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» 4"* */ -Mpt-V* A. « ' .•/ .;.? • .-, .- •' """•?,""& • •"' s,V'w 4 y* 'v; jemij jjlainteto; 1. VAN8LTKB, ILLINOIS. NEWS CONDENSED. !• fc- | §§- fv' « jyna «i-^wa-v TUB KAMI* •'.-"TI" JOHH »T. J* PHOTS. an ex-member of Oon- * ' jjttym, and one of the foremost men of New ^T^rk State, died at Albany last week Louis w$r. fpheresson, of New York, lawyer, church M»Wtiviiian, treasurer of 8t. Luke's Hospital 8o- J jy, w-- Sacdiy-sehcol «M|wmfcendent, has red to be a defaulter to the extant of #130,- lf Hosts E GBXKNEIX, on* of New York's •v#®aithy and leading citizens, died last week, L H. Jons, J*., wool broker, of Boston, has _ pisappeared. His name is connected with a "'Iteries of alleged dishonest transactions, by *1irbich several firms have been victimised to an '.'^jmcrant estimated at $60,000. ' CASE, the President of the oollapeed Security - life Insurance Company, of New York, who 4.jr&9 lately oonvieted of perjury in making affi­ davits to fake statements of the company's trasiness, his been sentenced to five years' taprwonment in the penitentiary iC'Sfce steamer C. H, Northam, plying be­ tween New York and Sew Haven, was burned *pt her doek, at New York, last Week. Three . Colored men perished. Loss, $178,000: insur- JjWse^tUp.OOO. V ' THK WEST. THE failure is announced of Phillips ft Co., *%ankers of Georgetown. Ohio, with liabilities Nj>f f85,000 Qen. Sheridan has given orders t$or the removal of the Nez Perce* Indians from Lincoln to Fort Leavenworth Shields May, wholesale liquor dealers, Cincinnati, fcve failed, liabilities, f80,000. ANOTinta sickly Chicago bank has kicked :'«4§he bucket. It was called the Centrat National, |||kiid was an insignificant concern. I>e- Mttora, it is believed, will be paid . full.... A mail coach wan attacked bylndi- i between Dendwood and B;smarck last.week, i red devils fired a volley at the driver and tssengers, but all escaped unhurt by leaving > coach and taking to the bluffs. The In- captured the coach and horses. They eked the mail-bags and tried, but unsuo- Msfally, to open the treasure-box. They lied two of the horses and decamped with bte other two. JOAQUIN Mnxrat's great play, the " Danites," * IB being produced at Haverly's Theater, Cht- * *M»ago, with an unusually strong cast, inelnding ? : *boBe fine actors, McKee Rankin and C. T. arsloe Haverly's Theater has become one of ̂jthe most popular amusement resorts in the •'Garden City. m CTB SOUTH. I'r . ' HZAVT rains and destructive floods are re- '"f^orted from Virginia and South Carolina. It -Jps estimated that over $1,000,000 was destroyed Richmond by the overflow of the James of Sooth Carolina, has to three years in the peniten- . .Bishop Enoch W. Marvin, of the tethodist Episcopal Church South, died last at his residenoe in St. Lonis. Bishop hrvin was a native of Missouri and was 54 fearaokL G1ENEKAL. I>*I GUT. HOWQATS has received a letter vis from Capt. Tye n, in command of the ^^lorence, the advanoe vessel of the Amerioan .Arctic expedition, under date of Sept. 29. in TTrhksh "be reports hi-; safe arrival at Ninntilfck jpliarbor, Cumberland gulf. He proposed mov- I ing to the head of the gnlf in a few day* to go . Into winter quarter-* and cany out Ma matruo 'J4*OOB in relation to the collection of material. l||| A TELXOBAX from Halifax, N. 8., announces «#4hat the Fishery Commission has awarded $5,- *^0&000 as the damages due Great Britain on isocount of the exercise by the United States of 'the fishing privileges in Canadian waters mi­ ller the Washington treaty. Mr. Deforse, the *tJMipp0ped neutral member of the commission, ^ Joined with the British representative in mak- * lug the a want, the American Commissioner '{•looting against it. •e Dunrao a heavy gale on the night of the 23d £ i>f November, Hi© United States war steamer frjpuroa was driven ashore at Currituck, on the _ Jsoast of North. Carolina, and broken to pieces t>y the heavy sea. There were 139 persons on *#>oard, about 100 ofjwfaom forrened a watery ^prave. The Huron was a third-rate iron screw Cteomer, of 541 tons, and a displacement of ,020 tons, and carried an annameut of fonr ^i£un&. She was a comparatively new vessel, * Xeing on© of three--the Alert, the Ranger, « *%nd the Huron--buiit by the Government three 0 Jfean ago with a peculiar rig as an experiment. t xhey had three mast«? but were fitted with j. ** Schooner «uu»; oniv. " one was en route for H»- Sl^rana. "wite b lot of stores tfor" a United Htaies -.--^urvfcjing -e&ptidition. on the coast of Cabal " , w&-i eaupht' in the height of the ~ •ate off'Cape Hatteras, as»d, while, trying to .old on, bend to tbe wind, her machinery gave . /ay, and, her sail* being useless against such #% wind, she tlowly drifted ashore. The sea i-..»asruniUBg tremcndonsly high, and, baiug bu 'Iron ve«w-l, the Huron s on became a total •^nfedt. Her foremast and main topmast were «»[the first to go by the board, and in an incredi- ^ l>ly short time she was literally dashed to 'Weoes. Attempts were made to lower the jti^boats, but without avail. The se& made a «leau br«ach over the hull, sweeping her un- * TTortonaie crew into the breakers. In the W4cUiknej8 and the storm ewape was rendered shnost impossible, aud only thirty persons, out of a total of 139 souls on board, managed to ^ reach the beach iu safety, most of them in a -tfthookiagly bruised condition. The remainder, far as is known at present writing, were ^drowned in the surf or killed by the "Ifioating timbers. The ill-fated vessel «|w»8 m charge sf Commander G. P. °' United States navy, who |ls among the lost. A private dixpatch received «e|froia one of the survivors of the wrecked Uuit- States war steamer Huron, furnishes a skel- _ «ton description of the diHastw. The imme- •wdiste satwe. the officer says, was the foggy feu'gf>'?Tt*^Ter an<*a t'esh gale blowing directly upon 1 •*. * T!;-the