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pre Jplt^enrj flamdeafej ' J. VAN SLYKE, PVBUHBEB. McHENRY, ILLIXOia HEWS OF 'i'HE WEEK. HDIBAL APPonmom John D. Befree>, of Indiana, Public Printer, A. M. Clapp. Herman Sjlwr,. Asnyerof the Mint at Den­ ver, CoL Lewis Oat, Storekeeper ft* the Fin* Reve- BW District of Ohio. George W. Crary, Ganger for the First Dis­ trict of Ohio. Government Directors of the Union Pacific Bailroad--John C. 8. Harrison, of Indiana; Francis S. Brewer, of New York ; James F. Wilson, of Iowa; Joseph H. Willard, of Ne- Imska, and Daniel Chad wick, of Connecticut. AL nSAJKUMB, Internal-Bcvenue Receipts.--The internal- twenne receipts for the last year to the 80th ®f April were $93,332,710. The reoeipts for this year have been $95,932,210.18, showing a gain for ten months of $2,599,499. The receipts foarMay, 1876. were $13,711.356--a sum nearly #2,250,000 greater than for the month of May, 1875. Present indications are that the receipts for May will not fall much, if any, short of the receipts for the same month in 1876; and, if the receipts for May and June do not fall off, the receipts for the fiscal year will come up to the estimate of $120,000,000. Commissioner Ramn thinks that the estimate will certainly be reached, even if not exceeded. ' National-Bank Circulation.--There has been an ^increase of $3,000,000 in the amount j of bonds on deposit with the Comptroller of the Currency to secure the circulation of national hanks since Nov. 1, 1876, the date of the last eport---the amount now being $340.732.000, and the amount of national-bank notes thus secured, #818.364,667. The net increase of this class of circulation for April was $124,000. Thereto now in the treasury the sum of $47,000,000 in ooin--an increase over last month,which is ac­ counted for by the fact that there have been received from the sale of bonds about $10,000,- 000 in excess of the amount disbursed for the redemption of called five-twenties. The Xaiional-Debi Statement.--The public debt statement for May 1 shows the following figures: Six per cent, bonds ( 914.754,100 live per cent, bonds *'03,266.650 Vkrar And half per cent, bonds 70,000,(100 Total coin bonds ...........$1,688,020,750 money debt f 14.000.000 ttrtnred debt .. 15.62t380 Legal tenders 8tU.559.481 Certificates of deport* 40,465,000 Fractional currency 22,186,575 Cote certificates.................. 49,712.700 .Total ..$ 473,932,757 1 <ebt ; $2,191,565,887 interest. 53,032,316 Cash in treasury--coin 105,439,740 Osah in treasury--currency 8,395,146 ^peciai deposit* held for redemption at certificates of deposit 40,465,000 Total in treasury f 154,299.886 jMkMW' IMbt less cash in treasury 18,070,358,617 Decrease of debt daring April. 4,315,509 Decrease of debt since June 30,1876... 29,080,337 Bond* issued to Pacific Railroad Com­ panies, interest payable in lawful money; principal outstanding 64,628^12 Interest accrued and not yet paid 1,292,470 Interest paid by the United States 34,018,923 Interest repaid by transportation of mails, etc 8,131,735 Balance of interest paid by toe united »t«tee 25,887,188 The coin balance includes 114,828,250 held for the redemption of called bonds not pre­ sented for payment, and the currency balance includes $6,000,000 held as a special fund for the redemption of fractional currency. 'Condition of the Treasury.--Both the treas­ ury coin and note balances, after deducting the jteeeesaxy claims upon them, are reduced to a *wy low point. The number of legal tenders decreased f1.000,000 last month, bringing them to $5,500,000, the lowest amount reached since the issue was authorized. The condition of the treasury requires close economy. THE WAR IN THE EAST t , ^h® Russians have blockaded the river Dan- •fee at the month of the Pruth. Odessa has been declared in a state of siege The Russians have invaded Georgia* in Asiatic Ttatlcy, where tlifcy are trfclcoiMeasft^ftifcM^by Utt inhabitants. Complications are expected to arise in the event of, the Russian squadron in China being ordered to the Mediterranean passage through the Suez anal, All the towns of Arabia axe raising recruits tor the Sultan. The London Standard reports that in the ighting before Kara the Turks were defeated. Fighting between the Turks and Herzego- *inians has been renewed. A Berlin special definitely confirms the re­ port that Russia, at the instance of Austria, h»8 promised to respect the neutrality of Ser­ bia. The Turks have consequently abandoned tte plan of occupying Gladova. A Vienna dispatch says an English entering the harbor of Kertch, without the necessary precautions, was totally destroyed by % torpedo. - All male Mohammedans between the ages of 16 and 60, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, have been summoned to join the Turkish army . A Berlin dispatch states that Germany insists that Russians now in Turkey be allowed to re­ main there. Having undertaken their protec­ tion, Germany considers herself entitled to snake