Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1876 — Page 2

BENBBELAER UNION A2O JASi’K® kbpublican. " ■»■■ *

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Wm In Hyde Tw% London, to demand the ™ A desperate fight occurred !n the street* ot lAmcrict, Ireland, on the 17th, between the Natiunalkfa and Home Rulers, which Woaquelled by the police with treat difficulty. Oer WO persons were wounded, forty seriousIf *11(1 nil • According to a Rome (Italy) telegram ol the ITth negotiations between Spain and the Vatican had been suspended. Spain had announced that it would adhere to the concordatef 1851, except the clause decreeing rftlUflouA unity, and. the Vatican demanded adhecanoe to the concordat in its entirety. Vienna dispatches of the 18th report bloody engagements near Trebinje, between ths Turks end the insurgents, both parties claiming to have been successful. The Irish Rille Team has concluded to ehoot with the American Team In August next. About the first of that month they The ehip Victory, from Shields, Eng., for San Francisco, sunk with ail on board, off the British coast a few days age. TwentyThe Parle Bourse was convulsed on the Mth by the intelligence that 7,000 Montenegrins had Joined the insurgents, and that Prince Milan had openly made war upon the Turkish troops. The attempt to revictual the garrison of Nicsics hid failed. The Haytien Consulate at New Fork received cable advices from Kingston on the 19th that the revolution in Hayti was triumphant Dominique, the late President, had fled. Vice-President Rameaux and Lerqueta, the General in command es the Government forces, had been shot Biron Cannel, who was exiled'from the country, was then in Port an Prince, and It was presumed would take charge of the 'Government According to a Vienna dispatch of the 20th, tee foreign ambassadors at Constantinople had remonstrated against bringing troops from Bagdad into Europe, on account of the prevalence of the plague la that city. From March 28 to April 1 there were 211 new cases of the disease, and 117 deaths In Hillab and Bagdad, and it had made its appearance on tee left bank of the Tigris. Information was received in London, on the 20th, that the natives at Delogoa Bay, in Southwestern Africa, had then against the British authorities, and fears were entertained for the safety of the missions there. Lord Lyttleton committed suicide on the Mh. A Ragusa dispatch of the filet says a second attempt to relieve and rewictual Nicsics, made on the preceding day, had signally failed, and the Turkish army was in full retreat, hotly pursued by the victorious insurgents, and'in.gTeat danger of-capture or dispersion. __._il._2L -

DOMESTIC. The President, on the 17th, signed the SiL ver-Cotn>blU, providing for tee issue of silver ■coin in place of fractional currency. ■Destructive floods have occurred in the valley ofthe Mississippi. The damage caused tn some localities exceeds that of any previousyear since 1851. •President Grant, on the 18th, vetoed the bill reducing the salary of the President to <25,0*) after the 4th of March, 1677. At Hannibal, Mo., on tee 17th, <the towboat Dictator was wrecked while attempting to pass through the draw of tee railroad bridge across the Mississippi River at that point, and sunk instantly. Tea lives were lost and .great damage was done to the bridge. The Buy levee brake in three planes on the same day, because of the high water, • and a lafge portion of the bottom lands on tee Illinois aide, opposite Hannibal, was flooded. Houses sod barns were .floated away. The entire population of the bottom fled to the bluffs, in <many<cases leaving everything behind them. Gver two ■ miles of the traok of the Quincy, Alton te BL Louis Railroad were inundated, and tee roadbed was carried aw ay in several places. The damage to property is immense. The United-States Treasury at Washington began paying out silver coin for fractional currency on the iWth. The first to avail themselves Of tee order were the Treasury employes, who formed in line at the cash room and presented fractional currency lor redemption. - A Boston dtypstch es the 20th states that' the Havings Bank had suspended, owing to a protracted run, but that it expected eventually-to pay in full. The Ballon Manufacturing Company and the firm of George Ballou A-Bon, of Woonsocket, R. 1., made an aasignmenUon the 20th. Liabilities exceed the aaaetaLy between fteOjOOO andflflOfrflfle. The Bub-Treasuaer in Chicago began tee, payment of Silver for fractienal currency en the 20th, and the stock of $85,000 on hand was exhausted on that day without satisfying tee full demand. A supply of 110,000 would be forwsaded-daily to-that city from the General Treasury, wfflch aanouut.it was thought would supply all demuad* after the first few days- ' A Fort Laramie, diqpsdch es the 20th reporte further Indian outrages on the route to the Black Hilla. Mr. and Mrs. Melz, of Laramie, City, were murdered by the,lndians In Red . Canon, about fifty mileslrom Custer City, on tee 10th. A man .by tthe name of Simpson was also killed, and .three others were wounded.

The Chicago Ater-fQcsan-obtheAOth pub- , lithe* telegrame itrom some two hundred pf glut* in IHioois, Indian*, Miehigao, Ohio Md Penneylva*>ia, .where the bulk of the wintot wheat i* grown, showing the condition of tb^ growing erapa.af winter wheat and fruit, ▲fwtrdlng to throe Aiapatahss Illinois promise* well. In a dew .count!** the wheat threatens |o prove a (aihtre, but by far the majority of the ctporte are eaconra«ing. Peaohe* were inj axed by the fold ayeil during March, but apples aad ,ncarly *ll varieties as small fruit look well ,w»d promise on -aUuu:W .yield. Mfohjltan and Pennsylvania report -excellent proapeeto for All kinds of .C*»p*. ;Jp some parte cd the latter State, peaohas apd early apple* haw suffered, but notseriona'y. Michigan, however, expects a' plentiful yield all round. In Indiana the winter and qprlng have proved unfavccahle forwtatenvibeat and peaches, but apples aud am*y foulto.wpeor to be thriving. Bqpcvte from QUo M« 40 the effect that wheat is bad. lyAyatroeS. dtepept in welLdntined bottom yield of all kinds .of fruit it expected. The burglar A’dktn, convicted of the mar AU ot fnnrirf tiL N«A< d Mew fork merchant, in August last, was Juaged in that city on th* Stet One negro, throe Ctodtaw Indians, and a white mx" were hanged for murder at Fort o«> the 15th, by the Or»nd Jury of the District 0! Columbia, ftp »liWd nwnpilcity in the safe burglary

