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Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law I No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." VOL. 3. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1878. NO. 47. It Published Every Wednesday by ' Brtitor and Publisher. Office In Riverside Block, VaT*** Smith, Aldrich * Hay thorn's 8#^ TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: >«e Tear, (in Advance,)... ..........il AO [f sot Paid within Throe Monthsj S 00 jubscriplions received for three or six months |n the same proportion. BUSINESS CARDS. H. T. llKOWX, M. 1>. i vIpHYSICIAN and Surgeon. OAce in Brick • J Block over F. G. Mayes Clothing Store fVater Street, McHenry III. E. A. BEERS M. D. tjHTfliciAN and Surgeon. Office ntresidenee, JL two doors west of Post Office, Motfeajyj O. J. HOWARD, M Dw nd Surgeon. Ol of Howard ft Son, McHenry, IIL J>HT8JCIAN and Surgeon. Office at the atom W. H. BUCK, M. D., OMEOPATHIC 1'hytician and Surgeon.-- Office East Side "Public Square, Wood- tock, IIL Office hours 11 to 12 A. M., ami3 4 P.M. Fi J. BARBIAN. . > : f If^lGAlt 'Manufacturer, McHchry tit. Or- .lL/ ders solicited. Shop North Bast corner public Square. _ i K. PERKINS. WAGON Maker. McHenry, IIL General Jobbing promptly attended to. Stoop, West of the Puliiic Square. • > RICHARD BISHOP, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR.AT LAW. McHenry, 111. < ; BUSINESS CARDS. W. H. rKSKIHS, photognphw. Gallery over Perry ft Mar- ST tin'a 8tore, McHeury, IIL Pictures taken in the latest style of the Art and satis­ faction guaranteed. E- V. ANDERSON, M. D. PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Office at Gil­bert's Drug Store, opposite the Packer House, McHenry, Iliinoit. E. BENNETT,M. D., J , SURGRON and Acoucher. Diseases of Women a Specialty. Office and Residence on Clay Street Woodstock, III. DR. C. E. WILLIAMS. DENTIST, Algonquin, IIL All work war-ranted. Teeth extracted in a careful and skillful manner. " ' ' ' ' ' ' . ii ii II I M > - r-'iirl^r' Miii'iiinir I DR. C. W, COX, * DENTIST. Office Over Smith, Aldrich ft Hay thorn's Store. Richmond. III. X. S. COLBY. MCHENRY, McHenry Co., III. Breeder of Spanish Merino Sheep, Berkshire and Poland China Swine. A choice lot of young Buck stock for sale. Please call and examine before buying elsewhere. ELECTROPATHY. Dr. Samuel Sherman, And Wife will be at their residence LV miles West of the Depot, on the Woodstock road, three days in each week, Tuesdays, Thursdays ami Saturdays, for the purpose of treating alt curable dfsense*. Consultation and 'Examinations Free. Office hours from 9 A . M , , t o I K K . REFERENCES:--John Doran, Richard Bish. op, Martin Welsh, Arthur Whiting, Leonard Bonslet, James Sutton, John M. Smith. F, K. Granger, (ieo. Gage, Hen. Gilbert, Horace Dwelly, B.F.Peck, Wm. Hutson, Geo. Gilbert. GEO. A. BUCKLIN " . . j^TOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and In- L~ surance Agent. Office at Bucklin ft Iteven's Store, near the Depot, McHenry,'III. E. E. RICHARDS. HAS a complete Attract ot Titles to land in McHenry County, Ill'nout, OJ&cewlth County Clerk, Woodstock, IIL IGHT. M- k «OBT. WKH fannfacturerof Custom Made Boots and Shoes. None but the bestxof material feed and all work warranted. Shop Northwest corner 1'uWte Svjuave, McHenry, 111. Q.ENBRAL e. M. OWEN. Dealer and Manufacturers Loading Farm Machinery. Agent _ friers low and Terms favorable. McHEVRY, ILLINOIS. s GEO. SCIIREINEIL ALOONand Restaurant. Nearly opposite the Parker llonse, MeHenry IIL 49*First-Class Billiard and Pool Tables. J, A. SHERWOOD A.UOrri< >,\ 1: Eli „ AND APPRAISER, JWgQtiquIn, III. •' SALES of Stock, Farming Tools and Goods of all kinds promptly attended to. Farm sales a ^penalty. To ruin reasonable. Post address Algonquin 111. . W. N. SANFORD, Merchant Tailor. In the store of C. H. Diektneon, East Hde of Public Square, ,v WOODSTOCK, ILL, * .A iwod Stork of Fine Cloths for Suiflnca al- ways on hand. Srt its made to order anda Mi warrauted- Give uieacalL _ ' ^ W. H. SANFORD. Woodstock fit.,Sept. 27tb, im. I ' J. BONiSLETT, f ALOON and Restaurant. Nearly oppoclte * Owen's Mill, Mcllonry, lit Fresh Oysters rved up in any shape desired, or tor sale by 49-GOOD STABLING FOR HOUSES..