Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 18, Number 6, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 February 1876 — Page 2

WEEKLYCODKCBR C. DOUTX, r.blUar. JASFER. - INDIANA.

CUUUENT NEWS. cosuitt:. In the Senate, on the 2d, Mr. Alllon, trot Iho.l oomiiUea on ladiaa Affairs, rH'rUsl back tha Senate bill U provide for Uie payment ot claim for Iadian depreciations, aud skel Uiat it be rrfcrrr-l to Uie CuramilWi on Aro. t nations. ordered. The IHstncl hood matr wa ajrain taken up, landing discussion on which the oate adjourned In the House. the bill rriurted vmUtOi (run the Committee un I'ublio l.aads, Tvi'dinir lor the salt ot hanaaa Indian land la kanaa to actual settlers, waa acain taken up. It authorlte the pay uie nt by aetiler and purchaser under appraisement already made, of the appraised value of their farina in sn ejual annual installment. It alto Srovt.lcs tor a nrw appraisement. After .ine iscussion. the bill pad. The Judiciary Coin-mitu-ee reported two bill ne to reoncamie Uie Judiciary of the tailed hut, and Uie other to rrtrulate praetic in the l otted Matea Circuit and liistnct Court. The House then resumed the consideration of Uie proposed eonaututional amendment limiting Uie Presidential terra (heretofore published). After some uiscnssSm and Uie proposal of several arm-nd-menu, Mr. New moved to recommit the bill to the Judiciary Committee. The vote waa. yea 147, navs 117 a tie vote. The Speaker voted in the ararative, and the aiotloa tm loot. A v..i waa then Uken oa Uie passage ot the bill and it m lni-Tfu 141, nay lv not two-third. The House then adjourned. In the Senate, on the 3d, the Mil prodding for payment of interest on the S-W bond of the District of Columbia wa passed, with tlie addition of torn' slrinrent amendments, however, prori din: that there hall be no increase in the present Iiutct indebtedness, some other bill and resolutions were variously disposed of, and Uie Senate went into executive eion . . In Uie House. Mr. ulover offered a resolution, asking the Atlomev-GenerallorinlormaUoii rimcernina: Uie apsuinimeil rt JuOs- fume, il lolorado. and Uie rt-raoval of his predecessor, etc. Adopted. Mr. Atkins, from thetommiltee Appropriation, reportrd a reolution reiuetinjr the President to appoint a com-tnt and experiencel military officer to esecute the duties of Indian Aft-enl so tar aa to repair to Red Cloud A(rerwy and to other Moux agencies to impure Into the cause of Uie deficiency in the aporopnation for Uie Sioux Indiana. Adopt-.!. The bill reirulaiinu practice in the I'niu-d Mate Circuit and I'lttru-t Court wa taken up and passed. The speaker laid before the House a mea-atre fnwn Uie President, rcturnmc without bi approral an act transferrin Uie custody oi certain Indian trtil fund from the Secretary ot Uie Interior to the Treasurer of the I'nited Stale, with a communication from the ivcrelary of the InU-rior scllinc f.irili that the act w a n-.t sufficiently deline-i lt accomplish Uie end desired. In the Senate, on the 4th, Mr. Hamilton (Tex) introduced a bill giving the Court of Claim Jurisdiction to bear and determine Uie claim of lawful owner or their lejtalrepreaenutirecof all cotton eiiel after the Soth of June, S, by inrent or oilicersol the ,overnnient. etc. kefTred o the Judiciary Committee. Alter the expiration of the morning hour, the Senate resumed lh consideration of Uie resolution for Uie admission of I. It. S. rimlibiMk a enator of Uie I uite. State from Louisiana for the term ot ix yr, brinnmir Mn h 4, H?:i, the pendioa: uetion bin; on the amendment f Senator K lmund. to inert the worl not, o Ui.nt itreayi. T. H. . I'lnchkr-k h nt admitte.1," etc. en.Mor M-rtn p-kr atme lenitth indetense of Mr I'lehhai k's N-rsotial chanu ter. and in conclusion said the senate wa now cll.-l on toilecidethe question of adniitlina: Mr. 1'inehbark, and he hoi?d it would be done promptly. Air. I'lnehluw'k had leen kept out of his real, and a new applicant wa knocking t Uie dir tor admisKion. Iins or the other should le almittei. If .Mr. Finehhark ha not been elected Senator, tlie presrnt lsrislalure w as entitle.! to elect, and the !U'pullicr here would Dot stullifr Uit-mselTe lv keepinctlie state unreprerntel, althoikrh Uie pet.tM iuan sent here nuht be disUut'ful to the ii 10 jxililic. The SUte must te rejiresente.1. lie dul not think Uie eoale could reluse to admit Mr. Pincib4 k without violating every prine pie of p.irli.unent arT law. Mr. camera (I'nn.) inoe' Uiat the Senate pr-et-l to Uie consideration of cxeeut re business. ArreeU V. shortly afu-rwtri Uie Senate adjourned till Monday The II ue C'lnsidered a nnmtier of prir.