Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1878 — Page 1

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FOREIGN NEWS. From Constantinople it is reported that British influence is again strong with the Porte. Cable dispatches intimate a strong probability that, on account of England’s refusal to participate in the conference except upon her •wn terms, the project will be abandoned. The Ora nd Duke Nicholas and the Sultan have exchanged visits at Constantinople, apd diplomatic relations have been renewed between Russia and Turkey. A St. Petersburg telegram says the feeling against England is one of intense hatred, and that there is scarcely any more peace party. The belief generally prevails that England will be satisfied with no reasonable concession, but is determined either to humiliate Russia or force hostilities. The Berlin Pont, Bismarck's organ, advises Russia to restrain her ambition. A London dispatch of March 28 says: “ Russia’s answer to England’s late question merely nays that the Government adheres to its former views. This does not sound very promising, but it i i still thought here that the reply will not close all interchange of opinion." Another dispatch of the same date says that, “ owing to the complications between England and Russia, Germany has declined to issue invitations for the meeting of the congress of powers, and there is now very serious douDt of the congress assembling at all.’’ Another coal-mine disaster is reported from North Staffordshire, England. Twenty-five or thirty lives were lost. Weston has challenged O'Leary to walk a six days’ match in London for $2,500. The Russians have issued a proclamation inviting the Mussulmans to return to their homes in Bulgaria, and warning the Bulgarians to preserve tranquillity. Leo XIII. held his first consistory in the Vatican April 28. The principal incidents of the occasion were the nomination of two Archbishops and three Bishops for Scotland, and of two Bishops to fill vacancies in the United States. The new American Bishops are Father Chatard, of the American College in Rome, for the See of Vincennes, and Father Reeve for the See of Richmond. A St. Petersburg dispatch says war is regarded in official circles there as inevitable. A London dispatch reports much excitement in that city and throughout England over the prospect of war, the course pursued by the Government being generally applauded. A Constantinople dispatch says Gen. Melikoff addressed a note to the Porte demanding the dismissal of the British fleet from the neighborhood of Constantinople. Bafvet Pasha communicated the note to Minister Layard, who, in accordance with the instructions of the British Government, replied that the fleet would remain until after the departure of the Russians from the environs of Constantinople. The visit of Gen. Ignatieff to Vienna for the purpose of gaining over Austria to the Russian side has proved a failure. He has returned to St. Petersburg with ttae alarming news that Austria will not accept the San Stefano treaty, and will immediately mass an army of 400,000 men on the Bosnian frontier, with a view of protecting Austro-Hungarian interests. DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. XStxst. Peter McHugh, Patrick Hester and Patrick Tully, members of the “ Mollie Maguire” organization, were executed at Bloomsburg, Pa., on Monday, March 25, for the murder of Alexander W. Rea. A fire on Fourth street, Philadelphia, fast week, destroyed a large number of stores and manufacturing houses. Loss estimated at $1,000,000. A fire in Canal and Howard streets, New York, last week, destroyed half a million dollars’ worth of property. Lock wood, Brooks & Co., book publishers, Boston, have suspended. Liabilities, $120,000. By a decision of Judge Blatchford, of New York, the suit instituted by the Government against Gov. Tilden for the recovery of back income tax will be tried before a jury. The Six-Penny Savings Bank, of New York, and the Lawrence (Mass.) Savings Bank have suspended. The Pennsylvania Legislature has expelled a member named Bullard for embezzling trust funds. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Tilton have agreed to live together again, and let bygones be bygones. Thomas P. Fisher, another of the convicted Mollie Maguires, was hanged at Mauch Chunk, Pa., last week. A thorough investigation of the so-called Keeley motor, at Philadelphia, shows the ma/ chine to be a numbug and the inventor a char-* latan of the first water. Young, Smith A Co , sugar importers, Nejv York, have failed for $300,000. "West. AC vices from various parts of the country report serious damage to the fruit crop by the recent cold wind and frost. Ex-Congressman Vance, of Cincinnati," has mysteriously disappeared, and it is feared he has been foully dealt with. South, Three negroes were executed at Barnwell Court House, 8. 0., last week, for the 'burning of a family of four persons. The arrest of four New York robbers at Petersburg, Va., has resulted in the recovery of , $350,000 of bonds stolen from Mr. Young, of New York, pome time ago. Joseph and Teek Brassell, brothers, aged 23 and 20, respectively, were executed at Cookesville, Tenn., in the presence of 10,000 people. Eleven distilleries, with 25,000 gallons of raw material for whisky, were destroyed by the revenue officers in a recent raid in the region along the boundary between North and South Carolina. A fatal duel was fought in Northampton eounty, Va., last week, between two chivalrous bloods, named Pitts and Thomas. Weapons, pistols ; distance, six feet; result, Pitts killed and Thomas fatally wounded. A convention has been called to meet at Mobile, Ala., Apnl 24, to consider ways and means of establishing a line of steamships from that port to Central and South America and the West Indies.

WASHINGTON NOTES. The President has appointed the following as Government Directors of the Union Pacific railroad : Chas. F. Adams, Jr., Massachusetts; Ralph P. Buckland, Ohio; G. W. Smythe, Iowa; Daniel Chadwick, Connecticut, and C. C. Bousel, Nebraska. By appointment of the President, ex-Con-gressmin Glenni W. Scofield, of Pennsylvania, succeeds the late John Allison as Register of tho Treasury. There seems to be but little doubt that the present Congress will repeal the Bankrupt law, which was enacted in March, 1867. Much of the blame that has rested upon Mr. Delfosse on account of the Halifax fishery award should be shifted to the shoulders of exBrcretary J«sh. Correspondence has been brought to Jigbt at Washington showing

