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SFTT GLTTC 3. VAN SLTKE, PUBLISHER. MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. ffilff. SEWS COXDEJiSED. "aU88AcHtTSETTS haneed two mnrdercTB 6n he 26th of May--Piper, *t Boston, for the murder of the little girl Mabel Yonng, and Froet, at Worcester, who murdered his brother- n-law nearly a year ago. A shocking incident occurred at the latter execution. When the foil a terrible scene was enacted. The fall'was so great that the head of Frost was erked from his body, which hung only by ligaments. His bloed "spurted in every direc­ tion over the scaffold and floor No goods will be received for exhibition at the Phila­ delphia show after June 15 Three men were drowned at Suncook, N. H., last week, by the upsetting of a small pleasure steamer. BY an explosion of fire-damp in A coal mine near Pottsville, Pa., last week, four men were killed and ten 3eriotujly wounded. NIKE cadet midshipmen of the second and third classes have been expelled from the Naval academy at Annapolis for stealing "gentle­ men's furnishing" goods from a Baltimore drummer The Centennial managers have •gain pat in force tha foolish rule requiring •mi tare to pay their admissions in fifty-cent ieoee. BY the upsetting of a sail-boat on Fresh Pood, in the suburbs of Boston, a few dayB ago, four persons were drowned--Mrs. Dunck- lee, wife of the proprietor of the Sunnvside house, Brighton, and her daughter Maud, Miss Wilson, and her little brother Johnny At Philadelphia-; on Thursday of last week, was witnessed the largest assemblage of members of the higher order of the Masonic brother­ hood ever seen in America, or the world. One hundred and fifty commanderies from all parts of.the Union, and many delegates from abroad, including the Grand "Commandery of South Africa, took part in the parade. THE WEST. A UPTTEB from a Cincinnatian named Matt, who went oat to the Black Hills some time •hue, states: "The Indians areon the war­ path, killing miners at a fearful rate. Miners are returning to the States by hundreds." He says that out of forty-two men at Deadwood, twenty-oeven of them have been killed by the red devils. Five more were killed and scalped within three miles of Custer City. There is plenty of gold northwest of Custer City, but it is impossible to get it on account of theln- A FIRE in San Francieoo last week destroyed $300,000 worth of business property--Three yonng men were drowned in San Francisco i*y,« few days ago, by the upsetting of a boat. They were employes of the Cornell Watch Company, and recently from Chicago. ....Dubufe's great painting, "The Prodigal 8OD," was destroyed, by lire at Cincinnati last week. Its value was estimated at $100,000.... Reports have reached Lincoln, Neb., to the effect that eleven members of a Cincinnati party who went to the Black Hills a few weeks ago, under Col. Stone, Lave been killed by In­ dians near Custer Judgments have been entered upon distillers' bonds, in the United fSiTirt ;R fit. Louis, to the- amossS of balf & million dollars. Most of the bondsmen are able to pay, and will be compelled to do so. TEE sudden death is announced of George M. D. Bloss, one of the editors of the Cincin­ nati Enquirer, who was ran over by the cars and instantly killed while walking along the track of the Little Miami railroad, near Branch Hill station, Ohio, where he resided. Mr. Bloss had been connected with the Enquirer for twenty-two years, and was widely known as an able political writer and statistician. A DISPATCH from Fort Fetterman says all the young warriors have left Bed •Cloud, going north to join Sitting Ball, leaving their fami­ lies to be protected at the agencies The indi­ cations are that Gen. Crook and others will have to contend against the whole war force of tne Sioux... .Mr, Israel l&m who has just returned to Minneapolis, Minn,, from the Black Hills, corroborates the statements of the rumors In regard to tbe Indian, scalping stories, and adds that they are not half a® startling as the facts. He helped to bury persons killed by the Indians every day. The bodies of those murdered are always found with six bullet- boles and six knife-stabs in them, besides the loss of the scalp, which they take off by cut­ ting the head open in the shape of the letter V from the hack of the head down to the eyes, which presents a heart-sickening Bight. Indi- tkicl m flies around a molasses keg. Every party that attempts to leave or enter the Hilla is attacked, and more or less fall -victims to the devils in human form. One party of twenty-five attempted to escape, and only one lived to tell the story of how they were butchered and scalped. More parties are leaving every day than arrive in a week. There are Home 5.000 men in the Hills, among whom there are about fifty that are making #20 per id 1)VVU llini tHnikCi *. &Q££aal. gOUSH. A HKW Onausn telegram says: "Northern papers contain Washington specials asserting president Grant administered a fitting re- bake to Gov, Kellogg, and* stated that he was tired of being annoyed with Louisiana affairs. Gov. Kellogg states that these reports are in­ correct, that he received from the Pre-ident every assurance that he could reasonably ask tw. the peace would be preserved in Louisiana, and lawlessness suppressed." JOHN O. h*ttI a prominent citizen of Hot flpringw. Ark., and a son-in-law of ex-Senator Brownlow, of Tennessee, was recently shot and killed by Wm. P. Walsh, Postmaster at the Springs. A NEW ORLEANS dispatch says: "Three wbite men, McCardle, Graham and Dumon- ville. while sleeping in camp, in Iberville Kish, were attacked by a negro, who killed Cardie and Graham with an ax, and wound­ ed Dumonville. The negro plundered the eamp and fled."