conspiracy. Richard Harrington, hiram O. Whitely, Ichabod Nettleship, T. P. Bomervilto. Geo. E. Miles and Walter Brown were ThfijEmperw and fcmprass of Brazil arrived at Now Tork on the steamer Hevelius on (he 15th. Asaluto of 100 guns was fired by tee batteries in honor of their arrival. Secretary Fish and other distinguished gentlemen met the Emperor’s steamer on its arrival and received the royal party, who were tendered the hospitalities of the city. Secretary Fish made a brief address ofwetcomc: The Emperor of Brasil and his suite left New York on the evening of the 17th, for San Francisco. The Empress remained at New York. Henry C. Bowen has withdrawn from the Congregational Union.

POLITICAL. At the municipal election in Chicago on tee 18th, Thomas Hoyne, for Mayor, received 35,168 votes out of a total of a little over 50,000. Clinton Briggs (Dem.) was elected City Treasurer—majority over 5,000; R. 8. Tuthill (Rep.) was chosen City Attorney by nearly 6,000 majority; for City Clerk, Butr. (Rep.) has a majority of over 5,000, and Best (Rep.) is elected Clerk of Police Court by over 6,000 majority. A majority of the Aiderman chosen are Republicans. The Indiana State Democratic Convention met at Indianapolis on the 19th. The platform adopted contains resolutions calling for the withdrawal of the National Bank notes and the substitution of notes issued by the Government, and demanding the immediate repeal of the Specie Resumption act. Congressman J. D. Williams was nominated for Governor; Col. I. P. Gray, for Lieu-tenant-Governor; Judges of the Supreme Court—First District, 8. H. Buskirk; Second, A.G. Downey; Third, John Pettit; Fourth, James L. Worden; Secretary of State, John E. Neff; Auditor, E. Henderson; Treasurer, R. C. Shaw; Attorney-General, C. A. Buskirk; Superintendent of Public Instruction, - J. H. Smart; Clerk of Supreme Court, Gabriel Schmick; Reporter of Supreme Court, A. N. Martin. Delegates to the National Convention were chosen and instructed to vote as a unit A resolution was adopted declaring Gov. Hendricks to be the unanimous choice of the Convention for President of the United States. ■The Illinois State Democratic Convention to select delegates to tee National Democratic Convention lias been called to meet at Bpringfield on the 24th of June next. The Nebraska Democratic State Convention was held on the 19th, and delegates were chosen to the National Convention. They were uninstructed. Among the resolutions adopted was one demanding a return to ape. cie payment as soon as possible. The Territorial Republican Convention of Montana has instructed its delegates to the National Convention to support the nomination of Blaine for the Presidency. The Labor National Convention, recently held at Pittsburgh, Pa., adopted, among others, resolutions demanding a strong protective tariff; declaring in favor of the election of President of the United States by the direct vote of the people; demanding the strict enforcement of the Eight-Hour law, and the enactment by Congress of stringent usury Jaws; and urging upon the different State Legislatures to pass such apprentice laws as will insure oompetent workmen in every branch of industry. A New Haven dispatch of the 21st says the Connecticut delegation to the National Republican Convention favor the nomination of Postmaster-General Jewell, and will present his name to the Convention.

CONCKESSIONAL. Senate not in session on the 15th la the House, the Senate bill to provide for the administration of oaths in Impeachment trials was passed. Considerable debate ensued on a resolution reported from the .Judiciary Committee relative to the writ of habeas eorpue demanded by Kilbourne, the recusant witness, the resolution dire ting the Sergeant-at-Arms to make careful return to the writ, setting out the cause of the detention of the witness, and to still keep him in custody, and not produce bim before Judge or court without further order of the House. No vote was had on the resolution. The House Deficiency Appropriation bill was reported in the Senate, on the 17th, with amendments. Various petitions and memorials ■were presented. At haff past twelve o'clock the Senate resolved itself Into a High Court of Impeachment, and tbe House was notified of such action. Ex-Secretary Belknap soon after entered, accompanied by bis counsel. After the Impeachment Managers and Members of the House bad appeared, and tbe formal opening of the Court, Mr. Carpenter, for the defense, read and had filed a plea denying the Jurisdiction .of the Senate to try Mr. Belknap, as he was not an officer of the Government at the time the articles of mpeachment were found and presented to the Senate, and that he then was and has since been a privaie.ditizen. The cocrt then adjourned to the 19th, to give the Manages® time to prepare an answer to the plea.. -In the House a lengthy debate was had on the Kilbourne case, and a resolution was finally adopted—>6s to 75—directing the Sergeaauat-Arme to make return to the writ of Aabeaecorput, aud to produce Kilbourne before tbe Court. A resolution was adopted that, in the further proceedings in the impeachment case, the House should appear in the Senate only by its Managers. Bilte were passed in tee Senate, on the 18th—authorizing the'sale of the dongrettional Record and other pnblic documents to members of Congress st cost, with ten per cent, additional; the House Deficiency Appropriation bill, with amendments....ln the House a -unanimous report was made In the Alabama canteeted election case of Bromberg us. Haralson, declaring the sitting member (Haralson) entitled to the seat, and the report was agreed to. In the Florida election case a majority report was m-.de that Walls, the sitting member, was not, and that Finlay, the contestant, was entitled to the seat.

