Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 14, Number 15, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 May 1872 — Page 2

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C. DO A N E, Fciuuil NEWS SUMMARY. TV East Tetir O'Kkcpe murdered TeterKincr. in South Bstn, Man., We. Ines lay night. They wer brolhrs-in-law, and partuers in the liquor business. O'Keefe wai arreste.l. Got. Hoffman of New York hat signed the Jury bill which all wi nwspaper-real-ing people to ait on a jurv. Xiblo's Theater, New York, ws burned on Monday, with a loaa of $400,000 on it acd surrounding buildings. While he fire was in progress an explosion of gas occurred in the theater, severely injuriuc Captain CJeriehy, fthe Fourteenth Police Precinct, and nearly suffocating four firemen. William Webb, aliaa Buck, confined in the Easton fVj Penitentiary, Tuesday morning killed his room-mate, Michael Trim our, by striking him 01 the head with an iron plat'e. Tbe Democratic National Executive Committee met in New York, Wednesday afternoon, at the residence of August Belmont. Eight Statea were represented : California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oregon, and Wisconsin. Baltimore was selected as the place, and tht 'ith of Julv aa the time, for hole liner the National Democratic Convention Judce I j. - 3 . . ."I Pierrepont declines to undertake the defense of Stokes in place of Graham Jas. Smith shot Eliza Brown fatally in a Green street Sew York) bagnio Wednesday, and was arrested. - - - r.t o.,,.i T. TV.u.. ... . no. ,z west street, ew xorlt, filled with cotton, was destroyed by fire on Thursday. About 350 bales of cotton were burned. Losa on building and contents $122,000 William Taggart, of Paterson, N. J., committed suicide Wednesday, by leaping into the Passaic Falls. He is supposed to have been insane Fires in Ocean county, N. J.. last week, burned over 25.000 irU ,,f timber. The loss is estimated in Egg Harbor I township at $200,000. 8everal farm-houses, j hm. an.i wmill .., ff-.va i ' Thursday morning at Verona, Pa.," on the i a mm m 0 w I AII'-;;henv Valley railroad, eleven cars loaded with oil to-k fire and were entirelv

destroyed While the buildings on the I Attorney General to prepare an order for cornerof Wall and Broad streets, New Y'ork, 1 the immediate enforcement of the eightwere in course of demolition Thursday even- ( lu ur law on a11 Government works, ing, work being done by night to hasten it, Foreign, a portion of the wall save way. burvinr I

Thomas Johcson, Martin Cox, and Daniel icary in me ruins, ah were oadly injured. Johnson will probably die. The West. A MSPATra from Omaha far "

says: "A party of Indians, supposed to be ! 2 ' rm" Pf , .k ' 1 , I .,' 1 The Carlisle in Biscay have burned the railCheyennes, attacked a mail escort from this wav bri,tÄa ,t Areta, near Bilboa The

post, at Labonti creek, twenty miles west of j

rort Laramie, on neunesaay, killing the cussing the attitude ol Canada in regard to Sergeant in command. The party returned ' the Treaty of Washington, censures the to Fort Laramie with the body." During Home Government for its treatment of the the prevalence of a heavy wind-storm at ' Dominion, and hints that it might be beneDelpbos. O., Friday sfternoon.fi re broke out , ficisl to the world if England were to absolve in the drug store of Schenck i Lane. About i Canada from her alleariance to the mother