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that, after having once refused to accept the Belgian Minister, for the very excellent reason that he represented a country under the protection of Great Britain, Secretary Fish was subsequently induced to change his mind, and to earnestly urge Delfosse to serve as arbitrator in the Fishery Commission. The Ways and Means Committee of the House have deckled that it is inexpedient to re-enact the income tax. Asa Weeks, a naval officer, has made an invention in topedoes which -is likely to attract the attention of Europe if there is to be a war. The House Committee on Naval Affairs has agreed to report favorably a bill appropri ating $60,000 to the invention, and intends to keep it solely for the use of the United States. The Census Bureau will soon urge upon Congress the necessity of taking some speedy measures relative (o the census of 1880. Two years only remain before active work must commence, and Congress has as yet made no appropriation or given any directions for the work. The bureau will call special attention to the collection of information showing the effect upon the colored race of the first decade of their freedom. The total expenses cf the Sioux war have been $2,312,530. Internal revenue receipts for March show a falling off from the corresponding month of over $1,200,000. The receipts of the past eight months show a reduction of $5,500,000. i POLITICAL POINTS. A Washington correspondent of the Chicago Journal telegraphs that “ the President does not appear to be in the least disturbed by Senator Howe’s speech, believing that time will fully vindicate him. In a conversation with some friends who called upon him, in reference to Mr. Howe’s speech, che President said all would recollect how bitterly Senator Howe denounced President Lincoln toward the close of his first term, and how others sought to prevent Mr. Lincoln from being nominated for a second term, but, notwithstanding all this, he was renominated, and became more popular than ever, the people having become better acquainted with him and appreciating his conduct more. The President said he was perfectly willing to be judged by the same tribunal. The State Convention of the National party of Illinois was held at Springfield on Wednesday, March 27. A platform of principles was adopted and a ticket for State officers placed in nomination. E. N. Bates, a former Republican, was nominated for Treasurer, and Frank H. Hall, an ex-Democrat, chosen for Superintendent of Public Instruction. The lower house of the Maryland Legislature has adopted a joint resolution instructing the Attorney General of the State to exhibit a bill in the Supreme Court of the United States in behalf of the State of Maryland praying said court to revise the decision of the Electoral Commission and declare Tilden and Hendricks legally elected. The Republican Senators held a caucus in Washington one evening last week, in which the course of the administration was discussed with freedom. According to report, the only | outspoken supporters of the administration were Burnside, Hoar, Matthews and Christiancy. Various methods were proposed of bringing about a better understanding between the Executive and the Senators. Some suggested that the Senators should call upon him more frequently and individually represent the situation; others, that they should go in a group, but the only formal proposition was a resolution appointing a committee to call upon the President and express the views of the caucus. This scheme was defeated by the Senators who had been members of the committee appointed by the former caucus to call upon the President and to express similar views.

MISCELLANEOUS GLEAN!' GS. Visible supply of grain in the St. tes and Canada : Wheat, 8,054,000 bushels ; corn, 5,631,000 bushels ; oats, 2,677,000 bushels ; rye, 622,000 bushels ; barley, 2,892,000 bushels. FOBTY-FOUBTH CONGBESS. Monday, March 25.—Senate.—Mr. Howe called up bis resolution asking th e President for information in regard to the alleged defalcation of Juage Whittaker, of Louisiana, who presided at the Anderson trial, and proceeded to make his promised speech, which consisted of a sharp attack upon the administration. The President was arraigned for appoint? ng Democrats and Liberals to office, and his civil-servicc reform policy was denounced as a pretense only. Mr. Howe was parti mlarly severe upon the President’s Southern policy, and declared that Packard’s title to the Governorship of Louisiana was as good as Hayes’ title to the Presidency... .Mr. Wallace submitted an amendment to the House bill to repeal the Specie-Resumption act, which provides that on japd after July 1, 1878, United States legal-tender "rotes ‘shall be receivable for all debts and clues both public and private.... The Senate, in executive session, after a long debate, rejected, by a vote of 22 to 17, the nomination of Lewis E. Parsons, United States Attorney for the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. House. —Under a call of the States a large number of bills were introduced and referred, among them the following: By Mr. Stephens (by request), authorizing the issue of Postoffice bonds bearing interest at the rate of 90 cents for every three calendar months, and redeemable on demand at any Postoffice having funds on hand ; by Mr. Banning, authorizing the Commissioner' of Internal Revenue to refund and pay back certain taxes to distillers, also, to reorganize the army; by Mr. Boyd, authorizing the State of Illinois to sell certain of the lake grounds in Chicago, and to use the proceeds on the Illinois river improvement; by Mr. Gunter (by request), to aid the education and advancement of the' colored people “by Mr. Schleicher, to regulate tUfe value of subsidiary silver coin (it provides that such coin shall be a legal tender for any amount not exceeding $lO, and that whenever presented in amounts of SIOO the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue therefor legal-tender money); by Mr. Sapp, fora branch mint in Council Bluffs.... Mr. Springer’s motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill to authorize the coinage of gold and silver on the same terms, and to permit the deposit thereof for the same purposes, was rejected—yeas, 140; nays, 102—not two-thirds in the affirmative.... Mr. Goode moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill to suspend the operation of the Sinking-Fund act for five years. Rejected—yeas, 122; nays, 112— not two-thirds in the affirmative. Tuesday, March 26.—Senate.—The Senate passed, without amendment, the House bill extending the time for the payment of the .tax on whisky in bond... .Mr. Merrimon made a long speech on the Pacific Railroad Funding bill.. . . The Judiciary Committee reported a bill for the immediate repeal of the Bankrupt law, but allowing all pending proceedings to go on to their <x Delusion. as if the law remained in force... .On motion of Mr. Blaine, the correspondence between the American and British Governments in regard to the appointment of M. Delfosse on the Halifax Commission was referred to the Foreign Relations Committee. Mr. Blaine made a speech, in which he again declared that the award was an unjust one, and ought not to be paid. House.—Fernando Wood, on behalf of the Ways and Means Committee, reported the Tariff bill to the House. It was referred to the committee of the whole. A resolution was adopted making the bill the special order for April 4, and from day to day until disposed 0f.... Mr. Atkins, Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, reported the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bi 11... .The House ordered the printing of 309,000 copies of the report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, and 25,000 copies of the report of the Forestry Commission. Wednesday,March 27.—Senate.—Mr. Kernan introduced a bill granting pensions to Indians who were in the service of the United States in the war u^2 8 in a i^ BCOU } 8 ’ ?}l 1 , deß or w *rriors... .Mr. Conkling introduced a bill appropriating $500,000 for the °/i Ik® sarlem5 arlem river, between Randall s island and the Hudson river.... Mr. Hill, of re , B B l nate 111 opposition to the Railroad Silking Fund bill reported by the Judiciary Committee The Consular and Diplo matic Appropriation bill was passed. House.—The biU to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases in the United States was pa-sed. It provides for the establishment and enforeem. nt of quarantine by the Marine Hospital Be i. ice wherever they may deem it necessary to prevent

