Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 20, Number 9, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 March 1878 — Page 6

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CUlttlENT NEWS. WASMIXttTON. Tke report of tke Xatlenal Department of ! Agrieulttire for 1S77, how l aourse of publieation, Mateo that tke yield of wheat in tke United Stte for tke year was X),OOO,0O0 bushels, or 80,000,000 wore than wa ever before produced. Deducing tke amount neee.ry for home consumption in food and seed, upward of 110,000,000 can be pared for exjwrt. Tke acreage of winter wkw. for 1S7H U greater than that of 1877. Tke worn product was 1,800,000,000 bushels, with v. t responding yield of oats and potaTke. House Committee on Military Attalrs kave resolved, That 1b view of tke condition ef affairs Ih tke M ex loan frontier and tke dangers arising (rem an outbreak of Indian hostilities, any measure looking toward a reduotion of the effective force of the army Is not Justified by the condition of the country, and k unsafe and unwise. A Washington special says that the Attorney-General has failed to tind any mode for Judicial interference on the part of the Government In the Louisiana prosecutions In their present attitude, but, If pursued, he Is of the opinion that they may assume such shape as will place It in the power of the Government to reach them. The President has nominated Charles McCandless, of Pennsylvania, Chief JustlceSupreme Court of New Mexico; Johnson S. C. Witeher, of "West Virginia, United States Marshal for Idaho; Wm. S. Pollock, of Illinois, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Dakota Superintendeney. The President has sent the following nominations to the Senate; Bayard Taylor, Kntoj Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Germany; Jehu Baker, Illinois, Minister resident to Venezuela? Win. C. Goodloe, Kentucky, Minister resident to Belgium; Ben. F. Simpson, Kansas, United States Marshal, Kansas; Win. A. Howard, of Michlj?n,Governor of Dakota Territory. The Senate Committee on Territories will report favorably upon the bill for the crca-1 tlon of the Territory of Lincoln, to be form- j ed out of portions of the Territories of Da-1 kota and Wyoming so as to include all the i Black Hills country. Of the 24 votes In the Senate against the retnonetfzation of silver, 12 wre contributed by New England, four by New York and New Jersey, and one each by Delaware, Maryland, South Carollna,iGeorgia, MHlsilppi, California, Oregon, and Michigan. There were 22 States that voted unanimously solid for the bill: Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Iowa, Florida, Colorado, Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Minnesota, Arkansas, Nebraska, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois, West Virginia, Kansas, Missouri, and Nevada; and eight States that gave half their votes for the bill: Delaware, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Michigan, California, and Oregonmaking a total of 52 votes out of 76. At a conference of the friends of the Silver bill In CongreH", held on the evening of the lKh, It was decided, after considerable discussion, to refer the Senate bill to the House Committee on Banking and Currency. Quite a number were In favor of passing the bill with the Senate amendments without any reference, but. only three or four held out against theeeurse deeided upon. wmr and south whst. Three children of a colored man named Left ridge, living at Bucktown Furnace, Lawrenee County, O., were burned to death on the 13th. The mother left the children atone in the house to oall upon u neighbor, and when she returned her house was wrapped In fltnies. ThevEtna Iron-works, with a capital of $1,090,000, at Ironton, O., has suspended payment. The nominal assets are largely In exeei of liabilities. Mr. John K. Tracy, for many jtars President of tke Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, died at Erie, Pa., on the 13th, In his Md year. John W. Roarers was hanged at Madison, Ind., on the 1Mb, for the murder of John W. Sewell, a real eetate agent of Indianapolis, In November last. The crime was committed In Soott County, where Sewell had gone for the purpose ef selling a farm to Beavers. The transaction was effected, after whleh Beavers murdered Sewell and took possession of both the money and the deed for the land. John Abies was hanged at Carthage, Mo., en the 1Mb, for tke murder