Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 18, Number 49, Jasper, Dubois County, 15 December 1876 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

C. TOANE, Publisher.

JASI'KU.

INDIANA

CUKUEXT NEWS. WAftlllSUTOX. Mr. Wm. O. Avery bmpoMUheil a card, UtiiK tht the alleged Indorsemeut by lre sident (irnt, on a letter from Joyce te Avery, published In the New York Sun, is a foigery. There was a long session of the Cabinet, on the 1st. at which It is said the subject of Federal Intervention In South Carolina wan fully discussed. Secretary Fish, it I reported, took a very declds! stand against the policy pursued by the Adminlstratiou In that State, but the Associated Press reporter, while jclvinK currency to the rumor, says H an not be authenticated. A letter from General linger to Cieu. Sherman was read. In which tbe writer ya he acted under a misapprehension In stationinir soldiers at the door of tbo House to prevent the Ingres of pew on a claiming to be member, but who wre refused admittance by the Doorkeeper. An soon at he was fully informed of all the facts In the ie, he add, he ordered the troops withdrawn, and determined to confine his action solely to the preservation of the peace. The public debt statement for Dee. 1 hhowaan Increase of the debt during Novemberof 4."7,w;j. The Democratic members of the House of representatives met in caucus, on the 2d. and nominated Hon. Samuel .!. Ktn.lnll, of Pennsylvania, for Speaker, to till the vacancy cansed by the death of Mr. Kerr. Only one ballot was taken, the result of which was IUndall, 73; Cox, C3. The nomination of Mr. Randall was then made unanimous. A letter signed by ei-l'tited State Senator! Carl Scburz, John 15. Henderson, and others, was on the 3d transmitted to II. n. T. W. Ferry, President of the Senate, susgestinjr that, in the event cf a Congressional dead-lock In the counting of the Klectoral votes for President, the United Staten Supreme Court, by Joint sjrrcenient of ttwtwo liue, be empowered to finally adjudicate In the matter. The Secretary of the Treasury has submitted to the House of Representatives the estimates of appropriations required f'r the

