Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1877 — Page 1

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

THE WAB IN THE EAST. A dispatch from before Plevna, dated Oct. 17, says: “ After nine days’ incessant rain, the weather has cleared up. Bulgarian operations will begin again as soon as the ground becomes sufficiently dry. There' are reports of groat suffering in both armies.” The Russian victory over the Turks in Armenia appears to have been a crushing and decisive one. A London cablegram furnishes the following particulars of the affair : “Fq<r the last fortnight the two armies in Asia have, been in close quarters, and there has been constant skirmishing. At first the Russians were no much worsted that it was hardly expected they would renew the attack this winter, but Gen. Melikoff persevered, and a few days ago it was announced from Turkish sources that Mukhtar, for strategic reasons, had fallen back on Aladja-Dagb, near Kais, where he was concentrating bis forces. This was correct. In Alndja-Dagh he had a ranch stronger position and bettor communication with Kars. The Russians, however, rapidly followed the retreating Turks, and, after numerous minor engagements, brought about the great battle of Monday. Mukhtar’s army was completely cut in two, and while one part was l*e*ten and dispersed the other was surrounded and forced to surrender.” As additional particulars are received of the recent battle in Asia, the magnitude of the Russian victory and the disastrous extent of the Turkish defeat become apparent It is now estimated that the Russians captured thirtytwo battalions of infantry, four brigades of artillery, 100 officers and 2,000 horses, besides an enormous quantity of military stores and provisions. The Turkish loss from all sources is stated at 16, 000 men. A London telegram of the 22d inst. says: “A Russia® official dispatch from GornyRtuden reports that in one of their assaults on Friday the Roumanians entered and occupied the second Gravitza redoubt before Plevna, but during the evening the redoubt was recaptured by the Turks. A telegram dated Poeredin, Saturday, says the Roumanians captured the redoubt on Friday after three vigorous assaults, but during the night the Turks, collecting all their forces, recaptured it after a most sanguinary contest.” Aarif Pasha, the new Turkish Ambassador to Paris, is instructed to state immediately on his arrival the terms on which Turkey would make peace if the powers wish to mediate.

GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. The Republicans of France have achieved a signal victory over the consolidated monarchical elements under the leadership of MacMahon. In the election for members of the Chamber of Deputies they have secured a majority of about 100 members. The election passed off quietly. A Vienna bank has failed, with liabilities of $7,000,000. Curacoa and the neighboring islands in the West Indies have been visited by a fearful hurricane. Half a million dollars’ worth of property and many lives were destroyed. England, Ireland and Scotland were visited by a gale of immense violence about the same time, causing great destruction of property on land and sea. The famine in India will cost the Indian Government $75,000,000, exclusive of the loss of revenues resulting frdm the distress. St. Petersburg!! dispatches state that there have been serious riots in Saratov, in Polish Russia, and 140 persons were killed and wounded. The famous monolith known as Cleopatra’s needle was abandoned off the coast, of Spain by the steamer having it in tow, during a tremendous gale. The crew on the craft which contained the obelisk were transferred to the Olga, but not until the Olga had lost her second mate and five hands in her endeavor to rescue them. . The lost needle was subsequently discovered by another steamer and again started on its voyage to England. A Paris telegram says “the Cabinet has resolved to remain in office and preside over the elections for Councils General.” At the recent election in France, 7,793,000 votes were cast, being the largest number recorded at any election since 1848. The Shah of Persia intends visiting London and Paris next spring.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. Ka st. TLe Permanent Exhibition in Philadelphia 8 own signs of not lasting till the next Centen-' niid. The management is said to bo in debt over one-quarter of a million dollars. Flint A Co., bankers of New York, have failed. Liabilities, $115,000. The officers of the collapsed Loan and Trust Company, of Paterson, N. J., have been indictr ed for embezzlement. A son of Gen. Negley has been indicted at Pittsburgh for robbing the mails. The JEtna Savings Bank, of Pittsburgh, has suspended. West. James Berry, the Pacific railroad robber captured in Callaway county, Mo., has died of the wounds inflicted by the Sheriff while arresting him. He made a confession to the effect that Collins, who was killed in Kansas, planned the robbery ; that the names of the other men were correct is now known by tho Express Company, and that they all traveled 200 miles together, and then separated in squads of two. Berry’s partner went to Chicago. John T. Glllson sued the Cincinnati Enquirer for libel, and obtained a verdict for $3,875. An appeal was taken to the higher courts, and the decision has just been affirmed. Advices from the West indicate the safe and expeditious removal of the Sioux Indians to tho Missouri river, in accordance with tho wishes of the Government. Soutli. The cotton report of the Statistician Department of Agriculture for October makes the average condition nearly as high as 1876. It is 81.1 against 82.7 last year, and 88 the year before. The decline in condition during September is less this year than last.

WASHINGTON NOTES. Senator Hamlin, of Maine, has been made Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, succeeds Mr. Hamlin RS Chairman of the Committee on Postoffices and Tost Roads. President Hayes has decided to appoint John Baxter, of Tennessee, Judge of the United States Circuit Court of the Sixth District, in place of the late Judge Emmons, of Michigan. Pinchbaek has written a letter to the Hon. John H. Mitchell, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, renewing his claims to the Louisiana Senatorship. A Washington telegram says: “ Because of Senator Morton’s illness, the committee to examine into Grover’s case has not been able to report. McMillan, of Minnesota, has been preparing a report, which it is thought will be signed by-all of the members of the committee, »nd which will completely exonerate Grover.

The Democratic sentinel.

JAS. W. MoEWEN, Editor.

VOLUME 1.

