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V n.i *- - -"• --~- - ™ - -,, w T, - 4^ WmmSfm^WS^ flChc JHigtnrj flainiealfl J. VAN 8LYX1L PUBLISHER. McHESRY, ILLINOIS. ILU30IS LE(*U&ATUEE» P THCWS®**, May 24. --SENATE.--Mr. Castle in­ troduced » resolution stating that the tertimoiy of a certain witness had been published in the report of the State House Investigation Committee without the knowledge or authority of the committee, and agahwt their wishes. Mr. Hanna offe-ed an amendment censuring " Phocion" Howard, the clerk of said committee, for causing such publication, which was adopted After concurrence in several House amendments a recede *?as teken till 3 p. n;., isd agsin until 6:30 p. m. But little of interest transpired at the evening session, only a few Senators beinir present. Re­ ports from the Enrolling Committee were received, and at about 8 p. m. the Senate adjourned sine die. HOUFE.--The following Senate bills were passed: I For publication of reports of State Board of Agri- f culture: providing for the collection of agricultural statistics; authorizing the President and Trustees of villages to perform the same duties as Mayors and Councils of cities; authorizing courts to fix the compensation for masters in chancery where not otherwise provided for; amending the law relating to the descent of property Mr Howett called up the report of the conference committee on House bill 536, recommending con­ currence in the Senate amendnients. During the debate a sensation was created by the assertions of Mr. Phillips, of Montgomery, and Mr. Powell, that they had been approached by parties in the in­ terest of the bill in a 'corrupt manner, and moved the appointment of a commit­ tee to examine the charges, which was done At the afternoon BeBsion, Senate bill 184, authorizing , -the Governor to appoint officers at the stock yards I to enforce the law against cruelty to animals, was read a third time, and lost-*-66 to 36. The House now became a scene of indescribable con­ fusion and noise. Members indulged in throwing paper balls, books and waste-baskets, and a general hurrah prevented the transaction of busi­ ness, and a recess was taken till 6:30 p. m.... At the evening session a report from the Contingent Expense Committee against the pay of ccrtain em­ ployes from Jan. 3 to Jan. 11, when they were on duty but not appointed, was adopted The committee to investigate the alleged charges against the Chicago Tribune correspondent reported a de­ tail of facte of very slight importance. After some discussion all matters relating to the matter were •ordered expuneed from the journal The commit­ tee appointed to wait upon the Governor reported that he informed them he had no further communi­ cation to make Mr. Easton endeavored to secure the adoption of a Senate resolution instructing the Warehouse Commissioners to attend a certain con­ vention of commissioners of other States, but it *'wae referred to the Committee on Federal Rela­ tions The Senate notified the House of its readiness to adjourn, and amid a chorus of cheers the Speaker declared the House adjourned sine die. ! A Li«t or Hills Passed at the Late Session ot the Illinois legislature. A list is herewith appended giving the titles all the measures which passed both houses of the late Assembly: 8EHATB BILU. An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled " An act in regard to the descent of property." To amend section '20 of an act entitled " An act concerning fees and salaries." To amend an act entitled " An act to provide for the ^corporation of cities and villages," approved April 10,1872. To secure the collection and publication of Agri­ cultural and other statistics. In relation to the State Board of Agriculture. To facilitate the carriage and transfer of passen- ' gers and property by railroad companies. To establish a State Historical Library and Natu­ ral History Museum. To divide the State into judicial circuits. To regulate the practice of medicine in the State of Illinois. To exempt certain personal property from attach­ ment and sale on execution, and from distress for rent. For the relief of disabled members of the Police and Fire Departments in cities and villages. To amend an act entitled " An act to incorporate and to govern fire, marine, and inland navigation Insurance companies doing business in the State of Illinois," approved March 11, 1869. To establish appellate courts. To amend an act entitled " An act in regard to practice in courts of record," approved Feb. 22, 1872. To provide for the ordinary and contingent ex- pease of the State Government until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next regular session of the General Assembly. To amend section 18 of an act entitled "An act to revise the law in relation to paupers." To organize and regulate county fire insurance companies. To restrain persons, not attorneys, to practice be­ fore Justices of the Peace. In regard to the assessment and collection of mu­ nicipal taxes. To amend section 1 of an act entitled " An act in relation to fencing and operating railroads," ap­ proved March 31,1874. To amend an act entitled 44 Aa act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence," approved March 27, 1874. To provide for the establishment and maintenance •of county poor-houses in counties where the sepa­ rate support of paupers has been adopted. Compelling railroad companies in this State to build and maintain depots for the comfort of pas­ sengers and for the protection of shippers of freight at towns and villages on the line of their roads. To amend an act entitled 44 An act providing for the health and safety of persons employed in coal mines," approved March 27, 1872. To amend section 17 of an act entitled 44 An act to incorporate and to govern fire, marine and inland- navigation companies doing business in the State of Illinois," approved March, 11,1869. To authorize County Boards in counties under township organization to organize certain territory situated therein as a town. To ouiruu n^CuOIiB 24 auu 33 Ol ttii bCfc SUtlwcu act to c. 