Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1869 — Page 1

TOE RIMEI/AER UNION. I , - Amt* kv ■•IACE E. JIMEB, i p-._H.t-~ JMIVI JIKIUX J Pr?rl*l«rs. c * i "i’STO^w' DppoßiT " flabwrl*ti4> fl k T Mir, >ia Advaaee. JOB WORK

CURRENT ITEMS.

sYAc|*TirK is 4>ytars old. ; Iceland, it is said, has no The population of lowa is now 1,040j--014. There are 454,355 Free-Masons in the United States. ' > It is said that Jay Cooke, the banker, owns over 50,000 acres of land in lowa. New tin have been found on the Coast Range mountains, In Los Angeles county, Washington Territory. Reports at the New York Merchants’ Exchange show that twenty eight vessels were: lost at sea in October, valued at nearly *1,000,000. The Oregon State Agricultural Society reports instances of the raising of 115 bushels of oats and 67 bushels of wheat to the acre. Since the foundation of the Prussian Bible Society, in Berlin, in the year 1814, it has distributed upward Of 3,000,000 copies of the Holy Scriptures. It is ascertained that there were ten lives lost by the recent flood in Windham and Windscr counties, Vt. Providence was enlivened the other evening by the sight of a young woman boxing the ears of her lover on the street, because he had escorted, ..another lady By the law of North Carolina, any person that Wears any disguise or mask in order to frighten somebody else is guilty of« misdemeanor, and liable to fine and imprisonment. I

■’ Two of the leading daily newspapers of San Francisco have been united. The Alta and Times have consolidated under the name of the Alta California and Ban Francisco IZltaes. ' ■' * ' ' ‘ ’ : SiLA8 h WEi.Ls, a light colored mulatto, rc?en|ly obtained, a jjtfdict for*27s, at Springfield, Ohio, against the Trustees of that township, for the refusal of his vote at the late election. A young girl was recently found guilty of infanticide before the Criqainal Court of Stockholm, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Upon hearing the dread sentence she drew a pair of scissors from her pocket and stabbed herself to the heart. ' Commissioner Delano recently received a letter from Cincinnati enclosing a large amount of revenue stamps, which read as follows: ' “Dear Sir: Enclosed please find three hundred and sixty-five dollars’ worth of stamps, which I stole. I’ve reformed.” The following is copied from a placard inviting worshippers to Bethesda Chapel, in Clapham, England ; “Ned Wright, who, before his’eonversion, was convicted three tidies of burglary, will deliver a gospel address. Come and welcome 1 No collection!" *”

At the recent special election of taxpayers of the city of Newburg, New York, Mrs. Margaret McQuaid, a widow lady owning property in the city, deposited her ballot with the inspectors, unquestioned and unchallenged. The lady is the first of her sex who has ever voted at a public election iu Newburg. A lady passed through St. Paul the other day, on her way to the settlements on the Red river of the North, in search qf a husband from whom she Was divorced several years ago in Brazil. She had married again and was widowed, and the old love reasserting itself, had come all the way from Rio Janeiro.to seek a reconciliation with her first husband. A little child six years old got upon the rear car of a train at Huntington, Mass., a few days ago, and was held there by a person supposed to be a brakeman, until the train was under full headway, when lie was let down, the fell fracturing his skull and otherwise injuring him so that death would probably ensue. A citizen of Montereau, -France, cattghi, j the other day, a fish of almost priceless value, for in opening it, it was found, to’ contain a magnificent breastpin, ornamented with thirty precious stones—diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds of extraordinary beauty. The breastpin is Valued by Paris jewelers at the fabulous sum of 1,500,000 francs. J £ Some weeks ago a terrible conflagration occurred at the little village of Radoczih, in Hungary. While the men and women had left their houses to work in the fields, a tire broke out in h barn, and consumed 125 out of 130 houses composing the village. TWenty-ohc titrtte children, who had been left by their mothers in their houses, perished in the flames. TnEßeverly'(Ehglatid) Guardian makes mention of a noyej way to make a man pay a debt; In the window of a photographic gallery 3s the following annctancement : “ Wanted, Mr. ,groom of——, to call afid pay for his portraits. N This notice, will romain hqre till the portraits are< paid for.” Attached to the notice is a cartdde iMte of the unlucky creditor. At Macon, Ga., there is a yonng mhn seventeen years old, not even knowing the alphabet, who- din soFve the most difficult mathematical problem?. Being asked what would a horse bring, there being 32 nails in lis shoes, allowing 3 cents for the. :first, V cents for the second, 27, 81, and.so on? Tlnh required thirty-two distinct multiplications, and run -up into trillions, yetfre-did itrtnthree mfrrntea Tme Toledo Qommcrcial says a gentleman near that city has been experimenting ■in itiia cultivation; of cranberries. He had , four .acres under cultivation this season, yielding 880 huStlCis, These he sold at ■ the »rte of $350 per bpahel, thotofol proceeds of the four acres amounting to sl,330, or $332,25 per acre. The Commercial thinks it probable that the marshes in the vicinity of the lakejep be nade valuable for the cultivation eflhe cranberry. k _jDy|«N«: the Aurning of ;the steanier StontewalVon - tile Mississippi, a group of man Ito the waler 1 ought to save-them- ■ 'Skkagb! MMtHst ardae! far -Its poee»Hion,.all was roused to demoniac -passion, and In YuHjejHhcV W tobe unf vettifl education, and it -it'to' be bonsputeoiy/wqere' the faith of iia' parents. Turkey has an nearly two millions qf square miles, or nearly twq-tlslrijs as mUch as the United States, not counting its latest anmwjation. The population is, however, Jarger-*ioity minions. Schools were established throughout the Empire in 104 T. ■ 4

