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'v*" "»v» i «)* to J. VAN 8LYKB A SOU, ILLINOIS. NEWS REVIEW. - |4» - >'/*/, $> : SA«Mbv NATHAN P. PRATT, of Beading, Mass., w bean convicted, on twenty-eight ecrants or wrecking the savings bank of which he was Tr«Mn4r. FOUR TSOVSAND New ¥«* piano- makers struck for an advance of w&sres l*st week, and to® manufacturers, ratter than con­ cede the advance, looked the doors of the work- shorn The Eastern ooai combination has i*»£hrsd upon another advanoe of 25 cents per ton, P*OF. SAWYER, the rival of Edison in the race for the achievement of a practical, economical electric light, claims to have solved the mighty problem. A public exhibition of his lamp was given in New fork a few nights aim, and those who witneesed it sre of the that it wiil prove a big sncoess. She lamp is based upon the incandescence of a ppnfji of carbon immersed in nitrogen gas, and Unotdifferent in principlefWan the old. 8aw- r-ltwin lamp. The pencil is contained with-a globe two inches in diameter and ten inches high, sealed at the bottom by means of a cement, which, while adhering pen- foetly to the glass and metal, is suf- ftaiantlv else tic to compensate for the OEeqnai expansion of the two, and softens . nly at a temperature of 500 decrees Fahfeufcwt. This oement ss a compound long rought for nasue- OBSBfollv The coet of the lamp fe less than fl.av *The light ia readily lowered to a glim­ mer bv simply turning a button. Prof law­ yer estimates the cost, compared with gas at |2 per 1,(00 feet, in the proportion of two to lien. The light » a trifle stronger than gas, bat steady, soft, and pleasant, and very much like gas. THE conspirators in the Lewis will «ase have been sentsnoed at Trenton, N. J., as follows: Mark Sacra and Frank Ward Allison, doh two years in the State prison and 910,000 fine; Bradford and Brassford, one year in the State prison and <1,000 fine. ...A life prisoner in-Sing grew tired of the demnition grind, and committed suicide in a horrible manner by throwing himself into a furnace. A PASSENGER-TRAIN on the Lebanon Valley railroad, making no stops at small sta­ tions, ran into several people who had just alighted from another train at Anaville, Pa., Ike other nigibt, killing one ma a instantly, hrta and severelyIn juring four others. T GOT. HOYT, of Pennsylvania, has signed the death warrants of three more of the % if 'murderers of old man Baber. Two others ,, •, " await the sptioa of the Board o* Pardons on &!V." c their application for a oommatation of sen- n v' tenoe. T»*" , i. - fr *'• . ^* ,v A tix-DATS* pedestrian contest at *'/ Iha fkandsob, between Daniel O'Learr, of ** *•*&- ( ; Ohiogc., and E. P. Weston, was won by the <#4- f KSitMjgp man, who scored 516 miles while the WM covering 4t0l denee of Mr. Biehard John- near Denison, Crawford coun- Iowa, was burned a few nights ago, and I of his daughters perished in the flames. . and Mrs. Johnson and seven other chil­ dren had a narrow escape P. F. Benson, stone of the proprietors of the Grand Central Ho- I ftei. Oakland, CaL. and H. Harget, por- of the btM, have been arrested purloining valuables of the guests the fire which destroyed the A large amount of property was It has been shown that the fire wae in- iceadiary, and that plunder was part of the .Jobs aammlt, aged 17, has beer •wnwiieuil to death at Canton, Ohio, for murder. *; , ^wo odier ladk of ttw same age await execution •y ' fa tfce same cosaty for the same crima " ^ - BafctkxrOiMraBU.'flbeateflert, "The bottle fee boards at Haverly's ̂̂ CMoifc«Ms wsdt, with the same V w- £ v f> : " *!»&. A^,, i, aawJbteU# Mortimer, Mrs. „ -- Hiss Oharlotle Neville, Little 0®org|̂ ,||r.'Deany THBKklsgreatoonaternationintheBig Horn eeontry over reports of a treaty between -tke boetfle Grows and Skmx, and settlers to the aorttt and west of Tcngne river are coming into : Oooee creek valley for protection... .Three men were drowned near Detroit by the capsiz­ ing of a tug-boat THE labor troubles in San Francisco •ra about over, Mayor Kalloch and Dennis Kearney, at a public meeting, informing their followers that the citizens' movement had been misunderstood, and hai, instead of being in- fmleal to the interests of the workingmjt), it wee intended for their amelioration and the ' good of the an tire city. Subsequently a con- i iewnce between representatives of the con­ tending factions was held at the office of the Mayor, at which measures insuring the settle-* • ment of the questions which have so long vexed the community were adopted Five or » six men who recently left Silverton, CoL, on a ! prospecting trip have been killed by Indians near the Bine mountains. A SAX FBAXCI8CO police magistrate bas imposed upon Dennis Kearney a sentence of six months' imprisonment in the House of Correction and a fine of f«,000. An appeal was higher court, and Kearney released in $3,000 bonds... .The city of Indianapolis has besn sued for #150,000 by a former hotel pro­ prietor there, whose building was destroyed by fire. He alleges incompetency on the part of the department and the failure of the water supply--Immigration into Kansas is larger than ever before known, and is mostly com­ posed of persons of means to improve the «®wrtry...