'uiblish -ml m^lstain a at> schools," approved April 1, 1872. Making an appropriation for the payment of the •officers and members of the next General Assembly, and for the salaries of the officers of the State Gov­ ernment. To amend an act entitled 44 An act to extend the jurisdiction of County Courts," To make appropriations for the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary at Chicago. To amend sections 5, 10 and 21 of an act entitled 44 An act in relation to courts of record in cities," approved March 26, 1874. To amend sections 7 and 123 of an act entitled 44 An act to extend the jurisdiction of County Courts, and to provide for the practice thereof, to fix the time for holding the same, pnd to repeal an act therein named," approved March 26,1874. Making appropriations for the Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children. To make an appropriation to introduoe low-pres­ sure steam-heating apparatus into the building of the Southern Illinois Normal University at Carbon- •dale. To amend section 2 of an act entitled 44 An act reg­ ulating the receiving, transportation and delivery of grain by railroad corporations, and defining th® du­ ties of sucl) corporations with respect thereto," approved April 25, 1871-. Making appropriations for the expenses of the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Blind for the years 1877 and 1878. For the erection of workshops for the Illinois In­ stitution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, and for special repairs on said institution. For the support of the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. Making an appropriation for the ordinary ex­ penses of the Normal University, at Normal. Making appropriations for the Illinois Industrial University.. To provide means for the completion and furnish­ ing the State House. Making appropriations for the ordinary and other expenses of the Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane at Elgin. Making appropriations for the State Beform School at Pontiac. To reimburse the counties of Williamson and Jackson t or amounts expended in upholding the law and protecting the lives of citizens of said counties. To pay Andrew D. Duff ana William J. Allen for certain legal services performed by them for the State of Illinois. For erecting additional buildings to the Central Hospital for the Insane at Jacksonville. To appropriate money for the improvement of an outlet from Spring lake to the Illinois river. Jo amend See. 60 of Chap. 127 of the Revised Statutes of 1874, entitled "An act to revise the law in relation to State contracts," approved March 81, 1874. To pay Barnard Go wen damages suffered by a failure of the State to furnish cut stone from the State Penitentiary, according to its contract. Making appropriations for the ordinary and other expenses of the Southern Insane Hospital at Anna. To make appropriations for the Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Hoine, and to maintain said institution for the next two years. To provide for the payment of the expense of the arrest and conviction of criminals for crime com­ mitted upon citizens of this State in other States. Making appropriations to the Southern Normal University at Carbondale. To protect by law lands subject to overflow, and for draining wet or swamp land and coal mines. Making an appropriation in aid of the Illinois State Horticultural Society. To amend an act entitled 44 An act to revise and consolidate the several acts relating to the protection • of game." For the protection of passengers on railroads. Making au appropriation for the expenditures in­ curred in suppressing the rebellion. To provide for the disposal of unclaimed moneys in the hands of administrators and executors. To amend an act entitled 44 An act to provide for the incorporation of associations that may be organ­ ised for the purpose of constructing railways," ap­ proved March 1, 1872. To amend section 3 of an act entitled 14 An act to provide for the election of Commissioners of High­ ways in counties ^nder township organizations," ap- nrftVf-fi April IS. To provide for releasing sureties o»> the boncfc of guai uiaiin, conservators oi idiots or insane persons, or trustees of any fund or property appointed by any oourt. To amend section 11 of 44 An act to revise the law in relation to township insurance companies," ap­ proved March 24, 1874. To enable any person, persons or corporations owning dams to regulate the delivery and use of water or water-power. To make further appropriations for the comple­ tion of the Copperas creek dam and lock on the Illi­ nois river. To amend section 47 of an act entitled 44 An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved April 1, 1872. To amend sections 6, 7, 9, and 26, of an act en­ titled " An act to revise the law in relation to toll- roads," approved March 23, 1874, and to repeal sec­ tion 8 of said act. To amend section 6 ot an act entitled 44 An act tj incorporate and govern fire, marine, and island nav­ igation insurance companies doing business in the State of Illinois." Authorizing County Boards to remove driftwood and other obstructions from water-courses. T' amend section 10 of an act entitled 44 An act to pro.ide for the organisation and ,maintenance of the Illinois Industrial University," approved Feb. To amend section 5 of an act entitled 44 An act concerning fees and salaries, and to classify the sev­ eral counties of this State with reference thereto." Approved March 29, 1872. To amend section 6 of an act entitled 44 An act to revise the laws in relation to marriages," improved Feb. 27. 