The report will not be submitted till the December session.” Senator Bteine haai been suddenly called to his home in Maine by the sad intelligence of a serious accident to his daughter. POLITICAL POINTS. The Cincinnati Commercial publishes returns from all the counties of Ohio, except. Ashtabula, Hardin and Stark—lts figures on’ Governor footing up as follows: Bishop, Democrat, 281,101; West, Republican, 242,97 ft; Bond, Workingman, 12,480 ; Thompson, Prohibition, 4,639; Johnson, Greenback and Workingman, 15,736. Bishop over West, 38,125. The three counties to be heard from gave majorities last year as follows : Ashtabula, 4,477 for Hayes ; Hardin, 128 for Hayes ; and Stark, 362 for Tilden. MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. According to the statement of a gentleman just arrived in Washington, there is little or noground for hope thrt Senator Morton will ever again take his seat in the Senate. This gentleman says the sick Senator’s body is practically dead below the chin, and his system so enfeebled that nourishment can only be administered with extreme difficulty. His family are still hopdtul of at least partial recovery, bu well-informed friends do not share in the expectation. A telegram from the Chicago Times’ correspondent with the Sitting Bull Commission brings information that the fugitive chieftain hag consented to meet and treat with the commission at Fort Walsh. Sitting Bull has with him fifty Nez Perces warriors, who escaped from the Bear’s Paw fight, and their case may possibly complicate the duties of the commission somewhat. The centennial anniversary of one of the most momentous events of the first years of the War of the Revolution—the surrender of Burgoyne—has just been celebrated by the people along the Hudson in the neighborhood of Schuylerville, N. Y. The railway managers have advanced rates on west-bound freight from New York to the following figures: Ist class. 2d. 3d. 4th. Cleveland 62 5!) 49 36 Cincinnati 92 83 79 41 Indianapolis 95 85 71 43 Louisville 1.13 1.02 86 55 St. Louis 1.28 1.16 97 61 Toledo 77 69 58 35 Chicago 1.00 90 75 45 Milwaukee...... ...1.00 90 75 45 Detroit 70 63 53 32 The United States Commission, sent out by the Government to find and treat for peace and good will with the Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, has succeeded in coming face to face with the redoubtable Indian chieftain, and have failed to bring him to any terms. In short, the Commission has met Sitting Bull, and Sitting Bull has 'dismissed it abruptly and disdainfully The expedition lias failed in its purpose, and the Sioux question is as far from a satisfactory solution as when Gen. Terry and his brother Commissioners first set out on their long and tedious journey to the Northwest. Two hundred and thirty woodeu buildings in Portland, a suburb of St. John’s, N. 8., were destroyed by fire last week. The loss is estimated at $300,000.

FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

Monday, Oct. 15.—Senate.—Senators were early in their places, and the usual bustle attending the opening of the session prevailed.... The oath of office was administered to Stanley Matthews (Ohio), elected in the place of John Sherman, resigned ; J. Don Cameron, in place of Simon Cameron, resigned, anil D. H. Armstrong, who was appointed from Missouri, vice L. V. Bogy, deceased; after which the Senate adjourned. House.—The House was called to order by Clerk Adams promptly at 12 o’clock. The roll of members by States was called, beginning with Maine. When Louisiana was reached, the Clerk eaid that three sets of returns had been received from that State—the first signed by John McEncry. As Mr. McEnery was never recognized as a de facto Governor, the certificates signed by him would not be considered. The second set was signed by W. P. Kellogg, and reached the Clerk at different times and by different channels. In regard to the latter. Clerk Adams said that the certificates signed were not in compliance with the laws of Louisiana, and therefore not proper credentials. He could not recognize them or put the names of members holding such certificates on the rolls. The third set was signed by F. O. Nicholls, as Governor, was in due form and in accordance with the laws of Louisiana, and the names of the members holding the certificates signed by Nicholls had been placed on the rolls. When Colorado was reached Adams said he had excluded the names of Messrs. Belford and Patterson, both claiming seats from that State. There were 287 members present. Samuel J. Randall was elected Speaker, receiving 149 votes to 132 for James A. Garfield. The oath of office was administered to the Speaker, who then administered the oath to the members. Most of the Southern members took the qualified oath. Objection was made to swearing in Cain and Rainey, of South Carolina ; Darrell, Elam and Robertson, of Louisiana, and Pacheco, of California. and those members stood aside. The delegates for the Territories were all sworn in without objection. Mr. Clymer offered a resolution electing as Clerk, George M. Adams, of Kentucky; Scrgeant-at-AraiH, John G. Thompson, of Ohio ; Doorkeeper, John W. Polk, of Missouri; Postmaster. James M. Stewart, of Virginia; and as Chaplain, the Rev. Dr. John Poisel, of Maryland. Mr. Hale offered an amendment substituting for these names those of Jeremiah M. Rusk, of Wisconsin ; N. G. Ordway, of New Hampshire; Horace H. Harrison, of Tennessee; Henry Sherwood, of Michigan ; and the Rev. J. G. Butler, of Washington. The amendment was rejected, and the resolution adopted without a division. The oath of office was then administered to these officers, Messrs. Polk and Stewart taking the modified oath... .After the drawing of seats by the members, the House adjourned.

Tuesday, Oct. 16.—Senate.—A large number of bills and petitions were presented and referred. Among the petitions were many favoring an increase of compensation to letter-carriers. Among the bills was one offered by Mr. Beck for the removal of all disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth amendment. Referred.... Mr. Thurman introduced a bill to amend tho Pacific Railroad acts, so as to create a sinking fund for the liquidation of the indebtedness due to the Government by the Pacific Railroad Companies.... Memorials from the Missouri Legislature, in favor of ihe removal of the national capital to the Mississippi valley, and in relation to a national system of levees for the Mississippi river, were referred.... introduced a bill granting arrears of pensions. Referred.... A bill to establish the Territory of Huron, and provide a temporary government therefor, was referred; also, a bill to establish a branch mint at Omaha.... Mr. Rogers, Private Secretary to the President, delivered the message. It was read immediately by Secretary Gorham, ordered printed and referred. House. —Mr. Hale, of Maine, called up the Colorado election case. Mr. Cox raised a point of order that the disputed elections must be considered in order. Objected to. and the motion to call up Colorado was 105 t.... A long discussion took place on the question of swearing in the two South Carolina members, Rainey and Cain,-whose names were put on the roll by the Clerk. Mr. Cox wanted the question referred to the Committee on Elections, but it was contended, among others by two Democrats, Messrs. Miles and Potter, that, as the gentlemen had the usual legal certificate of election, they should be sworn in, and then their right to seats might be referred. This view prevailed, and Rainey and Cain were sworn in... .Objection was withdrawn in the case of Darrall, of Louisiana, and he also was sworn in... .The case of Elam, of Louisiana, was discussed, but no result reached... message was read, and referred to the Committee of the whole..,.The rules of the last House were adopted. Wednesday, Oct. 17.—Senate.—Mr. Beck introduced a bill authorizing the payment of 50 per cent, of customs duties in legal-tender notes. Referred. ...Mr. Thurman presented the credentials of Henry M. Spofford, Senator from Louisiana, from March 4,1877, and asked that they be read and Mr. Spofford sworn in. The credentials having “®en read, Mr. Mitchell moved that they be reLs, rred 1° Committee on Privileges and Elections, finally Mr. Edmunds appealed to Mr. Thurman to let tne subject lie over for a day. Mr. Thurman u d ’ havin K no desire, to force the Senator to ready t 0 do 50....8ins were inel Orred suffiorizing the citizens of a Jt d the Territories to fell and on the public domain for minin g and domestic purposes: to prevent abuses in the 1** B *-*# 6 B ** m P ß sjd stamped envelopes..,. Mr McCreery Introduced a bill to repeal the Bankl rfiptlawand all the acts amendatory thereto Mr. Edmunds submitted the following : Resolved That a eelect committee of seven Senators be ar£ pointed, whose duty it shall be to take into consideration the state of the law respecting the ascertain-

