKXKKAL. 1 ft® State department at Washington will take BO action on the question raised in the Winslow and other cases until some demand is made on this Government by Great Britain for the extradition of some fngitive, in which event that portion of the treaty will be treated as abrogated. G. 8. OBTH, late United States MUTATOR to Austria, and Republican candidate for Gov­ ernor of Indiana, has arrived home. I* the Methodist General Conference at Bal­ timore, last week, Dr. Lauaban presented a memorial charging that the Western Publish­ ing House at Cincinnati is insolvent, and that the statement of the condition of its finances, published by authority, is not a fair showing, in that it omits fiom the assets over $50W,§{)0, most of which is in real estate. The doctor also charged that the records of the last Gen­ eral Conference were not complete ; that an important document had been omitted, and that the object of this omission was to cover some unlawful act on the part of the managers of the New York Book Concern. WASHINGTON. * THS President haa given directions to have the original Declaration of Independence re­ moved to Philadelphia and placed in Independ­ ence Hall in a safe made for the purpose. The document is nearly illegible, not because the WK LIW laded., but bt'CEus© siuch of! IT WBB R©- moved on damp transfer paper by a heavy roller, and then retransferred to a copper-plate covered with a thin coating of white wax, through which it was traced on the copper and then engraved. The engraving is a perfec fac simile of the original as it was. DOM PEDBO spent several days in Washing­ ton last week... .When the original Besump- tion act was passed, last year, the silver coin in the treasury amounted to about $2,500,000. This sum the Secretaiy proposes now to payout on ordinary warrants for current expenditures, it being held independent of the accumulation througli sales of bonds for the purpose of resumption under the _ law. The disbursement of this coin is expected to largely relieve the inconvenience ex­ perienced from scarcity of small change-- The scientists engaged to make a report upon the sizing used in the fractional currency are not agreed. The majority of them, however, are of the opinion that the sizing is of no prac­ tical value....A Washington dispatch says: "Speaker Kerr's physicians have expressed the minion that he ought, in justice to himself, to throw off entirely the labors of official life for the r*at of this session, and Ms' friends are looking for his resignation at an early day." A TORNADO of unusual violence swept over the city of Chicago one day last week. Several v h'~>? »* « houses were blown down, many unroofed, and church spires, chimneys, etc., without number were demolished. The freight depot of the Michigan Southern railroad was shattered by the wind, and several persons injured, one fatally. The total damage to property in the citv is estimated at several hundred thousand dollars. The asm* oyelone swept over a con- siderable •feretoh of country, playing havoc with Carm-hoiMM, fences, etc. A itoKwnoN has been submitted to Con­ gress to have storm-flags carried by looomotives of ps*ftAng*r and Announced by three whistles every few It is assumed that this warning would enable the fanners to save hay and sprain whioh otherwise would be injured by the run to the amount of several millions of dollars a year It is said Mr. Kerr has decided to resign the Speakership of the House if he shall not improve in health, withih the next two or three weeks. FOUTIOAX. THE Oregon Republican State convention, on the 3d inst., appointed the six delegates to which that State is entitled to the Cincinnati National convention, and passed a resolution for Blaine as its first choice for President The Republican convention of Maryland was held at Frederick on iiie 4th inst. The dele­ gates to Cincinnati were instructed to vote for Blaine. GEOBOIA'S representation in the National Re­ publican Convention is mixed in more ways than one. There are thirteen white and nine colored delegates, estimated to stand; Blaine, 8; Brie tow, 6 ; Morton, 5; Conkiing, 3... „ The Texas Legislator© has ele cted Gov. Richard B. Coke, United States Senator, to suooeed Ham­ ilton. A DISPATCH from Augusta ,̂ Ga., says: "The Democratic delegation is nnoonunfttod, and will vote for any good man that can be elected The Republican delegation stands thirteen lor Morton, seven for Blaine and Bristow, two for Conk ling." THE President has nominated Beth W. Clark, of New York, .to be Recorder of the General Land Offioe; John Nazro, Collector of Customs at Milwaukee, Wis.; A. F. Rickard, Naval Officer at New Orleans, and William T. Jackson, rension Agent at St. Joseph, Mo.... There was a meeting of the Liberal Republi­ can National committee in New York a few days ago, at which it was resolved to call a national convention, to be held at Philadelphia on the 87th of July, but the call