1874. To amend section 7 of article 7 of an act entitled 44 An act to revise the law in relation to township organizations," approved find in force March 4, 1874. To amend an act entitled 44 An act'to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872. To amend section 1 of article 4 of an act entitled 44 An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872. * To amend section 7 of an act entitled 44 An act to regulate the Illinois Industrial University, and to make appropriations therefor," approved May 7, 1873. In regard to the assessment, levy and collection of the taxes of incorporated cities in this State, for yearB prior to the year A. D. 1875. In regard to the assessment, levy, and collection of the taxes of incorporated cities in this State, for years prior to the year 1877. To provide the manner of proposing amendments to the constitution, and submitting the same to the electors sf this State. HOUSE BILLS. To amend section 192 of an act entitled, 44 An act for the assessment of property and for the levy and collection of taxes," approved March 30, .1872, and to amend an act entitled " An act to amend sections 192 ana 193 of an act entitled 4 An act for the assess­ ment of property and for the levy and collection of taxes, approved March 30, 1872,'" approved April 15, 1875. To amend section 172 of an act entitled 44 An act for the assessment of property and for the levy and collection of taxes," approved March 30, 1872. To loeate, construct, and carry on the Southern Illinois Penitentiary. Making appropriations for land, and for the con­ struction of buildings for the Illinois Eastern Hos­ pital for the Insane. To provide the necessary revenue for State pur­ poses. To amend an act entitled 44 An act for the assess­ ment of property, and for the levy and collection of taxes," approved March 30, 1872. To punish fraud or extravagance in the expendi­ ture of moneys appropriated for public improve­ ments. To secure equality among the counties in the mat­ ter of the admission of patients into the State Hos­ pitals for the Insane, and to provide for settlement with such hospitals by the counties. To prevent illegal voting by paupers and others in this State. To amend section 16 of an act in regard to gate ways, roads, and bridges in counties not uni* township organization, approved and in force Api 13, 1873. To'cstablish a State Board of Health. To provide security for bonds in State treasury. To prohibit any person from obstructing the regular operation and conduct of the business of railroad companies or other corporations, firms, or individuals. To confirm and legalize certain acts of the Commissioners of the Illinois State Penitentiary. Regulating the renting and sale of school lands. To amend section 213 of an act entitled 44 An act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurispru­ dence," approved March 27, 1874. To prevent fraudB in the coloring of grain. To amend section 22 of an act entitled 44 An act to revise the law in relation to Circuit Courts and the Superior Court of Cook County, approved Feb. 16, 1874. To amend sections 2 and 4 of an act entitled 44 Au act 'n regard to practice in courts of recosd," ap proved Feb. 22, 18,72. To legalize school districts organized under sec­ tion 33 of an act to establish and maintain a system of free schools, approved April 1, 1872. To amend an act entitled " An act to enable cities and villages to establish and regulate cemeteries," approved March 24, 1874. To amend sections 18 and 20 of ail act entitled 44 An act in regard to forcible entry and detainer,' approved and in force Feb. 16, 1874. Requiring County Boards to pay for the tuition of pauper children kept in poor-houses. To amend an act entitled " Au act in regard to gateways, roads and bridges in counties not under township organization," approved and in force April 18, 1873. To amend section 68 of an act in regard to elec­ tions, and to provide for filling vacancies in elective offices, approved April 3, 1872. To correct irregularities in assessment of property for taxation and in the equalization of assessments for such purposes. Concerning voluntary assignments and conferring jurisdiction therein upon County Courts. To amend section 16 of 14 An act in regard to practico in courts of rccord," approved Feb^.22, 1872 To amend ccction 21 of an act entitled 44 An act concerning fees and salaries;" and' to classify the several counties of this State with reference thereto amended by act approved March 28, 1872. Fixing the rates of aavertisiug by the State, and providing for the payment of the same. To amend section 26 of an act entitled 44 An act in regard to practice in courts of record," approved Feb. 22, 1873 To amend section 3 of an act to revise the law in relation to State contracts, approved March 31, 1874, in force July 1, 1874. Making an appropriation for the State Board of Agriculture, and the county and other subordinate Boards of Agriculture. To enable cities and villages incorporated under any general or special law of this State to acquire by purchase, lease, or gift, establish, maintain, license, and regulate ferries, bridges, the approaches there­ to, and tolls thereon. Authorizing the changing of the number of Directors of incorporated companies in certain cases. To amend section 84 of an act entitled 4* An act to extend the jurisdiction of County Courts, and to provide for the practice thereof, to fix time for holding the same, and to -repeal an act therein named," approved March 26, 1874, in force July 1, 1874. Amending an act entitled 41 An act to amend section 24 of an act in relation to fencing and oper­ ating railroads," approved March 31, 1874. To amend section 34 of an act entitled 44 An act to provide for the election and qualification of Jus­ tices of the Peace and Constables, and to provide for the jurisdiction and practice of Justices of the Peace in civil cases, and fix the duties of Consta­ bles, and to repeal certain acts therein named," ap­ proved April 1, 1872. To amend section 272 of division 1 of an act en­ titled 44 An act to revise the law in relation to crimi­ nal jurisprudence," approved March 27, 1874. A bill for an act to amend section 21 of an act en­ titled 44 An act to extend the jurisdiction of County Courts and to provide for the practice thereof, to fix the time for holding the same, and to repeal an