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4 ' - ' - v, *,t >. • » ,7- --'T7F-^T J.YAH 8LYKE,KdH»r A gf^HENKTr, nXmoiA IPITOME OF THE WEEK. _ -s-.vl >.v r A' T^f «•> OLD WjPA.J'Afels telegram of the 4th says pWJt'.i!'eiaand Germany had contented to aek •• mediators between Greece and the Porte. •' ABOUT 350,000 spindles and 7,000 •Iboms in Burnley, EUR., are operating on " '̂ ifcort time, and many of the larger mills have """popped production entirely. £ GT PETERSBURG dispatch of the k>. §th says it was officially denied there that the ...i-jtageian officers were participating tn or en- „J#ouraging the Bulgarian Insurrection. • v.V:,, THOMAS AHERN, the last of the En­ glish Fenian prisoners, has been released from 'fustody. V THE negotiations between.the Yatican n-ind Russia have been broken off, the attitude U' ;<3gf the latter Power, it is eaid, affording no hope of Batiafactory results. JOHN GRAY <fc Co., iron founders, in jkotland, have failed for a la^e amount. W. l^ilsow <fe Go., printers, of Alexandria, Eng., have also failed, Liabilities, $400,000. • . IT was announced in London, on the :fth, that Russian pirates were operating In •V. fbe vicinity of Nova-Zembla. A LISBON dispatch announces that * Portugal, France and England had formed an • "ifeliance to punish the King of Dahomey. A BERLIN dispatch of the 6th says :: Russia had repeated confidentially her pre- , wious asfctirance that she waa resolved to faith­ fully carry out the provisions of the Berlin Treaty. * A TREMENDOUS snow-storm recently occurred in Austria. In Vienna, the trees were broken down by the weight of snow, and telegraph lines within a radius of 100 miles were prostrated. On the 6th, the snow was several feet deep in that city. THE Hungarian Diet has rejected the motion for the impeachment of the Min­ istry by a vote of 170 to 95. A PARIS dispatch of the 7th says that negotiations were pending for a con­ ference of the Powers to revise tbe Treaty of Berlin. A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch of Hie Twi bpjb ui6 Bulgarian iuoui!g£rtis bud burned fourteen villages in the District of Demotlca. . KNIGHT & SON, Liverpool merchants, .liave failed for 1500,000. Robert Forrester, a large Glasgow colliery proprietor, has also failed, owing $2,500,000. AN attempt was made, on the 7th, to assassinate Gen. Breque, formerly Spanish Minister of War. Hie Madrid authorities ar­ rested the would-be assassin, an ex-soldier. ; • BARON PICLET, the discoverer of the jJfcjuefaction oI oxygen, is hopelessly ill in .fJeneva, Switzerland. A CONSTANTINOPLE telegram of the 4th says Russia was establishing a second line Of defense at Adrianople. A LONDON telegram of the 8th says fcchouvaloff, Russian Minister at the Court of fit James, had been recalled, and that it was understood that'he was to be GortschakofFs successor. J j . TELEGRAMS from Northern and Eastern Europe announce continuous and heavy snow steams, on the 7th and 8th. OVER £90,000 have been subscribed in London for the relief of the shareholders •f the City of Glasgow Bank. ST. PETERSBURG dispatches of the 8th say the health of the Czar was such as to jus­ tify the gravest apprehension. THE Greek Cabinet, lately formed, lias again tendered its resignation, because of vote of want of confidence by the Cham­ bers. On the 8th, a'new Cabinet was con­ structed. A SIMLA dispatch of the 10th says hopes were entertained there that the diffi­ culty with Afghanistan would be peacefully . solved. It was reported and believed that Russia was exercising pressure upon the Ameer with this end in view. It was also publicly announced that the Ameer had with­ drawn his troops from Candahar, and that Russia would occupy that city and Herak. THE Russians have reoccupied the district adjacent to the Gulf of Saras. THE Russian occupation of Rou- aoania ceased on the 7th. THE Benhar Coal Company, of Edin­ burgh, Scotland, has failed. Liabilities, 93,- €75,000. NEARLY one-half of the cotton mills in Ashton-unde>Lynn District have stopped work. THE Paris Exposition was formally closed on the afternoon of the 10th. Receipts Since the opening, (2,530,749. AUSTRIA has granted a general am­ nesty to the Bosnian and Herzegovinan in •argents. CAPT. CONDON, the released Fenian, called upon the President, on the 7th, and warmly thanked him lor securing his release from prison. THE Treasury Department pur- Vhased winm of silver, on the 7th. FROST the report, of the Second. As­ sistant Postmaster-General, it appears that the cost of inland mail transportation for the fiscal year ending June 80 was $16,034,021. Cost of railway mail transportation, $9,566,- 695. Estimate for the next year ftjr inland mail transportation is $30,790,000. ANNOUNCEMENT was made in New York City, on the 7th, that the body of the late A. T. Stewart had been, the night be­ fore, stolen from the family vault in St. Mark's Church-yard. The casket was found broken open and the body was missing. The po^ce were notified. It was thought the re­ mains had been stolen in the hope that a re­ ward would be offered for their recovery. 