nity Dui.ames were entirely destroyed ; estimated loss, $250,000 H. C. Reid A Co.'s machine works and foundry, and John Clement's dwelling house, were destroyed by fire at Warren, 0., Friday morning. Loss upward of $50,000 About noon Friday, fire brokeout in the basementof Chapin Hall House, Hudson, Wis., burning between ten and fifteen buildings. The t tal losaes will foot up about $125,000. An old man named Connollv was burned to death. A rint at Cleveland, O., Saturday evening, destroyed a large portion of the Standard Oil Company's works. About 40,000 barreis of distilled and refined oils were burned The Meridian Street National Bank at Indianapolis, Ind., was mysteriously robbed on Ssturdsy, during hank hours, of about $25,000 From April 24, the time the cinvention news begsn to be transmitted, to the night of May 3, the total special and regular reports transmitted from Cincinnati by the Western Union Telegraph were 571.511 words A man named George Wricht was shot bv Lizzie uaroner in a nouse ot Mich., Saturday night. ill-fame in Detroit,! A dispatch from Detroit, Mich., gives the particulars oi a disaster which befell the Leland Iron Furnace, situsted at Leland, in the Grand Traverse region, on Msy L It seems that from some cause or other an explcsion rook place, which set the furnace on fire, and it was totally destroyed The loss is estinisted ot about $100,000. Some workmen in the furtace were seriously injured On Friday night, ten frame dwelling bouses, a stoee store and dwelling, a church and many barns and other outhouses were burned at Grand Kapids, Mich. wer a oundrea persons were rendered homeless. Five horse perished in the ' flames. Total loss $10,000. Ox Tuesday, about two miles east of Ross 6tatior., Mich., a man named P. Reynolds murdered his wife and tried to kill his stepson. The boy was cut and bruised badly, and is not expected U live. Reynolds afterward committed suicide with a rsior Arizona dispatches ssy the Apaches are swarming about Prescott. B. White was murdered in Williamson's valley. The Indians attached Aoua Fria Station, ami killed G. W. Smith and Joseph Akerman, i V .l. ... . ' I 1 ooia weii-anown citizens of Krescott, and csptured all the stock. The bodies of tho murdered men were stripped and disfigured. The station has been abandoned. The body of Osborne P. Clarke, from Texas, was found one mile north of Mint valley, shot in the hesd snd breast. J. Gallagher was seriously wounded by the Indians at Beaver creek Tbe Mtrvin House and a large livery stable at 8edalia, Mo., were burned yesterday. Loss from $15,000 to $20,000. Gr.. nor Tatsran, s one-armed gsrabler, was sbot in the body by Charles Chamber Iain, a fellow of the same kidney, at about 2 o'clock on Wednesdsy afternoon, on State street, Chicago A fire at Grand Rppids, Mich., Wednesday morning, destroyed Squire s 0(, era-Hi. use building and au adjoining mill, with tbeir content The total loss is about $75,000. Iha Rrti., of Salt Lake, Utah, was struck by liithtnin; on Thursday evening while standing in the door of his dwelling, and instantly killed On Thursday morning, a young man about twenty-one, named Lewis M. Leyden, an employe in the woolen mills at No Albany, Ind., got his left arm caught between a loose belt und a revolving shaft, snd Lis arm vat torn Irom the shoul-

der. making a sickening spectacle, lie will probably not recover. Tito South. Capt. W. C. Wiwakt, a prominent citixen of Robeaoa county, N. C. was killed by Lowry outlaws o Thursday. A AHO of counterfeiters were arretted on the border of Virginia and North Carolina, Saturday, and committed to jail at Lynchburg. V. A ttreae and diea for counterfeit-