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Ing and declaration of the result of the election Of President and Vice President of the United States, and that said committee have power to report by bill or other wise.... The President sent in a large number of nominations, mostly of persons who were appointed during the recess of:' the Senate. The only new one of importance was that 'of Hop. John M. Harlan to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ''?WV' Afto readhß ß of the journal 'the disputed election case from the Fourth DMrict of ■ Louisiana was tsten up, Um, ■uestion being upon the resolution of Mr. Leonard, referring the claims ofEUnfrand Smith, the contestants, to toe Com, mtttee A 1 Ejections, to decide Who has a light to the seat, and a long discussion on points of order After debate the substitute was adopted—yeas, 144; nays, 119. Mr. Elam took the modified oath.... Mr. Frye offered a resolution reciting that Charles N. Nash had presented a certificate of election signed by Gov. Kellogg, then the duly recognized and acting Governor of Louisiana, but that the Clerk of the House had declined to place Nash’s name on the roll, but had.substituted E. W. Robertson, on the authority of a paper signed by Gov. Nicholls, and directing that the name of Robertson be sfefack off was amhimstererl•. .The case of Pacheco, of California, was then called up, When Mr. Garfield moved that the oath of office be administered, which was agreed to after discussion, and Mr. Pacheco took his seat. Thursday, Oct. 18.—Senate.—Consideration was resumed of Mr. Thurman’s resolution to have the oath administered to Mr. Spofford, of Louisiana, the pending question being the substitute referring the credentials to a committee. After debate, by a vote of 36 yeas to 33 nays, the substitute was agreed to, and the credentials of Spofford were referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Mr. Davis (Ill.) voted with the Democrats against reference. A motion of Mr-. White instructing tfie eonimiitce to report on or before the Ist of November, 1877, was rejected—yeas, 31; nays, 35. The committee was also instructed to consider and report upon the credentials of William Pitt Kellogg. Mr. Thurman moved that J. B. Eustis be sworn in as Senator from Louisiana. Laid over. House.—Not in session. Friday, Oct. 19.—Smnatx.—Mr. Merrimon introduced a bill to amend section 146 of the Revised Statutes relating to vacancies in the offices of President and Vice President... Mr. Morrill submitted a resolution instructing the Committee on Pensions to inquire and report, by bill or otherwise, a plan for reducing and properly adjusting the salaries and fees of Pension Agents. An amendment offered by Mr. Ingalls, directing the committee to inquire into the expediency of abolishing all the pensian agencies and having the pensions paid from Washington, was agreed to, and the resolution passed... .Mr. Merrimon introduced a bill to alter the time for holding elections for President and Vice President and casting the vote in the Electoral College.... The claims of J. B. Eustis to a seat in the Senate from Louisiana were discussed, but no action was taken on the case. House.—Not in session.

PRESIDENT HATES’ MESSAGE.

His Recommendations to the Extra Session of Congress. Fellow-citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives : The adjournment of the last Congress without making appropriations for the support of the army for the present fiscal year has rendered necessary a suspension of payments to the officers and men of the sums due them for services rendered after the 30th day of June last. The army exists by virtue of the statutes which prescribe its numbers, regulate its organization apd employment, and which fix the pay of its officers and men, and declare the right to receive the same at stated periods. The statutes, however, do not authorize the payment of the troops in the absence of a specific appropriation therefor. The constitution has wisely provided that no money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations I made by law, and it has also been declared by I statute that no department of the Government shall expend, in any one fiscal year, any sum in excess of the appropriation made by Congress for that fiscal year. We have, therefore, an army in service, authorized by law, and entitled to be paid, but no funds available for that purpose. It may also be said, as an additional incentive to prompt action by Congress, that since the commencement of the fiscal year the army, though without pay, has been constantly and actively employed in arduous and dangerous service, in the performance of which both officers and men have discharged their duty with fidelity and courage, and without complaint. These circumstances, in my judgment, constitute an extraordinary occasion, requiring Congress to be convened in advance of the time prescribed by law for your meeting in regular session. The importance of speedy action upon this subject on the part of Congress is so manifest that I venture to suggest the propriety of making the necessary appropriations for the support of the army for the current year at its present maximum—a numerical strength of 25,000 men—leaving for future consideration all questions relating to an increase or decrease of the number of enlisted men. In the event of the reduction of the army by subsequent legislation during the fiscal year the excess of the appropriation could not be expended, and, in the event of its enlargement, the additional sum required for the payment of- the extra force could be provided in due time. It would be unjust to the troops now, in service, and whose pay is already largely in arrears, if payment to them should be further postponed until after Congress shall have considered all the questions likely to arise in the effort to fix the proper limit to the strength of the army. The estimates of appropriations for the support of the military establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, were transmitted to Congress by the former Secretary of the Treasury, at the opening of its session in December last. These estimates, modified by the present Secretary so as to conform to the present requirements, are now renewed, amounting to $32,436,764.98, and, having been transmitted to both houses of Congress, are submitted for your consideration. There is also required by the Navy Department $2,386,127. This sum is made up of sl,446,888 due to the officers and enlisted men for the last quarter of the last fiscal year ; $311,953.50 is due for advances made by the Fiscal Agent of the Government in London for the support of the foreign service, and $50,000 is due to the Naval Hospital fund ; slso,oooisdue for arrearages of pay to officers, and $45,219.58 for the support of the Marine Corps. There will also be needed an appropriation of $262,535.22 to defray the unsettled expenses of the United States Courts for the fiscal year ending June 30 last, now due to attorneys, Clerks, Commissoners and Marshals, and for rent of court-rooms, the support of prisoners and other deficiencies. A part of the building of the Interior Department was destroyed by fire on the 24th of last month. Some immediate repairs and temporary structures have in consequence become necessary, estimates for which will be transmitted to Congress immediately, and an appropriation of the requisite fundi is respectfully recommended. The Secretary of the Treasury will communicate to Congress, in connection with the estimates for the appropriations for the support of the army for the current fiscal year, estimates for such other deficiencies in the different branches of the public service as require immediate action, and cannot, without inconvenience, be postponed until the regular session. I take this opportunity to invite your attention to the propriety of adopting, at your present session, the necessary legislation to enable the people of the United States to participate in the advantages of the International Exhibition of. agricultural industry and the fine arts, which is to be held in Paris in 1878, and in which this Government has been invited by the Go vernment of France to take part. This invitation was communicated to this Government in May, 1876, by the Minister of France at this capital, and a copy thereof was submitted to the proper committees of Congress at its last session, but no action was taken on the subject. The Department of State has received many letters from various parts of the country expressing a desire to participate in the exhibition, and numerous applications of a.similar nature have also been made at the United States Legation at Paris. The Department of State has also received official advices of the strong desire on the part of the French Government that the United States shopld participate in this enterprise, and space Tias hitherto been, and is still, reserved in the Exposition Buildings for the use of exhibitors from the United States, to the exclusion of other parties who have been applicants therefor. In order that our industries may be properly represented at the exhibition, an appropriation wul be needed for the pay of salaries and expenses of Commissioners ; for the transportation of goods, and for other purposes in connection with the object in view, and, as May next is the time fixed for the opening of the exhibition, if our citizens are to share the aft-

