Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1884 — Page 3

The Republican. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. E. MARSH AT,T. t • - PUBLISH**.

A large number of immigiants from France to Southern California by way of New Orleans is reported. They are mainly experienced wine-growers. The immigration to Southern California from all sources is reportedly the immigration Commissioners of that State at 700 or 800 a week.

Wilkie Collins wrote a letter to Lotta while she was in England complimenting her and saying he wondered why peoplelaaghed at her representation of the little starved child, the “Marchioness,” tearing and swollowing food like a ravenous animal. The great novelist said it made him cry.

It is noted among the pecul'arities of the Philadelphia city directory that a man named Shahks teaches dancing, one Drinkwater inconsistently keeps a liquor salooD, Black is a coal merchant, one Saylor is a mariner, Painter is an artist, Law practices his name, Birch teaches school, and Lamb sells beef. Bismarck has not yet gained the highest honor the Kaiser can bestow. There is another German order of merit, founded in 1866, of w hich the badge is a star bearing the portrait of Frederick the Great. Those only who are privileged to wear it are Kaiser Wilhelm; “Unser Fritz,” Prince Frederick Charles, and “Moltke, the Silent.” Mme. Lvdia Pashkoff, the traveler, says in her “Notes on China Women” that those selected for the imperial harem are not subjected to the barbar-feet-cramping process. They are the daughters of Tartar officers, and do all they can to avoid being selected for the palace at Pekin, inasmuch as the life there is tolerably dull. Terrapin was introduced into England by Wormley, the deceased Washington caterer, while steward to Reverdy Johnson when the latter was Minister to England. Poker was afterward introduced by Minister Schenck. No wonder Englishmen try to recover the money they have lost through indulgence in these expensive luxuries by marrying rich American girls.

Gen. Robert Toombs has been talking about bis old associates. Of Gen. Joe Johnston he said: “Johnston would have been the most successful general of the late war if he had been let alone. Jeff Davis was continually moving h : m from one place to another.” Referring to Jefferson Uavis, Toombs said: “t‘e is contumacious and Incompatible, and a man of diminutive information.”

It is said that the sand used in the manufacture of mirrors is now used by a Paris company to make white bricks and blocks, said not to be injured by frosts, rain, etc., and to bo very light, the specific gravity being only 1.50 to 1.80 of cloy bricks. The sand is first strongly pressed by hydraulic power, and then baked in ovens at a very high temperature. The brick are almost pure silica.

Notice posted by a Deadwood husband in the postoffice: “My wife Sarah has Shot my ranche When I didn’t Doo a thing Too hur an’ I want it distintlv Understood that any man That takes her in an' keers for her on my account Will get himself pumped so Full of lead that Sum tenderfoot will locate him for a mineraF'clame. A word to the wise is sufficient, an* orter work on fools. P. Smith.”

Tunnel 5,000 feet long, that was constructed at least 900 years befoie Christian era, has been discovered on the island of Samos. It is mentioned by Herodotus, and was excavated to supply the old seaport with drinking water. It is completely preserved, and contains water tubes of about twentyfive centimetres in diameter, each one provided witli a lateral aperture for cleansing purposes.

A schoolmaster in lowa called his prettiest pupil to bis desk and asked her if she would marry him. She replied promptly that she would not. “If you were the last man on earth, and I was 40, instead of 16," she added. .“I wouldn’t take you.” Resuming his character of pedagogue, he decided that her language was disrespectful, and ferruled the hand which he could not get matrimonially. The girl now sues him for damages.

The Mudir of Dongola, in the Soudan, is a Blight, delicate man, with a pale, pensive face, lighted up by two large black, luminous eyes, which seem to be always looking in space, and from between which projects a preternaturally large nose, hooked like a vulture's f , beak. The effect of his extreme piety onltbe Mussulman population is very marked, and has enabled hhn to maintain himself in power almost within armstroke of the Mahdi He is only visible for a short time each day before public prayers. There are about 90,000 dwelling houses in Paris. A recent municipal law ordains that henceforth no flats shall he less than 8 feet high; that in the streets,2s feet wide the height of the houses must not exceed 50 feet, in streets between 25 and 32 feet w ido the

height must not exceed 50 feet,in streets between 32 and 65 feet the height must not exceed 60 feet, in streets above G 5 feet wide the house* must not exceed 65 feet, and no buildings are to haVe more than three stories, all included.

