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'Jim ugui over tins estate of the late Oom- modan VanderbOt has opened In earnest in the Surrogate's Ooort of New York. A mar­ ried daughter of the dead hundred-millionaire, Mrs. LeBau, who was cut off with a pittance of 9500,000, now oomes forward to assert her ^laim to an equal division of the enormoue es-" tate, the bulk of which was bequeathed to Win. H. Vanderbilt. The lady has for her counsel 7: «t«$tW -,1* '\r~ '-i . > ; III: . ?q wt ,4+% ~umuzJZi • lA at, . • . « •» Seott Lord and Jem BMk. Twn careless druggist is abroad ux Rhode A Providence dispatch chronicles the death of Deaoon W. B. Spooner, of Bristol, for whom the wrong medicine was put up. Isaac H. Wadkdgh, of Sast CJreeawich, met his death ia a •ftpilarmanner... .Mrs. Bveijn Stuart, the wifa of Robert Stuart, a wealthy New Yorker, living on Fifth avenue, rammiited suicide the other day on aooount of the intemperate habits of her husband. About the same hoar Henry ft poor man living on Christie •treet, while laboring under a fit of despond­ ency caused by the intemperance of his wife, shot his three children and then toek his own Kit. THE WEST.- oomrrx, I1L, was recently the soene t double murder of onparaOeled brutality, anpplemented by the hanging of the guilty wretch by an incensed mob. The victims were a young farmernamed Go®iz and his wife, both Germans. A neighbor of Goetz called to see Mm on business, and w&s horrified to find the dead body of Mrs. Ooets, terribly mutilated by blows from an ax, the house stripped of its furniture, and the wagon fn/l horse* of Goetz missing. Evidences were also found that not only the wife, but the huB- ̂himself had been murdered and his body dragged off to the woods. The alarm was at frny* gi?en, and officers started in pursuit of Carl Strahl, alias Jo© Engler, upon whom enspicion had settled an the author of the fool deed. He was found in St Louis, and when arrested was trying to sell a team of mules and a wagon that nad belonged to his victims. A trunk containing a number of •null articles, eonsisting in part of a breast­ pin, a parasol and Bhawl, was identified as the property of the murdered woman. When charged with the murder Strahl refused to make any statement whatever, but consented to return to Illinois -without a warrant He was immediately taken back to Columbia, Monroe county. The news of the arrest of the murderer was not long in spreading, and short­ ly after the return of the officers with the pris­ oner the little village was filled with people from the surrounding country. A small party took the prisoner ana started toward the Goetz farm, for the purpose of forcing him to reveal where he had hidden the body of Goetz, he hav­ ing finally admitted the killing. About half a mile trt m the farm ami two miles from the town, Strahl led the party to a thicket, where he •aid he had hid Goetz'B body. After » short eeareh, the remains were found hidden under leaves and brash. Goetz had been otruok on the head with the ax, and killed in much the game manner as his wife. The body had i«in in its hiding place a week and was becom­ ing badly decomposed. The sight seemed to strengthen the determination of those who counseled nummary justice. The party started toward the town, but before half the distance was made a self-appointed committee of six took the prisoner, aud, telling the others they tml something to say to him, bade them not follow. The committee and the prisoner went into the woods. The former returned in half an hour and said Strahl had hung himself. •Hie crowd went into the woods, and, after a March, fojnd Strati's body dangling from a ttmh. THI late Senator Morton, in his last will'and testament, bequeathed his entire estate, val­ ued at #50,000 to Ms immediate family. SHAITZKBCBO, ex-United States Marshal of Colorado, who was oonvictedof stealing <40,000 from the Qovernm&nt, and sentenced, a short «nu» ago, to the Kan*TW penitentiary for the term of two yean, has been pardoned by Presi­ dent Hayes. A FiiiE in St Louis, last week, destroyed Steinberg's hat-store and John Brunet's res­ taurant, on Fourth street. Loss, over $100,- 000. . A San Francisco dispatch announces the destruction by tire of the North Point warehouse. Loss, $310,000. CHICAGO elevators contain 631,325 bushels of wheat; 465,995 bushels of corn ; 160,072 bush­ els of oats ; 92,036 bushels of rye, and 578,243 bushels of barley, making a grand total of I.827,671 bushels, against 5,140,285 bushels at ifiwt perird lest year. C«±i<uAtK> lias been the ' ! *A aaoQier de- stractive conflagration. At 8 o'clock on the evening of Wednesday, the 14th inst., flames lm&e out in the palatial dry-goods store of Messrs. Field, Leifcer & Co., the third largest house in the Uuited States and the second largest in the retail business, and in a few hour.* the magnificent structure, with its vast stock of goods, was reduced te a mass of ruins. During the progress of the conflagration two firemen wre killed andfour badly injured by the falling of one of the floors of the burning stî ure.