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«•' mgm £ % . - ' - *' my piiisieiler. J. TAN 8LYKK, Edltar » KUlriwr. * : : ILLINOIS ff-HENRY. « . EPITOME OF THE WEEK. TUB OLD WOKLD. THS elections in Germany, held on .tjhe 30th ult., BO far as returns had been re- • tfelved up to the morning of the Slst nit, In- t ^cated the defeat of the Government. •Mil A VIENNA dispatch of the * 80th nit. v -«i&ys a Turkish agitator had raised the stand* . ot reyolt against the Ottoman authorities, ^ ^; («|t Serajevo, the Bosnian capitaL A BELGRADE dispatch of the 81st •. *lt. says proposals were to be made in 8ep- •' . lember to make Servla a Kingdom. THE Servian Government has estab- ^fished an arm; of observation on the Bosnian . -wontler. >>A ( ; THE Russian member has withdrawn > Ifom the Commission to inquire concerning the Rhodope insurrection. Th* insurgent Witnesses said there was an agreement be­ tween themselves and the Russian command­ ers, whereupon the Russian member insisted tbat further inquiry in that direction be abandoned, which b«ing denied, he withdrew, m stated, leaving onljr his dragoman to repre­ sent Russia. CARDINAL FRANCHI, Pontifical Secre- of State, died at Rome, Italy, on the Morning of the 1st. THE Austrian Government has di­ rected that, until further, orders, horses shall » p; l|Ot be exported. THE Archbishop of Canterbury has - ^ordered that a day of thanksgiving be ob- l served throughout Great Britain, for the main- 1 tenance of peace in Europe. . THERE was a Ministerial crisis in ----•"'tfurkey, on the 1st, brought about by a differ- v~6nce of opinion as to the Austrian occupation of Bosnia. THE debate on the resolution of ceil- flnre upon the members of the Government was concluded in the British House of Com­ mons on the evening of the 2d. The resolu­ tions were rejected by a vote of 195 to 338--a Government majority of 143.* J. H. MCVICKER, the well-known theatrical manager of Chicago, filed a volun­ tary petition in bankruptcy, on the 29th. The Immediate cause of the failure is said to have been the judgment of $507,000 against him and others as bondsmen of Gage, the default­ ing City Treasurer. The total liabilities, in­ cluding the judgment, are $650,000. THE conditions were very favorable for the astronimical observations of the recent eclipse of the sun, especially on the line of totality in the Western States and Territories^ JProf. Colbert, of the Chicago Astronomical Society, reports that his observations at Den­ ver tend to show tbat the moon's path in the heavens lay a little further to the southward than indicated by the lunar tables, or else that the estimate of the moon's diameter is too large--perhaps both. The duration there of . the totality was two minutes, forty and one- half seconds--three and one-half seconds less than the computed time. The measures made by Mr. Easterday indicated that the corona extended out on an average about twenty-six minutes of arc, correspond­ ing to a distance of fully 700,000 miles, all around the sun. The chromosphere was dis­ tinctly seen by Prof. Hough, indicating a thickness of some 2.000 miles. The protuber­ ances were much less prominent than at most of the recent eclipses. The scarcity of led lines tends to confirm the theory of con­ nection with sun spots, the present time being near the minimum of such spots. No signs of Vulcan were discerned by any of the party at Denver. Prof. Watson, of Ann Arbor, Mich., Was at Separation, Wyo. T., and discovered an latra-Mercurial planet of the size of a four and a half magnitude star, about 2% deg. south­ west of the sun. Mr. Lockyer, who was with . Prof. W atson, says the corona was ten times brighter than in 1871, showing a great varia­ tion of such brightness between the maxi­ mum and minimum periods of sun spots. On this occasion the corona vanished In­ stantly, while in 1871 it remained visible for several minutes after totality. Edison's ex­ periments, at Rawlins, with the tasimeter,- are said to have been quite satisfactory Trie observations at,Forth Worth, Tex., were a perfect success. Several photographs of the •cllpse were taken in different localities. THE Maine Republican State Con­ vention,was V?!d at Portland, on the 00th ult. Gov. Connor was unanimously renominated, and a platform was adopted favoring wise prohibitory legislation; declaring that, until the citizens of each State are protected by toe National Government in their Constitutional fights, civil and political, in the several States, the work of the Republican party is Unfinished; that our currency must be made •s good as coin and redeemable in it, and con­ gratulating the country on the " unmistakable evidence that the near approach to a stable currency is preparing the way for an early permanent revival of business and industry." A DECLARATION between the United States and Great Britain for the reciprocal protection of trade-marks in the two coun­ tries has been proclaimed by President