Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1879 — Page 1

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

FOKEIGN NEWS. Tbe rapid decline of Bonapartism in the French provinces is shown by the fact that three Imperialist newspapers have stopped for want of friends. Tho fonnd&tion of the new Ed Jystone lighthouse, oft Plymouth, England, was laid, Aug. 19, by the British Princes, Wales and Edinburgh. De Lesseps has sent to Central America several expert engineers to examine the plans of tho Panama canal and to ascertain tho probable expense of building it Do Lesseps is making preparations for his visit to this country. An address to Lieut. Carey, of the expedition in which the Prince Imperial lost his life, declaring that ho lias been unwarrantably censured, is being signed by thousands of people in England. England and Wales have again been visited by destructive rain storms, overflowing livers and playing havoc with the crops. An Odessa (Russia) dispatch says the judgments of the military tribunal againet a - number cf the Nihilists have beep published. Five men are sentenced to be hanged, one woman goes to Bibeiia, and twenty-two others are sentenced to ten years’ penal servitude. The Edison telephone is to be introduced in Paris. ** It looks as if war was inevitable between llussia and China. Deaths from yellow fever in Havana during July, 475. One death from cholera. The Commissioners of England and Itiißsia, appointed to ascertain and fix definitely tho new boundary lino between Russia and Turkey in Asia, iiave failed to agree. Serious consequences may grow out of this controversy, sooner or later. Batoum, in Asiatic Turkey, has been devastated by fire. Bordeaux, in France, haa also been visited by a destructive conflagration. The grand cross of tho order of the Hath has been conferred upon Lord Chelmsford. Edward Strathearn, Lord Gordon, ono of the English Judges of A) peal, died at Brussels, aged 66. A Vienna dispatch says the disturbances in Bulgaria aro increasing. The militia operating against the insurgents aro unable to repress the disorders. Three of the five male Nihilists sentenced by the military tribunal at Odessa to be banged wero executed Aug. 22. A woman sentenced to exile in Siberia is only 15 years of ago. For some reason the British Ministers seem to ho dir satisfied with Lord Lytton’s administration of tho Government of India. Rumors of his recall have been frequent, and now it is roported positively that Lord DulTerin will immediately succoid him. The harvest in Italy has been disastrously affected by tho drought. ' China is preparing to resist the threatened Rush inn invasion. The Asiatic cholerj is making its way into Western Kuvopo. Much suffering is Raid to be in store for tho working peoplo in the English manufactuiing districts this winter. lius«ia has over 1,320,000,000 s rubles in paper money in circulation. Jaffa (the ancient Joppa), in Jerusalem, is to bo converted into a great commercial port. Turkey’s army is to bo reduced to 100,000 men. Four additional Cardinals are to be appointed at tho coming consistory. Tho big statue of Liberty, for which funds wore raised by a lottery, and which is ultimately to he sot up at some point on New York harbor, is approaching completion iu Paris.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. Kust,. Mr. Joseph B. Frye, a Boston man of considerable wealth, was murdered two or three weeks ago in a manner so mysterious as to battle the ingenuity of the best detective talent, and for a while it looked as it'Tlie authors of the foul deed would never bo brought to justice. Cut the mystery has been cleared up by the confession of the murderers. The murdered mau was alone in his Ikhibo on tho night of the tragedy, his family being absent from tho city, and had invited three barbers, a Greek and two Italian/s, to spend tho evening with him. Ho had somehow contracted a liking for these pooplo, who wore vastly his inferiors in every respect, and through the frequent visits of one of them to tho house in a tousorial capacity tho trio of assassins gained a knowledge or tho presence of rich plunder on tho premises. His good-natured entertainment of the villains gave them the opportunity they sought, and, after partaking of his hospitality for an evening, they murdered him in tho most horrible and fiendish manner, stabbing him nearly to death with a pair of barber’s shears, and then finishing him off with a biillot in tha Uaa.d.

Gov. feprague’s magnifieorit mansion known as “Canonehot,” at Narragunsett Pier, R. 1., together with much other of the property of tho late extensivo manufacturing firm of A. <t W. Sprague, is advertised by the United States Marshal to be sold at auction on the 4th of September, to satisfy a judgment in behalf of tho National Cankof Commerce of Now York. Lemaire Latremonille was hanged at Albany, N. Y., Aug. 20, for the murder of Catherine Dunsbach, noar Cohoes, in April last South. There were eleven deaths from yellow fever at Memphis, for the forty-eight hours ending in the evening of Aug. Iff, forty-four new cases being reported to the Board of Health in tho same period. A large number of Memphis refugees returned to tho city, but such as could be got hold of by the health authorities were incontinently' hustled out of the city again, the policy- of depopulation being regarded as the only feasible mode of breaking the backbone of the dreaded plague. Tho building recently occupied by C. E. Forbes aud family, on Walker avenue, was burned. Five deaths from fever had occurred in the dwelling. It is thought the neighbors living in the vicinity fired the building, as it was the most foul spot in the city. The cotton crop in Texas promises to pan out very well, after all. The drought which, early in the season, promised to ruin everything, gave way to refreshing showers, aud the late cotton will be a splendid crop. The Yazoo county difficulty, growing out of H. M. Dixon running as au Independent candidate for Sheriff, has culminated in tlio fatal shooting of Dixon by James H. Barksdale, the candidate for Chancery Clerk. The following is the Associated Press report of the killing: ‘''Dixon, while passing down the west ejdo of Main street, Yazoo, was hailed by Barfce-