̂ et«tal lots by the fire is estammtod lie stock wm valued at nearly $1,250,000, a n--siilnrshlo portion of which was saved in a aunTffnd oonditiou There was an insurance STSw stock of $950,000- The building was erected in the spring of 1872 by the Wng- -- se--tng Machine Company, at a oost of between $750,000 and $800^000. The first story was mostly of iron, but the remainder was of limestone It had a tru»8 roof, the girders of taon. overia <1 with weed, and this sheathed with tin. The center of the roof contained a skylight, and an open court or well, surrounded to a railing on each floor, extended down to the main floor. During the progress of its Erection a scaffolding upon which a number of fntm were standing at work on the *ky- light gave way, and they were preoipitated tanoagh the court, a distance of eighty feet, to the first floor. Three of them were killed outright, aud a fourth escaped by clinging to » portion of the scaffolding th&iremaiued until -lie was rescued. Shortly before Messrs. Field A Leiter took possession of the building, a fire broke out It was extinguished after about 950,000 damage had been done. The origin of the last fire will perhaps ever remain a mys­ tery. It cemmeuced in the sixth story, near tfee roof, aud is believed 10 have been the work . <at an incendiary. HON. WIXXIAK 7. COOLBAOOH, President of the Union National Bank, and an old and highly-esteemed citizen of Chicago, committed tfoicide on the night of the 13th inst. His body was found at an early hour in the morn­ ing at the ba»e of the Douglas monument in the southern portion of the city. A bullet hole through the head and a pistol beside the tnjdv gave certain proof of the manner of deatb. Domestic infelicity is reported as the cause of the rash act The sad event created ft profound sensation throughout the city of Chicago. THE SOUTH. A FAHTT of Mexican soldiers recently crossed I- fBUe Bio Grande into Texas and attacked a baud ef Indians who bed been depredating in Mex­ ico, kiU'ug several, and recovering sixty-eight , |iead of stock that they had run out of Mexico. ;t A BEPOBT comes by way of Galveston that "Litnt. Bullis, with a small party of scouts, jWsrtd the Rio Grands near the mooth of the Pecos river, and was Cttaoked by a bodvof 500 Indians and compelled to retreat Loss not stated. OoL Young has left Fort Ciark with 800 cavalry to retafaree Bullis." ADVICES from Texas state that MaJ. Jones, of the Texas battalion, at El Paso, has tele­ graphed the Governor that immediate trout le is apprehended, and KM Governor has been solicited by a number of persona, especially military ofllcers, to precipitate the conflict with Mexico, if the Federal Government will not EX-CQMOMIWWIW OiMTM and ex-Revenue Collector Carpenter, on trial at Columbia, 8. C., !he former for bribery and the latter for forgery, have bean found guilty. GENERAL. Business failures: Corydon Weed, Ml' ex­ tensive dealer in Illinois farm mortgages. Bloomington, I1L, liabilities $1,800,000, assets one gait of clothe? ; F. K. Phoenix, proprietw of the extensive nurseries »t Hoommgtou and Normal, 111., liabilities $120,000; Mntholland A Baker, one of the oldest hardware houres in Montreal, Canada, liabilities h^vy; Fordham & Jennings, ship chandlers, San Francisco, CaL, liabilities $90,000. AN agent of the Bussian Government, now in Philadelphia, is empowered to make a con­ tract with parties in this country for the con­ struction of a bridge to be thrown across the Danube into Boumania. The requirements are such, however, that the leading company in Philadelphia distrusts its ability to meet them, and has declined the contract. WASHINGTON* Hon. HBKBTS. SAKDJFOBD has been nominated by the President to be Minister to Belgium. There has been a thorough investigation of all charges made against Public Printer Defreep. llhe charges were made by a dis­ charged employe, and, after complete examina­ tion, the Committee on Printing fully exoner­ ates Defrees. MB. SANDFOBD, who has just been tendered the Belgian mission, was rejected as Minister to that court in 1867, and also as Minister to Spain in 1869... .Col. W. C. Goodloe, of Ken­ tucky, has been named by the President as Minister to the Netherlands. THE President has urged upon the heads of departments a reduction of their estimates of appropriations for the next fisoal year, and the War Department has set a good example by reducing its figures as originally prepared $10,000,000 The Secretary of War has or­ dered MaJ. Benvaurd to remove the raft in the Bed river above Shreveport, and keep the river open. A Government vessel will be placed at the disposal of the city of New Orleans for the improvement of the harbor there. JUDOS THOMAS A. SFBKOB, Assistant Super­ intendent of the Bail way Mail Service, is dead. As order has been issued by the War Depart­ ment directing that, until further orders, the names of battle-fields shall not be printed in the army register at die head of the regiments which took part in them. FEDERAL appointments: Alexander Beed, Postmaster at Toledo, Ohio; Manuel Govin, of Florida,, United States Consul at Leghorn ; Effingham Lawrence, Collector of Customs, District of New Orleans ; Chauncey I. Filley, Postmaster at St Louis, Mo. Indian Agents-- Samuel S. Ely, Otoe Agency, Nebraska ; Isaiah Lightner, Bante Agency, Nebraska ; John E. Pyle, Navajo Agenoy, New Mexico ; William H. Danieison, Fort Hall Agency, Idaho; Edwin A. Howard, Ponca Agency, Indian Territory; F. A. Weaver, Ute Agency, Colorado. for January, to approve of Xing Alphonso's mar- ria ge to th« Princess Maria Mercedes, daughter of