shore. The thick weather prevented anv i v c i 1 .'jfjBrtimate of the locality of the vessel. The • "iifei * --jElnron struck between 1 and 1:30 o'clock a. m ||ifThere was instantly a scene of great confusion, » a heavy sea broke at once over the fated ^•etfwei. Before any concert of action could be taken the boats were all washed from the boat- "W^vits. Th fir«-t cutter was lowered, but 04ft swamped ten minutes after iu tbe fljhoiling surf. None of the saved ^. escaped in boats, nor did they receive any as- ftjfwstance fiom the shore. The thirty-four' who |^||jscaped did so by swimming. The feat of Hwimining two miles through breaker* where f a r ' ipt: , .. * Jhe toughest fnrf-boat could not live required '"Tremendous endurance. The inward land cur- ' k>f;nt aided them, and toward the end the sort- JSftiftn canie out after them and helped them in. tiflA boat belonging to the life-saving service, con- f«l|tiiimug live nu n. was swamped in an attempt reach the wrecked steamer, arid all on board A ^wished, thus swelling the total death-libt to A DISPATCH from Matamonu*, Mexioo, says troops which left the City of Mexico some ,£j0Ays ago, under command of Gen. Trevino, for ijplhe Iiio Grande, are not to repel the United ,:i|j$iat€>8 troop*; but to co-operato with the '̂ jUmtiid States authorities in irt*MA'T"nff' peace ^^»etween the two countries. JYJF TUB blame for 'he <ss of the ill-fated '̂»^TOAMER HUI OD, in the opinion of naval officers, •s*"Cests upon the commander--first, in putting to in the face of an impending storm, of hich they had been warned by the danger- _ ags of the signal servioe; and, t-econd* by • Iki displsT of M seamanship in v * the vessel in oiose to shore of patting dlreetlv out to A dispatch from Norfolk says t " Twenty- one dead bodies can be seen torn the shore, lashed to the main and miszen rigging of the Huron." THK National Orange^t its session in Cin­ cinnati, elected the following officers for the current year: Overseer, Woodman of Michi­ gan ; Lecturer, Mortimer, of Cincinnati ; Stew­ ard, Honghan, of Iowa; Assistant Steward. Symmes, of Kansas; Chaplain, Forsythe. of Illinois; Treasurer, McDowell, of New York: Secretary, Kelly of Louisville; Gatekeeper, Dinwiddie, of Indiana; Ceres, Mrs. Adams, of Minnesota; Pomona, Mrs. Woodman, of Michigan; Flora, Mrs. Moore, of Indiana; Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. Hal), of Louisville. Resolutions were adopted in favor of the remonetizing of silver and the repeal of the Resumption law WASHINGTON. FmHrti appointments: William H. litz- patrtck, of Kansas, Register of the Land Office at Topeka; Charles M. Howard, of Michigan, Receiver of Public Moneys at Santa Fe ; Albert G. Boone, of Colorado, Indian Agent at tne Poaca Agency; A. Bertram, Postmaster at Adams, Minn. EX-CONORFPSM AK J. B. HAWLKY, of Illinois, has been appolo tad Assistant Secretary of State, vice J. R. McCormick, resigned. FOL1TIOAX. Txx official vote of New York, at the Novem­ ber election, for Secretary of Stite is as follows: Beach, Democratic, 383,091 ; Churchill, Repub­ lican, 371,811; Junio, Workingmen, 20,167; Harkness, Prohibition, 6,166. THK official vote of Nebraska at the recent election shows that Lake, for Chief Justice, has 1,569 votes; Howe, 15,639. For Regents-- Holmes, 29,698; Per singer, 28.937; Grims, 6.815; Cass, 6,330. Total vote, 45,868. THE TURKO-RUSSIAN WAB. A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch says that Gen. Melikoff, when summoning Mukhtar Pasha to evacuate Erzeronm, informed him of the cap­ ture of Kars, and that if he resisted he would be attacked by 80,000 men with overwhelming artillery. Mtikhtar Pasha replied that he would hold Erzeronm to the last. A LONDON telegram says the Russians have captured, with trifling loss, the fortified town of Etropol, the Turks fleeing in disorder. Etropol is situated on a spur of the Balkan mountains, about twenty miles to the northeast of Sophia, on a road leading to Lovatz. It is an important point in connection with the probable passage °? f the Bal­ kans by way of the Sophia road.... The Sultan is reported as desirous of treating for peace directly with the C£ar. The feeling in Russia is stated to be favorable to the re- establinliaient of peace, but an intention is manifested of excluding England from partici­ pation in the negotiations. In London but little dependence is placed on the prevailing peace "talk." A BEXOBADE correspondent states that a Ser­ vian battalion reoently crossed the frontier near Yratarnitza to protect some Bulgarian women and children. The Turks drove the Servians back,and many were killed and wonnd- ed on both sides. A commission left Belgrade to investigate the matter. Yarions Consuls have been informed of tho affair. OKNKKAL FOREIGN NEWS. LATE advices from Hong Kong, China, state that " there is great excitement in American circles in consequenoe of the conviction of O. B. Bradford, formerly United States Vice Con­ sul General to Shanghai, on a charge of open­ ing and copying letters sent through the Uuited States mails for the purpose of making the contents known to Minister G. T. Seward. After a long and elaborate trial, Mr. G. Wiley Wells, the newly-arrived Consul General, de­ livered a sentence and hne of $250 aud costs und imprisonment for twenty days. It is gen­ erally reported that remarkable revelations are still to follow this affair, and a thorough inves­ tigation is promised of many leng-suspected abuses. THE new French Ministry is constituted as follows: President of the Senate and Minister of War, Gen. Grimaudet de Rochebouet; Min­ ister of Foreign Affairs, Marquis de Bonne­ ville ; Minister of the Interior, M. de We'che; Minister of Justice, M. LePelletier; Minister of Finance, M Dutillenl; Minister of Com­ merce, M. Ozenne ; Minister of Public Works, M. Graeff; Minister of Public Instruction, M. Faye A dispatch from Athens