i ing cold and ailver coin were seize. Ox Saturday last the body of a man waa ! found near Lagrange, Teno., with hia throat j cut from ear to ear. From papera found on i him it ia supposed that kia name waa A. F. I Still, f Natick, Maaa. A special from Richmond, Va., dated May j 7, states that nothing haa been beard from Stephen Lowry or Andrew Strong aince the murder of Col. Wishart, in North Carolina. The same special brines to life again Henry Berry Lowry chief of the" Swamp Angel" gang, wko haa been reported dead , for months. 1 Foi r storea were deatroyed in Selma, Ala., by fire Wedneaday morning. Loss ' $75,000 ; partially insured. Washington. Statistics for the suits pending in the Court of Claims for restitution of the proceeds of the sale of captured cotton, which the Morrill amendment prevents the court trom adjudicating, show that the number of bales for which claims are made is 92,571, worth $15,727,729.39. No new cases can be filed, for a statute of limitations went into encct Aug. 20, 1668. The amount ot prfeds of sales of captured and abandoned . : Ik. T..nri (iQ9 AlAti OA property in the Treasury ia $2M92,4n.96 Representative Poland introduced an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that no Senator or Representative shall, during the i.:.v. - i 1 iv. i. ....... : '"M" ssw " -a. "c ; prMjj.nt nor Vice President, nor shall any Jude any Judge of any United States court be i tr...;i . TT' 1 . :. cnosen i-resmeni or vice i resident wunin two years of the termination of his judicial office. A committee of workinfrruen from New York had an interview with Secretary Boutwell Wedneaday. The Secretary received them kindly, and agreed with the commute mat mere nau cieariy oeeo nn 'vi" of the eight-bour law, and stated to the Chairman of the Committee that proper oetion would be taken in the premises. The t A.A. A, l : 1 L . Tl 1 i a committee then waited on the President The President said he had instructed the A dispatch from Bayonne, May 3, confirms j the report that the Carlist leader, Roda, with his command, has fled into France, closely pursued by the Spanish forces. The French troops on the Spanish frontier disarm and London 7mu of Fridav morning, i n U1S- I cuntry Intelligence has just reached t Bombay, India, that the citv of Madras was visited by a terrific cyclone on Wcdnesdsv last, which caused a serious loss of life. A number of vessels at anchor in the road stead, which were unable to put out to sea, j were wrecked, and most of their crews per ished. The immense pier, leading far out into the water, waa breached, ami the city I and suburbs greatly damaged The erup- ' tion of Vesuvius has entirely ctaaed. The inhabitants ot the villages wbicn were i threatened with destruction by lava, have returned to their homes. A hurricane of terrible violence has swept over the devastattas country, greatly damaging villages and remaining crops. A dispatch from San Sebsstian, Spain, Sunday afternoon, says: "The division! under Morianes to-day completely defeated the Carl ists concentrated in Xavarre, after a conflict of nine hours. Tho troops carried the village of Csraaa at tbe point f the bavonet." Whole Carlist centers is cantured. A serious riot took pi acc in Kharkof, a large market town in South Russia, last month, caused by the inter'erence of the police with the Easter amusements of the people. The fire engines were brought out to disperse the crowds by-throwing water on them. This so exasperated the populaee that they attacked tho poiica and fire atatiocs, and gutted them. The Governor orde red out the troops who were stoned by the mob, whereupon she fired, and many citisens were killed and wounded. The rioters then dispersed, and at last accounts the city was quiet, but under martial law. A sinaAL from Paris to the London Standard, dated May ß, says that Don Carlos and 100 of his followers have been captured. Tbe Liverpool dock laborers on Monday joined the sailors in the strike, which causes great inconvenience. The strikers gather in large numbers, and make noisy demonstrations. A detachment of Metropolitan Police haa been dispatched from London to assist the authorities in preserving order Two hundred and fifty Communists, who, since their trials, have been confined in the fortifications on tbe Isle of Aux, sailed Monday lor New Caledonia to serve out their sentences. It is admitted by La Union newspaper that the main body ot the Carlista in Spain was surprised and lost 700 men, and that Don Carlos fled to the mountains, but denies that he was pursued by the Government troops The Germens are about to expend seven million pounds sterÜDg upon the fortiucations at btrasbourg Advices received in London, England, by telegraph from Australia state that hee.vy (hods, which ; caused a terrible loss of life, had occurred in ! Melbourne. Kulir linr.it r.vl tuiranni am drowned, and the growing crops were greatly damaged. Official dispatches received at Madrid, Spain, from the North, state that the insurgents have disappeared from Guipuscoa, and only a smsll band remains in tbe province of Sarigoess. Of the Carl ist forces in N avarre, 429 have surrendered to the Government troops, and the remainder have dispersed A telegram from Bombay bring intelligence of most disastrous floods in the southern part of British India. The town of Vellore, in the Presidency of Madras has suffered terribly. Many'of the inhabitants were drowned, to the' number, it was stated, of a thousand. Fifteen thousand of the inhabitants of tho town lost everything they possessed, the water having washel owav their homes, and left them perfectly destitute.