public service for tbe fiscal year ending with June, Ws. Theeare: for Congress, ..". O.SJ.SoO; Kxecutlve proper, j74"0; Department of State, $1,44'.). boO; Treasury Department, II 24 ?,."-; War Department. :4.251,:t.)5; Navy Department, i22, "Mil, fbs; Interior Department, Ss.sofl,?'; Post-office Department, W.O.,047; Department of Justice, 4 42-2,9'; Department of Agriculture, .,J7,2'.'0: total, "C11,C'W. These estimates are ?1A,(,'mj less than those for 1S77. Congress. The second session of the Forty-fourth Congress begun at noon on MonJay, Ie. 4 .After tbe senate was called to orh-r the new memtrs rre sworn in and took their tent . Thse are Slssrs. limine of Maine, Chaffee and "I Viler if Colorado, Price of West V iridrr.a. Jones ( Louisiana, an l l:andol'h of New Jersey In ilrawinir I r tbeir respective terms hs iistors from 4 olorvlo, Chuffc1 secure! Jio lorn term, enling March 4, l?.'t, and Toiler the slioi t Wren, euainr March 4, 18.7. Mr. K'trntimls offered a resolution authorizing the Committee on I'rifilegi anl hlrclions t inquire isto the rerest elections in south Carolina, t,e.irtia, Florida, Alabama Louisiana nn l MisM-sipiii. 4rlered print. i and lab! on ths table. Mr. Ju(rails introduce, 1 a joint resolution providing lor a Convention to amend the I onstitution 1 be House was called to order by Clerk A.l.nnts. 1 he sps.ttrr't chair w a c)ra)e. in m-nirntng us a token tl ro?-t to the law speaker, Mr. Kerr. An election lor Seakr whs then h.l.l, wiiiuO result 1, Samuel J. rtan.la'l, l' l , J am. t A. liartli'ld, si. scattering, 3. Mr. Itainlail wit ec.Urel elected . and upon beisr rondu tel to ttie chair made a short si eeeh. The oath oTefli.-e was Uien administered to the fallowing new memliers : Messrs Warnrrof Cor.Dertieut, Kellaly of Mam. Humphrey of Indiana, Crr ami Manton of IVntisj lvauia ; also to Mr. Stephens of Ueorjria, who was not present at the tirst eg. slon. A lengthy discussion ensued upon a motion to admit the new niemUT from olorado, Mr. It'Mfonl, aod a motion was f!ullv at'pted, referrir. tin crleiitia!s to the Judiciary Committee yeus, It.'; tmys, s oi.Ji-c-tion was also mads to the admission of the new member from sniiti Carolina, Mr. Hutu, and Ins ease vrm r lerreil to the ( nmmitten on Elections. Mr. Hewitt moed to suspend the ruies and a lopt a resolution for the appointment of three seleet eomm itti-es to procertl to Loiiiiiiiiia, S'lorlila and Noutti Carolina, to ioTestiaate toe a-tion 1 th lU-turninjj llonrds of those tas. The lpuhlicans resor ed to fillmi'teriPK to fireveut the ppeof the rolutiun but tne motion was finally adoptl yeas, 1 .'., nays, 7s. It w as a party vote, ex ept that Messrs. te A. Ilaitley, 1'ierie ant s.eley of Maiarhii-ett, voted with the Itrrncrats in favor of tue motion. The derate, on the fth, after considerable (liscuciinn, ad'pu4 by a strict party vote tbe resolution c fiVred by Mr. F.dmunds for a committee to inwstifrate the elrctiona in south Carolina, Georria, I-lor id i, Alabama, and l.oi,i.. ana. A substitute, fh red by Mr W hyte, f..r the Inv-sliKnlion of the arlmn ol the Itetiirn.n Hoards, was r Jded without division A resolution, providing for an inquiry lut th elieiSility of 1'reti'ienilal Klel..r. was also ad-Mils I. . . .The -penscr of th- House annoiisred the following select romniltti-es : n South ( ro. Iina .Messrs snv lr, Abbott, toehnane, I. den. .(ties . kf.), I'bilips (Mo ), Hai ks, title, an I I.awrenee. On Louisiana Metsrs. M"rr:on, ler.ks, McMahon. I.ynde, Itlnekbiirn, M'-ade, llue, I'belpn, e, Koss, 'low ns-inl ( I' I , lanford, ll'irlhut ( I 1 ), r.tpo ai d .lovce. in Klrida.Me.rs. Ihompson, I spl;!t , NVnllare, Hopkins, .attlMl and iMmnell The fresident's niessae wan riad in both In lines. IVtT. Iffferson Davis arrived at New York from F.uropc on the '.'dh. I'nitcd States Senator Ilvnsom has been re-elected by tbe North Carolina Ipislatu re. The IlrooUyn Theater was burned on the nUht of the ith. Tne fire originated on the stasre, at 11 :it p. m., when the oompany was about half through wiih the last act of The Two Orphans. The fire spread with I'uhtnln rapidity, and the panic an ! confusion were terriMs. Tbe smoke soon became suffocating, and women fell, f iintln. in the aisles, ami were tramp. ed over. Number Jumped nut f the windows and were severely It Jured, and some lives were undoubtedly lost. Mrs. Innn House, who was recently acquitted at Trenton, N. J., of the murdi-r