... .Senator Twitchell, who waa ahot some time ago at Coushatta, La., by a dis­ guised assassin, and whose left arm was ampu­ tated at the time, has since been compelled to have his right arm cut off also. Senator Twitchell received two bullets in his left arm, one in his right, one in his hip, and one in the of his neck at the time, but is represent­ ed as cheerful and likely to recover The Galveston (Texas) News, of a recent date, says : "Nine men were hanged by a mob for horse-stealing in Jack county last week, and six in Erath. Two of those hanged in Jack county are said to have been innocent. Two unknown men were found hanging out"several miles on the prairie, near Elgin, yesterday." GENERAL. President is disposed to look leniently Upon the incursions of gold-hunters upon the Sioux reservation in the Black Hills country, and to accept as an inevitable and accomplished fact the occupation of that country by adven­ turous miners. Gen. Sheridan has been di­ rected to afford protection to all persons com­ ing away from or transporting stores and sup­ plies to the Hills. This order does not include miners at work or en route for the Hills, but their safety will be largely increased incident­ ally by the presence of the troops For the lint thirteen days of the Philadelphia show, the aggregate attendance was 41*8,838, or an average of a, fraction more than 38,000 a day. At this rate, supposing it to be practicable to keep it np, the whole attendance for the sea­ son may »e computed at three and a half to four millions, giving a revenue, with allowance for dead-heads, of less than two million dollars. ^ WVAVY inaction in passenger rates is an­ nounced by the New York Central manage­ ment, owing, it is said, to catting under by rival lines leading west from Boston. The new tariff places the fare between Chicago and New York at $17, instead of $25, as be­ fore; Cincinnati, 915 ; Indianapolis, $16 ; St. Louis, $22 ; Louisville, fl9 ; Detroit, tlS. TBE recent troubles among tbe tiunk lines of railroad between New York and the West have been followed by a general reduction of passenger rates The American Sunday- school Union has just held its fifty second an­ niversary in the city of New York. The record of its work the past year shows that 1,286 new schools have been formed, and 8,216 other schools visited auii aiueu, ffiiiuli have a total membership of 228,245. This work has been done in thirty-one States and Territories.... A great conflagration swept, over a portion of the city of Quebec, Canada, * w nights ago. The devastated district is what is known as the St Louis suburbs, in which about 1,000 houses were burned, with a loss estimated at fi,- 000,000. IMSH1NOTOH. THE House Banking and Currency Commit­ tee have unanimously agreed to report and reoommer.d the passage of Representative Ran­ dall's bill to authorize the purchase of silver bullion to the extent of $20,000,000, with any money in the Treasury, ana issue the result in silver coin; provided that not more than $1,000,000 of the money be used at any one time in the purchase of any such bullion The Committee of the House on Foreign Affairs, while acquitting Gen. Sclienek of any "fraudulent intention" in the swindling Em­ ma mine speculations, nevertheless unanimous* ly agree on a verdict of censure, first, because it was not proper for an American Minister to con­ nect himself as a Director with the Emma Mine Company; second, that his relations with the company were such as to bring suspicion upon his motives and expose him to unfriendly criti­ cism; and third, because "bis speculative dealings in thd^shares of the company were in­ compatible with his diplomatic station and the maintenance of his usefulness at ike court to which he was accredited." THE Senate Postoffice Committee has re­ ported a bill to restore the franking privilege for all lettere or packages sent on purely of­ ficial business by heads of bureaus and exec- av KYT aanfitAK fir mATVlVlAMI UVLVt? ucpttl VIUVUMJf V* wj WW-- of the House of Representatives, The bill will contain severe penalties to prevent a mis­ use of official .franks John J. Patterson, of New Jersey, has been appointed Doorkeeper of the House, in place of Fitzhugh, recently bounoed. THE Michigan delegation is said to stand 17 for Tilden, 3 for Hendricks, and 2 unde­ cided. DECOBATION DAY WM observed as a close holiday, and all the departments were closed. THE testimony of Lawrence Harney, charg­ ing Speaker Kerr with the sale of a commission in the army, for one Augustus P. Green, has been the sensation of the National Capital. Green had previously testified before the com­ mittee that he was appointed to a second-lieu­ tenancy in the army in 1865, his commission bearing date of Jul? 20 of that year. He came to Washington with reference to bis appoint­ ment several times between December, 1865, and the May or June following. He first made application to a board of officers convened in Washington for the ex­ amination of applicants, and forwarded his tes­ timonials to it; but nothing came of this, as the board gave its appointments to Congress­ men. After going to Ms