#* Mi#*,*,, Ca-TT »r. SMI TH. W. W. ELLSWORTH. Breederof the Celebrated Poland China Hog Aiso Light .»nd Dark Rrahma Fowls. J'igs fhipped to all points by express. P. O. Ad- I r e s s , W o o d s t u c k , I I I . , ' v . . ' • PETER LEICivEM. ^ REP AIRS Watchcy, Clocks and Jewelry of all kinds. Also Repairs Violins in the best •(ossible manner, on short notice and at rea- •oiuble rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop Irst door North of Riverside Block, McHenry 111. F. KLEIFGEN ft SON. CARRIAGE, Wason and House Painting done on Short Notice. All work war- tinted. McIIenry III., Sonth of the Public quare. Poland China Swine GOOD Pigs for sale that was sired by Boars that took First Premium and Swcep- gtakes at State ami County Fairs, from $10 to t15 apiece. W«i arc shipping to some of the est breeders in the country. For particulars jtpply to G. STREET ft SON, llebrou, 11L YF ANTED ©lergyman having leisure, or a Bible Reader, fn introduce in McHenry County, the CELE- 8RATED NEW Centennial Edition ot the OLY BIBLE. For description, noiiee edi­ torial in last week's issue of this paper. Ad- Iress at once F. L. HORTON ft CO., Publish- •rs and Bookbinders, 60 E. Market St.. Indian- ftpolis, Ind. A. A. RICE D E N T I S T Has the permanently located his office at Riverside Houses Where he would be pleased to wait on those Beading his services. Full sets of Artificial Teeth inserted for McHenry III. all '48. The price of which has been Utteen and twenty. None but the best of material used * and satisfaction.guaranteed.' Partial plates at reasonably low tlgures. Chptd and Silver livings and No Fancy Prices* Special attention paid to the treatment of diseased and spongy gums, ulcerated and ' Irregular teeth. ' Would be glad to see persons that have teeth that are not satisfactory. Call and have your teeth examined. Teeth extracted in a careful and skillful manner. Ten vears practice in Chicago where he has inet with some rerv difficult eases. Gobi lillings inserted by an entirely new method, bv using gold wire anchors which pass partially through the tooth making it |inpossible for the filling ever to loosen.-- Samples of work seen at the Post Office, Mc- ,Henry. x Cntlery, Gun and Fishing Material, Cigars, Tobncco, Viollb Strings, &c. Shop and store near the Henry, III. Scale Repairing, Grinding and l*ol. (siting Razors and Shears and Table Cutlery a speciali­ ty. Repairing of all kinds done in Steel or Brass.-- All work warrant- ed. Also dealer In Gnns. Reroiver-, Table ami Pocket Pipes, Post Office, Mc- • writ H. E. WIGHTMAN, Proprietor. First class rigs, with or without drivers, furnished At reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds 444}£{>n short notice. , O. W. OWEPf WATCH MAKER & JEWELEB, MCHENRY ILL., Dealer In all kinds of American and Swiss Watches, Clocks from the best factories in the country. Silver, plated ware, Silver Spoons, fte., ALSO AGENT FOR THK Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE Estey Organ ! Which we believe t» be the best Organ in the market. We think we know that bv experi­ ence, and w* believe it, for It la backed up by the Besl Musicians in tiie World. to be pricei the Estey, but can't reccommend them as good. * O. W. OWEN, July 23. Scott & Co., HATS CAPS & STRAW GOODS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 192 MADISON STREET I JOS. WIEDEMANN --PROPRIETOR OF THE-- JtBstanrant anil Boarfliii House, Near the Depot, McHENRY, • The Choicest Brands of Wines for Medicinal and Family use always onjpnd. Ml the ac­ commodations of a lii^t-clals . Charges Reasonable, ILLINOIS for M( Ml : Boacdlu^ Uf uso. i- fSSSt COR. FIFTH AVE. Lake Clark CHICAGO. A Larger Stock of MEDIUM and FINE GOODS and LOWER PRICES than any other hou§£ in the trade. PIMPLES. I will mail (Free) the receipt for a simple Vegetable Balm that will remove Tan, Freckles, Pimpled and blotches, leaving the skin soft, clear and