-A dangerous #30 counterfeit United note has made its appearance in JOSEPH FIELDS, who Bordered James Padgett in the streets of Winchester, I1L, some weeks ago. was put out of the way in a sum- have called ft»r May S Convention has beta oalled tomeetat ifew Orisons on the 2ith of M«y.. ..Tfcfre is a ^ Missouri DwmwH la favor of of OoL William H Mtarrieott for t The first trial before the St. Petersburg military tribunal has resulted in tim oooviction of Ae prinoer, who was im- iMdiktely esnteaoed to aeaUi... .The postattoe at One Town, Africa, has been robbed of j^OpQwnr'h of diamonds, awaihng shipment THE Illinois Greenbackers have de­ cided to hold a State Convention at Springfield on the 21st of April, for the purpose of nom> inating candidate^ for Stele offioers and select* iag delegates to the National Convention Tbe Qreeaback party at Michigan held its State Convention at Jackson, last week, and chose four delegates at-large to ihe National Convention Tbe Michigan State Republican Convention will select delegate* to Chicago at Detroit May 12. IN the Republican State Convention of Bhode Mand, held at Providence last week, Gov. Van Zandt declining to be a candidate, Alfred H, Littlefleld wae nominated for Gover­ nor, and Henry H Fay for Lieutenant G «ver- nor. The other State officers nominated are the present incumbents. Eight delegates were selected to represent Bhode Island in the Na­ tional Republican Convention, every one of whom ia claimed to be a Blaine man-- The Democrats of Pennsylvania have called their State Convention for April 38: on May 5 the New Hampshire Democrats will hold their State Convention; and, on the 10th of June, the Illinois Democrats will bold a con­ vention at Springfield for tbe nomination of candidates for Stat® offioers and the selection of delegates to the Cincinnati Convention. A CITIZEN of Appling county, Georgia, indicted for hog-stealing, shot and killed one of the Grand Jurors who returned the bill, A WASHINGTON telegram says: "A prominent Democratic Senator from the East •ays that Tilden will not be in the way of Dem­ ocratic pUns much longer. He is a man who has been well informed as to Tilden's plans, and the impression he intended to convey was that the latter would retire before the opposi­ tion that is manifested to his nomination." , WASHINGTON. ^ THK select oommittee of the United States Senate appointed foi that purpose has agreed upon a report npon the Freed men's Bank and has also perfected a method of liqui­ dation of that concern. The report shows that the Freedmen's Bank was established under favorable, auspices. Its business grew rapidly, and itaoon became a prospsarousiustitntion. Its management fell into the nands of, and was con­ trolled by, unworthy, dishonest persons, by whose acts and loose management, the invest­ ments in non-productive, valueless stocks and loans npon worthless securities, the bank busi­ ness diminished rapidly, and failure was the natural result. The report will deal severely with oertsin individuals, but, owing to the death of some and the impecuniosity or absence of others, it will make no recommendation with reference to prosecution other than is found in the bill. The bill provides for the appointment of a Commissioner, who is to be none other than the Comptroller of the Currency, who shall receive $ 1.000 a year in addition to hie present salary. The Commissioner is empow­ ered to sell any or all of the property of the bank, and to report to Congress yearly. So MUCH has been said in Wall street and elsewhere concerning the treasury bond purchases that Mr. Sherman has felt himself called on to again explain his intentions. He says that in the present state of the Govern- ment finances the purchases will not to greater than #2,OuQ,000 a week, and that he villi not in any case pay more than the market rates or impair the rusumpt on fund. THE bill introduced in the Senate by Mr. Edmunds to regulate the counting of the Presidential Electoral votes provides that the meeeting of Electors shall be on the second Monday of January, Instead of the second Wednesday of December, and makes the simple provision for a State disposition of any controversy under such laws as it may have in existence, prior to the of the choosing of Electors. It provides wteewHP! b Ola,form meeting of tbe* two . and a proceeding in conform!tv with ions reached .in the respective StiRta in say ease of dispute.... .The Pi evident has finally oonfirmed tbe sentence of the court- martial dismissing Maj. Reno from the service. The Agricultural Department esti­ mates tbe increase in the value of the crops raised in 1879 over thoee of the previous year at #415,000,< 00. The price of real es<ate has been enhanced during the same time about #1,000,000,000. many and tbe Vatican... „fhe Amatfian -bqwe Patois osaas fta irst in thorape for the pool CUR but was not un placed by the on die ground that he orossed the thereby impeded another horse. Parole half length ahead at the finlab. the MI HATIONA1* COHEBSM. THK Cincinnati Star publishes fruit and crop reports from nearly all points in the South and West, made up by the farmers of the various sections. All through Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana, the wheat crop is reported re­ markably fine, with a larger acreage sown than at any previous time. In Kentucky, Kansas, and Tennessee some injury by fly ia mentioned, "but the prospects are good for an average crop. HON. ISAAC P. CHRISTIANCY, United States Minister to Pern, and late Senator from Michigan, has asked for . a leave of ab­ sence of six weeks. It is stated in recent dis­ patches from Washington that he comes home to participate in the pleasant details of a di­ vorce suit, his young wife, formerly a clerk in s Treasury Department, having applied for separation on tbe ground of ill-treat­ ment Another statement is to the effect that Mr. Christiancy has evidence that his youthful partner in matrimony has, since her return from Paris, been conducting herself ia an im­ proper manner, and that the husband will make application for divorce. AT a meeting of the Western Iron Association, held in Pittsburgh last week, it was decided to maintain the present high rates of iron until the next meeting of the associ­ ation. Two XTTRDERXR8 were executed on Friday, March 10--William Pierson, at Gene­ see, N. Y., and S. T. Myers, an '18-year-old boy, at Daltau, Texas. asary manner by a party of marked men, a few nights ag). The mob captured the town, took P?