A temperance lecturer in London has given recently some curious statistics in regard to the amount expended in intoxicating iiqHflr. He estimated the annual average thus spent in the last ten years at $720,000,000. This gives an expenditure of $60,000,000 every month, of $15,000,000 every week, jpd of $25 every second, day and night There was 3,508,480 letters in the Bible, and if $205 was place on every letter this would represent the annual expenditure. The grain consumed by the brpwers and distillers is sufficient to provide four loaves of bread per week to every family in the United Kingdom. These certainly are starting facts.

The French Moniteur Universel, after remarking that the United States is the home of eccentricity, says that no church, bells are rung by hand in New York. “The Angelus is sounded by steam; night and morning the machine operates with the regularity of a clock for five minutes.” Another interesting pieee of information from the same trustworthy source is that when money is needed for a charity the eomeliest and most proper young ladies in a town ascend a platform, where the passers by may kiss them at asl a head. No one, however, must take more than ten kisses for his sl. “Even the busiest men of business snatch time to perform this act of gallant charity.”

A large number of married couples living in Rio de Sul, Brazil, awoke lately to find that their marriages had “been illegal. They were mostly German Protestants, and in the absence of clerics of their denominations they had resorted to ciyic marriages upon the assurance of an officer of the city that he could perform the ceremony legally. Meanwhile there is still an absence of proper clergymen- to perform the functions. The Catholic clergy will do nothing for them, nor does the government in any way intimate that it will relieve their distress. If only some of the philanthropic missionary societies would send out a parson, here is a chance for him to do good and pay his way in doing it.

The Countess of Walewska, once maid of honor to the Empress Eugenie, says the San Francisco Argonaut, anticipated Whistler’s “harmonies” in her dress, which was always black, and she believed that color showed off the beautiful white of her neck and shoulders anti the carnation of her cheeks. One day, owing to an accident at a hunt, this lovely and ingenious lady of honor was forced to keep her bed, but she received her friends all the same, and astonished them somewhat by wearing a loose poplum robe of black foulard silk, which covered her neck and arms, and pillow cases and sheets also of the same fabric. The coverlet was of a pale pink brocade, bordered with swan’s down.

A Sooth American traveler has discovered near the River Dramanta a little stream issuing from a hard metamorphic rock that washot and sticky. It is like a stream of thick petroleum. While engaged in examining this natural curiosity he came upon two small birds canght in the sticky substance at the edge of the stream; they were still alive, but upon releasing them both the feathers and the skin came off where they came in contact with the bituminous matter, so that he had to kill them to put an end to their sufferings. No doubt they had been taken in by the appearance of water which the stream presented and had alighted to drink, when they discovered their mistake too late. \ -

Speaking of the opening of tliq quail season in California, the San Francisco Bulletin says: “They are now so abundant that they throng the roadways. While rewards are offered by farmers in southern counties for killing this bird, which destroys much grain, the Alameda and Contra Co3ta farmers say the quail is useful to them. It attacks their grain only as a last resort, and chiefly subsists on insects. Their destruction of ants is of incalculable importance. The quail’s great foe is the wildcat. The latter animal is prolific in the counties named. A quail nesting will cover from fifteen to twenty eggs, and nearly every egg will hatch, 'they nest once a year, and during those periods the male is a most pugnacious defender of the mother and yoong. A man may almost strike him with a club. The wily wildcat, as large as four ordinary cats, will stretch himself out and put out his tongue; the male quail will approach and peck it, whereat the cat seizes his toothsome P«y.”

An Unfeeling Father.

A bevy of girls were looking at a bridal trossean. “How exquisite!” “How lovely!” “How supremely sweet!” etc., ad nauseam, were the exclamations made. “You ought to be extremely bappy, Clara,” said one pf the girls to the bride elect. “I suppose I ought,” said Clara, discontentedly, “but papa won’t bring a newspaper reporter to look at them.” Chorus “What a shame \”-«~New York Sun.

A Hunt in New Guinea.

It was given out that a large track of country, about six miles from here, was to be hunted. About 7 o’clock the natives began to move, the men with nets first. These are coarse-me§lie l. strong nets, abont four feet deep, of various lengths. Far away to the leeward of the grass to be burnt tnese nets are stood up with short stakes, each man’s net joined to his neighbor’s. The grass is pulled up in front of the nets to prevent them catching fire. The owners of the nets stand by with spears in silence, and awaiting their prey. It is the fashion for all the yottng man to wear their head-dresses and finery to the hunt. They shave the hair, too, off their templets, every hair from their eyebrows, and any other about their faces. All carry several spears roughly made from hard white wood. The points art},sharpened, and every one has a boar’s tusk or piece of glass bottle to scrape them as often as they require it. Little boys of 3 and 4 years od, with their ornaments on, faces painted, and spears on their shoulders, march along with the crowd. A number of young girls go, too, to carry water for the men. It being a grand hunt, we foreigners joined the company on horseback, Mrs. Lawes being one of the party. The natives always walk in single file, and the hunting procession was a very long one. The meet was at a creek halfway to the Taroge river. This was the rendezvous, where all rested and waited for a strong, steady wind. The nets had gone on and were in position.