this demand. Cable dispatches state that in the Caucasus the Russian army crossed the frontier at three different points. There was some sharp fight­ ing. resulting, awarding to Russian reports in the defeat of the Tufks. The fortified town of Bavazid was abandoned by the Turkish troops •ad occupied by the Russians. The Russian advance into Ronmania was being conducted by Mow stages, the campaign being seriously hindered by wet weather, flooded streams and leggy roada. , Berlin advice* bring the assurance that Bis- *arck fully concurs in the opinions' expressed by Von Moltke in his recent speech in the Prus­ sian Parliament. The cable furnishes the following brief ac- «9unt of the battle of Ears, in Asiatic Turkey : l#The center of the Russian army, 40,000strong, ttacked Mukhtar five miles from Kara. The JDurks fought desperately. The Russians, gup- ported by powerful artillery, succeeded in dis­ lodging tbem from their positions. Mukhtar called out all his reserves and attempted to recover the lost ground with 60,000 Sen, but was defeated and driven back tinder the guns of Kars. The Russian losses were Considerable, and thoseof the Turks enoi moos." A Turkish monitor commenced to bombard the town of Ibrail, in Roumania, but was com­ pelled to withdraw, having been set on fire by the Russiaa batteries. The Turks are evacuating the Doferndneha, and slowly falling back upon the Mne of defease. The Roumanian troops have taken possession of Kalafat, and will defend it against the Turks. The Turkish newspapers have been plaoed under administrative control, Turkey has declared the whole Russian ooast of the Black sea in a state of blockade. Dispatches from Bucharest of the 8th inst. fate that the Cossack advance guard was not ar from that city. The Russians were in­ trenching themaelves very strongly between Ibrail and Ben!, and mounting heavy guns in the intrenchments. The balk of the Turkish army was thought to tie massing toward Silistria and Rustchuk. A dispatch from St Petersburg states that the batteries on the Baltic sea are being put in effective order, and that the tor­ pedoes are ready to be placed in the Gnlf of Finland. The cause of all this preparation far from the seat of i war isthe great distrust of England which prevails at the oapital of the Car. gmiotAL yoasiCrH mwt England has issued a proclamation of neu­ trality on the Eastern question. The British Government has made prepara­ tions to smd 50,000 men at a moment's notice to Egypt Of this force 25,000 will go from England and 25,000 from India. The Roumanian navy, consisting of two ships, has been gobbled up by the insatiate Turks. The Austrian artillery service is being sup­ plied with superior field guns and an nnusua quantity of ammunition. Austria declines to answer the Russian and Turkish circulars, on the ground that her opinion would have no influence upon cither of the belligerents. Austria has recalled all Austrian offioers in the Turkish servioe. Count Andrassy has positively assured the Turkish Ambassador of the pacific intentions of Austria, and has declared that Austria is not mobilizing her troops. A dispatch from Alexandria, Egypt, says: "There is no fanatical feeling, hare whatever. The people are neither willing to fight nor pay special tax for the support of the troops prom­ ised Turkey." The English declaration of neutrality has plunged the Greeks into despair. They say if Turkey is Victorious they will gain nothing, and if Russia, they lose all chance of gaming Mace­ donia and Thrace. The Archbishop of Quito, South America, was recently poisoned while saying mass, by means of strychnine introduced into the wine used for the ceremony. Special taxes have been voted by the Egyp­ tian Legislature for the purpose of equipping an army to be sent to the Sultan's assistance. Late cable advices intimate that there is seri­ ous dissension in the English Cabinet on the Eastern question. Great Britain has gobbled up the infant re­ public of Transvaal, on the South African ooast The cable repeats tlie rumor that Austria has determined to occupy Bosnia and Herzegovina. DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. East. Proceedings looking to the recovery of over •150,000,000 are about to be instituted in the courts of Pennsylvania by the heirs of CoL Henry Becker, who died in Philadelphia in 1801. These heirs are six in number, well-known citi­ zens of New York. The Union Banking Company, of Philadel­ phia, has collapsed, with liabilities of $442,000 beyond its capital stock of $300,000. The Governor of Pennsylvania has just signed the death warrants of five " Molly Ma- guire " murderers. June 21 is fixed as the day of execution. A section of the roof of the New York Post- office building fell in the other day, while a party of workmen were removing the supports which had been placed under it while making some repairs. Result: Three men killed, three seriously and two slightly injured, and the building damaged to the amount