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vantages of this international competition for the trade of other nations, the necessity of immediate action is apparent To enable the United States to co-operate in the International Exhibition which was held at Vienna in 1873, Congress then passed a joint resolution, making an appropriation of $200,000, and Authorizing the President to appoint a certain number of practical artisans and scientific men, who should attend the exhftfitiori and report their proceedings and observations tobim. Province was made for the appointment Of a number of honorary Commissibners. I have felt that prompt action by Congress, in accepting the invitation of the Government of France, is of so much interest to the people of this country, and; so suitable to the cordial relation between the Governments of the two countries, that the subject might properly be presented for attention at your present session. The Government of Sweden and Norway has addressed an official invitation to this Government to take part in the International Prison Congress, to be Held at Stockholm next year.The problem which the congress proposes to study —how to diminish crime—is one in which all civilized nations have an interest in common, and the congress of Stockholm seems likely to prove the most important convention ever held for the study of this grave question. Under authority of a joint resolution of Congress, approved Feb. 10, 1875, a commission Jrfis appointed by my predecessor to represent the United States upon that occasion, and the Prison Congress having been, at the earnest desire of the Swedish Government, postponed to 1878, his commission was renewed by me. An appropriation of SB,OOO was made in the Sundry Civil-Service act of 1875, so as to meet the expenses of the Commissioner. I recommend the reappropriation of that sum for the same purpose, the former appropriation having been covered into the treasury, and being no longer available for the purpose without further action by Congress. The subject is brought to your attention at this time in view of circumstances which render it highly desirable that the Commissioner should proceed to the discharge of his important duties immediately. As the several acts of Congress providing for detailed reports from the different departments of the Government require their submission at the beginning of the regular annual session, I defer, until that time, any further reference to subjects of public interest. (Signed) R. B. Hayes. Washington, D. C., Oct. 15,1877.

THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

Failures for the First Nine Months of 1877. [From the New York Times.] Dun, Barlow & Co.’s circular, showing the number of failures in the United States and Canada, for the first three quarters of the present year, indicates that the worst effects of the depression of business consequent on the panic have passed. The circular shows that the failures in the third quarter of the present year are less both in number and amount than for either of the two preceding quarters, and that they are also less ih a very marked amount than for the corresponding quarter of last y<?ar. In the first quarter of the present year the failures in the United States were 2,869 ; the liabilities, $54,538,074 in Canada for the same period, 572 ; and the liabilities, $7,576,511. In the second quarter, United States, 1,880 failures ; liabilities, $45,068,097; Canada, 650 failures, and liabilities, $7,575,326. For the third quarter the figures are as follows : United States, failures, 1,816; liabilities, $42,346,085. Canada, failures, 424 ; liabilities, $5,753,139. The average liabilities of the failures which occurred in the first nine months of 1875, 1876, and 1877, were as follows : I For 1875, $24,591; for 1876, $22,166; for 1877, 21,622. The failures of the past nine months, as compared with the failures for the same period of Ja»t year, are shown in detail by the following table: -"T-~ ?—• Tot. for'J .Mos.’77 Tot. for'J 3f05.’76 STATES AND TER ———■ Fail Fail biTories. urea Liabilities, ures Inabilities. Alabama 35 $563,031 40 • $490,827 Arizona 2 41.00JQ Arkansas 17 214,275 24 203.649 California 234 2,224,151 128 1,295,596 C’y of 8. Fr’isco. 104 6,231,652 51 1,141,683 Colorado 36 551,560 34 326,241 Connecticut 223 4,829,365 156 3,291,277 Dakota 5 26,300 9 78,400 Delaware 9 169,500 17 201,600 Dint. of Col’bia.. 36 930,600 17 80,977 Florida 9 125,000 1 4 121,000 Georgia 70 818,096 133 2,955,145 Idaho 3 44,500 1 3,500 Illinois 373 7,088,300 345 5,307,410 City of Chicago.. 157 8,586,200 168 7,5)4,800 Indiana 248 4,145,171 284 3,235,521 lowa 267 2,127,900 385 3,277,980 Kansas 36 230,969 41 372,400 Kentucky 164 5,200 900 178 5,261,172 Louisiana 33 444,518 61 1,148,993 Maine , 97 1,071,400 113 1,511,250 Maryland 96 2,980,234 102 1,449,637 Massachusetts... 37 ) 5,338,908 358 11,628,064 City of Boston... 87 3,561,200 222 8,955,100 Michigan 257 6,369,641 442 7,927,399 Minnesota 101 1,193,250 97 1,207,989 Mississippi 62 645,689 64 612,833 Missouri 59 596,692 71 1,062,700 City of St. Louis. 94 5.833,550 64 2,063,057 Montana 3 75.000 Nebraska 38 ‘ 258,800 36 88,100 Nevada 50 570,736 16 105,400 New Hampshire. 50 408,652 32 463,555 New Jersey.. ...>. 136 2,846,424 122 1,642,692 New York 801 12,989,932 763 16,388,295 City of New York 599 24,052,450 645 26,921,660 North Carolina.. 70 439,569 102 772,885 Ohio 273 4,451,085 284 4,448,304 City Cincinnati.. 79 2,185,174 67 2,039,930 Oregon 22 234,704 26 290,716 Pennsylvania.... 430 8,563,439 403 8,810,611 City Philadelphia 119 3,046,796 109 3,450,995 Rhode Island.... 84 3,416,087 115 5,759 634 South Carolina.. 57 963,061 76 1,307,996 Tennessee 67 735,319 130 1,755,976 Texas 90 1,139,320 125 1,246,462 Utah 5 41,500 1 6,000 Vermont 66 472,463 51 1,030,630 Virginia &W. Va. 117 1,000,595 140 2,993,842 Washington Ter. 7 207,800 5 202,664 Wisconsin 114 1,646,388 169 3 604,344 Wyoming 2 5,500 10 140,900 Total 6,565 $141,952,256 7,050 $156,272,800 Pom,of Canada. 1,646 $ 20,904,976 1,256 $ 17,786,150