Hayes, and is to the effect that the subjects or citi­ zens of each of the contracting parties shall .have, In the dominions and possessions of the other, on complying with the laws there©!, the tame rights as belong to native subject* or citizens, either at present or hereafter to be granted, in everything relating to property In trade-marks or trade-labels. SEC'y SHERMAN has iasuedthe«xtv- tourth call for the redemption ot fS,O00,000of 8-20 bonds of 1865, interest to cease on the -JOth of October next. THE corner on spring wheat at Mil­ waukee and Chicagoculminatedon the31st ult. At the former place No. 2 Spring sold for lrora $1.20 to (1.30, and in Chicago for from H1.081 (l.io. At these prices settlements were made, but a great many operators in Tboth places refused to settle, preferring nave tbe differences settled by arbitrators. The manipulators of tbe comer are Mid te have realized from $300,000 to (500,00®. THE first bale of new cotton item the Mississippi Valley, raised in Adams County, S ?",,rMJeCelVef at New Orleans, on the Slst ult. U was classed good middling, and •old at auction for eighteen andaoaaitar cents per povnd. A REPORT tffcat Gen. Mackenzie had Again crossed the £io Grande into Mexico was denied, on the Slst silt The river was too fefefc for crossing. Everything was reported fiidet on the border. FODB colored men in Jail at Monroe, La., on,a charge of nmder, were taken pos- session of by a mob, on the morning of the |»th ult., sad hanged to a (use in the Court- Utnm Square of the town. THE Wisconsin Republican State Cen­ tral Committee published a platform in the shape of an address, on the 31st ult., declar­ ing adherence to the principles of the Repub­ lican National platform of 1876, and the sen­ timents expressed In Mr. Hayes' letter of ac­ ceptance; demanding that all citizens, with­ out distinction, shall enjoy equal rights be­ fore the law in all sections of the Union; re­ joicing in the prospect of the resumption of specie payment before the close of the present year, and declaring that a stable currency possessing intrinsic value--coin, or paper con­ vertible at par into gold or silver, at the pleasure of the holder--is the only secui'e foundation of permanent business prosperity; declaring that the investigation respecting the late Presidential election has wholly failed to disclose any improper action by President Hayes., THE subscriptions to the 4-per-cent. loan during April were $4,978,150; May, $7,- 530,500; June, (8.052,100; Julv, (19,272,200. Total for the four months, (39,822,950. SOME carrier pigeons which were started on • race from Columbus, Ohio, fbr New York City, on the morning of the 26th ult., were not heard from until the morning of the 31st, when they landed at Lancaster, P"., 125 miles from their destination, having flown a distance of 375 miles toward their home. The prizes offered had been with­ drawn. • THE Vermont State Greenback Con­ vention met at Burlington, on the 1st, and ad­ journed, to meet in St. Albans on the 22d when a 8tate ticket will be nominated. Reso­ lutions were adopted demanding that all money issued by the Government shall be a full legal tender for all purposes; favoring the creation of money in quantities sufficient to meet the demands of trade; opposing the creation of a privileged class of creditors; ad vocatfng ther donation of the public lands to actual settlers; favoring the abolition of use­ less offices and the most rigid economy In the administration of affairs; favoring an income- tax, etc., etc. A DESTRUCTIVE tornado visited the Town of Clinton, 111., on the night of the 31st ult., which prostrated a large number of dwellings and business structures, and wrought great damage to the growing crops. The 6torm extended through the central por­ tion of the State, and was fruitful in damage to property and crops. Several persons were killed by lightning and many building burned. THE unveiling of a monument to Jonathan Walker, of the " Branded Hand,1' took place at Muskegon, Mich., on the 1st. The monument is of granite, and on one of its sides is an inscription reading: " This monument is erected to the mefnory of Capt. Jonathan Walker by his anti-slavery friend, Photius Fisk, Chaplain of the United States Navy." The monument was unveiled by la­ dies, who platad a wreath of flowers over it. Letters were read from the poet Whittier and Fred Douglass. Parker Pillsbury delivered a lengthy address. ASSOCIATE JUSTICE MILLER, of the United States Supreme Court, was so far re­ covered from the effects of the dangerous surgical operation performed upon him, a few weeks ago, as to ride out on the 1st. THE public-debt statement for July shows a total of debt and interest of $2,304,- 896,695; cash in Treasury, (269,316,170; debt, less cash in Treasury, $2,035,580,525; Decrease during July, (206,307. THERE were sixty-seven failures in New York City in July, with liabilities aggre­ gating (5,738,171. THE South Carolina State Demo­ cratic Convention was held, on the 1st. Gov. Hampton and the entire State officers were nominated. The platform reaffirms the plat­ form of 1876; guarantees full protection to al^ classes of citizens; opposes fusion with Re­ publicans ; advises the encouragement of im­ migration, etc., etc. ALT A CITY, the oldest mining town in Utah, was almost entirely destroyed, on the 1st. A man named Varnes fell asleep on a lounge in the Swan House, with a cigar in his mouth, and the fire started from the cigar. The number of buildings burned was 175, and the money loss about $150,000. Mr. Varnes, the innocent cause of the disaster, perished in the flames. THE New Orleans Board of Health reported thirty-six new cases of yellow fever in that city and seven deaths for the twenty- four hours ending at noon on the 2d. Two cases had been brought to Cincinnati from the South, one of which had proved fatal, but a telegram from that city, on the 2d, says no ap­ prehensions were felt of the spread of the disease there. Quarantine regulations were strictly enforced In raost or all of the South, western cities. A DENVJEB (Col.) dispatch says Prof. W&tson felt ^certain that, during the recent eclipse, lie discovered the planet Vulcan southwest of the sua, about 2 deg. dis­ tant. Prof. Draper succeeded in getting a photograph of the spectrum of the corona, thus provjnj* that most of the light of the corona is reflected from the sun, and Is not due to ignited gas. COMMISSIONER RAUM, of the Internal Revenue Department, Washington, has ad­ dressed a letter to the Revenue Collectors in Southern Districts, where troubles have arisen on account of illicit distilling, setting forth the willingness of the Government to deal leniently with all who will stop their violation of the law. • Learn Something. T A young man stepped into the of­ fice of the ^ Indianapolis Rolling Mill, not long since, and asked for work. *' What can you doP" asked the Presi­ dent. ** I don't know," said the young man. "Have yon a trade?1' "No, sir." "Where did you come from?11 " From Pennsylvania." "Are you a German?" "No, sir; lam a Ameri­ can." " If youwere a German, or an Irishman, or a frenchman, I could set you to work, because you would know how to do something, but Americans don't know anything about practical business." This reply may not apply to all Americans, out it is lamentably true to a great extent. In Germany the boy is brought up where he sees something done, and has some idea of doing it. Very few Irishmen or Germans but know how .to turn over a few rods of f ouad and raise something upon it ost of them have some idea of me clianical operations, the production and •uses of material and of tools. It is those horn in America who are ignorant and Idle. It is the false no- that a matt does not need to labor, or that hecae get his living by his wits, that causes a large part of our idleness and distress. Begin at once to learn something; no matter your age, learn some practical pursuit at once.--Sci­ entific American. --Jhe Philadelphia Bulletin call* atona for noiseless firecrackers. I minora STATE news.* AT Charleston, on the 23d, Miss Maria ' Carter, while riding with Frank Ditto, was thrown from the carriage and fatally injured. MB." JOEL POTTS and his wife, seventy years old, came to 8harpsburg, on the 25th, to do 1 some trading, and, having made their pur. chases, started home in a two-horse wagon. Their horses became frightened before they i got out of town, and ran away, throwing the i old couple out, and killing Mrs. Potts and seriously injuring Mr. Potts. THREE persons lost their lives near Colum­ bia, in St. Clair County, a few days ago--Mrs. Gruesser, her babe and a Mrs. Karger. Mrs. G. being unwilling to sell her wheat at pres­ ent prices stored it in the chamber of her house. During the night of the 26th, the flbor broke down and the broken joists fell upon the bed directly below and killed its oc­ cupants as above stated. GEN. HCHLBUT is said to be a candidate for the Republican Congressional nomination in the Fourth District. HON. 8. M. ETTER, Superintendent of Pub­ lic Instruction, has ordered examinations for persons applying for State teachers' certifi­ cates to be held at the places and times fol­ lowing: Ottawa, Aug. 7, 8 and 9; Geneseo, DeF.alb, Shelby ville and Flora, Aug. 27, 28 £nd 29. CHARLES W. MESSNER, of Danville, has been adjudged to, be insane, and ordered sent to tlje Insane Asylum. IN Chicago, on the 27th, Jacob Werner com' mitted isuicide by shooting himself in the right eye. Family troubles were the cause. JAMES Wallace and Robert Ethridge got into a discussion, a few days ago, near Mount Vernon, In which revolvers were the argu­ ments used. The latter was seriously, and perhaps fatally, hurt. IT appears that trouble is likely to grow out Of the fact that independent military com­ panies are organizing in the State under the general incorporation law and entirely out­ side the regular militia. The