wilt be revoked if either of the old party conventions shall nominate a candidate acceptable to the Liberals. Their favorites among theltepublican aspirants are said ts be Briatow, Hayea and Washburn©; and on the Democratic side, Tilden, Thurman and Bayard. ; THE Repuhlioan State convention of Michi­ gan met h Gfsnd lUpifji Ou tu6 Ivth inert., and chose delegates to the Cincinnati convention. Henry P. Baldwin, Wm. A. Howard, D. L. Tiles and J. A. Woodman are the delegates at large. No preference was expressed for a Presidential candidate... .TheGreenbackers of Wisconsin held a State convention at Madison last week, and elected delegates to the Na­ tional convention to meet, at Indianapolis, A resolution was adopted indorsing Judge David Davis as a suitable candidate for President. FOREIGN. AT the urgent solicitation of the allied em­ perors, the Turkish Government has agreed to a renewal of the armistice, but insists that if there is not also a cessation of hostilities on the put of the insurgents, Turkey shall not be bound by it. In that event, disregarding all further efforts at mediation, the Sultan's min­ isters propose to proceed with the suppression of the rebellion by force. FOUR of the crew of the ship Lennie, who were chargcd with mutiny and murder, have been found guilty at London, and sentenced to be hanged....Severe earthquake shocks were recently felt throughout South Australia and New Zealand. Tax Russki Mir states that 30,000 Turks re­ cently assembled at Mern and determined to solicit Afhgan help for a holy war against the Czar of Russia.... A serious riot took place in Salomes, European Turkey, last week, between Christians and Mohammedans, The trouble arose from the fact that a Christian girl wished to become a Mohammeda n She was forcibly taken from her Turkish friends by Greeks. During the riot the French and German Con- sola were assassinated by Mohammedans. Further disturbances are apprehended. At last accounts the authorities had taken no measures to protect life and property, and no arrests had been made. ' THERE has been fresh rioting at Barbadoes, and several more lives have been lost An order has been issued by the Spanish Govern­ ment permitting officers who joined Don Car­ los to resume service in the royal army, with the rank that they held at the time. Twelve hundred officers have been thus restored.... A letter from Port au Prince says, "The ex- President of Havti, Dominique, who was taken on board the French man-of-war Sane, died from his wounds on board of that steamer." SHIPS of war have been sent to the scene of the recent religious riot in European Turkey by all the great powers, and there is an evident disposition that the affair shall not be belittled through any lack of attention. The offer of reparation made to Germany has been accept­ ed, v.1tfc the condition that it shall he imme­ diately fulfilled Ninety members of the British House of Commons have signed a me­ morial asking for the release of the Fenian convicts....A Paris dispatch to the Lcr.cioa Times says reports of the outrage at Saloniea represent that the French and German Consuls were & tigged fiom the street into the moaque, and there sabered. The Governor arrived at the mosque after the murders had been com­ pleted. FORTY-FOURTH CONURESS. THTJBSDAT, May 4.--Senate.--The Senate dlacoased, without motion, the proposition to & recess to enable the Senators to attend the opening of the Centennial exhibition, fter which the im­ peachment trial was proceeded with. Carpenter of counsel for the respondent, said that if the Senate wan to adjourn for a week, the counsel and man­ agers would prefer to not begin their arguments on the question of jurisdiction, as thereby a break would occur which should be avoided, Man­ ager Lord concurred in this statement. Sherman moved that the court adjourn until Monday, May 15, but this was voted down. Blair then began an argument against the jurisdiction of the Senate. Lord replied, after which the court adjourned with­ out taking & vote. House.--k resolution waa adopted directing the Ways and Means Committee to report ways and means for the relief of the small change famine. .... Nearly the whole day waa devoted, in commit­ tee of the whole, to consideration of the Postoffice Appropriation bill....Nine thousand dollars was appropriated for the expense of the committee to investigate the Federal offices at New Orleans.. ..A resolution passed accepting an invitation to attend the opening of the Centennial exposition, and the adjourning of the House from Tuesday, the 9th, to Friday, the 12th. FBIDAV, May 5.--Senate.--The Senate con­ curred in the House resolution to %djourn from the 9th to the 12th....Consideration of the articles of impeachment was then resumed, and Carpenter, for the respondent, began and finished his argument on the question of jurisdiction. He was followed by Knott, in behalf of the managers, who argued in favor of the jurisdiction of the Senate. Without finishing, he asked for an adjournment, on account of physical pain with which he waa suffering. The Senate thereupon adjourned. Hnuse.