representative and learning that the latter had already appointed a man, the witness cam© to Washington to see what he could do himself, and talked with an acquaintance of his, a Mr. Har«ieys who was at that time an assistant doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, itarney said that he could secure a nomination for » eoiisideraSoa, which witness agreed to. Groans said there was no understanding, nor did he believe that the money he paid Harney was paid by the latter to Mr. Kerr. Harney, when he appeared before the committee, was confronted by Mr. Kerr, and by Mm asked to tell all he knew about the alleged bribery. Harney then swora point blank that he paid Mr. Kerr, in the spring of 1866. while he (Harney) was a doorkeeper in the House, and Mr. Kerr a member from fndiarm^ $450 for securing a commission for Greene, who lived at the time in New York; that he applied to Mr. Kerr because other members had made their armv ap­ pointments ; that he told him in his seat in the House that he expected to pay for the appointment; that at the second interview with Mr. Kerr at his room the latter said it was worth $500 if it was worth anything, but that $450 was all that Green could raise, $410 of which the latter paid to Harney and subsequently made up the full amount by a postal order for $40, and all of which Harney swears he paid to Mr. Kerr, who asked him for it ten days before the appoint­ ment was made, when he handed it over, he Bays, in the east corridor of the House to him. When Harney concluded Speaker Kerr was sworn, and made a brief statement, consisting of an emphatic denial of everything Harney swore to so far as it implicated him. He did not know Hamey, the latter had never been to his room, and he never received a cent from him in any way. « FOUTIOAI* A WASHINGTON dispatch says there are inti­ mations that, "should the men who are managing the Conkling movement fail to suc­ ceed, their second choice will be for Elihu B. Waehburne." TV.-F, Treasury department estimates that the customs receipts will fill ilioit $10,000,u00, and internal revenue receipts $4,000,000 below the estimates for the fiscal year, making a total deficit of $14,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30. THE Iowa Republican convention indorsed Blaine for President, but left the delegates un- instructed The Louisiana delegation to Cin­ cinnati stands ten for Morton and six for Blaine Democratic State conventions were held on the 31st ult. in Missouri, Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia and Alabama, In the Missouri convention an attempt to offer a res lution to instruct for Hendricks created great confusion, and it waa not even al­ lowed to be read. The delegates are said to be divided between Tilden and Hen­ dricks. Tennessee indorsed Hendricks, but gave no inatructions to the delegates. The Maryland delegation is said to be for Bayard first and Tilden second. The Virginia delega­ tion is almost unanimous for Tilden. In case it is found the latter cannot secure the nomi­ nation they will unite on Hancock. The Ala­ bama convention left their delegates unin- structed. They are said to be about equally divided between Tilden and Hendricks. Geo. S. Houston was renominated for Governor The New York Sun is authority for the state­ ment that "in the recent sale and purchase of the World newspaper, the necessary capital was furnished by Col. Thomas A. Scott." fOBElOH, CABLE dispatches report another battle be­ tween the Turks and insurgents, in which the latter took the offensive, endeavoring to occupy an important range of hills. There is the usual conflict of reports as to the result. THE war between Guatemala and Salvador, in Central America, is ended, the army of the latter having surrendered and its leaders fled. A treaty of peace has been made and ratified. The steamer Pandora, which last year made a voyage to the Arctic regions for the purpose of discovering memorials of Sir John Franklin, has sailed on another voyage to Smith's sound, to bring to England any dis­ patches deposited there by Capt. Nares' Arctic expedition A cable dispatch from Alexan­ dria, Egypt, says a rumor is current that anoth­ er buttle has been fought in Abyssinia, and that the remnant of the Abyssinian army suc­ ceeded in cutting its way through the Egyp­ tian lines. OFFICIAL telegrams have been received at Constantinople announcing that the insurrec­ tion in Bulgaria has been completely subju­ gated. Military operations in that province have therefore ceased. The prisoners taken by the Turkish troops will soon be brought te trial. All the villages that were in revolt have tendered their submission to the Turkish au­ thorities The Turkish Government is mov­ ing vigorously in its dealings with the Salonica rioters, of whom nineteen were sentenced on the 27th ult.