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dale from the east side, who at the same time advanced to the middle of the street, armed with a double-barreled shot-gun. Dixon halted, and immediately placed Lis hand on his pistol, drawing it Barksdale raised his gun to his shoulder; Dixon, seeing this, moved toward a stairway, when Barksdale fired, four buckshot taking effect in Dixon’s back. Dixon .then fired several times at Barksdale without effect Barksaale missed the second shot Dixon bled internally and died. The difficulty, it is represented by Barksdale’s friends, was of a personal nature. ” A mountain in Northern Georgia hr s partly disappeared beneath the surfaco of tho earth, about one-third of tho elevation having split off and sunk out of sight. It seems that the ground supporting a portion of the baso suddenly gave way, and a vast mass of rocks, earth and trees was precipitated into the chasm, filling it up to a level, but at last accounts the detached bulk was gradually sinking further into the holo. A dispatch from Yazoo City, Miss, says that a large Independent Convention, composed of both whites and blacks, met in Yazoo City, and nominated a full ticket, as follows: Legislature: Wallace Johnson (colored), J. H. Burrus, J. L. Debrae; Sheriff, W. A. Brown; Chancery Clerk, Jesse E. Bell; Circuit Clerk, B. R. Grayson; Treasurer, N. Birmingham; Assessor, E. R. Harris; Coroner and Ranger, Bam Kirkall (colored).— Capt. Dixon is buried at Vaughan’s Station. He had tho largest funeral ever known at that place. James A. Barksdale, his murderer, was admitted to bail in SIS,(XX) for examination. For tbe two days ending on the evening of Aug. 21, fifty-three new cases of yellow fever wore roported to the Memphis Board of Health, eleven deaths from the disease occurring in the same period. A large proportion of the new cases were blacks. At a meeting of the Howard Association it was determined to withhold tho appeal to the cliarity of the nation until every dollar of the money in the treasury has been expended. Thieves infest tho ill-fated city to an alarming extent, and unoccupied residences are nightly entered by them. Home go in parties, and are bold in their operations. Tho National Board of Health has decided not to furnish rations to those who remain in Momphis or other infected cities, and to furnish rations to persons in oamps under supervision only for a limited time and under exceptional circumstances. It is reported from Atlanta that the negroes in all parts of Goorgia are organizing extensively for an emigration movement to Kansas. For the three days ending on the evening of Aug. 24 there were 27 deaths from yellow fever in Memphis. During the same period 45 new cases wero reported to the Board of Health. For the week ending with that date there were 148 new cases and 31 deaths. The total deaths from yellow fever since the breaking out of the epidemic numbered 177. The State Board of Health had promulgated an order prohibiting citizens from leaving their places of business or abode between the hours of 9p. m. and 4a. m. The thieves continued their depredations, notwithstanding the vigilance of the police authorities.

West; The remains of “Wild Bill” (James B. Hickox), who was murdered three years ago atDeadwood, were recently disinterred by his friends for tho purpose of removing them to a new cemetery. “The coflin,” says the Deadwood Pioneer, “was foundina remarkable state of preservation, and, upon removing the lid, the body was discovered thoroughly petrified. The features of the deceased were as natural as life, save that a whiteness overspreading all gave to the face an appearance of chiseled marble. The left cheek, through which the fatal bullet passed out, was slightly incrusted with mold, and as Charley attempted to brush it off he discovered the petrifaction. ” Dispatches from Eureka, Nev., give meager particulars of a conflict between a Sheriff’s posse and a body of Italian coal-miners who were engaged in the very creditable business of setting coal mines on fire in tho vicinity of Eureka. Fivo Italians were killed, six badly wounded, and several taken prisoners. None of the Sheriff’s posse were injured. The Indianapolis Sentinel claims that Indiana has this year produced 55,000,000 bushels of wheat Tho wheat crop of Illinois is reported the largest and most valuable ever raised in the State. The crop aggregates 42 •'41,252 bushels, aud is valued at $27,200,757. The ranch of Jim Raines, on Sfdmon river, Oregon, was recently attacked by Indians. Raines and Jas. Edwards were killed, and Albert Weber was badly wounded. A novelty in the cattle trade was the arrival at Chicago, the other day, of 300 steers from British Columbia, in the far Northwest. Two years ago they were driven to Evanston, Wy. Ter., a distance of 2,400 miles, aud from Evanston they have now come by rail. A table prepared by the Illinois Department of Agriculture shows that the total acreage of oats in the State this year was 1,631,13 ff. The average yield per acre was thirtytwo and a half bushels. The total yield was 54,(564,569 bushels. The average price per bushel Aug. 1 was 22 cents, and the value of the crop was $12,059,162.

The grasshoppers are committing terrible ravages in the loc'lKyof New Philadelphia, in Southern Indian At Phoenix, in Arizona Territory, the other night, a vigilance committee requested all places of business to be closed, marched to the jail, took out McCloskey and John Keller, two murderers, and hanged both to a tree on the plaza. After warning a number of wellknown bad characters to quit the town, the crowd dispersed. Everything was conducted quietly, and no opposition was made to tho proceedings. Michael Burns and James Dobbins, farmers, living six miles from Kansas City, Mo., between whom a feud existed, concluded to settle it at the pistol’s mouth. They met, and, at the distance of two feet, began the pleasant pastime of filling each other with lead. After each had received three ounce-bullets in his body both concluded that they had as much as they could carry, aud so laid down and died. Jacob Nohl, a Toledo police sergeant, wanted Ross Saulsbury to take back something he had said about him. Saulsbury declined, whereupon Nohl shot him dead. Nohl felt so badly about what he had done that he turned the weapon upon his own body and then and there ended his existence. At Van Wert, Ohio, a family unpleasantness culminated in Nathan Cobb drawing a revolver and shooting his wife dead. A married daughter of the Cobbs tried to protect her mother, and for her Intermeddling was smote in the head with a brick in the hands of the affectionate father, from the effects of which she died in a short time. Ten thousand dollars of the American Express Company’s money has disappeared from Kansas City, Mo. Tho cashier of the company at that point, W. R. Bell, has also disappeared. At Trinidad, Col., Dan Logan and a man named McCormick were confined in jail on the charge of attempting to outrage two

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little girls. Two hundred citizens called at the prison in a body, and invited the two prisoners to accompany them to an old corral hard by. They did not accompany the citizens back, on account of physical inability. They were left at the corral, dangling to the limb of a stout tree. A fire at Farmer City, 111., destroyed twenty-four buildings in the business part of the town. The loss is estimated at about $90,000. At the harvest picnic in Waukesha county, Wis., some tartar emetic was put into water, and the mixtme was denominated lemonade. All those who drank of it were taken violently ill, and some came very near dying. -

WASHINGTON NOTES. The annual report of the Secretary of State upon the commercial relations of the United States with foreign countries, for the year 1878, has just been printed, and contains exceedingly interesting and significant tables of figures, setting forth the improved condition of the export trade of the United Slates. He says that the depression which has for some years paralyzed the trade and industries of foreign nations was, if anythiug, more empnatic during the year 1878 than in previous years. He holds that the statistics show that we have not only now, to a great extent, emancipated ourselves from dependence upon Europe for onr supply of manufactures, but that we have, in some important branches of manufactures, entered into very successful competition with Europe in its own markets. Advices have reached Ottawa, Canada, from Ford Edmonton, British Northwest Territory, to the effect that the Indians are starving, and an outbreak is generally feared. Seven lodges of Indians have starved to death on the plains after eating their horses. An Indian ate his mother-in-law, wife, and three children MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. The Atlantic coast has been visited by an unusually destructive wind and rain storm. All along the coast, from North Carolina to New York, the wind blew a gale, and rain fell in torrents, inflicting serious damage to property on land and sea. Burned: The saw-mill and salt sheds of Sanborn & Bliss, containing 4,000 barrels of salt and 6,(XX),000 feet of lumber, at Carrolton, Mich., loss SIOO,OOO, insurance, $75,500; Rosenfeld’s dry-goods store, Dallas, Tex., loss $25,000; Long Island Lumber Mills, Brooklyn, N. Y., loss $35,000; Ketcham Bros.’ elevator, Marengo, lowa, loss $30,000; a train of twentyeight loaded oil tanks, Sunbury, Pa. Very severe shocks of earthquake were experienced along the liue of the Welland canal, Canada, between Lakes Erie and Ontario, one day last week. Several cities and villages were shaken. The National Bar Association has just held its second annual session at Saratoga. Among the resolutions adopted was one demanding higher and more thorough legal education as a condition precedent to admission to the bar.