***10" the jail ana riddled the prisoner with bullets.... An I S-year-old ' murderer, oak, DL,V£clfi!eBHi« t 1,0 ̂of ** most appalling and widespread FOREIGN. THS famine in Armenia if reported S J i5, i : mm Msrtfaja beautiful and muooent young school The mtr.e was committed last October, i • r-"™™®.Power, of Chicago, while supposed X J® be labormg under a fit of temporary insau- Vk "hotat his wife three times, and ended his .. | «WO "'e by blowing out hiB brains. F' :- A LARGELY-ATTENDED meeting in the ? biteicut of the Illinois and Michigan sbip-cs- •V a®1 project was held at Ottawa, TIL, March 18. I Speeches were made by Gov. Cullom, M«yor ,Harrison, of Chicago, and others, all of whom J, " on •"•practicability of tne scheme, and "1 demonstrated the advantages to be de- i frf*® . unitinK the great lakes , and tbe Mississippi river. The sentiment of the convention wae almost unanimous that the General Government should undertake the great work, and a committee was appointed to Sv XT*® upon the Illinois delegation in Congress the propriety of pushing the matter in that body. th* soirm . I , A BDSBEU county (Va.) woman at* ; her husband's paramour with a elub, ttesttag her to death m % tew minutes. A SEVERE norther, accompanied by snow, prevailed generally throughout 'f" ^""'o'Jhfthreedav'sMarch 14,15aodl«. In . lce form®d%n inch thick. Fruit bewSwJ* "ee'wns- Corn wiU have to & southern belt cotton ia A COLOBBI) man in the act of placing „ «*troctjoaB on the track of tbe Mississippi * " ISld byD&1i!r?ld, Z™ »hot, but not by the Marshal of Seuatobia^ Miss. TUB eoming cattle drive from Texas ' « »vS!^dther 8tate" Nonh «»tim«ted roUTICAL ^ DopmB.HAWLEY,. the Treasury has resigned his bwm to enter more tnto£Teaai AtksnsM srnor of war h,. t character. It is said to exist over a territory embracing 100,000 pquare miles Sir Garnet Woleeley will return to England in July. His mission in Ho >th Africa has not added greatly to bis reputation either as a statesman or as a soldier. On bis return he will oe mvle Quar­ termaster General of Ihe Horse Guards Gen. Melikoff ban received another note from the Bevolutionary Committee, stating that the Nihilists did not authorize Vladetzky'a attack on him, because they are not ready to kill him jnht yet, but warning him that when the proper time arrives a man with a good weapon and means of escape will be at hand The steamer Montana, of the Onion line, struck a rock off the coast of Waterford, Ireland, and was wrecked. Passengers and crew saved. A DISPATCH from Cabul states that the Afghans have recaptured and sacked Chara- kise, a village about forty miles northeast of Cabul, hitherto occupied and held hy a mixed force of English troops and th»-ir Afghan allies. ... .Gen. vifliaoff's rule in 8t. Petersburg is giving such general tati'-faction that it is pro­ posed to «xteod the dictatorship over other portions of the empire. X THE Russian expedition against the Turcomans has dwiadled down to a defensive affair It will not go to Merv, as it is feared that England would, in the event of the capt ure of t at city, occupv Herat urt counter- wtroke Bisbop LK><JU*, Chainnau of the Donegal Central Relief Committee, asking fur­ ther aid. sta es tber* are 78,(K)0 individuals in Donegal needing relief; that the distress is in­ creasing and will not decrease until August GARIBALDI has published a letter eu* logiziuK Hartmann in particular, and all polit­ ical Nihi ists generally... .Hartmann, tbe Mi bil sr, whom France wouldn't turn over to Bufcsia, is coming t»i America... .The German Ministers reqnire flei,838,500 marks to car rv on the Oovernasent daribg the present figcal year. Of this mm 8l,07O,«» marks are to be con­ tributed by tbe comederatud states of the em ­ pire. IT is expected that direct diplomatic relation* will soea bs resmnwl betwosn Qer Bills were introduced and refansd to oom- mtttoes of the Senate on Monday, Mareb 16, m fol­ lows: By Mr. Johnston, for the suppression of in fectious and contavlous diseases aaonc domestic oatUs; by Mr. Plumb, to amend section 8,6Slt of ths Bevlssd Statutes, relativs to public !»»<., Terr little businsss of Importance was transacted bv tbe upper house, the ttae bstafc occupied l>? reports of commlttses ana olte nUs- cellaneous lu^lness. Ths President nominated Jacob Kt-edrirk Upton, of New Banphin, to be A*sJ»tantS<cr«tRvy of ihe Treasnrj-; Arthur Edwards, of Michigan, to be Agent for tns Indians at the Omaha and WinncbaRo Agency, Nsbraaka; and Edward B. Bowman, of Uiino.s, 10 bs Agent for the Indians at ths Pawnee Agency, Indian Territory.... Ia the House, b ile were Introduced and referred: By Mr. Singleton, making telegraphic communica­ tions aa inviolable as letters in tne mail; by Mr. Daggett, to reduce the price of public lands within railroad Iirclts; by Mr. Covert, to create * scien­ tific commission to establish legal tests for the protection of dealers in butter, oleomargarine, eto.; by Mr. scales, for an allotment of lands in severalty to the united band of Peoria Indians; by Mr. Whittakor. reducing tbe expenses of taking pre-emtiona ana hosnef teads: by Mr.Kellsy, s revo­ lution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to turniih a statement of the bonds purchased be­ tween the 1st of January, 1844, and the 1st ot January, 1859; by Mr. ward, to re­ duce the expenses of collecting the revenue: by Mr. Young (Tenn.), for the appointment ot a commission on the method of settling claims against th« United States; by Mr. Tucker, appro­ priating §25,000 for tbe relief of the daughter snd grand-daughter 0f Zachary Taylor; by Mr. Downey, appropriating $25,MH> to protect and improve the Yellowstone National Park; by Mr. Fort. calHng on the Secretary of War for information as to the distance »nd the cost of a canal for tbe commerce between ihe navigable wa­ ters of the Illinois river and the Illinois and Mich­ igan canal, hy way of the Kankhl:,^ river? by Mr. Acklen, a bill proposing a constitutional amendment. The amendment de­ clares that the Union of these United States shall be perpetual, and all acts or attempta to separata or destroy the Union shall be treason against ihe Federal Government, and be punished as such; the States' limits and boundaries to be inviolate, and the rights of the State to make and enforce its local laws shall never be interfered with by the Federal Govern­ ment; by Mr. Buokner, for an adjournment of Oongress on the 24th of May. A bill was pasaed to abolish tolls on the Louisville and Portland canal. On the morning of March 16 Mr. Davis (111) presented in the Senate a memorial from citizens of Chicago, praying the enactment of a uniform