1 JOHNSON'S jewelry store in Eighth avenue, New York City, was robbed, on the evening of the 7th, In the presence of a large number of spectators. About six o'clock two men entered the store, one of whom closed the door, and the other stood guard over the proprietor and his clerks with drawn pistols. Two confederates stood outside and ordered the crowd away, while another broke the cases and gathered up a bagful of watches and chains. Tise thieves escaped with their plun­ der. A NEW YORK dispatch of the 8th states that the liabilities of Dodd, Brown & Co., of St. Louis, were 11,700,110. Actual available assets, f960,800. THE New lork Commercial Adver­ tiser of the 8th publishes a table of the next National House of Representatives, in which its gives the Democrats 144 Congressmen; the Republicans, 133; and Greenbackers 13, with Callfornla yet to elect. • AT the Cabinet meeting, in Wash­ ington, on the 8th, Sec'y McCrary submitted reports showing that peace and quiet pre­ vailed on the Rio Grande, with a fair prospect of continuance. MRS. A. T. STEWART, on the 8th, of­ fered a reward of $25,000 for the recovery of the stolen body of her late husband and the conviction of the thieves. A proportionate sum would be paid for the recovery of the body. WHILE GOV. Hampton, of South Car­ olina, was hunting, a few days ago, his mule became frightened, and, the bridle breaking, he leaped from the saddle. By the fall the Governor's right leg was broken in two places, the bones protruding, and his ankle was badly hurt. THE following are the Republican majorities in Iowa at the October election on the State ticket; For Secretary of State, 10,967; Auditor, 14,844; Treasurer, 10,738; Register of Land Office, 9,945; Attorney-Gen­ eral, 15,196; Supreme Judge, 8,744; Supreme Clerk, 11,848; Reporter of Supreme Court, 16,- 906. CAPE MAT, the famous watering- place, was the scene of a most destructive fire on the morning of the 9th. It commenced in the attic of the Ocean House, and spread thence to the Merchants' Hotel, the Center House, the Atlantic, Knickerbocker and other hotels, and destroyed them all, as well as most of the adjacent cottages. About forty acres were burned over, and the loss aggregated about $700,000. The fire is believed to have been incendiary in its origin. IT was rumored in New York, on the morning of the 11th, that the police had recovered the body of the late A. T. Stewart, but that the perpetrators of the robbery suc­ ceeded in effecting their escape. ON the 8th, Henry Greenebaum, for­ merly /President of the German-American Savings Bank lb Chicago, was held to bail in the sum of $25,000 to await an Indictment up­ on the charge of eml>ezzling the funds of that institution. The amount he is alleged to have taken is $90,000. A SPECIAL from Winnipeg to the St. Paul Pioneer-J'rwt of the Mth eays war had broken out between the Stoux and Blackfeet and Astlnlboine Indians. Several of the lat­ ter had been killed, and serious trouble was feared. A RECENT telegram from Pembina, D. T., says that Sheriff W. H. Anderson, of Dallas, Tex., who was in pursuit of William Collins, of the famous band of train robbers, found him in the former place, and attempted to arrest him. Collins resisted, and the men exchanged fire with fatal effect, both dropping dead in two minutes. THE United States Treasury held, on the.9th, $348,506,700 in Government bonds to secure bank circulation, and $13,808,400 to secure public deposits. It was stated unoffi cially that after the 1st of January next, as an aid to the resumption of specie payments, it was very likely the Treasury Department will send to parties desiring it the standard silver dollar in quantities of $1,000 and upward, free of transportation, in exchange for line sums of greenbacks deposited with depository banks. fHB HBW WOULD, THE annual report of the Commis­ sioner of Internal Revenue shows the revenue collected during the fiscal year, ending June DO last, to have been $111,089,316. The total the previous year was $118,995,184. The re­ ceipts were from the following souiees: 1077. $67,469,480 41,106.647 9,480,789 8,829,729 7.106.689 J8K. $60,420,503 404)64629 9,937,052 3,492.031 7,166.201 Fermented liqnon.... Banks and bankers... Stamps, penalties, etc. Total ...