SHORT CATECHISM.

Some Soektlologers for Secretary Sherman to Answer—Has His Policy Proved Such a Shining Success ?-AFew Facts and Figures Which Would Seem to Indicate Otherwise -riow Widows and Orphans Are Plundered for the Benefit of the Syndicate. [Washington Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.] Secretary Sherman has left here for Ohio. He goes into the State to make campaign speeches—to induce the voters to cast their suffrages for Charles Foster, his creature. In view of the fact that the impending campaign is one in which Secretary Sherman is the central figure, and who will reap all the advantages of a Republican victory, the following catechism, for the guidance of those who will listen to his speeches and soe fit to ask him some questions, is prepared: Secretary Sherman will tell the people of Ohio that he has closed ail refunding operations. This ho told tho people of Maine. He deliberatly deceived them, aud will likewise attempt to deceive the people of Ohio. He has on tho contrary, not yot closed his recent contract with the pet Syndicate, whi eti at one fell swoop got control of all of the 4 per-cent, bonds. Of the $180,000,000 subscribed in these bonds by tho syndicate, $45,000,000 yet, remain unpaid for; and Secretary Sherman, in that spirit of liberality which he has always extended to a few Eastern banks, has extended the time for final settlement until Oct. Ist, although the original contract, which ho has violated at discretion, provided a final settlement should Le inado on July last. The immediate result is that the banks have the- use of $45,000,000 until Oct. Ist which belongs to the people, and should have been in the treasury thirty days ago. With money worth 2 por cent, at call, it will require the aid of a lightning calculator to find how much money the syndicate will make out of the $45,0e0,000 which Secretary Sherman allows thorn to use. This is not the only reason, though, that Secretary Sherman gave tho Syndicate an indulgence. Had a settlement boon made according to the contract, 4-per-cent, bonds would not now be at a premium—-they might be held at par. Sherman, fearful of this decline, indulged the Syndicate rather than pressed them, because he wanted to keep the bonds up until after the Ohio election, so that ho could point to the negotiation of the 4-per-cents, with pride; and tho higher the premium at which they were hold, the more pride he would take in the transaction. It may be well, also, for the people of Ohio to know, while Secretary Sherman is among them, that on the day the contract with the Syndicate for the "4 per-cents, was made the United States had on deposit in tho hands of the national banks the sum of $200,000,000, and these same banks still have about $40,000,000 in 4 per cent, bonds to loan Western farmers at 2 per cent per mouth to enable them to get their crops into market Tho syndicate have three months to pay for these bonds, during which time they collected the interest, which at 4 per cent, per annum is 1 por cent, aggregating SIBO,OOO profit before they were called on for one cent This is not all. The monopoly thus put in the hands of these bankers made a corner on the bonds, and they were enabled to charge 2 per cent, premium on the bonds, which makes a clear profit of $360, JOO, or, altogether, the Erolits of this transaction between the national auks and John Sherman was $540,000. Now, who does this money come out of ? During the extra session of Congress a widow of a Union soldierjwrote a member of Congress that she had certain United Scates bonds in trust for her children, the proceeds of her deceased husband’s pension; that she had applied for the interest on her bonds, and for the first time ascertained that her bonds were among those called in, and the interest had ceased. She requested the member of Congress to go to the Treasury Department and exchange her bonds for four per cents. The matter was presented to the United States Treasury, and the reply was that the party could get the face value of the bonds in money, but the Government had no securities for saie. The consequence was that the poor woman had to pay a premium of per cent, (the small dealers must have their profit, hence the half cent additional), and the exchange for transmission was half of 1 per cent more, entfilling a loss equal to mne months’ interest on her little patrimony. While the great capitalists of tho country are lauding Sherman’s financial success, somehow the poor widows and orphans are not able to appreciate it

Benevolent clergymen to Joe—- “ Why are you standing there, little man?” “’Cause I’ve got nowheres to go to.” “ Where are your father and mother?” “Dunno. Gone away ever so long.” “Poor little fellow 1 Well, well; can you answer this question? When your father and mother forsake you, who is it that will take you up?” “ The policeman.” * F

“A Firm Adherence to Correct Principles.”

A BOARD BILL

Presented to Hayes and Sherman by One Casanave, of Louisiana, Accompanied by a meaning Threat to Show Them Up if They Did Not Come Down. Seventeen Hundred an Fifty Dollars Paid to the President-Maker .After Considerable Delay. Meaty Letter- from Casanave to the President. He Protests Against Being Left to Hold the Bag While the Other Fellows Get Away With the Swag. [Washington Cor. Chicago Times.] John Sherman, when he went to Louisiana to manipulate the Returning Board iu Mr. Hayes’ interest, saddled himself down with a crowd of Louisiana men who are continually howling for more rewards undor Ihreats of exposure of his complicity in their peculiar political transactions. The number of people who have been caied for simply to stop their troublesome mouths is as notorious as it is extraordinary. In cariug for the political remnants of the Returning Board the administration has overlooked one. Casanave. He is a sad-dle-colored brother, and, perhaps, here lies the discrimination. Some time ago the members of the Returning Board were prosecuted for thoir fraud. They employed attorneys jointly and have since been sued by their counsel for their fees in defending them, judgments being obtained. As Casanave has never received any reward from the administration, he has had no money to satisfy these judgments. This has resulted in a trip to Washington and a cool demand that Sherman put up the money for him. How Sherman has pai tly complied with liis demands is related in an extraordinary statement, in the form of an interview, prepared and corrected by Casanave himself just bes .re he returned to New Orleans. After a tediously egotistical introduction, in which he describes himself as “a pleasant andagreeablegentleman of culture and polished manne s so characteristic of educated gentlemen of his nationality—he is of French extraction— and exhibits in Iris manners that fine sense of honor so universal among his people,” ho goes on as follows: “Wlienihese criminal proceedings were begun, Messrs. Anderson and Wells, against whom the prosecution was particularly and especially directed, employed Messrs Cullum and Cascillane, attorneys, to defend them. I assented to it upon assurance from Mr. Anderson, who showed me a letter, which he said was from Washington, and, I supposed, written by Secretary Sherman, to tho effect that funds would be sent to defray all the expenses incurred for our defense. After the trial, and the acquittal of Anderson, Messrs. Cullum and Gastillaue demanded their fee, and, after repeated efforts to collect it, they sued the board and got judgment. The other members having notlnrg, my property was seizod and advertised for sale by the Sheriff to pay the amount. The judgment was originally $5,000, but $1,875 has been paid, leaving a balance of $3,125.” “Do tire other members of the board refuse to pay this amount V ” “Well, they have failed to do it” “Aro they not holding good offices in the New Orleans Custom House? ” “ Yes. Anderson, Wells and Kenner, and all their family connections, numbering not less than forty persons, are drawing money from the United States Government, besides the stealings, which, if what evoiybody says is true, amount every month to as much as this judgment.” “How did you happen to come here about this matter? I should think that the other members, having such good places in the Custom House, would not care to have this case brought to the attention of the administration ? ” “ Before coming here I called upon Anderson and Kenner, who refused to pay anything. I went to Wells’ office frequently to see him, but could never find him. He has been absent from his office a long time, and it is difficult to find him. Seeing that I could get no assistance from the other members, and being pressed continually for payment by the attorney, who threatened to sell me out at Sheriff’s sale, if I did not pay speedily, I thought I would come to Washington and seek relief from those I had helped in!o the high and lucrative offices which they now hold. This is what brought me here. I could get nothing out of the officers in Louisiana. Therefore, I came to try those higher up, but no less the creatures of the Returning Board. I had great confidence in my mission here, remembering the ancient Spanish saying that ‘it is not much to give a leg to nim who gave you the fowl.’” “How many appointments have Anderson, Wells and Kenner of their family connections and friends in the New Orleans Custom House?” “ Not less than fifty, including sons, sons-in-law and fathers-in-law and their sons.