of her husband, has been pt.-tc d In the New Jersey State Lunatic Ashmi. The bust of the late ll once (r-tey, presented to the friend of tbe ibeeasedhy American printer and Journalists, was unveiled at (Sreenwood Cemetery lu Hrooklyn, on the 4th. Itayard Taylor delivered an oration, ('. T. Steiidm-.il read a poem, and Thurlow Weed unveiled the st.vtue. iijst siinit, l'ete MeCartuey, the notorious counterfeiter, has been sentenced by the I'nitod States Court at Indianapolis to 15 years' imprisonment In the Penitentiary. His accomplice Walters, wa sentenced to 10 years. 4Jen. Hamptou's residence, three mild from Columbia, S. C, was burned on the nUht of the 24th, together with all it eontent. Said to have been the w ork of an Incendiary. The house lelonged to a sister of the lieneral. C U. Wilkinson, the lite defaulting lie venue Collector at St. Joseph, Mo., has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment in tbe lVniteutlary and a tine of ,3."7 31. A stay of execution has been jrranted, in ordertopreseuthlsca.se to the President, with the hope of obtalnirg a p-trdon, or at least a commutation ol sentence. The official report of Col. Mackenzie's recent fight with the Cheyenne In the ltig llrn Mountains, tiays that the entire Indian village of 17.1 bvltre was destroyed, ponies captured, and '2b or more Indians killed. Five soldiers and one officer were killed on our side and Jo wounded, besides one hohone scout belonging to the I'nitcd sutes. Fifteen cavalry horses and four Indian scouts were killed. Lieutenant MeKinney, Fourth Cavalry, who was killed, i ore of the net ?a!hnt cf officers ar.d honorable of men. Col. Thomas Dowllng, a prominent cltir.en of Indiana, member of the Democratic; National Committee, and founder of tha Trre Haute Krj rtss, died on the .V.h. 'iitr.iir. A Hi (Jrande di-patch say that Gen. DiaJ! has occupied the City of Mexico, and that I.erdo and Lis Mi&i-tcrs have Hid westward . THE rilFSUrENl I.IL KLECTION.

barring of the door against person claiming to be entitled to seat was doua under a misapprehension of order, whidi only authorized him to preserve the peace. The two rival House thereupon both assembled, and with separate organisation kept up a continuous session until the lib. Protests against the use of United Statss troop to control the organization of the Legislature were sent to President Grant, signed by Wale Hampton, Senator Gordon, and others. .The Democratic members of the House vacated the SUte-houseon t ho 4 1 b , Speaker Wallace having been Informed that a large force of State constable, supported by Federal soldiers, would be called upon to tject the disputed Democratic members at noon. Fearing a scene of disorder, and perhaps bloodshed, it was decided to ipiietly withdraw to Carolina Hall, where the Democrats went into secret session. The Senate met and adjourned without counting the vote for Governor, although the time had been set at 2 p. in. on that day. The Democratic members of the South Carolina Senate withdrew on the &lh. Tbe returns of the State election were canvassed by the Republican Legislature, and Chamberlain d dared elected Governor ty 3,044 majority. Tbe entire vote of the counties of Kde field and Laureus were thrown out. Florida. ltefore the Upturning Hoard, on theiM.ih, the Democrats Introduced evidence to the e fleet that the returns from one precinct la Alachua County had been raised 210 votes over the true poll cast, and I lie Republicans introduced counter-affidavit, w hich were !n turn discredited by Democratic Id. m .

Miscellaneous Items. The offiral majority for Tildeti In North Carolina, a proruulgat-d by Gov.ltrogden, is 10,17, with three small cotiutks not heard from. The Chairman of the lb publican State Committee entered a protest against the promulgation of the vote by tho Governor, on thu grounds of frauds and illegalities In 'il counties. The ofllcial vote of Indiana is: Tilden, JLJ.SJt;; Hayes, 207, 71; Tilden over Have, .f),.Vu. Cooper' vote was 0..VW. The ottb-ltl canvsi of the vote in California, one small county not received, gives Hayes 7S,t s; Tilden, 75, Ml. Hayes's ma

jority,

Jersey

Tiiden 's ollicial majority In New is ll.'.'t'..

'1 he otli -ial ctnvass of the vote of Kansas Kivts Haves a plurality of 40,4 to.

T.OTiltlnna. rKCKFIIN;S OK 1 UK KKtt K.MNO KOU. 2'-. Tie evidence of KHz Plnkston, a culore.l wo:nan of aa liiui Parish, was completed yeeterUy, and tud.iy tbo Item, rats introduced evidence iu rebutul. Khza swore tint a number of white men rame to her r:itin one l.itrlil previom to idecto-n, burst ok-ii the door, seiivd tier luisliiind, Henry, t.ed Ins legs together, dr.ii.'Vf'l bun oiitHide nn I shot him