The master of ceremonies was a Koitapu chief named Sivari. When I first knew Sivari, some years ago, he was a fine-looking man, agile, and active; now he is a pitiable object—his toes and fingers eaten away by leprosy and his arms and legs in a dreadful state. He can hobble abont on a stick, but he can not walk far. Two of his wives carried him by turn in a netted hammock on their backs, suspended by a band across the forehead. These are some of the honors which fall to the shares Of the wives of New Guinea. The right to carry their husbands to the hunting-field is one of the woman’s rights undisputed here. The old sinner, miserable object though he is, has had six wives, some of them young and good-looking, recently annexed to his narein. Soon the wind began to whistle through the trees, and there was a general stampede. The grass was set lire to in many places and was soon cracking, hissing, and blazing away before the wind. The air was full of sparks, and a dense cloud of smoke rose above. The natives shouted, the pogs yelped, and poor, dazed wallabies rushfed here and there, some escaping spears and dogs, but most of |liem falling. It requires a good deal of practice to spear a wallaby going full speed. Sometimes one would rush past with two or three spears hanging from him and a bevy of dogs -after him. There was a good deal of slaughter and some scores of wallaby carried in. One man was badly gored by a wild boar. It is only very plucky men who will face these. They carry a circle of stout cane, in which is lashed a strong cord, so as to form several large meshes.

This is held so that the pig rushes in and gets muzzled by it; then a man throws himself on the pig and grips him tight until he is dispatched. When they have tusks the hunter often gets very ugly wounds. The man we saw had a nasty hole plowed in his thigh by a short tusk. The pig, however, was overpowered and 'killed. —New Guinea Cor. Sydney Herald.

No Such a Thing as a New Pun.

Whenever a young man finds that he has given expression to a pun, he should take a piece of asafcetida about as big as a hickory nut and chew it. He will not feel like making another pun as long as the taste of the drug remains in his mouth. He should carry some of the drug in his vest pocket when he goes out in company, and keep a piece in his mouth constantly. It may be offensive to.tho company, but it will not be half so offensive as his old back-number, teeth-worn puns, and he will become a favorite. If this course will not cure him he had better go and drown himself.

There is no such a thing as a new pun, as every word that is susceptible of a pun has been punned upon for thousands of years, so when you hear a person make a pun you can be sure that it is a thousand years old. If a man or woman, when making a pun on a word, realized that the Egyptian mummy in the museum, when alive, had made the same pun, and laughed at it boisterously, he would be ashamed of his own attempt. The English language is good enough if you take it straight, and it is foolish to torture it. The man who imagines he is smart, as you can see by watching him as he laughs at his own smartness. As good a way as any to squelch a punster is to listen to his pun, look thoughtfully and say, “B. C.” or “Credit it to Adam.” Young men who get in the habit of making puns on all occasions lose their positions, girls go back on them and they go throug life alone, except in rare instances. A girl hates to face the prospect of a lifetime of poor puns, and they wfll think twice before marrying a punster, as he is liable to practice his puns on his wife. A druggist in western Wisconsin had a great habit of making puns a few years ago, and no customer was safe to go to the store to buy anything. They all got a pun with their medicine, and sometimes the pun was worse than the drug to take. One night a man named Otto Padman was stabbed in the breast, and was taken to the drug store to be sewed up. While the doctor was at work on the man the druggist came up and after looking at the wound he said: “You Otto had a liver Pad-man.” The! wounded and dying man heard it, and it was too ranch. He could stand the stab of cold steel, but to 'be stabbed with a pun was too much, and he hauled back one foot and kicked the druggist in the nose. The druggist has never made a pun since, and we don't know but a kick in the nose is about as good a cure as any. — Peck's Sun.

If other’s misfortunes deterred men from pushing ahead over the beaten path, few successes would be won.

FUNDS OF THE NATION.