of several thousand dollars. Gov. Fairbanks, of Vermont, has reprieved Jol^i P. Phair until April, 1879. Phair will be remembered as the man who was lately so miraculously rescued from the gallows, an hour or two before the hour set for his execution, through a Boston merchant's having read his confession in a newspaper. John T. Daly, a. wealthy New Yorker, has mysteriously disappeared. The testimony brought out by the New York State Senate Investigating Committee has wiped away the cobwebs clinging around Tweed's memory, and the old "Boss" has made a supplemental statement in which he shows "how political battles were won and legislative triumphs achieved." The statement also shows how the accounts were "doctored" in the interest of the ring, and the uses to which their great corruption fund was put A carriage containing five persons was struck by a railroad train near Paterson, N. J., a few days ago. Three of the occupants were killed, and the other two fatally injured. The mystery surrounding the disappearance of John T. Daly, the New York millionaire, is a mystery no longer. The body of the missing man was found the other day in the upper story of an untenanted house on Long inland He had hung himself by knotting his silk hand­ kerchief about his throat and fastening the ends to his suspenders, which he threw over the top of the door, shutting the door on them. On the floor lay a six-chamber revolver, with one chamber discharged. It is thought the unfortunate man was driven to suicide by finan­ cial troubles. West* The good people of Qtrincy are greatly exer­ cised at the discovery that body-snatchers have been at work in their principal cemetery. Sex* eral graves have been robbed. Gen. Crook, the famous Indian fighter, was in Chicago last week, whither he went to have a consultation with Gen. Sheridan touching his future dealings with the hostiles. Gen. Crook reports that thus far 4,400 Indians have sur­ rendered at Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Agen­ cies, and expresses the opinion that the war in the Department of the Platte is about over. Sitting Bull is the only chief that has thus far refused to come in and surrender, and Gen. Crook thinks he and his small band will shortly give in. Tramps will find it to their interest to steer clear of Rockford, 111. The Council has passed an ordinance compelling the arrest of able- bodied vagrants, and the working of them in gang's upon the streets, with ball and chain at­ tached to their ankles. A San Francisco dispatch says there la a wild oil excitement in the southern part of Califor­ nia. The hills of three counties--Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Boneventura--are cov­ eted with wild and eager men boring for oil and looating rtaiWM. It is believed the product will soon be sufficient to supply the whole Pacific coast with oil. Craay Horse and his band of about 1,300 hos­ tile Indians have surrendered at Camp Robin­ son, Neb- Alarmed at the revelation of the part borne by the Mormon leaders in the Mountain Mead­ ows massacre, the Saints are reported to be re­ viving their military organizations all over Utah Territory, with the object of being ready to resist any attempt to arrest* Brigham Young, in case he should be indicted. South. A terrible tragedy was enacted at Kemper, Miss,, & few days ago, of which a press dis­ patch makes % following meager mention: "John W. Gully, a prominent citizen, waa waylaid and assassinated. Upon the affidavits of two negroes, several alleged con­ spirators in the assassination were arrested. A large party of men fired upon the prisoners, kill­ ing J. P. Gilmer, A. McClellan, John Chiaholm, and David Rcsser, and mortally wounding Wm. : W, Cliishohii," The last vestige of the conflict between the Hampton and ChamberHain Governments in Soutib Carolina has been removed, and the pos­ session of Gov. Hampton is now undisputed and complete. The withdrawal by the Repub­ licans from the action in the Supreme Court to test the title to the State offices allowed judg­ ment to be entered in favor of the Hampton Government. Internal-revenue offioers In Georgia report that illicit distillation has been renewed there, and the revenue officers are openly defied, and that it will be impossible toQoollect the tax with­ out military aid. Three murderers were executed at Lowndes- ville, S. C., on Friday last The sentences of seven others, under sentence of death for par­ ticipation in the same crime, were commuted to imprigonmfin for life. They were all nftgroefc WASHINGTON NOTES. It is said a bill is in course of preparation, and will be introduced in the House at the extra session, reducing the army to 10,000 men. Two hundred and fifty employes, mostly fe­ males, in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, were discharged last week. During March there were fifty-four arrests and ten convictions for violations of the laws. Five Postmasters Were among tile par­ ties who embezzled. Alexander