$118,995,184 $111,089,316 FORTY-SEVEN failures were reported in New York City during October, the aggre­ gate liabilities amounting to $3,213,512. This is an increase of seventeen in number over the previous month, but the gross liabilities are $1,100,000 less. Compared with October of last year, there is a decrease in number of twenty-three, and in the total liabilities of $400,000. ON the evening of the 6th of October, a very severe earthquake occurred in Sah Sal­ vador. The Towns of Jucuapa, Nueva, Gaudaloupe, Santiago de Maria and China- meca were utterly destroyed, and many per­ sons lost their lives. NOT many minutes after being in­ formed of his election on the evening of the 5th, Alexander Smith (Rep.), Congressman-elect from the Twelfth (N. Y.) District, died from acute gastritis, occasioned by .overwork and exposure during his canvass. THE entire eastern side of the public square in Baraboo, Wis., was burned on the morning qf the 6th. AT a fire in a St. Louis tenement house, on the 6th, Christ Mueller and Mrs. .Kettering were fatally burned. JBLBCTIOH HEWS. THE elections held in a large number of the States, on the 5th, resulted as follows, according to the dispatched received on the morning of the 11th: Arkansas--All Democratic candidates be­ lieved to be elected. Vote light and election quiet. Alabama--Meager returns. All Democratic candidates for Congress elected except in the Eighth District, where Lowe, Ind., defeats Garth, Dem. Connecticut--Legislature Republican. No election of Governor by the people. The Re­ publican elect three Congressmen--a gain of two. Delaware--Hall (Dem.) elected Governor Edward Martin (Dem.) Congressman. No Republican candidate, the opposition being Greenbackers. Dakota Territory--Bennett (Rep.) elected Delegate to Congress by about 1,500 majority. Florida--The Democrats carry the First Con gressional District and the Republicans proba­ bly the Second--being the same, politically, as in the present CongreA. Georgia--The contest for Congressmen was between regular and Independent Democratic candidates. Stephens Is re-elected in the Eighth District. Persons (elected in the First) is a Greenback Democrat. In the Seventh and Ninth Districts the Independent candidates are elected. Illinois--Republican State ticket elected Legislature Republican on joint ballot. Chi cago and Cook County elect the entire Repubr lican county ticket, and the Republican candidates for Congress--Aldrich, Davis and Barber--in the First, Second and Third Die trlcts--are also elected--being a gain of one Congressman in the Second. J. R. Thomas (Rep.) is elected to Congress in the Eight­ eenth District, being another Republican 'gain, and Stevenson (Dem. and Greenback) is elected in the Thirteenth District, being Democratic gain. Albert P. Forsyth (Nation­ al Greenback) is elected in the Fifteenth Dis­ trict, formerly Democratic. Kentucky/--All the Democratic candidates for Congress elected, except in the First District, where Turner (Ind. Dem.) is elected over the regular nominee, and in the Ninth, where Dills (Rep.) Is elected--• Republican gain of one. Kansas--State, Legislators bid Congress­ men Republican. Louisiana--Democratic by a large majority./ Entire Congressional delegation Democratic-- a gain of one. Michigan--Croswell (Rep.), fpr Governor, has a plurality of about 40,000. The opposi­ tion vote was divided rather evenly between the Democrats and Nationals. Entire Con­ gressional delegation Sepublican--a gain 6f one in the First District. Legislature largely Republican. A Democratic State ticket elected by a large majority. All the Congressmen Democratic except in the Ninth District, in which Ford (National Greenback) is elected --a Democratic gain of four. Mimusota--Republican on State ticket by over 10,000 majority. Legislature Republican. First and Third Congressional Districts Re­ publican ; Second Democratic--being a gain of one for the Democrats. Massachusetts--Talbot (Rep.) has a majority of about 26,000 over Butler (National) for Governor. Abbott polled but comparatively a small vote, the contest being between Tal­ bot and Butler. The latter Carried the City of Boston by about 4,000 majority. All the Republican candidates for Congress are elect­ ed, except in the Fourth District. Mississippi--Democratic, the opposition be­ ing very slights - - Tha RepsbiScaBo oae Con­ gressman--the delegation consisting of five Democrats and one Republican. New Hampshire--Legislature Republican. The Republicans claimed the three Congress­ men--a gain Of one. Head (Rep.) probably elected Governor by a small majority over both opponents. New Jersey--Republicans probably elect five of the'Beyen Congressmen--a gain of two. Nebraska--Republican State and Congres­ sional tickets elected by oyer 10,000 majority. Legislature Republican. New York--Legislature largely Republican. The Republican candidate for Judge of the Court of Appeals elected. The Republicans claimed twenty-two of the thirty-three Con­ gressmen, a gain of five. In the City of New York