the DM ds Mbatpanriw, which is to take place on the 23d of that month. THKBK is trouble in the Samoan islands, in the Pacific ocean, between the American, En­ glish and German Consuls. Charges and counter-charges are made in the respeotiva in­ terests, and the feeling has run so high that a oommittee of safety has been orgmnieed to pre­ serve the peace....A Calcutta dispatch reports that the Mussulmans of India are much excited at the news of Turkish defeat*. IT is announced in a dispatch from Borne that the Pope is lying near deatn's door, the physicians, after a careful examination, having given up all hope of his recovery... .Advices from Queenstown, Holyhead, Plymouth and many other points on the coasts of the British islands, announoe the prevalence of a general and tremendous gale. There was great de­ struction of property on land and sea. A CABLE dispatch states that Stanley, the Af­ rican explorer and 120 followers, has been brought to the Cape of Good Hope in Her Majesty's storeship Industry, which also takes them to Zanzibar The Argentine torpedo ship Fulminate recently exploded in the har­ bor of Buenos Ayres, killing eleven persons. THE several Governments of Europe have advised the Marshal-President of France to pursue a policy of conciliation--which means that they deprecate an open rupture in that country between the republicans and mon­ archists. / Powoo, London's pet gorilla, is dead... .Un­ usual activity prevails against the adherents of Le?do on the Texas border About 300 Bus­ sian Mennonities left Berlin, on the 9th inst, for the United StateB Borrowdale A Schil­ ler, merchants of Calcutta, have failed. Lia­ bilities, $1,000,000. PBOCEEDlHttS OF C0NUBES8. POLITICAL* A nciir caucus of Republican members of the Senate, at which there was a very full at­ tendance, was held on the 10th inst. An Asso­ ciated Press report of the caucus says the "topics discussed were the so-called 'Southern policy' and 4 civil-service policy' of the admin­ istration, with special reference to the Louisi­ ana contest and sundry nominations before the committees. Opinions were freely inter­ changed by nearly all the Senators, show­ ing that the majority were not in ac­ cord with the views and actions of the Presi­ dent on the subjects discussed, and that less than a majority are disposed to make any formal issue with him. Such a course was not deemed expedient in 1 party sense, nor called for by public interest under the present cir­ cumstances.". ... At a O&UCUH of the Democratic Senators, it was agreed to support all the nom­ inations of the President unless it should be ascertained in any caie that the person nomi­ nated was unfit THE T URKO-KU88IAN WAR. THE Bussian losses from the cemmencemem. of hostilities to the 1st inst were 64,801 men. ... .Four hundred of the principal inhabitants of Bulgaria, including the Geshoffs and their families, have been sentenced to exile in Asia Minor The Porte has demanded the with­ drawal of the Servian corps of obser­ vation now oocupying the frontier, and threatens vigorous military measures if the demand is not complied with.... A very strong, united effort is hein; made to stir up a war feeling in England. It is argued that every town in India will be unfavorably affected by the Turkish downfall in Asia, ana that the result will be most dangerous to the English hold on the Indian population. A*,Cv,r.DiKO t> Turkish reports, the Russians attacked the fortified positions in front of Erzeroum on the morning .of the 9th iusc., &nd after several hours' severe fighting were repulsed. The Turks pursued them for some distance, capturing a large quantity of arms and ammunition and some prisoners... .Several of Mukhtar Pasha's offi­ cers have been sentenced to be febot for coward­ ice in the battle of the 5th....The reported occupation of Erzeroum, in Asia, by the Bus- sians, proves false. THE Turks acknowledge a loss of 2,500 killed, wounded and prisoners, and nearly all their artillery, in the battle of Deve-Boyun.... A Berlin dispatch says that the Porte has con­ fidentially communicated to some of the powers & draft of the programme for the con­ clusion of peace....Constantinople dispatches furnish the following : "There are dissen­ sions in the Turkish Cabinet on the subject of peaoe or war, but the peace partv fear being accused of secret dealings with Russia. Forty of ex-Sultan Mur&d's servants are re­ ported to have been strangled because of a conspiracy to reinstate Murad. The excite­ ment increased by a rumor that the Prophet has appeared to the Sultan, ordering him to conclude peace. The Russians have recom­ menced a vigorous bombardment .->f Batoum. All the officers in Kars down to Major unani­ mously voted to reject the summons to sur­ render made by the Russians, and resolved to defend the city to the last extremity." CABLE dispatches state that " Osman Pasha's losses are estimated at 200 to 300 men daily from the concentrated fire of the Bussian artillery. Osman Pasha is busily constructing fresh fortifications, which seem to point to his hold ng out as long as possible rather than to at­ tempt a hcrtic. Prisoners and deserters state that'the Turks have six weeks' provisions." AH attack upon Gen. BkobelefTs new position in the rear of Plevna by a strong Turkish col­ umn found the Bussians stioagly intrenched, and, after the assaulting party had endured J or a fchort time the fire of seventy cannon, they concluded to abandon the undertaking, and retired in confusion and with great slaugh­ ter. SEKVIA has replied to the Porte's demand for a withdrawal of Servia's troops from the fron­ tier, that it is impossible to leave the inhab­ itants of the frontier without military proteo- tioD. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. THS successor of Sir Edward Thornton, as British Minister to Washington, has been se­ lected in the person of Hon. Lionel Sackville- West, brother and heir presumptive of Lord 8ackville, now British Minister to Buenos Ayres--The Spanish Cartes is to be oonvoked sailiwib^a^t to Hsuthawof gxawiliMks Wmmmmx, Nov. 14.--Sntam--The Army Mil was vaparttd to ttae Senate, with the n.»i^n of 90,000 men, aadltii Mandatory provftrtoafor four full regiments of cavalry on the Texas frontier stricken out. Instead of this, the Senate mlttrm Inserted a atause providing that cavalry wgfaaeat. may be recruited to a hundred men In saon Er, "and a sufltatent fores of cavalry shall lie exn-•d In the defense of the Mexican and Hen of TMM.»....A ocmmimicetlou received from the President, covering a detailed •tateaumt of recent outrages on the Rio of the proceedings taken by this Oovwrament in consequence. Referring to tb« propoeed negotia­ tion of a new treaty, the President expressed aSoubl whether It would be moat expedient to commence negotiations immediately or wait until cir­ cumstances Justified the recognition of the Dias • Government. Mr. Ingalto, from the Oommittee on Indian Affairs, reported, with amendments, the Senate bill to enable the Indiana to become citizen* of the United States. Placed on the calendar.... The Vice President was authorised to fill the vacancy on the Oommittee oa Pensions occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Davis, and on the Commsttf f on Transportation Routes to the Sea. board, occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Saun­ ders. He th* reupon appointed Mr. Voorhees to All both vaoanciep. Hones.--Mr. Townsend offered a resolution In* structing the .Judiciary Oommittee to Inquire into the facts of the imprisonment of Robert Smalls (colored), a member of the House from Sonth Caro­ lina, and to report whether such imprisonment is or is not a violation of the constitutional privileges of the Bouse The House devoted the day to dis­ cussing the Resumption Repeal bill. 1 COLOR Y OF TRAMPS. THTJBSDAY, Nov. 8--SENATE.--The resolution submitted by Mr. Maxey, on Tuesday, calling upon the President for information in regard to the res­ cue of prisoners from the Stark county (Tex.) jail by outlaws from Mexioo, in August last, was taken up and agreed to; also, a resolution submitted by Mr. Mitchell calling upon the (Sec­ retary of the Interior for information m to the num­ ber of miles of Northern Pacific railroad construct­ ed, what change has been made in the line, etc.... Mr. Matthews introduced a bill supplementary to the act entitled " An act to provide for the resump­ tion of specie payments," approved Jan. 14,1876. HOCSK.--The House, in oommittee of the whole, devoted the entire session to the discussion of the Army Appropriation bill, the Republicans favoring the maintenance of the fighting foroe at #5,000 men, while most of the Democrats thought that 15,000 or 20,000 would suffice for all the necessities of the •ervice, FBZDAT, NOV. 9.--SENATE.--Among the bills Introduced were the following: By Mi. Beck, to authorize the payment of all customs duties in legal-tender notes; by Mr. Dawes, in relation to the jurisdiction of the District Court of the Terri­ tory of Utah in matters of divorce....The Vioe President appointed Mr. Eirkwood a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations, Mr. Ingalls a member ef the Oommittee on Privileges aud Elec­ tions and Mr. Saunders a member of the Commit­ tee on Railroads, to fill the vacancies 011 these com­ mittees occasioned by the death of Senator Mor­ ton Mr. Mitchell (Oregon) submitted a reso­ lution declaring Mr. Wadleigh (New Hampshire) the Chairman of th. - Committee on Privileges and Elections, vioe Mr. Morton, deceased, and it was agreed to The Senate, in executive session, con­ firmed the nomination of John Welsh to be Minister to England. HOUSE.--Ths Army Appropriation bill occupied the attention of the House the greater portion of the day. An amendment was adopted in oommittee of the whole increasing the army to 25,000 men, the Texas delegation voting solidly for it. The vete stood 122 to 114 Rev. B. D. Harrison was elected Chaplain of the House Mr Swan, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, presented com­ munications from the Secretary of State, with ref­ erence to the Paris Exposition. They estimate the expenses of American representation at 1225,000.. Mr. Atkins, the Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, reported a bill for the settlement of the accounts of the workingmen fer an excess of eight hours' labor. SATCBDAY, Nov. 10.--SENATE.--Not in ses­ sion. HOUBX.