H. Stephens argued a case in the 8upreme Court last week, the first «"»<» for a number of years. . Secretary Schurz, it is stated, has under con­ sideration a plan for the reorganization of the pension service, by which he hopes to effect a great economy. The scheme contemplates the consolidation of districts, the abolition of more than half the present offices, and a re­ duction of the fees. R#>n»fnr T.dmrmrlg expresses the opinion that the extra session of Congress will be a very long one, unless the leaders on both sides agree to pass the Appropriation bills and adjourn. The President contemplates a Southern trip Immediately after the adjournment of the ex­ tra session of Congress! The President, finding that the exigencies of the War Department are not so great as had been expected, has cqpclnded not to call the extra session of Congress until October next. The decrease in our import trade for the past nine months has been $38,000,000, as compared with the same period of 1875-6. Secretary Schurz announces that he has de­ termined to reduce the expenditure for adver­ tising in the Interior Department from the sum of $40,000 a year, which was the rate two years ago, to f2,000, which is all he proposes to spend this year. The President has issued his proclamation calling upon Congress to commence in extra session on Monday, the 15th of October. An official statement issued by the Treasury Department shows that the decrease of the United States debt from March 1,186p, to April 30, 1877, was $455,104,642. POLITICAL The Washington correspondent of the Chi­ cago Tribune telegraphs: " The President, it can be stated with reasonable certainty, no longer contemplates the election of a Republi­ can Speaker." Another Washington corre­ spondent says that Sunset Cox, after a thorough canvass of the situation, expresses great confi­ dence in his ability to secure the nomination of the Democratic caucus for the position. Mr. Randall is represented as equally of success. The Democratic Jackson Association, of Washington city, has unanimously passed reso­ lutions commendatory of the President's policy. A Washington dispatch says: "Indications show that the Southern Democrats will very strongly insist that the Speaker shall come from that section. Their programme apparently is to defeat Randall if possible." The Iowa Republican State Convention will meet aJL Des Moines, June 27. insaXLLANBOUS GLEANINGS. The horrors of the Ashtabula bridge disaster are again revived by the annual report of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company. This report informs us that , there were 159 persons on the train, of whom 83 were killed outright, 5 died subsequently of their injuries, and 63 were injured in various degrees of severity, while out of the entire 159 only 8 escaped uninjured. The report disclaims any responsibility on the part of the company for the accident Recent deaths: At Mobile, Ala., John For­ syth, for many years editor of the Mobile Reg­ ister ; at New York, W. W. Newcomb, the well- known negro minstrel; at Milwaukee, Charles A. Keeler, a leading merchant A terrible accident recently occurred on the river Veillat, in Canada, occasioned by a land­ slide of about an acre and a half in length by 200 feet in depth, and a height of eighty feet. A mill built on the banks of the river was com­ pletely crushed in. Ten persons were buried under the landslide. The landslide completely blocked the river and changed its course, caus­ ing great damage to farmers in the environs. The bodies were scarcely recognizable owing to suffocation. A public and formal apology and complete reparation is to be required by the United States Government of Mexico in consequence of the imprisonment of the American Consul at Aca- pulco. There will be great rejoicing at the downfal of the gigantic sewing-machine monopolies. All attempts of the sewing-machine patentees to secure continuations of their patents at Washington have failed, and a num­ ber of the most valuable of these patents come to an end this month. The sewing-machine corporations have worked faithfully for the prolongation of their restrictive rights, but the .renewal of the pa­ tent of the last and one of the most important inventions .'extant--the four-motion feed--has been denied. The boilers of the Anchor steamer Si- donian exploded when three days from QueenstowU, on her last trip from New York. The Captain, three engineers, two firemen and a trimmer were killed by the explosion, their bodies being terribly mangled ana disfigured. Ex-Mayor A. Oakey Hall, of New York, has neither communicated with his family nor any of his friends since his departure from this country. The family are well-to-do. Hall took hilt. Jittle Trjori«y awny with SO f&T SS *? known, and will probably attempt to rapport himself in London. The Effect of the War ill This Country. While the war between Russia and Turkey will probably increase our sales of food products, it will, to very