■ ■ i Secretary McCulloch’s Yearly * Balance-Sheet of the United States Treasury. Fsreign Trade, Taxation, and America's Shipping? Interests Considered. The report of Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury, is of great length, but on several questions of vital interest to the financial and commercial world it is exceedingly Interesting. From the mass of figures submitted it is learned that the total revenues of the Government for the last fiscal year were $343,519,860, and that the expenditures were $290,916,773. leaving a surplus of $57,603,396, of which $31,000,000 has been applied to bond redemption. The actual and estimated revenue for the fiscal year 1894-3 is $330,000,000 and the estimated expenditures are $290,000,i 00. Of the revenues expected during the ensuing year $185,000,000 will come from customs nue. The Secretary estimates that the Treasury surplus in 1886 will be not less than $50,000,000, and argues that something should be done to relieve the people of this unnecessary taxation.

The most Important chapter In the report Is devoted to foreign trade and taxation. After speaking of the remarkable changes in the western States and Territories, and asserting that “to the rise in the value of lands resulting from the construction of railroads the wonderful increase of the national wealth Is very largely attributable,” he says: The condition of the manufacturing interest of the United States is similar In some respeets to the condition of the agricultural interest of the West in the early days. What the Western tanners then needed eras a market fir.their crops. - What manufacturers now need is a market for their surplus manufactures. The real foundation of our great manufacturing industry was laid in New England under the first tariff of a protective character, which diverted a part of its capital from shipping Into cotton factories. Those first constructed having been fairly remunerative, more were constructed, and other branches of manufacture were undertaken, until New England was converted from maritime and commercial pnrsuits into manufacturing. It will be recollected that New England was opposed to the first protective tariff—that one of Mr. Webster’s great speeches was a free-trade speech. It was not many years after the first cotton mills were erected in New England that the great iron industries of the country began to be developed, and Pennsylvania soon became the great iron manufacturing State of the Union. Nor was it long before various kinds of manufactures came into existence, in most of the Northern and Western States. The demands of the Government daring the late civil war for nearly all kinds of manufactured goods and the high tariff greatly stimulated production. After the war stimulus was fonnd in railroad building and in extravagant expenditures induced by superabundant currency, and the time has now come when the manufacturing industry of the United States is in dire distress from plethora of manufactured goods. Some manufacturing companies have been forced into bankruptcy; others have closed their mills to escape it; few mills are running on full time, and as a consequence a very large number of operatives are either deprived at employment or are working for wages hardly sufficient to enable them to live comfortably or even decently. Nor are manufacturers and their employes the only sufferers by the present depression of onr manufacturing Industry. So large and widespread has this Industry become, so interwoven is it with other industries, so essential is it to the welfare of the whole country, that it cannot be seriously depressed without injuriously affecting business throughout the Union, The all-important question, therefore, that presses itself upon the pnblic attention Is, how shall the country be relieved from the plethora of manufactured goods, and how shall plethora hereafter be prevented? It Is obvious that our power to produce Is much in excess of the present or any probable future demand for home consumption. The existing iron, cotton and woolen mills. If employed at their fall capacity, conld meet in six months—perhaps in a shorter time —the home demand for a year. It is certain, therefore, that unless markets now practi-cally-closed against us are opened, unless we ean share in the trade which is monopolized by European nations, the depression now so severely felt will continue, and may become more disastrous.