“To illustrate: There is Anderson, deputy collector, salary, $3,000; Anderson’s son, clerk, salary $1,400; Ben Bloomfield (Anderson’s son’s father-in-law), auditor, $2,500; Geo. Bloomfield (son of Ben, and brother-in-law .of Anderson’s son), clerk, $1,200; R. Notilie (friend of Andersod), salary, $1,460; LouisDemaraise (friend of Anderson), salary, $2,500; William R. Johnson (friend of Anderson), $1,600; and Louis E. Salles, also a friend of Anderson, $2,000 per annum. Mr. Salles has charge of the dead-head and sinecure roll which has drawn from the treasury from $1,500 to $3,000 for each month since Anderson and Wells have controlled the New Orleans Custom House, and this fact must be well known to the Secretary of the Treasury. Then there are Louis M Kenner, deputy naval officer, salary, $2,500; a brother (Alexander Kenner), clerk, $1,600; another brother (Dick Kenner), S6OO per annum. Wells is surveyor of the port, at a salary and fees amounting to upward of $3,000; his son (Alex. Wells), deputy surveyor, at a salary of $2,500; R. R. Robinson (son-in-lawof Wells),salary, $1,600; 8. S. Wells (son), salary, SI,OBO, and others of the family connections.” “ Who have you seen about this matter of relieving you from paying this judgment?” “ I called on the President in company with Gen. Sypher the next day after my arrival. He treated me courteously, but made no offer to relieve me and remarked that he had nothing to do with it, but advised me to see Anderson, who, he thought, would settle it Gen. Sypher suggested to the President that he convey his wishes in this regard to Mr. Anderson in authoritative form, which would no doubt induce Anderson to pay, but for me [Casanave] to return to Louisiana with the President’s verbal message would be nseless. The President took alarm at this suggestion and retreated behind the Cabinet, which was about assembling. I also called on Secretary McCrary, who expressed much sympathy for me and said: ‘lf I was able I would pay this judgment myself, but I am a poor man and live entirely on my salary. It should be paid at once. ’ Of course I was very grateful to the Secretary for these kind expressions. I next saw Messrs. Shellabarger and Wilson, to whom I explained my case. They advised me to see Assistant Secretary Hawley, which I did in company with Gen. Sypher. Mr. Hawlev referred me to Mr. Shellabarger, who, he said, would attend to it. I saw Messrs. Shellabarger and Wilson, who assured me, on the promise of Mr. Hawley, that the money would be raised on the return of Mr. Sherman, who was then in Maine and would be home in & week. I waited contented a week, believing it would be satisfactorily arranged. I called on Mr. Sherman on his return, who*received me very cordially. I stated my case to him, explaining bow my property was about to be sacrificed, and showed him a copy of the Sheriff’s writ. He answered that he knew nothing about it, and that he did not soe why Anderson did not settle this matter, but that the money ought to be raised, and that he would give me SIOO, which he attempted to take from his pocket, remarking, at the same time, ‘ You go and see some of the leading Republicans and collect something from them.’ Mv reply to him was: •I have been to seethe President jmd ypwself,

and I know no other leading Republicans. Is that the best you can do forme, Mr. Secretary?’ He answered: ‘That is all I can do. lam only here on a salary, and I can’t pay everything!’ I then took my hat, as I did so, saying: ‘I thank you, sir. That amount would not pay my traveling expenses to Washington! Then I left his office, being very much disappointed and depressed at the thought that I was going to be sacrificed and ruined while others were being enriched in the high offices into which they had climbed on the ladder I helped to set up. For the first time in my life I realized the force of the French aphorism, ‘Serve a great man and you will know what sorrow is.’ I again sought the advice of Shellabarger, to whom I expressed my great disappointment at the manner in which I had been treated by the Secretary after having been assured upon the word of Mr. Hawley that the matter would bo arranged on the return of Mr. Sherman from Maine. In my excited feelings I said to Mr. Shellabarger that I would expose the whole matter of the Returning Board proceedings and go home and pocket the loss. He very kindly advised me not to throw the handle after the pot, but wrote a letter setting forth tho facts in the case, and advised me to wait results for a few days. I acted upon his advice and prepared a letter, a copy of which I will furnish you, which I delivered to the President and a copy to Mr. Sherman. In a few hours after the delivery of this letter, I was informed that SSOO had been sent to Collector Badger at New Orloans, to apply iu payment of the judgment, and that more would be sent. The next day 1 was told that SSOO more had been forwarded to be applied in the same manner, which I have since learned is not correct. “The second installment of SSOO was not sent. On the morning of the 13th I received this dispatch from home: “New Orleans, La., Aug. 2,1879. “G. Casanave, Washington, IX O.: “The stable and contents advertised to be sold Saturday, l(!th. Wliat am I to do? P. Casanave. “This alarmed me very much, and I went at once with the dispatch to Messrs. Shellabarger and Wilson,and appealed to them to see Secretary Sherman immediately, and get a defiuite answer whether relief would be given me, and if so, when, as the time for the sale was only three days off; for if no relief was to be expected from the administration I would go home at once and try to save my property. In a few hours, affording time for a conference between Sherman and his attorneys, this dispatch was handed me by Mr. Shellabarger, which he asked me to send, and I did so at my own expense; “ Washington. I). C., Aug. 13, 1879. a “To E. North Cullum, New Orleans, La., Exchange Alley, near Custom House street: “Should we send SI,OOO more on Returning Board judgment, will you give reasonable time for balance? Shellabarger k Wilson. “To which the following is a reply shown me by Mr. Shellabarger:

“New Orleans. La., Aug. 13, 1879. “Messrs. Shellabarger k Wilson, Washington. D. C.: “Ts you send me $2.50 mors, making a total of $1 ,750. and Casanave will give security not to dispose of his property, I will wait fill Jan. 1. “ E. North Cullum. “After reading this dispatch I said to Mr. Shellabarger that I desired the matter definitely Bottled, so that I could be relieved and my property released from tne eustody of the Sheriff, and that I could not give security for the payment of the balance of the judgment. Mr. Shellabarger wrote this substantially on the back of the telegram inclosed in an envelope, and I carried it to Mr. Sherman. In about an hour after I called on Mr. Shellabarger to learn if he had received any answer. He said, yes. Webb Hayes had just been there, and said that a detective reported that there was fraud and collusion in this matter, and that the whole thing was dropped, and that I should go to see the President This statement overwhelmed me with surprise. I was completely dumbfounded. I finally said that I would go to the President if Mr. Shellabarger would give me a note to him saying that he desired to see me He gave me this card: “I recommend Cassnave to call on tbe President to give him the opportunity to bj eak to Casanave about the Laud that the detective spoke about, provided the President so desires. S. S. “ I called at the White House and learned that the President had gone for the day. This thing worried me terribly, and I went to my room thinking about Hayes charging me with fraud and collusion. Fraud and collusion for $3,000! And even that amount, if raised, would not be ?aid to me! I might nave made sso,o(X)onceif had committed a fraud, and I think it would have been in the interest of the country and good morals if I had taken the money. For not doing so I have been pronounced a fool. After sleeping on the matter I concluded that if I did not want to lose my character, as well as my property, I had Detter quit the company of Mr. Hayes and his Secretary of the Treasury. I may be able to stand the loss of my property, but to be charged with fraud and collusion by this administration ought to shame the devil, i determined to return home at once, and made preparations to do so, but before doing so I concluded to call once more on Mr. Shellabarger, who had been so kind to me. I did so, and stated my grievance again, including the fraud story, which I denounced as false and infamous. He went to the Secretary again and in a little while returned and handed me this despatch, which I signed and sent to Mr Cullum: “Washington, D. 0., Aug. 15,18i9. ‘ E. North Cullum, Exchange alley. New Orleans, La.: “Will tivse SI,OOO to be mailed to-day, provided you wait till January for the balance and stop sales to-morrow. Answer immediately. “G. Casanavs “ To which I received the reply: “New Orleans. La., Aug. 15,1879. “G. Casanave, Washington, D. C.: “I will not. Sale goes on. E. North Cullum. “ 1 handed the dispatch to Mr. Shellabarger, who indorsed on the back as follows: “lielegraphed that I would send the SI,OOO if the sale would be stopped and the plaintiff wait for the balance until January. This is the answer. What shall I do with the $1,000? “To Secretary Sherman. “I delivered this to Mr. Sherman at the Cabinet meeting through a messenger. He returned it to Mr. Shellabarger written upon as follows: “ You may offer the twelve hundred and fifty dollars. J. S. “Upon receiving this I telegraphed Cullum as follows. (Mr. Shellabarger wrote the telegram): “ If stop sale and wait for the balance till Janu ary will send twelve hundred and fifty to-morrow and arrange the security you ask.

“To which I received the following reply, which I handed to Mr. Shellabarger late Friday evening: “ New Obleans, Aug. 15,1879. “G. Casanave, Washington. D C.: “See my telegram to Shellabarger and Wilson. I must have in hand $1,75(1 by 10 a. m. to-morrow. If not sale shall go on. The security you offer satisfactory. E. North Cullum. “On Saturday morning Mr. Shellabarger telegraphed Collector Badger to turn over the SSOO for Cullum and deposited $1,250 to Cullum’s credit in Riggs’ Bank, and he said Mr. Riggs had telegraphed Cullum to draw for that amount About 2 o’clock I received this telegraph from my brother: “ New Orleans, La., Aug. 16,1879. “G. Casanave, Washington.D. C.: “All proceedings stopped until Jan. 1. “P. Casanave “Here ends the first chapter.” “Then, if I understand you correctly, the administration has paid on tnis judgment aga : nst the Returning Board, for the payment of which yonr property was seized by the Sheriff, $1,750.” “Yes, sir. After pleadmg and begging for seventy-five days I wormed out of the administration this amount.” “How much will remain unpaid?” “The balance of the judgment unpaid will be $1,375, besides the costs of court and the Sheriff's costs, which will amount to perhaps SI,OOO more.” “Who do you expect to pay for all this?” “I can’t tell; but according to the arrangement made with Mr. Cullum, who received the $1,750, I am expected to give security for its payment when I get home.” “You seem to have been badly treated.” “Yes, sir; I have been. I have suffered both socially and materially. For my services in 1872 I received State warrants, which I negotiated at a heavy discount. In 1876 I received no compensation whatever, but was dragged from my home and business to Washington and confined thirty-three days in the Capitol, as I have before stated, and afterwards incarcerated in the parish prison m New Orleans, and when I was discharged here, in company with others of the board, I went to the Sergeant-at-Arms, John G. Thompson, to inquire what provision had been made for defraying our expenses, and to ascertain how we were to get home, and wo were politely informed by that dignitary that we might walk home. My present visit is an additional expense. I have already been here three weeks. If A part of the judgment falls upon me, which is now possible, I do not know what thewholeof my outlay will be. Heretofore my standing and credit have been good, as any honorable man in New Orleans who knows mo will cheerfully testify. My business was prosperous and profitable, but, since my connection with Wells and Anderson and Returning Board matters. { feaye been proscribed in various ways."