Gigantic Swindle.

A most gigantic swindle was brought to light here to-day by the arrest of J. B. Ham, Edward L. Stevens, and George Miller, on a requisition from Gov. Hubbard, of Texas, on a charge of forging land-titles and issuing deeds for large tracts of land in Texas. The swindle originated with Ham and a man named Thomas Tullis, of Austin, Texas. Ham lives here, and, through his pursuasions, Stevens and Miller were brought into the scheme. Stevens, who is a lawyer and a son of Judge Stevens, of this city, is credited with having gone into the operation innocently at first, by buying 14,000 acres of Texas land of Ham, and subsequently became infatuated with the money-making plan, and acting freely with the other parties engaged in it, and was known in Texas as the Kansas City lawyer, the better to enable them to carry out their scheme. Ham and his confederates had made duplicate copies of notorial and other seals, and had obtained the signatures of many officials. They also had printed here blank forms and perfect copies of . deeds necessary for their operations. AU titles and patents representing either State or Government lands used by them were forged. An immense amount of land has been conveyed by them under many aliases, and to many different parties. About a year ago the attention of Governor Hubbard was caUed to the matter, and looking into it a monstrous swindle is detected, involving both this State (Texas) and the United States. The authorities at Washington were informed, and Special Agent Foster was sent out here, who Obtained a clue, which has been closely foUowed ever since, resulting in the simultaneous arrests today of sixty persons, in different parts of the country, who belong to the gang.

No less than thirteen Court Houses have been burned the past year to destroy evidence that could be brought against the swindlers. Ham, Stevens mid Miller left for Texas to-day in charge of officers from that State.— Kansas City (Mo.) Times.

JOHN M. HARLAN.

Biographical Sketch of the New Supreme Judge.' We find the following biographical sketch of the new Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in the Chicago Kveniny Journal : Gen. John M. Harlan, of Louisville, Ky., is about 42 years old, and is blessed with remarkable physical and intellectual powers. His parents were natives of Kentucky, and his father (James Harlan) was the distinguished Whig politician who represented the Meroer district in Congress from 1836 to 1839. His father was also Secretary of State of Kentucky from 1840 to 1844, and from 1850 to the time of his death, in 1863, he was Attorney General of the State. Harlan county, Ky., was named after Gem Harlan’s grand-uncle, who fell in a bate tie with Indians at Blue Lick. In 1859, when only 24 years of age, Gen. Harlan ran for Congress in the Fayette District (then called the Eighth) on the Opposition ticket, and, after a hard fight, was defeated by the Democratic candidate by a majority of only 67 in a total vote of 13,797. When the war broke out he joined the Union army, and served for two years as Colonel of the Tenth Kentucky infantry. The death of his father then compelled him to tender his resignation. On returning to civil life he settled his father’s estate, and in the same year (1863) he was elected Attorney General of the State on the Union ticket, which was headed by the late Gov. Bramlette. Gen. Harlan’s majority was 52,752 in a total vote of 78,632, Gov. Bramlette’s majority was 50,917. At the close of his term he removed to Louisville and returned to the practice of law. Gen. Harlan is probably the best lawyer in Kentucky, and the ablest and most successful member of the bar in that State. Talent for oratory is with him a natural gift. His command of language is great, and his sense of humor keen; but he indulges in few rhetorical ornaments in his speeches. When only 21 years of age he canvassed Kentucky for President Fillmore, and there are Kentuckians still living who speak of his boyish eloquence in high terms. Gen. Harlan has the respect of all Kentuckians, and his vigorous canvasses have made him the leader of the Republican party in the State. In 1871 he was the Republican candidate for Governor, and polled 89,294 votes against 126,447 for the Democratic candidate. In 1875 he was again the Republican candidate, and he then increased his vote to 90,795, against 126,976 for Gov. McCreary. Gen. Harlan is about six feet high, and weighs . perhaps 225 pounds. He has good-humored, expressive blue eyes, fair complexion and hair, a large head, massive, lofty forehead, deep chest and broad shoulders. His power of self-con-trol is great, and he has an abundant geniality and tact. He is probably the most industrious, untiring lawyer in Kentucky, capable of working sixteen to eighteen hours per day. He is always in perfect health. It is said that he was never sick a day in his life.

Reckless Capt. Rhodes.