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the introduction of yellow fever or other contagious diseases into the ports of the country.... The House took up the Massachusetts contestedelection case, Dean against Field, and, after debate, a vote was taken upon the minority resolution declaring Field entitled to the seat. Result—yeas, 120; nays, 119. The Speaker, on announcing the vote, cast his vote in the negative, thus tying the vote and defeating the resolution. Butler voted with the Democrats in the negative, and th following Democrats wi'h the Republicans in the affirmative: Hartridge, Herbert, Jones of Alabama, Potter, Rea. Stenger, Walsh, Williams of Deleware, and Cutler. Thursday, March 28. —Senate. —Mr. Teller, from the Committee on Railroads, reported, with an amendment, the Senate bill to incorporate the National Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Cempany r the object of which is to construct and operate a railroad and telegraph line from Cheyenne td the Pacific ocean, via Deadwood, Fort Fetterman and Helena, Mont.... Mr. Eaton introduced a bill to allow American registry to foreignbuilt vessels.... A bill was passed granting a pension of SSO per month to Cen. James Shields, of Missouri... .Mr. Bailey, of Tennessee, addressed the Senate in support of the Pacific Railroad Sinking Fund bi 11... .The Senate, in executive session, confirmed a large number of appointments, among them that of Olenni W. Scofield to be Register of the Treasury.... The nomination of Reynolds, of Alabama, for First Auditor of the Treasury, was rejected. House. —The Massachusetts (Third District) con-tested-election case was finally disposed of by the adoption of a resolution unseating Field (Republican), and declaring Dean, the Democratic contestant, entitled to the seat. The vote stood 124 to 123. B. F. Butler, of Massachusetts, voted in the affirmative with the Democrats, and the following Democrats voted in the negative with the Republicans, Cutler, Hartridge, Herbert, Henry, Potter, Rea, Stenger, Walsh, and Williams of Delaware.... Mr. Harrison desired to call up the report of the Committee on Civil-Service Reform in regard to the case of Doorkeeper Polk, but was opposed by Mr. Durham, who wished to take up an appropriation bill, and, the question being put, the House refused —yeas, 107, nays 123—t0 proceed to the consideration of the Polk case. The affirmative votes were principally cast by Republicans, and the negative by Democrats. Friday, March 29. —Senate.—Not in session. House. —ln the House the day was devoted to the private calendar, and the proceedings were of no interest to the general public... .Mr. Stephens introduced a bill to promote the general use of the metric system.

Cuban Affairs.

A late letter from Havana, Cuba, has the following: The surrender of the insurgents, armed and unarmed, continues in different portions of the island, and only one of the prominent chiefs, named Macco, is still holding outin the mountains of the Eastern Department, with, it is said, about 400 followers, mostly colored. A proclamation, signed by Gen. Martinez Campos, has been made public here. The proclamation declares that peace has been substantially re-estab-lished in the greater part of the district lately in rebellion, and that it is now necessary to heal the wounds occasioned by ten years of strife; therefore, in accordance with article 2 of the peace conditions, and by authority of the home Government, the General decrees: 1. The authorities of the pacified territory are to observe the most complete oblivion for past events and strive to prevent a resuscitation of by-gone passions. 2. All persons now in imprisonment for treason, rebellion and sedition, or for being accessory thereto, are to be liberated and returned to their hqmes, if desired, and those who have escaped punishment are' not to be proceeded against. 3. All cases now pending before the tribunals of the island for such crimes are to be abandoned immediately. 4. All persons banished or deported for such causes are to be permitted to return home, and are to be exempt from molestation or persecution for their previous conduct. 5. All persons included in the foregoing articles, and those residing in foreign countries, are to regain the rights of citizenship. 6. All deserters from the Spanish forces, who are still in arms, to be pardoned if they surender by the 15th of April.

Diphtheria an old Disease.

Diphtheria even so wise a man as the Hartford Courant’s agricultural editor pronounces a modern disease, but it isn’t. In a letter to the Portland Advertiser, Dr. C. P. Ilsley, of Cambridge, shows that it is an old disease with a modem name. As far back as 1737, Falmouth, now Portland, suffered severely by it, and it was spoken of as “ the most fatal scourge that ever visited New England, and rapidly hurried its subjects to the grave ; the throat swelled, became cohered with ash-colored specks, great debility and prostration ensued, with putrefaction.” It broke out in Kingston, N. H., in May, 1735, and 1,000 persons fell victims to it in New Hampshire. In the following August it reached Exeter, and Boston in September. Four thousand took the disease in Boston—onequarter of the population, as Boston then contained but 16,000 inhabitants. The mortality was small here in comparison with other places, the deaths numbering only 114. This was probably owing to having prompt and more effectual remedial agents at command. In Haverhill, Mass., the victims numbered 199. So much was it dreaded that two fast days were observed at Falmouth on account of it—one in 1735, and another the next year. — Boston Herald.