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but the present law is thorough and compulsory, and the Turin, both Mohammedan and Christian, will soon lie universally and highly educated. Rev. Mr. Spuroeon, the well-known preacher, used to be famous for his comic sermons and lectures; but increasing years, corpulency, and a wife and children have a little sobered him. The other day, however, he came out in his old character. He delivered a lecture on bells, and provided himself with a large collection of different kinds of bells to illustrate his subject. Among others, there was a large alarm bell fixed hi the roof, which the reverend joker 'frequently pulled. Here is one of his points: “The ringing of a bell was shown to be a striking emblem of prayer, the rope being pulled on earth, and the bell rmgmgJiigh up in Heaven. It waS to be regretted that some people pulled the rope so gently.” ■iA curious scene was witnessed the' other day at St. Petersburg, in Russia. The First regiment of the Imperial horseguards were drawn up in line, when a young officer, dressed in full regimentals, was led up to the-Ccflohel bf the regiment, who struck him in the face, took his sword from him, ordered him to kneel down, broke his sword over him, told two other officers to tear off his Uniform, and then had him clad in the coarse uniform, of a private of the line. The officer thus degraded had stolen money from one of his comrades, and committed a number At forgeries; lie was reduced to the position of a private in the line, and to serve for life as such in otre of the Eastern Districts of the Empire. It is now. asserted that Lord Hubert LeroyJunsfey, who recently gave a *15,000 banquet in New .Yoritf.jg a Loudon gambler named Didw' Radwml. He first made his appearance in thiscountry at Newport, in July last From there he went totiaratega, t|pgn<|ingg great deal as money, living-in the highest style, and moving in the most ■ ftuhiohable circles. His mother was a second-rate actress lit a Bertintheatre, and hii father at preaint is in the livery stable business in th* lowest pirt of the city *of London. Ainsley, as a valet to a wealthy French gentleman Jin Paris, acquired his education, which has assisted him in palming himself upon the too credulous American people. Before his exjioso he wedded Miss Lily Martin, a beautiful and wealthy belle, of New York, who still abides and even travels publicly with him.

Heroism of a Child.