-tle cl.lims in t ornrut tee of Uie Whole, and then adjourned till Munaay. Id the Senate, on the Tth, after some mlceKaneou business wa disposed of, consideration of the resolution fr the admission ot I'iuchback a Senator from Louisiana wa resumcl, and Mr. Thumian spoke in opposition to hi a l mission, claiming Uiat lin lilack ba I no prima fa ie ras upon whli b be could be aeaUt. Mr. t hristmncT followed, alo si.eakinir agiiD-t the admiHn of 1'im htMo k. and Mr. Hove ia faror of it I a the lloie inumlirrcl new bill were lutrolucr.I. Mr. Iturkner, from tne Judician ommittee. r iKrrte.1 bark Senate amendment to the bill t pay interest on 3.A bond of the Iitrict of Columbia, w ith Uie recoinmentl.ition Ui the lie referrei to a Conference Committee. The Consular and iMploinatic Appropriation bill wa then Uken up in Committee of the M hoie, and Messrs. Iloiman and oardeld sike at kdi length thereon. In the Senate, on the sth, Mr. Sherraar, from Uie Committee on Finance, reported adTersely on Uie Venate bill to tecure flcpositors in the Kree-Imen' jTirtp and Trust Company from ultimate loss. I. aid on the table. Mr. Kerry, President protein, of the senate, asked to be excuee-l from servini; on the Committee on rinance, on account of bis multifarious duties; and Mr. Oxiper wa tffurit'd in hi place, i.ui'jsie oa tne late Senator ltu kmjrham were delivered by various Senators, and as a mark of resiect to the deceased the ente adjourned In the House (he Judiciary C'mmitu-e reported back the bill f reper Uie llankruplcy act, passed Isrt. tl. which was passed' yeas, IT"; nar, :a. the Coosula and I plomtir Appropriation bill was theB const tere-l in (. ommittee of Uie Whole, and Mr. Wood V.l opMts.t Uis recommendation ot the Committee to rut down the salaries of our consular and diplomatic apenta aud t abolish certain foreign mission. WAftillStiTO. The followine are ainonz the nominations recently confirmed by the Semite: Jacob M. 3Mirew, t thio, to be Auditor of the Treasury for the Iot-of1'ne Iejiartment; Win. SanlMrn, of Mi liijan, Secretary ef Arizona Territory: Kphraltn McMertrie, Tension Avnt at St. Pa il: C. W. Psrlinir, In.lian Agent at Fort Iterthold, l.ikta; L. E. Iyer, of Tennessee, I'nlteJ State 0niil t(iles-a. Senator Cameron of Pennsylvania ha lern ihosen Chairman of the K-pullian Concn ioul t'otntnittee, and the Hon. .1. M. Edmunds ha te n re-elected Secretarj ,and Jco Tome Treasurer. fenator ChriUanc?, of Michigan. va married on the sth to Mi Lillie I.ujrerl.e, lately a t lerk In the Treasury department at M'ashlnrton. Senator Kerry, hi, colleague, ofiiiiafeil as KroomsiDit. Senator ChristUncy i, according to the Conpresnwj t. rectory, nearly M yeari of ae; the bride It represented to le (o.Id .loed in New YorV, on February f, at 112.. Mr. Henry C. Ilowen, on the 4th, pre. aen'ed a lettlcrto the Examining ( omtuittce if 1'1 month ( hureh, in answer to the irriev noes of Mr. si. V. White, a niemlH-r of

said committee, who charice Hjcn lalth bavlnn laudered hi pastor. In the beginninrof hi letter Mr. itowen relatea the

substance of Intenlewa with Mr. White, and aft: ' I felt al flrt. u I do now , that Mr. White ...i ik. I'.imiiiliif t'.iiimiitte and Plvuioulh t hureh ciould be belter employed In nrelie almK Uie direct cnanre aitaiusi m raiwi Id the plainest lanjuaite cbarire embracluK Uie crime of adultery and perjury rather Uiaa skirmishing about in new Held to se if a lew more person could not ue n-areu or in aome y drawn or trifea Into the difficulty It he I absolutely innocent, why do you not act a If too belieTed It. and thu put an end W tin horrible cauda.l? If he I a pure man, here i Ue straiKht road out of all ditttculty. Vou have unfortunately. In my optnlou. chosen a different course Now beint; summoned here to lH.ak. and to speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but Uie truUi, 1 aoleiunly jrtveila my unwsverin: opinion, in