XII., Or XIII.

It seems to be open to doubt whether the Pope who has just been elected should not be styled Leo XII. instead of Leo XIII. There have, it is true, been twelve Leos elected as Popes before him, but one of these, Leo VIII., held his position by a very questionable tenure, and is not generally admitted by good Catholics to have been a genuine Pope. He was elected by the authority of the Emperor Otho, an Pope, Benedict V., being elected by the Council. He is held by some Catholics to have been a legitimate Pontiff; but Baronius treats him as an intruder, and the point has never yet been satisfactorily decided. His career was altogether a melancholy one, as was also that of his rival, Benedict V., who died in exile in July, 965, having been deposed by the Emperor Otho.

The Tax on Spirits.

The President, on recommendation of Internal Revenue Commissioner Banin, has approved the joint resolution providing that the tax on all distilled spirits, hereafter entered for deposit in distillery warehouses, shall be due and payable before and at the time the same are withdrawn therefrom, and within three years from the date of entry for deposit therein. In case of non-payment of the tax on any distilled spirits, within one year from the date oi the original warehousing bond for such spirits, interest shall accrue upon said tax at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum from and after the expiration of said year until the tax shall be paid.

Interesting Decision.

An officer of an insolvent corporation in Missouri bought up a considerable number of claims against it at a discount. He then tried to prove them against the company in bankruptcy on his own individual account and for their full face value. The United States District Court at St. Louis has very properly refused to allow this. The officer is a trustee, and Judge Treat holds that he cannot be permitted to speculate with the subject of his trust. The claims were recognized as vali l in his hands only to the extent of the amounts he actually paid for them.

“A Firm Adherence to Correct Principles.”

THE LION AND THE BEAR.

Russian Diplomacy and English Stupidity. The European tendency for some time, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, has been toward ignoring England in the final settlement of the controversy between Russia and Turkey. There has been the Russian denial that any aggressions upon English interests were contemplated by the Czar, but the recollection of the value of the word of the Russian on several other occasions has not aided to command confidence in these professions. The attitude of Germany, the peculiar obligations of the triple alliance, the objections of Austria to the advertised settlement, have been among the elements of the situation creating uncertainty. It is Germany that is really monarch of the situation. Russia, having conquered in the field, promptly began to attempt conquests in diplomacy. The Czar made an ally of the Sultan, whom he had conquered. He appealed to the European Prince for moral support, for aid, for arbitration, for any service in harmony with that triple understanding and in hostility to England. The great German doubtless said that he owed equal friendship to Austria under that understanding. Russia’s next move was to pacify Austria, and it is now reported that Russia’s ultimatum to Austria has been officially sent by Ignatieff, the diplomatist, and it is the Russian hope that Austria can be conciliated. It is significant that no attempt has been made by Russia, or by anybody else, to please England or to strengthen friendly relations with that power. The haughty Briton appears without an ally. The diplomacy, the intrigues, the secret understandings, the little arrangements between the powers of Europe have all been concocted and conducted without the knowledge or consent of England, and, apparently, in absolute hostility to her interests. Russia wants no congress of powers to dictate her terms of psace with Turkey. She will find some pretext, some method for preventing or delaying one till the necessary “ understandings ” can be had with all of Europe, save England. Meanwhile England, without or with a congress of powers, and without an ally, must yield to Russia and to the “arrangement,” or fight. Pride and interest of both nations appear to preface battle. If Russia's “arrangements” are completed she will not only be willing but anxious to enter the combat. She will not only court but provoke the war. The designs of Russia, and the cunning diplomacy she has shown, are not more than half understood, apparently, in England. The Standard, one of 'the most intelligent of the English journals, stoutly and constantly protests that the triple alliance is nothing more than a “diplomatic fiction,” ignoring thfe fact that it is a “fiction” which constitutes England’s chief danger in this hour. The Russian purpose to isolate England has not, seemingly, been comprehended. When battle ceased, Russia saw Turkey helpless, and entered upon a policy of deceit and delay, called diplomacy. She marched her armies closer and closer to the Turkish capital, enlarging her borders and strengthening her stakes. This, after the war with the Turk was ended, was preparing for the next war. She delayed the congress. The time, or the place, or the manner didn’t suit. She concealed and still conceals some of the terms of the peace, letting them into the [ light so far as- to test the sense of Europe. She became assured of the absolute neutrality of Germany. She then sought the consent of Austria to the peace she desires, and will, if possible, coax or beg Austria into an alliance. She would be glad to obtain command of Constantinople and the straits, to make the Ottoman empire hereafter a dependency of St. Petersburg, to make a Muscovite lake of the Euxine sea, and to prepare, in the words of an intelligent Englishman, “ by the acquisition of Armenia, and the downfall of British influence, for the next and final campaign,which will give her Constantinople and the Asiatic supremacy.”

Cure for Drunkenness.

To the Editor of the New York Sun : In times past you have published numerous articles on the cure of drunkenness; but none of them, so far as I have been able to discover, have resulted in relieving the victim they were intended to benefit. With your permission, I will now give to the world, through the Sun, a sure and speedy cure for intemperance—a cure that has been tried frequently. and always successfully. Let the inebriate—it matters not whether he is just getting off, is beginning it, or on a “ spree ” begin by taking every two hours one drachm (teaspoonful) of tinsture of cinchona (Peruvian bark). This will make him feel good. He caii increase the dose to six drachms (teaspoonfuls) without any danger, and take it in that proportion four to ten times a day. It will not destroy his appetite for food. In the ■course of a few days the anti-periodic properties of the cinchona begin to tell, and he loses not only all taste for the tincture, but also for ever; thing in the way of alcohol. Recently, in this city, a well-known gentleman who has in” times past been on his SSOO and SI,OOO sprees—tried this remedy, telling the various druggists where he drank it that he was fighting, and would conquer, the greatest demon on earth; but they could hardly believe him. Yet he conquered, and the appetite for drink vanished. He was never nervous, never lost his appetite or sleep during the siege, and came out of the ordeal in perfect health. During the time the fever lasted I gave him two or three doses of simple medicine for his general health, but the tincture of cinchona did the business. This case can be verified by the proprietors of seven of our drug stores. So well satisfied am I of the value of the treatment that I will guarantee a cure in all cases, using this remedy alone. R. D. Unger, M. D. Minneapolis, Minn.