act therein named, " approved March 2G, 1874. To amend section 25 of an act entitled 44 An act concerning corporations," approved April 18, 1872. An act to amend section 60 of an act entitled 4' An act in regard to the administration of estates," ap­ proved April 1, 1872. Vo provide for the collection of water taxes, rates, jt assessments heretofore levied in certain cities. To amend section 181 of an act entitled 44 An act for the assessment of property, and for the levy and collection of taxes," approved March 30, 1872. To secure to the State of Illinois four acres of ad­ ditional ground lying south of and adjoining the new Capitol grounds. In relation to landlord and tenant. To amend section 33 of an act entitled 44 An act concerning fees and salaries and to classify the several counties of this State with reference thereto," approved March 29,1872. Title as amended by act approved March 28, 1874. To amend sections 7 and 28 of an act entitled 44 An act in regard to guardians and wards," approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872. To amend section 22 of 14 An act in regard to evi- derce and depositions in civil cases," approved March 29, 1872. To amend section 105 of an act entitled 44 An act to extend the jurisdiction of County Courts, and to provide for the practice thereof, to fix the time for holding the same, and to repeal an act therein named," approved March 26, 1874. To amend section 15 of an act entitled 44 An act to regulate public warehouses and the warehousing and inspecting of grain, to give effect to article 13 of the constitution of this State." approved April 25, 1871. Making an appropriation for the completion of Lincoln monument at Springfield, 111. Authorizing counties to give a bounty on wolf scalps. To amend sections 2 and 6 of 44 An act to provide for the licencing of and against the evils arising .'••win the sale of intoxicating liquors," approved March 30, 1874. To amend section 9 of an act entitled 44 An act conoeriiing iasolveat debtors," approved April 10, To provide for the organisation of the State mi­ litia To prevent and punish wrongs to children. To supply certain lost and mining papers lq the 'State archives. Making an appropriation for the Illinois State Penitentiary. In relation to married women. ^To amend section 41 of an act entitled 44 An act concerning fees and salaries, and to classify the several counties of the State, with reference there­ to," approved March 29, 1872; title amended by act approved March 28, 1874. To amend section 193 of an aet entitled 44 An act for the assessment of property nr»,l f«r levy and collection of taxes," approved March 30, 1872. To provide for the necessary expenses of the State Government and the General Asrcmbly. To prohibit auy city, town, or village in this State from receiving from the county treasury a greater proportion of the surplus fund or tax than shall be received by any other city, town, or village within the same county. To amend section 2 of an act entitled 14An aet to provide for the assessment and taxation of bridges across navigable waters on the borders of this State," approved May 1, 1873. To provide for the payment of £lie incidental ex­ penses of the Thirtieth General Assembly. To amend an act rr.iiticd "An act irlstiug to county and city debts, and to provide for the pay­ ment thereof, by taxation in such counties and cit­ ies," approved Feb. 13, 1865, and to amend the title thereof. To amend an act entitled 44 An act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence," approved March 27, 1874. To amend the law of real property. To pnniKh the offense of advertising for divorcee. To amend section 36 of an act entitled "An act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence," approved March 27, 1874. Declaring certain animals and birds fer» naturte to be personal property. To amend section 168 of an act entitled <4An act to revise the law in relation to criminal jUTisprudence," approved March 27, 1874. MESSAUE OF GOV. CULLOM. He Vetoes the Bill Passed by the Legis­ lature Making Silver a Legal Tender. The following is the full text of Gov. Gollom's message vetoing the bill to make silver coin a legal tender in thin State, which bill was passed by the Thir­ tieth General Assembly: STATE OF ILLINOIS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ) SPRINGFIELD, May 80, 1877. ) To the Hon. George H. Harlow, Secretary of State: I hand you herewith House bill No. 47, for an act to make silver coins a legal tender for the payment of debts in the State of Illinois, with­ out my approval, and with my objections to the bill becoming a law. I do not believe such a statute is wise in its financial aspect or in accord with the constitution of the United States or of this State. From information, I am of the opinion that the Legislature passed the bill mainly for the purpose of giving solemn ex­ pression to & desire that Goiigico» would monetize silver and provide for the free ooin- age of the standard silver dollar. If the United States should again adopt the double standard silver would soon become the general currency of the country, and in that case, if this bill were permitted to become a law, and there should be, as is liable to occur at any time, an issue of the iubsidiarv silver coinage in excess of the amount needed for small change in the commercial transactions of the country, it would be at a discount more or less below the standard silver currency. Under these cir- cumstancesj it would flow into this State, for we, by making it a legal tender for all debts here, would havj given it a currency and value which it would not have in any other State. Illinois would assume the burden and inconven­ ience of a debased currency, over the manu­ facture and coinage of which it ha* no control, and out of which it derives no profit. It would not make money more plentiful, because it would expel an equivalent amount of better currency. It would not lighten the load of taxation, because the cost of everything used by the