--k resolution was adopted appropriating $4,600 for securing better ventilation of the hall of the House of Representatives Blount, from the Appropriation Committee, reported the If aval Ap­ propriation bill, which was made the special order for Monday next... .Aft<T the passage of a large number of private bills the House adjourned. SATURDAY, MAY 6.--Pinnate.--Consideration of the impeachment articles waa resumed. Conk- llng submitted the following questions to the agers: First. If two persons guilty of crime in office cease to be officers at the name time, one by removal and the other by resignation, is one, rather than the other, subject to impeachment afterward t If a distinction between the two cases exists, please state it. Second. Is a private citizen liable to impeachment under the Constitution of the United States, if his having previously held an office dis­ tinguishes him In this respect from other citizens? Please trace the distinction to a olaus« of the Con­ stitution, or to the priaoiple la which it la found. Mitchell, of Oregon, submitted the following ques­ tion: The Constitution provide* that when the President of the United States i« tried on lmpeaohment the Chief-justice shall preside. Bnppwe that a late nesii impeached for high crimes and misd committed while he waa President. u< ed at the bar of the Senate for trial, * preside, the Chief-justice or the Preside Senate? Owing to the continued indisp Manager Knott, he was mated leave to'--* his arguments on Monday. Manager X read a long argument in favor of the j the Senate, when a reoecs was taken. U| sembling Manager Hoar began his argumi taitung the jurimliction of the Senate. House.--'The Pontoffice Appropriation bi bated....Hewitt introduced a hill in i saving* banks The oath of office was addEst to J. V. LeMoyne as representative from the Third Congressional district of Illinois. MONDAT, May 8.--/Senate.--The impeach­ ment trial waa reaumed. Arguments on the ques­ tion of jurisdiction were completed, and the coun- ael were informed that they need not appear again until notified. Th* ooitr* th«*» •ii'fmrrini until Monday, May 15.... Sargent submitted' a resolution setting forth the Injury resulting from Chinese im­ migration, and Instructing the Committee on Com­ merce to consider the subject and report a bill placing adequate restrictions upon the immigration of Chinese to this country. Agreed to. Hov*e. --Trie bill to carry into effect the Hawaiian treaty was passed--116 to 101.... Hale offered a reso­ lution directing the several committees of the House, charged with investigation, to conduct such investigations with open doors while any testimony ia being taken. Rejected--«9 to 91....An in­ vestigation into the management of the Hew York Custom-house was ordered.... Wells <Mi*B.) asked leave to offer a di­ recting the Secretary of War to issue 600,000 rations to sufferers from the late overflow in the Stela of Mississippi Objected to Ifasdal! offered a bill providing for the coinage of $25,000,000 additional silver C9in to that already authorised....Conger ww appointed on tlie Seloot, Committee on ii'^c'.aral Offices in Isouisiana, in place of Crapo, excused. TCBSDAV, May 9.--Both houses met, but, with­ out transacting any business, adjourned over till Friday, the 12th. N aar'.y all the members left im­ mediately, on a special train, for Philadelphia. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. - In Reply to Representative Blackburn's Re sol lit Ion. WAsmHOTOir, May 5. The President yesterday sent the following message to the House : To the House of Representative* : I have given very attentive consideration to tho resolution of the House of Representatives, passed on the 3d of April, " requesting the President of the United States to inform the House whether any executive offices, acta, or duties, and If any what, have within a (speci­ fied period been performed at a. distance from the seat of Government established by law," etc. I have never hesitated, and shall not hesitate to communi­ cate to Congress, and to either branch thereof, all information which the Constitution makes it the duty of the President to give, or which my judg­ ment may suggest to me, or a request either house may indicate to me, may be useful in the discharge of appropriate duties confldpd to them. I fail, how­ ever, to find in the Constitution of the United States the authority given to the House of Representatives (one branch of Congress in whicn iB vested the legislative power of the Government) to require of the Executive, an independ­ ent branch of the Government, co-ordinate with the Senate and House of Representa­ tives, an account of hia discharge of his appropri­ ate and purely executive offices, acts, and duties, either as to