the Anti-Tammany and Republican ticket, headed by Cooper for Mayor, was elected by a majority over of 10,000. Nei>ada--Daggett (Rep.) is electetfcongress- man by 500 or 600 majority. North Carolina--Republicans claimed a gain of two Congressman, in the First and Third Districts, the delegation being composed of five Democrats and three Republicans. Pennsylvania--Republican by over 20,000 on State ticket. Legislature largely Republican. Congressional delegation, sixteen Republi­ cans (same as in Forty-fifth Congress); eight Democrats and one Greenback Democrat, and two Greenback Republicans. Rhode Island--The two Congressional Dis­ tricts Republican bv about the average ma­ jorities. (South Carolina--Largely Democratic. Con­ gressional delegation all Democrats--a gain of three. Tentmsee--Congressional delegation will be composed of nine Democrats and one Repub­ lican--a Democratic gain of one. Texas--Democratic State ticket elected. No change in the Congressional delegation--be­ ing solidly Democratic. Vermont--The special election in the Third Congressional District resulted in the election of Bradley Barlow (Greenbacker). Virginia -- Congressional delegation will probably stand eight Democrats or Conserva­ tives to one Republican--same as in the pres­ ent Congress. Wyoming Territory--Downey (Rep.) elect­ ed Delegate to Congress by about 900 major­ ity. Wisconsin--Congressmen, five Republicans and three Democrats--same as in the Forty- fifth Congress. Legislature largely Republi­ can. THK SOVTHKRH PlAfinb FOUR deaths and one new case were reported in Memphis, on the 4th, and three deaths beyond the corporate limits. Two deaths occured at Cairo, and there were six cases in the infeeted district; the weather was mild and unfavorable. Thirty-one cases and foar deaths in New Orleans. Nine cases and two deaths in Jackson, Miss., and three deaths in Vicksburg, and three in the adjoining country. THE New Orleans Board of Health on the night of the 7th, adopted a resolution declaring it safe for absentees from that city to return. Two deaths on that day; no new cases. No Deaths in Vicksburg on the 7th. One new case. No YELLOW-FEVER deaths in Mem­ phis on the 7tfr. Three new cases of the dis­ ease were reported. SEVERAL new cases of fever were re­ ported at Hickman, Ky., on the 7th. Weather very sultry. THE weather was clear and£pleasant in New Orleans, on the 10th. One yellow- fever death had occurred within twenty-four hours. One death at Jackson, Miss., on the evening of the 8th; two new cases on the 10th, one a returned refugee. No new cases or deaths at Chattanooga, Teun., or Vicks­ burg, Mips., on the 9th. ing $180,050 for 1877, the segregate saving for the two years in these items alone has been $662,222. On the 30th of June, 1878, there were 228,- 998 pensioners on the rolls, a reduction of 2,(>45 during the year. It is expected that the number of pensioners will considerably in­ crease during the current year, on account of the 1812 pensioners. Exclusive of the fees of Examining Surgeons, and the fees and sala­ ries of Pension Agents, the amount paid for pensions during the year was $26,530,792. Of this amount, $240,901 was retained from the pensioners and paid to Claim Agents for their fees. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS. THE Governor has commissioned W. Hutch­ inson County, Treasurer of 8tephenson Coun­ ty, to which position he was chosen by the County Board, vice Ch'arles F. Goodhue, de­ faulter, and removed from the county. Gov. COLLOM has received a letter request­ ing for the Greek Government all the agricult­ ural, horticultural, geological and statistical reports of this State. THB following is the statement of receipts and disbursements of the Illinois Stats Treas* ury during the month of October, 1878: KICfclPTB. Revenue fund ............... $28,736 05 School fund 14,6*41 26 Military fnnd... ...., 464 75 Local bond fund 86,372 00 Total...... W ABBAS TS PAID. Revenue fund. .4.. School fund.................... .... Local bond fund Report of the Commissioner ef Pen* slons. Hon. J . A. Bentley, Commissioner of Pensions, has completed his annual re­ port to the Secretary of the Interior, showing the operations of the Fension Service during the fiscal year ended June 30, and making sundry recom­ mendations for the future. A Wash­ ington dispatch gives the following synopsis: The number of new claims of all classes tiled during the year was 67J509. Of these, 18,812 were original claims for invalid pen­ sions, being more than double the iralnber of the same class tiled in either of the four years from 1871 to 1874; 18,240 were for the War of 1812 service, under the act of March 9, 1878 About one-eighth of these claims were in be­ half of survivors, the remainder were wlqpws' claims; 43,764 claims