State, and the expense of main­ taining the public institutions, would be in­ creased in direct proportion to the decline in value of the currency in which the taxes were paid. It would not help the debtor, because, in my judgment, the constitution of the United States and of this State would forbid its application to existing con­ tracts. It seems to me that the strongest advocates of the remonetization of silver by act of Congress mast admit that individual State action, such as is proposed, is calculated to do the people injury, and is not one of sound policy, even if there were no con­ stitutional objections in the way. Those of us whose business experience dates prior to 1861 have too vivid a recollection of the disadvan­ tages of a local currency at a discount below that used by adjoining States to be willing to see it reimposed upon this State. If silver should be remonetized and the standard silver dollar restored to the people, the injurious effect of such legislation as is proposed by this bill would be felt more than it would otherwise. If the currency of the country should continue to be legal-tender notes, and the laws regu­ lating the value and limiting the issue of sub­ sidiary silver coinage should continue in force, such coinage would probably remain at about par, and the bill, if it became a law, would nave no particular effect, but what assurance have we that an overabundance of subsidiary nilver coin will not be issued 1>y Con- fress? T'hat ha» c vve^ if we declare y statute that all silver coin shall be a legal tender in the payment of debts, that such legislation may not be enacted in Congress as will result in Illinois becoming the receptacle of all the token currency, while the States around us will receive only standard gold and silver and legal-tender notes, as current and valuable in one State as another ? It is easy to talk about the good times to follow upon the passage of such a law, but it is absurd to say that the people of a State can be benefited by a scheme that compels them to take at par a currency that goes at a discount as soon as a State line is reached, and the immediate and earliest effect of which would be to enhance the cost to every citizen of the necessaries of life. But, whatever may be the opinion of the Legislature, or of the Executive, on the gen­ eral question of policy involved, these, if neces­ sary, timst yield to the higher question whether the bill is in harmony with the State and na­ tional constitutions. If. tried by «nch a test, the bill is not able to stand, it ought not to re­ ceive the Executive sanction, whatever merits it might otherwise possess. The bill is repugnant to the constitutions of this State and of the United States, in the fact that its operation must be, as to past transac­ tions, to impair the obligation of contracts. This bill plainly proposes to operate upon past contracts, and does not discriminate between them and snch as may hereafter be made. The Legislature evidently intended that no dis­ crimination should exist; hence, in all cases under this bill, if it could be upheld, subsidiary silver coin might be forced as a tender upon a creditor where he had no other express con­ tract for other kinds of eoin, and, whatever might be the depreciation of the same, the creditor's right to demand currency would be taken away, and so the bill would operate to impair the obligation of the contract between the parties. The bill assumes to permit an obligor who has agreed, in express terms, to pay a debt in legal-tender notes, to pay th« same in silver coin if he chooses to do so. 'Such a provision manifestly impairs the obligations of the contract where the silver coin is of less value than the legal-tender currency. This bill also interferes with the power of Congress to regu­ late the value of money. The power to coin money, and to regulate the value thereof, is vested in Congress as a power, in solulo, in effect, without any reserve to the States, for powers conferred upon Congress the exercise of which are not expressly prohibited to the States are held to be exclusive when there is a direct repugnancy or incompatibility in their exercise by the State. The power has been exercised by Congress, and that body has in effect de­ clared tl at subsidiary silver coin shall, in the absence of any agreement, be a legal tender or forced tender for only $5. This bill declares it shall be a legal tender for an unlimited amount. Congress gives subsidiary silver coin a money value in the payment of debts in sums of $5, Mid not beyond. This bill attempts to give it a lawful and* forced value beyond that amount. The declaration by Congress as to what should be the lawful money value of subsidiary silver, and to what amount, was, by necessary implica­ tion, a declaration that it should not have a different value, and that it should not be a lawful tender for a greater sum than that named in the iaw of Congress, save as parties might agree. There was no design in this by Congress to remit the matter to the several State Legislatures, nor could it, perhaps, have done BO had that been its intention. Finally, this is. at the best, an experiment in a matter too delicate for experimental treat­ ment, The dangers, it seems to me, are too many and great to venture upon it. In my opinion, if the way were clear to enact such a law under the constitution of the United States and of this State, whatever effect, if any, the bill might have would be injurious to the peo­ ple of our Statu. And hence, for all these con­ siderations, I am constrained by a conviction of duty to withhold my signature and approval. S. M. CULLOX, Governor. ALL SORTS. J>RA««ED TO QUICK DEATH. THE grain trade at New Orleans is in­ creasing. THK pay-roll of the New York Custom House foots up $1,455,213 a year. A HARTFORD German woman had five children at a birth the other day. All doing well. CATTLE in the southern counties of California can now be bought at $7 and $10 ahfigd. A DOO on shipboard is thought a good omen. He can