The question how shall our foreign trade be increased is the question which now comes to the front and demands prompt and careful eon-* sideration. Manufacturers are primarily Interested, but the whole country has a stake in its solution. In its investigation the tariff will neoessarily be involved, inasmuch as the relations between it and our foreign trade are so close that they cannot be considered separately, but it need not be involved except so far as it stands in the way of international trade. If the duties upon raw materials are an obstruction, those duties should be removed. If the duties upon other articles are an obstruction, they should be modified. Whatever may be required to increase our foreign trade, whether it be a repeal or modification of existing duties should be demanded by the manufacturers themselves. How, then, shall the information required for a full understanding of what stands in the way of an increased exportation of our manufactured goods be obtained? It may not be proper for me to offer advice on this point, but I cannot forbear to say that I can see no better means than by the appointment of a commission, composed of men not wedded to the doctrines of free trade or pro-tection—fair-minded men, prosecute the inquiry thoroughly, comprehensibly, and impartially. If such a commission should be created, it should be done without unnecessary delay. The business of the whole world has been revolutionized by steam power and the substitution of machinery for hand work. If not the inventor of the steam engine. Great Britain took the lead In utilizing it in manufacturing, and she thus became the great workshop of the world. For many years she had a monopoly of manufacturing. The raw materials from nearly all nations was taken in her own ships to her ports and returned in manufactured goods. It has been the profit of this combination of manufactures and commerce which has made her the richest and most powerful of nations. Now, however, all Western nations are endeavoring to use their raw materials at home and to encourage and sustain their manufactures by protective duties, the effect of which has been general overproduction. It is this great revolution caused by steam power and machinery and their general use that will make the labors of the commission arduous. All the leading nations of the world ore now engaged in manufacturing, and all but Great Britain are forcing themselves in by protective duties. Among them the United States has been conspicuous Has not the time come when a new departure is demanded? Cobden, one of the ablest and most far-seeing of British statesmen, predicted that the United States would in time not only become a great manufacturing country, but would become a competitor of Great Britain in the South American markets. In the course of some remarks upon the condition of British trade he said: “ Members of the House of Commons and others are constantly crying oat that there is very great danger threatening this country from Russia, and they neglect to observe that the great danger to the supremacy of the country is not in Russia, but in the competition of the United States of America." The present condition of our foreign trade is not as fully understood by the public as it ought to be, or there would be greater uneasiness in regard to what may be the result. Look, for Instance, at our trade relations with Brazil. We sold to Brazil last year various articles to the amount of $8,645,261. We bought of her various kinds of her own productions to the amount of $50,265,880, leaving $41,620,608 as the* balance against us. Now, how is this large balance liquidated? Not by gol<U.but by the sale of our farm products, for which tnere is a large demand in Europe. It is our cotton, our wheat, our petroleum, our beef pork, which can be produced more cheaply in the United States anywhere else, which create the sterling exchange that enables us to carry ons this one sided trade with Brazil. Now, if by the failure of our crops, or very favorable seasons on the other side of the Atlantic, or what is more probable, by retaliation, our exports of these articles should materially decline, what then would be the condition of our Brazilian trade? Instead of depending on the exports to Europe for means to cover the balance in favor of Brazil.ougbt not an effort be made to equalize that trade by our manufactured goods? Ought we not to endeavor to verity the prediction of Cobden bv becoming a competitor with- Great Britain in the Brazilian markets? Ought not this to be attempted in the interest of our own •nahufactures ?

When the real condition of our foreign trade and the character of the competition in which we must sooner er later encage, are fullr understood, it wi‘l be found that our inability to «nak; that trade as tree as our liest interests zequir? lies in the necessity which exists for heavy import duties, which, although they may be levied tor revenue only, most be in a large degree piotective. It is upon such taxes, therefore, that onr government must mainly rely lor its large current expenditures and the reduction of the national debt. Large revenues will i e derived from the taxes upon whiskey and tobacco, if the tax on the latter article should be retained, but our chief revenue must be derived from import duties. To show how these duties may be so imposed and distributed as to neither imperil onr

manufacturers nor obstruct out foreign trade, while the Treasury Is kept in an easy condition, will be the task of the commission. That the task will be a very difficult one is certain; that it may be successfully performed ought to be oertaln also. ’ '' In the commencement of Its work the commission should, I think, regard the following points as being settled: 1. That the public revenues are not to beta excess of what may be required for the Support of the Government and the gradual redaction of the pnblic debt. 2. That onr manufactures, which uniler the foftering care of the Government have attained such gigantic proportions, and whose prosperity is essential to the welfare of all other Interests, are not to be pnt In jeopardy by rapid and sweeping ohangeslnthe tai iff, and that all reductions of Import duties should be made with a view to their ultimate advantage by opening to them markets from which they are now in a large degree excluded. If such a commission as has been suggested had been appointed, and lta work could be pei formed at an early date, I should not be disposed to say anything bearing directly upon the tariff; but as relief from the present burden of taxation is urgently and justly demanded, I deem It my duty to snggest that something in this direction should be done without dehy. Owing to the shortness of the time allowed to me for the consideration of the subject, lam not prepared to name the articles upon which duties should be removed or reduced. I should regret this if Congress were not already in possession of the facts which should govern Its action. This much, however. It may jbe proper for me to recommend.