In 'the fSenate, sitting as a Court of Imipeacbment, on the 19th, tbe Managers of the House .presented the answer adopted by tbe House to the,plea of the defence, the answer being to the effect that at the time of the commission of the actv charged Gen. Belknap was an ofdcerof tbe.United States, and was such an. officer until after the House had completed an investigation into the charges against him and were pr&paiirjg for hi* impeachment, a fact known to aim when he resigned. An order was then agreed to that the respondent tile hie -answer to the replic tian of ttre House by the 24th, the ■ Managers their rejoinder by the 2oth, and that tbe trial jiroceed on the 27th. The -Court then adjourned. Tbe message vet'ing the bill reducing tbe salary of the Preeiden t was laid before the Senate. The » .onae bill to define tbe tax on fermented and malt liquors was passed. A .motion to meoasider she vote by which tbe bill in regard to counting-.votes for President and wioePresident was passed was agreed to—9l to 23 and the bill was placed on the calendar..—.. In the HoSea, tills were introduced—for refunding the interest bearing .bonds of the United 81a es in United States console bearing four percent, gold interest sod having Jorty years to ran; toprovide for the coinage of Centennial coins. The report in the Florina contested election ease was agreed to, and J. Q. PltTay w.ss sworn in. TteStargeaut-at-Arme reported (bat he had obeyed the writ of habtru oerjnu iw the Ballet Kilbuarnecase, and that the Jadge had ordered Kilbourne into the custody es tbe Marshal. The Senate, on tbe 20th, unanimously passed a bill avSAertetng the Secretary of the Treasury to allow Mrs. Minnie Sherman Fitch to receive, tree from dety, the wedding presents .from the Khedive of .Egypt. Amendments were, offered to the bill to amend the laws relailnglo <he legal-tender of diver coin Adjourned to tbe 1 Wth... Blll* were introduced in the House—o grout to Ohio the arwold and unappropriated. ptdutic lands la such State; to limit the power of. conrts to punish for contempt; to enlarge the! pririlege* of the writ of Ao*.*4 corpus. The Senate amendments to the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill were nooconcurred tn. Some of the deoate amendments to the Deteteney Appropriation bill wore rejected, and otben were concurred to. A resolution was adopted recltiag the charges made in • newspaper report aObct ag the official conduct of Secretary Bristow, ia regard to tbe remission of a forfehnre in the ease of the hark Mary Merritt, seized At Milwaukee in l«u»for a violation of the Castom iawr. xntt tnvtraetlng the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department to Investigate <be matter. Tbe bill to transfer the Indian Bar a* to the War Department wa* tejun up aud amended. Senate not ia /union on the 215 t... ,A bill WM introduced la the House to regulate tbe privilege of « writ of habtat corput in certain cmm. Bills wen p«***d-concerning: corpora Worn engaged io tbe btwlt«*» of dtetllilpg, tp

-r Mfnsfertbe Indian Bureau to the War DcpartmanVlSG to M—providing that, aiw tns first of Jnlv neXVlhe Swrearv ofWar shall e sere law thn rupervlaory aud appellate powers, and poasaathe joriadlaUon, now exarc sed and by the Secretary of tea Interior in regard to Indian affairs. ’

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Thomas Gracb was arrested at Terra Hautf on the night of the 15th, while suffering from an attack of delirium tremene, and released next dny. He immediately thereRftcrlnflieted fetal injuries on himself with a hummer. r ’ ’ V. Hugo Hamm, six months from Germany, attempted suicide at Indianapolis, on the 16th, from disappointment In love. He met the young lady In the case while traveling in Europe last summer, and followed her home, and,'because she would not respond to his attentions, cut his throat, Inflicting presumably fatal injuries. Lbxtox Brown, twenty years old, shot himself at Bradford on the night of the 15th. Ho was not expected to recover st last accounts. No cause is assigned for tfie act. The Ingleside Coal, Mine Company, of Evansville, has shipped a block of coal weighing 2,727 pounds to the Centennial, .The Grand State Convention of the Inde- 1 pendent Champions qt the Red Cross, of Indiana, will meet at Lafayette on the 12th of May. Delegates from all parts of the State will be present. The State Democratic Convention met in Indianapolis on the 19th, and organized by the selection of Hon. Thomas R. Cobb as President, and John W. Kern as Secretary, with the usual Vice Presidents and assistants. Hon. James D. Williams was nominated for Governor; Col. Isaac P. Gray for Lieutenant-Governor; Judges of the Supreme Court—First District, 8. H. Buskirk; Second District, A. G. Downey; Third District, John Pettit; Fourth District, James L. Worden; Secretary of State, John E. Neff; Auditor of Btate, Hrfffdereinr, "TrcnsuTcf, 'fivnjlffiiTh " C. Shaw; Attorney-General, C. A. Buskirk; Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. H. Smart; Clerk of the Supreme Court, Gabriel Schmick; Reporter of the Supreme Court, Augustus N. Martin. The following were Appointed delegates to the St. Louis Convention: At Large: B. W. Hanna, of Vigo; M. D. Manson, of Montgomery; M. C. Kerr, of Floyd; J. E McDonald, of Marion; First District—Thomas E. Garven, O M. Welburn. Second—Samuel H Taylor, Thomas R. Cobb. Third —Samuel B. Vavlcs, Francis J. Horde. Fourth—Cortes Ewing, Thomas Armstrong. Fifth—O. H. Roberts, J. Elder. Sixth— James W. Saulsburv, J. F McDurnell. Seventh—W.G. Neff," J. B Ryan. D. W. Voorhees, Elijali Newland. Ninth— John Williams, David P. Barnard. Tenth— J. 11 Winterbothain, 88. Daily. Eleventh —John Mitchell, A. F. Armstrong. Twelfth —Samuel McGaughey, M. V. B Spencer. Thirteenth —J. B. Stall, Daniel McDonald. The following were elected for the State Central Committee: First District—Thomas Byrnes, of Vanderburgh. ■Sec , o’nit--"CaTvin' Taylor, Sullivan; Third—J. D. Lyle, Biirtholmew. Fourth—Charles 8. Jewett, Scott. Fifth—T. Caldwell, Fayette. Sixth—Alonzo Blair, Shelby. Seventh —R. J. Bright, Marion. Eighth—J. F. Scott, Vigo. Ninth— M. D. Manson, Montgomery. Tenth—H. E. Wadsworth, Laporte. Eleventh—D. D. Dykeman, Cass. Twelfth—W. J. Craig, Wells. Thirteenth—Laporte Hecfner, Elkhart. The platform declares: Ist. That the civil serviee of the Government has become corrupt and that it is the duty of tiie people to restore the tests of honesty, capacity and fidelity in the selection of "persons to fill public positions. 2d. That the only remedy of the people for - reform is by makinga gen’eraland thorough change.