The Fighting McCooks.

A rather remarkable coincidence occurred a few evenings since at the Thirdstreet crossing restaurant, one that has a little tinge of romance in it. A party of four gentlemen, strangers, we believe, were seated around a table sipping their coffee and waiting for a train There was a little of the commonplace desultory conversation, such as is usuai among strangers, when, from some incident, it turned to the late war. It soon became known that all the gentlemen had been in the service. Now comes the singular fact that each had been in an Ohio regiment, but separate ones, and that each had been in a regiment commanded by a member of the celebrated McCook family. It seemed rather remarkable that a party of four soldiers, years after being mustered out

of the service, should meet in this way by accident, and that their respective four regimental commanders should have been brothers. One of the veterans was a member of the First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, OoL A. D. McCook; another of the Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Colonel Anson G. McCook; another of the Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Col. Robert McCook, and the fourth man of the Fifty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Col. Daniel McCook. The conversation between the veterans was becoming interesting and animated when the sound of the locomotive bell called them to separate, but it was with a hearty “ shake ” and goodby.—Dayton {Ohio) Democrat.

CADET APPOINTMENTS.

-An Unsuccessful Call lor an Opinion. In reply to a resolution of Congress, requesting the United States Attorney General to inform the House of Representatives whether in his opinion the annual appointment of ten cadets-at-large made by the President respectively to the Military and Naval Academies have been in pursuance of law or by custom, and, if by custom, how long it Das been construed as establishing such power of appointment, the Attorney General has sent a communication to the House, in which he says: “ I understand that the object of this resolution is not to elicit facts connected with the appointments referred to in it, as, if so, it would no doubt have been addressed to that department, the means of obtaining such facts being there and not in this department. It is therefore desired, as I understand, that I should render a legal opinion upon the subject to which the resolution refers. In that view I must reply that I am not at liberty to furnish the legal opinion contemplated. The authority of the Attorney General to render his official opinion is limited by the law which creates and defines his office, and does not permit him to give advice at the call of either House of Congress or to Congress itself, but only to the President or head of an executive department of the Government. The absence of authority to respond to calls for legal opinions coming from sources other than those prescribed by law was early in the history of the Government suggested to the House of Representatives by the then Attorney General, Mr. Wirt, and no change in this respect has been made by the law creating the Department of Justice. Jfce view thus taken has been inby my predecessors, including Attorney Generals Taney, Crittenden, Bates, Evarts, and Williams. I feel that neither my high respect for the express wish of your honorable body, nor my earnest desire to comply With any request that it might make, would warranty departure, in the present instance, from the law and precedents which have heretofore been established.” ->

The Available Forces of Russia.

From a detailed account of the present distribution of the Russian forces, given in a usually well-informed German paper, it appears that Russia has still intact. in the interior of the country, and quite independently of any garrison troops, thirteen divisions of infantry, five divisions of cavalry,, three brigades of rifles, and two brigades of sappers; or, altogether, in round numbers, 150.000 infantry, 12,000 cavalry and 700 field-pieces. In addition, four reserve divisions are in process of formation, and 120 local battalions are being mobilized to occupy the Polish provinces of the empire. The army on the Balkan peninsula comprised at the time when the armistice was agreed upon—exclusive of the siege artillery, the artillery parks, the train, the administrative services, detachments of sailors, etc. —25 divisions of infantry, with 1,200 field-guns: 3 brigades of rifles; 6 divisions of cavalry, with 200 horse-artillery guns; or, altogether, 324 battalions, 240. squadrons and 1,400 field-pieces. Assuming the actual strength of each of the above units to average two-thirds of its prescribed war establishment, the aggregate effective, of this army would amount to 260,000 infantry, 30,000 horses and 1,400 guns. In the Caucasus there were at the same time 2 divisiems of infantry, comprising together 32 Battalions and the Kuban and the Terek Cossacks, or about 25,000 men, 10,000 horses and 156 guns; and, finally, in Armenia there were 8 divisions of grenadiers and infantry, a brigade of rifles and 2 divisions of cavalry, representing an effective of 75,000 infantry, 8,000 cavalry and 372 guns. Altogether, therefore, it is calculated that, including both the armies in Europe and Asia, Russia can dispose of a field force of 540,000 infantry, 78,000 cavalry and 2,722 guns, or, if the special and accessory services are added, a total of 750,000 men.— Pall Mall Gazette.

All a Woman Knows.

A sensation reporter on a Chicago paper went to see a young lady he is keeping; company with, the other night. She ipet'him at the door with a colorless face. “ Oh, Tom 1” she cried, in an agitated voice, “we have had such a scare ! Ma was coming down stairs, and she caught her foot in the carpet and went the whole length ——” “Hold on I” shouted the excited youth, diving nervously into his hippocket for his note-book, while he whipped out a pencil from another recess. “ Now go on !—go on, Matilda ! —go on; but be calm! For heaven’s sake be calm ! Kill her ?” “ Gracious, no!” “ Break her back ? Crush her skull ? Be calm I—be calm I For the sake of science, be calm !” “ Why, Tom !” gasped the girl, frightened by his impetuosity, “ it wasn’t serious. It was ” “ Wasn’t serious ?” he gasped, in turn. “ Do you mean to say she didn’t break anything, after all that fuss ?” “Why, certainly not! She never hurt herself a bit!” “Well,” ejaculated the young man, with an expression of disgust on his face, as he sadly restored the book and pencil to their places, “ that’s all a woman knows about business !”