--four to capital punishment, and the others to forced labor for life and to vari­ ous terms of imprisonment. The results of the trials at Salonica are telegraphed to the Turkish Ministers at the leading eapitals as an assurance of the intention of the Porte to amply nmii«b «?at recent terrible maesacre Eng­ land is shipping immense quantities of war material to tne MediterrnueaiE THE official announcement is made by the ocean cable, that Abdul Aziz, the Saltan of Turkey, has been dethroned, and that his nephew, Montd EffandL who was the imperial heir presumptive, has been proclaimed Em­ peror. This change has not been unexpected. The popular feeling of opposition to Aziz, who is a weak-minded man and a reckless spend­ thrift, has been growing for some years, wad either hie voluntary abdication or his forced overthrow was enly a question of time. The change of rulers is believed to be in the inter­ ests of peace. Both Christians and Mussnlmen express great satisfaction at the turn of affairs. Germany has called on Turkey to pay $60,000 to the family ox uonsui Ab­ bott, one of the victims of the Salonica massacre The family of the Wapping butcher, Orton, who played the character of the " Tichborce claimant" with such remarkable success for a while two or three years ago, appear to be a thoroughly bad lot. His sister, who helped to swear him into the penitentiary, has been herself just sentenced to seven years' penal servitude for stealing Late advices from the disturbed district of Bosnia report that the Turks have suffered a series of reverses in encounters with small parties of insurgents. FOB the first time since the establishment of England's greatest racing event, the Derby has jost been won by an unnamed horse. There were thirteen starters, and it waa not until the race was over that the winner was given a ntme Winslow, the Boston forger, has been again remanded to prison until after June 15, at the request of the British authorities. It is learned from good authority that the Lord High Chancellor thinks the arguments of the United States Government are sound and its position correct The cereal crop of England promises a .yield that has not been equaled for a hundred years. So says a cable telegram. FORTY-FOURTH CONUKESS. THURSDAY, May 25.--Senate.--Wright, from the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment, reported back the bill fixing the salary of the President at $25,000 per annum, together with the message of the esident vetoing the same, and recommended that the bill be paBsed, notwith­ standing the objection of the President. Placed on the calendar Paddock, from the Committee on Poetofflces and Postroads, reported, with an amend­ ment in the nature of a substitute, a bill to restore the franking privilege. Placed on the calendar The question of jurisdiction in the Belknap im­ peachment case was discussed in secret session. House.--The Senate amendments to the bill au­ thorizing the appointment of receivers of National banks were non-concurred in....The House then went into committee of the whole, with Springer in the chair, on the bill to revise and simplify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and to reduce taxation. Morrison, the Chairman of tbe Commit­ tee on Ways and Means, addressed the committee in explanation of the bill. FRIDAY, May 26.--Senate.--West, from the Committee on Railroads, reported back the Senate bill to create a sinking fund for the liquidation of Government bonds advanced to the Central and Western Pacific Railroad Company with amend­ ments, and a written report on the subject; also a new bill to create a sinking fund for the liquidation of Government bonds advanced to the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and for the settle­ ment of the claims of the Government on ac­ count of said bonds. Placed on the calendar Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported, with various amendments, the House bill making appropriations for the legislative, execu­ tive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year. Placed on the calendar Legisla­ tive business was then suspended, and considera • tion of the articles of impeachment was resumed with closed doors. House,--Dunnell introduced a bill for the relief of certain settlers on public lands. Passed.... Cox asked leave to offer a resolution directing the Sec­ retary of War to f urnish the House with a statement of the number of troops now stationed in the Southern States, and all information connected therewith. Objected to.... The Speaker presented a message from the President veto­ ing the bill providing for recording deeds, mortgages, and other conveyances affecting real estate in the District of Columbia. The mes­ sage was read and the bill was passed over the President's veto The House proceeded to con­ sider the bill for the retirement of Judge McCand- less. The question being on agreeing to the Senate amendment providing that be shall resign his office within six months after the passage of this act, it was agreed to--yeas 89. nays 83, and the bill passed. SATUBDAY, May 27.--Senate. --The Senate was engaged, in secret session, in considering the question of jurisdiction in the Belknap impeach­ ment. House.--Singleton, from the committee on con ference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, reported that the conference had been unable to agree. The report was agreed to.... No other busi­ ness was transacted by the House. MONDAY, May 29.--Senate.--The Senate reached a final vote on the question of jurisdic tion in the Belknap impeachment case. The decision was in the affirmative, the Senate de­ termining, by a vote of 37 to 29, that'" it has jurisdiction. Hie following is the vote in detail: For Jurisdiction--bayard, Bogy, Burn- side, Cameron (Pa.), Caperton, Cockrell, Cooper, Davis, Dawee, DfeiUiin, Edmunds, Goidthw&itc, Gor­ don. Hamilton, Hitchcock, Kelly, Vernon. Key, SIcQi'Otiy, Jlasey, Mitchell, Morrill (Vt.), Norwood, Randolph, Ransom, Robertson, Sargent, Saulsbury, Sherman Stevenson, Thurman, IVad- leigh, Wallace, White, Withers, Wright--37. Against Jurisdiction--Allison, Booth, Boutwell, Bruce. Cameron (Wis.), Chriatiancy, Clayton, Conkling, Cragin, Dorsey, Eaton, Ferry, Freling- huysen, Hamlin, Harvey, Howe, Ingalls, Jones (Fla.), Jones (New), Logan, McMillan, Morrill (Me.), Morton, Oglesby, Paddock, Patterson, Spencer, West, Windom--29. House.