3d. Commends the efforts of the majority In the National House of Representatives to reduce the expenses of the Federal Government to a just standard. 4th. Favors measures and policies that will produce a uniformity in value in the coin and paper of the country without destroying or embarrassing the business interests of the people. sth. Opposes contraction and favors the retirement of National Bank currency«nd the substitution of greenbacks therefor. 6th. Declares that a return to specie payments will be best promoted by the increase of National wealth and industries, and by strengthening our publiccrcdit under a wise and economical administration of our National affaire. 7th. Detnandetlie repeal of the law for the withdrawal of legal-tender notes from circulation. Bth. Demands the immediate and unconditional repeal of the act to resume specie payments on the Ist of January, 1879. 9th. Declares that the Democracy of Indiana will stand by and forever maintain the constitutional provision which guarantees the common-school fund from diminution and misappropriation, and its use only to the support of non-sectarian common schools, and denounces as enemies of the schools tbe Republican politicians who, for party ends, have sought to bring them into political and sectarian controversy. luth. Favors a properly guarded license Jaw.. Uth. Declares that the claims of Union •soldiers should not be made the subject of partisan controversy, but that their rights io honors, pensions and equal bounties should be recognized, not as partisans, but because it is our pleasure and duty as citizens. 12tb. Asserts that tbe extension of the jprisdiction of Federal Courts in civil .causes is burdensome to the people. 13th. Approves the bill which lately passed rthe National House of Representatives pro•hibrting Federal ofiieers and employes from contributiiig money to influence elections. 14th. Opposes the assumption of the debts of the District of Columbia by Congress. 15th. Declares Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks to be tee unanimous choice vv? tee Democracy of Indiana for President of the United States.

Kith. Instructs thedelegates to the Democratic National Convention to cast the vote of theStiite in said Convention as a unit, in such manner as the majority shall determine. 17. Opposes the payment of any part of the Rebel debt, or the payment of anything whatever for emancipated slaves or the property of Rebels destroyed in the war. Avainteb named?. Martin fell off the roof of a three-story building at Evansville, on the 29th. In falling he turned a somersault and struck at full length on his back 'on the stone pavement. No bones were broken, butlds brain was injured, and there arc other Internal iujurics. Carelessness iu walking too near the edge of the roof was the cause. Tax amount of real estate transfers in Indianapolis, during the year 1875, was 118,588,590. The latest repotfs from Cincinnati give the following as the current prices for leading staples: Flour, [email protected]; Wheat, |[email protected]; Corn, stJ@6oe; Oats, 87@48; Barley, |[email protected]; Rye, 74@76; Pork, 822.50(322.75; Lard—Steam, kettle, 13%@14c; Hogs—Light, 87.00@ 7.75; Packing, [email protected]. The bqsy little Congressman is sending to all the ends of his district the annual supply of garden seed and microscopic measures of tine, rare wheat, all of which is confidently expected, despite the lateness of the season, to spring up, put forth its leaves and blossoms, and bear fruit by the time the next Congressional conventions are held. What a beautiful study is the science of garden truck. —Burlington Hawk-Eye. Says the New York Commercial Advertiser; “The prevailing ostentation and extravagance of the age has infected all classes. An Erie canal-boat Captain has called for estimates for frescoing bls cabin ceiling and putting in gas chandeliers and hot and eold water for the deck bands n the fcbcastle.*’ —Tin can be removed from copper vessels very thoroughly by immersing the objects in a solution of blue vitriol. . *»■■ -**- - Th* lumber business has pined, but it is now beginning to look quite spruce.