ef John L. Lane In April, 1874. Abies charged that Lane had been Intimate with his wife. Judge Dillon kae declined to make a decision In tho ease known as the pro rate case of the Kansas Pacific against the Union Paelfle Company, In the Circuit Court of the United State for the District of Nebraska, and for that reason the Kansas Pacific has dismissed tho action. By the falling of the floor in a hall at Stevens' Point, Wis., on the night of the l&th, during a lecture by Eli Tcrkins, Col. J.une M. Blood was killed and Ell Perkins had his arm broken. At Mount Sterling, Ky., on the 15th, James Anderson was finally stabbed by Col. Weedon I). Gay, of Powell County. The parties had hot word retarding a business transaction, tho lie was given by Gay to Anderson, and when tke latter iprang forward Intent Upon avenging the Insult, he waa met by Gay with an open knife, which was plunged Into his vitals. Immediately after the cutting Gay waa attacked by tke brother ef the wounded man, who felled him to the pavement with one lick from an ax-handle, and would have brained him but for the prompt Interference sf bystanders. Young Ander-en Is a well knewn eltlzen, hla wife being the daughter ef Hen. Garrett Davh. Seme stai bales have keen published by the at. Paul ChMiker ef Commeree, a hewing

tluit tk wheat cY of Minnesota far th ' ymr 177 wu about ,OW,Wd baskets. If thUflguringb wrael, It will jdawM lane-j sta at Ike k4Mid ft! ik wneat -producing

States, Illinois cowing next with 35,000,01)0 bushel. Dr. Henry C. Mow, an old and rtmwaed

citizen of Venice, Madison County, III., was 1 coming a law in Its present shape." snot and instantly killed, while standing in The Havana Official GutfUt my that all tke door of his own house, on tke night of the insurgent leaders have given In their adthe 17th, Ne el aw te the awawdn. j heslon to tke peaee conditions. Friends of A shooting affray occurred In the street the Cuban cause In America deny the asseref Bryan, Texas, en tke ltth, about 4 o'clock ' tlon. p.m. Four men were'engaged, armed with i both guns and revolvers, and some 1A shots , cdxokkhsional. were fired in all. One of the party, Irwin In the Senate, on the l.'kh, Senator Tugalls byname, was killed; another, Rusk, was I Introduced a bill to promote tho rtrnmlt of fatally wounded; and a citizen and looker- ?HV,f M '"'"m vi'n ".iL.jrXK ' . '. . i0i. , for the funding ol the National debt Into on, named Morrison, was also seriously hmila "e,.,, lnto cummcy, wounded, It was an old quarrel that was ltefet red to Committee on Klnanco, (This Itt

being settled. J, J'. Moore, formerly a postal clerk en the Union Pacific Railroad, waa arrested at Riverside, near Fremont, Neb., on the 18th charged with stealing a $5,000 money puckage from the mails in August last. The money was in Canadian bank bills, and an effort to negotiate them in Chicago a few days ago, by another party, led to the arrest The money was all recovered. August Schieffer died at South Bend, Ind., a few days ago, from eating diseased pork made up into Ilverwurst. A portion of the man's arm, no larger than a pin-head, on being placed under the microscope, revealed four well defined specimens of trichina1. Mrs. SchlotFer, who also ate of the Ilverwurst, is likely to recover, but two others of the family are thought to be beyond hope. A prospecting party from Bismarck, headed by Pat Raffurty, was altncked bv Indians on Clark's Fork, about the 1st of September last, and six were kllled.vlz.: John Shenandrew, Alo Roe, Carl BJarklunder, Anderson, Ley Anderson and Thomas Rcddrield. J. W. Hover was hanged at Reno, Nov., on the. 10th, for the murder of J. N. Sbarpe, near WInnemucca,in April, 1S75. Christian Heilty, alias Reilburger, was Shot and killed while endeavoring to burglarize a house in Chicago, on the morning of the 19th. He was an old offender. John Gutnbinger,agcd27, fell in love with Maggie Leider, aged 18, the daughter of his employer, Michael Leider, a wealthy saloonkeeper at 180S Market Street, St. Louis. Maggie reciprocated the attachment, but the father became enraged and ordered John to leave his house. A few days subsequently the lovers went to the Lin dell Hotel and engaged a room, and on the following marning, February 10, they were discovered dead In bed, she with a bullet hole over the left ear, and he with a similar one In his right temple. Both were dressed, and he still grasped & revolver In his hand. They were