Sitting Bull on the War Path.

Unofficial but trustworthy information from Fort Walsh confirms the recent story of a large confederation of hostile Indians in that vicinity. Sitting Bull and Spotted Eagle have been reinforced by lodges from the Missouri river agencies, including Red Cloud’s, and it is now estimated that there are from 5,000 to 7,000 warriors within 100 miles of Fort Walsh. Some of these bands have been seen by Miles’ scouts. The savages are very restless, and are under the constant surveillance of the too limited force of Canadian mounted police, vho evidently anticipate trouble. At aco m-

oil, the last week in February, the Indians resolved to resist the Buffalo law, and Sitting Bull counseled moderation toward the Canadians, but breathed defiance against the Americans. The force is well armed and splendidly equipped, and could, probably, be augmented to 10,000 men, in which case a vigorous summer campaign would be probable.— Chicago Times.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In China girls are considered" of bo little consequence that their parents do not name them, but designate them by a number. Thus, first daughter, second daughter and so on. .St. Isaac’s Church, St Petersburg, which was nearly fiftyyears in building, is one of the most remarkable of modern temples. It coat nearly as much as all the churches in England. A lady over 60 years of age has collected I,ooo,ooocanceled postage stamps, having been offered for doing so the |s3oo necessary to obtain her admission to a hospital. The stamps , fill a Saratoga trank, and will be sent to Europe to be used in the manufacture of papiermache goods. Paris street cars are warmed by small hot-water pipes connected with a little stove placed beneath one of the platforms. The cost is about 10 American cents a day, the fuel used being just sufficient to keep a moderate quantity of water hot. The Parisians are greatly pleased with the plan. During an outbreak of cholera on board a Chinese steamer lately, one of the crew was saved, while in a dying state, by the novel experiment of placing him between the heated boilers of the vessel. This extemporized Turkish bath completely cured the patient. A China paper is the authority for the statement. The success of an Italian boy, named Lally, who emigrated to Texas about eight years ago, is remarkable. At that time he was an organ-grinder, and all he owned besides his organ was a monkey. His pet died, and he hired himself out as a sheep-herder near Laredo. By hard work he accumulated a herd of his own, and now he is independently rich. In Nelson county, Va., a hawk was recently seen to seize a large moccasin snake and soar to a considerable height with the serpent writhing in its claws, when suddenly the bird clasped its wings and fell heavily to the ground. The moccasin had bitten it in the. neck, but the talons of the hawk were so buried in the vitals of the serpent that it also died. A Paris surgeon recently had occasion to administer ether to a beautiful young lady from Lyons. While she was inhaling the gas from the sack a light was brought near, the ether was ignited, and, the sack exploding, the doctor was seriously burned and the patient terribly injured, her nose being taken off and one side of the upper jaw laid bare. The doctor committed suicide.

The Wealth of Job.

This man was greatest of all the men of the East. —Job i. 2. At this distance of time, supposed to be 3,000 years since he existed, it is difficult to estimate Job’s wealth; but as some items are given it may be attempt ■ ed, although the relative value of money at the extremes of the 3,000 years leaves us at a loss to calculate the precise amount. 1. The extent of land he owned may be found from the support his stock needed; 7,000 sheep would require a range of as many acres, 3,000 camels would need five acres each, 1,000 yoke of oxen an equal range of five acres with the camels; 500 asses about two acres each; and his household, which was “ very great,” 2,000; in all, 30,000 acres. The value of this amount, at $5 per acre, $150,000. 2. The cost of Job’s cattle sheep at $2 each; 3,000 camels at probably SSO; 1,000 oxen at $lO each, and 500 asses at the same price. This would equaj about $175,000. 3. To tend such vast herds, according to the custom of the East, the number of laborers must have been large. Abraham, cotemporary with Job, could muster in his own family retinue 318 trained man at arms. As many more must have remained at home to attend to his flocks, etc., when the patriarch went in pursuit of the invaders of Lot’s territory. Job may have had 300; their pay and support, $20,000. 4. The necessary houses for living and shelter and the folds could not be less than $25,000. The whole value of the above would be $370,000. All this wealth seems incredible, were .it not declared so by the voice of inspiration. At the close of the book we are told that even this amount was duplicated, or $740,000. When we compare this with the relative present value of money and that of Job’s day his wealth was enormous.— Episcopalian.

A Boston Girl.

The following, from a Wisconsin correspondent, shows at how early an age people born at the ‘ ‘ Hub” take on their self-consciousness: Not many days since, in a Western city, a young lady of 10 summers was engaged watering the plants on the lawn. A lady stopped at the gardengate, and the following dialogue occurred: “ Sissy, is Mrs. W— at home ?” “ Did you address me, madam ?” (severely). * “Yes; I asked, is Mrs. W— at home.” “ No, madam. Mrs. W— is my aunt, and Mrs. W— is not at home.” “ Will you tell her that Mrs. M—called ?” “Certainly, madam” (graciously). “ You won’t forget the name.” “ Certainly not, madam. lam not much acquainted here, but I shall remember the name; I am a Boston girl." And she serenely continued to water the flowers.— Harper's Drawer.

Must Suppress Liquor-Selling by Law.

At a temperance meeting in St. Louis, the other evening, something of a brezze was created by the following utterance from ex-Gov. B. Gratz Brown : “Hat ng in the past done some effective ■■ ervice in making Missouri a free State, 1 say now, after mature consideration of this question, weighing carefully the words I utter, I say we can make Missouri a sober State—peaceably, if we can, but by legislation and forcible measures if we must. In fact, there is no other way to suppress the liquor traffic by law. .This is what the State is for; this is its essential function. We suppress thieving by law; we suppress murder by law, and we can and must suppress Jiquor selling by law.”