view of all the facu aud evidence presented to roe, that Iter. Henry ard lletvlier, without even Uie shadow of doubt in my mind, I cullly of Uie awful crime of adultery, perjury and hypocrisy . Thi. and I ay it in. before the bar of tin romniiltee, i my delilerate opinion, and I may be permitted Ui aftirm that I give itralmly, without malice ami with no other than a incere detire to do rov duty faithfully to Cod and man, to Uie Church and to the world. (Siedl 1IKNKT C. BO WEN. The Examining Committee, of riymouth Church tubaecjuently framed letter to Mr. Uowcn, In which he U tunitnoned to appear before the committee on Tuesday evening, Kcb. 8, nnd pive proof of the assert Ions contained in hi reply to the grievance of Mr. White. The Jury In the e-e of Landl, the murderer of Carruth, the Vineland (S. J.) editor, brought In a verdict of not guilty, on the ground of insanity. John Iolan, the murderer of Mr. Noe, In New York, ha been ecntenced to bo handed on March -4. ' Mr. Thoinasscn, w ife of the llremerhiivon dynamite ie nd, arrived in New York from Euiope ott tlx: ,lu. A destructive fire occurred in the block bounded by Hroadway, tirand, Howard and Crosby Street., New York, on the Bight of the Sth. by w hich 4.f,,0.0"0 w orth of property wa destroyed. During the progress of the nre three firemen were killed and four seriouly injured by the falling wall. HWT AXI StsfTH. The latest, In many respect the saddest, cae of forgery recently reported, i that f Mrs. Ellen S. T'ipper, of De Moines, Iowa, a lady widely known throughout the eo'irtry by her writing cn and irautiiul success; in bee culture. It U now known that for two year tin lady ha met her pressing pecuniary obligation by forging the name of well known business men a Indorer for her paper, her operation ming extended widely throughout the stale. Her plan seem to have been, w hen detected in one place, to rai on forired note money in another place to save herself. From her wellekiiown reputation and wide-extended acquaintance among the most prominent business men of the State, and her hitherto unblemished name for honesty and probity, she could ra-i!y do thi. It i t baritabbto believe that the unfortunate woman I Insane, a the reckles-nes with which she conducted her operati'Oi in many case give a fair presumption, i n the iPtri tilt . she wa arrested and taken to M 'ntio-Il ), Jotie County, where she bad negotiated about i2.is worth of note bearim; the forged indorsement of John Ilodgbui, of Dubjoue. Mrs. Tupper I a very remarkable woman, and by her ow n exertion had raised to w omanhood and highly educated three daughters, all of w hom are titled to occupy the highest position in society. At Appleton, K., 12 mfle southeast of Fort Scott, on the nlst tilt., Ii k D.ii is, a desrado, had some word with Samuel Harvey, a blacksmith, and pulled hi revolver on him. At the same moment Fayette Harvey, Samuel' brother, came up liehind Davi and struck" him over the head with a sledge-hammer, following up hi attack until I'avi was dead. Just a Ilarvev strl. l2iij the tirt Mow the latter fired at Samuel, the ball taking effect in hi right arm, passing entirely through it and lodging in the hip. The wound I not considered dangeroti. Fayette escaped. A trl-wei kly-tage line, carrying t'ue in:.ils, ha lx-en started Ix-tween Cheyenne and Custer City, via Fort Laramie, and Kcd ( loud. Wyoming Ter. Northrup.t Sons' I'ank, at Wyandotte, Kan., wa robbed on the morning of the id of-J,4. The' ault wa broken into and the safe blown open. Cardinal Ledochowsky ha been released from Imprisonment, hut it I said i prohibited from entering the province of Silesia or l'osen, or the district of Frankfott-on-the-)der or Marieiuanlen. During the performance of an allegorical piece- entitled TIie(ireat IlepuMic, " at Kobinson's tpera-hotise In Cincinnati, on the afternoon of the ."th, a panic occurred, caused by aa alarm of fire. There wa immediately a general stampede of the audience toward the doors, and In the crush which ensued ten person were killed and many other seriously Injured. At the time of the panic the house whs packed to it utmost capacity, the performance being Kit en for a charitable purjose and some .) hod children taking part therein. A large part of the .nillcin e wa also