bankruptcy law, and made a speech supporting the memorial. On motion of Mr. Thurman, the reso- lutjpn offered by Mr. Kellogg for a commit­ tee fo investigate the newspaper charges against him was laid on the table. Mr. Edmunds intro­ duced a bill to tlx the day for the meeting of the Electors of the President and Vice President, and to provide for and regulate the couuting of votes for President and Vice President, and the decision of questions arising thereof. Referred to a select committee on the subject. The afternoon was devoted to consideration of the Star Koute Deficiency bill, the Senate re­ maining in session till 0 o'clock without reaching any conclusion In the House, a debate on the Funding bill was ordered for next Saturday. The morning hour being dispensed with, the House went into committee of the whole upon the Deficiciency Appropriation bill. This was discussed the whole day, but not conc'udtd. Mr. Dibrell, from the Committee on Retolnticmry Pen­ sions, reported a resolution calling on the Secre­ tary of the lute'ior for information as to withhold­ ing pensions allotted to soldiers of the War of 181S. Adopted. The first business transacted in the Senate on the 17th Inst, waa the passage of a bill re­ moving the political disabilities of Roger A. Pry or. Mr. Hampton, from the Military Oommittee, re­ ported a bill to aurvey and mark the Gettysburg battle-field. After discussion for neariy the whole day. the Star Service Deficiency bill was passed. The Pres dent nominated Matthias C. Oeborn, of Alabama, to l* TTnitea Slates Marshal for the Mid­ dle Mid Southern District of Alabama....In the Holism, Mr. Taylor offered a i esolation for the ap­ pointment of a special committee to investigate the present method ol settling claims against the United States. All tbe day's session wae consumed in discussion upon the Deficiency Appropriation bill, no conclusion being reached. Debate waa the order of the day In both houses on Thursday, March 18. In the upper house, after a fe* committee reports, the 8enate proceeded to consider the House bill for the establishment of titles in Hot Springs, questions, being on the substitute reported OR PuUia jb>a«td*. as exMlned bjr members of tbe committee, atter debate, the*Senate went into executive si sion and soon adjourned....In tlin House, the morning lour was dispensed wi-h, and that body went immediately into committee of the whole upon the Special Deficiency hill. Debate oontiaaejL till adjournment, without action. The Hot Springs bill wae taken up in the Senate on the morning of the lllth inst., amended and passed. Mr. McDonald introduced a bill re­ funding certain duties paid on imported articles by the University of Notre Dan^e, St. Joneph county, Ind. Mr. An: hony presented the memorial of Susan B. Anthony aaking for a removal of her political disabilities. Miss Authonr complains that, while the prayers of men for the removal of disabilities have been granted, such prayers nave been denied to women. She asks that her petition receive the . same consideration as it her name weve Samuel B. Anthony. Mr. Hntob introduced a bill to provide for an allotment of lan >s in sever­ alty to ihe United Peoria aud Miami tribes of In­ dians in the Inuiau Territory. In ex cutivesession the nomination of Rev. Thomas Simmons to be Census Supervisor for% the Fifth district of Georgia wa< rejected. TUe Presi­ dent nominated Charles Adams, of Colo­ rado, Minister to Bolivia and the following to be United Sta en Consul*: B<et Harte, of California, at Glasgow; Gtorge L. Catlin, of New Jersey, at Stuttgaidt: P. Lange, oi Iowa, at La Iioclielle; W. P. Mat)gum, of Nortii Caroliua. at fien 1'sin; Alex. C. Jones, of Wert Virginia, at Nagasaki: Har­ ry A. Conant, of Michigan, at Naples; William L. Scruggs, of Ueori'ia, at. Canton; Victor Thompson, of Mississippi, at Sc. Thomas: ttenry C. Marsron, of Illinois, at Malaga: Jolin Holderinan.of Kansas, etBaugfkok a so, Henry C. Snowden, to be Super­ visor of the Census for the Second district of Penn­ sylvania. Adjourn*) lo Mo ml ay In ihe House, the mor»ing hour was dispensed Willi, private bm-lness laid aside, and the house went into com­ mittee of the whole (Carlisle in the chai ) on the Special Deficiency bill*. Political dis- cnssioti was resumed upon ihe measure, matiy amendment beiug offered, but tun Mil was finally parsed. Thu proposition wtitch was itual­ ly adopted was thin: That the appropriation for the paymet.t of Marshals and Deputies should be made, and tho validity of the E ectiou laws r cognized, with this add iiou: '•Provided, that hereafter Special Deputy Marshals of ^lection f <r performing duty in respect lo any election shaii receive $5 a day in full comiiMisa- tion, and that all appointments of such ^wiai Deputies shall be made by the Judg< s ot the Uni­ ted States Court* in ihe cireoit or districts in which Mich Mar-lmlx are to perform their duties, the Deputies io be taken in equal numbers from thediffe;ent poli-ical parties." * bill appropriating #l(!().l 00 a* a dellci- nc.v to tlifl public printing was passed. A resolution in regard to the abrogation of tbe Chinese treaty was offered. English Priccs for American Goods. One of tbe cooiinerciaJ puzzles yet to be explained is th<* reason wiiy you can buy excellent "Blue Point" oysters in London for a shilling a dozen; why the Atlantic and 8cribner'# monthlies can be bought there for the same price; how it is that American butter, cheese and beef are now to be found in neariy every village of Scotland and England, while the greater part of the seacoast population of Wales live on Americun canned goods, all of which can tie bought lor far less than liere-- a good cut of Americau beuf. for instance, co*ts 2 pen<»e half-penny, or 5 cents a pound. Developing our commerce is a good thing, but is there any reason vdm we should not be able to gat thinggpro- duced here for at least the satnenpnee that our British cousins can? If the Atlantic, and Scribner'g monthlies are to be bought in London for a shilling, why should we pay more than 25 ceuts for them? or, what is a more vital ques­ tion, with American beef