both persons of intelligence and attractive personal appearance. There seems te be no doubt that the fatal act was fully premeditated by both he to first en'd her existence and then his own. EAST AND SOCTIIKAST. William Upham, manufacturer of woolen goods at Speneer, Mas., has failed. Liabilities estimated 81100,000. nis failure Involves many of the leading business men of Spencer and Leicester who have Indorsed his paper quite heavily. j Mr. and Mrs. James Wormly, living on a ' farm about 10 miles from Goldsboro, N. C, t were recently brutally murdered by a negro I named Noah Cherry, who entered the house J during the night and fell upon his victims 1 with a club wlille they were asleep. The murderer lived on an adjoining farm, and the horrible crime was committed on ac- ' count of a personal grudge. Cherry was 1 arrested and was likely to be lynched. I Th old rnali.lrm nf Daniel Wphwter. nt t ; MarshHcld,Mass., burned on the 14th. It wai occupied by Mrs. Fletcher Webster. An explosion demolished Leet t Smith's percitsttion-cap factory In Springfield, Mass., oh the 1.1th, and killed Otis B. Smith, the Junior partner. Tke Maine House of Representatives hag under consideration a bill granting suffrage to women. Afire, originating in the Excelsior Building, West Twenty-third Street, New YorkCity, on the night of the 17th, destroyed tKat building, together with the Church of the Covenanters and the Twenty-third Street Presbyterian Church. MIFCKLI.ANKODS. An investigation into the cause of the wreck of the steamer Metropolis discloses the fact that her timbers were so rotten as to render her entirely unseaworthy. Edwin Balson and Owen Harris, first and second officers of the Canard steamer Chlaa, were washed overboard and drowned on the last voyage from Liverpool. FOREIGN. At WItcham, New Bruuswlck,nn tho night of the 10th, a house belonging to Daniel Reardon burned, and Iloardon, ki4 wife and four children perished in the flames. The neighbors knew nothing of tho catastrophe till mornlng.when the charred remains were found in the debris. A double wedding was celebrated with great aplendor In the chapel of the Old Pal - ace at Berlin, on the night of tho 18th, the high contracting partie being 115 ins i nnccss Charlotte.daughterof the Crown Prince and granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and Bernard, hereditary Prince of the Duchy of Saxe Melncngcns the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Prlnee Frcderlek Charles and Augustus, hereditary Prince of tke Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. Among those present were the King and Queen ef tho Belgians, tho Prlnee of Wales, the Duke of Connaught, the Prince of Orange, Prince Bismarck, and many other personages of rank, Among the festivities was the traditional "dance by torchlight" of 12 Ministers f the Swpersr'i Court, Prlnee K Ism a relieving the prdeewdoH. The Conclave ef Cardinals east tkelr first tela en tke IfKh. There wm ne ehelee. A eerrestomlMt Myst Tke uneempromtilag varlyare divided, seme ftvering Cardinal Blltefer tke Pafaey, tuid trame Cardinal

Slmeonl. Th moderates heltate between Cardinal Vml and r"rHhl. 'Ike Ittdim 21fHW ef the ltk 'm; ' United State bonds have surprised many

people by advancing, I tint end of falling, on , reeelpt of tke news that tke Silver bill had passed In a manner that will Insure Its be a copy of mo mil uitromiceu ny .nr. runup in the House on tlio lot), ltttln were imssim! providing forthesHlo of Government lands In KausHH, Hntl for holding tho United States District Oourt for tho Southern District of Iowa at iiurliugtou, Tho Sliver hill wan still further discussed. Senators ThuruiHii, Saumlertf. Sargimt, Davis, Voor. Iiecs HndMaxoyspeHKliiK thoroou In tho Douse, the Military Academy Appropriation hill was couHidered in Committee of the Wholo. Tim discussion took a wido raiiKC, the principal part of the debatu helnjc upon the Into Presidential election, the proceed iHKsof the Klectoral ConimlHSion, the alleged understanding between certain Northern He. publicans and Southern Democrats, the action of the LouislHim Itoturuing Itrmrd and their present prosecution, etc., otc In the Senate on the 14th, the House joint resolution declaring that a reduction of the tux on distilled spirits 1 inexpedient, passed i yeas 49, nays . Senator Saunders introduced a bill to provide a toutporHry Government for the Territory of Lincoln, unit Senator Dorsey another to organize tho Territory of Oklahoma. (Senator Voorhees submitted a resolution instruct, log tho Judiciary Comniltteo to inmiiro into certHlu land grants made to tho Kansaand Neosho Vnlluy Itailroad, the Southern branch of the I'ulon 1'acltlc Kail road, and other railroad companies, to ascertain it said companies liuvc Wucd bonds predicated upon conditional land Krauts mid to whom such bonds were issued. Laid over at tho migvcstlon ef Mr. Ingalls. Tho Silver bill came up at tho expiration of the morning hour, and Senator Jones of Nuvada spoke in favor thereof. Seimtor itlaino followed in advocacy of tho substitute heretofore introduced by htm........ In the House, the Speaker submitted a communication from thu Secretary of tho Treasury, stating that tho internal revenue of tho Government lis. fallen og $l,t5K,000, principally on account of tho agitution in regain to the tax on tobacco and whisky, anil recommondiuK the Hou-e to taku iintnedlato action nn thu subject. Tho comuiunicution was referred to the Committed on Ways and Means, Mr. Gibson of Louisiana roso to a personal explanation and denied that any rcpru.wntutlve of I.ouMaiiR had engaKOd in any bargain In regard to tho Presidency, which reflected on tho honor of the State In the Senate, on the lfdh, consideration ' of tho Hlver bill waa resumed, with the tindorstanding anionic the friends of tho bill that it should bo brought to a tlnal vote before adjournment for the day. Speeches were made by Senators IngalH, Allison and Lamar, the question being on the amendment of tho Finance Committee to striko out of tho Houso bill the free'Colnntco clause and liwirt In lieu i hereof a clause advising tho Sucretary of tho Treasury, outot any money In the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to purchase, from time to time, silver bullion, not Itwsthau Ji.'W.OM) per month, nor more than i,o.o,Kk) per mouth, and causo the same to be coined, etc. Tho amendment was adopted yeas 49, iiitys 2J, as follows? rw Messrs. Allison, Anthrtny, Itanium, linvard, Maine. Booth, It nice, (turnstile. But ler, Cameron (Ph.), Cameron (Wis,), Chaffee, Ohristianey, Conkling, Davis ( h.;.i , Dawes, norsoy, McMilW Dorsey, Keriian, Kirkwood, Lumar,Mc'DonaIil, mit. jHcrncrson. .uattnews. .Morrinion. Katon, IMiiiiiiuls, Keny, Ilainllii. Hoar. Howe, myalls, Johnston, Kellogir, .Mitchell, Morrill, Otflesby, Paddock, I'lum, KaudolnH, itHiisom, ltirtlins, Sargent, Saulsbury. Teller, Wadlnlgh, Walhiee. Whyte, Winditm 41). AVtyf Messr. Armstrong, llalley, fleck, Cockrell. Coke, Conovcr, Ditvis (III.), Dennis, Kustis, Garland, Grovcr, Hereford, Jones (fr'la.), Jones (Nov,), McCrcery, Mnxey, Morgan, Saunders, Spencer, Thurmnn, Voornees, Wlther.i-23. An amendment providing for an International Commission, to adopt a common ratio between gold and silver, was adopted yeas 40, nays 30. An amendment to tho clause making tho silver dollar a legal tender for all debts and duos, miblio and nrivaio. excent i wheroothcrwiso provided bvcontract,soasti i read, instead ot ' provided by," "expressiy Mipunueii" in tne eontrnct, wiw miopteii j eii- 37, nays VhWous uiuendinents, jirovldfngtluu the dollar Mmll consist of 420, 13ft, and 1 10 Bruins, were rejected, also ono limiting Its legal-tender power to $30. Tho discussion was further continued until nearly ft a. m. Saturday, when a final vote w as taken, resulting in the passage of th bill by a vote of 48 yeaa to 21 nays, as follows! )w Messrs, Allison, Armstrong, Bailey, Beck, Booth, Itmcc, Cameron (Ph.), Cameron Vis,),ChHtr!0, Coekrcll. Coke, Conovcr, Da vis (III.). Davis (West Va.), Dennis, I)otey, Kustls, terry, (arland,(ordon, GnivorJIeroford, Howe, Ingalls, .nhnton, Jones (I'laJ, Jonoa (Nov.), Kellogg, Klrkwood, McCteery, McDonald, McMillan, .Matthews, Maxev. Mcrrimon, Morgan, Uglesby, Paddock, Plumb, Saulsbury, fnuuders, Spencer, Teller, Thurtimn, Voorhccs, Wallace, Windom and Withers IH, A'iyi Messrs. Anthony, Uurnum, Itavard, BlHine, llunisidc, Ohristlnncy, Conkling, Dawes, Kdiimiiils, Hamlin, Hoar, Kernan, I.Kinar, Mcl'herxon, Mitchell, Morrill, Kandolph, Itolltns, Sargent, Wadlclgh and Whyto Messrs, Harris and Patterson, who would havii voted in tho affirmative, were paired with Messrs. Hill and llutle.r, who would have voted in tho negative. Absent and not paired Messrs. Katon, Hansom and .Sharon. On motion of Senator Allison, tho title of the bill was amended so as to read, " A bill to authorize