comjMed of eliil lren, it being a holiday In the public school. It I said that the alarm of tire wa caused by the flashing of a calcium light used In the piece. The vast crowd, moved by a common impulse, at once rushed for the doorway. The jM ople In the rear, mail with fear, pressed upon those in front, shouting and cursing. Men, terrorstricken, stnickdown helpless women ami children In front, or climbed over their brail b the top of th staircase, ari l precipitated tliemelve upon the screaming and bleeding mas of children and women in the hallway. A feir heroic; men placed themselves near the doorway and endeavored to assure the people there w a no danger, and an effort wa made from the stage to stop the mad career of ihe affrighted audience, but nothing could ehei k the p.inio until many had been trampled tinder foot and killed or maimed. The name of the killed are: Mr. Alfred White and her son Harry, ag-d pi; Mr. Nancy Clark, reported to have died from heart-dWcase caused by ex-

citemtnt; August and Fred. Locat-h, two brothers, aged 8 and 10; Hattle Leslie, aged

12; Jatnea Crowley, aged 7; Annie Malrenil, of Alton, 111.; Mis Terovlca Maatt, aged 2'.'; and a woman, name uuknown. The dwelling of George Helndle, near Hamburg, la llurcau Couniy, 111., wa burned on the night ot the 4th, and Mr. Helndle, hi wifo and two children perished In the flames. A daugh'T 10 yearn old c raped by Jumping from a aecond-story window. Mr. Win. MoKchj'i attorney have made a motion for a new trial In hi case, on the ground that the Court admitted Illegal and Incompetent evidence; that the Court erred in it Instruction and charge to the Jury; and that the Verdict Is against the law and the evidence. There U a glut of silv er coin In S in Francisco, and a meeting of merchant ha been held to see If some outlet can not be found for the surplus, a the current discount of from three to five percent, on silver cause much Inconvenience to trade. Jefferson Davl ha written a letter to Judge Lyon, of Hichinond, Va., in which he defend himself and the Confederate (iovcrnment from the charge made by Mr. Blaine in hi recent upeecu iu the House, regarding the treatment of Federal prisoner In Southern prison. Mr. Dav l claims that "the records, both Federal and Confederate, disprove the charge of unnecessary cruelty to prisoner by the Confederate authorities, and that the country I full f witnesses who bear oral testimony against it." He tay i further: The report of the ConfeJerate Commissioner for the exchange of prisoners show how persistent and liberal were our efforts 1. 1 ecu re relief of captive. Failing in those attempt. I instructed General K. K. Ieto no, under a Ma "f trrtce, and seek an irtcrrlew w:h eicarra! (.rant, to represent to him the sufferitiK and dealh of Kolersl prisoner held by us, to explain tne cause w hK'h were beyond our control, anil to urfre. In the name of humanity, the observance of the cartel for exchange of prisoner. To thi. a to all previous appeal, a deaf ear was turned. I will not attempt, from meirory, to write the reirt made to me of the incidents of thi mission. I.ee no longer live to defend the cause and the country he loved so well ard served so efticicutly , but l.enersl (.rant can not tail to remeinlier so extraordinary a visit, and hi oli)w turn to executing the cartel are well known to the public. lint whoever else may choose to forget my effort in tin regard, the prisoner at Andersonvllle and Ihe delegate I permitted tliein to send to I'restent Lincoln b plead for Um resumption of the ex -hanjre of prisoners ran noi ts.il to remcmtirr bow w itlinir I wss to rest.re them to their home an t to the cswifort of hich they were In need, provided the iinpris.iiied sol lier of the Confederacy should be in like manner released and returned to us. The case of the (!ov eminent against len. Orville E. I'.abcock, indicted for conspiracy in connection with the Whisky King, wa called in the Ciiited State Court at St. Louis, before Judge Dillon and Treat, on the Tth. The Government was represented by District-Attorney Dyer, Assistant Dis-trict-Attorney Mi-, Col. Ilroadhead ami Major Eaton. The defendant" counsel comprised Judire J. K. l'ortcr, of NewYork, cx-Attorney-Gcneral Williams, Emory A. Morrs, of Chicago, and