Adjutant-Gen­ eral refuses to recognize them, but they have procured arms and are drilling nevertheless. EARLY on the evening of the 28th ult., a man named Isaac Hamill rode up to the farm residence of John Angelo, a few miles south of Jacksonville, and inquired for one of Angelo's. daughters. Hamill had previously been forbidden upon the premises. Angelo's son, Isaac Angelo, a lad some eleven years of age, who was in the second story of the house, took an old musket heavily loaded with slugs, and from tbe window shot at and instantly killed Hamill while on his horse. The charge took effect in the head, one side of which was literally torn away, making a most horrible wound. Young Angelo was arrested, and is now in Jail. The boy's father was also ar­ rested as an accomplice in the affair, but was subsequently released. A CLASH of authority between Judge Watts, of the Randolph Circuit, and Judge Treat, of the United States Circuit, occa­ sioned some comment at Springfield, on the 29th ult. It appears that some time ago Judge Watts appointed one Louis Receiver of the Iron Mountain, Chester & Eastern Railroad, and Louis took possession thereof. Subsequently, upon the application of cred­ itors of the road from New York, the case came into the Federal Court, and Judge Treat appointed Charles B. Cole Receiver, and he took possession of certain property of the road, and refused to surrender it to Louis on the order of the Court, setting up his appoint­ ment as Receiver by Judge Treat. Jud#e Watts thereupon ordered Cole brought before him for contempt of Court, and, on hearing, sentenced him to imprisonment in the County Jail until he should purge himself of the con­ tempt. On the 29th ult., Judge Treat issued a writ of habeas corpus for Cole, and on the Slst ult. he was discharged. THE adopted son of Mrs. Simmons* of Pa- los, in Cook County, Was killed, the other day, under the following circumstances: Deceased was standing handling a gun, when another young man came up and took the gun, and, being assured that it was unloaded, com­ menced playing with it, when it went off, the contents taking effect in the deceased's mouth, causing instant death. Tbe killing was pure­ ly accidental. BLODOETT's warehouse, in Waukegan, was destroyed by an incendiary fire, on the morn­ ing of the 29th ult. Loss, about $10,000. WALTER D. GALBRAITH, a member of the Chicago Board of Trade, committed suicide, at Central Park, in Chicago, on the 29th ult., by shooting himself through the head. He was despondent over recent financial troubles. DR. RAUCH, President of the State Board of Health, says in a letter to Gov. Cullom that, having been advised of the appearance of yellow fever at. several points on the Mississip­ pi Firer, he is ppprcherstve it may possibly reach this State, especially as it appears so early in the ceason. He has corresponded with the health authorities at St. Louie in re­ gard to the matter, and has also suggested to Dr. Waldner, of Cairo, the propriety of co­ operation with the authorities Ihere, and also that he enter into correspondence with ths health authorities at Memphis and other points below Cairo. Dr. Rauch directs that if any cases appear they be promptly reported, that a meeting of the State Board of Health may be called if necessary. A FEW days ago, at Quincy, while some la­ borers were excavating for a new building, they discovered two human skeletons that had probably been burled for some time. There was nothing to indicate that they had been buried in a coffin or box of any kind, and from their position it was thought that they were doubled up and thrown into a hole. Physicians pro­ nounce them female skeletons. SIMON H. MAYER, of Chicago, stepped into the manufacturing establishment of Langfeld & Heidelberger, on the 1st, and asked per­ mission to examine a revolver lying on the desk. He took it up and shortly after a ball, went crashing through his brain and he died. Mr. Langfeld was writing near him at the time and cautioned him about handling the weapon carelessly, when he answered he guessed he had handled pistols before, and knew what he was about. THE Democrats of the Nineteenth District have renominated Hon. Richard W. Towns- hend tor Congress. THE Republican Congressional Convention for the Sixteenth District was held on the 1st. B. B. Smith was nominated for Con­ gress. Tbe Greenbackers of the same dis­ trict have nominated Capt. Creed for Con­ gress. • * A Dothegirls Hall in England. During the last week public attention has suddenly been drawn to a Dotbe- girls Hall (almost as disgraceful a place as the famous old Dotheboys, of which Dickens wrote so wonderful a descrip­ tion) , situated at no great distance from ixmdon, and whence five and forty vic­ tims have been rescued; not from the rod and from an actual brimstone and treacle diet, but from something not very much less inhuman. In the Christian World and other papers had appeared, soon after Christmas, a most attractive advertisement of .