“ Have yon never received anything in the way of compensation for your services or expenses from the administration?” “No; nothing whatever. Yes—l mistake. I did receive something. On the 3d of March, 1876, when the Returning Board members were set at liberty from their imprisonment in the Capitol, we caUed on Mr. Hayes, who was slopping at Mr. Sherman’s, on K street He received us with a gush, and invited ns to take a petite sandwioh and a cup of coffee. This is the extent of his favors to me. My relations to this administration have been like the tailor of CampeUo, ‘ who worked for nothing and found thread. ’ ” “Mr. Casanave, when do you expect to return to your home in Louisiana? ” “I hope to shake the dust of Washington from my feet within the next twenty-four hours .and not to return until this administration, which betrayed the Republican party of my State, shall Lave terminated its infamous existence. CASANAVE TO THE PRESIDENT, The following is Casanave’s letter to the President, written on the 7th of this month, in which he enumerates his troubles. It is not reasonable to suppose that Casanave would make the demands and statements of the last few days if he did not have an unusual claim upon the administration. Friends of tho Sherman boom ought to be the ones to explain the nature of this"claim: Washington, D. C., Ai g. 7,1879. Mr. President: I have the honor to invite your attention to ihe following fan's, upon which I respectfully solicit such relief as you msy be able to off r me. Ia 1872 1 was elected by the State Senate of Loui-iana a n e nlerof the R turning Board of that State. I did n tdis're n>r tolieit the cilice, an il accepted it with great reluctance. In 187(i the grave a id responsible duty of determining tne result of the election for President of t_e United States devolved upon that board. Its de iberaiOLS were watched with profound solicitude by the whole coun ry, while the leaders of two great political parlies novei-ed around it awa’ting the result of i s deliberations with that int nse auxi ty only known t > expectants of the spoils of public office, The board foun t for the Republic us, and tlie Democrats, disappointed and cuagrined, at once commenced criminal proceedings against its members. Counsel wero employe I to ilefend us at a stipulated fee of $5 000. which Mr. T. C. Anderson assured me would be paid out of funds to be sent from Washington. At the conclusion of the prosecution, coun-el demanded their fee. which, not being paid, they instituted suit, av.d after a hearing in court obtained judgment against all the members of the board. A writ of fleri facias (copy herewith inclosed) was issued directing tne Sheriff to seize and sell sufficient property of the defendants to satisfy the judgment of $5,000, less $1,875. Ihe Sheriff, finding do property belonging to Anderson, Wells and Kenner, seized my property, and now holds Ihe same subject to sale under his writ. If my property is sacrificed under that execution it will render me bankrupt. I am a poor man, and am unable to sustain such a loss. I have always assumed a full share of tbe responsibility attaching to the official acts of the Returning Board, although I liave never enjoyed of the fruits resulting from its findings, and in this connection I would respectfully remind you that 1 hold no office under your administration, and have derived no pecuniary benefits whatsoever therefrom; but. on the contrary, I have sustained considerable loss in my business on account of my identity with the board. Messrs. Anderson, Wells and Kenner, the other three members, and their numerous family connections, are enjoying lucrative positions in the employ of the Government. I protest against being mulcted for the cost of the criminal proceedings against tho Returning Board while others enjoy the honor and emoluments resulting from the decision. It is neither just nor honorable to impose this heavyburden upon me. It would be more becoming the beneficiaries of our acts to discharge this dt bt. Upon my arrb al in Washington t»o weeks ago I was assured upon the promise of A ssislaut Secretary Hawley that ihe amount riquired to satisfy the judgment would be raised as soon as the Secretary returned. I called upon Mr. (Sherman yesterday and he proffered me a contribution of SIOO as the oDly relief he could offer me, which i.»« compelled to decline out of respect for the great Finance Minister of our Government. I < xpi ct to take my departure for Louisiana in a tew days, and if any arrangement can be made of this matter to offer me the relief to which, under these circumstances, I believe l am justly and honorably entitled, I will be under obligation to those through whose influence it may be accomplished. I am, very respectfully, G. Casanave. Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury— Dear Sir: I hereby incloso you a copy of an unofficial letter addressed to tho President. Very respectfully, G. Casanave. Washington, D. C., Aug. 7, 1879.

Collapse of tile Sherman Boom. [Washington Telegram to Chicago Times.] The general opinion amoDg Republicans at Washington is that the Sherman boom is nearly if not quite, at an end. There is no leading Republican who has so many bitter personal enemies as he, even among his own party associates. Then the culmination of his connection with the disreputable Louisiana crowd has not yet come. The Returning Board scoundrels will hang about his neck as heavy as mi! 1-stones before the next nominating convention. It is now understood why Casanave dared to talk as plainly as he did, and yet be certain that further drafts made by him will iiave to be honored. The next day after the expose of Casanave, Sherman said that the money raided had been subscribed by prominent Republicans, buc neither ho nor ins counsel, Shellabarger and Wilson, can name a single Republican who has paid or would pay a single cent to save the scoundrels from perdition. Besides this, Sherman says that money must be raised in some way to meet tho rest of the judgment. This shows that Casanave in his talk has by no means exhausted his resources.

THE SPRAGUE-CONKLING SCANDAL.

Sprague's Statement. Gov. Sprague baa given an account of his meeting with Senator Conkling at Narragansett Pier, which is substantially as follows: When he (Sprague) returned to the Pier from a visit to Maine and learned that Senator Conkling was at his house he was angry beyond measure, and the cause of his anger, he said, was the intimate relations between Senator Conkling and his wife, which had long been highly obnoxious to him. The existence of those relations was no secret to him. He had seen the scandai growing and becoming more and more public, and he spoke bitterly of the conduct of Senator Conkling toward his wife at Washington. Bitter words had often been spoken between his wife and himself because of that intimacy She was fully aware how obnoxious to him was that intimacy and what were his feelings toward Senator Conkling. But in spite of this, said Mr. Sprague, in spite of all the scandal and the violence to his feelings, that she should invite Senator Conkling to be a guest at bis house during his absence, and that Conkling should have the brazen effrontery to come there at all, incensed him beyond all measure. As he expressed it, Senator Conkling was trying to do for his home in Rhode Island what he had already done for his home in Washington, and he had determined to put an end to it at once and forever. With this deliberate intention he hurried back to Canonchet as soon as he heard Conking was there. He found Conkling in the house alone, and ordered him out on the instant. ConkliDg refused to go. A few high words ensued, and then he (Spragne) went upstairs to get his shotgun. Ho found that he had no percussion-caps for his weapon, and went off to the village to get some. As soon as he could procure them he hurried back, and Conkling was still there. He again ordered him to leave, and Conkling refused to go, and tried to molify Hprague and excuse himself from leaving so suddenly, on the ground that he had no carriage for himself or his baggage, which was not even packed. Thereupon Mr. Srague drew out his watch and told Conkling that he would give him thirty seconds to get out, and that if he was not out by that time he (Mr. Sprague) would blow his brains out. Coi kting immediately left, being driven to Billington’s case, at the the Pier* Sprague followed him thither, and again accosted him, and asked him abruptly if he was armed. Conkling, bristling up, replied that he was not; that if he was he (Spragne) would not go on as he was going. Without noticing this threat, Sprague replied: * Then go and arm yourself, and hereafter go armed. I don’t intend to shoot an unarmed man; but I tell you now that if you ever cross my path again I will shoot you on sight” With that threat Gov. Sprague jumped into his carriage again and drove off.

Capt. Stone planted a mahogany seed at Moundsville, W. Ya., thirty-five years ago, and remarked that he would live until it grew into a tree big enough to provide material for his coffin. Wind blew the tree down last spring, and the Captain had a handsome coffin made of it. He died a few days ago, and was buried in the mahogany of his own planting. A moss-covered turtle, at Sudbury, Vt., bears date of 1785,

$1.50 nor Annum.