Judges John M. and Chester Kriun, of st. Louis. There was u great pressure to obtain admi-simi to the court-room, but the space therein wa barely sufficient for the large number of those directly interested in the case, so that, excepting the reporter and a favored few outsider, the door were practically barred. Samuel IJoyd, Deputy I'nited state Marshal, was shot and killed on the evening of the oth, at Drownsv illi1, Tcnn., by 11. M. Clarke, one of the editor of the Itrow asville Dfhi'crat, in a ti.trrc which grew out of a political discussion commenced, it i said, in Je-t. Clarke wa arrested and held In ,,) IhuiiI to answer. P.oth men have families, and were previously on good term. Hon. A. J. Mowry, a member ot the Kansa Legislature from Doniphan County, is Implicated In the Issue of some ..t,i) of fraudulent school-bond In Comanche ConnI ty, two years ago. A warrant wa l-sned f-.r hi arrest, but lie received timely notice In some way, and made good his e-enpe. The Governor ha offered a reward of jjix) for hi capture. While crossing the De Moim Kivrr, near P.itena Vista, Iowa, on the night of the 2d. a young lady named Ilelle Steven and a gentleman named It. J. I'ird both went through the lee and Mis Steven was drowned. The gentleman was uueonseiou when rescued, but will probably recover. (Olll Krt, A report, present Ingthfl result of Investigation into the I'reiiierhaven explosion, ha scn published by the P.rcinen authorities. Accmding to hi own deposition, the name of the perpetrator was William King Thom son. Hewa born in I'.rooklyn. in 1. i . . ... . i. . .. , ft III parents, wno ciiiimic ironi iiaitinurg to America, are now living in Virginia. Thomson w a taken prisoner when running thebbx kade during the late war in the I'nited State. He escaped and fled South, where he passed under the name ofThoma. He mentioned A. Midler Skidmore, of NewYork, a an accomplice, but mid no reference to other accomplice. His wife supposed hi name w a Alexander. He had a tat toed arm. There i no evidence that he entered Into relation with thg underwriter, or plotted against the safety ol the vessel previous to lsT4, nor I there any evidence, except an Insurance of .1,'nh mark on the barre l which exploded, that he In-ured any good to be shipped by the Moel or Deutsehland. Observation made bv Thomson point to the 1 conclusion that he Intended to hand a small I box to the officer of the Mosel, declaring i it contained greenbacks, and that he I intended to have the box Insured. In 1ST I, Thomson Insured good on the steamer Hheine for !,, through IUrlngs, of Jmdon. Hi wife' evidence show that previous to hi departure, In November, I'd, Thomson anxiously waited for a letter from England, which he concealed when It arrived. Intelligence! ha been received by b: friend In this country of the death of I!ev. John Anthony Marie I'alamorgue, which sad event occurred at. Ste. Genevieve, Fram e, November W. Father Palamorgues came to the United State a a missionary 'priest In ls:;s and for thirty year resided

at Davenport, Iowa, enjoying universal reapoctfor hi good worka and genulue virtue. An explosion rauaed by fire damp occurred In the Jabln mlae In Delg-linn recently, by which over l.V) live were lost. The HritUh Parliament wa opened on the Sth. The yueen did not read her speech in peron. The High-Toned Montreal Elopers. I happened on Saturday last to bo at tho Tombs when the detectives with much mystery u.herel into theJustice'a oflice ft vailed lady. A few moments sullieeil to dUclose her identity. It was gome six or seven years sinew I h:ul seen Mrs. Mackenzie, wee Nina Al

len, the occasion ltcinp; a snow-shoe racing meeting", where her husband was desirous of findinc; place for her on the steward's htand. They had just been married. She was then pretty not ft magnificent beauty, tut the paper have made her oMt to be, hut a pretty pirl of about 18, slightly above1 the medium height, inclined to plumpness, with a very line pair of dark eyes, and a complexion tending toward rich brunette. With the healthy color Imparted by a bracino; winter's day, and sumptuously appareled In velvet, furs, and laces, it is small wonder that ihe young brido was one of tho sensations of the day. Her husband, William Mackenzie", must now le 81 or 82. Ho