Rev. Edwin Clay, M. D., writes from Pugwasb, Canada, as follows: , “On Friday night lasjr Mr. Corpejius Crowley retired with his fauiily to seat, a little after dark. About ten o’clock they were aroused by the sound of fire somewhere in the building. On springing from his bed he found the whole body of the house in flames. His firsUhought was to get help, so he ran at ouQfato his barn where two of his sons were sleeping. On his return he found it Hgpossiple to get up stairs, where five of his family were sleeping, or to-his father’s room - Where the old. man and a little son were sleeping together. But Mrs. Crowley, with her babe in her arms, succeeded in arousing some of those up stairs. Her brother and sister threw themselves out of the window, forgetting the three children who were stil asleep in another bed. The mother’sl screams awakened the eldest daughter, and she came to the window and asked what she should do, when her mother urged her to thi-ow herself down‘from the window, but she replied, “ No; my brother and sister must be saved.” She than returned through the heat and smoke, ami took her sleeping brother, a little younger than herself (9 years), in her arms, and carried him to the window, from which he sprang with no injury except a slight scorching of his face and hair. She then returned through the .doo* pnd brought a stUl younger sister (ft rteari) lb th* T"dew, and here the dear girl had.'njore than she could do, for her sister in her fright refiised to be thrown off, and with the flames coming up around Her, she struggled with her until she put her ont of the window; and the chilu dropped helplessly to the ground. After hanging a moment or Upon the window sill, she dropiwd down bereelf, a ( distance of nearly sixteen feet. When she rose from the ground, she,«aid;of I done, mother; but I have saved my Brother and sister from being burnt up." -' The mother with her burnt children, thin walked a distance of 670 yards (I had it measured) to the first'neighbor’s house, in a state or nudity, for they hud not saved, any clothing. I wks soon sent for, and, in abort three nourS after the fire, was attending to the wantsof the sufferingchildren. I saw there was pp‘ hope of' saving the dear girl; from her forehead to the hot-, tom of her feet she was one mass of burnt fleshJ This, .with the fearfiil shock received from jumping 80 far 1 , and walking such a. distance in the cold Q.hp night being very chilly), caused'her ,td sink veryrapidly, and nt fl in the morning she died, aged 11 years and 8 mouthy a martyr ito the lovtf of her brothel, gij<J sister. I I never before saw so much courage aiid firtnnfcM in pne Wyoung; and while dressing her burnt ana bruised limbs she uttered no complaint Her sister diedin the’ window. The rest, I hope, will all recovtt. broken-hearted, weeping their suf sering loved ones.’ 1 - 1 -r J / : u ,

Post-Ofice Statisties.

The annual report of the. Postmaster General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, will show the following interesting, facts, prepared by General Terrell, Tlriw Assistant Postmaster General: Thq number of stamps issued zMWgftH fWr was 421,047,469, of which was $1?7,-. f 525)68; the number of stamped envelopes Miftra 4as flbounting to $22,835.88; newspaper wrappers issued. 3,595,155, Amounting :to $71,905; total number of stamps, envelopes and wtopyear endihg June 30 Wdie, $18,844,510.72. ter office during tbo year was M follows: letters, 26,528; fletitim* > ietterhi 43,4 Wf registered letters, -33,672; returned from foreign oouniries, 67/103 ( fartign letters, 178,186; total, 3,952,862. Of the above number 18,227 -ware found to contain money, amounting to $»4,710i9&, in bums of one dollar and upward, at Which number 16,187, containing $82,57990, were delivered to the - ,writers or persons addressed, '...-Ml i-m ( . ms. b r. -1 . ; 1

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and 2,040, containing *12,140.05 were filed for reclamation by the owners, or were outstanding. Dead letters are retained for years lor reclamation, and the monpy deposited in the Treasury. The number inclosing sums less than one dollar was l 14,823, containing *8,462.77, of which amount- *3,788.2#' was tMiveredrto the writers, and *674.48 was filed for redamßtion. Amount taken from dead lettws and deposited, in Treasury, *14,585.43;' number of letters containing tank checks, drafts, deeds, letters of exchange, < etc;,, received and recorded, was 16,925; hominal value of same, *311,324.71, of which 15,286, nominal value of which was *278, 911.45, were delivered to owners, and 1,689 were returned or filed for .reclamS-j tion. Of the unmailable letters, 286,307 were detained for postage, not being prepaid as required by laW ; they Wr<? either wholly unpaid, not prepaid, or full ratej or were stamped with illegal or revenue stamps; 70,429 were misdirected, the Postofflcc, gajt of the address bising’’*ohirtted ; 2,678-h»4'no address whatever; 2/57(1 w ere Addressed tq a place where there was no mail service.