nearly the same extent, check the consumption of cotton, petroleum, and other raw materials, for which Europe looks chiefly to us. At the same time the existing prostration of trade abroad must be greatly augmented by the closing of European markets, and large lines of certain descriptions of manufactured goods must be shipped to this country and sold for the most they will bring. American markets will become outlets for whatever is unsalable in the great centers of European trade, and imported goods will fall in value here, a decided gain to the great mass of the people, those who coneume tea, coffee, and cigars, as well as to the wealthier classes who drink foreign wines, dress in broad­ cloth and silks, and indulge in expensive European luxuries. Our manufacturers will probably be shorn of a portion of their profits by the great influx of British, French, and German goods forced off at ruinous prices. Yet, while our trading and commercial interests will be variously, and not al­ ways beneficially, affected by war in Europe, our financial condition will be strengthened and improved. Our Gov­ ernment securities will be free from the distrust attaching to the great borrowing nations of Europe, any of which are likely to be drawn into the conflict. It is not, from present appearances, probable that the struggle will long be confined to Russia and Turkey. Prudent European investors will, therefore, naturally single out United States boMs, now promi­ nently and favorably known in all Eu­ ropean money markets, as least likely to be affected by the contingencies of the war, and as presenting every guarantee of safety. In the main, the war will benefit us both commercially and finan­ cially, though probably not to any as­ tonishing extent.--New York Sun. Marine and Naval Kightg. Toy muddled notions prevail as to the effects of a state of war on marine and naval rights. As to commerce, the settled law of modern times is that free ships make free goods--that is, that the vessel of a neutral nation has the utmost freedom in transporting merchandise to either of the belligerents, whether it is wheat or Smith & Wesson revolvers, provided the neutral vessel does not at­ tempt to enter a port which has been duly proclaimed and is in fact block­ aded. If a vessel of either of the bellig­ erent navies enter our ports and take on military supplies or recruit men, such action would be a clear infraction of our neutrality if permitted by us. Naval vessels of nations at war are also not per­ mitted unlimited stay in neutral ports. This principle is of course intended to prevent men-of-war from taking refuge for long seasons in neutral waters. The Russian fleet can hardly be said to be taking refuge in our waters at the pres­ ent time, as there is no Turkish man-of- war in the neighborhood. We appre­ hend that, like the last European war, this is not likely to afford much fun on the ocean.--Springfield Republican. Reconstruction of the Treasury Forte. Secretary Sherman, it is said, intends to enforce the spirit and letter of the law which requires that appointments in the treasury be equally distributed between the several States and Territories. Under Secretary Bristow the law was constmcd to apply to appointments where there were vacancies. Mr. Sherman, it is said, intends to apply it thoroughly through­ out the department. The following gives the number of clerkships in the depart­ ment to which the Western States would be entitled under this equitable distribu­ tion, and the number now employed from those States: States. Entitled to. Employed. Illinois iaa Indiana 9M 106 Iowa.. 19f 93 Kmuh 45 Kentucky Ji7 48 Michigan. 78 Minnesota. ; m gg Missouri •. 290 57 Nebraska 21 28 Nevada, g 7 Wisconsin 04 43 The following States have an excess over the number to which they are enti­ tled, and the dismissals, if made, will be made first from those States. Most of the New England States and the District of Columbia, which is entitled to 47, and has employed, charged to it, 131.-- Wash­ ington Cor. Chicago Tribune. Sheridan's Steed. Q«n. Sheridan, soon after " Sheridan's Ride" was written, said to d friend : "If the writer had seen the horse he never would have written the poetry." It was a young, gaunt, and ugly animal, witli a gait which nobody but Sheridan could endure. Visitors often came to camp with letters to the General, insist­ ing upon "seeing things," greatly to his annoyance, and he would for a " mount" sometimes give them this horse, and, af­ ter enjoying their agony, would quietly say, "That animal does not seem to agree with you ; suppose we change sad­ dles. The General's Chief of Staff said that there was something in the humor of the horse which specially pleased its owner, and added, "But you should have seen Sheridan ride him one day when he had the toothache." THE Dutch Government officially notified the Vatican that, as a measure of policy, it has removed the Papal arms which former Consuls to the Pontifical states have been accustomed to display on the doors or other portions of their dwellings. ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE* MONDAY, April 30.-->i$CFATK.--The Senate took up Riddle's bill, for the organisation of 00m- panien to insure against damage by larceny or burg­ lary, and Anally referred it to the Judiciary Commit- tee..,.Boon fell], defining the powers of railroad corporations. Dement'* bill, providing for the divis­ ion** incorporated dtiea and villages, amended so the i oitlea and village# shall be equitably ap­ portioned to (he respective parte aa divided, and Mc­ Dowell • bill for punishing by ftne or imprisonment Ereh.tecta, mecnaulcs, or other persons who plan or erect baildinga ao that by their carelessness or negli­ gence Ibaa of life or property shall occur, were ordered to a third reading. HOUSE.--The attendance at the morning session waa too light to attempt the regular order--t paaaage of bills. ...Adjournment was taken till after­ noon when the following billa passed: Declaring It a crime to withhold or secrete the fact of a crime having been commits/'*}; amending a section of the law in relation to the Bnpreme Court; to allow cities and villages to establish cemeteries outside their ^ limits; to legalize certain school district organizations which were erected under . »ct of 1872, and about the validity of which there was some question; *n regard t© chattel mortgages, omitting the re­ quirement of Justices of the Peace to affix a scroll for seal to the acknowledgment. The Supreme Court has held chattel mortgages invalid where Justices have omitted to affix a seal to the acknowledgment, and, as this is (Knitted so generally, the bill proposes to legalize the amiaaion m not material... The bill for the appointment of a person at stock yards to enforce the law for prevention of cruelty to ani­ mals WM loat, and a motion entered to reconsider. ... .Gallon's bill to prevent the spread of hog chol­ era by vpqv.frbn fit fcoge dying from that dis­ ease to be boned or burned upon the farm where they may h*va died was lost--AG to 43, TUESDAY, May 1.--SENATE.--The following billa were passed: BrtabUahinsr at the capital a museum of natural history, using the geological specimens now in possession of the Slate, and dupli­ cates from the museum at Normal; appropriating for the Jacksonville Blind Institution ordinary ex­ penses, $28,000 per annum; repairs and improve­ ments, ?1,2(50 per annum; books, $500 pep annum; and to settle with contractor!, $2,332; appropriating for the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, ordinary expenses, $45,((00 per armun; Eye and Ear Infirmary appro­ priation : Ordinary expenses, $17,000 per annum; additional building, $6,925; furniture, $3,000: re­ pairs, $1,500 per annum; additional land, $10,000; Elgin Insane Hospital appropriation: For two cottages, $6,000; furnishing same, $2,000; maintenance of twenty-five patients ad­ ditional at $200 each per annum for the ordinary expense appropriation for toe same institution; outlet to Spring lake, appropriation $6,200; appropriation for workshops for Deaf and Dumb Asylum, about $120,000, and about $3,000 for improvement " " " ' Normal college and mal appropriation. $13,796.44, and half the college and seminary interest? additional buildings for Jacksonville Insane Asylum, 178,000, and for maintenance, $15,000 per annum; Pon- tiac Reform School appropriation, $32,000 per annum, and other minor items The Barnard and Go wan claim, defeated the other day, was reconsidered and passed The Board of Heaith bill failed... Bash's bill to provide addi­ tional means for repair of sidewalks in cities and villages, was referred to the Judiciary Committee. ... .Bash's bill, in regard to taking property for private use, was lost; also the bill to make counties and towns liable for drainage and defective roads and bridges was reconsidered and lost Mr. Joslyn offered a joint resolution for the suspension of the pay of the State House Commissioners. Adopted. ....The Senate confirmed all the executive ap­ pointments now before it. The Trustees of the Industrial University and the vacancy in the Board of the Southern Normal were among them. A list of notaries and militia appointments was also con­ firmed. HOUSE.--The following bills passed: Appropria Mon for the Jacksonville Insane Hospital; appropri­ ation for additional buildings for same iaetitution; to establish a Board of Commissioners to increase the product of the fisheries by artificial propagation and cultivation; to create and establish a Board of Health in the State of Illinois; authorizing the Governor to employ a clerk to visit Wash­ ington to transcribe the military records of the Mexican, Black Hawk and other wars relating to the- volartterx-n from Illinois; amending section forty-nine of the Fee and Salary law as follows: Each witness before the County Court sitting for probate business shall receive $1 for each day's attendance, and 5 cents per mile each way for necessary travel, if claimed at the trial, to be taxed as costs in the case The bill providing for the burning or burial of deal cholera hogs, lost yesterday, was taken up on a motion to reconsider, and a number of speeches were made. The recon­ sideration was carried, and the bill was again lost-- 67 to 61.... The bill fixing the salary of County Judges at $1,000 to be paid out of the State Treasury, was defeated The Barnard and Gowan claim for $10,620, failed to pass, receiving oniy 42 votes to 83 against. WEDNESDAY, May 2.