were settled, at an aver, age cost to the Government of $10.15 per case. The average cost in 1877 was $12.81, and in 1876 $17.11. The saving through the increased efficiency of the office, including the reduction in the salary appropriation of $3$,550 in 1877 over 1876, was 1183,050, and in 1878 over 1876, in­ cluding the reduction in the salary fund of 137,800, was 1840,172. The number of cases settled in 1877 was 22^ per cent, greater than in 1876, and in 1878, 50 per cent, greater than in 1876. At the beginning of the year the number of agencies for paying pensions was, by order of the President, reduced from fifty-eight to eighteen, saving in salaries for the year $142,000. The aggregate saving in the bureau for the year in reduced payment for salaries of all descriptions, and reduction i in the number of agencies, was $482,172; udd- .$130,254 26 • $110,491 m 422 07 983 60 Total. .$111,897 56 THE October report of the Joliet Peniten­ tiary shows the following figures: Received during the month 53 Discharged during the month 95 On hand Oct. 81 1,594 AT Chicago, on the night of the 4th, D. S. Abrahams, a livery-keeper, committed suicide while riding in his buggy. Debt and his in­ ability to pay his interest are given as the in­ ducing motives for the deed. ON the night of the 2d, Jeremiah Kennedy, was, by a Chicago jury, declared guilty of the murder of his wife, and sentenced to be hung. The jury also found that he was at the time of the trial insane. On the 4th, a motion was made by his counsel for a new trial. During the argument Kennedy surreptitiously got held of a razor and cut his throat from ear to ear. He lived but five minutes. UF to the 4th, sixty-three cases had been filed in the Supreme Court, Central Grand Division, for the January, 1879, term. WM. E. BOSTWICK, a citizen of Qulncv, shot himself through the head the other day. He was suffering from ill-health and was extreme­ ly despondent. HKNKY NIMMOS, of Jonesboro, was recently thrown from his horse, his head striking a bridge be was crossing. Concussion of the brain followed and he died next morning. AT Danville, on tbe 4th, during an alterca­ tion over some business matters, William Sawyer, of the firm of W. & B. Sawyer, fired several shots at his brother, one of which took effect in his head, producing an ugly wound, which has since been declared mortal. When William saw that his shots had taken effect, he went into the basement and sent a large- sized bullet crashing through his brain. He lived about ten minutes. The brothers were both wealthy, and their business was a profit­ able one. HIRAM SMBDLY'S farm-house, near Orleans, in Morgan County, was burned, the other day. Loss, $5,000. THB October report of the Warden of the Southern Penitentiary shows the following statistics: Convicts on hand, Oct. 1 191 Received during the month 50 Discharged 2 On hand, Nov. 1 239 WHILE ferrying some hunters over the Rock River, near Rock Island, a few days ago, Frank Joslyn managed to so manipulate the boat Chat it capsized and he was drowne^ As Miss BDFFUM, a Milan school-teacher, Was on her way from the school-house, the other day, she was met by Frank Sturgeon, who shot her twice with a revolver, the balls taking effect In her side, and inflicting wounds thought to be fatal. Sturgeon was formerly engaged to Miss Buffom, but was recently dis­ carded. PHILIP FATE, a brakeman on the Chicago A Eastern Railroad, recently fell from his train at Alvin Station and the cars passed over and fatally injured him. A FEW nights ago, the Chicago police en­ tered a gambling house to arrest the inmates. To prevent this disgrace the gay gamblers fled to the vault, and locked themselves in. The oxygen in the air of the stronghold was ex­ hausted about daylight next morning, and they were glad to ask their would-be captors to gather them in. THE fall of the roof of a coal mine recently caused the death of John Lafelle, a Happy Hollow miner. WHILE oiling some shafting in a Chicago manufactory, the other day, John Ruedel was caught in the machinery and instantly killed. EUGENE KAUFFMAN, formerly of Chicago, recently committed suicide at Denver, Col., because he had been tempted to use some of the money belonging to his employer for gambling. AN unknown man was recently found dead in Robert Adams' cornfield, a few miles north of Carllnville. His body was badly torn by dogs or hogs. MARTIN MANEY, twenty-five years of age, was lodged in jail at Rock Island, on the even ing of the 7th, to await the almost certain ieath of a farmer, named Peter Hahn, whom he stabbed the day before. Maney, who was laboring under the excitement of the green- eyed monster, had been drinking freely. He visited Hahn's house, on horseback, at about two o'clock in the morning, forced an en­ trance by breaking through