NUMBER 29.

THE WORLD’S CATTLE SUPPLY.

The Stock of the Great Pastoral Countries. An Euglish paper says: If meat is scarce and dear in Western Europe' such is not the case in other parts of the world, as the following statistics relative to America, Australia, and Africa will show. Uruguay, the population of which by the last census of 1876 was 400,000 souls, possessed at the same time 4,873,924 head of horned cattle and 9,142,155 sheep, but as those figures are token from the returns made by the farmers themselves for the purpose of taxation, M. Yitalba, Comptroller of the State, considers the more accurate numbers would be 6,000,000 and 12,000,000. The Argentine Confederation, far larger in extent, with barely 2,000,000 of inhabitants, had, according to a calculation published at Buenos Ayres in 1875, 13,493,090 animals of the bovine species, of which 5,116,020 w r ere in the province of Buenos Ayres, and 57,546,413 sheep. But, according to thg official announcement in the Argentine section of the exhibition of 1878, the real quantities were 80,000,000 of sheep and 15,000,000 of horned cattle. A vast extent of the southern portion of Brazil, particularly the province of Rio Grande, Bolivia, and portions of Peru on the eastern slopes of the Andes, are also occupied in raising cattle, but the difficulties of procuring definite returns are so great that any estimate made could only be mere guess-work. Turning now to North America, where immense districts are almost wholly pastoral, the figures published in 1872 by Mr. Block showed the existence of 26,693,305 head of cattle, 31,679,300 sheep, and 32,000,000 of pigs. But these numbers have vastly increased since, owing to the extensive trade which has sprung up between England and the United States in meat, both salt and fresh. According to some statistics published by the French Minister of Commerce, Canada possessed in 1876 2,624,299 animals of the bovine race and 3,155,509 of the ovine. The numbers supposed to exist in Australia and New Zealand are 5,995,872 of the former and 61,649,967 of the latter, of which the share of New South Wales is 3,131,013 cattle, 25,629,755 sheep, as well as 173,604 pigs. Finally, England’s enormous colony in the South of Africa is, speaking generally, devoted to raising cattle, and, although no accurate returns are forthcoming, the fact is known that this industry is extending there daily. —English paper.

Rescued by a Trout.

Estimated by their game qualities and the difficulty sometimes experienced in safely landing them, the larger specimens of our mountain trout weigh like a sturgeon. This fact is established whenever the trout hooked in a pool with sufficient depth and spread of water can bring to bear in his native element the full resisting force of his remarkably strong and active tail. Illustrative of this, a story is told of the experience of two professional fishers who recently went out from Helena to the Big Blackfoot—one a doctor and the other a lawyer. In a very brief time they had a basket of beauties for their pains, but the fascination of the sport kept them tossing their flies into the clear waters of the magnificent stream. Finally one man hooked a “bouncer,” one on which he had most yearned to try his skill. The pool was deep and broad, and, work and finesse as the doctor might, the trout held to the water. The lawyer, resting his companion, tried his strength and tact, but with no better luck. The trout seemed quite master of the situation, nor could he be towed or tuckered out. The contest finally culminated in a most exciting sceno. Determined to secure the prize, and forgetting he could not swim, the valiant doctor, throwing aside coat and boots, jumped into the depths of the stream. It was a rash act, and to save him the lawyer was forced to plunge in after him. A fair swimmer, he reached his struggling companion, and, holding on to the pole and tackle with one hand, lifted with the other his companion’s head above the water. But the lawyer found he could not bring his burden to shore, and only by superhuman effort could he keep himself and companion from sinking. On the very point of drowning the trout came to the rescue, straightened out the line, and, after a few sportive pranks, hauled the two men out of the pool to shallow water. Grateful for the service thus obligingly rendered, the fish was permitted to disappear over the riffles down stream. This story is confirmed by the testimony of both the gentlemen concerned, and by the trout itself, which has since been seen towing the tackle up and down the waters of the BJackfoot.— Helena (Mont.) Herald.

Insanity in England.

It is remarkable that the increase of insanity in England has occurred during the operation of a new and improved system of treatment. No one would return to the manacles and fetters of a former age; but it was expected that early admission to asylum treatment would produce more rapid recovery, and thereby diminish instead of increase the number of incurables. In expectation of speedy cure from this cause, vast sums have been expended on the construction of English asylums. A return, recently published, shows that during twenty years more than £6,000,000 have been thus employed. The repairs and extras may bring the sum to not much under £8,000,000; and, taking into account the annual interest on capital, the maintenance of lunatics must cost the country at least £2,000,000 p t r annum. It is irue that the worth of the expenditure is not to be reckoned by the money value alone. If, when the cost is highest, the cure and care of lunatics is greatest, that system is the best. When the cost is highest, and the cure and care lowest, we have a right to complain. For the last thirty years the Earl of Shaftesbury and the Lunacy Commissioners have had entire contxol; their recommendations have been carried out —their appeals to the humanity and liberality of the public have been complied with. All that money could yield, all that architecture could bestow, in obedience to the orders of the Government or the suggestions of the medical profession, has been freely, even lavishly, executed. Although the proportion of recoveries in all institutions, calculated on the admissions, has fallen, between 1859 and 1877, from 35.12 per cent, to 30.33 per cent., and although the recoveries, calculated on admissions to county and borough asylums, show no improvement, remaining at 30 per oent., while those calculated in each

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year upon the whole number under treatment have fallen from 9.6 per cent, in 1859 to 7.9 per cent, in 1877—yet the Commissioners in Lunacy appear perfectly satisfied with the results obtained. Thus, while expenditure increases and lunacy advances, they aie content to see cure not merely stationary, but retrograde.—Fortnightly Magazine.

INDIANA ITEMS.