be used for a mastiff necessary. CONGRESSMAN BLACKBTKN, ! of Ken­ tucky, announces himself as a cftndicate for Speaker. THURSDAY, June 14, will be the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the stars and stripes as a national ensign. FIVE candy-makers of Boston have been indicted for poisonous adulteration. Their bonds were fixed at $6,000 eaeli. THE American Association for the Ad­ vancement of Soience will hold its an­ nual session this year- in Nashville in August. F. T. AYER, Benjamin Dean and Jacob Rogers, of Lowell, Mass., have been ap­ pointed guardians for Dr. J. C. Ayer, who is now in an insane asylum. A CHICKEN-BREEDER in Los Angeles, Cat, has his hatching done without the aid of hens, by placing the eggs in ma­ nure heaps, eight hundred at a time. THE Roman Catholics have taken charge of a portion of the Winnebago Indians, who have left their reservation in Nebraska and have returned to Wis­ consin. IQUIQUE. in Peru, reported destroyed by an earthquake, wiw tiie headquarters for the trade in nitrate of soda. The an­ nual exports of nitrate of soda from Iquique reach nearly 4,000,000 cwt. CARELESS and indiscriminate fishing is gradually reducing the supply of shell fish on the coast of England, which draws from Norway about 600,000 lobsters a year, and from France about 200,000. THUS far this season the Boston Ly­ ceum Bureau has paid Henry Ward Beecher $42,900 as his portion of the proceeds of this season's lectures. It is better to be a lecturer than President. ELECTRICITY is used in the Consolidat­ ed Virginia mines at Virginia City, Nev., to explode blasts. The results are very satisfactory, as by the simultaneous dis­ charge of several blasts greater force is obtained than when each is fired sep­ arately. Miss HANNAH DE ROTHSCHILD, who, at her mother's death, became sole owner of her late father's (Baron Meyer de Rothschild) racing stud, will retain it, placing it under the management of two of her relatives. DR. SCHAFF writes from Jerusalem that the Jews in that city number 8,000, or one-tliird of the population. They are all orthodox, and are growing in in­ fluence every year. Much has been done for them by Baron Rothschild and Sir Moses Montefiore. CLARA MORRIS' husband gives as a reason for allowing his wife to play when not strong enough, that if she re­ mains any time at home in quiet she sinks into such a state of utter depres­ sion, both physically and mentally, that she cries nearly constantly, and is worse off than when kept up by the ex­ citement of the stage. THE Democrat, of Mauch Chunk, Pa., gives a doleful account of business pros­ tration in that region. It Bf-rn thnt hun­ dreds of idle boats arc lying in the canal basins there with crews and teams on the point of starvation. Men in the coal regions are not able to earn enough to keep soul and body together, and no en­ couragement in the future. THE Royal society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is attacking the royal stag hunt, and finds an ally in the Lancet, which is of opinion that wild an­ imals, fleet of foot and cunning in nature, give lawful and manly "sport," but that the feat of riding after a tame stag, con­ veyed in a covered cart to the place where it is let loose to be hunted, is neither sport nor manly. THE aggregate of naval vessels belong­ ing to the various countries of Europe was, in 1876, 2,089, of which 209 were iron-clad. They carried 280,000 men and 15,000 guns. In addition to these, 110 vessels were under construction. En­ gland possessed the greatest number of ships; then followed in order France, Russia, Turkey, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, Holland, Denmark, Sweden. Nor­ way and Portugal. "THE SUNRISE NEVER FAILED US YET." Upon the sadness of the sea The sunset broods regretfully; From the far, lonely spaces, slow Withdraws the wistful afterglow. So out of life the splendor dies; So darken all the happy skies; So gathers twilight, cold and stern: But overhead the planets burn. And up the east another day Shall chase the bitter dark away; What though our eyes with tears be wet ? The sunrise never tailed us yet. The blush of dawn may yet restore Our light and hope aud .ioy.once more. Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget That sunrise never failed us yet! --Scribner,g Monthly for June. J 1 A PARISIAN and his wife quarreled. " I shall drown myself," she finally cried out, exasperated. "Go, if I am all that deters you," he answered. Still, he fol­ lowed her, and, when she threw herself into the Seine, plunged in and brought her to land. As he was climbing up the bank, however, he slipped back into the river, and, being exhausted by his pre­ vious exertion, was unable to save him­ self. His wife, seeing his situation, plunged in after him, but, as she could not swim, that was of no avail, and both must have been drowned had it not been for the timely arrival of some policemen, who pulled them out. The pair went home like two turtle doves. FArtfealurfl of th« Calamity at the in* of the Steamer Saratoga, aft Chea­ ter, Fa. [Gleaned from the Philadelphia pepen.] The launching was to take place at 9 o'clock. The beautiful weather drawn an immense concourse of specta­ tors to the ship-yard. On the vessel were Cap! Sandberger, who is to com­ mand her, Capt. Curtis, who is to com­ mand her mate, the Niagara, which was launched a few weeks ago ; an agent of the owners; Miss Fountain, who was to christen the vessel, and two citizens of Chester. Below were forty workmen, to whom" was confided the labor neces­ sary to effect the launch. At a little dis­ tance away, on an eminence from which he might command the whole scene, stood Mr. John Fountain, the superin­ tendent of the yard. The ship is held upon the stocks by meuns of two stout oak planks securely fastened upon a cra­ dle, or series of cradles, conforming to the shape of the hull. The cradles are held together by a long chain passing under me keel. At the prow there are two planks, intended to retard the launch after