the door, and at­ tacked Hahn in his sitting-room. A hand-to- hand encounter ensued, and, Maney getting the best of Hahn in the struggle, the latter's wife, with a child in one arm, graspe d a sin­ gle-barrel shot-gun with the other, and went to the rescue of her husband, beating Maney's head terribly. During the scuffle the assail­ ant drew a long-bladed knife and plunged it into the abdomen of Hahn, with undoubted ly-fatal results. AN eight-year-old son of Thomas Lewis, of Jacksonville, was fatally kicked by a horse the other day. ALFRED DUTCH, one of the oldest journal­ ists in Chicago, died in that city on the even ing of the 6th. He formerly published a Whig newspaper in 0Wcago. AT Greenville, on the night of the 6th, Clarence Clark, fifteen years old, was kicked to death by William McNeil, aged seventeen. THE Supreme Court of Illinois has rendered & decision which may be of Interest during the coming winter. It is to the effect that a city cannot by ordinance compel a citizen to re­ move snow from the sidewalk in front Of his premises any more than to remove obstruc­ tions from the middle of the street. SCARLET FEVER is prevalent at Rock Island. --" Into the chaws of death," said the man who fell among the teeth of a buzz saw.--Keokuk Constitution. Gen. Sheridan's feport to Gen. Sher­ man relative to the military operations in the Division of the Missouri during the past year, bas been made public. The more important Mid interesting portions are as follows: There has been no change*in the organiza­ tion of the division during the past year. It consists of the following departments, viz.: The Department of Dakota, embracing within its limits the State of Minnesota and Territo­ ries of Montana and Dakota, with twenty-five permanent Dosts and three encampments of observation^ commanded by Brevet-Maj.-Gen. John Gibbon, in the temporary absence of Brig.-Gen. Alfred H. Terry; the Department of the Platte, embracing the States of Iowa and Nebraska, the Territories of Wyoming and Utah and a portion of Idaho, with twenty- one .permanent posts and two camps of ob­ servation, commanded by Brig. Gen. George Crook; the Department of ttie Missouri, em­ bracing the States of Illinois, Missouri, Kan­ sas and Colorado, the Terri.ory of New Mexi­ co and the Indian Territory, and the posts of Fort Bliss and Fort Elliott, in Texas, with twenty-four permanent posts, commanded by' Brig.-Gen. John Pope; the Department of Texas, embracing the State of Texas, with thirteen permanent forts and numerous camps of observation, commanded Brig.-Gen. E. O. C. Ord. To garrison these eighty-two permanent posts and camps of observation, the Govern­ ment employs four companies of artillery, averaging fifty-three men each, eight regi­ ments of cavalry, averaging 765 men each,, and eighteen regimeats of infantry, averaging 452 men each,winch, as will be seen by the reports of Gens. Urd and_ Gibbon, give us only one man to 120 square miles in the Department of Texas, and one to every seventy-five square miles in the Department of Dakota, and about the same ratio in the Departments of the Pletts the Missouri; When ii is borue iir mind that this immense section of country has to be constantly under surveillance against Indians and raiding parties from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, the work that has to be performed by that portion of our army located within this military division will be appreciated by all military men, and by those who have ever lived upon our frontier. The Indian situation at the present time is, I am sorry to say, unsatisfactory. The In­ dian Department, owing to want of sufficient appropriation or from 'wretched mismanage­ ment, has given to the settlements in the Western country constant anxiety during the last year, and in some places loss of life and loss of property, attended with dreadful crimes and cruelties. There has been an in­ sufficiency of food at the agencies, and, the game is gone, hunger has made the Indians m some cases desperate, and almost any race of men will fight rather than starve. It seems to me, with wise management, that the amounts appropriated by Congress ought to be sufficient, If practically applied to the ex­ act purposes specified, and if the supplies are regularly delivered, but the reports of the De­ partment Commanders forwarded herewith would indicate a different result, except in the case of the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail bands of Sioux, who, although threatening iu their conduct, have been the best supplied, and have been humored until their increasing insolence constantly threatens to bring about a breach of the peace. The General at length reviews the situation of the Indians ten years ago, and the causes which have led to their present unhappy