beautiful; also instruc­ tions for producing a luxuriant growth of hair on a bald head or smooth face. Address, 30 BE GIANTS IN THKSB DATS. [From the Inter-Ocean April M.] The main parlor of the Palmer House was yesterday the center of cu riosity, for there were quartered In It the biggest man and woman known on earth. This Is no idle talk, as any one who called upon the pair had occular demonstration. Captain and Mrs. M. •V. Bates they are called, and each lacks only half an iuch of being eight feet. They have recently arrived from Enrope, and are en route to 8t. Louis. When one first enters the room his first impression is that the tales of Jack the Giant Killer and the adven­ tures of Gulliver quite possibly had some more solid foundation than mere fauey, for before you stands two as formidable giants physically as were ever drawn by story teller. Yet they are as gentle, as aflable, as courteous, and as intelligent a couple as one would care to meet. Captain Bates is a native of Kentucky. Is 7 feet 11} inches high, weighs 496 pounds, meas­ ures 65 inches around the chest, wears a No. 9 hat, a 26 inch cnll&r, a 15 boot, and Is 32 years ot age. He dresses neatly in black, wears a massive gold chain, attached to which 1? a gigantic Watch, a present from Queen Victoria, wears a massive diamond in his shirt bosom, and a fashionable collar and scarf; has a ruddy, healthy complexion a pleasant smile and a ready talker,-- Altogether he is, as the reader can very well see, an extraordinary giant, for your mammoth men are generally slovenly, dull, ignorant fellows. Mrs. BatPS is a native of Nova Scotia, of Scotch descent. Her height is exactly the same as that of her husband. Her weight is 4S0 pound*. She la well formed, and can hold her own In con­ versation. For the benefit of the fe­ male reader it may be stated that it takes sixty-five yards of goods to make her a dress. The Inter-Ocean reporter found her arrayed in a fashionably cut dress of green silk, and lingers, ears and ueck ornamented with dianiQUjlS in modest quantity. ^' KiT"For the whole ten months of the current fiscal year," says the- New York Mercantile Journal ..the figures s»liow a small increase of imports, the •mounts being $365,500,000 this year, or against $358,100,000 last year, or an In­ crease of 87.400,000. But the export# for the same time were 0593.100(1000 this year, against $51^.700,000 last year, or an increase of $78,400,000. Includlug specie In the amount, the entire value we have sent abroad in the ten months of this year has been $620,000,000, while the entire value of goods and specie we have received has been $391,- 300.000. showing a balance in our favor of $228,900,000. The balance in our fa­ vor for the corresponding ten months, of last year.was $153,500,000, making in these ten mouths of the two years. $382,400,000. How has tiiis been paid to us? In the two items of interest due abroad--which is a permanent drain upon our resources--and of our bonds which have <boen returned. There has been a constant flow of these home­ ward, and those who have watcfied the" matter close&t place the amount that has tints «otne for the past ten months at not lefS tUau $150,000,000. And the prospect Is that tfe shall be able to take a still larger amount for the year to come. Our crops promise an un­ paralleled yield, and it is likely the surplus will be needed by the troubles of the old world. Whether they wi6h to spare 4>ur securities or not, they will have little else that we want with which to pay the jiccuuiulatiug bal­ ances against them. These securi­ ties we do want, and It is a large crumb of comfort that they are coming home." M. M- aiJL But a trifling periud of time has elapsed since that saddest, blood­ iest of our Indian tragedies was enact­ ed--the massacre of the chivalric Custer and his command--and yet a marvelous change has been already ejected throughput the valley of the Yellowstone and its tributaries. The tide of emigration has poured in from all eectious. Schools and stores and newspaper offices and churches, and improved farms and herds of cattle, now