--The Army Appropriation bill occupied the exclusive attention of the House, in committee of the whole. Mr. Culberson offered an amendment that the four cavalry regiments be recruited to 100 men to each company, which foice shall be employed in the defense of «he Mexican and Indian frontier of Texas. Adopted--114 to 112--after being amend­ ed on motion of Mr. Clymer thus : " That the re­ cruiting of enlisted men shall be limited to '20,000, of which four full regiments of cavalry shall be kept upon the Mexican frontier." An amend­ ment offered by Mr. Hooker prohibiting the use of troops to suppress insurrections or preserve order in any State, except on the demand of the Legislature or the Executive, gave rise to an ani- ni«*j)d discussion, Mr. Qarfield leading the oppo^ sition,aQd pointing out the danger of having such a law oir*ie gtatute book as would have, in 1861, tied the hands 01 «j,e President and wrought the destruc­ tion of the Government. Mr. Hooker's amendment was rejected--l»i *0 88. Mr. Atkins then offered an amendment, &B an additional section, providing that the officers assigned to staff duty shall not be en­ titled to additional rank or pay. Agreed to. MONDAT, NOV. 12.--SEI»*XE.--Mr. Conkling made a personal explanation Wohing an alleged interview with him printed in the Nev York Herald of the 9th. He stated that the repon contained many statements which he never uttered even in private conversation, and expressions of thought and language that never came from him Bills were introduced by Mr. Wtrnlom to esta^ lish a l?opartment cf Commerce, and by Mr. Matthews for the enforcciuept 01 judgments and decrees iu Slates other than those where ren­ dered or made Mr. Maxey Hubmittcd a tion instructing the ComiuLl. c on Military Affairs to inquire Into the expediency of constructing de­ fensive vsorfffl on the Rio Grande frontier.'.. .Mr. Booth was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Patents, in place of Mr. Wadleigh, who was re­ cently appointed Chairmen of the Committee on Privileges and Elections....Mr. Voorherewae sworn in as a member of the Senate from Indiana... .The Senate, in executive session, confirmed the appoint­ ment of John M. Stevens, of Maine, jtis Minister to Norway and Sweden ; John Befreea, of Indiana, as Public Printer at Washington ; Kenheth Rayner as Solicitor of the Treasury ; and Robert H. Chit­ tenden, United States Attorney for ^owfe HOUSE.--The Clymer amendment to the Army bill, limiting the number to 20,060, l&en, but pro­ viding for stationing four full cavaft-y regiments on the Mexican border, was concurred in by the House on a call of the yea* and nuy», by vote of 135S to 127. The amendment providing that officer*, when assigned to staff duty, shall receive no higher rank or pay than their lineal rank or pay, was defeated. The bill was then passed without division A large number of bills were then introduced and referred, including a bill to amend the laws in relation to ntsilabie matter of the the- third class; the existing banking laws; designating the time for the meeting 'of Congress on the first Monday in January; to reduce the num­ ber of military cadets; f<»r payment of all cotton seized after the 29th of May, 1875; altto, to refund the tax on raw cotton collected from 1(03 to 1868 ; to prohibit by coTistitutional amendment the pay­ ment of claims arising out of the late rebellion ; for thii payment of import duties in IegaMeuder notes as soon a* they are quoted at par with legal- tender coin of the United States. TUKBDAT, Nov. 13.--SENATE.--The following bills were introduced: By Mr. McDonald, in rela­ tion to aistllling and rectifying spirits. By Mr. Oarland, to authorise the election of a Delegate te Congress from the Indian Territory. By Mr. Oaai* eron (Wis.) to aid th« Winnebago Indians of Wis­ consin to obtain subsistence by agricultural pur- »>uiti. and t« promote their civilizat on Mr. Ouaf- fee called up the resolution submitted by himlast week in regard to the management of the Pacific rail­ road, and spoke at length in regard to the subject.... The Army Appropriation bill was read by its title and referred The Senate adopted a resolution, offered by Mr. Booth, of California, calling upon the President for information as to the cause of the Nez PcrccH war, Its cost, the number of Indians and coldiers engaged therein, the number of lives lost, and the disposition made of Chief Joseph and the Indians who surrendered with him. ' House.--The House further debated the Re­ sumption act. Mr. Chittenden, of New York, made a pronouaced hard-money speech. He denounced the proposed repeal of the Resumption act as practical repudiation. He attacked the Sil­ ver bill with equal bitterness....The House p»»eed the Navy P.-ficlency bill -- The fol­ lowing bills were introduced: By Mr. Banks, to fx'cad, facilitate and cheuuen land and water transportation of freight and passengers, and iu promote industry and labor without further appre­ ciation of the public debt; by Mr. Townfhetid (III.), a refoluHr>n instructing the Committee on Banking and Ui.tr.) icy te lnauire into the expediency of windlng up nwionsl banks, withdrawing their oto» A Cnrious Community--How tbe Based Rascals Pass Their Time. [Cor. Philadelphia Press.] In a woodland 011 Darby road, in one of the most picturesque sections ol coun­ try in the vicinity of Philadelphia, there Is a certain community or settlement of tramps. During the day tliey lounge around fires of brushwood, made in a little stony hollow, sometimes singing, sometimes cooking, or mending, or wash­ ing, sometimes drinking. Occasionally