seven time . lliev also cut lnrbb)'s thr' at from e.ir t ear,' and then, seizinK her (the lleport 01 HlP Secretary 01 th NaTJ. witnessi, outraged her, shot ber, and then I cut and siabbct her in a nu-t frifcl.tiul in .onrr. wasinson.N. Uoe. 8. -The report of the Secmost .luilMSaaHc She U s. .l.cl hat ber u,tlllt'nf t oie nnv'y ,4i Vesel,.of .V,l 7 t-, husband was ki,le,l tai.e he aaa a It.'pl.bll- mrmmUfvlnrut. Kvelu.iveof noi i.zers ind l.at can and that he names o the Pni..-ipl .-t.-r, ,., ,u M,i ull-. of iUrM. , ,, n U.e horrible trazly were .r our?. . Is.pt ' ,tli llh Inrurenient of l.u.o,s ions, irai. t , t. 1. Imuit and a Mr. I arW. At the , ,.., . :i ure jn M.rric(.; eoncluMoi, j.f her Mateiiieni t!i-. Ithio ; ,n,,,he ar e pr.p.rnu lor araj Ifimar been! couom I SHi-t that they had in t eir p..s., s..on ' Mi, ro,, ,, , f alU.Uvits elearlv .li-liroviajr Hut In -"t-, remain ler are la thw v..riou. navy ) ar Is. some raa-e was e..minitled l.y ahite me:.. The rebut- r, ll,riilil ,,,, (,lu,.r ete,,sfve repairs, ling testimony wjs taken at length. ! t.til ...ort oi tnern culd U- ma le reuov for .Yi,r. Hi. Inrebti't il "f the evMer.ce of1 any sci bil M-rvi. e in a s'i ti tune. There rii. ih.ui . n,.,i,i t, i.... i .. .., .. , I is also on han'l t'.rel at the various nuvv r.liza 1 mlKston, ( 1, .W 1 idee.l. a f. rrn.-r -f nrU ,ivr ,k Ulll(rr ,lini..u.nl 1(r n , Ouachita I aristi, t. stilled that he bad known 1 t War, Ih-si les a l.r; uiiautity of naval n..iteKliza I'uikston f r many years, an l that she ! rial t every kind. The e.Tet:iry s;s: our formerly belonged to Ins family in Alabama. N4VT " ,:,r r'' Powerful f or'warlike purKiiza same t-i his b.us. nb .ut .. uVI. k uud.iv I""-' than It ever has leen l-,.re in tune of im.rnioK and told bun that four or live negroes 1 I 'ace. It 'Ivs-s nl eomp.i-.e eith. r in iiuinU-r or ha cometo herhous'and kil!e. h,r bio-nant and eimraeU-r of vessels w ;lh the ep,iiHive el.ib-chil-1 and heat b r ne:rlv to deiitl.. N iiiii went 1'sbmei.H of thoM of the huroan nations

over to her ldneean.l s I er ilei 1 hi.sh.tn i: he ' w te se mutual relations keep mem alaays in

was er.t i it several p aces, but was not muni

ateit she af lersar . . u. presence ff itnesses.

charged the crime upon w bite men. tuner witnesses tcrt.lied as to a tht l treetl 1'inaeton and another neirro tianieil ltroiks, and the threats of the latur to kill the former ; also to the general had ebararter id 1.1. za and ber reputa tion for untruthfulness. The Northern Democratic Committee In New Orleans, on the 1-t. I.f d an ail dre-s to the people of the I'nited s-tnte In reference to the situation ef alfairs in Louisiana. They say that ti.ey have carefully tabulated the vote cat for 1 residential Llrc;rs, as shown by certified copi of th dopln-ile statements of vote m .d- y the. official ctnVassprs at each (lollirig-pl've in that Ma'e, and these statements show that the lit-!iet Vote received by any Til b n Kle tor was and the lowest, N',..V.:i; wlnl- the highest vote received by any Have F.hctnr was 77,loJ. aud the lowest, 74.S44. They further say that tne result shown by th-e tignrecm not be materially changed by the official finding of the Iteturning Hoard, without a palpable a'ii-e of the letter ami spirit of the law governing the It-lard. In regard to irregularities. Intiraidatlon, etc., thy say that they have been committed about e'ially on each side, but not sufficient In any ca-e to aff ' t the general result. In most Instances, they be-li'-ve, the a-t of v io!en-e reported were mere lawlessnfss ('(noting tho I'mk-ton