•u*n es' College," near Sunbury-on-Thames. In this scholastic earthlv paradise, con­ sisting, in print, at least, of a large house (" delightfully situated," of course), seven acres of ground, hot and cold baths, a pony to ride on, home­ made bread, plentiful milk, diet un­ limited, six resident governesses, an efficient staff of masters, and numerous other advantages, pupils might be re­ ceived, boarded, lodged and educated for the moderate sum of thirty or fbrty guineas per annum. The programme was so tempting that the school opened early in February in great force. It is true that some of the girls, fresh from comfortable Homes, and sundry of their escorts, were rather staggered at the barren aspect of things both within and without the mansion; but excuses as to the tenancy being new, and the place therefore yet a little unfinished, were proffered and unsuspectingly accepted. The term fees had all been paid in ad­ vance; nevertheless the "lady princi­ pal" very speedily began to borrow from her pupils sums of money, large or small, whichever she could get. That looked queer, but what looked consid­ erably queerer was the fact that when meal-time camja the " diet unlimited" was conspicuous only by its all but total absence. Sometimes dinner was at two, sometimes four, five, six or seven o'clock, sometimes not till next day; When it did come it was never any thing better than bone-scrapings and potato- squash. - Breakfast and slipper consisted of an almost colorless fluid called--but only by courtesy--tea, and a piece of bread, quite innocent of contact with butter. The "six resident governesses and the efficient staff of masters" were repre­ sented by one diminutive maid-of-all- work, whose abode was the kitchen, and whose duties were entirely menial. Instruction, indeed, there was none, save when the poor, neglected children voluntarily resolved themselves into a mutual education society. The starv- ing girls meanwhile were growing lean as rakes; to faint away became a daily practice, one victim swooning four times during the twenty-four hours, and being unable to rise the next morn­ ing from her bed. Another went de­ lirious through incessant hunger. Their letters of despairing complaint to their distant relatives and friends remained unanswered for obvious reasons--they never got beyond the Principal's clutches. One pupil tried to telegraph home. The telegram, though written out, was never dispatched. This same girl at last, iri desperation, crawled-- she was actually too weak to walk--to the nearest Postoffice or pillar letter­ box, and lodged in it a smuggled mis­ sive to her mother. This reached its destination, and the indignant parent hurried to the rescue. She found forty- five ghostly-looking girls clamoring faintly, because so weakly, at 4:30 p. m., for dinner which was not forth­ coming. The mother bore off her daughter, leaving behind the four-and- forty other victims weeping envious tears over their escaping companion's better fortune, but somewhat comforted by the assurance that they, too, should not be forgotten. As a matter of course exposure now quickly followed. The parents who arrived next upon the scene found the house in utter confusion, the bailiffs in pos­ session, the Principal and her hus­ band (who is said to have played an astute part in the swindle) fled, and the pupils dispersed in every direction, some of these last, whose friends re­ sided abroad, arriving penniless and in pitiable condition at the railway sta­ tion. In many cases the kindness and liberality of entire strangers suc­ cored them in their forlorn condition*. The health of several of these poor girls i3 considerably, in some cases may be permanently, injure^ through this precious pair of impostors. If the rascally couple should be caught, it is to be hoped, for the sake of justice, that they will receive the punishment they so richly deserve, and that no hysterical sentimentalists will interfere to obtain remission of their sentence, however severe.--London Cor. San Francisco Chronicle. - A South Africa Diamond-Mine. From . whatever direction one comes from the surrounding plain, the most prominent sight is the lofty range of sand-mounds, rising up from out the center of the town and overtopping everything. These are composed of earth from the original thirteen sur­ face acres of the Kimberley Mine, and thrown up around the edge of the grad­ ually-deepening pit, just as the ant, on a smaller scale, piles up a circular ridge around its hole. By diamond "mine," in Africa, is meant a pile of several acres superficial area and un­ known depth, running straight down through stratified layers of shale. Each pipe, and there are only four, is filled in to the level of the general surface of the plain with sand, tufa, and a dia­ mond-bearing breccia of soft rock. The Kimberlev pipe or mine has now been excavated to a depth of about 250 feet Most of the streets of the town con­ verge to