when, where, or how performed. What the House of Representatives may require, as a right, in its demand upon the Executive for infor­ mation, is limited to what is necessary for the proper discharge of Its powers of legislation or of impeachment. The inquiry in the resolution of the House as to where the executive acts, within the last seven years, have been performed, and at what distance from any particular spot, or for how long a period at any one time, etc., does not necessarily belong to the province of legislation. It does not profess to be s*teed for that object, If this tnformaMon be sought through an inquiry of the President as to his executive acts in view or in aid of the power of im­ peachment vested in the House, tt ia asked in dero­ gation of an inherent natural right recognised in this country by a constitutional guarantee whioh protects every citizen--the President as well as the humblest in the land--from being made a witness against himself. During the time that I have had the honor to oc­ cupy the position of President, it has been, and while 1 continue to occupy that position It will con­ tinue to be, my earnest endeavor to recognise and to respect the several trusts and duties and powers of the co-ordinate branches of the Government, not encroaching upon them, nor allowing encroach­ ments upon the proper power# of the office which the people of the United States have confided to me, but aiming to preserve in their proper relations the several powers and functions of each of the co-ordi­ nate branches of the Government agreaably to the from the National Capital during each of the several administrations, and of public and ex­ ecutive acts performed during the time of auch absences. This memorandum oontains the fol­ lowing information, and muoh more of the same general character, portant of the and moran- vern mon of •s" ̂|Jnn sfc fcArisnrji a proclamation respecting the whisky in­ surrection in Pennsylvania; also the proclama­ tion of the treaty of 1795 with Spain, and the executive order of August 4, 1792, relative to duties on distilled spirits, etc. When at Ger- mantown he signed sundry commissions. He proposed to have Mr. Ynijo officially presented f«". Eiiirwj Juuauiui- a&ry and Minister Plenipotentiary from Spain, and Mr. Yrujo went there for that purpose, but the ceremony of presentation waa prevented by an accident--the omission of the Minister to bring his credentials. President John Adams was absent from the capital during MB term of four yeara on vari­ ous occasions .185 clays. He discharged the official duties and performed the most solemn public acta at Quincy, Msss., in. the same man­ ner as when at the seat of Government, Sev­ eral of iiffla are recited, and it is also specified that on the 28th of September, 1797, ha tms- wded to the Secretary of State a oosnsQisatoR for a Justice of the Supreme Court, signed in blank at Quincy, with instructions to fill in the name o£ John Marshall, if he would accept, rnd if not, that of Rmhrod Washington. President Jefferson mm absent from the seat of Government during his two terma of office, 796 days, or more than one-fourth of the whole ofiiaiftl period. He signed and waned from Monticollo, among other things, seventy-five commissions. President Madison was absent 637 days, and President Monroe was absent 708 days, inde- Kndent of the year 1824 and two months of 25, for which period no data are found. The latter transacted public business wherever he happened to be, and sometimes while tray- ding. President John Q uincy Adams was albAAt during hia single term 222 days, and in his Memoirs, vol, VIII., p. 75, speaks of his prac­ tice of leaving with his chief clerk blank papers, signed by him, to be used, when neoes easy, for proclamations, remission of penalties, ana commission of consuls. He speaks also of doing the same thing in regard to patents and land grants President Jackson was absent from the seat of Government 602 days. Among other im­ portant acts performed by him when awav from Washington was his signing at Boston the famous order for the removal of deposits from the State banks. The memorandum at this point refers to Preai dent Jackson's refusal, in 1883, to furnish the Senate a copy of a certain paper alleged to nave been read by him to the Cabinet, and mentions that in January, 1837, he refused to allow a committtee of tue House of representatives to make a general investigation of the Executive Departments without specific charges, on the ground, among others, that the use of offioial books and records for such purposes interfere with the discharge of public business. Other presidents were absent from Washing­ ton and performed liumeiouu duties while absent: Van Buren, 181 days; Tyler, 163 days; Polk, 37 days ; Taylor, 31 days ; Fill­ more, 60 dayB; Pierce, 57 days; Buchanan, 51 days. No mention is made of the absences of Presi­ dents Lincoln or Johnson. "Oh! Shoot that Hat!"