tho coinage of h standard silver dollar, and restore its legal-tender character." The Senate, atfi o'clock, afteracontln nous session of seventeen hours, adjourned until Monday. The following Is the toll text of tho bill hs passed Be It enacted by tho Senate and Houso of Representative of tlict'nlted Statesof America, In Congress asmmblcd, That there shall bo coined at the several u.lntsof tho United .States silver dollars of tho weight of 411,' grains, troy, of standard silver, as provided lii'tho net of January 18, 1W7, on which shall on tun tie vices ami superscription provided by 1 said act; whlch'colns. together with alt silver I l!?Y,ir.? . tonuer at their nominal vhluo for all debt and lines, public Hud prlvaU', e.xeept where otherwise expressly tipubtted In thu contract, and tho Secretary of tho Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase, from time to time, silver buUlon nt thu market price thereof, not loss than tf.om.ooo worth per month, nor more tliaiifl.coo.ooo wot th per month, and cause the same to ho coined monthly, as fast as so purchased, into such dollars; and a sum suillcleiit to carry out tho foregoing provision of this act is hernbv unnt-oiirlnled j out of any money In tho Treasury not otherwiiwj Himroitiiaieu.Hnii any gain or seigniorage artalnglroni this coinage shall be accounted for and paid Into theTicasury.as provided muter existing law-H relative to tho subsidiary coinage. Provided, that thu amount of money at any one time invested in such allver bullion, exclusive ot such resulting coin, shall not exceed 16,000,000 j and provided further, that nothing In this act shall be construed to authorize the payment In silver of certificates of deposit Issued wndur tho pro visions ol section Ml of the Revised statutes, Sec. 2. All aeta and parts of acta inconslst nt with tke provisions of this aet are hereby

Set). 3, That ImmwIlatHy alter theiWHtmgo of this aet ttoe Prewbtont shall invite the Ltv. orHHieiiUi of the countries eomiHHdHg the Latin Dnion, ao'ealled, and of mien other i;at ! nations as ho may deem advisable to Join tho Dnlt-d Statoatu a eoHferem'o to adopt a eommoii ratio lHtweeii gdd and silver, tor the piuiMHw of establishing interuatUHially tho use of hi metallic money and tMKMirlng h tlxlty of the relative value between tliOM two mvtals; sucheonferenee to to held Ht such place In K 11 rope or in the United States at ucti time within six mouths as may lw iiiiititHlly agreed iihh by the Kxceutives of CovernmoHtM Joining In the aaiue. Whenever the Governments so invited, or any t Inert of tliiim, Mhall have Hlgnlrled their willbigness to itulto in tho same, the President shall, by and with tho advlco and consent of tho Senate, appoint three Commissioners, who shall attend such conference In behalf of tho United atatos, and who ahall report tho doings thereof to tho President, who shall transmit the same to Congress. .Said Commissioners shall each receive the sum of J,50, and their reasonable expenses, to bo approved by tho Secretary of State, and the amount necessary pay such compensation and expenses It heruby appropriated out of any money In tho Treasury not otherwise approptlated. Sec. 4, That any holder of tho coin author, iaed by this act may deposit the samo with the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasuior of the Pnlted States, in sums not less than flO, and reeeivo therefor oertlHcaten of not less than Jl" each, corrospoiultug with tho denominations of tho United States note. Tho coin deposited for or representing the certificates shall be re tallied in the Treasury for the payment of tho same on demand. Said ceitirteates shall bo receivable for customs, taxes and nil public dues, and when so received may be reissued. In the Senate, on the 18th, a largo number of petitions wore Introduced. A resolution to bavu Inquiry made Into the legislation needod to prevent the Introduction of yellow fever into this country wa adopted. Hills passed for tho relief of settlers on public lands under tho pie-cwptfon law, ami to amend the act of March 2, 1S77, to provide for the preparation and publication of 11 new edition of the Revised Matutes of tho Pnlted States. .....In the House the Maud Silver bill, with the Senate amendments, was ordered printed. Tho bill compensating George H. Glddlngs for mall service rendered prior to tho war passed. District of Columbia business was considered in Commltteo ot thu Whole. In