At the stipulated time Capt. Rhodes and lady appeared at the falls, (he Captain being clad in his favorite suit. While Mr. Metcalf, the civil engineer of the bridge, was testing the depth of the water preparatory for the Captain’s descent, train No. 9 came along, and Capt. Rhodes, desiring to give the passengers the benefit of a sight as a complimentary, dove from the highest point of the rocks into the unfathomed deep, seventy feet below, before Mr. Metcalf could test its depth. The Captain’s aim was to clear the rocky cliff by at least fifteen feet, but, the height being twice what he judged it to be, the line of descent brought him within four feet of the edge of the seemingly perpendicular ledge. The Captain struck the water like a dart, head foremost, and after going down about twelve feet both his hands struck a smooth rock, which glanced him into deeper water; by the sudden change of his course on striking the smooth rock it caused a snap in his back, which he did not seem to mind at the time. His wife was ready on the ledge below the falls. He swam with her into the canon of wild water, and after enjoying (?) a ride in the icy water for a few minutes she was sai'ely landed on shore without her head or shoulders being wet, which proved conclusively that the Captain’s company would be desirable in case of a marine disaster. After coming out of the water Capt. Rhodes ascended the embankment and walked alone to the Cascade House. —Hornellsville (W. K) Herald.

The Wonderland of Montana.

A correspondent of the Idaho Statesman, writing from the National Park, on the Yellowstone, says : “ For the past three days we have been reveling in the wonders of this Plutonic region. On every side we have had springs hot and cold, clear and muddy; mountains of pure sulphur, geysers, throwing water 250 feet high, of all shapes, sizes and variations. Ilight here, within 200 yards, the thing varies a little; for, instead of water oozing from mounds built up by the sedimentary deposit of ages, they are funnel-like caldrons fifty feet from the surface. There is one that, looking down into it, appears to be— and I think is—a subterranean river. It is as wide as the Boise river, and the bubbling, seething noise it kicks up is almost terrifying. It is very muddy, and from the appearance of the trees for 500 yards around, and the. wetness of the surface, it must occasionally spout to an immense height. Not far away, at what appears to be the entrance of a cavern, is another boiling spring like the other, rolling out in waves from a- vast hole. It is scalding hot, beautifully clear, but very sulphurous. The rocks around the entrance are covered with a soft sediment of various dark, brilliant colors, on which many names are written. Of course we added ours.”

Hard Names.

We wonder if a Turkish postal guide would give us so many odd names of places in the same space as are given in the list of postoffices of the United States, to be found in the October number of the “ United States Official Postal Guide.” We note such choice specimens as Orodelfan, Ni Wot, East Paw Paw, Teutopolis, Wild Cat, Verdigris Valley, Slaughter, Wagon Wheel Gap, and similar specimens of nomenclature, purely American.

HAYES AND CHANDLER.

How tho Poverty-Stricken Presidential. Candidate Raised Money for the Campaign in Ohjo-A Little Inside History. [Columbus (O.) Cor. New York Sun.] The Sun did a good thing when it gave to the country the history of the two $5,000 checks paid Chandler to R. B. Hayes last fall, to help carry Ohio. But behind that is a little private transaction which will further illustrate the magnanimity and consistency of the fraudulent President. During the campaign of 1875 the Ohio Executive Committee incurred a debt of SI,OOO. It was the campaign which elected Hayes Governor, a campaign toward which he subscribed nothing, although repeatedly appealed to by members of the », who had in several instances become personally responsible for money paid out in his behalf. Of this Executive Committee ex-Secretary of State A. T. Wikoff was Chairman anil George K. Nash, the late Republican candidate for Attorney General of Ohio, a prominent member, both shrewd and able men. When the canvass for Presidential nominees waxed warm, and it became apparent that the strong men of the Republican party were killing off one another in the free fight inaugurated, and that some negative man, an expert in “ the chuckling grin of noodles,” would be tlie compromise candidate, these two worthies agreed upon a plan whereby their little debt might be wiped out and themselves cared for at the same time. They would secure the nomination of Hayes, whose qualifications, of the order requisite, none could gainsay. At a formal meeting of the Executive Committee the plan was proposed, but was coldly received, few present having any confidence in Hayes’ willingness to do" anything for anybody which might in any way draw upon his pocket. Hayes’ penuriousness is something appalling, reaching even to the smallest every-day transactions. The questions fairly presented were ; Will Hayes, if nominated, pay all expenses attendant thereupon ? And, if nominated, will he pay off our present indebtedness and subscribe Überally to the campaign besides ? Upon these questions there was but one affirmative vote. Even Wikoff would not vouch for Hayes’ likelihood to pay this small price, in greenbacks, for gratified ambition. Filially, George Nash, who had had some conversation with Hayes, and knew how anxious he was to secure the nomination, arose and guaranteed in the name of Hayes all that the committee asked. At the proper time Capt. Wikoff and his committee went up to Cincinnati and hired imposing headquarters and a big brass band. Nick Longworth’s cellars were also levied upon, as well as the various supply depots of Kentucky Bourbon. The outlay was considerable, but the result stupendous. Returning from Cincinnati the ruddy Wikoff and the bland George Nash waited upon Mr. Hayes at the Governor’s apartments. R. B. shook them all around, when, congratulations over, Mr. Nash conveyed to him, in his modest way, the object of their visit. “ The committee has had the matter under advisement,” said Mr. Nash, “and think you should be assessed to the amount of SIO,OOO. This will cover debts already contracted in your behalf, and form the nucleus of a fair campaign fund.”