1. That the existing duties upon raw materials which are to be used In manufacture should be removed. This can be done in the Interest of ons foreign trade. 2. That the duties upon the articles used or consumed by those who are the least able to bear the burden of taxation should be reduced. This also can be effected without prejudice to our export trade. In regard to or.r internal revenue taxes, I have to say that, as these taxes, with the exception of the tax upon whisky, ought not to be and will not be needed for revenue if appropriations are kept within reasonable bounds and rigid economy is established in all branches of the pnblic service, I see no good reason for their continuance. Taxes upon agricultural productions, although indirectly levied, are inconsistent with our general policy, and tobacco is the only one of these productions which baa been taxed. An article which is bo generally used, and yvbich adds so much to the comforts of the large numbers of onr population who earn their living by manual laDor. cannot properly be considered a luxury, and as the collection of the tax is expensive and troublesome to the Government, and Is especially obnoxious and irritative to small manufacturers, the tax upon tobacco Bhould, in my judgment, be removed. The tax upon whisky conld not be repealed without a disregard of pnblic sentiment, nor without creating a necessity for higher duties upon imported goods, but while this is true the tax upon the alcohol used In manufacturing might be removed witlrdecided benefit to home industry and foreign trade. On the subject of our shipping interests Secretary McCulloch urges the prompt removal of the unjust tariff taxes which have driven American vessels from the sea and paralyzed shipbuilding in this country. He does not, however, consider the restoration of onr raferehant marine an easy matter. We have been out of the carrying trade so long, and foreign companies have such enormous capital invested, that an attempt on the part of the United States to gain supremacy on the seas would meet with most vigorous competition. On this point Mr. McCulloch says: There is, in my opinion, no prospect whatever that the United States will ever share to a considerable extent in the foreign earning trade without Government aid. It is for Congress to determine whether this aid shall be granted or whether onr foreign shipping interest shall remain in its present death-like condition. The let-alone policy has been tried for many years, duilng which our ships have been swept from the ocean, and we pay every year many millions of dollars to foreign ship owners for freights and fares. Ought this condition of things to be continued?

Entertaining these views, I do not hesitate to express the opinion: 1. That without government aid to United States steamship lines the foreign carrying trade will remain in the hands of foreigners. 2. That as we ought to have an interest in the business which we create, and as the restoration of our shipping Interest Is important, if not essential, to the extension of onr foreign trade, subsidies in the form ofllberal payments for the transportation of mails or in some other form should be offered as an inducement to investments of capital in steamships. The amount of necessary aid wonld be Insignificant In comparison with what has been granted to manufacturers by protective duties, and nothing would be paid until the services were rendered. ? After showing the danger Involved in the continued coinage and unlimited legal tender quality of the silver dollar the Secretary says: I have be:n forced to the conclusion that unless both the coinage of silver dollars and the isgue of silver certificates are suspended there la danger that silver, and not gold, may become onr metallic standard. This danger may not be imminent, but it is of so serious a character that there ought not to be delay in providing against it. Not only would tbe national credit lie seriously impaired if the Government should be under the necessity of using silver dollars or certificates in payment of gold obligations, but business of all kinds would be greatly disturbed; not only so, bnt gold would at once cease to be a circulating medium, and severe contraction wonld be the result.

The United States is one Of the most powerful of nations—its credit is high, its resources limitless; but it cannot prevent a depreciation of silver unless its efforts are aided by leading nations of Europe. If the coinage of silver is continued in despite of the action of Germany m demonetizing it and the limitation of its coinage by what are known as the Lathi nations, there can be but one result—silver will practically become the standard of value. Our mines produce large amounts of silver, and it is Important, therefore, that there should be a good demand for it at remunerative prices for the outlays in obtaining it. The suspension of its coinage might depress the market price of silver for a time, but the ultimate effect would doubtless be to enhance it. The production of gold is diminishing, that of silver has practically reached its maximum, and there are strong indications that from this time the yield of both gold and silver mines will speedily decline. At the same time the demand for both for coinage and in manufactures will increase. The very necessities of the commercial world will prevent a general and continued disuse of either as money. The European nations which bold large amounts of silver must sooner or later come to its rescue, and the suspension of coinage in the United States would do much to bring about on their part action in its favor. But, whatever might be the effect of the suspension of the coinage upon the commercial value of silver, it is very clear that the coinage cannot be continued without detriment to general business and danger to the national credit. The amount of one-doilar notes in circulation is $26,763,097.80; the amount of two-dollar notes in circulation is $26,778, 738.20. Congress would, I think, act wisely in putting an end to their circulation. Nor do I hesitate to express the opinion that the country would be benefited if all flve-dollar notes should be gradually retired and the coinage of half and quarter eagles should be increased. If this should be done the circulating medium of the United States below $lO would be silver and.gold, and we should be following the example of France, in which there is an immense circulation of silver coin, which in all domestic transactions maintains a parity with gold. The substitution of gold and silver for small notes would be productive of some inconvenience, but this would be temporary only. If the five dollar notes should be withdrawn the Treasury would be relieved from the burden of silver in its vaults, and it would not be long before the coinage of silver might be resumed. In conclusion, the Secretary recommends that immediate action be taken by Congress relative to the basis of national bank circulation, now seriously threatened by the rapid call for bonds on which it is based, and that the system be continued substantially as it now is, except that the tax on circulation be repealed; that our sub’sidiary silver coins should be recoined and increased In weight; that the trade dollars should be purchased at a slight advance only upon their bulUmf value, and not at all unless presented within a year; and that additional vaults lor the storage of silver be constructed.