at 5 and 6 cents a pound at retail, why is it that the lowest price in the wholesale mar­ ket here is 7£ cents a pound, and that without the added expense of transpor «AIWUGH#MI A Lady's Enptrience with Ben /(From the Philadelphia Prww.j .My Ai the beginning of the war an army officer, serving in Texas, sent his resig­ nation to & brother to be used only in owe his State seceded from the Union. The brother, who was a strong seces­ sionist, at once sent in the resignation, and it was accepted. His State did not go oat of the Union, but he went out of the army. Soon after forwarding his resignation the officer made up his mind to slick to the Union, come what might. He behaved with great gallant­ ry, and' saved somo 300 soldiers to the Union army when Gen. Twiggs surren­ dered. With these he made his way North, and marched all the way to Fort liiley, Kan. He was dumbfounded on reaoning this place to find that he was no longer an officer, in fact, had been out of service over three months, and had not a cent of pay due him with which to get North. Borrowing some money, he hastened to Washington and laid his case before the authorities, but they could not, or would not, do any­ thing for him. The officer, after visiting all the de­ partments, gave up in despair, went home and told his wife they must star ire, as the Noith would not have his services, and he oonld not go Sonth and iiglit against the old flag. The good wife cheered him up, and for weeke she went about the Capitol trying to get his case reconsidered, without sucips. The lady became discouraged, but she had a large family of little ones, and for their sake she resolved to per- seiwae and see what would come of it. Sha knew not what to do, when a friend of Jnfc said to her: jWhy don't you go and see old Ben Wii^jjs, ol Oliio?" *Oh," said she, "they say he is so rosu&; a terrible man, indeed, and I urnfn dread of going to him." "Sffever mind what they say," replied the lriend; "you go and see old Ben, u can tell us afterward about his ities.". next day the lady did call at Mr. house, and, learning he was in, gly approached the dread pres- There was nothing forbidding Wade's looks, and she soon, un- e moet gentle encouragement, confined to him everything about her husiandV case. When she came to of her children she quite broke and. sobbed most bitterly. Mr. who had bten listening to her attentively, rose from his chair, handed her a glass of water, and said kindly: "Pray, do not cry, madam; compose yonrself; it may not be so bad a case as yon imagine, and you should not de- spotod until I have tried what I can do abovtt it." The lady looked at him through her teantTlmd, as ' she said afterward, felt like hugging him around the neck. His werl, indeed, the first kind words she had heard for weeks from any one in power, and she naturally became at once deeply impressed with Mr. Wade's kindness of heart. She dried her eyes ancTtold the Senator all about it. Mrs. Wade, who heard this good lady's story, ited to tears herself, and, plac- ir arm about the distressed sister's patted her on the head and said: , there, don't grieve; I am sure il will help you all he can; know what a kind heart he ot deeply he feels always ipt are in trouble." hand ofisuah a,.wile e cumrwise than a good ami hot they told m<i msp . ," exclaimed the lady. f-v. ?.' "Who --me ?" roared old Btott. ' •Yes, sir; you." * them; they lie," cried old Ben. MI know now they do, and that it is not so," said the lady. well, let it g6 at that," re- Senator. M Just now we and more important busi- ~ than discussing our pub- but," he added after a they doolie about me, and if they sayi that again in your presence juBt telljthem, won't you, for me, they are a ^et of liars I" Here was a message for a lady to deliver that might wMl have astonished anyone, and Mrs. --f-- said as Wade turned his earnest face toward her and uttered these words she oonld not help smiling, though she had been crying but a mo­ ment before. M Then you do know this man to be really loyal?" said Wade. " He certainly is," replied the l&dy. "And he would not fight against the Union under any circumstances whatever?" *' Never 1 never! never I" " Then," said Wade, " we must have him light for it; not. in the ranks, but asone of its best offioers, I trust." The lady had indeed made a friend worth having, and sne went home with a light heart. There was more joy that night in the ex-army officer's house than there had been for many a day. Mr. Wade learned, as the others had done, the place had been filled and the new officer confirmed. Just here, where almost any other man would have stopped, Wade began to work. Ttie officer had held the commission of Major in the service, and, as there was no vacant Majority to which he could be appointed, Wade tried to find him a Captaincy. Not even a Lieutenancy was vacant, so the War Department u>lks said, but Wade one day incident­ ally learned there was a vacant Lieu­ tenant Colonelcy, and without the slightest hesitation urged his man for it. He oavried his pofct, and the ex-offi­ cer was made a Lieutenant Colonel. An attempt to defeat his confirmation was made, but Wade defeated it and had him jMc|im)phantly confirmed* ( t Mot in the Bills. < The Ocjiaha Herald gives this des­ cription Of n decidedly animated scene which, though ndt on the house bills, was enacted on the stage at Denver, Col, not a great w'uile ago: The play was one of Buffalo Bill's, There are several "pictures," as ihe profession terms them--tableaux, the spectators call them--luring the play. One of thete is the Mountain Meadow massacre, which is illuminated and in­ tensified by all the glory aud glare of blue and red lire. Some one surrepti­ tiously mingled a quantity of red pepper with the material for producing tinted her baek, with and bea 4eiuMMs. MMN HUSNET. n~; viji^s;i»rith start- e howled, groaned apa flopped over, exchuming, "O! O! *y God! Mj eyes are burning out; ^11 die!" Other corpses writhed, rolled, flopped, howled and groaned. An immoderate amount of profanity bub­ bled from resurrected lipB, and resur­ rected lnngs poured out vast volumes