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NUMBER 8.

ILLINOIS GREENBACKERS.

Platform Adopted by the Springfield Convention. Whebeas, Throughout our entire country the value of real estate ia depreciated, industry paralyzed, trade depressed, business incomes and wages reduced, unparalleled distress inflicted upon the poorer and middle ranks of our people, the land filled with fraud, embezzlement, bankruptcy, crime, suffering, pauperism and starvation; and, Whebeas, This state of things has been brought about by legislation in the interest of and dictated by money-lenders, bankers and bondholders; and, Whebeas, While we recognize the fact that men in Congress connected with both the old political parties have stood up manfully for the rights of the people, and met the threats of the money power ana the ridicule of an ignorant and subsidized press, yet neither the Republican nor the Democratic parties in their national policies propose remedies for the existing evils; and,

Whereas, The Independent-Greenback party and other associations more or less effective have been unable heretofore to make a formidable opposition to the old party organizations; and. Whebeas, The limiting of the legal-tender quality of greenbacks, the changing of currency bonds into coin bonds, the demonetizing of the silver dollar, the excepting of bonds from taxation, the contraction of the circulating medium, the proposed forced resumption of specie payments, and the prodigal waste of the public lands, were crimes against the people, and, as far as possible, the results of these criminal acts must be counteracted by judicious legislation, therefore we assemble ia State Convention and make a declaration of our principles, and invite all patriotic citizens to unite in an effort to secure financial reform and industrial emancipation. The organization shall be known as the “National party,” and under this name we will perfect, without delay, State, and local associations to secure the election to office to such men only as will pledge themselves to do all in their power to establish these principles: 1. It is the exclusive function of the General Government to coin and create money and regulate its value. All bank issues designed to circulate as money should be suppressed, their circulating medium, whether of metal or paper, should be issued by the Government and made a full legal tender for all debts, duties and taxes in the United States at its stamped value. 2. There shall be no privileged class of creditors. Official salaries, pensions, bonds and all other debts and obligations, public or private, shall be discharged in the legal-tender money of the United States, strictly according to the stipulations of the laws under which they were contracted. 3. That tne coinage of silver be placed on the same footing as that of gold. 4. Congress shall provide said money adequate to the full employment of labor, the equitable distribution of its products, and the requirements of business, fixing a minimum amount per capita to the population as near as may Le, and otherwise regulating its volume by wise and equitable provisions of law, so that the rate of interest will secure to labor its just reward. 5. It is inconsistent with the genius and spirit of popular government that any species of private property should be exempt from bearing its just share of the public burdens. Government libnds and money should be taxed precisely as other property, and a graduated income taxehoula be levied for the support of the Government and the payment of its debts. 6. The public lands aie the common property of the whole people, and should not be sold to speculators nor gambled to railroads or other corporations, but should be donated to actual settlers in limited quantities. 7. The Government should, by general enactments, encourage the development of our agricultural, mineral, mechanical, manufacturing and commercial resources, to the end, that , labor may bo fully and profitably employed, but no monopolies should be legalized. 8. All useless offices should be abolished, the most rigid economy enforced in every branch of the public service,.and severe punishments inflicted upon public officers who betray the trusts reposed in them. 9. As educated labor has devised means for multiplying production by invention and discoveries, and, as their use requires the exercise of mind as well as body, such legislation should be had that the number of hours of daily toil will be reduced, giving to the working classes more leisure for mental improvement and social enjoyment, and saving them from permanent decay and death. 10. The adoption of an American monetary system, as proposed herein, will harmonize all differences in regard to tariff and Federal taxation, reduce and equalize the cost of transportation by land and water, distribute equitably the joint earnings of capital and labor, secure to the producers of wealth the results of their labor and skill, muster out the vast army of idlers who, under the existing system, grow rich upon the earnings of others, that every man and woman may, by their own efforts, secure a competence, so that overgrown fortunes and extreme poverty will be seldom found within the limits of our republic.

11. Both National and State Governments should establish bureaus of labor and industrial statistics, clothed with the power of gathering and publishing the same.

12. That the contract system of employing labor m our prisons and reformatory institutions works great injustice to our mechanics and artisans, and should be prohibited. 13. That the importation of servile labor into the United States from China is a problem of the most serious importance, and we recommend legislation looking to its suppression. 14. That we demand an immediate is->ue of a full legal-tender currency by the Government to the full limit at least of the $400,000,000 of legal-teuder United States treasury notes. 15. That the credit of the Government can best be strengthened and preserved by its first paying off its interest-bearing debt before calling in any part of its non-interest-bearing obligations for redemption. 16. That we recommend and urge upon all State, county and township committees, and all other persons engaged in the work of organizing National Greenback and local clubs, that they support the principles set forth in the Toledo platform. 17. That the payment of all wages in lawful monvy is the only valid payment for labor, and that we are opposed to the employment of minors in shops and factories under 14 years of age.

One Phase of Resumption.