--A Remark that Caused Three Lawsuits. Some time ago Mrs. Thomas I. Wil­ cox and her sister, Miss Cochran, were out promenading, when they met Mrs. Frances A. Douglas. The head of Mrs. Douglas was .decked with a love of a bonnet, or more properly speaking & hat. The hat being rather conspicuous, by reason of its decorations, attracted the eye of Mrs. Wilcox and her sister, one of whom exclaimed, "Oh, shoot that hat! " Mrs. Douglas became in­ dignant, and the result was she had the Constitution and in accordance with the solemn oath fP^' . -I"0 w»» »ii« u»u tue which I have taken to preserve, protect and defend Other two ladies arrested for insulting that instrument. In maintenance of the rights se­ cured by the Constitution to the executive branch of the Government, I am compelled to decline any specific or detailed answer to the request of the House for information as to "any executive offices, acts or duties, and, if any, what have been per­ formed at a distance from the seat of Government established by law, and for how long a period at any one time, and in what part of the United States." If, however, the House of Representa­ tives desires to know whether, during the period of upward of seven years during which I have held the office of President of the United States, I have been absent from the seat of Government, and whether daring that period I have performed, or have neglected to perform, the duties of my office, I freely inform the House that from the time of my entrance upon my office I have been in the habit, as were all of my predecessors, with the ex­ ception of one who lived only one month after as­ suming the duties of his office, and one whose con­ tinued presence in Washington was necessary from the existence at the time of a powerful rebellion, «f absenting myself at times from the seat of Govern­ ment, and that during such absences I did not neglect or forego the obligations or duties of my office, but continued to discharge ill of the execu­ tive offices, tjeto, and duties which were required of me as President of the United Statss. I am not aware that a failure occurrcd in any one instance of my exercising the functions and powers of my office in every case .quiring tlicii* discharge, or of my ex­ ercising all the necessary executive acta in whatever part of the United States I may at the time have been. Fertunately, rapidity of travel and of communication, and the facility of almost instan­ taneous correspondence with officers at the seat of Government which the telegraph affords to the President in whatever section of the Union he may be, enable him in these days to maintain as con­ stant and almost as quick intercourse with the de­ partments at Washington as may be maintained while he remains in the capital. The necessity of the performance of executive acts by the President oi the United States exists and is devolved upon him wherever he may be within the United States during his term of office by the Constitution of the United States.' His civil powers are no more limited or capable of limitation as to the place where they shall be exercised than are those which he mignt require to discharge in his capacity of Commander-in-chief of the army and navy, which latter powers it is evident he might be called upon to exercise possibly even without the limits of the United States. Had the efforts of those recently in rebellion against the Government been succeeeful m driving a late President of the United States from Washington, it is manifest that he must have dis- *8^ hie functions, both civil and military, else­ where than in the place named by law as the seat of Government. No act of Congress can limit, sus­ pend, or confine this constitutional duty. I am not aware of the existence of any act of Congress which assumes thus to limit or restrict the exercise of the •unctions of the Executive. Were there such acts, l should nevertheless recognize the superior author- y .of the Constitution, and should exercise the powerH required thereby of the President. The act to wnich reference Is made in the resolution of the House relates to the establishment of a seat of hn«M,|WU ' J .and tlle Pri,vl ling of suitable t^i,»!iI\K*Vlan<3,the removal thereto of the offices at- 32!