Tat insurrection in Navarre, Spain, it now believed to be over. Thirty-five hundred insurgents in that province have surrendered to the Government forces. Marshal Serrano shoots all insurrectionists that he captures, who deserted from the Spanish army to the cause of Don Carlos. He apsrea

the l'.-es of all other prisoners The strike whioh originated among the Bailors at Southampton, England, haa extended to the seamen of London, and threatens to seriously interfere with the shipping business The accoucb t-inent of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales is expected In the latter part of June or early in July. Proceeding in Cougrcss. Im the Senat on Mon iay, May 6, the Postoftice Appropriation bill came up as unfinished buainest, the pending question being on the amendment iucreaaing the subsidy for mail service with Brasil to $450,000, snd providing for semi-monthly service. An amendment by Mr. Ferry, reducing the amount to $300,000, waa adopted. Mr. Windom stated that the service could not be performed for that sum, and had leave to withdraw all amendments offered by the committee, thus leaving the item as it came from the House. The amendment sppropriating $5,449,000 for Postoffice deficiencies wss agreed to. The amendment abolishing the franking privilege after the 1st of January was tabled. The section prohibiting persons who have held office in any executive department of tbe Government acting as attorney, solicitor or agent in the prosecution of any claim against the United States wss struck out. The bill having Leen considered io Committee of the Whole, it whs reported to the Senate, and the Senate went into executive session Adjourned. In the House on Mondsy, Msy 0, many bills of no general interest were introduced, the reading of which consumed the morning hour A bill passed allowing the Marshal for South Carolina the gross amount of fees and costs legally taxable during the four months from last September The Senate bill to fund certain liabilities of the city of Washington, existing on the 1st of June, 1871, and to limit the debt snd taxation of the District of Columbia, was passed. Adjourned. Is the Senate on Tuesday, May 7, Mr. Chandler offered a resolution for the appointment of a select committee of five to inquire whether any steamboat lines should be subsidized by the Government, and if so, which lines and to what extent Mr. Kellogg objected, and the resolution went over. The PoetoßVe Appropriation bill was taken up. An amendment was adopted increasing the subsidy to the Pacific Mail steamsh'n line to $1,000,000 on the existing contract. The mail service with Braxil was increased to $400,000 per annum for semimonthly service Adjourned. In tbe House on Tuesday, May 7, the Committee on Elections made a report on the Texas contested election case of Giddings against Clark, that the sitting member is not entitled to bis seat, and thatGid lings, the contestant, is The Committee on Ways und Means reported bsck the Senate bill allowing a rebate of the tax on whisky destroyed bv fire or other casualty while in bonded Warehouses, with an amendment excepting cases where the tax has been actually paid. Passed A number of military bills were