of hard, hoarsfe coughs as the curtain cut the sigut from the auditorium. Sev­ eral of the stage people suffered many small blisters, but none were very se­ riously injured. " ' ' ' nyy doubt. Thai* tike ALL SORTS. •3 paid $12,500,000 for eggs m 1«78. PENNSYLVANIA'S total debt is $22,190,- 668, of wnich $900,718 bears no in­ terest. SNOW in Honeyoomb fork. Big Cot­ tonwood, Utah, is reported forty feet deep. Miseorni has two prominent politi­ cians--one named Vest and the other Pantz. EIGHTY members of the Legislature of Mississippi are natives of the State, and all are natives of the South. TALMAGE wants the people of the United States to contribute $1 each to hft she mortgage ofi* his Tabernacle. GHAKI.KS E. SMITH, former editor of the Albany Evening Journal, has lie- come editor of the Philadelphia Press. MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY has 1,397 stu­ dents, the largest number of any Ameri­ can college. Columbia pays its profes­ sors the largest salaries. DAVID BURNS is the oldest living boatman on the Kentucky river, having been born in 1791. He has walked irom New Orleans to Frankfort--1,500 miles --six times. A CONNECTICUT woman bet a new hat against a bonnet that she could jump fnrther than any church deaoon in Norwich, and she beiat the best man hy seven inches. MRS. KITE became convinced that her husband was in love with her sister, who lived with them at Grayson, Va. She sent for her two brothers to take her away, and they oame for that pur­ pose. Her husband said nothing in opposition, but in the night, while ̂ he brothers were sleeping, he killed them with an ax. A HEN always kioks backward afi laying an egg. A Bridgeport Yankee is reported to have turned this fact to account in inventing a device to pre­ vent the sale of stale eggs. When tEb ben kicks she hits an electric disk, to which is attached a rubber stamp, and the apparatus stamps the date on each egg. " THE windows of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce building over­ look the yard of the First Presbyterian Church. The church officers demand­ ed, and, until lately, received, $800 a year for the privilege of taking light. The Chamber voted not to pay any more, and now a light board fenoe cov­ ers the windows. WILLIAM SMOAK, a patriarchal Ger­ man of 97, living in Orangeburg coun­ ty, S. C., has 13 children, 1$9 grand­ children, 460 great-grandohildren, and 70 of the next generation. Total num­ ber of descendants 691, of whom 575 are living. Mr. wife died a few ytears ago, nut wKT'to see ther youngest and thirteenth! child.# grand­ mother. ** Two CHAMBEBIIAIDS and a cook in a Pittsburgh house argoedj a? the latter stirred a huge kettle of boiling ^ush. The argument culminated in a remark unpleasant to the cook, who retaliated by throwing a ladle of mush in the face of the offender. Then the row became general. Hot mush flew thick aud last, burning wherever it struck, and stick* ing, too. The result was three badly- burned and discharged domestics. • IF every shred of wool sheared from the sheep of the universe, and every fiber of cotton picked from this terres­ trial ball, could be spun into yarn and knitted into one stocking, which would be as long as ||ie bottomless pit is deep, and big around enough to use the equa tor for a garter.it wouldn't hold enough to satisfy tbe Christmas wishes of a curly- haired girl of 5 tender but precocious years. WILLIAM BERNARD murdered his aunt at a raaciio in New Mexico, took $700 of her savings, and went away. After go­ ing half a mile he discovered that he had mads a track of blood all the way. A bare looted tramp came along, and to hipi Bernard gave the dangerous boots, o braining another pair from a friend for himself. The tramp was arrested, and, as his guilt was not doubted, Bernard almost succeeded in having him hanged by a mob before the truth came out. LITTRE and Bobin, who were asso­ ciated in the preparation of a famous Direotory of Medicine, were two very absent-minded men. One day, when they were seated bide by vide at the tame table at their work, one, lecJhng tation and other incidental*? An ex- ^ ™s *>Vewhat sur- planatiou is in order from the produc­ ers.--Philadelphia Press, HARTEN overheard his wife telling Cox at Eaton, Ohio, that she would marry him as soon as her husband died, which would be speedily, as he was al­ most gone with consumption. Harten spoiled the^ plan at oum bf through the heart. prising, aud created great consternation among the temporary corpses. The admixture, instead of burning with serene halo, went on a tear, hissed, crackled, and flew in fiery, blistering showers ever the hands and faces of the boys who held the pans, and over those of the dead, whose vitality waa restored in a mi^aoalottsly natural manner. A mnrderipd woman who lay prone npon iSM .rfa.lk .VLwtJ A Record of Biirths. An honest farmer of Caithness Chambers' Journal, rt^oidiug tii» births of his children in the family Bi­ ble, wrote: "Betty was bom on,.the day thtyt John Cathel lost hi* gray mare iii ihe moss. Jemmy wasf born the day they began mending the roof o' the kirk. Sandy was born the night my mother broke her leg, and the day alter Kitty g%ed away with the sodgers. The tWihs, Willie and Maigefc, was born the day Sanny Bremmer bigged his new barn, and the very day after the battle o* Waterloo. Kir sty was burn the night o' the great feeht on the Keedsiuas, atween Peter Donaldson and a South- country drover. Forbye, the factor, raided the rent the same year. Anny was born the oight the kiln gaed on fire, six years syne. David was born the night o' the gteat speat, and three days afore Jamie Miller had a lift frae the fairies."; , •£f\ Vr/X TmtoT th« Apoeoh im WHICH He WM |M. tancml to *lu> ftaiwlw Uooae Af Cor­ rection. MB, PRESIDENT AND WOUIKOXER : I *»nt to ctdl your attention to a piece which appeal i| the morning papers signed " The Council." This is an in­ cendiary document, and I want to know who " The Council'" are wluA they propose to do. They aak for peace, and who are they? Wfco is at war? Who is making this turmoil? I never saw the city more peaceful, ni tell you who