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§fte .Ptimg flaindtalrr, J. VANSLYEE, Potubhk*. MoHENET, ILLINOIS. THE HEWS CONDENSED. TKK KAST. jn, striking engineers oa the Boston and railroad, on trial at Portland, Me., htn all been found guilty of conspiracy Mid obstructing the mails....In the case of The people vu. WilMam M. Tweed, to recover *933.045 psid % the city of Now Ycrt or. fraudulent bills through ocnspiracy with Watson, deceased, judgment against defend­ ant has been entered by ooufeeabn in the Su­ preme Ooart. OBXAT excitement was e&used the other day in Beading, Pa., by the simultaneous closing of three savings banks. The total liabilities «f the concerns are about $2,000,000. # TEE OFFICE of the Pittsburgh JDUpaUk has been destroyed by fire. A Mom;K£KT to Bishop Janes has Just been tmve;led in Boston. A HAUTFOKP (Ot) telegram flhranMM the death of Jonathan Edwards, the wdwnt Pres- hyterian and theologian. TBS Borden, City 9QQ No. 1, at Fall River, Maw., was destroyed by fire last week. The lows i* estimated at #460.000 Conrad Pop- penhaueen, the owner of all the railroads on f«ong Island, N. Y., has gone into voluntary bankruptcy. LiaUUtiee, S8fJ>00,000; assets (on paper), $7,300,000. ASA MAGOOH, KifeHmurdflver, is to be hanged at Montpelier, Vt., on the fourth Friday in No­ vember, 1879, eighteen months of the interim to be spent at hard labor and six months in solitary confinement A sensational tragedy was enacted in the city of Philadelphia last Sunday. During services at the Church of the Ascension, Alexander B. Sayres walked up an «isle, drew a pistol, and shot his wife Eliza­ beth, who occupied a pew several feet in ad­ vance of where 8ayres had been sitting. The bullet entered her bade, inflicting a mortal wound. Savres was arrested. Both parties have been regular attendants at church, but have teen separated for two years.... S. R. W, Gill, a prominent Pittsburgh lawyer, and reputed to be very wealthy, disappeared very suddenly some weeks ago, and his friends were unable to acoount for his absence exoept on the theory that he had been foully dealt with, lie mystery has been cleared, however. An investigation of his affairs shows that in­ stead of possessing a fortune of $500,000, as was generally believed, his assets amount to almost nothing, while his debts figure up about #800,000. TEE extensive rubber factory of L. Condee Jk Co., Mew Haven, Ct., was destroyed by fire last week. Loss, #500,000; insuranoe, $350,000. Several of the workmen were badly injured i& <w»pmg from the burning buildings ., .The collegiate institute buildings at Fort Edward, K. ¥., were burned a few days ago. Lose, #135,000; insurance, @90,000. TKK daughter of William H. Tanderbilt, the wiTlionaire. was married in New York last week to a. wealthy young Bostonian named Twombley. Hie affair was as gorgeous as -none? eoald stake it ? UJ- U 5 Tma Conner's jury, in the ease of the Hon. W. F. Coolbaugh, of Chicago, rendered a ver­ dict of suicide while in a state of temporary in­ sanity. That the dead banker was insane at the time of commiting the deed is undoubtedly true. Insanity, it appears, was hereditary in the family, and a brother and sister of the de­ ceased are now afflicted with the dread malady, the latter being an inmate of an asylum. :Jhe Union National Bank, of which Mr. Cool­ baugh was resident, is the leading bank of the West, and is in a sound oonditiwa. The deceased leaves an estate esti­ mated at #1,000,000. His life was in rami for #100.000... .Portions of Irwa, Nebraska, Kan­ sas and Dakota experienced quite an earth­ quake shock on the 16th inst. At Omaha and other points in Nebraska the shock was quite severe, pro­ ducing quite a panic among the people. The duration of the shock at Fcrt fcmdall, Yankton Agency, and Springfield, Dak., was about one minute, and the direction west to east. At the Indian agencies the tepes were overturned, and goods on shelves in trader's stoves shaken off. There was great excitement among whites and Indians. At Yankton the glass in many of the windows was broken by the shock, and many people nuked Drorn their houses in great fright. tfzAKur 1,000 people were employed in the great Chicago dry-goods house of Field, Letter Jt Co., many of whom were women clerks and girls. All of the female help are tem- y thrown out of employment by the ig of the establishment. They will not Jsag remain idle, however, as the firm h«y» Moored new quarters, and will in a few days have all their old employes at work again.... Frank Bande, a noted desperado, who killed twe men and wounded another in St Elmo, I1L, limfc AngtiHt, was arrested in 8t. Lonislast week, after a desperate struggle. With a companion be went to a pawnbroker's to redeem a sachel. He was reoognized. and the police were smiled - in. In the light that ensued everybody took a hand, and at its close one of the officers was to be shot dangerously, while Band« had several bullets in him and a pair of handcuffs ornamented his wrists, fib was taken to jail. Thfc arsenal' he oarried with him contained two large revolvers, a knife, a pair ot braes knuckles, and a billet.... The President the other