some of them, spurred by appetite or tired of idleness, go out in the fields and gather herbs or flowers and bring them into the city to sell, and with tbe money received buy whisky, upon which they all get driAik and make the woods ring with songs and boisterous laughter, savage cries. The size of this mot­ ley gathering varies with the time and tbe seasons. It hardly ever numbers less than twenty, and has reached to eighty. There are men and women, old and young. Nearly all day long, as I have said, they linger around the fires in the wood, and when the weather is not unpleasantly cold they also sleep out under the trees, but in the winter, and when storms of great violence oocur^ they take refuge in barns in the neigh­ borhood. Upon a beautiful wooded knoll they have set up a little cabin made of lojra and the bark of trees. In the stony hollow in the side of a hill, where they pass much of their time, they have kettles and pans and other household utensils, and a wooden tripod upon which to hang a kettle over a fire, and strung from tree to tree, lines upon whir© to hang their clothes to dry. They fare well. They'beg from thei farmers in t>.e neighborhood, who dare not refuse them, and fear even to murmur at their demands. Any offense to them might result in the burning of the barn or home of the helpless offender. It is no won­ der that a man should live in dread with a gang of lawless vagabonds about his door and no protection near him for him­ self or his wife or daughters. This com­ munity seems to be governed by a " mas­ ter " and " mistress "--the latter an old, white-haired wretch who has been known in the vicinity fcr years. They receive the allegiance of all the others, and re­ fuse admittance into the circle to such applicants as do not, for any reason, please their fancy. Of course, their au­ thority is not always submitted to, but, to a great extent, they are the rulers of the eolony. The society generally is not inviting, and, individually, it is re­ pulsive. So many low-browed, scowl­ ing, savage human beings one seldom meets with in the same day. If an hon­ est laborer looks contemptuously at them they scowl in return er mutter threaten­ ingly; if a curious stranger go too near their "residence " they warn him off, or if he laughs at their patched garments flapping in the breeze they curse him; if he alludes to them as "bummers" they rise in their majesty and pour forth their indignation. Now, to break up this settlement is a question which has agitated the minds of the farmers round about for a long time. Winter does not destroy it. All last winter the tramps eould be tracked by the foot-prints on the snow from the barn were they slept to the hollow in the woods, where they Had gathered together an immense ratrvsQd of leaves and withered brush. No one i« willing to order them off. It is not safe. They have been tolerated until patience has (given way, and how to get rid of them is n problem which is yet to be solved. Bated from Death in Battle. Gen. Komaroff, who acted for some Time as Gen. TchernaiefTs Chief of Stafl in Servia, has had his life saved by a holy image, or "eikon," which he wore on his breast The journal which reoords this species of miracle adds that another General has been preserved through the medium of a newspaper, which he kad folded and thrust beneath the breast of his tunio. The bullet, which, but for the special interp sition of tbe newspaper, would have buried it­ self in the General's body, spent its force on the printed matter, and allowed itself, like the mind of the unhappy poet, to be "snuffed out by an article." British Seamanship. In noticing the statement that during the year ending June 30. 1876, there 00- eurred on th© coasts of England and Ire­ land 8,757 wrecks, the London Times calls attention to the fact that more than one-half of these wrecks occurred in fairly moderate weather, when the wind did not exceed a strong breeze, and that 534 of the casualties were due to inat­ tention, carelessness or neglect. This, the Times declares, is little short of a scandal to British seamanship. In fif­ teen years 12,322 persons have been lost on the British coast. A NKW and fatal horse disease has ap­ peared in some sections of Eastern Pennsylvania. The animal is suddenly seized with a trembling of the limbs, the body swells and death ensues in a few hours. NOBODY can tell how mangy dispute* for the front side of the bed have been settled by moving the bedstead into the oentar of the room. THE ARMY. What II Coetsto Maintain «h» MUttary TSetftbltehinent. [Washington Oar. Chicago Tribune.] The Cabinet has decided that it will be neeewaxy to revise some of the es~ tuaaaten, in view of the fact that they •eon to be greater than the probable xeveuae for the next fiscal year will ^Barnaul the following are the eati- «natea as submitted. WsrDevMent. m,438,7M *ss .Totel $86,006,316 Accompanying the estimates are the following, submitted by the Secretary of War, mthoat recommendation: • ..