it. We walk to the edge of rock which surrounds it, called the " reef," and before and beneath us ex­ tends an abyss--a huge, oval-shaped cauldron--open full to tbe skies. Over its edge lies a sheer descent of 250 feet; across it, from side to side, a stretch of 1,000 feet, or a fifth of a mile. Com­ ing even as one does from the life and stir of tjie town, the first look into the mine is a fascinating and bewildering one. Little by little the. facts unfold and steal upon the attention. One talks to his neighbor as to a deaf man, for a steady hum or roar tills the air, chiefly made up of human voices and the whir of buckets ascending and descending on their wire ropes. Ten thousand men are working below and around us, in the pit and around its edge. All is in plain sight, for there is no burrowing under-ground. Far below, little, black pigmy men--so they seem in the dis­ tance--are moving about, but not sin­ gly or at random, for closer observa­ tion shows that thejf are working in groups, each group upon a certain well-defined square patch of solid earth, at which it is picking and delving, or walking to and fro over it, cariring lit­ tle buckets of loosened soil. In their midst sits or stands a white overseer, or the master himself. Spreading over the whole excavation or pit, cauldron, pot or basin, which­ ever conveys the clearest idea, like a spider's web on a dewy morning, run innumerable little white threads, so they seem as they glisten in the sun. Follow one such thread to our feet, and it will be found to be a shining wire rope, worn white with constant use. And here on the edge or brim, called, as we know, the "reef," we find a scene of life and labor even more ani­ mated than below. All around, but chiefly on two oppo­ site sides, is erected a strong frame­ work of timber called the "staging," estimated to have cost $250,000. It is built in three tiers, like a three-story house, and each tier is floored to afford standing room for laborers. Firmly set all along each tier of this staging are hundreds of wooden wheels, about four feet in diameter, with a crank on each side, to be turned by four Kaffirs. The iron ropes run from every part of the circumference, but differ greatly in length--some extending vertically down the reef, some far out into the center of the mine, and others to varying in­ termediate distances, but each to its own claim. Such a rope is stretched from the bearings of each wheel on the staging to its corresponding claim be­ low, where it is made fast to a post sunk firmly in the ground. Thus, a wheel, a wire rope and a "claim," be it only a sixteenth, are inseparable and equal in number. On these wire ropes the >• blue stuff" is hauled in buckets by aid of the windlass, up out of the mine.--Dr. Morton, in Scribner. CAPITAL AND LABOR. A Bad Place for Newspaper spondents. Corre- Among the peculiar circumstances which make this a barren land for news is the fact that Russia has no Cabinet. Each Minister looks to the affairs of his department, and holds no relation with another beyond the needs of its special services. They report themselves separately to the Emperor* and do not even meet in a body. There is, indeed, a council of Minis­ ters, so called, which assembles at the Hermitage Palace every Tuesday; but it is never attended either by the Sove­ reign or by the Ministers. The Under Secretaries of each department punc­ tually arrive, in full uniform, decora­ tions and white cravat; the Grand Duke Constantine, head of the navy, often takes the chair; but what these gentle­ men do under his presidence is a ques­ tion unanswered. It follows from this system of individual responsibility that each department ignores the business of its fellow. The Emperor alone knows, or has tbe means of knowing at least, all that is going on. When, as at present, the heads of one Ministry is dispatched on special service, their colleagues are not asked for an opinion beforehand, nor are consulted on events that arise, save only in so far as their departments may be interested. Officially they are not better informed than are " outsid­ ers," unless the Emperor lets fall a hint. Whatever the disadvantages of this custom, which is strictly logical for a government that avows itself autocratic, it is well adapted to baffle the news­ monger. He has so little fact to build upon that his inventions gain no credit... St. Petersburg is not a town of "shaves" or canards. It has wild. reports of English or Austrian doings, but none of its own policy. At this moment there is no person who can be even asked for news with any probability of success.