day communicated to the House the amounts received from the Opmiili Government for the killing of Gen. Byan and other Americans at Santiago de Cuba, «o Nov. 1, 1873. Something over f SO,000 of this money still lies in the hands of the Govera- asentbecame the heirs have failed to prove the men killed were American citizens. The larg­ est claimant still unK&tfsfled is the mother of Oan Byan. She is a resident of Chicago, and, (t seems, has not yet proven hsrson'scitisen- ship. TH«poBeenjanwho waaihotin St Louis by tb« outlaw Bande, while resisting arrest, has ©f Ms wound. AMOKO the effects of the bloody outlaw Jrank Bande, captured at St Louis, was found ft diary showing that he had at one time been ma liW**fa> of the Illinois penitentiary, and the resolution to beoome an outlaw, with a sworn deadly hatred againnt all peace-officers, was ffffflrn while there. According to his diary the cruel and inhuman treatment re- oeived from officers of the penitentiary incited the oonvist to a aesperate vow, that if he ever «nt ant of nrison be would devote his life to SSmTand Elbe kUliftf of any officer of the law who undertake to arrest him. .. A£vioea from Lincoln, Neb., report a terrible battle between a lot of rtotoos railroad men and citizens of the town of Utica. Neo., in Iridch several persons war© feiBedand wounded. THUS ThM national Bank, of Chicago, has gone into liquidation. There will be no low to depositors, and whatever loss there Is will all upon the stockholders alone. The liabili-ss are a little over #1.000,000, the nominal assets #1,800,000, and bask of them the per­ sonal responsibility of ninety stockholders for double their stock, or #1,500,000. THB United Mates District Attorney at St Mo., has opened a vigorous war on the quaok doctors of that city, by having indiet- ments preferrt'd against the most notorious and frnynni ones. THK SOOTH. Galveston we get the following mews from the Texas border: Several large parties of Indians, on® of them oomposed of iMrtr-flYe buck*. have crossed into Texas to t ftTnwMK* du* OoL Villareal has invaded Mtxioo, forty-five miles above tfataxnoraa, in the interest of Eaoo- bedo and Lerdo, and to stir up a revolution in Tamaulipas. Lieut Butli* destroyed an Indian oamp at 8wr*go«sa. A part* of Mexkans and Indiaostrom Chihuahua and Northern Mexico have crossed into Toxa* on the war-path in revenge for the invasion by Lieut. Bullis. The latest from £1 Paso county is that the entire region lb under the control of a Mexican mob backed by Mexicans south of the river, defying the United States authori­ ties, and allegianoe to the Mexican flag. Hie trial of Gen. Ksoobedo, at Browns­ ville, for violation of the United States neulral- ity laws resulted in his aoquitta). GKNKRAL A OOMBSPOKDKNT of a New York journal re­ cently interviewed Sitting Bull, and from him Us« true siory of the Caster iuMM>aoi-6. He said: "The fight was hell. A thousand devils--the squaws--were like flying birds ; the bullets like humming-bees. We- thought we were whipped--not at first, but by-and- by. Afterward no. Your peoplo were killed. I tell no lies about dead men. These men who came with the Long Hair (Custer) were as good men as ever fought. When they rode up their horses were tired and they were tired. When thev got off their horses they could not stand firmly on their feet Tliey swayed to and fro, so my young men have told me, like limbs of eypresaoa in a great wind. Some of them staggered under the weight of their guns, but they began to fight at once. By this time our camps were aroused, and there were plenty of warriors to meet then) They fired 'with needle-guns. We replied with magazine guns --repeating-rifles." Sitting Bull illustrated by patting Ms palms together the rapidity of a fusilade. ** Our young men rained lead across the river^ and drove the white braves back, and then ruined across themselves; and then they found that they bad a good deal to do. The trouble was with the soldiers. They were so ex­ hausted, and their horses bothered them so much, they could not take good aim. Some of their horses broke away from them, and left them to stand and drop and die. All the men fell back, fighting and dropping. They could not fire fast enough, though. They kept in pretty good order. They weuld fall back across a gully, and make a fresh stand be­ yond, on higher ground. There were a great many brave men in that fight, and from time to time, while it was going on, they were shot down like pigs. They oould not help them­ selves. One of the officers fell where the last fight took place, where the last stand was made. The Long Hair stood like a sheaf of corn with all the ears fallen around him." Bat­ ting Bull says tbe brave Custer was the last white man to die on the bloody field. THK schooner Kate L. Brnce, with all on board, has been lost on Lake Huron. GBOBGE L. BANGS, General Superintendent of the American Express Company, formerly Superintendent of the Railway Postal Servioe, and lately U. S. Sub-Treasurer at Chicago, died a few days ago in Washington, of Bnght's dis­ ease of the kidneys. THE National Grange of Patrons of Hus­ bandry met at Cincinnati, Ohio, last