$ 2,078,000 3"fIld 3arb°,rs-" * »•; 13,220,100 The estimate of #1,081,453 for per- manent annual appropriations is also submitted for the information of Con­ gress, but is not recommended The summary of the estimates in the War Department proper is this: Military Establishment. tM van*** Public Works-- »SQ^W,7»6 S\jrtiflcstioiis o ma ma Osrbpra and rivers 1^220,100 id grounds, Military 20,000 no, ooo 80,000 as,000 80, QOO 126,000 Buildings and grounds, Military Academy BulMtogitor gtaie, War, and Vary Miscellaneous-- * Publication of official records of the Rebellion v Collection and payment of bounties, etc.... Surveys and reconnoisBanoes in mili­ tary divisions aud departments.... National cemeteries Pay of Superintendents of cemeteries 69,000 The branch of the army which seems to give the greatest benefit to the pub­ lic, at the least expense, is the signal service. The chief of the signal service asks, for the expenses of his bureau, which include the purchase, equipment, and report of the field-telegraph, ana stores of all sorts, lor the fiscal year, only $12,500. « • The following is the pay of the prin­ cipal officers of the army: 1 General. f 13,600 1 lieutenant Oenersl...., «... 11,000 8 Major Generals 22,600 14 Brigadier Generals. 77,000 80 Aides-do-Damp, in add&on to pay in the line 21,000 72 Colonels 262,000 85 lieutenant Colonels...i..... 266,000 244 Majors j 610.000 290 Captains, mounted....! 680,000 305 Captains, not mounted! 649,0W 84 Chaplains L 61,000 22 Storekeepers (I at $1600 and 21 at 12,000) .1 44,600 40 Adjutants... 72,000 40 Beglmental Quartermasters 72,000 In addition to the pay, there are a good many perquisite* for forage and quarters, which bring the pay of the army officers of a higl grade up to a very considerable sum. The cost to the Government for the pay of retired officers it $559,950 annu­ ally. The pay of a oommon soldier is $13 a month. It oosts the Government for his food and clothing about $15 additional. Total monthly oost of as enlisted man to the Government, $28. There are in the ar|iy 200 hospital stewards, a large nunber of women laundresses, 200 hospital matrons, and fifty-two veterinary surgeons. The al­ lowance for the army rafons is 24 cents each. It takes 11,070,450 rations in a year to go around. By Telephone. A worthy and elderly tivine from the rural regions, who has zetlously labored for a number of years in kis divine call­ ing in the true spirit of xxeek and inno­ cent simplicity, came to the city a few days ago. His visits to tie city are not very frequent, and they occur at great intervals. He has not quite so much followed t*>e world's progress in scientific advancements and discoveries as he is interested in the wayward trials and vicissitudes of his own litjle band of sin­ ners in the rural field. He dropped in at the tffice of a com­ panion of His youth, the rnief of a large and extended manufacturing establish­ ment. They have a quiet, pleasant chat in the elegant, cozily-funished apart­ ment. One of the novelties in the room is a telephone connecting it with the factory some dozen milts off. Our friend the chief is sudden?/ called out; the revered gentleman renains alone in the room. He pulls out tie latest tracts, adjusts his specs, nestle) down in the fautenil and begins to reac " Ello!" in sepulchral lonea. Looks up. Thinks it is outside. " El-low 1 Wake up, old boy." Our divine starts up and gazes around* ' " "Why the devil don't y«i answer?" 1 " I--I--beg--beg--you}" _ " What in h--11 are you doing ?" con­ tinues th® telephone. " Really--my dear--dar sir," gasps our kind sir, swaying unsteadily through the room. ] " Order down two carloads of coke and a barrel of brimstone^' "Lord have mercy on!their souls," mumbles the preacher, inpanic-stricken terror. [ " Send down a new pick, a box of cigars and a half-dozen tottles of Joe Murch's best." ' This was too much. The Elderly divine bolts through the door, lies down the street, boards the first trah homeward, and never gets over Ms excitement until he has landed safely in the parsonage in the rural domain. j A few days after our wj>rthy friend, the manufacturing chief, receives a long, kind epistle, offering earneit prayers for the salvation of his soul, and that God may finally purge him fron all the sins MM! great wickedness with which he is surrounded.--Cfeveland Herald. A San Lives Thirty Hoars with Knife-Blade in His Heart. About midnight on Monday a w .. was discovered in the vicinity of the Third District Police Station, staggering along the street, and acting in a boister­ ous manner. He was taken into the a tac­ tion on the charge of disorderly conduct and placed in a oell, where he remained until the following morning, when he was released. The man, whose name could not then be ascertained, went to the house of a friend named Quigley, on Seventh street, and told Quigley he was very ill with a pain in his breast. Quig­ ley took him to the City Dispensary, where an examination was* had and the discovery made that the man had been stabbed in or through the breast bone, though the wounJt was considered light. He continued to grow weaker and more stupid, and this morning he di^d. The case was so curious that a post­ mortem investigation was held by the Coroner, and it was found that tbe had been stabbed with a long-bladed jack-knife, the blade of it not only gtring throitth the outward wail of the body, but through the pericardium of the heart and slightly penetrating that or­ gan, death being produced by hemor­ rhage of the heart though the was so slow and tne victim so strong a. man that it took thirty hours for him to Weed to death. The point of the broken knif6-blade, an moh long, was found in-- ride of the body, held firmly by the bone* through which it was driven, and still penetrating the outward covering el the heart.