--SI. Petersburg Cor. London Standard. Wedded Love--With Interruptions. Mr. Spoonbill endeavors to write a "few lines" on Wedded Love, but is so interrupted that he has to give it up. We are indebted to Mrs. S. for the MSS.: What so sweet as wedded love! Whatra like the joys above-- " Oh, don't bother me, Maria! What do I care for Wood's Tariff or the Con- gressP" Where the angels dwell in peace-- "Ha! I thought so! Only an ex­ cuse to plague me for money. No use to ask me for money for folderols these times." Where their pleasures never cease. Wedded love-- " Oh, stuff and nonsense! You're dressed as well as anyone--as well as I can afford, beside I hate those spring bonnets." Thy praise T sing, For the oomforte thou dost brin^-- Comforts calm, serene-- " Worrying a fellow to death about dresses all the time. Confound the Browns! Let the Browns pay their creditors and see where tney'd be! Brown settled for twenty cents--I pay a hundred." And pure, For the ills of life a cure. Rest for the body, mind and bnin-- Rest the selfish-- " Go to Nantasket for the season! Do you suppose I'm going to make a slave of myself?" , Seek in vain. Each for, each they ever live. Gi ving all that they can give Without murmur-- " There you go--sniveling again. A fellow can't say a word but out comes the handkerchief." Or complaint-- "I'm cross as a bear? Trash! You know better than that. I'm known as the model husband, by George." Without labor or restraint-- "You don't expect me to be tied like a poodle to your apron-strings, do you?" For the onrd that binds the twain Is a soft and silken chain. Every living link a kiss-- "Don't love you! Ah, Maria! Well, we'll try Nantasket. You wrong me, my darling, my treasure. Will fifty dollars do this time?" This, oh! this, is wedded bliss! ORAND TABLEAUX. --Boston Commercial Bulletin. --Young mother, deeply interested in a novel, but preserving some idea of her duties as a mother, to her eldest- born--" Henrietta, where is your little sister?" Henrietta--"In the next room, ma." Young mother, turning over page--" Go and see what's she do­ ing and tell her to stop it this minute." --Paris Paper. IT is calculated that 420,000,000 mummies must be deposited in the pits of Egypt MMIIIH mt tbe CoBgrMiiooal Mo Mt the Labor Qaeatlon. The Committee of the National House •f Representatives to consider the financial H labor depression question met in New York City, on the 1st. There were present Messrs. A. 8. Hewitt (N. ¥.), J. M. Thompson (Pa.), W. W. Bice (Mass.) and Thomas A. Bovd (11L) Word was received that H. L. Hi eke v (Ohio) would not be able to serve until after the October elections. After an executive session, the Committee de­ cided to mt daily, and hear *ueh persons aa •ysht appear, taking the risk of their expenses Thomas Bock, who represented the ston*- masons, wished the Committee to recommend that all Government work should be done by people of the place in which the Government buildings aie'beinp erected. He spoke against the system of giving out contracts for Govern- ment work^aa the contractor made the profit wre might save by employ­ ing the workmen direct. He did not intend to apply the rule to private individuals, and would not advise the Government to regulate wages. Much of trie want of employment has arisen from the mse ®£ machinery, tbe sawing of stone being now done by machines. If there was no machinery, the society might compel men to work only for wages fixed by the society. Hugh McGregor, one of the self-constitnted committee consisting of Juntas Bchwaab, P. Brunor and himself, addresses! the Committee on the subject of the Government collecting statistics of the laboring classes, and so arrang­ ing thcsH that they could fee reiidilv Aefeirricd U>> He said it was the duty of the United States to examine 5nto every manafaetory, take testimony under oath as to the labor question, inquire into their Banitaxy condition and do everything necessary for the' welfare of the laboring classes. He charged that the use of machinery was the cause of the lock of employ­ ment for men, and said the maintenance of families now devolves on. the wom­ en and children, rather than the men. The Committee asked McGregor if he was willing to take an oath as to the truth of what he stated, and he answered he did not lake an oath, and did not believe in what v/m called the Ever- Living and True God. He was then asked how he could expect the Government to enforce upon others what he had refused to do: force others to testify, under oath, as to the way they conducted their private business. The representative of the granite-cutters aU tributed the depression in his trade to the con­ tract system and machinery; said he was dis­ charged from Government work in Albany for ventilating his views, and that men were kept at work there who were not skilled workmen, and who were paid RB much as skilled labor. Mr. Hewitt said if the witness embodied his state­ ment in an affidavit he would forward it to Sec'y Sherman and have the matter investigated, BARTOLOMEE, Chairman of the M Social Democratic party," stated befoce tbe Committee, on the W, that the times am now worse than they were in 1870. He urged the es­ tablishment of a Labor Bureau simitar to that in Massachusetts, and that no politician should be allowed to have anything' to