The Agricultural Report.

The following statistics are from the seventh annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture: ■ The value of cotton exports during the year 186* was—raw goods, *152,820,733; manufactured, *4,871,054. For .the year 1867 the figures were $201,47023, abfi *4,608,217118fi0, *191,806,565 and *10J)34,796. The value of bread-stuff exports, fioun and wheat, in 1868 was *7Q,046.187; ia 1867, *40,983168.; in The exports pf oormand.corn meql ip 1868 were *16,162,466; io 1867, *16,426,677; in 1866, *12,190,878, in 1860, *3,3114883. The production of sugar has beim as follows.: lb <864, 6,668 hhd.4: 15,500 in 18654.1,000ib 186 ff; 87,8*7.in 1887; 84,258 in 1868. The fallowing tabid exhibits the value of live stock in 1860,1868 and 1860, 'on 1 February 1 ofeachyear,f ■ Sthtos. inn#. • IKtN. , lHt». NS.SS'LWL »ia,W4,BW »4W1,3M ®iS' Miusaclinsette 13,737,744 111,314,ti.8(W.518 Khide Hand 3,(M3,<h4 - Coftndctfcat .. ' . -18.SSMK 7 84,687,141 New York... 103.856,2#6 166,567,069 183,766,349 18yta’.8W VUgiuia..... 85,430,360 35,148,572 37,705,568 N,.taroUn»'. ,31,130,805 ’ 26,052,456 24,434.747 8. Carolina.... 23,934,465 10,693,117 15,361,888 Alabama..,,. 43,411,711 21.126,883 27358.656w Texas.. 42,825.847 33,606,563 32,651,805 Arkansas..... 22,096.077 15,309,980 20,866,380 Tennessee... 60,211,427 38,708,709 53,186,562. W. Virginia.. 12,882,680 15,679,734 17.088,568 Kentucky... «f,B6a,ffl’ 40,401,619 49,189,4(8 Missouri .... 53,963,673 50.728,286 64,(00,717 Illinois 72,501,225 105,7W,764 120,689,917. Indiana 41,855,569 72,796,680 -T0,728-,2Bii MRS* US® Kansas 3,332,-150 9,962,811 12,902,800 Nebraska.... 1,123,771 -5,169.536 7,168,464 California.... 35,585,017 41.457,732

Since the organization of our Government, 80 years ago, a people of 8,000,000, of European extraction, have become 40,000,000, not altogether by natural increase, but in part by immigration, in a rippling stream at first, which has gathered volume until its current is equivalent tp a third of a million annually, and its total aggregation 8,000,000. It is one of the marvels of thc eventfUl nine years' Since 1860, that one-fourth of all the immigrants who have ever sought our shores have come during the mgbtftil civil war pr since its close. Two, -millions of human beings, two-thirds as many as fought the War of the revolution, have thus been added to our numbets sihee the taking of the fast census. During the past nine years the arrivals of immigrants makq an aggregate‘of 2,141,403—88fa545 from groat Britain (Ireland 890,032;) Germany, 616,268: British America, 87,602;,.China 46,681, Every quarter of the globe haS been represemted, even Africa and the isles of the Pacific. The German immigration has been large since the war, amounting- to 343,188, and .the total for Joni'" years past exceeds thfl aggregate ilimber'Millie Aim£<predous years. The Jariakit iaflwxjCronLGreat Britain wm ip 18fl6L4®»tthmi^ints; and Ift'il&MA-WdfaT Ireland was 69,977, in 1867. The greatest movement from Ger*> Ptafly was 12L- ‘ ■■■ . .. . ■ r

Internal Rerenue.