^..i°J 5 Government, etc. It was not uader- d date, and by Gen. Washington, to con- freB\dei't m the discharge of hie duties and ErZt Pre8ence at the seat of Govern- tbeaoth of March, 1791, shortly after *<e lict referred to, Gen. Washington to ljrocl«"»ation, having reference nbuv> rf.? tlus very act, from Georgetown, a JJf n m 1 hila,1«lphia, which then was v where the act referred to directed that all officers attached to the seat of •n^ertflrJi?P ell<mld for the time remain." That < c?f8801-8 hav® entertained the idea ttat their executive offices could be performed only at the seat of government is evidenced by hundred# upon hundreds of such acts performed by my pre­ decessors in the unbroken line from Washington to Lincoln, 8 memorandum of the general nature and character of some of which acts is submitted here- wi*h> an<1 "° question has been raised as to the validity of those acts or to the right aud propriety of the Executive to exercise the powers of his office in any part of the United States. (Signed) U. 8. GRANT. WASHINGTON, May 4,1870. PRECEDENTS. |t will be perceived that the message is dated Washington, without the usual prefix of •« Ex­ ecutive Mansion." Accompanying the message is a memorandum of absences of presidents of the United Rntoa her. They were taken before a magis­ trate and bound over to keep the peace. Mrs. Wilcox then had Mrs. Douglas ar­ rested on the charge of perjury, but at the hearing Mrs. Douglas was acquitted. Mrs. Douglas then brought suit against Mrs. Wilcox for false arrest, malicious prosecution, laying damages at 820,000. The trial in the Court of Common Pleas ended yesterday with a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $450. Two of the jurors, it was learned, were in favor of award­ ing $1,600, while several of them went as low as 0100. Mrs. Douglas is a lady of very prepossessing appearance, and was dressed with muoh taste.--Balti­ more Gazette. A Young Woman Proposes. A timid young man was visiting a beautiful young woman on one of our streets the oilier evening, when after a pause uaid, looking at him closely : •' Now, I want to propose to you--" "You are very kind," said this diffident young man, between gasps and blushes, " but I am not worthy of such happi­ ness--and, in fact, none of our family are marrying people--besides my income is limited--my ' differences ® are on the wrong side--I have to meet Mr. Smith, and I'm afraid I'll be late." Then, with­ out waiting io put on his overcoat, he tried to make exit through the door of a cupboard. " Why," said the young woman, lifting her eyebrows in surprise, " I wanted you to accompany me to a friend's on |Main street." "Oh, in that case," Answered the swain, "if your head's levef and the boot is on the other foot, I shall only be too happy ; but I was afraid--that is, almost dared to hope--in fact I am subject to these seizures ;" and he sat down on the coal scuttle, and said it was a very cold day-- hadn't seen such weather since the Fourth of July.--Titusville Herald. Sailors' Rights. The " sailors' friend," Mr. Plimsoll, of the British House of Commons, con­ tinues his labors for the seamen without abatement. He is now appealing to the influence of the pulpit in their behalf, having prepared and sent the following circular to the clergy of all denomina­ tions in Great Britain: "I entreat assistance in getting re­ dress for sailors' wrongs. My amend­ ments provide survey of doubtful ships, carefully verified load line, no deck- looxliiig;. and survey of grain cargoes. Will you send up petition in support, and write letter to each of your mem­ bers? Or, at least, do the last." So universal an appeal cannot fail to advance the cause which is occupying the mind and heart of Mr. Plimsoll. NEWYOBK rejoices in a lady patent right lawyer who is said to have a knowl­ edge of and skill in her business that many of her masculine brethren of the profession heartily envy. THE Bie SftOW. Opening of the Great Centennial Exposi­ tion--Philadelphia Overflowing with Patriotic JBrnthiMfasm. PHIXUUOEIJPHIA, May 10. The morning was very rainy, with the "prospeot of a steady rainv day. The city was crowded with visitors, trains last evening and this morning having oome from all directions with crowds of "passengers from abroad. The streets were all ablaze with flags, and, notwithstanding the rain, the patri­ otic decorations were numerous and fine. The Exposition opening was the only topic of conversation, and from early morning throngs of people, on foot, in street-cars, carnages, wagons, and steam- cars, were pouring toward the Centen­ nial grounds, in anticipation of the opening of the gates. Thi» mominn early, the military pa­ rade,, comprising portions of the First division, took place, passing through the principal streets of the city. The dis­ play was fine, though not nearly so large as it would have been had the weather been favorable. At 10:15 a. m., the sky cleared, and the weather was beautiful--sunny, but not too warm. The grounds were in very good condi­ tion, ir. îte of the hard and long-oon- tinued nuns, though there was much mud. Tho gates were opened at a little after 8 o'clock. It is roughly estimated that 50,000 people were on the grounds at 10 o'clock. A spacious platform had been erected at the side of the memorial hull, north of the center of the main building, seats were arranged on the platform for official and other invited guests. At the right of the center were seats for the President of the United States and the members of the Cabinet, and further to the right were the seats of United States Senators, Members of the House of Rep­ resentatives, the Governors of the vari­ ous States, with their staffs, the Gov­ ernor of this State and State officers, the Supreme court and the Legislature, the representatives of the army and navy, the Smithsonian Institute, united States judges, officers of the Executive office and the Bureaus, and the members of the Woman's Centennial Committee. On the left of the center wore the seats of the United States Supreme court, and further to the left the seats for members of the Diplomatic Corps and members of the Centennial Commission, the Board of Finance, the Woman's Ex­ ecutive Committee, Foreign Commis­ sioners, the Mayor, Council, and other officials of Philadelphia, Mayors of oth­ er cities, State Centennial Boards, the Board of Award, judges of yacht and rifle clubs, and along the front of the platform were seats for iinembera of the press. The orchestra, of 160 pieces and a chorus of 1,000 voices, under the direc­ tion of Theodore Thomas and Dudley Buck, were stationed, directly in front of the platform, at the side of the main building. The space in front of the platform, ex­ cept that needed for passage-ways, was open to the public until after the in­ auguration. The main building, machinery hall, ami memorial hall were reserved for in­ vited guests, and closed to the public. All guests passed through the main building, entering at the east and west end, or at the south side, and thence through the center door, at the north side, to the platform. The space about the platform, and for such distance that to see and hear were impossible, was crowded densely with people waiting for the opening exercises. At 11 o'clock ̂the President and his party, accompanied by the officials previously designated, proceeded to the platform, the President having been escorted to the grounds by Gov. Hart- ranftj with a division, of the military.. The platform was at once crowded, and all the surrounding space and all the available points of elevation in the neighborhood were already occupied by crowds of visitors. The orchestra, while the seats were being secured, played na­ tional airs, and, after t;he party on the platform1 had arranged themselves, played Wagner's Centennial Maxch, which was received with applause. Bishop Simpson, c£ the MutLodisiEpis- copal church, then offered up the open­ ing prayer. After the staging of WhlLlier.'a Cen- teuuial Hymn, the presentation of the buildings took |̂ koe, the Bojwd of Fi­ nance, with appropriate speeches and, ceremonials, turned over the buildings to the Commission. Next followed the singing of Sidney Lanier's cantata by a full chorus, ac­ companied by the orchestra. The ap­ plause of the vast crowd was enthusias­ tic, and portions of the music were en- chored, especially the bass solo sung by Whitney, of Boston. Joseph R. Hawley, the President of the Centennial Commission; made the presentation of the Exhibition to the President of the United States* > When President Grant rose to respond, he was greeted with enthusiastic and long-continued applause, followed by three cheers and a tiger, led by Gen. Hawley. President Grant then read his response, as follows: It has been thought appropriate npon this Centennial occasion to bring together in Phila­ delphia, for popular inspection, specimens of our attainments in the industrial and fine arts, and in literature, science and philosophy, as well as in the great businesses of agriculture and of commerce, that we may more thorough­ ly appreciate the excellences and deficieuces of our achievements, and also give an emphatic expression to our earnest desire to cultivate tne friendship of our fellow-members of this great family of nations. The enlightened agricultural, commercial, ani manu­ facturing people of the world have been invited to send hither corresponding speci­ mens of their skill, to exhibit on equal terms, in friendly competition with our own. ^To this invitation they have generously responded, and for so doing we fender them our hearty thanks. The beauty and utility of the competitions will this day be submitted to your inspection by the managers of tnis Exhibition. _ We are glad to know that a view of the specimens of the skill of all nations will afford to you unalloyed pleasure, as well as yield to you a valuable practical knowledge of the remarkable result* of the wonderful skill existing in enlightened communities. One hundred years ago our country was new, and but partially settled. Our necessities have compelled us to chiefly expend every means and time in felling forests, subduing prairies, »nd building dwellings, factories, ships, docks, warehouses, roads, canals, machinery, etc., etc. Moat of our schools, churches, libraries and asvlums have been established within 100 years. Burdened by these great primal works of ne- oessity whioh oonld not be delayed, we yet have done what this Exhibition will show in the di­ rection of rivaling older and more advanced n,*®J hi law, medicine, and theology, in aoi- J?