says: "In consequence of the recent speeches in Parlia­ ment, the Ministry have resigned. The King refused to accept their resignations, and the crisis continues. The populace have become very warlike since tho late Russian victories." A PARIS dispatch announces that the Cab­ inet selected by President MacMahon has been rejected by the House of Deputies, and the obstinate MacMahon refuses to ap­ point another... .Gen. Grant has u-en Uiuiug witti' Euule ae Girardin, th<j distinguished French republican statesman. Gambetta, Grevy and other noted republican leaders were present. FKOl'EEMNttS OF CO&tiRESS. ; refi^fe ic» iay on r. ThnfiEaa to <f&- \TKCBSZ)A.T, NOV. 22. ---SESATE. - The Senate, by a vote of yeas 29 to nays 32, the table tbe resolution of Mr charge th* Committee on Prlvtiegrs and Ejections from further consideration of the credential of M. C. Butler as Senator from South Carolina. Mesars* Davis (Illinois), Oonover (Florida), and PatterKoii (SoTitfe Carolina) voted with the Democrate in the negative. The question then being on the adop­ tion of the resolution, Mr. Edmunds moved to amend the resolution so as to discharge the com­ mittee from further cowufieration of the credentials of Mr KeUog* as Senator from Louisiana, Snutead of M. C. Butler, as Senator Iroia Honih Carolina. This was rejected--yeas, 30; nays, 81. Mr. Conk- ling then 8utm*t0d an amendment as follows: Resolved, That the Committee on Privileges and Eteetioasi be directed to report in the matter ol the credentials ot William P. Kellogg and Henry M. Spofford, claiming seats as Senators from LoniHianaj and that, meanwhile, the case of South Carolina be postponed. Rpjected--yea«, 30: nays, 32. Mr. Edmund*' motion to adjourn till Mon lay resulted in a'tie, and Vice President Wheeler cast the decid­ ing vote in the affirmative. HOUSE.--Bills were introduced and referred: By Mr. Franklin, for the organization ot tbe Terri­ tory of Oklohama; by Mr. Davis, to exempt steam- plow machinery from payment of duty; by Mr. Stone (Iowa), creating postal savings bank* M*. Hale, of Maine, made a motion to the effect that the Committee on Privileges and Elections lie dis­ charged from further consideration of tbe contested caw; of B- lford v-. Patterson, ot C dorado. L»id on the table--yeas, 166; nays, 94 Mr. EM ING made a long and earnest speech in support of his bill to re­ peal the Resumption law. FBIDAY, Nov. 23.--SEHATB.--Not in session. HOUSE.--Tbe House, after a lengthy debate, passed the bill repealing tbe Besumption act by a vote of 133 to 120. The following is tbe text of tbe bill: A bill to repesl all that part of the act approved Jan. 14, 1875, known as the Resumption act. which authorized thu Secretary of the I rvamry to dispose of IJ'iited States bonds and redeem and i-anoel ffr- enback currency. That all that }>ortion <>f the set approved Jan. 14, 18 5, entit e<1, ••An act to provide for the resumption of specie pay­ ments," which re*ds as follows, to-wit: " *nd whenever and so oft<-n as circulating notes shall be issued to any such banking association so In­ creasing its ca|jn.ii or circuit.ung notea or so newly .organised as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem the lr-g&l-tender United Stales notes iu "xoess only of $30 ,0(K),000 to the amount of 80 per oent. of the sum iff national-bank notea so issued to auy.Mic.h bunking as-ociatiun as aforesaid, and to continue such red-mption aa such circulating notes are issued until there shall be outstand­ ing tho t>um of $300,000,000 of such legal- tender Unitea States notes and no more, and, on and alter th" l«t day of January. Anno Domini, 1870, th« Secretary of the Treasury shtdl redeem in coin United States lega.-tender notes then out. ^tauriiiig on their pres«-ntatioh for reden ption at the office »f the A.HKintant Treasurer of the Uoited States in the city of New York in sums of n t less than $S0,and. to enabie the Secretary of tbe Treas­ ury to prepare and provide for redemption in this act authorized or required, he is authorized to usa any surplus revenues from time to time in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to is­ sue, sell sod dispose of. atom less tan par in coin, either of tbe description at berth of tbe Unite* States fewtfibed in tbe act of OeBgrMsap* proved July 14, JW0.entitled act toantlKHia* the refunding of nauonal debt,' with Ilka qaaUtiea, privileges ana exemptions, to tbe extent necessary to carry this set into fnll effect, and to nse the pro- reeds thereof for tbe purposes aforesaid," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. SATURDAY, NOV. 84. --S»RATK. --Not LA se»- HOUBK.--The Boose spent the entire day in the consideration of the Deficiency Appropriation bill, and did not succeed in completing it. A pro­ tracted struggle occurred over an amendment to •-(•appropriate tbe unexpended balance of the ap- nropriauon made last year for carrying tbe mails, amounting to over $700,000. The amendment was strioken out by a vote of 129 to 108. MOXDAY, NOV. 26.--SENATE.--The political contest in tbe Senate was renewed. The Commit­ tee on Privileges and Elections reported in favor of seating W. P. Kellogg from Louisiana, a minority of tbe committee reporting iu favor of Spofford. The consideration of these reports was postponed. In the case of M. C. Butler, of South Carolina, Mr. Thurman's resolution to discharge the committee from further consideration thereof came up as tbe regular order, and Judge Davis, of Illinois, addressed the Senate in support of the resolution. Mr. Edmunds, after a brief re­ ply to Mr. Davis, moved that the Senate proceed to executive business. Rejected--yeas, 28; nays, 30, Messrs. Conover and Patterson voting with the Democrats in the negative. The debate was then reopened and continued all night, the Republicans now and then varying the monotony by mak­ ing motions to adjourn. The Democrats, however, were Arm, and obstinately refused to yield their advantage. During the debate Messrs. Patter­ son and Conover addressed the Senate at some length iu explanation of their positions. HOUSE.