--Adams offered a resolution declaring "that, In the judgment of the House, legisla­ tion affecting the tariff is at this time inexpe­ dient." After some discussion the resolution went over....Goodiu, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported a bill providing for the Bale of the Osage ceded lands in Kansas to actual settlers. Passed. WEDNESDAY, May 31.--Senate.--The bill in relation to the Japanese indemnity fund was, after a long debate, passed by a vote of 24 to 20. Howe.--Jones (Ky.) offered a resolution, declar­ ing it to be the sense of the House that Congiyss should pass, without delay, a bill repealing the Re­ sumption act, and should prohibit any further con­ traction of the currency, and, if necessary to meet demands of the people, should provide for its in­ crease, and should provide for the displacement of National bank notes with United States notes, and should also provide for a speedy return to gold and silver. Referred The contested election case of Morey vs. Spencer (Louisiana) was decided against Morey, the sitting member Durham, from the Committee on Revision of the Laws, re­ ported a bill to perfect the statutes of the United States. NOTES FROM THE CENTENNIAL. [By Our Own Correspondent.] Speaking of the practical, reminds me of the boomerang. For more than twenty years have I searched for this extraordinary weapon. In my different trips to the old world, I sought it, but, not hearing of it, nor Beeing it, concluded it was a myth, and was used as an illustration by politicians. Such an one was rising a boom­ erang--as we would say, "hoisting one on-bis own petard." It is said of this formidable weapon, that when hurled at an o' ject by a na­ tive it moves along just above the ground with great rapidity, and after reaching its objective point, leaps as it were into mid air, and thus poised for the moment takes a retrogressive movement in an air line for the point from which it was cast, thus making it as dangerous to the thrower, if inexperienced, as a heavily charged blunderbuss. It has been as great a puzzle to the savans and scientists as the cal­ culating machine of Babbage. Four of these curious specimens of savage genius are to be seen in the department of Australia. There are seventy-two block and slab specimens of timber from Sydney. They also exhibit, sad­ dles, wools, tweeds, and shawls, none of which will compare with the American section, and coal seams twelve feet thick are shown as specimenS from Hunter river district, northern coal fields of New South Wales. There tie sixty-six collieries. They also exhibit pre­ served meats, candles, biscuits, oondiments, ores of antimony and other minerals. In a glass show case fourteen feet square are shown, on one side, the nrianmf.k' compass, transit, sextant and other instruments need by that intrepid navigator, Lieut. De Have a, near tne frigid wilds of Western Greenland; drawings and paintings of Arctic scenery *u<l animal life, executed by himself, and the flag of the Advance, the ship in which he made his seooiul voyage; the three other sides of the «as« contain relics of tbe expeditions of Hayes, Hall and Bradford ; .the flag that Wilkes" took on his Antarctic ex­ pedition in the ship Peacock, tbe same flag being taken by Kane, Hayes and Kail, «u»o, on their Arctic voyages ; relics of Sir John Frank­ lin's expedition, including portions of his ves­ sel secured by Capt. Hall in his second expe­ dition and brought back by him then, together with relics of Parry's voyage; the journals kept by Hall in his Polaris expedition, and a im^ oiruile of the ilcifcO rssdc for Cs.pt. H*l! by "Esquimaux Joe." Brazil has $3,000,&00 in diamonds to display, but the United States, requiring a personal bond in amount double the invoice from the Commission, has declined, hence we will not see the brilliants. ' The Bullock printing press prints 32,000 copies per hour. The Portuguese have a handsome building one story high within, and two without. In the British section there are eighty-five exhibitors of chemicals, and fourteen exhibitors of watches and chronometers. The latter time- Sieces were invented by John Arnold one hon-red years ago. The geor&ma of Paris is about 10 feet square, is exposed to the weather, and unless taken out of the wet," will be as the "baseless fabric of a vision." The Navy department of the United States, in the Government building, is ar­ ranged under nine heads: Ordnance, torpe­ does, equipment, navigation, construction, yards and docks, medicine and surgery, pro­ visions and clothing, Bteam engineering and naval observatory and Arctic relics. Japan exhibits two vases six feet high and thirtv inches in diameter, price $2,000 gold, _ j. i u«n, u:~iu iwKifa ftfimn VCU9UO tX7U U1UUCO liigUf *U »' and blue china goods far below the English standard at fabulous prices; $50 in gold for a table worth $10 or $15. I thought these figures of a bonanza character, but when I saw a suit of buckskin--coat, vest and pants, trimmed with a few yards of silver lace, from Mexico, price, $1,000 ^old, I threw up