A. T. Stewart’s Exactness.

If n piece of gtxxlH ww not perfect, Mr. Stewart said so; if the colors were aot fast, he explained that at the outset, having moreover peflfect pieces and fast <x>lors at the disposal of ids after the explanation. One of iris clerks, it is said, left his service in disgust because the young merchant rebuked him for selling a dress pattern along witli two or three glib lies about its quality. You're bound to fail on such principles,’ ’ remarked thia brilliant gentleman,.. and disappeared forthwith from history. Mr. Stewart’s exactness had not this way of exhibition pnly, but it pervaded all his business habits, and as his business grew larger and absorbed his whole attention, became the most marked characteristic of the man. Small men, physically, are apt to be exact whether anybody has explained it or not. In his first shop and in the immense “dry-goods palaces" that succeeded it, he required of his clerks and salesmen the most scrupulous exactness. Any trifling disarrangement, Amounting to no more than an untidiness, annoyed ano even deeply displeased him. Knowing Iris business as he did down to the minutest details, he knew at a gljmco if everything on the great floors of his marble and iron stores was as it should be, and whenever he spied a fault he made it his personal business to set the fault right and render his reason on the spot. With so many men in his employment many naturally hardly saw him from week to week. “He never spoke to me but twice,’’ said an ex-clerk. “ Once I tore a piece of wrapping-paper roughlji across, and be came around to tell me I should have folded it and made even edges. ‘ People,’ he said. ‘ didn’t like to get shiftless-look-ing bundles.’ Again, I wound a bundle round with an extra turn of string, and before I could cut it he had the bundle out of my hand and unwound the unnecessary turn. ‘Never waste even a piece of string,’ he said; ‘waste is_-alw*yß .. wumgiHi ll Is easily Imfiginaule that in in the forty-five or more years of his business life, with his thousands of clerks, the repression of individual wastes, though they were minute, made, in the aggregate, no inconsiderable economy, and the unreasonableness of any waste may very naturally have strongly impressed itself upon his mind. Passing through his retail store on his morning visit, without any special inspection, he noted a dozen minor points which the floor walkers and department managers had overlooked entirely. Had a cate come to his knowledge where in the sale of a bit of ribbon or calico a fraction of an inch less than the proper length ordered had been sent, dismissal would have been the punishment of the oflending salesman. In.matters of ventilation Mr. Stewart was notably particular. Was the air in either of his stores in tlie least out of the proper condition, he detected it, and ordered its correction. Were his orders neglected, the case was noted by him on his return that way, and an instant investigation followed. ».It seemsprobable, from the numerous stories told of his private relations with his subordinates, that, he erred in expecting from all and singular the necessarily somewhat miscellaneous company the same exact apprehension which he had himself developed. Thereby he appeared to novices a hard master, and was somewhat dreaded by them. It is said that the pay of the army of minor clerks was kept pretty low; For those" aV any rate who had worked long and faithfully in his service he was liberal. The managers of his various

departments, his agents in one line or another of his work, and his chief clerks, received salaries in excess .of those paid by other houses for similar services. To such as broke down in his service or became disabled pensions were offered. One man, who had been a watchman, became deranged, and was kept for a year at a lunatic asylum, all charges being paid by Mr. Stewart, and upon a partial recovery was given a light task at a full salary. To such as were willing to give full and faithful labor and could wait long enough, the reward of advancement was certain. To exactness Mr. Stewart added the keenest business foresight and a tact that was forever manifesting itself in some new direction. He did a cash business, even in these latter days. He never speculated outside of his business, nor, strictly speaking, inside of it. To know what the next popular demand would be—it could scarcely be less than knowledge since there are few of his mistakes recorded—and to have the supply ready when the want announced itself, was the work at which he surpassed. He studied politics to understand the markets they bred, •and finance with the result at least of es caping disaster after disaster, emptying his acres of shelves while yet there were buyers, accepting the earlier and lighter loss, if need be, but within the limits of his business never taken unawares. An isolated example of his business tact in little things may be noticed. Some years ago he gave special-orders to the clerks of his up town store to treat with particular courtesy the middle-class and poor women customers who came in on the Fourth avenue entrances. His avowed object was to gain the custom that might otherwise go to the Bowery stores, and in this he was in a large measure successful.—N. F. Tribune.

Three Days and Nights in a Sewer.

The New York Sun gives the following account of the horrible experience of a thief in Elizabethport, N. J., who ran into a sewer to escape the clutches of an officer who had detected him in the act ot committing a burglary: • The officer stripped off his coat, laid his club aside, took his dark lantern on his arm, and saying, “I’ll have that man now or I’ll lose my life,” entered the Singer sewer. Stooping low, and pressing through the heavy stream that rolled at his feet, often pausing to catch the sound ot a footfall and turning his face upward, to regain his breath, he_ crept along. Soon he heard a distant plash, and then he went on a little faster, but as fast as he advanced, the retreating footsteps showed that the man he sought was going farther and further into the sewer. Thicker and thicker grew the heavy miasmatic air, the walls of the noisome dungeon seemed to be contracting, a cold chill arose from the stream, the officer’s brained reeled, and turning about he made his way as fast as possible back to the entrance. While he was turning around he heard the waters splash afar off, as though the fugitive was hastening away, and then all was silent The officer was so weak after his Tong stay in the fetid air of the sewer that he reeled like a drunken man. The party stayed long at the mouth of the tunnel, but as the stranger had not come out at three or four o’clock, all went home except the officer. He remained until after daylight, and soon, afterward, the rising tide having filled the sewer so that there could be no possible escape for the man, the officer went away. After this the subject was dropped in Elizabethport, and the stranger who had been chased through the night into his probable tomb was almost forgotten. As far as can be learned from the rumbling sentences and broken English of tbe man who now lies in partial delirium on his ent in the Elizabethtown almshouse, his story is substantially that after he penetrated for a short distance into the sewer, lie heard the footfalls of hie pursuers, and fearing that he might be overtaken, he ran further in. He was unable to stand upright on account of the low walls, and os be went blindly on, he often fell and bruised his arms and knees on the solid pavement At length he had