--The House transacted no business of importance. TUESDAY, NOV. 27.--SKKAT*.--The Senate re­ mained in continuous session Monday night, every motion of the Republicans to adjourn or take a reoesa lielng voted down by the Democrats. The Republi­ cans were equally obstinate in their determination to prevent a vote on Thurman's resolution dis­ charging the Committee on Privileges and Elec­ tions from further consideration of the case of M. C. Butler, but to force it over until 12 o'clock Tuesday, when, as it was claimed, the Senate would enter upon a new legislative day. the report of the committee in the case of W. P. Kellogg could be called up as a question of high privilege, and take precedence. When that hour arrived, however, Mr. Hoar, who occupied the chair, decided that the legislative day would continue until an adjourn­ ment was had. There were many Interesting and some exciting scenes in the Senate during the progress of the parliamentary contest. To kill time, the Republicans called for the reading of the testimony in regard to the Hamburg (3. C.) massacre, taken by a commit­ tee of the Senate a year ago, and also the brief of Mr. Corbin, claiming a seat in the Senate from South Carolina. These documents consisted of several hundred pages of closely-printed matter, and the reading of them consumed some fifteen hours of time. Motions without number to adjourn, te take a recess, etc., were made and promptly voted down by tbe Democrats, with the aid of Messrs. Davis, Patterson aud Con­ over. At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon the pro­ tracted parliamentary battle was brought to a close by the adoption of the Thurman resolution by a vote of 28 to 27, and the Senate adjourned. - HOUSE.--Mr. Morrison addressed the Housson the currency question Bills were introduced: By Mr. Mackey, for the revival of the franking privilege; by Mr. Riddle, restoring to the pension rolls the names of all soldiers stricken off on acoount of dis­ loyalty : also, repealing the act prohibiting the pay­ ment by any officer to any person not known to have been opposed to the rebellion; by Mr. Banning, providing for the repeal of the special taxes now imposed by the United States Government upon brewers, rectifiers, wholesale liquor-dealers, saloon­ keepers, manufacturers, and wholesale and retail dealers in tobacco, cigars, etc.; by Mr. Corbeit, amending the constitution so as to give to each of the Territories iiud tbe District of Columbia one member of Congress. DA&Wlfi. The Great Evolutionist Made a Doctor of laws--A Menaorab.e Seene In Cam­ bridge. [I/ondon Telegram to New York Herald.] A memorable event occurred at Cam­ bridge, on Saturday last, which has given rise to much comment and sur­ prise that such a degree cf intolerance should exist in England. On that day the degree of Doctor of Civil Laws was conferred upon Charles Darwin by the University of Cambridge. Notwith­ standing the illustrious rank whi'-h Mr, Darwin has long held in the scientific world, the clerical power has been strong enough in the governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and Ox­ ford to prevent any honorary degree from being awarded to him heretofore. The capture of the honorary diploma by Mr. Darwin was, therefore, regarded as a great victory for the anti-clerical party, and this fact has given the occa­ sion much interest that it would not otherwise have had. Accordingly, on Saturday, Mr. Darwin's friends present­ ed themselves in great force, determined that the moral effect of a *arge represen­ tation *f scientific and literary men pres­ ent in the interest of the heretofore- neglected scientist should not be want­ ing. Undergraduates thronged the gal- laries of the great hall, and the desire to see the savant of Down was universal. When Darwin and Huxley appeared, the former robed in the scarlet gown of a doctor, tremendous and enthusiastic cheers broke forth from all parts of 1h» building. The massive features of Darwin were immobile as stone. No one present could detect even a trace of gratification in the lines of the face or in the expression of the eyes, yet it certainly was a moment of great victory for th© aged philosopher. The impressive ceremony was diversified by the usual hooting and chaffing by the students, which was far worse than the uproar heard in Oxford when Gen. Grant received a similar degree. The license accorded to " the boys " on tliese occasions far exceeds anything that can be imagined by the college faculties of the United States. The awrage Ameri­ can college President would ha.ye torn hiB hair in rage at a critical moment in the proceedingBi An efflgy of a monkfy robe d in an undergraduate's gown was lowered into the middle of the hall from the most prominent point in the gallery. This t'ffigy bore a legend in large letters, "The missing link." Notwithstanding all this ciiafliiig and laughter, there was much sincere enthusiasm. In the even­ ing Dr. Darwin was further honored with a public dinner, but the delicate health oi the savant prevented his at­ tendance. Prof. Huxley made the speech in re­ sponse to the toast of Mr. Darwin's health. The event lias, beyond ques­ tion, created a deep and gratifying im­ pression among the scientific classes throughout. England. IT is said that from 12,000 to 15,000 chignons are annually imported from France to England, beside sufficient ad­ ditional hair to make 10,000 more; the total valve of the hair being £88,000. It is computed that many thousand pounds of hair are annually picked up in Mar­ seilles alone by the rag-pickers and children engaged for that purpose from the "combings" which are thrown away from the ladies' dressing tables. WHAT i* the difference between