passed, among which were the Senate bill to establish the pay of enlisted men of the army, and the Senate bill to establish a system of deposits to pre rent desertion and to elevate the condition of the ran and file of the irnfy. .Adjourned. In the Senate on Wednesday, May 8, the Louisiana Election bill was called up and diecutsed until the expiration of the morning heur, when the PostofTice Appropriation bill was taken up and passed Tbe Amnesty bill was discussed until the hour f adjournment. An agreement was made that general debate on the bill and amendments shall terminate at 3 o'clock Friday, and that tbe bill shall be sat out. In the House on Wednesday, May 8, the Supplementary Apportionment bill, increasing tbe aggregate number, 283 Representatives, as fixed by the Apportionment law of this season, to 202, the additional nine being to Xew Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Florida, to be elected by separate districts, except for the Forty-third Congress, when they may be elected on a general ticket, was passed without division The details the of Tariff and Finance bill were debated to-day, and 'he duty raised on soft coal from the rate of 50 cents named in the bill to 75 cents per bushel. The existing duty is $1.25. The rest of the day was spent on salt, without any result Adjourned. In the Senate on Thursday, May 9 there was another conflict between the Civil Rights bill and the Amnesty measure, which finally resulted in the latter being tncked on the former, and this so constituting it as to prevent it receiving the required two-th irds vote. The vote stood ayes 32, nays 22 Adjourned. In the House on Thursday, May 9, the Tariff and Tax bill was discussed in Committee of tbe Whole. A long debate, and a dosen votes on the salt duty, failed to secure free salt. The Michigan snd New York salt interests likewise tailed to secure an increase of duty, which was finally left aa it is in the bill, at eight cents per 100 pounds. Tbe Committee then rose, after having disposed so far of but 20 lines of the bill The South Carol ina contested election case was taken up, and Mr. Wallace, the sitting member, declared entitled to his seat, and the contestant was allowed $2,154 for his expenses Adjourned. A Minister Nonplused. A young ministor, who had le-n invited to preach in a church where the congregation wns very much opposed to written sermons, found himself in a very unusual and unpleasant condition when lie rose announce his discourse. He hsd never preached without notes, and till his ideas fled as soon as he had announced his text. He paused told how his text was divided: paused again ; repeated his text, and then made several unsuccessful efforts to say something about something. He ttied the creation, but that would not do. Then he attempted something about the patriarchs of old, bu- failed again. Everything seemed very dark to him, until he thought of Jopjh. He had read ol him so much that he was sure he remembered his history. " Now, brethren," said he, "Jacob had twelve children. Yes (raising his voice), he had twelve son, and, brethren, they were nil loys.' With this he sat down v1')' :-i'lleriiy, ami tli' ii arose ami inve out the dojtology.