the Senate, on the 10th, the amended Pension bill, restoring to tho pension rolls tho names of nil persons now surviving, heretofore pensioned on account of service In the war of 1812 or any of tho Indian wars, whose names were stricken therefrom on account of tllsloyHltv, etc., was passed, 47 to a, ......In the Home, Mr. Harrla, Chairman ot tho Election Committee, culled up tho election case of Acklln vs. Darrell, from the Fourth Louisiana District, tho majority report being in favor of Acklln, tho contestant, and the minority being in favor of Darrell, tho sitting member. A long illscussion ensued, led off by Mr. Halo in reply to a speech made by Mr, Gibson on the previous Thursday, In thr course of bis argument Mr. Hale said that there was no legal ground for the prosecution of Anderson of tho Itoturuing Hoard, and thatthure was a profound Impression that thu proceeding i fonislana had its root, Its mainspring, its source elsewhere, that there were many who believed that that whole pciformancu had been dictated and driven forward by restless men, who did not mean ever to admit that tho President's title had been settled, the President of tho United States learning to-iUy tho lesson of misplaced confidence. Mr. Olbson, in reply, portrayed tho state of affairs in Louisiana during the late years, when no guilty man had been punished and when no honest man felt bis life secure from lawlessness, but since tho Xicholls Government had been inaugurated no man, whether poor or rich, who committed a crime, hud escaped punishment, lie denied that tho Returning Board wan-perM'cnted on political grounds, liovei ting to the charges of a compact between the ntithorlties nt Louisiana and the Federal Government, he denied It not only for the NMclmls ('Trrnmi-nt, not only for his friends, but for the President and his Cabinet. They could not lie guilty of such a crime. Mr. Garflnld also made a speech of some length, In which he arraigned the ljulsluna authorities for their prosecution of tho Returning Hoard. Our AmcriiMH Neighbors. Tho United States have upon their border-?, within easy roach, r number of national neighbors who might to Imj our customer. They are in one sense eustomera that it), wo buy largely of them, and they take our money ami buy gouda with it of other countries. We refer to Mexico, the States of Central America ami of South America, and to the West India hdaml.s. Tho character of this trade with Stales almost at our doors is shown in the values of what wu buy of Ihcm and of what we fcoll to them. We

give the totals for 1SI7: ,..., rr iin. c $ IMI4M1 3,4!AV. 67,M.21W 4,l7s021 7,C".VVW IS.ilW.OIl 2,i:t7,7II Hof tre ftl. J L?(,r41 t,:ww,:tis li.71 ,m 2,S2,fU4 U.twifl.tlWi 7,4W,m 1,077,431 1,12-UtW 2,l7A,4r,7 l,2.1,l0tl 4,022,242 Mexico, Central America...... Culm Porto Klco Venezuela.. Ilra.il Uruguay., Argentine Itepubllc... Chill Peru U. S. of Colombia...... W!,"16 S,4M,31U Totnl $i&.VMiyJi" l,0Hl,3 Included in the imports and exports were thu following items of silver and gold : Gold coin and bullion $ 2,r.l.-.t Silver com and bullion U,b.ft1 115,121,017 Kxporti of gold ami silver........... Ll.vvu Kxccssof specie Imports .....J11,S7t,o-5 In addition to thesu figures, wo received from these States, for exportation, merchandise valued at about G,00),000, including .!l,00,000 of Hj.eeie. The heaviest items of import were eollee, about $44,(KK),000; hides, skins ami undretwed furs, $11,000,000; India rubber, $0,000,000; nitrate of soda, 1, 000,01 Kl; sugar anil molasses, from Cuba $50,G00.O00, from Porto Kieo $4,000,000, from Hrazil over $3,000,000 ; total sugar and molassea, $00,000,000; ami about $2,000,000 of raw wool. In return wo sold them of our manufauturo': Cottons, $a,rV0O,(KK); gins, ware, $ir7,0( 0; iron umniifuetures, $H,270,000; Bteel goods, $1100,000; silks, none; woolens, $22,000; lard, $5,oOO,000. And this Is the beggarly exhibit of our sales of manufactured goods. The whole continent ami thu West Intlios, to whom we might sell $250,000,000 of productions, and especially of manufactures, are lost to American tradd. Wo buy of them $155,000,000 of their products and pay for them in hills on London, and these bills are there used to purchase cotton goods and other Uritish manufactures to bo sent to these American neighbors of ours to whom we refuse to sell. Chicago Tribune. The London Times awards high praise to Louise Chandler Moulton's Hew book of poih.