is a bir, stout, p;ooiMookin,', good-humored fellow, somewhat lazy, not a (loetho for intellect, one of the best cricketers in Canada, fond of wearinp; a fur overcoat, and given, like thu jeunen.se dnrcc of Montreal, to frc.;ucntinr "tho clubs" o' nights, and there relaxing In whist, loo, and hot Scotch whisky. The marriage did not prove a happy one that was to he expected. "Incompatibility of temper" is the way they put it. He blamed her for flirting, and soon. Kesult: estrangement, gradual but inevitable, and ultimately complete. Of llrydge., the co-respondent in the coming suit, I know little. Ho U the son of ('. J. lirydges, Managing Director of the (Ireat Western Railway till about 1)J, and thereafter of the Grand Trunk, which he quitted a year inc. lie is now the tloverruuetit Kailroad Commissioner of the 1 Kuninion, a millionaire, and probably the most able manager of men and railroads that there is in America. If Sir Hugh Allan i the Vanderbilt of Canada, lirydges is the Tom Scott. Shareholders, legislators, opponents, all are in his h inds as clayto the potter. When the unhappy Knglih stockholders of the (irand Trunk used to get too mad for words, and send over a deputation to ascertain why in thunder they got no dividends, the indignant deputation would coin? into Mr. Pirydgc's room like a lion and go out like al.unb, and thereafter swear by him not at him. The man is fond and proud of his children. Fred is, I believe, tin onlv son, and was sent to tin? rim nix Works to learn the business thoroughly, and so become, like hi father, a practical mechanic. He is a tall, handsome young fellow of '22 or '.'.t, clever and accomplished, on dit, though nt displaying any thing that remind on' forcibly of his father. -V Y. Tri'un:. -- The One-Kail Track. The knotty problem of cheip transportation, as will its the vexed ipiestion of double tracks in narrow places, i likely t have a practical solution should the new one-rail system, w hich is said to be working successfully in Frawr, where it originated, he adopted in this country. The track is a line f light rails spiked to the centre of light tics, with two bands of macadam or longitudinal planks laid n the ground parallel with the rail. A road of this character is claimed to posses the advantage of costing ! 1," mm) less per niile to construct than the narrow-gauge, now so popular, besides allowing trains to turn very sharp curves as easily as mi ii straight line, the resistance of the cars being four-fifths of what it is on the narrow-gauge track with two rails. Th' engines are furnished with steel ogvvhccls, an improvement which is said to allow them to draw heavy loads, nt small sp ed, in all kind of weather, ami nmre than a narrow-gauge engine of double weight could do. They an built with or without cog-wheels, and are far superior in power to the ordinary locomotive. Their driving-wheels have rims from eight inches to one foot wide, surrounded by a band of India rubber. The locomotives and cars have centerwheels, one in front, one behind, which are double flanged and run on the center rail, guiding the train and supporting the whole weight of the cars. Tho side wheels, one each side, merely maintain the equilibrium and hardly touch the macadam or wood on which the driving-wheels run. This system is cndorsedby the French government, the inventor having the right to build several hundred miles of cheap railroads as feeders to main lines, and also the concession of the tranpurtat ion for fifty years on the Canal de Ilotirgogne. Here the track is laid upon the tow-path, and with a small locomotive weighing four tons at three miles an hour a boat cont lining '.') tons of cargo can he drawn. This system is said to be preferable to the screw steamer for towing, because then; is no loss of power due to tlx? slip " of tin? screw, which i about 'J per cent, on an average. A tank locomotive of this system weighing M .'J tons will haul at four miles an hour t;T) tons of cargo, requiring only (iO-horso power, while u screw steamer would take Khorse power. If the new one-rnil system will do what the inventor t laitn, canal and railway transportation hid fair to be revolutionized, and a new era in railway building, opening up hitherto inaccessible places, will bo inaugurated.