--SENATE.--The report of the special State House investigating committee was received Bills passed: Authorizing Circuit Courts to appoint short-hand reporters; in regard to pau­ pers; allowing counties to use surplus road and bridge funds for other purposes Several othar measures were considered, mostly of a local nature. HOUSE.--In the HouBe, Senate bill 114, the bill for reassessment of capital stock for past years, was reported back to the House with amendments, and recommended for passage. Without adopting the amendments, the House referred the bill to the Judiciary Committee--ypn«. 70; nnya <>9..,.Bills passed: Relating to landlords and tenants; to re­ quire railroad corporations to allow the unloading of or setting out of full car-loads of stock which have been consigned through over whole line at intermediate points, and the reshipping of same within thirty days, on payment of reasonable charge for such setting out; appropriating $27,000 for completion of the Lincoln monument at Springfield; prohibiting interference by strikers and others with the running of trains, or the business of any corporation, under severe penalties; requiring sis weeks' notice from first publication by administrators or executors of the notice for the hearing of claims. It has been a dis­ puted question whether the law meant Hix weeks from tile first or from the last publication; this bill fixes it from tlie first i making it a penal offense for any poblie offices to adc, charge, oUtim, or re­ ceive Mftvo tta® legal fees, salaries or pay; requiring bote! proprietors having a building over two stories high to furnish wire-ropo ladders, capa­ ble of holding 800 pounds, for each room- penalty, heavy flu aaS imprisonment; amending the SInni> cipal Incorporation act to limit the aggregate amount of taxation in cities to 2 per cent, of aggre­ gate valuation as equalized: amending law of evi- aenoe and depositions by making section 22 apply to land patents granted by the United States, passed-- 118 to 4. ! TBCTBSDAX, May 3.---SENATE.--The following bills were passed: Providing a mode of disconnect­ ing territory from cities and villages; for appoint ing Penitentiary Commissioners; punishing reck­ lessness ia erection of buildings; providing for search for books of corporations wrongfully with­ held ; for publication of insurance reports annual­ ly ; requiring railroad companies to maintain depots at all towns of 500 inhabitants; fixing the fire test of petroleum oils at ISO degrees; for appointment of officers to prevent cruelty to animate at the Stock Yards, was reconsidered and passed... .The bill amending the Landlord and Ten­ ant set was tabled... .Gov. Cullom nominated to the Senate the following gentlemen to fill vacancies on the Board of Charities: W A. Grimshaw, of Pike; J. C. Corbus, La Salle; J. M. Gould, Bock Island. HOUSE.--The following bills were passed: Amend­ ing Road and Bridge law in counties not under township organization so as to allow unused cart­ ways to revert to owners of the freehold; providing that receivers appointed to close up the business of corporations ehall in all cases be residents of Illi­ nois, and shall give bonds payable to the State for the use of parties interest­ e d i n s u c h p e n a l t y a s t h e c o u r t s h a l l f i x . . . . The bill for the purpose of taxing or licensing dogs to raise a fund to pay for the sheep killed was lost, as was also the bill of Smith, of San^axnon, provid- ing for a uniform system of school text-books, to be managed by State authority. FRIDAY, May 4.--SENATE.--The House ad­ journment resolution was made the special order for May 9... .The Northern Normal School bill was killed--22 to 17 The bill for establishing a Board of Health was reported unfavorably and laid on the table .The Matthews Revenue bill came up as the sneciai order, and further consideration was post­ poned until May 8. ..The bill for a transfer of the grain inspection from State authority to the Board of Trade which the Senate refused to order to a third reading yesterday, was called up by a motion and reconsidered. AN amendment by Mr. Castle was adopted, and the bill ordered to a third reading--28 to 17. Mr. Castle's amendment is as follows: " Pro­ vided, that whenever, in the opinion and judgment of the Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners, any inspector shall be deemed incompetent or unworthy to hold such position they shall have the power to remove such inspector, and his successor shall be appointed as hereinbefore provided." HOUSE.