*1 literature, philosophy and the one arte. what we have done, we regret have not done more. Our achievmenta nave been great enough, however, to make it SIS* °L5ar P*°Ple to acknowledge superior nwm, wherever found. fellow-citizena, I !u>pe a careful What tob® exhibited you With a profound re- otw U8te of our fri®nds from JSSSi 1 • ' •o you wi th the a t - i b5, our People during the past J «^key<mr generouTeo-opSa- fi?^T PfTfit^le '^PteMan* to tib am. I declare tlie International Exhibition now open. So great was the confusion in the crowd, Mid so low the tone of voice in which the speech was ikmuI that pcc.~lo a few yards away oonld not hear w£at was uttered. The close of the President's brief ad­ dress was followed by the raising of the flag on the main building, the sisnai that the Exhibition wasopen. Salutes were fired, bells commenced ringing, and the chorus began winging Hallelujah f The chimes commenced to ring various airs and the President an4 invited guests, amid cheers from the crowd, began a prorwmion through the main building and machinery Hall Two Orphans* Adventures. On Baturday last conductor Ben Cola discovered, crouched under one of the seats in a smoking car, a boy and a girl. "Mister, is this the road to Haven?" said the boy, as he crawled oufcp aud the girl said, " Mister, please don't put us off; our folks Jive there, and we ain't got an.Y>father or mother, and here's a let­ ter," al the same time drawing from her faded calico apron a crumpled piece of paper and handing it to Mr. Cole. After looking at it a long time, for it was badly written, badly spelled and blurred, he made out this: " All good people: These children ain't got JJ0 father or mother. They died here in Feb- mary, and I'»e been tending to 'em. Thev am t got no folks here, and their folks live in Havsn, Connecut, Is'e a poor nigger woman, and can't keep 'em no longer., IVe got myself to support, and theyse a going back to their folks. They is good children, and don'tdo 'em . noharau JANEMATTMX." Mr. Cole sat down by the boy, who was about tuirteen years of age, and bright. He learned that in the spring John Howell with liis wife and two chil­ dren left New Haven, Conn., for the West, and arrived at Pueblo, but that these both died, and during their sick­ ness the old negro, Jane Maupin, was the only attendant at their bedside, and when the children were thrown out upon the world, orphans, friendless, and pen­ niless, she cared for them as she would for her own children* JBi.it Kayij?® learned from the father that they were from New Haven, and that they had an uncle there by the name of Martin Howell, she conceived the idea that they ought to go back, and she thought that the letter she wrote and gave them would- bo ii passport to all the world. They started three weeks ago, taking the A. T. and S. F. train for Atchison, and a conductor had put them off near- Pueblo. But they had started for Haven, and they resolved $hat they would go, By "stealing rides/" now in a freight car,, now under the seats in the smoking car„ and now in the caboose among the piles- of trunks and packages, and begging' their food, they reached Topeka, fifty miles from Atchison. They wandered around Topeka all day9 and at night they hid themselves in a flat car laden with building stone. In the gray dawn they reached this city, begged a breakfast and dinner, and at 2 o'clock hid them­ selves under the seat in the Missouri Pacific car, where they were found by Mr. Oele. Mr. Cole took the children to City, the end of his "run," oared for them there, telegraphed to Martin How­ ell at New Haven, Conn., and received an answer to send the children in care of the conductor to New Haven, and to draw upon him for the expenses of the trip. They are on their way.--Atchison {Kan.) Patriot. AMPLB precautions have been to protect the Centennial buildings from fire. An effectively organized and thoroughly drilled fire brigade is on duty at all times of the day H night, and the number of steam fire en­ gines. hose tracks find ladttei^ ready for earvico at all times, ia sufficient for all possible exigencies. Beside these, there we almost innumerable fire pings, and a Jarge number of approved ex- tinguiiheri, THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BEXVKS 11 HOOB--Dresaed 7 00 0 7 80 COTTON lajf % 13)£ Fju>ub--Superfine western 8 76 @ 4 60 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago 1 18 Q 1 19 COBN.. 61 ^ eg OATS 40 <a 41 Rtx 81 § 8S POBK--New MOM so 75 £90 90 LABD--Steam 12 « 1SV CHICAGO. BKXVXS--Choice Graded Steers.... S 30 % 5 65 Choice Natives 4 80 ® S -00 Cows and Heifers 8 96 (H 8 76 Good Second-class Steera. 4 SO % 4 75 Medium to Fair 4 00 A 4 36 HOGS--Live 7 00 A 7 96 Fu>VB--Fancy IWhite Winter 7 00 & 8 00 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 4 75 A 6 60 WHKAT--No. 1 Spring .... 0 .... 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