the 200 hell-born, hell-bound vil­ lains are who are meeting in secret in this city. They are your deadly ene­ mies--these 200 lawless aasasdns and incendiaries, who are meeting now to decide who shall be hung and who shall escape. There's Clans Spreokels, the biggest -- thief who ever went nnhnng, and, him, I am man enough to tell him so to his faoe. He induced his men to take an oath to club Kearney, but they don't dare do it. IMJUyou right here that if I hear of any man plotting to kill me, by --, I will kill him, so help me --. A man wt-ws fav day, and, said he, "Yon mustsw>ptnis." Said I, '* Go to --I now warn Gen. John F. Miller, who is at the head, and the rest of th£se 200 Oh£nes%£}gfyn^ that, if I am killed, he and theuieaL.of the 200 shall be singled out for'egMual vengeance. There were 223 ^MtPviSec!1 in favor of Chinese immigrmMfi/i«9T# tuese are the men who belongkofittein^ Council. I propose to single them out and publish the list. t Tliesgsimiiyes had a book circulating to-dajji, w&wtr signatures of those who were ^dtaror of law and order. They are conspiring to break the peace and kill me, but X expect to have the pleasure of dancing on the graves of those men who would now like to stab me in the back. I hope the reporters will report me as I speak to-night. These incendiaries who want to tight, why don't they come out? if they have 200 or 500, we can find an equal number to go out to the beach and light them; out no, they want to do their fighting in seoret. They want to come out and take the Sand-Lot. If the pol.ee and militia would only lay low and give us a chance at them, it would be all right; but none of these 200 Chinese-lovers dare even meet me in debate on the Sand-Lot. No, their work is incendiary, and can only be done in seoiet; but I want you workingmen to press oloser together. Organize, and tell your neighbor to­ morrow or next Sunday, when the ^ell ta^s or the alarm sounds, that one L®. oTrour leaders is hung; you may!rally round the flag; you may rally and give the thieves --. If ttiey kill me, then the insurrection will commence in earn­ est. They tell me I must shut up or leave the city. I propose to stay here and follow the same comse which I be­ gan two years and a half ago. I claim this as a right. The only way they can silence me is to kill me. They may lock me up; but if they keep me from talking they must cut my tongue out. Even tben I want them to remember that "The Chinese must go;" the thiev­ ing stock-gamblers must go, and the murdering Council after them. They may do wbat they please with me, but, --• them, I want them to count the consequences which come afterward. Diamond Purchasers* « PtOtohssing diamonds for the retail trade is, I am told, a very difficult and deltopte task. The buyer takes his seat at a table, with a large sheet of white paper spread out before him. On this paper is poured out the contents of cer­ tain of the packages, in which diamonds are delivered to the hands of the whole­ sale dealers. The keen eye of the pur­ chasing expert at once singles out the flawed, shallow, ill-shaped or yellow stones. These are swept out ruthlessly, and are definitely rejected. The re­ maining stones must next be paired--a very difficult and delicate operation. To facilitate it a tin plate mounted on feet and pieroed with holes in grad­ uated sizes is produced. On this the selected diamonds are laid, and are sifted to and fro until each diamond is fitted into a hole proportionate to its size. Then the stones are subjected to a second and final examination, the buyer pouncing upon every oue that shows any defect, such as irregularity of shape, lack of brilliancy, dullness of water or yellowness nf tint. The matched diamonds are then carefully put up in pairs, either in small oases or simply folded in papers. The refuse diamonds are generally sold to Frenoh jewelers, to «nake up the wonderful flowers and stars and insects that one' sees blazing under the gaslight in tbe windows of the shops on the Palais Royal. In faot, French costumers as a class are much more easily suited in dia­ monds than are Americans. They like something showy, and look more to the general effect than to the absolute per­ fection of each individual stone. I woutd, therefore, advise our oountry people, when they come abroad, to ad­ dress themselves to American jewelers when they wish to buy diamonds, and noc suffer themselves to be tempted by now tides' him lady of culture--such as Thi Burr--there is no manner of tout So that the unfortunate Theodoti " walked the plank" seems probable, the story of the dying man in Hfol gan and that of the living lira. My in North Carolina are taken irt ooone tion.--New Orleans Democrat, A Rich Xim on Riches. » The following story is told of J«o< Bidgway, a wealthy citizen of Philad phia, who died many years ago, leavii a fortune of $5,000,000 or $6,000,000: "Mr. Ridgway,"«uidayoungman<wil whom the millionaire was conversin " you are taore to be envied than ai gentleman I know." u " Why so?" responded Mr. Bidgwa; I am not aware of any cause for whi< I should bs particularly envied." " What, sir!" eiclaimed the yoi man in astonishment. " Whv, area yon a millionaire? Think of ike thoi brings 7011 in evei Otftffelfcrwhat of that?" replied ""idgfrfcy, "All I get out of it is at and clothes; and I can't an one man's allowance, or we« han oae suit at a time. Pra iRue de la Paix or in the Palais Royal. Tni ey will only pay lialf as much again for ti'iiem as they are worth if they buy in those* latter places, and tlen, if they wish to Ai^po-e of their purchases or to have tlioi^ reset in a new form, they will find thcoftifielves with a lot of flawed and imperiect BAtones on their hands.