Ttutfollowing table exhibits the amount of internal revenue collected in each. State and Territory, during the last year, and. the proportion which the pqlfactions bear, to the. total, pf assessments; .; ! District. Assesamente. Collections. Alabama.. H.445,4’1 64,392,76891 Arizona.• ■ 22,001 Arknnrae.-. ■ iuw, -492 91 001,75951 cmirorni«.....J 7,(lt»,Bßßtti Delaware. 759,795 20 ; 644.508 4» District ot Columbia 150.1)3 19 185.360 07 Florida 129,849 85 412,814 28 •Gefrata 0,141,978 64 6.112,28156 ~ lfe : .E :: E i KonUfcky'' "skills? ’ ’3.'m9l 119 LouUhma . v . 4 279,702 76 3.792,48» 59 ikaMCto-ctW..18,183,506 28 17.853.52104 Michigan »»19f67£8> . WJtWiH MlßSKplrf ■■■■■ ) 'Jw9B W Montana.. J- 112,203 03 117,37142 ■ NswdßUnpsMiO.:... ■ 1,972,419 85 1,938,11114 New JeraerTSs.-rr' 8,940,037 02 8,591,7.1 109 Virginia 2,058,579 08 i„ I.HO/M 17 •KriMlWMAikl/.tJWt**** <»4,a 058 —Ftom the mps*reilabfe data that scan be had from alJparto .Ohe country, jt to estimated that the corn «rop will, be 150,• ooo.oW bimhela which is not far froin ftM),ffiW,6oq.l}MhfeW; bin odiber food rw A'W. «P ot ; —The Boston Board of Trade has uppointed Nathan Appleton as their xepreaenUUve U the ceremonies atttading the opening of the Suer Canal

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Weekly News Summary.

FQREWJT. The insurgents In Cuba have obstructed the track and burned the bridge on the Cienfticgos'and V ilia Clara Railroad, thus cutting off all arnimunications between tie two places. ’ .1 A London telegram of the 30th lilt. 1 says the paper found in a bottle off the coast of Cornwall, reporting the loss of the,German emigrant ship Weser, proves, on examination; to be a hoax. Sir Richard Grosvenor, the Marquis of Westminster,, died pp the 31st ult., aged seventy-ibtfr. •-• ■ ■ A dispatch on tfye 2d states that the cities of Frankfort, Weisbaaen, and Mayence, Germany, > with, surrounding country in each case, were visited by shocks of earthquake during the night of the3lst ult . News has been received from Dr. Liv l intone dated Au£. .8, 1868, asking that supplies, nautical instruments and almanacs of 1809 and 1870 be sept him. Hi was in good health and was at Zanzibar. A Washington dispatch of the 3d says recent official dispatches represent that the Cubans were making verk BtCe progress. I The people wer* becoming dissatisfied with the delay and inactivity of tbd indargefit l ISHdarb. On tlite Other hand, the. (jJpaywh army was codsifflfttly receiving missions, and whk’ifreparing for a vigorous campaign. A Madrid telegram of the 4th states. O*t Admfriti u[i>{ Ordering his resignation as one of the Cabinet, arfffffW/VrdbftbW llmM‘ the whole Cabinet.wqujd- Priii, WJQgld form a new one’. The Cortes haid again adjourned. ; b The London papers in their obituary 1 iiJWfcjes PSbbody say he-syas our of the few whose private virtues are followed by publje fame. There was nothing hard or harrow about'his philanthropy. He' simply did whatever good came in Ma

DOMESTIC. Gold closed in New, York op the sth at ' ' All tfie officers of the privateer Cuba were discharged on the 30th by the Commissioner,"exnepfDavWl A. Telfair, D. D. Munroe, Nicholas Isling, R. H. Gibson,. N. D. Phillips, Lewis French and John Lynch, who were required to give bail, in *SOO each for their appearance before tlie United States District Court.'.'Y Ejrsrriir'.>3'.’ i ’v'. > The tobacco’crop in Virginia is reported as but two-thirds of a crop; the corn crop iaa failure, but the wheat crop is remarkably fine and abundant. Advices from the Stonewall on the 30th ult. state that the beat was stiU burning. Several more persons tiad b s qen picked up aHve. ' ' 1 i According to the report of the Commissioner of Pensions there Were i 87 t D63 pensionersjon the rolls June|3o,lß69, and the total amount paid out was 884.0*The Governor of Viiginia has desig nated- the 18th a day of giving-Sixty-five bf the dead bodies'ef victims of the ill-fated Mississippi river steamer Stonewall had been recovered up to the 2d instC ,-®i« colbeM and chambermaid were the only ones identified. The 18th taut, has boe* appointed as *. day of thanksgiving by the Governor bf low*.Th’i'Cincinnatißotfrd'of Education have adopted reaolijlw'ns prohibiting the reading of the Bible in public schools—ayes, tides,. 15.’ . - , The Commissioners of the Umqn. and Central Pacific Railroads have made tlieij ln' they state that both companies are doing a large amount of work the roads, and in a short time they Will compare favorably with any road in the country. ~ :.... ■ inches of snoW'XFMoosebead' Lake, Me., on the Ist; t&Tincites at Dan■gor. ■ "