a man who is guarded in his conversation and one who expresses himself freely ? The former minds his talk and the latter talks his mind. A IiAtk cargo of sugar in Boston nsi4 Uncle Sam $121,950 duties. ANNUAL EkPORTljf TBUBASUKY EXHIBIT. Aasnuc* urn THK BEPOBT OF THJLSVBKB Vnus. Tbe Treasurer of the United States, in his •ttmial report of the operations by the Treas­ ury daring the laut fiscal year, m&kes the fol­ lowing exhibit regarding the reeeipte and ex­ penditures, as compared with the fiscal year ending Jane SO, 1876. That ending June 30, 1877, shows a decrease in net revenues amount­ ing to $18,481,452, and decrease in net expend­ itures of $19,799,788. Hie net revenues for the fisoal year were $269,000,586 ; net expendi­ tures, f238,660,008--making an increase of fan da amounting to $30,340,577. It is observed that, while tbe revenue from customs, lands and miscellaneous sources has decreased year after ve'ar since 1873, the revenue derived from internal revenue, so-called, has increased, the receipts from thst source in 1874 having been $102,409,784, and in the fiscal year of 1877, $118,630,407. The total amount of " unavailable moneys " carried in balances of aoeonnts in the Treas­ urer's offices was as follows: June, 30, 1876, $29,899,{>20; June 30, 1877, $23,520,883, The theory of pnbhc acoonnts is that the Treas­ urer of the United States shall be charged, up­ on a warrant of the Secretary, with all moneys received into the treasury, and tor which, whenever received, he is held accountable un­ til tli« B&ime are properly disbursed under some appropriation made pursuant to law, It has, however, occurred that, since 1836. the sum of $29,625,833 over and above the amount of pub­ lic money which has been properly accounted for, lias, by reason of a deposit of surplus rev­ enue with twenty-six States of the Union, by deficit, by default, by theft, in various places, and by failure In depository banks, gone from the custody of the Treasurer, which it seems he cannot, from the nature of the case, ac­ count for, and thereby obtain credit therefor on the books of the department, aud. for the the convenience of the operations of the de­ partment, this amount is carried in the ac­ counts as unavailable. The Treasurer thinks there should be legislation authorizing the opening of an " appropriation account" upon the books of the department in which, under the head of '• unavailable,1' the Treasurer may receive credit for the sums now and hereafter from time to time becoming unavailable, and that the person, bank, or State properly chargeable may be debited with the various items by warrant upon their account stated by the proper accounting officers of the treasury. Although the monthly debt statement of the department was never intended to show the condition of the treasury and the amount and kinds of funds on hand, yet many deductions are sought to be made from time to time, as if that publication gave the liabilities and assets, and not merely the condition of the debt. The only items of oash in the treasury which the debt statement include are the general cur­ rency balance and the general coin balance. The currency balance, as it appears in the monthly statement nnder the term "cash in treasury, currency," is simply the amount of currency that would be left in the trofisury after the payment of all currency demands in full, and also of the item "cash in treasury, coin." There is, in addition, the amounts held for the redemption of Clearing-House certificates, of which the amounts outstanding are noted in the statement, beside which, not mentioned there are funds to the credit of the disbursine officers for redemption of notes of national banks failed, in liquidation and reducing cir­ culation, to meet outstanding checks and drafts for the benefit of the creditors of national banks, the balance of the 5 per-cent fund, and others. A comparative statement is given showing in detail, both in coin and currency, the liabilities and assets of the treasury on Sept. 30, 1876 and 1877. These aggregates are as follows: Coin, Sept. 30, 1876, $67,586,806; Sept 30, 1877, $133,585,072. Currency Sept. 30, 1876, $100,437.766; Sept. 30, 1877, $U«,- 096,039. Regarding the long-mooted question whother legal-tender notes deposited for redemption of the circulation of failed, reducing and liquidat­ ing banks are held as a separate fund, it may be said that there is no provision of Jaw which requires that such notes should be so held,and, as a fact, they have never been held set apart and distinct from other funds in the treasury. There is, without doubt, in the various offices and varions vaults of the treasury a sufficient amount of United States notes to redeem all such banks' notes if presented simultaneously for redemption, but they are not always in the vaults of the office where redemption is required to be mad©. A recapitulation of the silver payments made in pursuance of the act of April 17, 1876, in­ cluding payments from April 18.1876, until and including Ootober, 1877, shows an aggregate of $23,166,182 of silver issued for fractional cur­ rency redeemed and destroyed, and $13,404,569 of silver isHued in lieu of or in exchange for currency, making a total of $36,620,732. ¥pon an official estimate of $8,083,573 fractional cur­ rency lost in circulation, there may be still is­ sued. before the limit of $50,000,000 is reached. $10,269,061 in exchange for fractional and $3,11(1,KM> for currency obligations. INTERNAL RKVENUE. STHonm OF OoaoassioKEB BACK'S REPORT. From the report of Hon. Green B. Raum, Commissioner of Internal Bevonue, wo glean the following: During the last fiscal year 4,932 distilleries were registered and 4,510 op erated. The net aggregate increase of reoeipts from tho several sources relating to distilled spirits for tbe fiscal year were $1,043,344. An abstract is given of the reports of District At­ torneys