gone »o far that he could hear no Bound from behind, and he stopped to think. He became confuted, the whole paasage seemed in an Inextricable tangle, and then it flashed upon him that he wa» lost. The main channel was intersected by crossing and iccrossdng chambers, and in the darkness lie knew not Which way to turn. Suddenly he heard an unearthly sound. The solid wall trembled and swayed, and there was a dull, heavy roar, a rush, and then the noise gradually died out, the swaying ceased, and again all was silent, lie concluded that the great roaring had been caused by the approach and passage of a heavy train on the Central Railroad, whose track is near the sewer. He cannot tell how long it was before the sounds of life aliove, faintly audible, told him that it had become day, but the first sound he heard after the passing of the train was that of the distant clashing of machinery. He thought that the sound was the noise of the heavy machinery in the factory. He dropped on his hands and knees in the filthy water,* and probably became unconscious. He was awakened by a strange, cold, creeping sensation about the knees, and he noticed instantly that the water on the bed of the chamber was much deeper, and then lie knew that the tide was coming in. He sat and watched it as it rose higher; it rose gradually up to his waist, then it glided about his throat, and at length he had to turn his face upward to keep his. mouth out of water. He gave himself up in despair, and shrieked and shouted for help. He next noticed a gradual but evident decrease in the flood, and soon after he was left to wander again along the chamber. Hour after hour passed, the tide rose and fell, the railroad trains thundered on, and day succeeded night. Sometimes the man was consumed by an intolerable thirst, so fierce and terrible that he swallowed whole quartsof the filthy water. He ate the garbage that drifted down. At length, after what seemed an age, the man in sheer desperation determined to travel straight ahead, let the sewer lead where it might. Sometimes half upright, often on hands and knees, he struggled periods of exhaustion, at last a gleam of light told him he was not far from the entrance. The light grew brighter, and, encouraged, he went on rapidly. At last, at about eight o’clock Sunday morning, he got out of the sewer. He made his way slowly and with difficulty up the street to Schaubler’s Hotel, opposite the Postoflice, In Elizabethporr. His appearance was frightful. His clothes were soaked with filth and covered with salt, his limbs were swelled to double their natural size, his face was stained and ghastly, and his elbows and knee-joints protruded through the skin. As the reporter addressed Gilgemann in the Alms House, yesterday, he brightened up and tried to rise, but fell back trembling and prostrate. He said that he must have drank forty pails of water in the dungeon, for he had a terrible thirst. “Dnee; 1 ' said he, “ they let in steam from the factory and it nearly killed me.” Gilgemann says that he was born in Strassburg, and that he fought with the French in the late war with the Germans, being an artilleryman. He is ibrty-four years old, and has, as may be inferred from the foregoing story, an iron constitution. The swelling of his limbs has partially gone down, and it is thought “that he may recover. Elizabethport people say that only an adverse wind kept the tide from drowning Gilgemann.

A New Swindling Dodge Practiced at Boston.

Some three weeks since a man giving the name of Robert Baldwin obtained lodgings at house 37 Sterling street, and advertised in one of the daily papers that he had SO,OOO to loan. This announcement brought a large number of borrowers, old and young, male and female, to his lodgings, when he disclosed his plan as follows: An applicant was asked to state his or her security, real estate security being required. The generous lender had of course no doubt of the eligibility of the property offered to warrant the loan, but he was a stranger and must convince himself that the titles of the offered property were correct and what they should be. To obtain this information it would be necessary to employ a lawyer to search the records, etc., and the applicant must leave a small sum to pay the fee the limb of the law would require. To this plausible story the foolish money-seekers gave ready credence, and in almost every case left from five to thirty dollars to be appropriated in this way. They were informed that when the lawyer had reported their titles valid, the money would be at once forthcoming. On the Ist day of April Mr. Baldwin “stepped down and out,” andon the following Monday, by appointment, his vicitims began to call for their money, and—they have been calling ever since. Five dollars, $lO, sls, sl4, S3O. S2O, were successively represented by persons who had lost some one of these sums. The most aggravated case was that of a poor woman in West Somerville, whose house the scoundrel had visited on the very day of his disappearance, as he had stated. This woman, when she first called upon the socalled Baldwin had paid him eight dollars as a retainer. On the day he called upon her, as she was in want of a large sum, he took from her SIOO worth of jewelry and books, and this was the bundle he brought home with him. The unfprtunate woman is in despair. The victims of the swindle are of all classes, from the mechanic with a few dollars to the merchants with thousands, and included many business men who were considered shrewd operators. Mr. Baldwin is probably an old hand at the business, and without doubt is operating in the same line in pastures new elsewhere. He is described as a man about forty-six years of age, with false teeth, jet black hair, slightly tinged with gray, and was of ..middling height, with square, broad shoulders, and a trick of swinging his arms vigorously when he walked.--Boa-ton Globe.

The well-known plant, spartianthus junceus, has been lately utilized, in Southern Europe, in the manufacture of textile fabrics, its fiber is said to be capable of indefinite subdivision, and hence suitable for the finest cloths; it retains heat, and may, therefore, supply the jplace of wool; it is a good absorbent, and takes the most delicate dyes with the same facility as do animal textile materials; it successfully resists tlte action of acids and of salt water, without undergoing any change or losing its tenacity, as has been satisfactorily proved by its immersion for a whole month in diluted sulphuric acids, etc.; its strength is also found to lie one-third greater than that of hemp, and it is thirteen* per cent, lighter —so that, with fifteen per cent, less of raw material a rope may be obtained, the relative strength of which, compared with one made of hemp, is as of three to two. The Fifth Ward German school in Allentown, Pa., has been closed by the directors until further orders, because “ some of th» scholars, half-grown boys, are so ill-behaved and boisterous in their conduct in the school-room during recitations that it is Impossible to impart instruction understandingly to those schbl-, ars who behave themselves properly.” A> .leather manufacturer at Salem, Mass.,' has recently shipped nine tons (about 4,000 sides) of kip leather.to England. He bad sent 9,000 sides previously.

The Arrival of the Emperor of Brazil at New York.