The following of the public debt statement, as published on the letinst.: 3;..LM,:osiev«WaM Debt bearing inter- - ■ -n e«lncola . 4... - Interoat. ~ Debobrarlng Interttl.ttW.9oooo Intireet. MiM*>«o Debt on which Inter- > ; est has waned . . alnce matnrity.... .4/h»,WI>4 D^^.?°. ln : ' ;i ; Total debt, principal - U. and fntere.Lto date, including . coupons due, not " 6..<M9,«4,744> Ataennt tn the Trewnry! Coin.. ;-.........»1W,2M»T11 «« c«weaey>. j.L.ILi. 7,248,29524. HtaktoctnuriinnS. wUtateresttoud'i, and accrued interest thereon..... 18,266,90147 Other uTs. coin-inter- u ent bonds pur- I’?*? chaaed, and accruad ..1 ♦» I 94U il i. interest thereon.... 46,020,746 50 T0ta1.... .. ...6188,523,754 90 Debt, WaMA..2.«1,f31.it03» Debt, less Mount in the Treasury on the Ist nit 2,458,495,07$ 11 •assaßr. . Decrease of the debt since March 1, , ~ 1869 664,352,070 55 The consolWakton of she Hudson River and New York Central Railroads has finally been ratified. The new read to called the “NeW Ybrg Central A Hudson Hiver Railroad, and the capitaTktQpk ampimts to $41000,000., The officers arc: W fesHMrif W. 'VamforfteLvice Tourer, and Augustus Schell, Secretary. Nt 2d, fowr-J teen ptjaloil, tobacco and' cotton Were entirely consumed by fire, and a-Wdve'nkh Y’atlWl Va&fcrftourke Was burned s>4a»tk Jbe-dre is supposed to have originated from the locomotive. • . ■ • - . ■■ ■ . ■>• 4- V//' ■ < r

An injunction was served upon the Board of Education of Cincinnati on the 2d ( restraining them trom executing the resolutions adopted by theni excluding the Bible from the common'schools. At the National, Baptist Sunday School Convention at St. Louis, on the 2d, twen-ty-seycq States were represented. The total disbursements of the inept for Octobef aipeunt to *12j842,497 The interest paid on the public debt wa? *11,106,199 additional. The Commissioner of the General Lane) Offibe has' decided that public land, one* offered for sale, retains, the character of offered land, as to right of pre-emption, even though afterward withdrawn from the market; therefore; pre-emption settlers will be required to make prqof and payment witbin the twelve months prescribed by law.

The Governor of Missouri h*s appointed the j,Blh in?t> as a day of thanksgiving. .! Thetown of Cisco, on the Central Pa,cifia Railroad, was destroyed by .fire oh jthc Ist inst The railroad property was favod. The annual report pf Auditor sfaowa that 2,709 requisitions parsed through, lire oflteq during the year, fa--volving *78,901,949.(13, of which amouUt *62,803,741.24 were disbursements, and wertr rdfiindmeiU. «*’■• | f The bodies’wf HIM following persoas lostonitte Stonewall had been recognized Up to 4th: James A. Admns and Mike Kinney, stock dealers, of St. Louis; 8. (or Jerry CqnsJee), X F. Ams,; John Hanley, J. Conroy, Q. Cop-, royt James liowes, J. Kefiy.'M. 0, Loot, Garret .COlcinnp, Ptet?t'Ciinnht^h«|B-” I 'i4R the qlmv9 t .tke firstfwere .deck passcngiera; . The colored citizens of Maryland Celebrated ' the' anniversary of emancipation at Baltimore, oh the '4tb, with graft entfipaiasm.. The day passed, without any disturbances, and wound «p with a boll in the evening. From the annual report of the Second Comptroller of tfie Treasury, wd learn that the total expenditures of the War and Navy Departments toe the fiscal year ending June 30,1860, were*f10T,684,525.62. .Commissioner Deland has. suspended the collection pf tax on the pork-packers as manufacturers, until January 1, to give packets and dealers time to apply to Congress and get its opinion. Several arrests have been made in jffew York and Boston of members of ai£>otorious gang of' counterfeiters, WNo have been engaged in making .tobacco revenue stamps, and liad commenced engraving a plate of a 5 20 bond. A large amount of counterfeit stamps were seized, together With plates, prcsscs, and all necessary articles for such business,