the sponge. Shades of the Aztecs and of Montezuma, where art ye? The bijouterie of Japan, their lacquered ware, and straw goods are superior, and many articles are low enough, but, in their valuable articles, they are in the clouds. The prices they ask would impoverish the Tycoon did he become a purchaser/ In the Egyptian department $2,000 gold is asked for a silver antique set, worth possibly a few hundred dollars ; a few pieces of sandal wood, $9 gold. If the Americans can stand these extortions, they are specimens of endur­ ance to be wondered at. What do the readers of this letter think of a backgammon board, inlaid, $600 gold ? The Egyptians have a sa­ cred crocodile with them to palliate their ex­ cesses. i am happy to state lie is stuffed. One watch factory, American, shows 2,300 watches, representing six days, of ten hours each, of the employes. A tack factory exhibits 2,000 varieties of tacks. Strawberries will be displayed June 7. Rasp­ berries July 3. Peaches, grapes, nuts, cereals, honey and wax, melons, horses, cattle and poultry will follow at different dates. In addition to Giimoro's concerts, other musical bands will perform in different parts of the main building. The French steamer brought the French, Belgian and Bussian Judges of Centennial awards, and 400 tons of French exhibits. There will be 5,000 free seats distributed throughout the grounds. Tropical fruits from Bermuda were shown on the 18th inst. Michigan and New York are in the front rank of apple-growers. The Committee on Concessions have deter­ mined to enforce contracts with restaurants, the leading feature of which was fair prices. Oregon exhibits wheat reaped in ninety days after sewing in ground neither plowed nor harrowed. It is said Queen Victoria will "put in an ap­ pearance " at the Exhibition. But few children as yet are seen on the Ex­ hibition grounds. The Netherlands show carpets from the royal factory, which would fit a room eighteen, feet square, $280, Haarlem shows a magnet of pounds; price $110. Rotterdam displays an exten- eighty-eight pounds, carries a weight of 500 sive assortment of fishing tackle. Amsterdam, pipes of the quaintest Dutch style, georamas of canals, maps, and a swing double-crane bridge, and a georama of the surface of the Zuyder Zoe. Bermuda has a piece of a xanthoxylon. It was taken from a stump by a British soldier of H, M. Fifty-third. It is of yellow wood, per­ fectly sound, and dates back to 1612. Also, from the island, black mangrove, rubber, olive, fiddle and other woods. Arrowroot is a long, yellow-looking root like the horse radish. The Centennial stomped envelope is good anywhere in the United States. A silver brick has arrived from Nevada 117 founds in weight; value in gold $1,623.65. is something to be a "brick." The reduction of the admission fee is in de­ bate. As Horace Greeley would have said, "If you are going to reduce, why don't you reduce?" Hie Middle States people are fanning and can't come. It is too early for the West and South. Wait until July, and then see the jam. Grand competition between the chief mili­ tary bands of America in the Centennial grounds July 5th. Details will soon be arranged and published. It takes a general manager, one captain and aid, chief clerk, a chief inspector, twelve in­ spectors, 102 gate keepers, 2 special gate keepers, one ehief and sixteen wagon gate keepers to pasa the masses in. An iron banK vault is on exhibition, price $25,000; 10x16 feet, 14 feet high, weighs 35 tons, 4 doors and 20 bolts to each, lining steel, plate 2% inches, 2 feet of filing, fireproof. The same makers put one up in Baltimore 25x 35, weight 200 tons. Farrel & Co., show a magnificent circular safe. A beautiful display of ornaments are exhib­ ited from Florida. The American Bible Society, Resolved, "We endorse the action of the Centennial Commis­ sioners in refusing to open the Exhibition on Sunday." Bartholdi and Rochambeau have arrived, the former a famous French architect, the latter the descendant of a stock whose sympathies were with the Colonies in their struggle for independence. In spite of the reports to the contrary, if you can come to the Exhibition you wUi find no difficulty in securing comfortable Quarters and at lew rates. If you wish rooms en-suite on first floor, and call for pate de fois gras, with Chambertin and Lafitte, you will find the bill as large as if in Paris at the Mille Colon, or Vie Vefour or Troisfreres. The latter is branched here. j. B. THE GLORIOUS FOURTH. A Proclamation by the President. Tbe following proclamation has been issued by the President of the United States : WHEREAS, A joint resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives was duly ap­ proved on the 13th day of March last, which resolution is as follows : Be it resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that it be and is here­ by recommended by the Senate and House of Representatives to the people of the several States that they assemble in their sev­ eral counties or towns on the approaching centennial anniversary of our national inde­ pendence, and that they cause to have deliv­ ered on such day an historical sketch of said county or town from its formation, and that a copy of said sketch may be filed in print or manuscript in the clerk's office of said county, and an additional copy in print or manuscript be filed in the office of the Librarian of Con­ gress, to the intent that a complete record