all other obstructions are removed. Two other boards, that show by their parting when the ship be­ gins to move, are called the tell-tale; one of these is fast to the stocks and the other to the ship. The very warm weather melted the grease on the hull and cradles sooner than was expected. Mr. Fountain suddenly observed tnat the tell-tale boards were parting, and this meant that the ship was pulling. The superintendent knew that the moment- um gained by the slightest movement would make it impossible to stop the launch ; so orders were at once given in a loud voice to stand from under before he gave the order to cut loose the last stays. At the same time the men at the saws were ordered to cut the planks holding the cradles, as, if this was not done promptly, the movement of the ship would wrench the bolts from their sockets, and there would be danger of the vessel, frame and all, toppling over. The two planks were sawed, and the ves­ sel glided into the water with the veloc­ ity of lightning. Miss Fountain raised the bottle of Saratoga water prepared for the christening, ana was about to break it over the bow, when a scream arose, and, terrified beyond measure, she dropped it overboard. The ways were now clear, and. as the screams that terrified Miss Fountain reached the ears of the spectators, their eyes were greeted by a sickening sight. The great chain holding the cradles was dragging along in the wake of the ship, carrying in its folds men, iron bars and wooden blocks. One man was cut in half; another was mashed beyond recog­ nition ; others were limbless; some were carried into the water with the vessel. A scene of great confusion followed. The bell of the yard was rung, and in the course of a few minutes the news spread all over the city and brought a crowd of women and children to the gates, clamoring for admission. The workmen devoted themselves to the extrication of the killed and wound­ ed from the debris of the stocks. Seven dead bodies were soon recovered and identified with more or less certainty. John Nelson was completely doubled up. The back part of his head was torn off, and one ear was gone. The head was cut off and was hanging to the body by a slight ligament. The arms were cut off and were hanging on the cloth­ ing, and the lower part of the body was crushed. He was identified only by the brass tag which is given to each of the workmen when they enter the yard in the morning, and the number on which corresponds with a number opposite the names on the books of the firm. Nelson was a single man. The injuries of the men were principally below the breast, and the bodies and legs were badly torn, in some instances the limbs having been torn out from the sockets. Several of the deceased have left large families. All the killed and wounded were workmen employed in the yard, having formed part of a gang of about fifty men who knocked the blocks from under the keel of the vessel preparatory to the cutting asunder of the fastenings at the bow, by which aet the VCBSU! was liberated, t'Jid sent sliding greasy way andinto the river. joyed his slumber without disrobing. The narrow chamber of the Czar Nichols* contained only a hard camp bedstead a few articles of cheap furniture, ami that of Alexander L was equipped in » similar style of simplicity. The Russian cares little for the seclusion of a private chamber, and is apt to take hia night1" rest by Simply folding his »i*mi him and reposing on the broad leather- covered sofa which is an appendage of most apartments. ^ ^ Salaries of Foreign Ministers. The following is a list of the principal foreign missions of the United States, to­ gether with the salary attached to each: Argentine Republic, Minister Resident. $ 7,600 Austria-Hungary, Envoy Extraordinary 12,000 Belgium, Minister Resident 7,500 Brazil, Envoy Extraordinary 12,000 Brazil, Secretary of Legation. 1,800 Central American States (five), Ministers Resi­ dent 10,000 Chili, Envoy Extraordinary 10,000 China, Envoy Extraordinary 12,000 Denmark, Charge d'Affaires 5,000 France, Envoy Extraordinary 17,500 France, First Secretary of Legation 2,«25 France, Second Secretary of Legation 2,000 Germany, Envoy Extraordinary 17,500 Germany, First Secretary of Legation. . , . , . . . 2,625 ueruiany, Second Secretary of Legation...... 2,000 Great Britain, Envoy Extraordinary 17,500 Great Britain, First Secretary of Legation.... 2,625 Great Britain, Second Secretary of Legation. 2,000 Greece, Charge d'AiTaires 5,000 Howaiian Islands, Minister Resident 7,500 Hayti, Minister Resident. 7,500 Italy, Envoy Extraordinary 12,000 Italy, Secretary of Legation 1,800 Japan, Envoy Extraordinary 12,000 Japan, Secretary of Legation. 2,500 Japan, Interpreter 2,500 Liberia, Minister Resident 4,000 Mexico, Envoy Extraordinary 12,000 Mexico, Secretary ot Legation 1,800 Netherlands, Minister Resident.... % 7,500 Paraguay and Uruguay, Charge d'Affaire*.... 5,000 Peru, En"oy Extraordinary 10,000 Portugal, Charge d'Affaires 5,000 Russia, Envoy Extraordinary 17,500 Russia, Secretary of Legation 2,625 Spain, Envoy Extraordinary 12,000 Spain, Secretary of Legation 1,800* Sweden and Norway, Minister Resident 7,500 Switzerland, Charge d'Affaires 5,000 Turkey, Minister Resident 7,500 Turkey, Secretary of Legation. t... -- 3,000 Turkey, Interpreter 3,000 Venezuela, Minister Resident 7,500 .Russian Sleeping-Booms. The homes of the rich are furnished with every appliance for comfort and every embellishment for the gratification of the taste that modern refinement can suggest or modern art supply. The splendor of the Orient there meets the luxury of the Occident, producing sump­ tuous effects elsewhere unsurpassed. Yet in the appointments of the stateliest residences there linger traces of the Tar­ tar origin of the race, and of the habits of an ancestry that dwelt in the romantic tent of the steppes. The sleeping-rooms of even royalty are meagerly furnished, and point back to a time when the Muscovite dropped carelessly upon a divan and en- »ISE1S5_DL j" The Russians will