condition. At that time their wants were satisfied. But, alas for the poor savage, along came the nineteenth century progress, or whatever it may be called, to disturb their happy condi­ tion. The whit%men crowded on to the grounds of the radians and made encroach­ ments on theirrignts which no Government could stop. Our handful of soldiers was at first sent to protect the Indians, but such at­ tempts were powerless. The Government made treaties, gave presents, made promises, none of which were honestly fulfilled, and, like all original treaties with Indians in this country, tney were the first steps in the process of developing hostilities. The Indian became jealous; he made in his simplicity blind bargains; he began to see bis lands wrested from his possession, his herds of buffalo, which he believed the Great Spirit had given him, rapidly diminish, and the elk, deer and antelope killed for the market and by the sportsman, and widely scattered by both, and his rude nature under similar con­ ditions naturally rebelled. He commenced war, war as he had been accustomed to make it, and men, women and children, intruders upon his soil, were killed, no difference being made between the Innocent or guilty, the armed or unarmed. The General then reviews the wars which followed, at considerable length, and suggests what is likely to occur in the near future: The second outbreak of Indian hostilities is caused in this way. After he has los&his country he finds himself compelled to remain on reservations, his limits circumscribed, his opportunities of hunting abridged, his game disappearing, sickness in his lodge from change of life and food, and insufficiency of the latter, and this irregularly supplied, and the reflection com inn to him of what he was and what he now is, and pinched by hunger, creates a feeliug of dissatisfaction, which, in the absence of a good strong force of soldiers, starts him out on the war-path again, and un­ armed people are killed, settlements are broken up, farms are abandoned and general confusion exists. This condition of affairs is well illustrated by the recent outbreak of Northern Cheyennes, who lately abandoned their reservation at Fort Reno, and the same might, be said of the outbreak of the, Nez Perces last year, and certainly of that of the Bannocks and Shoshones in this year, of the Cheyennes, Kiowas and Comancnes in 1874, and unless wiser measures prevail here­ after it will go on. \he Crows will come in next, the Assinaboine® and Gros- Ventres and wild tribes nortb of tne Missouri will be obliged to follow. Spotted Tail's and Red Cloud's people will be driven to the same conditions eventually, and so on down to the tribes in the western part of the Indian Ter­ ritory. To prevent or even meet the calamity which may occur we are entirely unprepared, for, without exposing other important points, we can collect together but a few hundred men. For instance, at Fort Sill and vicinity, to meet the Kiowas, Comanches, Apaches ana others, located in the Indian Territory, num­ bering 3,000 or 4,000, we have not more than 300 effective men. At Fort Reno, to guard the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, numbering 5,000 or 6,000, we have not exceeding 200 ef­ fective men. At Red Cloud Agency, where there are at least 6,000 Indians, we have only two companies, and could not in ten days collect over 500 or 600 men. At Spotted Tail's we have only two companies, number­ ing 119 men, and it would take two weeks to collect all the troops we could muster, and they would not number more than 500 or 600 effect­ ive men, while the Indians number not less than 7.000. And so on at points where there are Indians and agencies, arid at other strategical points, the number of troops is Insignificant, and if outbreaks occur, as I fear they will, the consequences will be appallh j, and I desire to warn the General of the Army that we have not half the troops required to*ae$t these an­ ticipated troubles. Now that the game, upon which the In­ dians depend for their regular supply oi food, is gone, we shall require a great supply of rations, with perfect regularity in their is­ sue, to meet the needs of these people, to­ gether with a strong and stable Government, backed up by a sufficient number of soldiers to enforce a spirit of obedience, and to keep these restless savages within the limits of their reservations. The General glances at "the benefits which have accrued to progress and civilization by the misfortunes of the poor red man in the last ten years," viz., the construction of various rail­ ways, the development of the mineral wealth in Central Colorado and the San Juan country in Southern Colorado; also that of the mines in Utah, Monta­ na, the Black Hills, New Mexico and other points, which development