The dwelling of Nathan. Dowry, in Harwich, Mass., was destroyed by fire on the evening of the Sdj and his Only children, two little girls, aged six and four years, perished. The parents were visiting a neighbor. The New York Sun of the sth says Bontwell is preparing to bring out a new loan at 4 per cent, interest, and his agent has sailed for Europe to negotiate with capitalists for a large part of it. A Washington telegram of the sth says’: '* The decline in the price of gold has brought up the subject among leading, finttnofal men of a return to specie payments, apd it is understood that Secretary Boutwell, among other, recommendations in hi» report, win urge that the time b£ fixed at an early day for resuming specif paymchts. In case Congress shaujd. adopt the proposition, the Secretary will adhere to it rigidly." ' the sth' i&ieived forty bqqke jffgold: wM a letter, say ; ing that the gold from which it was mode • belonged te the Government.

During the last fiscal year about 7,000,000 Acre* of public lands were entered under the Homestead and- other taw* yielding the ’Government between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000, ‘ . PERSVN/L. ,Jt. is stated that |su Commissioner of Indian Adairs will oppose the treaty system with-the fhtlians, and advocate a [dan similar t?o that used in* Canada. During tjie past year there has been a marked improvement in the Judiaas, fewer depredations have been committed, and more readiness manifested by them to engage itj agriculture. The Qecfotiyy of the Treasury .has! annnuamw that tiw witaaf gold and purchase 'of bonds Will’continue through the month of wittitnit change. Receipt* of fractional currency for the week ending October 30, $1,210,000 ments, $1,393,000; atnotint redeemed, •431,100General Butler was robbed of hi* money, overcoat and undercoat p#.'a sleeping oar between Washington- awl New York, oh the night of the 30th wit. He IdW about $706 In 'money, and $3,000 or $4,000 in checks and drafts. Got. Ciiamberlain, of Maine, has ap pointed Hbn. Lot Morrill UhitCd Spates Senator, tofillthe vacancy by the, death of Senator Fessenden. < The -PMdeati ifth appointed Franks 1 Springer Collector oLlhterrial «$ vemW Stephen M. Vtai, of New York, pas been appointed .Consul for Bavaria. ■ Th* centenary, ofAJnivemaWawss commemorated in New. York city, at Dr. ChapinMchtweh, on the evening of the 3d. Tt lS stAte# tn a Washington dispatch rd ttae th*) $0 Inyfeftlgstiori of the ebargv* ,Butterfield, jipifeef jStdto* Amistant Treasurer at New York, <wllbbe Made before his successor is appointed. i Minister Low had as interview with the President and Secretary Fish on the 3d, in which iffangepents were made for