--St. Louis Republican. Falllng-off of Bereave Beeeipts, ' The rise and fall of revenue receipts I- the rate of taxation remaining the mufif* --are believed by economists to give valuable indications of the industrial condition of a country. If this be true, the times are getting no better in the United States, despite the brief spurt of activity this fall. The following offi­ cial figures obtained from the Treasury Department show a heavy falling-off of revenue from all sources: AACEIPTS FOB rutsx rovs MONTHS OF *«R MSOAX. pttBtoms $48,823,632.84 Internal revenue 38,6«l,328.4* Miscellaneous »,771,217.51 1877. ToN .t07.16fi.178.8i BECXIFTS FOB Fill SI FOCB MONTHS OF IH£ FiKCAl. YIAB 187S. Customs. ...A.. .$l8,S87,2S3.7a Internal revenue..... Miscellaneous #?,920 268.22: ..... 6,831,192.12 ^UI-- $93,!»J8,e94.0T Here we see a decrease tinder every item. In the last four months the cus­ toms receipts have been $286,899.11 less, the internal-revenue receipts $641,- 060.24 less, and the miscellaneous re­ ceipts $2,940,025.39 less than in the cor­ responding four months of last year. In a country where the amount of revenue- cheating is great but uncertain, as ex­ act inferences cannot be drawn from this decrease of revenue as would be possible in France or England, but coupled with other potent facts it shows that the ability of the people to consume the va­ rious commodities of commerce is decreasing.--Chicago Tribune. John Morrlgsey^ Twenty-five years ago Mr. Morrissey was going to Buffalo. Whan the train, stopped at Bergen two men who bad been drinking entered the car in whioh he was seated. Their talk, loud and pro­ fane, soon became indecent Two la­ dies, accompanied only by a small hoy,, sat opposite to these rowdies. Moms- Bey left his seat, walked up to the of­ fenders, and said, good naturedly, " Come, boys, let's go into the smoking- car and have a good cigar." One of the men churlishly declined. Morrissey then seated himself in front of them and asked them not to talk so loud, iiiime- diately one of them began to tell an in­ delicate story. Morrissey requested him to desist, and was told in reply to mind his own business. "My busi­ ness," said Morrissey, "is to protect la­ dies from insult, and if either of yon say another improper word I will pitch you both out of the car." The men rose simultaneously, one making a pass at Morrissey. which was of course warded off. Morrissey seized both men by the coat collars and knocked their heads to­ gether. The conductor appeared, and was requested to open the car doors, when Morrissey pushed one man and dragged the other out of that car, through another, into the smoking-car, where he left them.--New York Sun. Sumner's Domestic Troubles. The domestic troubles of Mr. Sumner' have been almost conceak-d from the public eye, both before and since his- death, but ex-Secretary Fish has lifted the veil slightly, and given an idea of how great that affliction was : "I called," says Mr. Fish, "as I waa in the frequent habit of doing, late one evening at Mr. Sumner's house, found him much depressed and in tears. I endeavored to rally him, buthe alluded to certain troubles which I need not in­ dicate, contrasting his own relations in those regards with, as he said, more happy ones, and expressed the wish that some moraing he might be found dead in his bed." Verily, there is a skeleton in every closet. Thb French wheat crop of this year is below the average yield. THE MARKETS. 11 .. 4 20 .. 1 81 . KEW YORK. Brants HOGS COTTON 1... Fr.o ua--Superfine WHKAT--No. 2 Chicago COBN--We tern Mixed OATS---Mixed RTB--Western PORK--New Mess T.Attn CHICAGO. Bumcs--Choice Graded Steers. 1 Choice Natives.. OO..Y. !V».T Heifers..].' Butchers' Hteera „ Medium to Fair 3 75 HOGS--Live 43,) FLOua--Fancy White Winter.'.*.*.'!! 6 75 ...|7 75 Qll 25 4 38 (4 fl 25 @ "tf @ ft 3* .. «ltf! 1 63H .. 3» @ 40 .. 71 @ 74 ..14 95 @14 35 •; *X<S 8* .. S 50 .. 4 60 .. 2 50 .. 3 * H 75 (4 li (X) @ 3 75 @ 3 60 <_« 4 25 @ 4 68 @ 7 25 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 5 25 @ 5 60 WHKAT--No. 2Spring 109 No. 8 Spring... .....108 COBH--Ne. 2 45 OATS--No 2. 35 RTE--No, 1 53 BARLEY--No. 2 ^...! 59 BPTTEB--Choice Creamery 31 EGGS--Fresh 19 PORK -Meaa UU LABD MILWAUKEE. WHKAT--No. 1 No. 2. CORK--NO. 2 OATS--No. 2 ITTF--No. 1 BABLKT--No. 2.... 8T. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 8 Red Fall CORK--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 RTE W PORK--Meaa !.!l2 75 LABD... HOGS.., CATTLE % GO CINCINNATI. WHEAT--Red 1 30 COSH--New. 87 OATS 37 RTE !!' 69 PORK--Mess 75 1 10 @ 1 04 @ 46 26 @ 54 @ 60 @ 33 @ 20 @12 50 IX® 8 1 14*® 1 16 1 0# @ 1 10 48 49 26 25* 55 (4 56 63 0 64 1 25 48 26 65 LABD TOLEDO!" WHKAT--NO. 1 White Michigan.. No. 2 %1 Winter CORK 7. ... OATS--No. 2 DETROIT. Flora--Choice White WHEAT--No. 1 White No. 1 Amber Coav--No. 1 OATS--Mixed !* BARLEY (per cental) PORK--Mesa EAST LIBERTY,"PA. CATTLE--Beet . 5 QQ ! 4 «o Common 4 00 H°®8 ! 4 M go X ' S iT <& 66 @13 00 7*'4 S 4 00 % 4 PO # 4 75 @ 1 32 ® 38 31 ® CO @13 00 8 1 81 ^ 1 82 1 30 (A 1 31 48 @ 54> 28 @ 29 6 CO 1 30 1 28 60 59 1 10 @ 6 40 @ 1 31 @ 1 28# @ 61 @ 30 @ 1 40 ...13 75 @14 0» @ 6 30 @ 4 75 @4-25 24 80 4 8>