dot the fertile valleys and the green hilsides, wh ere two years ago armed bodies of disciplined troops could only go and then not always safely. At Tongue River, where Genl, Miles was encamped*in 1876-7, a town ha^t sprung up with a population of over one thousand. Many other lo­ calities in the then centcr of savage- dom have grown into thriving colo­ nies of enterprising American citizens within two years past. It Is a marvel to the people of the Old World, and even to ourselves, how we do these things in America, , Dr. Jaque's German Worm Cakes are an infaliable remedy for worms. They will not only destroy but also remove them from the system. They are 61easant to take and perfectly harua-IS*. 8©ld by all NAWBT IN WASHINGTON. ' ' # * WASHINGTON, May 30th, 1878. tk>n*t ask me to write or do anything ov the soru 1 hav other fish to fry, and this time I hev a catch. I am as- sistin in investigntln the frauds, and there are enuft uv em to unseet the yooserper Hayes, and put in his place the gilells patriot, Tllden. The ends of, Justis will be subserved, and I she! he* my postofiis! The long raue uv tm{>ecooniosity at the Corners will be en(?ed, and Bascom will soon be ena­ bled to do a cash biz ties. When Tilden is president, lssaker Gavitt is Collec­ tor, and I am Postmaster, there will be a change In things! All the trouble we liev is to keep the #B1)OWS away which we don't want to testify. We hev too many witnesses, fo^, they don't ail know wat to swear to. For instance Deekiti Program, the blessed old imbecile, wanted to come on liere and testify to his givin $200 to arm a company uv Dimocrats in Mis­ sissippi to carry the State for Tllden, and it took mity smart figgerln to kc#p him away. Tilden has a reputaslien for hevin m^ney, and witnesses are cuiuln here to*ns in swarms. We shel prove there wiizen't no slch thing ez a fair eleck- shun in Floridy and Looisiana; that in bl^th them States men took our money ailrl then votid agin us; that our rifle c||hs ma intimidated; and that our eaters lu Looisiana wuz kept away m the polls by force. 'here ain't agoin to be no trouble a||out it. We hev men here who will s#ear to anything; and--in fact we h|v an embarrasment of swearing ma­ terial. Must ice is atlwt a-goin to be done! Tfuth which wux crushed to earth is »fMII again. Tilden and Reform! The oM man Is cotnin down handsomely. | Jo»'e to labor for him for he knows e man's valyoo. We hev 'em. It cost III in too much to buy the nominashen Send the elecksltun not to hev 'em. We if** goin to be President. I am arrang- hl it. The Corners will be electrified! country is safe, and Dimocracy is (ro the high road to success. Jubiliaut. J | PETKOLEUM V. NASBY, I,, Investigator. Jim I • ••• 1 B^ The Ottawa Ztot% Tims* pub Hthed an item to the effect that a far­ mer of that town had resorted to the erne] treatment of ducking his adopted daughter in a well, to purish her. The next day the farmer called to explain and said that he had tried kindness first, then lie whipped her with his hand and a switch. She was Incorrigi­ ble. After trying in eveiy way to reform her, he tried the ducking, and it liudu't done any goou. He treated her as he did his own children, as to clothing, food and care. She stole everything she got her hands on. They had to keep everything locked up about the house. Ju&t for an Illustration of th« character of the girl, he told some of the queer prank».she was subject to: " stele 2 boxes of Aysr's pills aud took them without inconvenience within 24 hours. She stole and swallowed half of a bottle of King's cure for consumption. She stole and gulped down 2 bottles of medicine left by a physician. She took J pound of Trominer's ex­ tract of malt, clear, at one dose. She patronized the vinegar barrel In the cellar for three weeks, and drank half of it in that time. In two weeks, without being discov­ ered, she ate one-half of 100 jars of fruit. She ate * peek o^ cookies, at ene swoop. She was In the habit of skimming the cream from fifteen pans of milk just for amusement. She was never sick and when doses of