may thus be obtained of the progress of our institutions during the first ffisitftiinial Of th«ir existence; and, WHEREAS, It is deemed proper that such recommendation be brought to the notice and knowledge of the people of the United States: Now. therefore, I, Ulysses 8. Grant, President of the United States, do hereby declare and make known the same in the hope that the ob­ ject of snch resolution may meet with the ap­ proval of the peeple of the United States, and that the proper steps may be taken to carry the same into effect. Given under my hand, at the city of Wash­ ington, this 25tli day of May, in the year of our Lord 1876, and of the independence of the United States the 100th. U. & uBJUis. By the President: HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State. THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE. A BUI for its Partial Restoration Intro­ duced In the Senate. A bill has been reported to the United States Senate by Mr. Paddock, of Ne- bi.'(»pna| frOm Ull xuntr offices and Postroads, looking to a res­ toration of the' franking privilege. The bill provides that it shall be lawfnl to transmit through the mails free of post­ age, any letters, packages, or other mat­ ters relating exclusively to the business of the Government of the United States, provided that every such letter or pack­ age to entitle it to pass free, shall bear over the words "official business," an indorsement showing also the name of the department or the bureau whence transmitted, Any person making use of such official envelope to avoid the pay­ ment of postage on private matter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of $300. Senators and representatives in Congress and dele­ gates from Territories as well as the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives may send and receive through the mail free of postage letters, documents, packages, and other matter relating exclusive to public busi­ ness, provided that each senator, repre­ sentative, delegate, or officer, as afore­ said, shall write upon such letter, docu­ ment and other matter so sent by him his name with the proper designation of the office he holds. The penalties pre­ scribed for violating this section are the same as provided for a violation of the foimer section in regard to department officers, provided that the penalty here in shall not be construed to interfere with the constitutional power of each house to punish or expel a member. A Student's Freak. A disgraceful and outrageous occur­ rence took place at Fort Edward on the night of the 11th inst., between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock. A number of the students, as supposed, belonging to the Institute, secured the old field- piece which has dene duty in that town for the past 100 years on all Fourth of July celebrations, and, placing it in front of the Institute building, loaded it up to the muzzle with powder and sod. A rope was then attached to the bell on the Institute building, and, all being ready, the gun was touched off and the bell violently rung. To describe the sensa­ tion wfiich was produced and the fear expressed by the neighboring citizens, who were awakened trom a sound sleep, would be impossible. Suffice it to say that simultaneously with the deafening report made by the discharge of the cannon, an explosion occurred, the gun flying into a thousand pieces, and the window-lights icontained in the front portion of the Institute and in the neighboring dwelling-houses disappear­ ing as if by magic. The damage done to property in the vicinity is estimated to be considerable.--Troy (N. Y. Press. ^ Missouri Prison Life. Uncle Billy McKee and Ool. Oon Maguire are making themselves free and easy in jail. They occupied, respective­ ly, cells 98 and 100 last night, 99 being used as a store-room for the comforts with which they have provided them­ selves. They retired quite late and were up very early this morning. Not being looked up like other criminals, they came, out on the balcony, and tilt­ ing back in cane-seated chairs, spent a few hours in reading the morning pa­ pers, receiving callers, and discussing the situation. About noon they retired to their cells to rest or to meditate, and did not make their appearance for some time, subsequently. A contract has been made with a restaurant, under which they are supplied with regular meals, composed of all the delicacies of the market. A boy has been hired to run errands for them, and a colored man has been employed to come every morning and make up their beds and set their apartments to rights.--St, Louis Letter. Stray Dogs. All stray dogs in Paris are taken to the Prefecture of Police, where they are examined and divided into lots accord­ ing to their value. Those of high breed are well cared for, as it is known that the owners will soon appear and pay handsomely for their board and lodging. Those of a good breed, but less valuable, are also treated handsomely, as at the sale which takes place weekly they will fetch a good price ; but the worthless curs, which constitute the largest por­ tion, are taken to the Fourriere, or Municipal Pond, where they are left without any food for two days, and are then, if unclaimed, or if they do not die in the meantime of hunger, hung up by hooks fastened in their throats, and tor­ tured in the most cruel manner. A Perfect Pun. What elements, besides inspiration and circumstance, go to