The New York papers of the 16th give lengthy accounts of the reception at that port of l)om Pedro, the Brazilian Emperor, from which we compile the follow-, mg: The Brzilian steamer Hevelius having the Emperor Dom Pedro and the Empress on board, arrived in New York, on the 15th. Secretaries Fish, Robeson and Taft received the royal parly on behalf of the President, going down the .bay in the sloop-of-war Alert to meet the steamer. The Emperor received the deputation in the gangway, surrounded by the other passengers of the steamer. Alter a formal introduction Secretary Fish delivered a short address of welcome as follows: “ The President of the United States has deputed the Secretary of War, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Navy, accompanied by the Vice-Admiral of the Navy and the Maj or-General of the Army, to congratulate Y our Majesty upon your arrival on our shores and upon the safe termination of your voyage, and to tender his welcome and that of the people of the United States on the occasion of your visit to this country. He anticipates with pleasure a personal interview with your Majesty as soon as it may suit your convenience.” • The Emperor simply expressed his thanks for the reception given, and seemed more disposed to enter into a friendly conversation with the members of the party than to make any kind of official response. He asked for Gen. Sherman, whom he said he desired very much to see, and was informed that he was unavoidably detained by bis military duties in the West. “Ah,” remarked the Emperor, “Gen. Hancock, too; his name is well known In connection with the war.” His Majesty then shook hands warmly with Gen. Hancock, and subsequently the members bf the deputation were presented to the Empress In tiie main saloon. Upon returning to the deck. Secretary Fish informed the Emperor that the sloop of-war Alert was in waiting to convey him and the royal party tothccity,’ but the Emperor politely declined the invitation, and reiterated in a pleasant way his sentiments in regard to a public demonstration, stating that it was his desire to be regarded only in the light of a private individual, and expressing his warmest thanks for the kind feeling which prompted the official reception. The Cabinet ministers, Vice Admiral Rowan, Maj.-Gen. Hancock and the other officers of the party then went on board the steam tug in waiting, and were taken off to the Alert, which proceeded to the Battery amid ringing salutes. The Emperorchatted pleasantly with those on board, and seemed to create the most favorable impression by his apparent gentleness and unostentatious manner. He inquired particularly about the poet Longfellow, and spoke in affectionate terms of the memory of Prof. Agassiz, with whom lie was personally acquainted, and who had formerly visited him in Brazil. Shortly before three o’clock the Hevelius steamed slowly up to the city, and, after rounding the Battery, proceeded to her wharf in Brooklyn.

In a very short time the Imperial party were ready to move. The Empress then appeared and took an affectionate leave of the ladies who had journeyed with her. A carriage, with a team of white horses, was soon, occupied by the illustrious travelers, who at once proceeded across Fulton ferry and Yip Broadway to the Fifth Avenue Hotel. „ - In an interview with a New York Herald reporter the Emperor gave his programme as follows: I will go from New York to San Francisco by the Pacific Railway and return overland. It is my wish to visit all the States. I will go to California before the opening of the Philadelphia Exhibition, but will return in time to be present at the ceremony of the opening. My object is to pass over the plains before the hot weather comes. I will stay in San Francisco five days to visit all the points of interest in the city. On my return I will visit Niagara, Montreal and the Mississippi. I want to see the chief centers of industry, to learn something that may be of use to my country when 1 return. I will leave New York on the 12th ofjulybythe Cunard line for England, where I will stay some time. Upon learning of the safe arrival of the Emperor in New York, President Grant immediately caused the following dispatch to be forwarded, which w»s delivered to the Emperor early Saturday evening, before he went to the theater: Washington, April 15, 1876. The President of the United States begs to express his great satisfaction in learning of the safe arrival of his great and good friend, Dom Pedro de Alcantara, in the United States, and extends to him a sincere and friendly welcome on hie own behalf and on behalf of the people of the United States. John L. Cadwaladek. Acting Secretary of Siate. Dom Pedro is of commanding stature, being six feet three inches high, strongly built, and well proportioned. His manner is extremely winning and gracious, and his kindness of heart and strong love of justice have secured him the enthusiastic love of his subjects. A life size photograph of the Emperor will be placed on exhibition at the Centennial.

Land-Owners in Great Britain and the United States.

A very interesting comparison has been made recently by the London tipectator from the statistics of the “Doomsday Book,” as to the number of freeholders in England and- the size of their estates. It appears that in England and Wales something like 1,000,000 of persons own land, and that 43,000 own more than a hundred acres, while 280 gentlemen own 5,420,764 acres, or a little less than onesixth of the whole inclosed soil of England and Wales. These gentlemen are mainly of the highest nobility, owning each from about 5,000 acres up to over 47,000 acres, the average being about 19,878 acres, - —*—•*—- ——— If a comparison in this matter be made with the United States, we are obliged merely to take the farming properties of the United States, as the small freeholds near the cities are not enumerated.in our census. This, however, is a proper comparison, as the estates of the English nobility are nearly all agricultural properties. In 1870 there were 2,655,985 farms in the United States, in all probability each owned by a separate person, so that our number of freeholders is more than two and a half times that of England and Wales. The whole number of acres of land, both improved and unimproved, 407,735,041; the average size of the farms being 153 acres. In any one division of acre.l, however, the largest number was between twenty and fifty—being 847,614 farms. Of farms over 100 acres there were 584,847, or more than thirteen times as many as in England. Of farms beyond a thousand acres, there were, in this country, only 3,720,* the largest being in California. If we look over the list of the large English estates, we find the rental will average some eight dollars per acre, so that the 280 gentlemen mentioned above enjoy an income from real estate of pome $40,000,000, or an average of about $147,858 each. Among these gentlemen we find the Duke of Norfolk, with 15,270 acres, and an income of over $1,000,000; Sir James W. Ramsden, with a property of 8,589 acres, and an income of about $835,000; the Duke of Northumberland, with an estate of 181,616 acres, with a rental of about $809,000; the Earl of Derby, with 47,269 acres, And a rental of some $730,000; Sir L. Palk, with 10,109 acres, and an income of about $546,000. These are the larger ' ' ’