week. The Master's annual address recommends a modification of the rules so as to allow persons or societies engaged in industrial pursuits to become stockholders. The Executive Com­ mittee advise a discontinuance of the general agencies, and that the grange establish whole­ sale and retail stores on the co-operative prin­ ciple. It also advises the discontinuance of grange lecturers The steamship Strathroy, which sailed from Montreal, Nov. 12, for Aber­ deen, Scotland, is reported to have been lost on the Island* of Miquelon, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. All persons on board were saved. The vessel and c«,rgo were valued at #245,000. THE total liabilities of Mnlholland A Baker, hardware merchants of Montreal, Canada, who recently failed, are #760,000... .George Frazier, dry goods merchant of Montreal, has failed; liabilities, #89,000 Harrison P. Thomson, a Clark county (Ky.) cattle-dealer, has filed a petition in bankruptcy: liabilities, #278,591. WASHINGTON. THE United States Treasury Department is imitating the precautions adopted by European Governments, in prohibiting the importation of cattle or hides from disease-infected live­ stock regions. The present object is to pre­ vent the rinderpest from reaching our shores. OK the 1st day of the present month there was on hand in the national treasury #116,267,- 863 in gold and silver coin and bullion. This amount is liable to be reduced, by drafts for Bundry purposes toff65,913,586. Of the ©116,- 267,363, there is in tdlver coin and estimated silver bullion #84,775.14. The net amount available in gold coin and estimated gald bull­ ion is $57,436,071. "> A WASHINGTON dispatch says : " The House Election Committee considered the case of Judge Belford, of Colorado, ooming only to the decision that nothing can be settled at this session, and postponing the case until tbe regular session. It appears that the Republi­ cans even of the committee are not agreed as to the propriety oi recommending the seating of Belford. The difficulties are of a legal character." POIJTIKAIi. THX following is the official vote of Pennsyl­ vania east at the recent .lection: Supreme Juflge St^rrett (IU>publican), 244,480; Trunkey (Democrat), 251,000 : Bartley (Greenback). 51.- 582 ; Winton (Prohibition), 2,89g ; Trunkey'g plurality. 6,520. State Treasurer--Hart (Re­ publican), 241,816; Noves (Democrat), 251,717; Wright (Greenback), 52,854 ; Cornett (Prohi­ bition), 2,827 ; Noyes' plurality, 9,901. Auditor General--Pannmore (Republican), 242,288; ScheU, (Democrat), 251,256 ; Emerson (Green­ back), 52.988; Barker, (Prohibition), 2,997; 8cheli's plurality, 8,968. AXOTHEB caucus of Kepublic&n Senators was held at Washington last week. The Senators who waited upon the President to acquaint him with the comments of the previous caucus gave an account of what took place. They reported that the President, in response to the state­ ment of the widespread uneasiness and dissat­ isfaction which had been created among his party friends by his appointment of Democrats to Southern offices, etc., has argued that his policy in this regard wax not prejudicial to the interests of the Republican party, and cer­ tainly wbb net adopted by him from any want of earnest deaire for the perpetuation ami maintenance of Republican power and principles. On the contrary, it was his expectation and belief that the pursuance of this policy would promote tne coalition of the old Whig and various other elements oppot-ed to the Democratic party in the South, and eventually secure six or eight Southern States for the Republicans. A free discussion followed as to the propriety and probable effects of the President s policy, in case it should be pursued by him and acquiesced in by the Senate. The interchange of views de­ veloped the almost unanimous opinion that the policy of appointing Democrats to office in the South is not wise or sound, and Senators known as friends of the administration ex­ pressed doubts whether its pursuance would have the effect of which the President is san­ guine. OFFICIAL vote for Governor of Wisconsin at the recent election: Smith, Republican, 78,- 753; Mallory, Democrat, 70,482 ; All:a, Green- back, 26,163. Smith's majority over Mallory, 8,271 Col. Robert G. ingersoll positively declines the Berlin mission. THK TORKO-RC88IAN WAS. A VXEJTNA correspondent estimates tbe Rus­ sian force before Eriseroma at 25,000 men, which is insufficient to invest the place, Mukh- tar Pasha is noy confident of his ability to hold out until reinforcements arrive. Batoum also seems as safe as ever.... Reports are re­ ceived through Constantinople of slight Rus­ sian reverses in Armenia--one near Ears and the o her in the vicinity of Frzeronm. A heavy snow has fallen in Apia Minor, but the Russians are used to that sort of thing at h< me, and know how to fight in all kinds of weather. THE Russian losses in killed, wounded and missing, from tbe oommenownent oi the war to Nov. 7, are 64,868,...The Montenegrin* have taken by assault all the defenses of Anti- vari. exoept the principal fort, which is dam­ aged by bombardment... .Cable dispatches in­ dicate " that the fortune