CLEVELAND’S ADVISERS.

Bayard for. Secretary of State—Garland’s Chances. [Washington telegram to Chicago Tribune.) Senator Saulsbury, of Delaware, thinks that Cleveland will tender Bayard the Secretaryship. of State, because it in the apparent wish of the Democracy that he should head the Cabinet, but Mr. Saulsbury is not inclined to believe that Bayard will accept. Mr. Saulsbury admits be has no information on the subject, but holds to the opinion that Bayard will prefer to continue in the Senate; where he is tha recognized leader of his party. Senator Saulsbury also expressed the belief that Senator Garland will be offered a Cabinet position on the ground of his fitness for the place, and that his appointment would be most acceptable to the Democratic party.

ROBBERS ATTACK A TRAIN.

The Thieves Plunder the Passengers and Carry Off Six Thousand Dollars. They Are Tracked to Their Homes by Bloodhounds and Idea* tilled. [Little Rock telegram.) The passenger train on the Little Book, Mississippi River and Texas Railway was stopped, between 10 and 11 o'clock last night, at a point three mile* below this place by five masked robbers, who ran the tr.pn on a switch and then proceeded to pfunder it The conductor, Pat Rice, and the express messenger, Honeycutt, were in the baggnge-car, and when Rice started toward the engine the robbers opened fire, shooting at bim five times. Both he and the messenger were then covered with revolvers, as were the passengers in the front car. The rear car carried some forty people. The rapid discharge of fire-arms and the sndden stopping of the train created grent alarm, ami an indescribable panic ensaed. Suddenly the door opened and a slenderlooking white man appeared, and, covering the passengers with a six- shooter, ordered them to “hold up their hands. ” No opposition was offered. Up went tbe hands of all. While this was taking place three of the robbers were at work npon the safe in the baggage car. and the ringing blows dealt npon it conld be distinctly heard. The robber who guarded the door talked constantly and in a jocular strain, saying that he was a relative of Jesse James, and that he had fifteen men guarding the train and intended to make a clean sweep of all the money and valuables belonging ' to ihe passengers. “Yon will,” said he, “have a chance to contribute to the missionaries;" As he spoke he was joined by a Recond robber, who, flourishing a pistol, began snatching watches and pocketbooks indiscriminately and tossing them into a sack he carried. He went through the car in about ten minutes. By the time he had finished the safe was hurst open and plundered, and the passengers in the rear cars having been relieved of their money, the robbers told the passengers to remain in the car for ten minutes, as it wonld be unhealthy for them to venture forth before that time. They then plunged into the woods, disappearing in a westerly direction. The following is a list of the principal victims: H. B. Dow, of the firm of Cole «fc Dow, of Little Rock, lost nearly SSOO. L. Thompson, of Pine Blnff, Ark., lost a gold watch and $lO in silver. Z. T. Hedges, of Little Rock, lost a gold watch and a small sum of money. W. Richards, of Little Rock, lost a gold watch and money. W. Dyer, engineer of the snag-boat Reese, lost a stun of money. J. M. Blair and wife, lost $lO or sls. Matt Coen, of Little Rock, lost $7. John W. Dillon, of the firm of William Resor & Co., of St. Lonis, could not tell how much hp lost J. C. Duncan, of San Antonio, Tex., a stockman, lost S6O. Mr. Dnncan saved a large sum by hiding it under his seat-cushion. Geo. W. Atkins, of Pine Blnff, lost S2O. T. B. Martin, of Little Rock, lost $5. Freeman Smith, of the firm of H. Waterman A Co., of St. Lonis, lost $2. He saved a package containing S6OO by hiding it in his boot. J. W, D. Cook, of Atlanta, G-a., lost only sl. Robert Allen, of Little Rock, lost $10.50. C. Z. Williams, of the Cole Manufacturing Company, of Memphis, Tenn., lost $l7O. Thos. B. Martin, of Little Rock, lost a gold watch. J. 8. Whiting, of Little Rock, lost a watch and chain and S2O. In addition the roadmaster and all the train hands lost sums ranging from SSO to SIOO. The express car of the Southern Express Company is said to have contained about $2,000. The total amount secured by tbe robbers is estimated at $6,000! Little Rock has been in a state of meat excitement all day on account of the affair. Early this morning bloodhounds were put on the trail of the robbers, and followed them straight into the city. Before noon Joseph Cook, J. C. Jones, John Clifford, Charles Campbell, and a Boy named Parker, five in all, had been arrested. Jones will probably be released. Three of those arrested have been identified ns among thfe robbers. Tbe State has offered SI,OOO for the capture of the robbers, to which the railroad company has added a like sum. Circumstances point strongly against Cook, Clifford and young Parker. In addition to their being identified, it is proven that they were away from their boarding-house until 2 o'clock this morning.