Richmomd qontains 140 manufacturing establishments. James H. Holland, Treasurer of Hamilton county, diedlast week. A three-days soldiers’ encampment is to be held at Terre Haute, beginning Oct. 3. The directory of the tile works at Indianapolis, destroyed by fire, have resolved to rebuild. The Postmaster General has designated Terre Haute as a free delivery city after Oct. 1, next. The Directors of the rolling-mill at Indianapolis have givon notice of an advance in wages averaging 10 per. cent., to take effect Sept. 1. A 2-year-old child fell a distance of eighteen feet at Danville, alighting on its head. It was apparently unhurt at the time, but died two days afterward The soldiers’ reunion at Madison was a huge success. From 8,000 to 15,000 persons were on the fair-grounds. The survivors of forty regiments were in line. The Underwriters. The following table shows the business done by the insurance companies operating in this State during the six months from. Jan. 1 to June 30, 1879. There are eighty-three companies, but only seventy-six have reported up to date: Premiumn. Lot. Ken. Aurora, of Cincinnati. 0hi0... .$ 6,007.98 $ 3,969.49 America, of Newark, N. J 737.88 American Central, of St. Loulb, Mo 8,003.27 1 200.17 American, of Philadelphia, Pa. 4 831.42 1.751.71 American, of Chicago, 11l 0',,518.42 27.750 01 Amazon, of Cincinnati. 0hi0... 2,882.( 3 4,204.78 Buffalo-German of Buffalo, N.Y 6.088.00 - 3,080.52 Commercial, of New York. N.Y. 004.85 1,113.08 Connecticut, of Hartford, Ct.... 4,270.68 408.05 Citizens, of St. l.ouis, Mo 1,312.0(1 451.00 Commerce, of New York, N. Y. . 207,08 7.22 Clinton, of New York, N.Y 853.28 Commonwealth,of Boston, Mass. 2,333.54 866.65 Continental, of New York, N. Y. 48,088.10 30,730.55 Commercial Union, of London, England 4,724.88 5,104.20 Detroit Fire and Marine of Detroit, Mich 400.00 Exchange, of New York, N. Y.. 345.00 Fireman's Fund bf California, Cal 5 605.58 4,702.02 Fireman's, of Dayton, 0hi0.... 3.151.24 8,266.88 Farmers’, of York, Pa 2.133.00 680.36 Fireman’s, of Newark, N. J.... 1,377.h7 655,40 Franklin, of Phil idelphia. Pa.. 7,183.00 4,435.08 Fire Association, of Philadelphia, Pa 15,243.40 0,741.87 Girard, of Philadelphia, 1’a.... 4,041.15 548 47 Glenn Falls, of Glenn Falls, N. Y 8,420.00 2,688.30 Guardian, of London, England. 701.60 How ard. of New York, N. Y.... 1,086.75 370.30 Hoffman, ot N-w York, N Y r ... 510.58 Hamliurg-Migdeburg, of Germany 1,437.25 Hamburg-Brensen, of Germany. 1,221 60 406.60 Home, of New York, N. Y 57,185 70 18,004.82 Hartford, of Hartford, Ct 34,073.22 21,057.53 Insurance Company of North America, Philadelphia 22,076.70 10,156.47 Imperial and Northern, of London, England 4,680.88 6,054.40 Lorillard, of New York, N. Y.. . 044.78 5.00 Liverpool and London and Globe, of London. England.. 6,350.38 7,822.09 Lancashire, of Manchester, England : 5,787.02 4,418,88 London Assurance, of London, England 3,670.22 1,6.35,89 Milwaukee Mechanics, of Milwaukee, Wis 4,037.03' 344.77 Meriden, of Meriden, Ct 1,560.43 Merchants, of Newark, N. J.... 2,554.46 2,052.05 Manhattan, of New York, N. Y. 8,422.24 1.170.17 Northwestern National, of Milwaukee, Wis 2,830.81 180.75 N. Y. Bowery, of New York, N. Y 108.01 ew Hampshire, of Manchester, N. H 1,200.08 1,000.00 Newark Fire, of Newark. N. J■. 2,636.07 105.33 New York City, of New York, N. Y 852 10 750.00 National, of Hartford, Ct 3,647.68 2,7-13.46 North British and Mercantile, of Edinburgh, Scotland 13,446.74 6,878.33 Northern, o£ New York. N. Y.... 1,084.20 1.083.24 Niagara, of New York, N.Y 12,453;00 7,577.15 North German, Germany 1,520.47 4.085.00 Orient, of Hartford, Ct 2.056.88 8,010.64 Ohio Farmers, of Le Roy, Ohio 11.473.71 3.506.45 People’s Fire, of Trenton, N. J. 8,257.68 044.77 People’s of Newark, N. J 1.325.80 3,754.08 Pennsylvania Fire, of Philadels phis', Pa 6.830.70 2,470.25 Phoenix, of Hartford. Ct 30.283.37 16.507.73 Phenix, of Brooklyn, N. Y 25,344.23 8,160.10 Queen, of Liverpool. England.. 6,087.40 4,027.60 Royal Canadian, of Montreal, Canada 2,754.70 1.264.41 Rochester German, of Rochaster, NY 533.57 Royal, of Liverpool, England.. 24.220.24 13,102.06 St. Paul Fire and Marine, of St. Paul, Minn 2,477.02 1,668.71 St. Nicholas, of New York, N.Y. 386:43 Standard of .New York, N. Y... 060.40 Star, of New York, N. Y 1,226.30 Springfield Fi eand Mariue, of Springfield, Mass 18,677.82 7.437.20 Scottish Commercial, of Glasgow, Scotland 2,085.12 4,215.40 Traders, of Chicago, 11l 1.804.03 102.56 Teutonia, of Day on, Ohio 2,007.57 601.00 T adesman’s, of New Y'ork, N.Y 288.34 ...... United Firemen’s, of Philadel- _ pbia, Pa 1,w8.64 Williamsburgh City, of Brooklyn, N.Y 1,028.52 1,001.66 Westchester, of New Rochelle, N.Y 5,532.49 5 452.61 Water own,'f Watertown,N.Y. 10.037 50 8,386 51 Western, of Toronto Canada... 3,901,00 412.42 The companies not reporting arc: Underwriters of New York, AEtna, British America, Caisse Generate, Columbia, New York, German American, and Mercantile of Ohio.

MILLER PEACHES,

And Acknowledges the ltapo of Louisiana— Tilden Carried the State by 8,000 or 10,000. Justice Samuel F. Miller, who voted with the Republicans every time in the Eight-to-Seven Commission, made a strange admission, for him, to a Now York Sun reporter, in an interview which that journal prints. Speaking of Mr. Tilden and the events of 1870 and 1877, ho remarked: “On the other hand, it may be said of him that he honestly thought himself elected, and entitled to the votes of two Southern States which the tribunal decided against him. Ho was elected in Louisiana—that is, he got 8,001) or 10,000 more actual votes there than Hayes. In the event of his success next year, I think he will make a good President. He is a man of great ability, unwearied pertinacity, and extraordinary courage. He cannot be bulldozed by politicians or office-seekers. He has made an excellent Governor of New York, and has shown administrative and executive powers of a high order. He is old and rich, and has no temptation to abuse the powers of his office, while be has every inducement to give the country a good administration —one which will inure to his fame, and obliterate, iu a measure, the scandals which have attached to his name.” Concerning Secretary Sherman’s canvass and the extraordinary efforts he is said to bo making to capture the Republican nomination, the Judge said: “It does not follow because a man is Secretary of the Treasury, and makes use of tho great power and patronage of his office, that ho is necessarily going to succeed in tho race for the nomination. Two former Secretaries— James Guthrie and Salmon P. Chase—did what Mr. Sherman is now charged with doing, and yet they signally failed when tho time came.” A young man in Somers, Ct., paid $22 in court for the fun of exploding a fire-craoker in the Congregational church during service the other §uil<fcy.