THK KUKUPKAN lK4HtLKM. Serloa (JoHtplleHtlitHH Arising Out of llttiI.ate War The liritlsh tleet under Admiral Hornby, on the lJHIi, iaseil through the Dardailles and (wine to anchor In the .Sea of Marmora. Turkey took no aetlou lieyoud making a formal protest. The Uritish tleet whleh pawed through the Dardaiiellea consists of six ships. Admiral Hornby's orders were to enler the straits, with or without leave, and to make arrangements to secure his rear. The ships were prepared for action. Two irouclads were left at Galllpoll, to protect the outlet, and the other four are stationed at Princess, islands. Tho French Government has declined the invitation of Kngland to send a fleet to Constantinople. The French Journals dcclurh that It Is too lato for rhtgland to act. German papers think that lllimarck will counsel peace and act as arbitrator. The Vicuna Journals maintain that Hussla has broken her word, and that Austro-llnugary will be compelled to march to war with Knglantl, In order to force Hussla to be faithful to her promises and return to her former programme. A Constantinople correspondent telegraphs on the Kith that the. Uiissiau forces are so disposed, that at the least hostile movement on thu part of Kngland, the Unssians will not only enter Constantinople, but take possession of the forts commanding tho llosphorus and Dardanelles, thus cutting oil" the communlcationsof the English duet, Tho Ilrltlsh Government apparently understands the peril of the situation, and Lord Derby has informed the ltusdan Ambassador that any movement of Russian troops toward Gallipoll would be considered as menacing the safety of the Uritish fleet, and that most disastrous consequences might follow. Tlie possession of the Turkish Iroii-clads is likely to be the prize for which each Government will first strike in the event of hostilities. London dispatches of the 17th stato that all thu Powers, including Russia, have agreed to a Congress at Baden-Hadcn. The Uritish Hoot has been withdrawn to Mottilanla Bay, 40 miles from Constantinople. Tho Russians will not occupy Galllpoll. The Insurrection in Thessaly continues, ami hostilities are breaking out in all districts of Crete. Dispatches of,thc 18th state that thu Russian troops have been ordered not to cross thu line of demarcation fixed by tho armistice. A Paris dispatch says it is understood that Russia has issued a circular informing the Powers that she has renounced the occupation of Constantinople at the request of Emperor William. Lord Derby stated in the House of Lords that the movement of the Itrltish fleet to Moudanla Hay was not due to any negotiations, ami that no progress had been made in the matter of the assembling of the Conference. m 1 It is related as an illustration of Victor Emanuel's innate politeness that when the Emperor of Germany visited him they rode out together, and, knowing that the Emperor had dilUculty in mounting his horse, Victor had some stairs mado for him. He prided himself, despite his size, years, and weight, upon springing lightly into the saddle. Tho litnperor came out to mount, and found two pairs of stairs with two horses beside them. What?" said the Emperor, udo you mount in that way PM "Always, sire," replied the He tinUmtmmof swinging himself awkwardly 01V the stairs into the saddle. 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