Soldiers' Homesteads. The amount of lands subject to the provisions of the new law are enormous, as will be seen by reference to tbe tabulated statement for the different Suites, which will be found below. The extent which is really available for present or early settlement is much more limited, because many of the lands are too remote from settlements and too inaccessible to be suitable for homestead preemption for several years to come. The main provision, and moat important of the law, is that which provides that instead of the five years' actual residence that was required under the previous law before a title could be given, the time any soldier whs in the service is to be deducted from that time, and the residence required is made so much the shorter as a soldier was in the army. Thus, a soldier who served three years will have to remain upon his land but two years to secure a patent, he who served two years only three, and he who served one year three, and so on. The approximate area of public land in the Statesand Territories remaining undisposed of is as follows :

Acres. lini.iaa) J.HIMIII .... 4,000,000 A.nOO.tMMI S.im.iaiO lO.mxv"1 .....17,000 i l.nOM.mifl .... 7,HHI.(MII ....VS.ieo.fted itsajat .....to.oon.iNio Acrrt. Kansas. r.'.ii.ixi Nevada. f.7,i.i Nrbraaka. ST .Otm.onii W aati V n Ter r' y . i,i '. New Mexico To,iim,ii Utah. ..iii Ilakola Terr' ..'.'!.!',"! Colorado Terr'y. f.:.''.""" Molilalia Ttrr' . ' .'"' ihm Arizona Tmt'it.Avimi.wiii MUnourl - Alabama. Miaai.aippi.... Louisiana MichiKan Arkansas. Klorida. Iowa. -. Wbiconsiu.... California.... Minaeauta.... Oregon ..... Idatio Tarr .i.Ki.cmi Wjoui st Tarr'j .SV.im,ftie Persons who are not entitled to the provisions of the Homestead act, April 4, 1872, can only acquire eighty acres in the States of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Florida, or within tbe granted limits of the several land-grants to railroads, while those who are entitled to its provisions mav s ecu re 160 acres within those States and railroad limits, as well as upon anv other portion of the unappropriated public domain. The most important of the land districts, embracing all those in the prin cipal land States, with the location of the land omce in each, is included in the folio ing list : Arkansas Little Hock, Camden. Harrison, Dardanelle. Iowa Des Moines, Council Bluffs, Fort Dodge, Sioux City. Wisconsin Menasha. Falls of St. Croix, Stevens Point, La Crosse, Bayheld, Eau Claire. Missouri Booneville. I ronton, Springfield. Oregon Oregon City. Rosehurg, Le Grand, Linkvide. Kansas Topeka, Salina, Independence. Wichita, Concordia. California Shasta, San Francisco, Marysville, Humboldt. Stockton, Vi-alia, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Susanville. Nevada Carson City, Austin, Belmont, Aurora, Elko. Nebraska West Point, Beatrice, Lincoln, Dakota City, Grand Island. New Mexico Territory Santa Fe. Dakota Territory Vermillion, Springfield, Pembina. Washington Territory Walla Walla, Olympia, Vancouver. Minnesott Taylor's Falls, St. Cloud, Duluth. Alexandria, Jackson, New Elm, Litchfield, Oak Lake. Colorado Territory Denver City, Fair Play, Central City. Pueblo. Idaho Territory Boise Citv, Lewiston. Montana Territory Helena. Arizona Territory Prescott. Utah Territory Salt Lake City. The manner of making the location and entry is not charged for soldiers, and. under the provisions of the Oeneral Homestead law, the usual application and proofs will be rtipiired at 'he local land office of the district iu which the home-dead is selected. New Tunnel Under Hie Alps Rapid Communication Between England and France. Science and engineering skill are fa-it d. -tioying the natural barriers between , the countries of Lurope. A tunnel under the Alps at th Pass ol St. Gothard is projected, which will unite Gi-rmany and Italy. It will be twice as long as that under Mount tenis, and through much hard r rock ; though it I it thought that by the aid of improved machinery in the hands of workmen employed in the latter tunnel, it will be completed in less time. The cost of the work is estimated at $17,HMJ,000. England and France cannot wait for a tunnel to unite these to countries. As a ul)8titute, it is proposed to run enormous ferry steamers between Dover and Calais, at such speed that the trip can he made in a single hour, h icli steamer is to be 450 feet long, propelled by disconnected engines of 1,400 horse-power capacity. The docks at each end of the route are to be covered by immense buildings, so that tin' boats will be under cover during the time of receiving and discharging passengers and goods. Travelers and freight bound from London to Paris can, if desired, remain in cars during the entire trip. By the aid of hydraulic machinery, it is believed that the cars may be lowered from the railway tracks to the steamer in five minutes. I'assengers may remain in their seats, or descend in a steam propelled elevator. Arriving in Calais, the cars will lie raised in the same way. Freight trains will occupy tho hold of the steamers, passenger trains the middle deck, while the upper deck will afford an excellent place for observation. The examination of baggage will take place on board the boat by custom house officials, who will have their offices there. Within 4H hours after Fanny Hyde was released on bail she received a large numhe: of applications to lecture. She could make a lecture which would draw immensely out of sonic of her exparienON HOt unconnv?ted With the lat- lamented Watson.