ipecac, lobelia and tarter emetic, put up In quantities that would teach her to quit stealing, bat nothing could be left around loose, she teok them all and never missed a meal, ^Dreton oil was not tried.) She broke open the hired men's trunk and stole his money. She stole a lady visitor's pocket book, appropriated the small change, but tore up a five dollar bill into bits and threw it out of the window. These statements w$re confirmed by the physician of the family, who told that the girl was a riddle. She was smart, but odd aud extremely full of the devil. ^ • gvuu anecuoie is tOffl'W a house painters son, who used the dex­ terously, but had acquired the habit of patting it on too thick. One day his father, after having frequently scolded him for lavish daubing, and all to no purpose, gave him a severe flagellation "There, you young rascal," after per­ forming the painful duty, "how do you like that?" "Well, 1 don't know," whiued the boy in reply "but it seems to me that you put it on a thundering M£ht thicker than I did." {From the Elk horn (Wis.) Independent, May 9. ] rtiAUDs Conmlttcdst the Fairs and Public Shear­ ing Festivals. Will you allow us to mention through your columns, some of the frauds that have been practiced in the sheep de­ partment at our fairs, and also at Cald­ well's Prairie Shearing Festival. If a sufficient notice of the time the Executive Board were to meet had been 'published in the county papers, there would have been a good turn-out of the members of the society from the western part of the county,'for the purpose of talking up these matters which are of interest to the society. It will be remembered that some years ago we had a grade class of sheep at onr fair, that the wool-growers could select front their flocks and bring them together and see who had the best. The Humberts exhibited their sheep in this class for a few years, and one year they exhibited their sheep at our fair as grades, aud took the same sheep the same year to the State Fair and .exhibited them as thoroughbred. The breeding public would like to know by what process and whereabout 6n the road did these-sheep change from grades to thoroughbreds? The next year Humbert put in his appear­ ance before the Board aud told them that tills grade class was a. dishonest class, and asked to have it done away with, and increase the premiums in the thoroughbred class, and they in the future would enter their sheep in the latter class. The Board accepted their proposition; by so doing it left out all of tiie wool-growers as dishonest, and no one from our county to exhibit ex­ cept tiie Humberts, for there was no one among tiie dishonest ones that was cheeky enough to claim that tiiey had thoroughbreds. But those from other counties having thoroughbreds came to our fair and exhibited. A few .years ago.it will be remem­ bered, it was very stormy the day tiie Board met, so much so that no one from the west towns was present with the exception of Possie Humbert. He came'down to ask the Board to intro­ duce another class ot ^leriuo, to be called Heavy-wools. The Board grant­ ed his request, and when lie came home 1 heard him make his brags that lie got everything allowed that he asked for, and could have got more. The Heavy- wool class is strictly an honest class If you have not sheep suitable for this class, vou have a perfect right to give them an artificial dressing aud prepare them for that class by nibbing them over with oil occasionally during the summer months. If they Should hap­ pen to be a little uneven in color, there is 1191 hing wrong in sifting on a little fine black sand; anything and any way to get tiie almighty dollar out of the fcoelot}'; but ft must all be done hon­ estly. A year ago this class was dropped. A few years ago there Was a judge lacking in tills department. The Board supplied the vacancy with a man who had handled more -or less sheep for twenty years in this State,and was tiie owner of 500 sheep at the time. The Judges went to the pens and in­ formed the exhibitors that they were now ready to pass upon their sheep. Prossie Humbert wished to know wiio was to act as judge, and being Informed it was the gentleman they had with them.