for the fisoal year, showing the whole number of suits commenced to be 5,828 ; suits decided in favor of tbe United States, 3,327 ; raits decided against the United States, 6u6; suits settled or dismissed, 8,046; suits pending July 1, 1877, 6,085. The statement is made, showmg a falling off in the amounts assessed in the year 1877 of $1,704,324 from the amount assessed in the previous year, an amount al­ most equal to the. decrease of assessments on the single article of distilled spirits seized or fraudulently removed, on which there was as­ sessed in 1877 $1,707,299 less than in 1876, in which latter year very large assessments were made on aooount of stupendous frauds com­ mitted by distillers in various parts of the country, and discovered iu the latter part of the year 1875. The tax on deposits, capital and circulation of banks, etc., in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877, was $93,437 less than in the previous year, a decrease which must be accounted for by the general depression of business prevail­ ing in the past year, and to which many banks, aud particularly savings institutions were com­ pelled to succumb. It should, however, be re­ membered that the amount reports in 1876 showed an unusual increase of $211,852 of the tnx on current banking busiuess of that year over previous years. The amount assessed on tobaoco, snuff and cigars removed from factory unstamped shows the lt»rgo increase of $314,505 over tho amount assessed iu the previous year, the amount so assosHed in 1877 bt-ing about four times the amount assessed In 1876, to wit, $419,308. It is tine that assessments equaling iu amount this excess were made against certain manufactur­ ers in Virginia and North Curolina, on tobacco alleged to have been fraudulently removed nearly fifteeu months prior to tbe date of the assessments, and that additional evidence was subsequently filed upon which a large part of the assessments were made. Nevertheless, even after making these deductions, the value of the safeguards provided by law, other than that of affixing the stamp, is demonstrated by figures above given. The total quantity of distilled spirits in taxa­ ble gallons at the 70 aud 90 cents tax placed in distillery warehouses, withdrawn therefrom, and remaining therein at the beginning and close of the fiscal year ending June 30,1877, is given at 74,143,388. Statements showing the gro-s Kmount of average capital ai.d deposits of savings banks, bankers, and banks other than national banks, tor the year ending May 8), 1876 sad 1877, are given: OMltal twaks. of saving* Capital of banks and banker* Deposits of srvlnga nuks having capital. Deposits of savings banks having ho cap­ ital Deposits of bankers... 1878. $8,018^X9 211 ,fl 845,109,UT 483,468,348 | JOT. $4,965,500 217,*5,388 ̂ 88,066,640 865,067,037 475,790,0M Totals $1,683,430,606 $1,691,083,619 The total collections from t*baceo for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877, were $41,- 010,546. In addition to the collection of spe­ cific taxes from manufactured tobaoco, snuff, and cigars in their various forms there are in­ cluded in the above total collection* from special taxes upon the manufacture and sale of tobaoco, spec'al taxes upon raw or leaf to­ bacco, and fro:i; tbe saIc of export starsps. The following exhibit gives the number of persons engaged during the last fiscal vear in the handling of raw or leaf tobaoco,* in the manufacture of tobacco, snuff and cigars, and in the distribution of manufactured products, ascertained from the amount of collections from the sale of epecial-tax stamps: Leaf dealers $,808 Manufacturers of tobacco 875 Manufacturers of pigars 15,462 Peddlers of manufactured tobacco ..319,045 The exhibit presented oy the foregoing figures is, in many respects, a gratifying one both to the Government and to the numerous parties engaged in the business of manufact­ uring and handling tobaoco. There are three facts in this connection which the Commissioner dorms ©specially worthy of note. The first is, that the production of man­ ufactured tobacco for the last fiscal year was greater than for any other fiscal year embraced within the records of this office, with the single exception of the year ending Jlnne 30,1875. The second fact is, that a larger amount of money was collected from manufactured tobecco put upon the market for consumption than during any previous fiscal year; and the third fact is the pleasing one that a greater quantity of manufactured tobacco and more cigars and cigarettes wers removed directly from manu­ factories for exportation to foreign countries during the last year than daring any previous year of which an account has been kept by the office of internal revenue. These results are believed to be largely due to those provisions of law which were intended to give to the Gov­ ernment a general control over the movements of raw or leaf tobacco, regulating its sale, trans­ fer and shipment, and preventing its being (-old for direct consumption without payment of any tax, and in competition with manufactured and tax-paid. The Commissioner Bays: "A continu­ ance of these features of tbe said law is neces- sarv to maintain the present amount of receipts from said source. " The manufacture of perfumery for expor­ tation is a large and growing interest. Abcnt 2,5000 barrels of alcohol are used in this busi­ ness, all of which are imported and withdrawn without payment of duty, and used in the man­ ufacture of perfumeries in bonded manufac­ tories, and finally exported free of tax or duty. Under existing laws, American aloohol can not be used in the business without payment of tax, and there is no provision of law authoriz ing a drawback upon the exportation of goods so manufactured. I see no reason for this dis­ crimination against Amerioan distillers." The Commissioner, therefore, "respectfully reoom- mends that an