Current Items. Ir you find a newspaper curiously folded, lying on a ball-room floor, don t ask stupid questions about it. Boston Globe, Miss Charlotte K. Hat, a mulatto woman, has been admitted to practice at the liar of the Supreme Court of the district of Columbia. Henrietta Dimtset, a woman of intemperate habits, was found dead in her apartments at No 46 Essex street, New York, on the 23d. The selectmen of a New Hampshire town refused to permit the stage to enter from an adjoining town where they have a case of small-pox. A bauv in Detroit, Mich., has varied the monotony of life by swallowing a large brass watch. It does not digest readily, and the baby is sick. Daniel Dinovan, of Cold wuter, Mich., apparently died recently after a short illness, and his body waa being laid out, when he suddenly revived, and is still living. A. M. Town i, of Sacramento, Cal, Superintendent of the Central Pacific railroad, has temporarily vacated hig office, in the hoje of recovering his health. E. G. Ryan, City Attorney of Milwau

kee, has advised Mayor Hookei that the provisions of the Graham Temperance law, passed by the last Legislature, requiring a bond from liquor sellers, are inoperative in that city. John II. Si lvers, member of the New Jersey Legislature, has sued the Trenton Gazette, claiming $20,000, for an article alleging that he had removed the inkstand from the desk he occupied in the Assembly chamber. The laws of Virginia provide that persons guilty of burglary shall be punished with death, or, in the discretion of the jury, by confinement in the ienitentiary for a period not less than five nor more than eighteen years. The recently-imported black bass in the Shenandoah river, Virginia, are making it warm for the original occupants of that stream. The native fish aiesaidtobe leaving the stream, and are being caught in great numbers. A company has been organized in New York for operations in the South African diamond fields. They have purchased a tine clipper bark in which to make the voyage. The stock is limited to 100 shares of $200 each, nearly all of which is taken. The dispensation of justice in New York has become a tolerably lucrative occupation. The Recorder and City Judge now draw salaries of $15,000: the Judges of the Supreme Court j' 17. 000: tbe Judges of the Common Pleas $10,000, and the Police Justices jlO.000. " The Waif, of Nautilus Island," a story which appears in Scribner's number for May, is written by Noah Brooks, one of the editors of the New York Trilune, formerly connected with the Alia California, and one of the writers who heled to make the lame of the Overland Monthly. A Pennsylvania Bull-Dog. There is a man in Darby, I'enn., who purchased a lull-dog, which he proposed to turn loan in the store atjnight in order to scare away the burglars. The first evening after he had obtained possession of the animal he locked it in the store and went away a happy man. I lie next morning, early, he went around to the store and unlocked the I door. The dog was vigilant the man I was surprised to perceive how very j exceedingly vigilant that dog was for no sooner was the door opened than the do: seized its owner by tue leg, suddenly, and seemed to be animated by an earne-t and vigorous resolution not to let go until it had removed at least one good mouthful. And the man pushed the dog back and hut the door on it-no-, until the animal relaxed it jnw, . and thn the man kicked the dog 11)to tUP rf, an,j hut the door as if he wa8 in a nurry to j0 something. Then hv 8Uspended business lor a week, and senl tjlP vacation firing r.t that dog through the windows, and down the chimney, and up through the cellar ceiling. Witt) a shot-gun, trying to exterminate him. And that mercantile establishment did not open tor trade until the man had paid twice the first cost of the dog to the dog's former owner to come and take it home ; and then, when he got in, he found that during the liombardment holes had been shot through mackerel barrels and molasses cans and coal-oil kegs so that there was misery aud ruin everywhere. Dogs have no more charms for this man ; and if you allude in his presence to the noble work that is being done by the woman's branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, that merchant is always observed to rise up anil swear. Hie Church of England. The Bishop of Manchester lately said that if the Church of England is to be saved it must be by resting upon the affections of the musses of th people upon the twenty millions of poor und not upon the ten thousand rich. The Bishop pointed out that if the Church appealed to the masses it must bo prepared to receive them when they answered the appeal, and he urged that better accommodation should be. at once provided for tbe poor. He declared thnt pew rents were an " alioniination.' and he only accepted them a; a r.ccesity. The total foreign imports at the port of New Yoik tor the month Of March were 119,318,968, reckoned at their foreign gold cost, freight and duty not included. The neaiet approach to this in any sincl-- month within the his lory of New YovU was in Match, I871i wh'ii the imperial rt ached $9,6Wj064.