--calling him by name,--Prossie said he would not have him, but he would get a man. Running across the fair grounds, he returned with a man and said he wanted this man to act as judge. The gentleman chosen by the officers qf the Society said he would not act if there was any opposition to his acting, aud stepped aside. Two years ago one of tiie judges did not put iu liis appearance, aud the officers of the iSoeiety set themselves at work to supply the vacancy. Some eight or more names were suggested,and among them some of the best judges of sheep in the State. But the Humberts were not pleased, and I have heard Prossie make his brags that he carried his point by telling the ofHcers of the So­ ciety he had no sheep for the show ring if such and such gentlemen were to act as judges on sheep. It will also be remembered that two years age nt the meeting of tiie Bo«rd. when we come to the%Sheep Department, A. Humbert arose and stated that it had been said that the Humberts run the Sheep Department iu this (Jounty,and he hoped they would gej; as good judg­ es as they possibly could, and as far away from Caldwell Prairie as they possibly could. Why was he so anx­ ious to get them away from the Prai­ rie? Because those' liviug near to them are better posted in regard to tiie frauds practiced by them to obtain premiums at the fairs and heavy fleeces at the shearing festivals A man wiio it to be believed,says he was shearing for them, when a buck was shorn that had so much oil in its wool that it dripped 011 the floor as they lifted the fleece, »,ud they admit­ ted that they had poured in oil tor tiie purpose of beating his neighbor in the heft of bucks' fleece. (At the shearing festival a few years ago they were seen to do up two billeys in one fleece for the purpose of making it heavy.) The next year Prossie at one of the meetings of the Association introduced ft resolution for the purpose of keeping them all honest, the sheep'vto be shorn must all be nicely tagged, and at the same time A. Humbert brought a sheep on to the bench to be shorn at the shearing festival, that was decidedly bilious. The judges came around and requested him to tag his sheep; he tagged a little. The judges came around the second time and told him that sheep was uot tagged, anu tue third time the committee Mr. Humbert if he didn't sheep as it ought to be they would not pass upon it. Prossie said if Crawford had not been quite so particular the fleece would have weighed more. 1 he Humberts in 1876 belonged to the btate Wool-Growers and Sneep-Breeders Association, and P. Humbert said if the State saw fit to appropriate $500 to send one or two car-loads of sheep to the Centennial, he would select from their flocks aud help make up the re- Under this head P, committee to take charge of tiie sheep. When the time arrived to go Prossie if played the dog1 in the manger; he , would not take anv of his own sheep or resign his position'In favor of any one that would take sheep. John Paul and George Lawrence were the only " men that exhibited sheep at* the Cen- 4 _ • J tennfal from this State. Prossie got a ^ ) free ride to the great show and then A f charged the State for his time and col- " * • lected It. Sncli men are always ready to claim a great deal of honesty in themselves, and always ready to point out the dishonesty ot 3ther«. even the newspaper editor* , L. C. WARD. & informed tag: that '• i *vit rtStiss quired amount. „ - .. „ Humbert was nominated as oue of ^ •V«< \ 'Vv. ^ , * & ; WASHINGTON CONITK*PONNBW«S|*; ' WASHIKOTOK, t>. Co Jane Wth jfSJIfc Vinnle Ream is married. For nearly »*, * two decades the name of Vlunie Ream < v '# has been familiar to the world; for . ; / though she still seems very,girlish end < V is considered quite yomi&, 8he must be p«st 36. Her house is here. She hae a house on Pennsylvania Avenue, near the Capital, iu which she also has a studio. When a little girl site began modelling in clay, afterwards went abroad, and has always had marked success In her art. Now she hae mnr- ried Lieutenant Hoxie, U. S. A., end a right pretty wedding they had, iu one of our principal Episcopal Churches.