of war is again turning in favor of the Turkish arms, a least in the operations in Asia. RUSSIAN dispatches report the capture of Kara after a severe engagement lasting twelve hours. THK reported capture of Ears is fully con­ firmed. The fortress was captured by about 15,000 Russians, who climbed the steep rooks, the ramparts, and walls, and stormed an equal number of desperately fighting Turks, in head­ long flight over their ditches and parapets, compelling them to die or surrender. Three hundred cannon, and large supplies of provi- eions &&d together wit* rfl fch« treasure, fell into the hands of the Rus­ sians, The Turks lost 5,000 in killed and wounded, 10,000 prisoners, and many flags. The Russian loss was about 2,700. The Rus­ sian soldiers made but trifling booty, and spared peaceful citizens, women and children. The brave Montenegrins are again making things lively for their ancient foes. They have stormed and captured the citadel of Spitza, which gives them possession of the coast from the Austrian frontier to the Boyana. THK relative strength of the opposing forces of Russia and Turkey, in Bulgaria, south of the Danube and north of the Balkan mountains, is stated to be, m round numbers--Russian, 280,000, and Turkish. 240,000 men After the fall of Kars the main body of the Russian army immediately began to march upon Erze- rovm. THEBB has been some heavy but indecisive fighting on the river Lorn The Roumanians, after a three days' engagement, have captured Rahova, on the Danube, and are crossing the river in large numbers at that point. OKNKKAL FOREIGN X9BW#W IK the French Chamber of Deputies, on Thursday, the Duke de Broglie declared him­ self and his colleagues ready to meet the im­ peachment, bnt warped the Chamber that the proposed one-sided inquiry would not be sub­ mitted to. He bitterly reproached the opposi­ tion for spreading false reports among the people during the election. A suggestion for a compromise cabinet, with Louis Blanc as one of its members, was thrown out, but met with little favor. The Chamber adopted the resolu­ tion for an inquiry by a majority showing abont the full force of the dominant party. PABIS telegrams of the 17th announce that the members of the MacMahon Cabinet had tendered their resignations, to take effeet upon the appointment of their successors. A POLK has been arrested in Berlin on sus­ picion of intending to attempt the assassination of Bismarck and the Emperor William... .The war between Egypt and Abyssinia is at an end, the Abysinuian king having accepted the terms of peace proposed by the Khedive. A BOMB dispatch says another surgeon has been summoned to give hourly attention to the sores in the legs of the Pope, as the suppura­ tion continues. The physicians consider the state of his Holiness health decidedly pre- cturiotiR, but declare that the symptoms are not aggravated, i THBES of the London detective inspectors and a lawyer have been found guilty of con­ spiracy to defeat the ends of justice by assist­ ing turf gamblers in swindling, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment each. THE London Times thus concludes a leader on the French situation : " The moderate Right of the Senate did not mean to produce the mischief they have occasioned, but the re­ sult is before us. The powers of France are arrayed against one another like army against army." M. O. Butler M Seaatl* fnm tMita After cotuMnabte dineoMton th« mutter WMti over. The Vic® 8'r<\sUi"nt appointed MaaMja. Dtvfa (of West Virginia), Uefllt, aiMt. Cameron (of IVnusylvania), as the Sptotal e6natt> toe to examine the book* and accounts oftaa Treasury Department in regard to the alleged dis­ crepancies, etc., authorized by the resolution of Mr. Paviu, HOWSK.--The House passed the Dill approoriatiog $160,000 to defray the expenses of Cornml--iooera to the Paris Exposition.... Mr. O'Nell preesnttd the petition of all but one of the Philadelphia national banks, and of certain trust and «,vtnf( fund com­ panies, against the unlimited cireulattoa of silver WKDNKSDAT, Nov. 2L--SEKATK.--The reso­ lution of Mr. Thurman ordering the discharge of the Committee on Privileges and Sections from fur­ ther consideration of the credentials of M. C. Butler, claiming a seat from South Caro­ line. were, after • long debate, adopted by a vote of 30 yeas to 29 nay a-- the Demoorata thus achieving their first victory in the Senate since 1861. They were aided in this by the vote of Con- over (Rep.*), of Florida, and the absence of two other Republicans--Patterson, of South Carolina, and Sharon, of Nevada, HOUSE.--Tbe Houae devoted the entire day in debating the Deficiency Appropriation bill without passing it. Thedebate took a partisan turn toward its close, and the following colloquy occurred between Messrs. Crittenden (Dfin.) and Frye (Iiep.): " Mr. Crittenden--Does tbo gentleman think that the President was wrong in putting an ex-Confederate in his Cabinet? Mr. Frye (emphatically)--I do. Mr. Killinger and others on the Republican side So do 1; so do I." j HATIOHAL Lroautioi. JBlUs Pending In Congress. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, has • MB to extesid tbe time for the oonutroo- tion and>4»mpletioB of the Northern Pfc- oiflo railroad, and, bv readjustment of the gpaata, -without increasing the ap- ipropriatioii, to secure the construction of the Portland, Salt Lake, and South Pase railroad. Mr. Mitchell gave no­ tice that he would call the bill up for rtfietntooB at an early day, and have something to «ay. Senator Dawes introduces a bill giv- the District Courts of Utah exolusive original jurisdiction in all divorce pro* PFIOCEEDLNTIS OF COSUBESS. THUBSDAY, Nov. 15. --SENATE.--The Senate passed the Army Appropriation bill as it came from the House, with the exception of an amendment fixing the army at 25,000 instead of 20,000 The Deficiency bill was also passed without amendment and without discussion....Mr. Dawes presented the remonstrance of the forty-five national banks of Boston against the passage of the bill for the reiuonetization of silver. The petitioners set forth that they are required by law to hold many millions of United States bonds, and are apprehen­ sive that the passage of the bill will greatly depre­ ciate their value and have a bad effect on the busi­ ness of tlio country.... Mr. Eaton introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitu­ tion providing for a tribunal by States for the decis­ ion of al contested issues arising in the choice of •lectors for President and Vice President. HOUSE.--The following bills were introduced and referred: By Mr. Ha?kell, providing for the pay­ ment of duties on imports in gold, silver and legal-tender notes; by Mr. Schleiober, providing for cheap transportation between tide-water on the Atlantic and the Ohio and Mississippi valleys; by Mr. Happ, for the conatmction of a railwjty from Nevf York to Council Bluffs, Iowa Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Mileage, reported back ad­ versely the bill allowing members mileage for at­ tendance on the extra session. Laid on the table. ..The House indulged in another long debate on the rmiiuuei. FRIDAY, Nov. 16. --SWATS. --Mr. Davis, of yes Virginia, occupied almost the entire time ct the Senate in delivering a speech on the subject of alleged discrepancies in the Treasury Department. Mr. Iugttlls introduced a bill repealing the act authorizing the coiaegc of the 20-eent silver piece. ....Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, introduced a bill fixing th.' salaries of Judges of the District Courts of the United States. . HOUSE.--Mr. Swann reported a bill relative to the Paris Exposition. It accepts the invitation from France to take part in the Exposition, and appropri­ ate: $150,000. Mr. Oox. of Sew York, offered a sub­ stitute appropriating $50,000. Both were referred. .... Mr. Singleton reported a deficiency bill. The to­ tal appropriations asked for foot up $l,5£0,623. The principal items are: Pontoffice salaries, $681,681; 1 reasury Department, $125,000; library of Con­ gress, $32,500... I The House had a lengthy debate, extending far into the| evening, on the subject of repealing the Resumption law. Tbe speeches were delivered by Messrs. Garfield and Hewitt in oppo­ sition to the repeal. SATURDAY, NOT. 17.--SBKATH.--Not in sec­ tion. HOUSE.--Mr. Atkins reported back the Army Ap­ propriation bill with the Senate amendments, recommending concurrence in soma of the amend­ ments and non-concurrence in others. Mr. Atkius explained thai the Senate amendments were malniy immaterial, the chief point of difference between the two houses being the clauses limiting the army to 20,000 men and limiting it to 25,000 men. The House then proceeded to vote upon the amendment. The Senate amendment reducing the appropriation for the expenses of the Com- luauding General's office from $3,000 to $2,500 was concurred in. The next amendment was one strik­ ing out the clause providing that four ful! cavalry regiments shall be kept up on the Texas frontier, aud inserting, instead of it, a proviso that' cav- airy regiments may be recruited to 1,000 men, and that a sufficient force of cavalry shall be employed in ike defense of the Texas frontior. The recommendation of the Committee on Ap­ propriations was to non-ooncnr, but Mr. Foster moved to concur. Agreed to-yeag, 140; nays, 120. .... L. 8, Metcalfe was sworn in as Representative from the Third District of Missouri, taking the iron-clad oath Mr Stephen* introduced a bill for the financial relief of the country, and to iacill- Uto the return to specie payment without injuri­ ously aOc'ing the commercial business and gen­ eral industries of the people. MONDAY, NOV. 19.--SENATK.--The resolution of Mr. Davis, of W«t Virginia for the appoint­ ment of a committee to inquire into alleged dis­ crepancies in the books of the Treasury Depart­ ment, wa« passed in the Senate The Senate re­ ceded from its amendments to the Army bill which were non-concurred to by the House, and passed the bill The Senate, in executive session, con­ firmed several nominations, including that of Fliiey to be Postmaster at St. Louis. Houss.--The Paris Exposition Appropriation bill was under consideration in the House. Sunset Cox made a very humorous speech on Mr. Hewitt's proposition to make an exhibit ot the American method of cooking hoe cake and corn dodger. TUESDAY, NOV. 20.