encounter one en­ emy on the Lower Danube which the most daring courage and the best organ­ ization cannot completely conquer--that is disease. ^ The flat banks on tihe Rou­ manian side of the great river are overflown in the spring. As tihe water retires, there is a broad stretch of quagmires and stagnant pools for miles in extent--a prolific source of malarial fevers. As the heat increases in the burning summer, tuese marshy hollow** are filled with a high, rank grass, *o that for miles the eye can see nothing but broad steppes of waving £*nss, without r a tree or a house. These meadows, how- f, ^; ever, seem equally unhealthy with the iWiufi more swampy plains of spring, and, ow- ' TJ" % ing to the putrescent vegetation and the 1 " scarcity of pure water, are a peculiar 'T nidus for cholera and intestinal disease* vwl:fk" In the campaign of 1828, the Bnssian» ( :4t|̂ , are believed to have lost 80,000 men be- tween the Pruth and the Balkans, of * * whom much the larger proportion per- !̂ ished from "plague "--which appears ' to have been a malignant form of typhus, cholera, and typhoid or malarial fevers. , j In 1829, they lost 60,000 men, mainly , from disease, and, out of the whole army ^ of 100,000 men, the returns showed more " than 200,000 cases in hospital, or an av- erage of two hospital treatments for each soldier during the year. When the Russian General took Adrianople, he had a mere skeleton of an army, and, after the , peace of Adrianople was made, he had - ' but 10,000 to 12,000 men to lead back : over the Danube, so reduced had bis. - forces been by sickness. In fact, fever^K.'iu^ , and cholera had already defeated him t̂i before the peace, and, had the Sultan but, >• jr., known the real condition of the army, the*. issue of the war would have been utterly^' different. The great deficiencies of thie Muscovite service are the commissariat. ; • • . and til© medical staff, and never were the V ( J tm results of these deficiencies so painfully ' Hr , shown as in the war of 1828-'9. ' ' In 1854-'5, the Russians suffered, but, owing to their more limited operations on . ? the Danube, not to the same extent m n >tr< m in the former campaign. It was in these; ^,,j> years that the allies felt the terrible eli- . .4 mate of the plains of the Danube unci the Dobrudsclia. The British and French camps near Varna became abodes of pes- * tilence. In the French movement to the f»i Dobrudsclia in pursuit of the Russians, 11|f# who had abandoned the siege of Silis- * , tria, the march became a track of death. l' ** Cholera destroyed a force before it tH ' reached the enemy; and the French had not made many marches before they"?$P® found that it was all the living could dWsy to take care of the dying and dead. The pursuit soon turned into a retreat before^ the ghastly enemies of pestilence and* fever. Tneespecial causes were said be the bad water, the wells poisoned by ' carcasses thrown in by the Russians, the < . > * burning heat of the sun and cold nights,.^.,( and the miasma from the lately sub- merged ground. In fact, if the genius?#;n of the allied leaders had not transferred v the war to the comparatively healthyfm*ft peninsula of the Crimea, the allied ex- |̂Rtj pedition to sustain the Ottoman empire^ - A' would have ended in disaster and di»- ' ' grace. ------------------ met# Taxatkm. • -iW The New York Bulletin persistently rf; «<f invites public attention to certain figure* which are not without interest to tax- payers outside of New York. From one c o m p a r i s o n i t a p p e a r s t h a t t h e d e b t o f * 1 New York city, $160,000,000, is almost two and a half times as much as the debt * of the United States was in 1860. The « debt per head oi the population in New „.; York is $133. The debt of the United States is less than $50 per head. another comparison it appears ILat' the**®®*-.' taxation of New York is $33,000,000, or : only $20,000,000 less than the taxation of •« * f •the United States in 1860. The taxation per head in New York is $27.50. In the United States it is only about $6.14. Following is a table showing the amount of taxation, and the amount per head of population, in ten foreign countries: isl Taxation , - Taxation, per HetvL :»K $ 6.3 3.88 . 4 11.1* fit e.s»l 10.81 7.80 u.n • ia.i» 6.0$ 1* • h Canada .$24,200,000 Ireland 21,000,000 Netherlands. ' 41,000,060 Switzerland................... 8,000,000 Portugal 20,000,000 Bavaria. 50,000.000 Saxony 20,000,000 Hamburg 5,000,000 Argentine Confederation 23,500,000 Chili 13,500,000 It should be remembered that the tax­ ation in these Coiintru>s is lor th« «trp- port of armies and navies, as well as for < - civil administration. It should also be remembered that the local taxation in ; those countries is comparatively trifling. < In Chicago city taxes alone are about $10 per head, and other taxes, not national, " <! perhaps $5 more. Adding national c taxes, and we have about $21 as the tax- : ation per head in Chicago, which is equal to two and a half times the average for the ten countries above named. Chicago is not so heavily taxed as New York, in proportion to population, but it pays enough. A like state of facts exists jin most towns and cities of any size throu V: out the country. It cannot be doulush\ that we pay more taxes in proportio foil. V numbers wan any other people intrrcl. - world, and but for our abundant natu resources and uncommon energy w. should not be able to carry the load.--*•*. Chicago Times. Nature's Baths. Only think of it, kind old dame Na- • ture herself superintending the heating arrangements, furnishing the water di- , rect from her own tanks, and goodness knows how far they are in these huge f mountains. Never experienced^ such a sensation, such exquisite play of facul­ ties, as when up to my neck in the bath. # filled with mineral water. My lungs ex- t panded until I felt as if my bckij' was not a twentieth part large enough toieompasB I» their expansion.--Rocky JHomUmm Tourtst. **» GRASSHOPPERS are becoming a in New South Wales.