constitute the per­ fect pun, say the New York World, it is not easy to say, but probably this hith­ erto unpublished bon wot, in its charm­ ing confusion of the dull preacher, the young steer, the mature ox and the fa­ mous pulpit orator, comes as near per­ fection as may. It was at a Methodist conference in Canada, where a sermon had been delivered by a minister named Steer, who, though a worthy man, was no orator as Brutus and Pnnshon are. The Rev. W. E. Scott, one of the best known and jolliest of Canadian clergy­ men was present, and was asked his opinion of the speaker and sermon. " Ah I" he replied, " Steer'll never make a Knox." A STRANGE custom has been preserved in Nottingham, England, from remote times. One of the heads of the family, previous to locking the street door, for the last time in the year, carefully de­ posits a gold cane in close proximity to the door, where it is allowed to remain until the new year has been ushered in. This is believed to insure the supply of money for the year's necessities. SUNDAY SPORTS IN NEVADA. A Ball-Terrier Fights a WIld-C«t--DefeM * of the Feline. [From the Ykgiuia Chronicle.} Yesterday afternoon the hovel contest described below took place at the rao©' course: GRAND WILD-CAT" CHASE. A HATCH HAS BEEN MADK Between Bing Williams' BtTLXr-TKREIEft Doo • * PADDY " AND A WILDCAT,- --At the-- BACK TRACK, SUNDAY AFTEBNOON, MAX 7, 1876,. AI Two O'CLOCK. The terms of the match are as follows: Wil­ liams bets one hundred dollars that his dog will catch tbe cat and kill him in thirty- minutes after being let loose from his cage. If the dog turns four t*TT!w he IwuCo wc uiawu. MATT BEAN, Proprietor. At about half-past 3 o'clock the track. and stand were crowded with nearly 8,000 spectators, and a few minutes after­ ward the fight began. The end of the cage containing the cat was knocked in, and the bull-do ̂made a vicious dash into the box, hnnging the wild cat out hanging on to his head and nose with its claws. For the first five minutes the fight was tolerably even, but at the end of that time the cat was so disabled that it keeled over and fought the remainder or the battle on its back and sides. The* tactics of the bull-dog were rather scien­ tific. At first he worried the cat around, the forelegs and foreshoulders for about four minutes ; then he tackled the head and upper shoulders, and finally the back and breast. After abput twelve minutes' fighting the dog frequently stopped to catch his wind, meanwhile walking in a circle around the prostrate cat to prevent her- escaping. During some of these inter­ vals the dog's backers seized the oppor­ tunity and sponged him. Severfl of the outsiders, sympathizers of the cat, yelled out vociferously, " Sponge the cat!" But evidently tne cat did not un­ derstand the charitable kindness, and met the sponging with a vicious clawing- and spitting. At last the dog satisfied himself with getting a bite wherever he could, and in twenty minutes from the commencement • of the fight the wild cat gave up the ghost. It was hard to tell what bite killed her. She seemed to have died from a loss of blood and receiving too- many bites all over, administered too viciously. The bull-dog never turned at all dur­ ing the fight, but stuck to his post as a bull-dog generally sticks. At the end of the battle it was hard to tell whether he was a dog or a cat. During the first five minutes of the fight the cat had clawed and bitten him fearfully. His head and back were streaming with blood, and he» was scratched all over. Knew His Business. The witness had served in one of the Indiana regiments, and had come home from the wars with both arms shot off. He lost one arm at Fort Donaldson and the other at Lookout Mountain. When he came forward to testify the clerk com­ menced to administer the oath. " You solemnly swear ." " Stop! stop!" in­ terfered the judge (newly installed) with overpowering dignity. " The witness will hold up his right hand when he is sworn." "Your honor," replied the clerk, meekly, " the man has no right- hand." " Then let him hold up his left hand." "If your honor will remember$ the witness lias no left hand, either. He- had the misfortune to lose them both in battle." Perhaps the clerk thought by this last bit of information to bring the judge down from his height of dis- Eleasure; but he reckoned without his: ost. " Then tell him to hold up his right leg. A witness cannot be sworn in this court without holding up some­ thing ! Silence 1 all of you! _ This. court knows the law, and will maintain, it." Tbe witness was sworn on one leg. Curious Inventions. Among the ridiculous patents that have been granted at Washington are a trap for catching tape-worms, a combined plow and cannon, a patent brick to be tied to a cow's tail to keep her from, switching her natural appendage, a house on rollers that deaden the shock of an 'earthquake, and a, combined trank and housed Tito person afflicted tvith tape­ worm starves iiimaeix uiitU Llie worm, at­ tracted by tbe delicious bait in the trap, is readily caught. The combined plow and cannon is for frontier farmers, and is intended for mowing down the sav­ ages. The combined trunk and house is adapted to persons of small means, and can be extended or contracted, as they may have occasion to use a house or a trunk. THE MARKETS. 6 50 ® 8 75 9 lajfc ® 4*0 ® 1 18* & 59 O 40 O 84 _/ NEW 1'OEK. 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