--SENATE.--The bill to enable Indians to beoome citizens was discussed and postponed till Dec. 10.... A motion was made by Mr. Thurman to discharge the Com­ mittee on Privileges and Elections from further consideration of the credentials # WILLIAM F. COOLBAUttH. Th« Snicide ot Chicago's Leading Banker and FlMMwIer. " [From the Chicago Tribune.] The startling death o£ the late William F. Coolbaugh by his own hand has cast a gloom over the whole city, and will oc­ casion a feeling of profound regret and (sadness in the business circles of the East and West, in which he was well known, formerly as a leading merchant, and for many years a great banker. The unexpectedness of the event has added to the force of the shock. If the ques­ tion had been asked of any resident of Chicago whioh one of her prominent citizens would be likely to end his life by suicide on the morrow, William F. Coolbaugh would have been almost the last to be selected. Apparently he had everything about him to make life agree­ able and worth liviDg for. He kad hosts of warm friends. His genial nature had made him widely esteemed. He had amassed a large fortune by honorable means, and lived in the midst of all the luxuries that wealth can prooure. He was at the head of a powerful, solvent, influential banking institution. His children were comfortably settled in life. Passionately fond of field sports, he had a robustness of physique which enabled him to enjoy them. Fond of good liv­ ing, he was able to gratify his tastes. Possessing many friends, his natural generosity made him a most hospitable entertainer. Thus situated, living in a palatial residence, and surrounded by all the pleasant things that culture can suggest and wealth procure, in one fatal instant of time he ends it all, and passes from the pleasures and hopes of life into the gloomy and solemn shades of the dead. The incidents of his career may be briefly told. He was born in 1821, in Pike county, Pa., and went into mer­ cantile business for himself as soon as he came of age. From 1842 to 1850 he was a successful merchant in Burling­ ton, Iowa, but in the latter year he re­ tired from mercantile business and or­ ganized the banking-house of Coolbaugh & Brooks. Twelve years later he re­ moved to Chicago and established the banking-house of Coolbaugh & Co., which in February, 1865, became the Union National Bank, with himself as President. Upon the organization of the Clearing-House he was made its President, and was also President of the National Bankers8 Association for the West and the Southwest. Mr. Cool­ baugh had also occupied important po­ litical positions. He was appointed Loan Agent by the first General Assembly of Iowa, negotiated the first loans ever made by that State, and directed the issue of its first bonds. He was a Doug­ las Democrat during the eventful career of that Illinois statesman, and voted for him from first to last in the Baltimore Convention. For eight years he was a member of the Iowa Senate. In 1856 he was a delegate in the Democratic Con­ vention at Cincinnati, and voted for Buchanan and Breckinridge, but during tbe war, like the other Douglas Demo- •erafcs, lie gave Mr. Iiincoln and -emmont his hearty support.,, .. not taking a thoroughly aative part in politics, his name had been mentioned in oonncction with the United States Senate. If Tilden had been elected, there is reason to believe that he would have been offered the treasury portfolio. He was a leading member of the Illinois Constitutional Convention, and largely,, if slot chiefly, to his effort® la that body is duo the important provision limiting the iwaning of bonds and incurring mu­ nicipal indebtedness in excess of 5 per cent, on the taxable value of property. A Monster Cheese, claims to have produced the largest cheese on record. From the In­ gersoll factory has been turned out a cheese weighing 7,000 pounds. It was 6 feet 10 inches in diameter and 21 feet in oireumference. It required one milk­ ing of 7,000 cows, or 35 tons of milk to produce it . , IT appears, from the statistics oj^le P.ngliali Home Office, that the number of persons executed for murder in the year 1863 was 22 out of 29 sentenced to death. From that period the numbers executed and sentenced respectively were as fol­ lows : In 1864, 19 executed out of 32 sentenced; in 1805, 7 out of 20; 1866,12 out of 26: 1867, 10 out of 27 ; 1868, 12 out of 21; 1869, 10 out of 18 ; 1870, 6 out of 15; 1871, 4 out of 18 ; 1872, 15 out of 80; 1873, 11 out of 18; 1874, 16 oat of 25; 1075,18 out of 33. THE assertion that ex-Qov. Coburn, of Maine, is the largest land-owner in the United Stato* is disputed in favor of Wilson Waddingham, of New York, who owns 665,000 acres in one lot on the Canadian river, in New Mexico, and enough more in other parts of the same Territory to to make a total of 1,256,000 acres, or more than twice as many as are claimed for Mr. Coburn. THK annual report to the department shows that in the last fiscal year 1,825 postoffices have been established and 863 discontinued, making an increase of 962 over offices