land holders with the rre«te»t rentals, but there are a great number of others, wi tn incomes from SBO,OOO up to $200,000, the average being, as we said before, nearly $150,000 each. When it is considered that this $40,000,000 comes from real estate in the country alone, and does not include the rental from such immense properties as that of the Duke of Westminister, in London, or others similarly situated, and no income from personal property or commercial Undertakings, we can Judge how vast a proportion of_ Umsoltd wealth Is accumulated In England in a few hands. This wealth is of the most permanent and safe description,, and could hardly be affected by anything but a general revolution. These 280 gentlemen could, If political influence and property were identical, return four times the number of members of Parliament which are returned by Ixmdon itself, and exercise more direct Influence on legislation than the whole population of Scotland. The contrast with this country is certainly remarkable, where cur “territorial democracy ” numbers over two and a half millions, and the average size of the estate is 153 acres. This subdivision of land in the United States, not carried to the extreme of the French division, is undoubtedly one of the secrets of our past success, ana the element which in the future will contribute most to the intelligence and prosperity of the people. We suffer, it la true, certain defects from the lack of a wealthy class of men necessarily interested in public affairs, but we shall ultimately derive compensation for these defects by the greater prosperity of the greater number.— N. I. Tunes.

“The Song of the Shirt.”

Ladies will often find in the evidence given at coroners’ inquests a wholesome contrast to the “ unmeaning nothings” that make up so much of the brilliant conversation of modern society. For instance, a story which means something was told at an inquest held last week at the St. Martin’s Vestry Hall, Charing Cross, on the body of Ada File, aged twenty-twi), Thfl •tfeetißiJil, It appeiueil. uucu'ptvd otie fdom in a lodging house with an elder sister. Since the death of their mother the two sisters had gained a precarious living by needlework. All one Saturday night and Sunday morning, when many other girls, were at the opera or at church, Ada File was sewing and stitching, her only food during the"long hours of her work being one cup of tea on Saturday afternoon. About live on Sunday afternoon she suddenly gave a loud shriek and fell back dead. Her death, according to medical evidence and the verdict of the jury, was caused by the failure of the action of theheart, produced by overwork and want of solid food. Thus’ died Ada File, nobly fighting the battle of life to the last, anil leaving a sad and suggestive story to point at least one important moral. This poor girl would have gladly devoured food which many a pampered domestic servant would scout from the kitchen table; she might in many a household have found a comfortable home, far lighter occupation, and better pay as either cook or housemaid than that on which she was starved to death; but it is only too probable that her education had not been such as to fit her for any employment more remunerative and healthy than the wretched drudgery to which she at last fell a victim. —London Observer.

Restoration of Independence Hall.

—Mr. Ethno is getting on bravely in his restoration of Independence Hall. The coats of thick paint and other coverings have been taken from the walls and stairways, and all the fine old carving brought to light. The old bell is in the entry, and on the walls are panels giving a Clear and concise history of the important deeds done in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary years. Mr. Etting has collected a large number of historical portraits of great - interest; the members of the Continental Congress hang on the walls in one room, and below them are the very chairs and the table that they used. A second large room is made a kind of museum. Among its attractions already collected are a grand, stately picture of George 111. in his youth ; full lengths of William and Mary and Queen Anne; Sir Peter Lely’s portrait of Charles IL; the Sharpless collection of cabinet pictures in colored crayons, including all the men and women of any note in this country from 1787 to 1800; some exquisite china and glass, fine old ftirniture, and every thing that had to do with the life of that age. The Hall is already a most interesting place to visit. —Philadelphia Cor. Worcester (Mass.} tipy. The latest matrimonial romance of the stage is rather more romantic than the average run of these affaires de cceur. 'The leading partner of a well-known and very wealthy firm of 4 London solicitors, while enjoying an evening at a theater, was smitten with the charms of a certain lady of the corps de ballet. Something happened. The rich lawyer, not over young himself, but with intentions strjctly honorable, obtained an introduction to thefascinating corypbee, and very soon the acquaintance ended in marriage, he over sixty, she under twenty. The handsome girt belonged to a humble family of eleven children, and by one of those outbreaks of generosity which elderly solicitors so rarely commit, he has undertaken to support the whole batch of them. The new wife, too, must be fitted for a position “unto which she was not born,” and the doting husband has accordingly engaged masters of “all the accomplishments” to give her lessons. Mr. M. occupies a splendid mansion in the West End, and employs half a dozen servants to minister to his wants. On certain days, lam told, the ex-ballet girl, seated in an elegantlyappointed carriage, drives her pair or ponies far away from the West End to her mother’s abode in street, an event which produces no small sensation among the gossips in that bumble From what I learn the lady is worthy the good fortune which has so unexpectedly fallen to her lot.— London Currespondent.

The Indiana. Farmer of March 25 says: “ The old question about wheat, turning to chess is being discussed again in some quarters. There are just two well-ascer-tained facts which ought to forever settle that other fact, viz. that wheat don't turn to chess. 1. Chess is ajotally distinct plant from wheat. 2. Chess seed retains power of germination for a great many years in the soil, just as the seed of some weeds arc known to do. The conclusion therefore is that when wheat is winter-killed the conditions for the germination of the chess seed, deposited perhaps years before, are just then met. Alter meadow lands which had been free for years are broken, the sun and temperature cause the germination of weed seeds which had kin in the soil, retaining power of growth, perhaps for years, and now the land appears full of weeds. These Tacts ought to put an end to the belief that wheat turns to chess.” Someone says that a strong decoction of sage tea, or a salve made of sage tea and lard, and well rubbed on, will cure gargetj Of caked uddw, in cows. We have a remedy for this ailment, well experimented with and successfully, wnich I will give. Give the cow one, two or three doses of raw poke-root, cut fine, and if she refuses to eat it alone we mix It with out feed or any kind of slop that she will eat. Don’t be afraid to use poke-root, for it is harmless, and a cow will eat just enough of it and no more than she needs. Thia Is a sure cure.— Cor. Inier-Oeean.