OUR GOVERNORS.

A List of the Executives In the Thirtyeight State* and the President’s Appointees in the Territories. The following is a list of all the present Governors, several of whom hold over, and of the Govemors-elect throughout the thirty-eight States, together with the President’s appointees in the Territories: Present Holdover or State. incumbent. Governor-elect. Alabama.E. A. b*Neal, D.-..E. A. O'Neal, D.* ArkansasJaa. H. Berry,D...SimonP.Hughes,D Ca!if’rniaGeo. Stoneman, D.Oeo. Btonemaa. D. Colorado. James B. Grant, D.B. H. Eaton. R. Connec’t.Thos M. Waller. D.H. B. Harrison, R. DelawTe.C. C. Stockier. D..C. C. Stockley, I>. Florida .. W. D. Bloxham, D.E. A. Perry, D. Georgia. ,H. D. McDaniel, D.H. D. McDaniel. D.* Illinois. ..J. M. Hamilton. 8.8. J. Oglesby, B. Indiana. .A. G. Porter, R... .Isaac P. Gray, D. lowa B. B. Sherman, R.B. B. Sherman, B. Kansas . .G. W. Gllck. D... John A. Martin, B, Kent'cky J. P. Knott, D J. P. Knott, D. LonsianaS. D. McEnery, D.H D. McEnery, D.* Mnine.... Frederick Kobie,R.Frederick Robie.R* Maryl'ndlt. M. McLane, D..R. M. McLane. D. Massc’tts G. D. Robinson, B.G. D. Robinson, B.* Michigan J.W. Begole, D... Russell A. Alger, R. Minn L. F. Hubbard, R...L. F. Hubbard, R. Miss Robert Lowry. D ..Robert Lowry, D. Missouri. T. T. Crittenden, D. J. 8. Marmaduke,D Nebraska!. W. Dawes. D... .J. W. Dawes, D. Nevada..!.W. Adams,D J. W. Adams, D. New H.. Samuel W. Hale, R. Moody Currier, R. N. Jersey Leon Abbett, D Leon Abbett. D. NewYorkGrover Cleveland, DGrover Cleveland.! N. Car’a.Thomas J. Jarvis. D. Alfred M. Scales, D Ohio George Hoadly, D. .George Hoadly, D. Oregon. .Zenas F. Moody, It.Zenas F. Moody, R Penn'a. ..Rob:. K. Pattison.D Itobt.K.Pattison.D Rhode I. Aug. O. Bourne, R . Aog. O. Bourne, R* 8. Caro a.H. 8 Thompson, D.H. BTbompson.D* Term Wm. M. Bate, D... ~Wm. M. Bate. D.* Texas.. ..John Ireland, D... .John Ireland. D*. Vermont. John 1,. Bars tow. R. Kami. E. Plngree, B Virginia.W.E Cameron, Read. W. E. Cameron, W. Va.. ..Jacob Jackson. D E. W. Wilson, D. Wiscou’n Jere. M. Rusk, R.... Jere. M. Rusk, R-* Territory. Present Appointee. ' Alaska... John H. Kincaid,of Nevada. Arizona. Frederick A. Tritle of Nevada Dakota. .Gilbert A Pierce of lliinoia Idaho....WilliamM. Bonn of Pennsylvania Done*4B BheldOn’of Ohio. * Utah.....Eh H. Murray of Kentucky. Wash’n . Watspn C. Squire of New York. Wyomi’g William Hale of lowa •Re-elected. tWill resign in January and be succeeded by David B. Hill, at present Lieutenant Governor. IJobn Scbyler Crosby, late Governor, Is now First Assistant Postmaster General. His successor has not yet been appointed. “OtrDA” complains .that the papers lie about her. She says one enterprising correspondent describes hex housekeeper under the impression he was writing np “Ouida” herself. Pope Urban VIII. issued a bull against the use of tobacco in churches, and urged the priesthood to abstain from it entirely. Steps have been taken in New York toward erecting a $50,000 monument to Father Mathew, of temperance fame. ——- . ■ .i Some of the Canadian papers printed President Arthur’s message in full. *■ ■