cae), and bad no ennnet tion with polities

armed arrav, and w Imse eoMiguous coa-Uand

u t p hai l'T- at lloiue and senile red rolnno-M all ' over tne woil I seem to rni:re that tb y sh.iuhl ! eoiisttiilly rual each other at whatever'eapens.i in tin- sitf Hil l power of their naval Vessels an l armament-; hut for the defensive pil rpoe of a pene f ol peop!p w Itholit colonics, iwitti a dangerous roust and shallov- Ii irln.rs separate.! bv a vast ocean irmn war-i.ae naval M,er, ot.r navy i n t ill out strength, and lieu its iron rlad d'-et shall ls completely ret p a.r. , a work m n hi ink now but I it lie tune an I exrt-ne, anl lis force supplemented ,y the comparatively ,-in-ip n t : i ( i i. reconirr.ended , it w nl Is- loon I sulh -i.-nt to resist any ton e which Coin. Im- brouM acros- the ocean to u l Lack us, and powerful iii-o for uft. nsive MTitiot. iihh Ho-s, ii aii'l anion tne Iriands whK li lie entU"iou t , oi,r ow ii stion-s. In view of the I o t Hint the appropriation for tne two principal woi-kira bi.reaus of the I s put tiiii r.l average Out lilt e over .,to,iaianniiall) , ari l 'oii-,iii-riii the ot oi n.erely maiiiUnninir ; a nat v c..n-i-tini( largely of ithipa iiiirri-.i l.uut o m rfhalt e uiati-ri.il w nich, alUT reUiriiig for a few w ,ir-i ut anl r.;r, Dually umi out of I tin- service from lOler worthless s-, the Sii retarv reotiime.ils the rmistrucli h of f ast w in.-O n crui-i rs, t-i st rve at s- n-sils of inrtrm ti n in ! t toes of peace, and i apatde of destroying an eni em ' eoiiiinefe. in t line of war ; a so, oi lbs u -e of inonipos atitl marine rams tor war piiipom-s. lie 's.ri lary real toe reoiiniuen-laliou of I ist ear that Congress irie the tic-es-iry au , ttiM-i'ty loen 1st annually ,.V lsj fur in.- Navy uiow r exi-ling laws, out, in addaion to tne numls-r of lorn no aiiowe I, he also urjes that tne eulisii-. men of tbe Navy may Is allowed an ; oiitlit uf rlothihv. all'l a banking svsl. in ' for the Navv soeb as Is now in the Army. ; 1 lie estimates for trie general mainU'iiance of u.e I Navy for tse next year are I-4i,'d l, vgeth er w ith an additional amount of fl, , lo supply an inevitable il ll. leney in the pay R i propnat on, and 1 1 enable Uie department to ' res. In. it -order pi icing all unemployed ollicers

t, ., , , , . . . , r.n luriougn par , ano 10 make up to irio. wno

iuerrpoiii sign! l.y .lonn .ai . ranner, ve pr, . r y reduce! , without fault I. Mil ill Tniaibull, Will. RibT, (eor:e W. 1 tne.r part, the amount of pay Whlcti tney Julian, and V. II. Wat. on. j ,,ul'' ,4Ve rrt 'vr l-

The Louisiana Keturniotr Hoard, on the . Mh, declared the ele -tionof the itira Ue- . publican ticket. National and State, to;'ethor with four if the six Congressmen. The I SI.iAritlf...l...t.rn.1 f..,Oia P.r.nl.l li-an I'l.-.'- I

t rs r.ae from 3 ,"s e) to 4,.Vsi, and the ma

Jotity for Governor,' .'l,4L'ti. The vote of i silt h r.tpidit y tltfi t it wtt.s ft artd all the

firant and Last Feliciana l'arish,a well a inttritc Would perish. Suddenly there 2- or pdlinK-plaees in other p.irih, i c.inie a cry that, one little irl h;vd been

were tbrjwii tut, on the ground of hit' mi- li ft in Irt room. V tho cCit.! spec

A Komuiitlc Storj. I n tho middle of tlie winter of 1;Jm,

a lire broko out in the Female. Semina

ry Rt Lini'icH, Fnncc, ami sjiretnl with

dition aud illegality.