established in the pre­ vious year. The whole number of offi­ cers employed undei the department is 53,000. There are 83 free delivery offices and 2,265 letter-carriers in the United States. and proceedings now pending in Pro bate Courts to the District Court, The bill provides for an appeal from the final decision of the District Court to the Su-1 preme Court of the Territory, and re­ peals all laws of the Territory inconsist­ ent with the act. Senator Windom, of Minnesota, pro­ poses to establish a Bureau of Commerce, His bill provides for the creation of a new Executive Department, with a Sec­ retary and Assistant Secretary, to be ap­ pointed by the President, and confirmed by the Senate, the said department to be charged with the supervision and care of the commercial, agricultural, manufac­ turing and mining interests of the Unit­ ed States, in so far as the same are con­ fided to the National Government by the constitution. Representative Keifer, of Ohio, offers a bill authorizing the President to ap­ point a Commissioner, who shall be eminently qualified for the duties by his special education and experience, for the purpose of visiting Europe to examine and report upon the condition and management of the cultivated for­ ests in the several countries of Europe, their cost and estimated value; and also their observed influence, if any, upon the climate and natural water supply of the country in which they are located ; and, further, to examine and report, upon the best species and varieties of trees to plant for forests, fuel, and other pur­ poses, in the timbered portions of the United States; the rapidity of growth, time of maturity, and length of life of the several species and varieties of trees#rhich may be thought suitable and desirable for such planting. Representative Willis, of New York, introduced a bill entitled, "An act to simplify the National Banking laws, and to remove all unnecessary restrictions and burdens therefrom." It removes taxes on capital and deposits, provides for a reserve to be controlled by the banks themselves, on an average throughout the year of 25 per cent., al­ lows banks to keep their moneys where their best interests dictate, removes the special privilege for banks having $5,000,000 capital, provides that signa­ tures to bills can be written or engraved as the banks may elect, modifies and greatly narrow® the discretionary power of the Comptroller, provides that the State authorities shall not impose a tax beyond 1 per cent, on the shares of na­ tional banks, and for only quarterly re­ ports, and abolishes Bank-Examiners. Finally, it provides that all expenses whatsoever relating to national banks shall be taken from a fund derived from the tax on national banks. Delegate Cannon, of Utah, has intro­ duced a bill to enable the Territory of Utah to become a State, and for its ad­ mission into the Union on an equal foot­ ing with the original States. He wants it called the State of "Deseret," and provides that the constitution of the pro­ posed State shall be republican in form, and make no distinction in civil or polit­ ical rights on account of race or color, except Indians not taxed, and not be re­ pugnant to the constitution of the United States Mid the principles of the Declara­ tion of Independence. His bill further provides that perfect toleration of relig­ ious sentiment shall be secured, and no inhabitant of said State shall ever be molested, in person or property, on ac­ count of his or her mode of religious worship. Representative Loring, of Massachu­ setts, presents a bill to establish addi­ tional telegraphic communication be­ tween the United States and Europe. It grants to the American Cable Com­ pany, of New York, for a period of twen­ ty five years from the day of iae wJring effect of the act, the exclusive right, poweiv and privilege of crossing the boundary liao aad eminent domain of- the United States with telegraph lines, and cables, and telegraphic dispatches, and cable messages, and across the At­ lantic ocean from the United States to any foreign country. The bill excepts from this exclusive privilege any com­ pany now operating, providing that it conforms to the same requirements as those imposed upon the Cable Company by the bill, the United States Govern­ ment to have rates free of charge and priority in the transmission of messages. The rate of charge to the public is twen­ ty-five cents a word, no message to be counted less than ten words. After the expiration of five years this rate is to be reduced to twenty cents a word ; after eight years to seventeen cents ; after ten years to fifteen cents ; after twelve years to thirteen cents, and after fifteen years to ten cents a word. Representative Lapham, of New York, introduces a joint petition recommend­ ing the adoption of an amendment to the constitution fixing the day for the annual meeting of Congress on the first Monday in January, except when the first day of January falls on Monday, when the time of suon meeting shall be on the first Tuesday in January. Mr. Lapham pro­ poses another amendment to the consti- tntion providing that the term of the President of the United