The Resumption act orders that on the Ist day of January, 1879, not ton months hence, the Government shall redeem all greenbacks then outstanding in coin. The difference between the “ irredeemable” greenback and gold is to-day but 1 per cent. This fact is an unanswerable tribute to the Government credit currency of the United States. Equalization is not resumption. The appreciation of the greenback dollar is not its redemption in coin. It is known to all the world that the Government has no coin at all in which to redeem its notes. Of these there are about $340,000,000 outstanding. There are national-bank notes to the amount of about $320,000,000, and these are made redeemable in lawful money. When greenbacks are no longer lawful money, or when they shy into the treasury in hot haste for coin, the national-bank notes are redeemable in coin unless something else, meanwhile, is made lawful money. Under existing law, therefore, the national-bank notes and the greenbacks will be redeemable in coin on the first day of next January. About $660,000,000 of gold and silver coin will be required for this purpose, nearly all of which must be accumulated before that date. The Silver bill will enable not more than $40,000,000 of silver dollars to be coined within this period, and there is little or no gold available for resumption purposes. Under the State-bank system men only cared to know that the bank had the money, the coin, and then they didn’t want it If the bank hadn’t it men wanted it vociferously. The public was entirely ignorant of the condition of thote

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banks, of the amount of coin they hai The public belief was that the oom wa< ready when the bank notes should be presented. Now, everybody knows th al the coin is not in bank for the-national-bank notes, and that the coin is nbt in the treasury for the greenbacks. The holders of those notes, therefore, knowing this fact, will be anxious for that coin. There will inevitably be a “ run *' on the treasury and on the national banks for coin. The greater the “ run ” the greater the relative value of the coin, and thus the “run” will constantly stimulate itself, by presenting constantly increasing temptations. An exceptional and enormous demand for coin is created, the supply remaining unchanged, and the holders of these notes alone are by law privileged to buy coin at 100 cents on the dollar. The result is easy to foresee. By the terms of the Resumption act the greenbacks, once redeemed, cannot be reissued. This slearly throws the burden of the redemption in coin of the paper money upon the national banks existing next January. But this is only one feature of the Resumption act. The depositors of the country have deposited lawful money, or what was accepted as such, and are entitled to receive lawful money in return. Under the operation of the Resumption act greenbacks will be buried or burned, and no national bank will allow a note to go out because it is redeemable in coin. The depositors, therefore, must be paid in coin. Let us look at the effect of this. In June last the deposits in the banks amounted to $2,120,113,395. The banks will be called on to pay these deposits in coin. Deposits will have become valuable. Checks, etc., will have been deposited in bank as money, and have been used as money, and the deposits must be paid in money. Money will then mean coin, and the banks will be called on to take their own medicine. The banks are the money-lenders. When they are invited to pay $2,000,000,000 of deposits in coin, may we “be there to see.” The Senate of the United States has the Resumption Repeal bill tinder advisement Its Finance Committee has postponed its consideration from time to time. We suggest to that august body that they contemplate this phase of resumption before they fail to concur with the House in repealing the Resumption act. In saying this we are not specially moved by compassion, for the banks shovel everybody else into misfortune before they tumble in themselves.— Cincinnati Enquirer.

The South and West Demand.

What are the facts as to the demands made by the people of the Western and Southern States concerning financial reforms ? They ask that a national policy which has been steadily pursued until the country is on the verge of ruin shall cease. That the effort to bftng the business of the land and all its property values to a gold basis shall be abandoned. That an immediate end be put to tha. system of contracting the currency which has paralyzed trade throughout the Union, and they insist that Government alone shall issue the circulating medium. They ask that a reasonable amount of currency be kept in use, because it is simply impossible to dispense with it as we are now situated, even if it were ever advisable to do so. — Quincy (lII.} Herald.

A Little Girl’s Pet

For the past two or three weeks a family by the name of Flaherty, residing in Burlington, Vt., have noticed that their young daughter, 7 years old, has each day stolen into the back yard with pieces of bread, meat and whatever else she could lay her hands on in the shape of food. When questioned she invariably answered that she fed her kitty with the food. Nothing was thought of this, the mother supposing that her child had made a pet of some stray cat. But on Monday the action of the little girl was fully explained. About the middle of the afternoon she went out with her accustomed supply of food, but shortly returned with an enormous rat in her arms. The parents of the child were both absent, an 18-year-old daughter and an 11-year-old son only being at home. Like most young ladies of the present day, the sister lost all control of herself, and, jumping upon the table, commenced a series of hysterical cries. The brother grasped his young sister, who at this time had dropped her pet, threw her upon the bed, and then went for the rat. He inaugurated the contest by trying to kick the rat to death. But the animal showed fight and was much too active for the boy, grasping him by the pants a number of times, but fortunately not being able to fasten his teeth into the legs of the boy. Finally a poker was secured, and a well-directed blow stunned the rat. It was but the work of a few minutes to hunt up the famil j cat, but when brought into the room the rat had regained his wonted vigor, ana stood in a corner at bay. Nothing could induce the cat to make an attack, notwithstanding she was repeatedly thrown upon his ratship, and the boy found it necessary to finish the rat with the poker. Miss Flaherty and her brother state that the rat made a hissing noise when attacked, something like a snake.— Exchange.

Russian Captures During the War.

From recently published official returns it appears that between the day on which war was declared and the signing of the armistice, the Russian army of the Danube captured 15 Pashas, 113,000 officers and men, 606 guns of different calibers, 9,600 tents, 140,200 muskets, and 24,000 horses. In addition, 200,000 small arms, yataghans, and pistols were taken from Turkish irregular troops, and also 13,000 lances and daggers. The Russian army in Asia captured during the war 14 Pashas and 50,200 officers and men, 662 guns, 16,000 tents, 42,000 muskets, 18,000 horses, and immense stores of ammunition and provisions of all kinds. The number of firearms and miscellaneous weapons taken from the Asiatic irregular troops of the Porte was also, it is stated, exceedingly large, but no details are given. The Servian troops .also acquired a large booty during the short time they were engaged, their trophies being returned as 238 guns, 10,000 muskets, and 67 standards, besides ammunition, provisions, and horses.— Pall Mall Gazette.

The Oldest Yet.

New Grenada, South America, has a citizen 180 years old. If you don’t believe it, Dr. Luiz Hernandez, of Bogota, will show you the man, a half-breed farmer named Miguel Solis. This old gentleman, who still wonts on his farm, believes that the secret of his long life is that he was never drunk, and that he eats but one meal a day. Dr. Hernandez visited the old man, and collected tacts to prove his great sge, Jhier Ocean.