-- The floral decorations of the church^..- • were exceptionally flue, the ceremony < being pronounced while the bride aud ' groom stood under a large wedding bell composed of 20,000 daisies. In the chancel was a floral shield ornamented * , with the design of a sword, mallet and ^ chisel In white flowers, telling tlie story of his profession, hers, aud of# their union. The picture was a fairC ^ one, Yiunie, petite, black curly hairf^ \ V red Hps and cheeks, and bright eyes; -v the groom, tall, sedate,gray, uniformed the fresh sweet daisy bell, the white robed rector, and all around, within aud without the church, an eager iu- f terested, chHons throng of people.-- The whole District was interested in this marriage, for Yiunie Ream be­ longs to the public and peculiarly to tiie Culuuibia public. 8he Is a roman­ tic little thing. When her statue off;^ Lincoln was unveiled In the rotunda of4 ^ the Capital, Mary Oemraer, the auth­ oress, called her in print, "the attitud­ inizing little sculptress, swathed in white tulle," and laughed at the spec­ tacle of the iiheet of brown linen which constituted the veil hitching to the nose of the ?tat«e as It was lifted and refusing to float upwards as was in* tendedj When Miss Vlunie began her last achievement which, by the way, is not completed, (her colossal statue of Farragut) she bought a small house that stood In the rear of her own and had the second story floor removed for tiie accommodation of her work, reach­ ed it herself by means of stagings. She intends to continue her work of modr elling, notwithstanding the hew reJa- ~ tious into which she has entered. The Eads jetties have of late occu­ pied much of the atteutien of people who are interested in navigation in connection with the domestic com­ merce of the country. It appears that General Humphreys, Chief of Engi­ neers, differs essentially with Cspt. Eads ns to the «ucecss of the enterprise undertaken by the latter, namely, deepening the channel in the mouth of che Mississippi River, and has written open letters to several officials and politicians calculated te aot detrimen­ tally to the project. Capt. Eads takes offence, very naturally, at this, and publishes a caustic reply, chsrghig Gen. Humphreys with misrepresent­ ing the faots. and offering to prove by official reports, that his own Ideas, which are exactly the reverse of that of the Chief of Engineers, have been fully sustained in the experiment,-- Gen. Humphrey asserted that the bar, after the jetties were constructed, ould be built out into the sea four times as fast as in a state of nature, while Capt. Eads alleged and insisted that the old bar would not advauce at after the building of the jetties, and that ati Indefinite time would he re­ quired for a new one to form heyoiul the jetty ends. Sustaining this, cornea the report of Capt. Brown, JJ. S. A., Inspecting Officer of the jetties, to the effect that the Gulf bottom instead of filling up iu front of the jetties, as pre-. dieted by Gen. Humphreys Is actually deepening. A further complaint ot Capt. Eads is that contrary to the jetty act which declared that he should be "uutraiHomlled iu the exercise of his judgment anil skill'* in the construct tiou" of the jetties,he had been con­ stantly interfered with, his enterprise disparaged, false views regarding It puluUiimi, nil calculated to damage tho repute of aud do gross injustice to the preseut scheme^ The Chief of Engi­ neers also objects to obtaluiug the channel by dredging (though where­ fore It does not appear, so it be ob­ tained) but Capt. Kads meets thiscou*- plaiui with the official report that the dredging done was '"utterly insignifi­ cant'* and with the proof that Gen. Humphreys himself recommended It.--• The safety and ease with which largest siiips uow use the jetty channel is con­ vincing Congress and the country of the wisdom of the measure, not with- 1 i * h • f - (l/ "%->»<! i * i 'Vi V"' A. 1 'A #