do with it. He would have no accumulation of capital in private hands, but under the control ©£ the Government for the benefit of the people. Isaac Bennett, cigar-maker, advocated the reg­ ulation of the use of machinery, not its destruc­ tion. He wanted machinery regulated to such an extent that it would sot cause enforced idle­ ness of workmen. He said the reduction of the time of labor to eight hours per day would in­ crease wages; but did not reply to a question as to whether the reduction of a day's labor to six hours would not then still further increase wages. Adolph Donsi, of the Socialistic Labor party, next appeared, and maintained that the Govern­ ment ought to provide land for every man and W«.»HIR!L> in the United States He claimed that the Government should enact a law to prevent men. from being forced to labor longer than eight hours a day, and forbidding their engagement in any occupation that would be injurious to their health or constitution. James Connelly, representing the National Greenback party, ascrioed the depression in la­ bor to the bond system, paying that, the people take their money out of manufactures and in­ vest it in bonds, on which they obtain interest. He denounced the railroad land grants, and thought the Government should have built their own railroads. The great means, he declared, to relieve the distress among the laboring classes was for the Gov­ ernment to assist them to settle on the public lands, and insure them support until they reaped the tirst crop. He affirmed that all the laws of Conyress were in • favor of large manufacturers and dealers, and tended to crush out the middle and small classes. After hearing a few other witnesses whose views were similar to those given, the Committee invited the manufacturers, business men, etc., to give their views. . THE INVESTIGATION, THE Committee met in New York, on the 29th, aooording to adjournment, and exam­ ined ex-Gov. Palmer, who testified that he waa one of tbe Democratic visitors to New Orleans in 1876, and their Chairman. After organization, they had called upon Gov. Kellogg, and had a free conversation with him. He (KeSogg) said the apparent returns showed the .State iiad gone for Tildeij, but that in consequence of intimida­ tion five parishes would be thrown out and this would give the State to the Hayes Electors. Wit­ ness went to see Cassenave and Kenner, who knew his sympathies for the colored people. He gave the best advice he could, but Cassenave, who was the most honest in the Returning .Board, said the Democratic party could not be trusted with the interests of the colored people and that they must be kept out of power. In response to .questions put by Congressman Hiscock, he Raid that next to emancipation he thought the {neat­ est blessing the colored people had received was their being mustered out of politics which he considered to be virtually the case. The Repub­ licans in LouiKiiiiiR Siad used the colored people as monkeys, to pull their chestnuts out of the fire. He found the Returning Board as partisan as he had expected. He told Wells and Ander­ son that the Tihien Electors, In feis opinion, were fairly returned; but if they decided otherwise, they should be supported by evidence which would satisfy the country at large. He believed that the Uemo- o:::atlc^par'cy in Louisiana would have submitted te the Packard Government if they believed it had been hoiicrtly elected, but they felt they had been chested ana would rather have had a' Fed­ eral Administration, with a military Governor ill charge of the State. He had no doubt that the State authorities coulo. have readily disooT- arcci ths tsutb regarding the EJisa Kakston ont- nige. tor he had satisfied himself on that subject. Congressman Potter submitted the letter to MT. Hypher, by the man Smith, of Canton. Miss., I Jive the Pinkston matter, which had al­ ready been published. After reading this letter, on motion of Mr. His- cock, the committee adjourned to meet in New York City, Aug. 12, unless otherwise arranged fear the Chairman in the interim. THE healthy growth of the baby 1s depend­ ent upon its freedom from the pernicious ef­ fects of opium. Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup is the best remedy known for the diseases of exrly childhood. TH£ MARKETS. NEW YORK. August 2, 19». LIVE STOCK--Cattle *8.25 @#10.00 Sheep .... 8.60 ̂ $.00 Hogs 4.00 FLO'OB--Good to Choice. 4.86 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago 1.07 CORN--'Western Mixed .43 OATS Western Mixed .81 BYE--Western - .62 FORK--Mess 10.40 LARD--Steam. IJtH CHEESE .06 WOOL--Domestic Fleece--.... .28 CHICAGO. BEE¥E»-Ertm #6.00 Choice 4.40 Good 8.90 Medium 8.65 U06HS--Live--Qood to Choice.. 4.00 SHEEP--Common to Choice... S.Q0 BUTTER---Fanev Creamery.... Good to Choice..... EGOS-FreBh. KLOUM- Choice Winter Choice to Fine Soring. Patent GBADi--Wheat. No. 2 Slicing.. Com, No. 2 Oats. 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