tutor wero lieinnin i(i pray for the unfortunate child, a u!l iir!, with di-i-hevftlfd Llonlc hair and flowing nightgown, ran through the crowd, ami, with a shriek: "I'll save her!" that rose above tho sound of t rackinir timbers

KoutH Carolina. The .South Carolina Legislature met on the 2Hth. u the precedini? ni?ht the Statehouse was occupied by Lulled States

troop, hntranee to the hall of the House I and f.illinp masonry, d:ihcd into the was tefiis.-d to tho leniorvtl: niembera 1 doorway. A loud hurrah, that was from Kdclb Id and Laurens, ( lalinini; their j prolonjrel to the echo only to bo reseat by authority of tae state Uttpreme j jiettted aain, nltractcd tho attention of Court, whereupon the entlr Ieiueratlc . th j dcvtU'es, nnd the pale-faced girl deleg-atinn. af terjirotestir, agxiii-t their e x- was con hurrying through tho ll.ttnr elusion, withdrew and organized In another I with tho terrified childT A few days hall w lthld member. TheKeptibliean House j thereafter King Louia Philippe sent tLo oriranled with M members, which they i heroine a gold medal for her bravery, (I timed tol.e a quorum, and subeiticiitly ! and a Captain in the French Army, who admitted live Ib publicin contestant from hail witncsxeil tho girl's pluck, lcgo,,( HarnwclK'oui.ty. On thd oO'h the United jail introduction. '1 hat Captain ii i?ow Mtstes troops WHr withdtawn from the ' President of Fiance, and tho brave girl State-Louse, (Jen. Kner fcUtin that the ; Mio. MacMahon.