Hayes hummed and hawed, talked of civil-service reform and the possibility of carrying elections without money, and finally positively refused to be assessed for any purpose whatever. Arguments and appeal were plied in vain. The only result of the interview was the extortion of a promise from Hayes that he would pay the SI,OOO debt incurred by the Governor’s election. Wikoff, as Chairman of the committee, was thus left responsible for the entire expenses of the campaign which nominated Hayes for the Presidency. It will be seen further that Hayes did not wholly ignore this debt, but, in the interests of reform, paid it, not from his own pocket, but giving Wikoff the •ffice of Commisftfoner of Pensions, which he now holds at this place, worth about SIO,OOO per annum. About the time of the visit referred to, Hayes, in order to give the country an example of civil-service reform, as advocated in his letter of acceptance, asked Capt. Wikoff, then holding the office of Adjutant General of Ohio, to resign that office until after the Presidential election, that he might consistently give his full attention to the interests of the campaign. “ You will be reinstated after the tion,” remarked Hayes, “and your resignation will afford me a strong card in the coming canvass, as it will go to the country that I caamot consent to your holding a Government office while the acting head of a political organization. ” It was thus agreed that Wikoff should resign, and that Karr, First Assistant Adjutant General, should be temporarily appointed in WikofTs place, which programme was Ijjerally carried but. Wikoff’s resignation, at Hayes’ request, was heralded abroad as a noble example of Hayes’ honorable intentions and exalted probity of life and character. It was a bedizened show, but it had its effect. Wikbff ran both offices as usual, employed the sendees of the clerks of the Adjutant Geiferal’s office for political work as usual, and when the campaign was over was reinstated, as per contract, Karr going back to his former position as first assistant. Hayes’ refusal to subscribe to the campaign fund made itself felt everywhere. Many of the old reliables, following his example, withheld their subscriptions, and it was difficult to raise money enough to run the ordinary machinery of the campaign.

Hayes, whenever appealed to, advised a reliance upon the great moral engines of reform and the bloody shirt; but, finally, he became convinced that Cincinnati and Cleveland were not to be carried without a mild application in the way of greenbacks and national-bank notes. The committee then, at Hayes’ suggestion, applied to the National Republican Executive Committee for an increase of funds. The answer was laconic: “ Let the Ohio candidate take care of Ohio.” Then it was that Hayes, in the name of the oppressed Republicans of the South, in file name of the poor colored men, in the name of party loyalty and devotion, wrote to the Hon. Zachariah Chandler for assistance and aid. “ I am a poor man,” added R. 8., forgetting the comfortable thousands of Uncle Birchard’s will, “and I have mortgaged all for the redemption of the Republicans of the South.” It was enough for the saintly. Zachariah, He made out the checks and

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passed them over to Hayes, by whom they were passed along to the Ohio committee, and usM to colonise Kentucky negroes in Cincinnati, to carry that town for Hayes and reform.

THE WAR IN EUROPE.

The Turkish Defeat in Armenia. The recent defeat sustained by the Turkish forces in Armenia, says the Detroit Free Fress, is the most severe reverse which the Turks have suffered during the war. The Turkish loss is heavy in killed and wounded, in guns and prisoners. If the Russian reports be true the Turkish army is so badly decimated, divided and demoralized that its effectiveness as an offensive agency has been almost entirely destroyed. The fleeing Turks were compelled to take refuge in their fortifications, and without heavy reinforcements cannot again make a successful stand in the open field against the Russians. Except for a brief period after the beginning of actual hostilities in Asia Minor, the fortunes of war, until lately, were steadily against the Russians. Revolts in the Caucasus served as a source of annoyance in the rear and distracted their strength, while in the front they more than once ran into traps which Mukhtar Pasha, by convenient retreats, had adroitly laid for them. The Russian losses have been large, but, with trite Muscovite tenacity they never completely abandoned the hold which they obtained m Armenia at the outset, and, as the Turks never followed up their victories, the Russians have been left free to repair their reverses and try it again. The Russian victory will be productive of the greatest results in the inspiration it will give to the Russian armies in Bulgaria. The latter will be filled with a desire to emulate the achievements of their brother soldiers in Armenia, and to show that they, too, are superior in fighting power to the Turks. A victory in Bulgaria similar to that gained by the aj my nominally under the Grand Duke Michael would be of immense advantage to the Russians—ten-fold more than that of the Armenian success. The Russian triumph over Mukhtar Pasha, at the most, can only result in the investment of Kars ; and if the Russians are foolish enough to attempt the capture of Kars as they attempted the capture of Plevna they will probably have equal occasion to regret their folly. The battle was, however, of great importance in its serious impairment of the fighting forces of the Turks in Armenia, and, although this does not immediately weaken the Turkish force in Bulgaria, the effect, if the Turks attempt to repair the losses suffered by Mukhtar Pasha, will be to impair the Turkish power of resistance in Europe. As the Turks have now all they can attend to in Bulgaria, the presumption is strong that they will philosophically resign the future of the Armenian campaign to fate. The battle is also of importance in its demonstration that in the open field the Russians are more than a match for the Turks. The engagement was the nearest approach, of the war to an encounter on equal terms of a large body of Russians with a large ' body of Turks. The advantage of the position was on the side of the Turks, 1 but it was not so great as they have generally had in .most of the heavy fighting which has occurred in which the have been successful.

Coal in the Arctic Regions.

The Discovery wintered in a bay on the west side of Robertson channel, in latitude 81 degrees 44 minutes north and 65 degrees 3 minutes west, now known as the Discovery bay. About two miles from this place, in. Grantland, coal was found in the side of a narrow mountain gorge by Mr. Hart, the Rev. C. Hodson, Lieut. Taiford, and Dr. Coppinger. The prevailing rock of the surrounding district was a shingly claystone of a very irregular arrangement, but mainly dipping to the westward, and, so far as could be ascertained, devoid of fossils. Vegetation included no less than sixty species of plants. Coal had been brought home on previous expeditions from high latitudes but not so far north. The coal (specimens of which were exhibited) has a bright, shiny appearance, is somewhat of a pitchy character, and very brittle. On analysis, it could not be distinguished from a bituminous coal of exceedingly good quality, and belongs to the true carboniferous period. It is very similar to coal, found in some English coalfields, and particularly at Chesterfield. It contains 65 per cent, of coke. Mr. Wills had inquired of Dr. Coppinger as to whether it would, in future expeditions, be possible to utilize this coal, as it only had to be quarried, Dr. Coppinger was of opinion that it might. If ballooning were resorted to in future expeditions the coal would be also useful in the manufacture of gas.— Coal Trade Journal,

The Germans.

German merchants at Montevideo have addressed a memorandum to the Imperial Chancery at Berlin, wherein they point out the general defects of German manufactures and the German mode of doing business. Dishonesty, unpunctuality and want of taste are, according to them, distinguishing features in German doings, and hence the French and English supplant them. It is said that the finer branches of manufacture in Germany suffer very much on account of the protracted military service required of the people. Young artisans are thus taken away when their hands are becoming skilled in difficult and delicate manipulation, and when they return to work they find that the hand has lost its cunning. A nation which makes man-killing the first end and aim of existence must not be expected to come up to the highest standard in other respects.