States shall be­ gin on the first day of May instead of the Fourth day of March, except when the first day of May shall fall on Sunday, in which case it shall begin on the first Tuesday in May. The proposed amend­ ment provides that every President elect­ ed shall hold office until his successor shall have beeu duly elected and qualified. .. Important to Newspaper Publishers. The greatest annoyance experienced by postal clerks and mail agents, whose duty it is to distribute newspaper pack­ ages from the offices of publication, comes from the custom adopted by some publishers of using printed paper for wrappers, the labels on whioh are print­ ed or written so small and indistinctly that they are not attftlily jpade out; be- iS$ea radii wrappers are very apt to burst open either bifore or after they reach the distributing clerk, and thus cause serious delay and trouble. Having heard muat complaint on thin accounts from the postal service, we are not sur­ prised to leam that an order has been limned from the department to the effeet that hereafter newspapers sent to regu­ lar subscribers from the office of publi­ cation must not be danenp in old new*, papers or aiur sort of p«ui4w4*mattaL If they are, they are subject tofeMirî l postage. ' f HAYES AND TUB SClATE. f |M JMmnmfl* mtid Other K*naMta>ir* Conference with the Pretlmt. , . A gentlemen who was present at th# conference Senator Edmunds and others had with the President, says a Washing­ ton telegram, represents that the latter gave no evidences of weakening. After Edmunds had recited the substance of the proceedings of the Republican cau­ cus. to which the President gave earnest attention, he stated that he thought a few concessions on the part of both the President and certain Senators would re­ sult in a better understanding between them, and would tend to draw them to ̂ gether rather than to widen the breach already made. The President, in reply„ said that those who saw fit to differ with him in his general policy not only criti­ cised it without reason, but. worse than that,grossly misrepresented it; that when he was inducted into office he held mad* up his mind to try his Southern policy a» an experiment; that he believed at th* time that it would contribute to the gen­ eral good and peace of the country, and he was pleased to say that the experi­ ment had more than fully realized hia expectations. As to the {appoint­ ment of Democrats to office, he tiad also tried the experiment of placing one in his Cabinet; that tne Senate had seen fit to confirm him, and he was -also well satisfied that the country as well as him­ self was weil pleased with the manage­ ment of the Postofiic© Department under a Democrat. With respect tojthe ap­ pointment of Fitzsimmons to be Marshal of Georgia, who seemed to be the moat objectionable of any of his appointees, the President said that complaint had been made by the revenue officers that in some of the districts of the South there was great trouble to collect the revenue; that the officers charged with its collection, at least some of mem, in­ dicated that it might be necessary to have the services of a portion of the army to made their collections; that h» was averse to employing the army for any such purpose. On the other, hand, he wanted the revenue honestly collect­ ed, and he meant that it should be; that he had consulted with the Georgia, delegation with reference to the trouble, and after a full interchange of views OI the several gentlemen thus consulted he- had concluded to appoint Fitzsimmons, who seemed to possess all the necessary qualifications to make a good Marshal. The only thing he knew that could bo wed against him was that he was a Democrat; that he had received assurances in which he put trust that Fitzsimmons would see that- the revenue was collected without the use of armed United States forces; and that, inasmuch as the former Marshal had indicated that it would be necessary to have the army to support him, he concluded to give a Democrat a chance to do what his Republican prede­ cessor admitted he could not do. The President also spoke ©f the appointment- of Billiard to be Minister to Brazil. He said he desired to give the South repre­ sentation in the diplomatic service, and that the indorsements Hilliard had brought to his attention were sufficient to convince him tfaat the country would -secure in his appointment a gentleman, eminently fitted to represent the United States abroad; that it likewise still fur­ ther tended to promote that peace so- necessary between the sections, and gave the people of the South fitting evi­ dence that the policy of peace was one they were not only to accept in name, but in the benefits of which they should have a proportionate share. In conclu­ sion, the President, said that, while he- recognized that he was vested with power- to make appointments, he also recognized fully the power of the Senate to reject, them; and if tho Senate did not liko nay of his nominations they could reject. them, and he would then make new ones. THIS MARKETS. ...#7 95 ... 4 6® ... 11 . . . * 7 5 ... 1 80 ... 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