act be passed authorizing the withdrawal of alcohol without payment of tax, to b© used by manufacturing perfumers in the production of goods for export, nnder saeh re­ strictions as to prevent fraud and protect the rights of the Government. " It has been found that, In some portions of the country, match manufacturer* have put up mate hot', in boxes ontaining so great a num­ ber as to facilitate frauds upon the revenue by reuse of stamped boxes. I respectfully recom­ mend that a law be passed limiting the number of matches to be contained in a siugle box to 600. "Ireoommend legislation upon the follow­ ing additional points: First, that a retail liquor- dealer be authorized to close out his stock without incurring a wholesale liquor dealer's tax; second, that a bona-fide mortgagee of spirits should be authorized to sell and deliver the same under mortgage to any person quali­ fied to buy them, without incurring a wholesale dealer's tax, and the person so receiving spirits without reference to the amount should not be liable to any penalty therefor; third, where members of a firm who have paid a special tax for pursuing any business are changed by the withdrawal or admission of a partner, the new firm that is created should be allowed to pursue buKiness upon giving notice of such change to the Collector of their district without the pay­ ment of a new tax; fourth, that a person caught in the act of manufacturing or selling illicit spirits may be arrested on view, without a warrant, by a Marshal or Depatv Marshal, and forthwith taken before the proper tribunal for examination; fifth, that the existing law be so changed as to authorize the employment of thirtv-five revenue agents. " 'I'he total amount of drawback of internal- revenue taxes allowed during the fiscal year on exported merchandise is $30,546, an increase of $24,545 iu olaims allowed during the past year." THE ARMY. WHAT GBW. BHUOUH'S REPORT SHOWB. The annual report of Gen. Sherman shows that on Oct. 12 tbe regular army was com­ posed of: General officers. Genera! staff olUcom „, Hoepite! stewards 'Engineer battalion.....*. Ordinal02 enlisted eeen Enlisted men of staff corps Cavalry officerg, for ten regiments........ Enlisted men. ..7,911 Cavalry... ..8,350 Artillery ofiloers, for flva regiments 284 Enlisted men .4,831 Ariillery. 2,605 Infantry offloers, for twenty-Are regiments.... 877 BallHted men 8,778 Infantry....... ..$,665 lie sides which there are reported as non-ogm- missioned staff, unattached to regiments, Mili­ tary Academy, recruits unassigned. Indian soouts, and prison guards, amounting to : Men J 877 Signal corps Retired offloers Owptein of United States army, by act of Congress Aggregating officers and men ! 94,601 Oi whioh force available for war is made up of cavalry, artillery and infantry regiments, amounting to 20,601 officers and men, to which should be added the eleven general officers and offiotjs of general staff serving with them, to­ gether with 570 Indian scruts. I'he General details the operations of the army during the year, referring especially and in high terms of praise to the conduct of offi oers and men during the Indian war and at the time of the recent riots. It appears that Gen. Sheridan, recommending an increase in every company in the service to 100 men, expressed the opinion that, had thi* been done some time ago, the Indian troubles would have been settled promptly, with a strong probability that they would not have occurred at all. Gen. Hheri- dan adds : " The Indian troubles in this divis­ ion sre over for the present. I cannot say tiiat they are finally ended. Complications art* Htill liable to arise, aud our experience should teach us to be better prepared than we have hitherto been." Gen. Sherman agiees with Gen. Sheridan's recommendation, which would raise the army to nearly 50.000 men, but despairs of success in such application to Congress, and therefore urges such legislation as will give us 25.00O men for regiment* of the line. This would make for the present 430 companies, with an average of fifty-eight men to the company. " I believe it to be wrong and damaging to in­ crease the cavalry at the expense of the artil- lory and infantry. The latter do as good servioe as cavalry, are as necessary, and cost much less for maintenance. All are Equally necessary and "bould l>e on a par. but tho President should have the right to increase companies stationed at exposed points at the loss of others not simi­ larly situated." The concluding portion of the report is de­ voted to the account ot Howaid's movements in pursuit of the Nez Perces snd their final enpture bv Miles. Gen. Sherman sa%s CoL Mil les and his officers aud men aie entitled to atl honor and praise for their prompt, skillful aud successful work, while others, by their long aud toilsome pursuit, are entitled "to *»or- responding credit because thej made that poaslble. The General hopes those Indians WU jm>vidediriSb hones intibe Spring on the Indian tosenatton, near the Modocs, whflML ty moderate ubtx, they ma soon be aide to topped themselves in They should never again bealhHred to to Oregon or to LapwaL f TBE NATIONAL DOMAlSf.' Bspoax of THE GomoBgioRDi or THX EBAI. LAND Omct Hon. J. C. Williamson, the General of the Land Offioe, in his annual re­ port, says the sales of pnbiio lands for ca?h3* ar© about 100,000 acres more than the previous year, while the number entered under the Homestead and Timber-Culture laws is 785,123 i-- There were certified for railroad pur-less. poses 700,791 acres. The total disposals of public lauds were 47,822,452 acres. surveys have been extended over 713,572,737 acres. The total of ^surveyed lands is 1,101,197,183 acres. There were surveyed the past year 11,242,928 acres at a cost of $215,942: The consolidation of all the offices of the Surveyor General into one is recommended r also, the abolition of the contract