-- Paris Ittter. • his leg itch, laid down his pen to scrutch«y ^ »"cuuo"ot lv\ " Unhappily, in his absent-mindedness, dazzling gewgaws displayed on^the he began scratching his companion's leg. His companion,perceiving that his leg was being scratched, inferred that he was scratching it himself, and iaid down his pen so as to be able to devote himself exclusively to the operation. BEFORE THE 8HR1NK. 1 built • shrine, alia >-et my idol tkera. «ud morn aud noon aud uitclit my kiWM I best. And cried aloud until luy stieu«th WM tpont, B^iUMchiug his cold pity wuh my |ir»y»r. MoineuuiRH at dawning, when tlte <iay w»* (air, & ray of ligat to MB 8t«m» visage sent The st-mblance oi a Hmile. " i-toes he relmi,* I cited. " U»IM strong god, Lovo, Viicae Ligh-prteat i - D -8p-.ii Bat noon cum* on, and in 1U full, clear light I »aw his lip*. a» ruthlemt an ot ola -tijd his «-}•!•« uiockeil me like teleutleas fata, Till I \vue £a.n toliide me front lan 8i<iU; Bdt OIIH H»EPL off troia lftu hl« mantle1* fc>ld, and lo, my idol wm not Lovo. but late. •--UovUe Chvtuller JfouiUm, tn harvmrt 4. Kere About TUe^dosia Burr. The reported confession of a dying sailor in a Michigan poorjjhouse, a few months ago, concerning ̂ f -e death m Aaron Burr's daughter, 14eo(losia, h&s attracted much attention^nd facts go­ ing to support the aga&/pirate's state­ ment have recently ujhut/ to light in the diseiWton and cor respond- Bubject in North and South The dying man in Michigan belonged to a gang of pirates who captured the vessel on which the lady named took parage from George town, and asserted that he witnessed her death by being oompelie^ to '* walk the plank" into the sea; and now comes Dr. W. G. Pool, of Elizabeth City, N. C., who is the possessor of an oil-por­ trait which bears a remarkable resem­ blance to the engraving of " Theodo- sia" in Davis' history of Aaron Burr, and which, he says, he obtained in 1809 from an old lady named Mann, who lived near Nag's Head. According to Mm, Mann's story, her husband found the picture in the c%bin of a pilot-boat that came ashore near Kitty Hawk, with stdi set and rudder fastened. The ves­ sel bore evidences of having bet a plun­ dered and abandoned, but there were no signs of violence. That a pilot* boat of the description of the one that sailed from Georgetown, 8. for New ffa'fcyou do that much?*' An, but think of the fine houses yo own, and the rentals they bring yon " What better am I off for that ? can only live in one house at a time; 1 for the money I receive for rents, cannot eat it or wear it; I can onl use it to buy other houses for oth« people to live in; they are the benef oiaries. not I." " Hit you can buy splendid fnrnitni and costly pictures, and fine carriag< j and horses --in fact, anything you d< 1 sire you can have." V " And after I have bought them," spouded Mr. Ridgway, "what then? can only look at the furniture and pioi ures, and the poorest man who is n blind can do that. I can ride no easii in a fine carriage than you can in omnibus for 5 cents, without the troubl] of attending to drivers, footmen an hostlers; and, as to anything I desi I can tell you, young man, that the 1 we desire in this world the happier shall be. All my wealth connot buy m back my youth, cannot purchase e: emption from Bickness and pain, 01 not procure me power to keep afar 01 the hour of,death; and then, what it avail when, in a few short years most, I he down in the grave and leavi it all forever? Young man, you hav< no cause to envy me." • --- Two Drinks for Ten Oeati« v> He entered the saloon with £ hast stride and abstracted air, as if somj bank would split wide open if he wa not there on time to save it with hil mighty intellect. He laid down hit short bit with the -manner of a man whJ had paid any number of long bits ovel the same counter and would just as sooil do it again if he felt like it. He poiireii out four fingers and a half of whisks As the bartender was wondering whet er he was a railroad magnate or a bonan| zt» king in seedy disguise, in yalked wreck on the ocean of rum, who be^ge piteously for a "nip." The bartendc was po gi$enhorn and "played." He refused the bummei piteous appeal. "Stay, my good feUo^l cried the compassionate millionaire! "Do you really want a drink? Then dij vide with me. I poured out more tha I want." They did divide, and walked out together to initiate other well-post] ed barkeepers into the seoret of gettinc "two drinks for a dime." She Has Been In Love. Miss Emma Abbott, tfye opera singer, having been told of some criticism upoi the warmth of her acting in love scenes, responded: "I detest the conventional,] stagey, stupid, love-making scenes, s* often depicted by women who were never in love, and know nothing of the! passion. I think the more 'vivid and' life-like the representation is, the bet' ter. I have been in love, and know what I am acting. I forget Emma Ab­ bott in vivifying my characters. A warm-hearted, noble woman's passion can only be portrayed by one who has had emotional experience. No woman who is a coquette or a designing in­ triguer can properly act such a part." THE Boston newspapers tell of d stage-struck woman who got a divorce- from her husband in order to become- an actress, failed dismally behind the footlights, returned to her home, and. begged to be made a wife again, which. ia»4ife by a remarriage. THE MARKETS* *» w « . 4 w 4 . KEWYOBK. Dma COTTON..... FLOUR--Snperflne. WHKAT-No.it 1 « CORN--Western Mind.... ........ V! OATS-Mixed 44 BYE- Western 'W' PORK--Mesa 11 00 LABU... ' 7 CHICAGO. Bum--<ChoiceGr»ded staen..... 5 00 Cowaaud Hcifen IN Medium to Fair 4 80 B(A>*. 8 SB FLOUB--Fancy White Winter Ex... 6 6J Good to Choice Spring Ex. 5 00 WHEAT--NO. A Spring 1 19 No. 3 Opium 1 08 OoHN--No. S N OATS- No. 1 30 BYK--No.8 W BAULKY--No. T TT BUTTRR--Choice Creamery. 80 EO«S--J-'reah 9 PORK--Meaa. 11 • la no 7 MILWAUKEE. WHXAT--No. 1 1 IS *>.* 1 1# Co**--No. t C7 OATS--No. T M RT*--No.L 71 BAULKY-- HO. 8 87 sr. IJOOTS. WHKAT--No. 9 Bed Fail 1 0 CORN--Mixed 80 OATS--No. 8 at Rt*...w. POHX--Meaa 'CWCINNATL"" WHXAT J M Cos* 4| OATS ; AG Br* M PORK--Meat N T" _ TOLEDO. ~ W**AT--Amber Michigan in No. S Bed i a* CORK --No. S 41, OAT*-NO.S ; m _ _ DETBOXT. ' FLoirm--Choice 8 00 WHKAT--No. 1 Wnlta i'*j No. 1 Amber COBW--No. 1 44 OATS--Mixed ....IV' St BAULKY fper cental) 1 AU Poa*--Me«« T.nm „ INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--No. T Bed 1 M com .ur.;: «? OATH ' JJI POM--Clear 'Iia « XJLST XIBEUFT, J>A. 5 00 •fid 111 J CAtnjB--Beat.. Fair. 4 *» Common 3 35 HQoa. < *;