Our Coaht Defense aud Harbors. ANNt'.tl. HKI'OUl iK UV.S. II I'M I'll UK, st, I'll IKK OK INtllNKKItS. Washington, Nov. UH.lhe annual report of ll?neral A. A. Humphreys, t'l.icf of Kuiuecrs, presents a detailed statement of the various operations of tha KiiKlncers' Heparlnieiit duilnir the ttsi nl year ending Juno :I0, J S7i , sketches those which are now la progress, and niiWes numerous recommendations for the future. The number of olticcrs holding; commissions In the Corps of KuKlneers of the I'nited Mates artnv at the end of the llscul year was 107 on the active list and five iu the retired list. The latter, however, under tho law of Jan. 21, 170, are not available for duty, lu duties devolving upou the corps, by law, the employment of a number of scientists and assistant enidneers has been necessary. Atnonir, tWe estimates for appropriation which lieueral Humphreys earnestly recommend are the following: For completing the defensive works al Fort Jackson. Mississippi Kiver, J.,0OO; Fort 1'hilip, Mississippi Kiver, $:,h0. On the subject of river and harbor appropriations for the current fiscal year, (icueral Humphreys says: 'Of the amounts appropriated for public works on rivet s ami harbors by the act approved August 14, ISTO, certain allotments have been made in compliance with the Instructions of the Secretary of War of September 4, litnitlnir tho expenditure" tind.T the hci to r-.""".ssi, and directing that no i:ew work of improvement should be begun. The following statement exhibits these AIMMMKNTH IN lOUtH : For Improvement of lite, uioutli ol trie Mississippi Kiver t'.ooO (urvex s at Uie soutli pass of Miisippl Kiver n,(KSi l.alvestou bar ; M,-U .Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas divers' snacoiiK operaUons ,Vi,.h) Miss ssippi Kiver, li'lmi'ii ti.e moutbs of Ohio and Illinois Itivers l.'l.oo. Mississippi River cliaiinel, opposite St. Louis J'i.Ooi I es Moines Kapids ol U-s-k Island Itaplds lu.tusi I ner Mississippi Kiver n,ssi Kalis of ."st. Anliiony. 71, K0 Annual expense of taiiKlni; waters of the Mis-i-ippi and tribuuriea S.issi UcmoMiiif rati in lied Kiver, and cloaliljt Tone lta on , I. a .11,00(1 linprovrment of oino Uivcr l.' i.iso Iinproveiiieiit of Tennessee Kiver f.iu.osi .real Kanaw ha Kiver 13, .oo Ihliuii Kiver 'U,issi t an I Wisconsin Kiver )'.'","o Orccu Kay, Wi :!,ooo Milwaukee hariMir .i,iksi I Incus' ) harbor 1 ,14m Harbor .jt refuel-', bake llur 1. 7 ,0 0 Saftinaw Kivit ll.nin 'I oiedo harbor '.'J.o 0 1 leveland harlKr le, 111 Kne harbor i:,(s! K'lilulh harbor, Minn ,,- Kir.rai.cc to Mi.trivr !'.. , VVi tm, Ontonagon haris.r, Midi I.imi Mar.pielU-, Mich , l.noo Almap-e, W l,ls t wo Kiver hartior, W 1 1 ,ii 1 Manitowoc liarlsir, Wis .', ,0 o M.elM'jKSn harlr. Wis .. I,i alumet liaruor. Ill . l.io White Kiver bat bor, Mich 11,oi Orand Haven, h .rbor, .Viich 1,oii miratuck burbor, Mic- !,.') oiilli Haven liarlor. Mich :t,."ii st. .loM'ph turts.r, Midi s.usi An Mtti. e Kivi r. Mien l.tso Sandusky harlsr, otiio l.'.V 0 eriiullion harler, Ohio I ,o h airport harbor, Omo .',isi 1'ier at uioutli of liUck Kiver, O.'u.i... ,o 0 Micliian City harlsr, oi l Im.is 0 In il tt rtuitiiim the amounts to be allotted to each work named reference has bren had to the balances on h in I of previous appropriations for the work specified. All these impmv enients, fortbe continuance of m hich part of appropriations hav e been allotted, are, in my Judgment, cieaily nation il allotments to iuiprov eiiicut of l-ser magnitude, and, in ooiiciuence, are itulispetisatdy nec-ce-sary to protect w hat has already been done. 1 l.'li. et s in charge of the improvements were notified of the amounts allotted, and the works are now being conducted on this haU. ' The ri port alo epitomize the ib-taib-d a tints Biven s-y the otli.-crs of river and lurbor linprovenient, etc., now in pr gres under their respective manairenients, together With a statement of the amount hi. h th-se ofllctr etiinate can be I rotiublv expended during the next fiscal year. Among these are the following K.-TIM V IV. : K. r Improveiiienta ol the Mississippi K.ver, U'twc. n U.e mouths of the 11. 1ii'.is iiii'1 O 110 111 vers I V1OJ..1I Kr the iiouth ot tne Misisi.pi Kiver l ',-oi Kor the rpMr M is-is,(..i K,v r .. . !'l,o I or mi roi rincnt at IK- alou.e Kapid 1 1 ,' K..r K k Island l.ai 1 Is .'o,.si t or Illinois Kiver s.ooo Kor U110 Kiver r; n,.i Kor NVala-n Kner II ,o o I or (,reat Kanaw ha Kiver. 1,msi,iksI Kor removing sua.'- and wrecks from the M iksis-iii, Mihsouri an I Arkansas Kivirs .VV,msi tiiiprovenient of leveland harbor..... ;i',ci Improvement of s-indiiskv harbor .Vi,. I'lipr-iveineiit of fort t liutou, oiuo. . . Vo,! 1 oic lo harlsr 1 (n,i u Monroe liarlsr, Michigan 1 1,111 ( In imo k in , .Mu lligan .i.'i.osi saairimiM Kiver, M ichir.n r.',oisi l Itoit Kiver 2o',iki lliil.orol refiik'e, l.fike Huron 'J 11 1 11 t Mary's r nils t 11 mil :ai,iioi i hicairo li trbr rVMi M n Ii i(an City harbor i.;o Ii; trars.n ttinz tl.ee statements ,. t tie am unt wh-c.i hi subor on i e olticcrs sav I'ari be p-otitab y evpi' o'.ed ti rt n tlie next fiscal year, th- Chief of F.t i'tneer makes 10 recoi.iiueu oition of hi own ci.iii cri.n.g till til.