has thrown into circulation, by the process of labor and the purchase of machin­ ery, supplies and transportation, mill­ ions upon millions of dollars, to say nothing of the millions taken out ef the earth by manual labor and the aid of machinery. Then, again, let us take a view of tbe cattle Interests. Ten years ago our grazing grounds were In Texas, now they are from tbe southern boundary of Dakota to tbe Golf of Mexico, and I may safely say that parts of Wyoming and Montana f urnish a range affording as good, if not better, grazing than in TCXML and these lauds are covered by improved and better stock. The number of cattle now north of Texas and west of the Missouri River- is perhaps fully or nearly equal to that .in Texas, and only ten years ago tnere was scarce­ ly a head. Let uts now look at the agricultural devel­ opments. Northern Texas lias been filled up bv thousands of hardy emigrants from the Soutn and Nortb. Kansas has had an em­ igration hitherto unparalleled--the einigea- tion being almost by the hundred thousand per year. Nebraska has also come in for a large share of emigration, while Colorado, Utah and Wyoming are not far bebmA In acquiring population. Central and North­ ern Texas, Middle and Western Kansas^ and Nebraska and Utah, are all teem­ ing with agricultural prosperity. This population, numbering probably 2,GC0,Q00 men engaged in miuing, grazing and agricultural pursuits, pays taxes, builds farm-houses and constructs fences, plows up the ground, erects school-houses and founds villages, towns, etc., and the mill­ ions obtained by the sweat of their brow add so much more to the trade, commerce and prosperity of the world; and all this comes from the development of a country which only ten years ago was the laud of the Indian, tbe buffalo and the elk. The report closes with a brief sum­ mary of the present condition of affhira on the Mexican border, with recom­ mendations for the better protection of life and property in Texas. _ s A Grasshopper Story. THE discussion was opened under the head of " grasshoppers.11 All the old stories about grasshop­ pers eating mules and stopping rail­ road trains and bridging over rivers were related, and recorded by the Sec­ retary, and it looked as if nothing new on the subject was to be advanced, and one member had even essayed to make a motion to adjourn by saying that the times were too dull and money too scarce for good, square, honest lving; when Old Reliable interrupted and said he hoped the gentleman would with­ hold his motion for a moment. This request being acquiesced in, Old Relia­ ble cocked his feet upon the stove, bor­ rowed the President's pipe, and ^spoke as follows: MM W "Mr. President, and gentlemen of the club, what I am about to relate ain't no lie; it's a true and actual posi­ tive fact. Once when I was in Salt Lake, during one of the grasshopper years, thev had br'iled chicken marked on the bill of fare at the restaurant I boarded at. I'm sort of partial to 4 yeller-legs,'and I told the waiter to bring me half a br'iled chicken,^which he did as soon as the eook ha'd Ifk^sd it up in shape. I proceeded to eat) the bird, but noticed a kihd of pechHar taste to it, so I questioned the waiter about it; and, gentlemen, what do you suppose I had been eating P" "Grasshoppers!" cried the entire club in chorus. a "Not much; it was jest chicken. "You see it was so long since I had eat Chicken that it tasted kinder peculiar to me." "Sold, by thunder!" was all ^the President said.--The 8azarac Lying Club. Drying Flowers In Sand. THERE are many of our brilliant flowers, such as dahlias, pansies, pinks, geraniums, sweet-williams, earnations, gladioli, which may be preserved so as to retain their color for years. White flowers will not answer as well for this purpose, nor any succulent plant, as nyacinths or cactus. Take dishes of sufficient depth to allow the flowers to be covered an inch deep with sand; get the common white sana, such as is used for scouring purposes, cover the bot­ tom of the dish with a laver half an inch deep, and then lay in the flowers* with the stems downward, holding them firmly in place while you sprinkle more sand over them, until all the places be­ tween the petals are filled and the flow­ ers are buried out of sight. A broad dish will accommodate quite a large number, and allow sufficient sand be­ tween. Set the dish in a dry, warm place, where they will dry gradually, and at the end of a week pour off the sand and examine them; if there is any moisture in the sand it must be dried before using again, or fresh sand may be poured over them, the same as before. Some flowers will require weeks to dry, while others will become sufficiently dry to put away in a week or ten days. 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