system, and the appointment of a Surveyor General, who mav appoint assistants required to personally make surveys. A large number of grants for ? railroad® hnv« expired by limitation, and it ifi I regarded important that action should be toJteit : by Congress either to enforce the forfeiture of the grants or extend the time for the completion of the roads. Should the latter course be pursued, the claims of bona-fide set­ tlers upon lapsed lands should be protected. It is recommended that Congress withdraw all lands ohiefly valuable for pine timber from the' Homestead and Pre-emption laws, and from sale except for cash ; also, that tho Secretary of the Interior be authorized to sell timber from public lands in the mining districts; also, to sell timber upon any unsnrveyffd land (not; mineral) when needed for actual settlement before public surveys ; also, that a law be en­ acted providing for the care and custody of timber-iands unfit for agriculture, and for the; gradual Bale of timber, and for the perpetua-r tion of the growth of timber of such lands. Legislation authorizing seizures ©f timber cut from public lands, without resort to the^ tedious process of the courts, is also recom-* mended. The United States Marshal for tbe Southern District of Mississippi has seized, in three counties bordering on the Gulf of Mexioo. ia the suit of the United States against John Manning and others, large amounts of timber, principally pine logs, estimated at over 75,00® in number. There will also be seized a large amount of charcoal and turpentine. This ac­ tion stops a trade which has employed many vessels carrying timber or lumber to foreign and domestic markets. / < .r "'•'"J *. THI POSTOFFICK DEPARTHKNI, REPORT OF POSTMASTER GENERAL RE*. The report of the operations of the Post- offioe Department for the last fiscal year shows an increase in the number of postoffices of 962; 1,825 having been established, and 86S- discontinued. Of the Postmasters, 4,800 have resigned, 711 have been removed, and 397 have died. There are 35,948 offices with a salary less than $1,000, and 1,337 with a larger salary, the last being known as Presidential offices^ The letter-carriers system has cost $1,893,- 618.85, paid to 2,265 letter carriers in eighty- five places having free delivery, at whose post- oflices the receipts for local postage were $2,254,957.83. The expenditures of the de­ partment show a nominal deficiency of $1,500,- 000. and a real deficiency of less than $500,000. David B. Barker, Superintendent of Special Agents of the Postoffice Department, reports that during the year 543 persons were arrested f( r offenses against the Postnl laws, being 104 greater than in the preceding y^ar, thongli tim ing the last year the number of special ag< nts had been reduced. The persons arrest­ ed hal committed every variety of offense known to the Postal laws, and 172 of tbe num­ ber were transferred to the State courts to be tried for burglaries of postoffices, highway rob­ beries of mails while in transit, murder of mail-drivers, etc. Many cases of alleged im­ proper sales of postage stamps were investi­ gated, and Postmasters removed for that causes f he whole number of complaints of lost regis­ tered letter during the year wan 2,289, with a reported aggregate value of $54,410, of which 714 letters were recovered, and 216 valued at $10,510 accounted for by the recovery of their contents from persons who had stolen them, or through whose carelessness they were lost. The percentage of actual losses compared with the total number of letters registered during the year, viz., $4,348,127, is about one-fiftieth of i per cent., or one in every 5,000 registered letters sent through the mail. Many of the losses occurred through unavoidable causes, such as railroad and steamboat accidents, etc. _____________ , V A Vegetable Cariosity. Mr. Isaac Martin, of Smith's showed a natural curiosity the other day in the shape of a Canada thistle with a well-formfd potato on the root. T1M» article was quite genuine, and the anom­ aly can be accounted for by the supposi­ tion t^iat the thistle was beneath the growing potato and forced its way through it, and then reached the sur­ face, and both potato and thistle "grew in beauty side by side."--Montreal Q<tr zettu THE MARKED. HEW YOBK. BDKVSS Iff IM • HOGS 4 75 « IS Cotton MX® UJf FLOUR-- Superfine 4 75 § S 35 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago. 1 30 Q 1 91 COKK--Western Mixed ®0 (4 63 OATS--Mixed 35 © 41 KVE--Wee tern 14 «§ T$ PORK--New Men 18 FLE <313 7# LABD •?£ CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice Graded Steers.. Choice Natives OOWB and Heifers Butchers' bt«-era Medium to Fair Hoos--Live FLOO--Fancy White Winter. t 75 Good to Cboioe Spring Kx.. ft 25 B 26 4 3 2ft 8 m. 9 90 3 75 A A 00 ® 5 00 A 3 N @ 8 75 £ 440 @ 7 26 a 6iw WHEAT--No. 2 Spring 1 1 10- 49 £ 0 «4 I % 31 $11 90 8 No. 98prfa)g 1 92 CORK--No. 3 48 OATS--No. 3 2$ Rns--No. 2 BS BARLEY--No. 2 83 BUTTKB--Choioe Creamery 81 EO8»--Fresh 80 PORK--Mew XI M _ Labd MILWAUKEE. WHXAT--NO. 1 1 1 I5Jj[ No. 3 1 80 @ 1 08# CORN-- No. 3 44 & jW OATS--No. 3 * 0 KTB--No. 1 86 <* 57 BARLEY--No. 2 88 ® .10 ST. LOUI8. WHKAT--No 8 Red Fall 1W 9 1#, COBH--No. 2 Mixed. * 9 47- OATS--No. 3 * ® 27 KTB M PORK--Mesa *2 2» LABD 8 Hoos 9 W (JATTLK .* 8 88 CINCINNATI. @13 60 <* 8X % 4 8 0 0 4 80 1 18 .. 38 .. » 83 ..11 80 WHKAT--Bed CORN--New OATS ••• U I'ORK--Mesa LABD TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 1 Wbite Michigan. No. 3 Red Winter 0AM--No. 3 * DETBOIT. I'LODB--Cholee White. 8 88 81 1 35 0 43 9 31 % S3 «13 00 TX* 1 81 1 90 48 & 1 93 g 1 *>*• e M % 30 •VHKAT--No. 1 White No. 1 Amber COB«--No. 1 )*TW--Mixed >1ARLET (per cents!) PORK--Mess -- EAST L BE*IY, PA. CATTL»--Best I'.... » 5" Fair < Common 9 99 &04M...'. »: dHBSF 8 00 6 6 40 & 1 31 « 1 29 3*1 3* 1M 0 1 CO 13 98 #19 6* 1 1 38 48) i 8 no iiO »'•:> si » 4*