--Mr. Matthews, from the Judiciary Com­ mittee. reported back the Senate bill for the reas­ sessment of capital stock, for 1873-4-5, with amend­ ments, and recommended its passage The Peni­ tentiary Committee reported its investigation into the management and condition of the penitentiary. The following bills passed : For the protection of hotel guests; providing foi the punishment of a husband deserting his wife; appro­ priation for the Nonbsl University; for the permanent survey of townships, a bill to establish the lost lines and corfiers of the original surveys.... Mr. Callon got the fl<K>r to report prog­ ress of the special committee to investigate the Tribune correspondent, and stated that, because of the solicitation of alleged friends of the accused rep­ resenting his penitence, and bMMu* of tile tbseacs from the MOQMd dNDIHdill ap ^preaentattr* Thomas, the ooloratf mmber fwii SATURDAY, May 5. --SENATE.--Mr. i up Ma motion to take from the table tha Boas* of Health biU, which waa tabled yesterday in ao- cordance with tlie report of the Appropriately mittee. The bill waa ordered to a Mr Arntaen called up Matthew#' asking Congress to appropriate money in USm OS construction and repair of levJi. the Mississippi Aver and in the State of Iliinoi" The Senate then took DSBMH bills reading. The House Militia bill wa8 next * mBue * 8l>eci*1 °*der for W^dpesday HOUSE.--Several MUS were Orderet I* £ reading....No other business of aw- fSJLJfSS was transacted. • Reform in the Pension tfefrjUp. It is stated from Washington that Sec­ retary Schurz has antler consideration a plan for the entire reoiganisation of the pension service, which wonlil efiect a great economy. The scheme eonfcem- Elates the abolition of more than one-alf of the present pension offices, the consolidation of the districts, and a re­ duction in the amount of fees. There are appropriated aaiiuiaHy for pensions about $30,000,000, more than the yearly expenditures of the whole Omrermnent to 1846; yet, notwithstanding this enor­ mous increase in tlie pensioh lousiness the old system, which was established when the Government first voted pen­ sions for Revolutionary soldiers, is, main­ tained. Secretary Schurz, it appears, has ly thought that some new method more economical and efficient could be reacled with legislation, or probably without legislation. There are now some sixty- eight Pension Agents, drawing salaries of $3,000 to $4,000 each, and receiving a fee of 25 or 30 cents each time a pension is paid or a voucher sent to the pension­ er. This fee increases the compensation of the Pension Agents more than two­ fold. Before the law was modified some of the Pension Agents received as high as $18,000 in a year--more than twice aa much as a Cabinet officer. These sixty- eight Pension Agents cost the Govern­ ment nearly $100,000 annually. The pension office furnishes them quarterly with a pension-roll made in Washington. The work of the Agents consists in sead- ing from the local office to the residence of the pensioner a voucher by mail, who sends it back by mail Then a check is drawn on the sub-treasury and sent by mail to the pensioner. It has been sug­ gested that the entire service could as well be done from Washington, but the plan now under contemplation is to re­ duce these sixty-eight Agents to two, consolidate their districts, duoe the fee system. . A Family Quarrel. A trWBwm being counted out, the otfyer morning, after a debate on the question, " Who shall rise and build the fire?" i •»_ i* -a ,"Ir «Ci liuswauu & WOCKten leg into kindling wood, and broiled the steak with it. It made him so mad that he got hold of her false teeth and bit the dog with them. She cried until she had a fit of hysterics, and then flipped out his glass eye, and climbed upon the bed­ post and waxed the glaring eye to the ceiling with a bit of chewing gum. Then he took her wisp of false hair and tied it to a stick and began whitewashing the kitchen with it. Then she started off to obtain a divorce, but the Judge decided that he couldn't grant a divorce unless there were two parties to the suit, and there was hardly enough of them left to make one. M- -M nUU pr Public Land*. Maj. Powell, in a paper read lleTore the Academy of Sciences, at Washing­ ton, shows that there is scarcely any good land left fit for a poor man's Iiuuje- stead farm, and that there is nothing to be gained by protracting a homestead system that has ceased to be of service, and that now prevents rather than fos­ ters settlement. Maj. Powell says tlmt all the good public lands fit for settle­ ment are sold. There is not left unsold in the whole United States, of land which a poor man could turn into a farm, enough to make -one average county in Wisconsin. The only exception to may, perhaps, be found in Texns, or t&e . Simian. 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