How Winter Serves Mr. “Lo.”

The sudden advent of cold weather caught Mr. Indian napping, he having not yet put his house in order and exchanged his linen duster for a beaver overcoat lined with sealskin. The old man and his wife, and his son and daughter, likewise his aunt and his mother-in-law, turned out ‘of their wickiup early this morning, and the whole family might have been seen shivering over the bonfires built on Main street of the rubbish swept out from the stores. Last week the noble son of the forest elevated his nose and uttered an unseemly ejaculation when offered work. To-day he goes around pleading for a chance to chop a little wood, saying : “Heap cold; me heap dam hungly.”— Austin (Nev.) Reveille, Some of the young bloods of New York city have inaugurated a series of fox hunts after the English fashion on Long island, and Anti-Cruelty Bergh has issued a proclamation against fixe sport to the farmers of the island.

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BLEACHING BONES.

i Sickening Picture of the Scene ot the Custer Massacre. I [From the St. Paul Pioneer-Press.] i Mr. Frank M. Fleming, of Minneapolis, who left here last spring to assist in building one of the new military posts on the Yellowstone liver, returned homo a few days since bringing some very interesting particulars in regard to the work of construction and the result of his observations at the scene of the Custer massacre on the Rosebud. The post upon which Mr. Fleming . was employed during the summer is located at the mouth of the Little Big Horn, which is only some eighteen miles ! distant 'from the spot where Cnster and his gallant comrades met their terrible fate. Upon their first arrival at the site 1 of the new fort the civilian mechanics 1 had occasion to complain of the meager i allowance of provisions issued from the commissary department merely for the purpose of swelling profits in some direction. This fraud and dereliction was 1 Anally brought to the attention of the i commanding officer, Col. Buell, aud, . after one or two unsuccessful efforts on his part, the citizens gained their point and obtained the right aud full ration : which the Government and the commandant intended they should have. , Since then Mr. Fleming states that the mechanics from Minneapolis and St. 1 Paul have been well supplied and are ■ now working contentedly. The Big Horn post is rapidly approaching completion, is of sufficient capacity to accomomdate a formidable force and strong enough to resist any attack which Sitting Bull, Joseph, or any other savage warrior may make upon it. The second ' post is about 100 miles .distant from the Custer battle-ground. Shortly before I Mr. Fleming's departure home he visited the scene of the Custer massacre, and his I description of it is painfully, interesting, i He said that, from the sail traces found, i Custer must have struck the center of the Indian camp, leaving the right of it, which was in a timbered and circular ravine, to swing against his right flank and rear, mid shoot down officers and men as fast as they retreated for the highlands, where ttieir dead and mutilated bodies were subsequently found. He ! is disposed to believe that the command j was butchered and annihilated in this i way, without inflicting any serious damage upon the Indians, as the whites must have been almost completely at their mercy. ■ The bones of the dead horses are still loose upon the desolate hills. Owing i to the necessarily hurried burial of the soldiers, the bodies were but imperfectly covered with earth, audsince the funeral rites were performed the coyotes have removed the thin covering and torn the limbs from the bodies, leaving the fleshless bones exposed on the ground. Mr. Fleming says the field is strewed with feet, legs, hands, and arms, which had been wrenched from the shallow graves by the coyotes, the nationality of their owners being shown by an occasional shred of the army blue. Feet still covered by the cavalry boot and with the flesh gnawed clean from the exposed parts are found thickly strewn over the suuguinary field —sickening mementoes of that last fatal charge on the Rosebud.

Take Which Road You Please.

John Randolph was traveling in a part of Virginia w.ith which he was unacquainted. In the meantime he stopped during the night at an inn at the forks of the road. The innkeeper was a lino old gentleman, and no doubt one of the first families of the Old Dominion. Knowing who his distinguished guest was, he endeavored to draw him into conversation, but failed in all his efforts. But in the morning when Mr. Randolph was ready to start, he called for his bill, which, on being presented, was paid. The landlord, still anxious to have some conversation with him, began as follows : “ Which way are you traveling, Mr. Randolph ?” “ Sir,” said Mr. Randolph, with a look of displeasure. “ I asked,” said the landlord, “which way you were traveling.” “ Have I paid my bill ?” “Yes.” “ Do I owe you anything more ?” “No.” “Well, I am going just where I please —do you understand ?” The landlord by this time got somewhat excited, and Mr. Randolph drove off. But, to the landlord’s surprise, the servant returned to inquire which of the forks of the road to take. Randolph not being out of hearing distance, the landlord spoke at the top of his voice: “Mr. Randolph, you don’t owe me a cent; just take which road you please. ” It is said that the air turned blue with the curses of Randolph.

His Indorsement.

A man with a long overcoat on and a horsewhip in his hand entered a bank near the postoflice yesterday and preI seated a check calling for §lO, which he had received from a commission house. I “ Please indorse it,” said the cashier, as he handed it back. “ I’ll indorse it, of course,” replied the man, holding up his right hand as if ready to swear. “ Write your indorsement,” explained the clerk, pointing to the desk outside. j “Oh—oh—that’s it, eh?” And he went to the desk and slowly and carefullj i wrote on the back of the check: “This is awl rite.” When the cashier entered into a clearer explanation the man drew down his hat, got red in the face and growled: “ Darn ’em 1 They just hate to let a cent slip out o’ here, and don’t you for--1 get it!” — Free Press.

Douglas.

Senator Douglas’ monument is at length to be pushed rapidly to completion. A new and stronger foundation is to replace the present one. It is sixteen years since the “Little Giant of the West” died in Chicago, at the early age of 45. He was Attorney General of Illinois at 22; Secretary of State at 27; Judge of the Supreme Court at 28; elected to Congress at 30, and served four years; elected to the United States Senate at 34, and served in that body until his death. He is the only person who ever entered upon a third term in the Senate, served fourteen years, and died at the age 45. By French law, architects and contractors are held responsible for a period of ten years after the completion of structures for the total or partial loss of buildings constructed by them, if such loss is caused by a fault either in the building or foundations. What a heavy sum they would have had to pay here in the past ten years .had ve this excellent