- . Mftvlem rrlcnts. Had the Turkish soldier been well led, ho would have o,,ne straight to Ibdprade, and the wSole business would nave been .settled forthwith. It hat always been a beautiful siht to hco him int battle. Lven tho Sofia, battalions caujiht tho true t-piritof tho soldier and went into action like men. I well ri iiieinU r a very sinking instance. It was toward ovenino; time? when Ti licrnayiir.s newly arrived llU'sians wi re tryino; to liht their way up tho face of our position at Koavti. It was clear soniebtMly must stop thorn, and they were sheltered from our puns by tho wood below. The Soft as wero called up, jrot into line, dressed," and ordered to doublo down tho hid. For a moment there was comparative silence: naught but tho rattle of musketry and artillery wan heard. Tho priests wer1 ;atherino; inspiration- it was their lirs-t l attle-iield. Then with one voice they xhouted: "Allah!" ar.d with this religious appeal they dashed into tho woods. Ill fared it with llussiun and Serb that day, for tho Softns went on, passing between tho trees, and searohing for the foe, whom, when found, they incontinently destroyed. There was 110 more cheering" till we reached the village at tho end of tho wooil and the last Serb had lied. Then thero was another loud shout, which told that tho priests had won their maiden lipht andweic victorious. London lkyrah.

All ludlau Knterprise, Tho 1 'lutes of Nevada have never . ciu-ioued tuuch trouble to the whites thouoli comparatively f-w of them arc upon reservation. They mostly nVe iu tho neihborbood of mtu'mo; towns and camps, content with kih h miI.v,.. eiico as can be obtained from the ser:iM of food diecitrded by tho whites. They occasionally do a littlo work, ami spend tho money thus gained niodly f,,r whisky. (Jenerally, where the tribes havo been bronchi iuto close relation with tho whites, Darwin's doctrine nf tho survival of the litU'st seems to have been exeiuplilinl, for llio rod man U gradually ilyincj mt. Naehes, Chief (,f tho 1'iutes who camp around Winn.-, mucca, has repcaU-illy expressed his sorrow at tho degradation of his j pie, and stated his itesiro that his brethren bhoultl follow tho example of tho whites, and adopt at least some ,,f the usages of American civilization. With this view, according to a statement in tho Winneumcca Silvtr Stat,, tho old Chief han been nvgotialing with the railroad ollicinLs for the purchase i f a tract of land in Humboldt Valley, f ,r tho purposo of .'HUliihing a colony v? hero tho young men of the Humboldt tribe may learn agricultural pur-uds. It is to bo hoped that Ntiches wiil ,e successful in his enterpri-e, and that both tho Railroad company ami ti.e National (Jovernment will render everv assistance. Humboldt Valley is known to bo fertilo. A tnarkt-t can always he obtained for agricultural produce ia tho mining towns. The experiment should, tkvrcfore, prove remunerative in a pccuriiary evo.-e, as weli us iicnc-

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Some specimens of sparkling stones wero shown to us lately, which, we :' told, are found in certain localities on this Isthmus. The stones in question seemed to bo a variety of the np:d. u brilliant sometimes of enonnoiis val.ie, according to its sie and light. It is pretty generally known what the discovery of tho diamond iietd.s of (ri'pialand West has doi.e for South Africa. Not long ago we published a paragraph stating, on the authority of tho Cape Aryus, that diamonds of th South African fields to the value i f two millions sterling wero Mold la.-t year. Tho South African diamond lields extend over a surface of s X) s jttare miles ; yet, for ages, no human hand disturbed the millions of priceless brilliants which lay scattered in I host! unknown deserts of (iri'jualand West, till chance revealed their existence- to lately as the year lb'.. Tho diamond is the most costly of all precious stones; the emerald, the ruby, aud the sapphire aNo arc highly prized, as well as tho topaz, and the amethyst Tho onal, a variety of whit Ii seems to exist hero, sometime has cost enormous prices, in individual instances. The best opals aro found in Hungary and Mexico. Our Isthmus i. not so far from the latter country 1 hat il is nut mireasonable to expect, that good opal may yet be discovered bete. l'aniom Flir ami IJtrnU. ('apt. Couch, of St. Joseph, M , received the mule contract recently lit at Omaha by the (iovernmcnt oiVo i ils there. Tbo grain contracts were awarded to parties from Omaha nt.d Sioux City 11 follows: Old corn, delivered at Omaha barracks, i ked, I-.'.':

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