(ifntral Sherman aud tho Presidency, The following letter U made public: tT. Loin. Feb. 2. isTtf. DkauSik: Your kind letter l Just rereived, and thoUKU I thought every body knew my Keneral opinion on the point of your Inquiry, I ratinot hesitate to answer you in sticii a way as to admit of no misconstruction. 1 never have been, am not now, and never will be, a candidate for the hili oltice of President before any convention or the people. I shall alwava prefer to see thxt oflice tilled by one of tne million who In the civil war stood by the I'nlon firmly and unequivocally, and of those 1 notice many names w illing ami raptiMe. Prominent in that of (icn. IUye, now (iovernnmf Ohio, whom we know aa a tine ollicer ami a gentleman In cverv sense. 1 do not, however,, wish to be understood a presiimliiK to advise any body in the choice of the num. Mv wife and family are strong Catholics,, but lam not. That, however, I nobody's business. I believe in the common schools, ami don't stop at the litt le matters that seent to tie exaggerated by the press. In soiuo quarters, however, thea school are extravagant and indulge In costly building and expensive teachers, o a to be too heavy a burden on the tax-payer. This tendency outrht to be checked, which may easily lie done without making it apoliticid question. Self-interest will Pirulate this, and make these free schools to all and capable of Impartinif the rudiment of a pod Knlish education. Your truly, W. T. Siiehmax. To the lion. J. M. Palzell, Columbus, 0

Improvement In Heating Apparatus Tho latest novelty among adjuncts to stoves and fire-places consists in tint employment of a bright nicklcd-plated sheet of metal, suspended over the lire, and adjusted in proper position by a crank, the rod cf which passes through the side of the stove or lire-place. While the lire is being kindled, the plate is turned toward the front to protect it from being smoked, but when the lire is fairly burning, the plate is turned back nt an angle of forty-five degrees, as is indicated by thu wheel on the side of the stove. The result is described about as follows : The reflection from the bright metallic surface produces the effect of a double lire, utid adds greatly to its cheerfulness. In addition to this, ' it is claimed that the large amount of I heat thus reflected by the plate is, to a 1 gre:U extent, a clear gain, and that the I effect of its employment i readily perj ccived in increased warmth at quite a distance from its source. Furt hermore, , it is claimed that the ruh of air usually (passing up the chimney f an open stove ! or grate, and which makes this excellent form of heating apparatus so expensive in rapid consumption of fue l, is ' checked and thrown down on the find, producing surface combustion, w hile t he l draught at the base may he shut off, givj ing a clear, bright lire, without wasteI ful consumption of coal. Kxperimcnts continue to be made ' in France to test the cllicicncy of an cn- ' gin' of peculiar construction. Thisonj gine is described as having no wheels, I but i provided instead with what may be called log. It docs not roll; it i walks, runs, or gallop. It i like an 1 ordinary engine, with straight rods teri initiating iu broad circular skate There are three leg in front, and throe behind. The moving cy linders, instead of turning wheels, raise the feet. Ihe invention, it is claimed, is particularly adapted for carrying great weights up an incline, as a convenient substitute for the means now einphncd. One f these, which is at present at work on a French railway, weighs ten ton, and goes four to five miles ever)- hour, but can accomplish, if desired, eleven or twelve mile.. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. Kf-iwi-AHT 9, 1ST. BEEVES Native ,. Teian HUG! Iresc4 Live SHKKP (innmnn to Choice. ( OTTOS-M Ll'tlm M.ol'll ;immI to Choice VV II V T-So. J Chicaa-n . . . COILS Western Mifl,Neiy oa I Western Mixed I'OUK New Mess 8T. LOl" IS. COTTOS-Mid.Uin IIKKI" CATTI.K t'hoice. .... Ooo-l Ui Prime Cewt ami Heifers... Corn ted Texaut... . ItiNiSW packinic SIIKKP oinmon to Choice. tLOL'U-Kaiiiily A.VX WHEAT-lovl No. 1 ' No. S CORN So. I Mixed OATs So. J H K Nil. t TIMOTHY bh.V.U lOllA CO s.hiiliiK I.iik"..Medium Miiintf Leaf IIAV hoice Timc.lliy lit TTKK-Choic. Hairy how r resh I'i'KK-standard Mesa I.AKU- su-am ..... V OO I Tub - washed Choice Lnwashed a .VI s.:ii 4.1-0 ft'..V l.:: it s tl.-'SJ S..VI 7. vi r. . o US' 4 51 10 .... .1 - l-'V B.?.v 5.isi 4.ISI 4..TV 7.CV ft. 00 7.W ft.iV l.M 1.37 f f.7Si 4.. VI 7. VI ..is js W Hi II. no 12-, 4ss S3 .! S..VI 7.4 I. VI H.75 ft.Oi I.MSw 1. I. 2.V r. II. V I U.ISI M II 20.7-V ii 4S SJ

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