»i ,< i ■ . 1 . i j ’; >:< jjtj —»! «r; jj > .7 F 1 » " r » the qompletiqp of lua instructions, and declaring the policy of tips government toward Chink'. 1 ’ ‘ 1 ' • ’ i Prof. Hall, the State Geologist of Nfew York, says that this Canlift' giant is a statue cut from gypsum, and is pi a high order ot sculpture. It has apparently been inhumed a long time, and its source or origin ft beyond conjecture. : George Poabodydied al bis residence in London, on the evening of the 4th, A Syracuse dispatch qf “The Cardiff sfone giant was, ibis afternoon, successfully raised from the place where ft was 1 discovered, arid x brought to Byiacuse. It was found as perfect en the back, on which it lay on Its clay bed, as on the surface first exposed to view.” POLITICAL. ‘ The judicial election of California re suits in the choice of eleven Democrats and three Republicans . j , J The United (States kmpreme.Cannaas> decided that a note given for property purchased in the South during the Wag, where the authority of thd Unite<f,ptatCß Government did noi extendi, gpd .wtyere Confederate curtency. was in circulatiop, may be paid in that currency. The Court, alsd ruled that contracts stipulating for pay inept 8 Ip, that curitedcV garded In thex)pa-case, orof doinefl|icißmi>?recUyn i.'Wm* wifi .n-.i.; j |< • The Official retttrttk ifrott aft-the eoun,tjes ip tqWa give Merrill, RephWifean feapdieftto for .Goverpoi,'fl'ipajftrity'hf tftHit' total yptg wms&,W; .» " Hayes’; official' majority, fer'Goyernor an‘ Ohio is 7,501. ; ' ; ' 1‘ ” z InWHariftln, FairihiM, the Remblican eandldrite for Goyerpdr, tn eledtld. The Republican State . (Joaunittee bflth mated Ms majority at about 8,000, with the Legislature of about the same complexion as last year. ’ The Tennessee Haufle of RepresAitetivesi on of topo.J tabled a resolution offered the dpy liefflfofor the election Of United 'States Senator ’on thd'groundfof Cooper's tneWgibifity. «. The Democrats carried the city of M<>bile at tliq recent' feftctltfn by a majority of 235. ‘f " . • ' " - The Citteena’ Reform ticket in Chicago, composed of both Democrats and Repub licaris, was choseri at the recent election by from 5,000 to 7,000 majority. I At the charter election in Detroit op the 2d, the Democratic Mayor and etty ticket were elected by -about 600 majority, the Democrats haves majority jp foeCqm- . mon Council ’ ' , ? Returns from the’ New York fifate election received on 'the 4th. indicate aDemocratic majority in the State atiarge Of from 10,000 to 12,000, a. Dembcr|tic majority in the Senate, and probably in the House. According to the election pew, from West Virginia, received on the 4 th, the.-lloirse will- stand -abetat 81 Republicans to 25Democrats; 'and the Schate 18 Republicans to 4 Democrats. , New Jersey gives a Democratic majority in the ; Legislature—l 3 Democrats to 8 Republicans in the Senate, and 34 Democrats and 20 Republicans in. the House. ■' 1 1 :u ' ! t , Governor Claflin ft re-elected Governor of Massachusetts by a plurality pf from 10,000 to 12JJQ0- ijofarasknovroon the 4tb, the Legislature standftmUL Republican, 4®'Democrats, and 10 Labor Reform. The Senate, 30 RepttbMcane.’frDembferate, and 1 Labor Reform 5 . Ttwtts estimated' that the Hoppe wptftd fltpndTS fot* jirbhibitton,andl«3forliiceulßfr!iJ .■ Returns Deceived ,fIP the sth from the Illinois election indicate khat the Republicans Will have a majority in the Gonstita> tlonaf Contention to meet at Springfield in December. ! ' As figured flt op the, 4th, the New York Asseihbty-stands 711. Democrats to OT RepuNfcans. The whole new State Copsfitrittoh, Including the Judiciary) cteuse. ft defeated. o>- ' • -t " • The news from,the, received at St. Paul QP Ute Sth, ft.td thp effect that so for the Republicans, had lost two'Bepafore -and nine Representatives. " Returns continue to leave A’.iWin, for Governor, behind his ticket,'bAt not enough to. prexwt his election by from 1,000 to 1,-Wp majority.” ~ A Madison dispatch or the sth states .that the Wisconsin Legislature,-will be composed as follows. Senate; Ift Reprto* llcans, 11 Democrats, 3 Independ jpWt wo of the latter Democrats and I ifepubUofln. House ; 56 Republicans, 30 Democrats, 5 Independento-fdnr of the l*tte» Riepub-’ 'mi?,- -to-.)

s.A Boston telegram of the 4th sfatestbp result of the late election, in *etta to be about as follows is regards the Legislature:.“There are'twenfy-two Seri-" ators, a majority? opposed 'to a taw and eighteen in-favor; tWm»tw<«Wn *fen> ators. favor' retaining the’ - Stade ‘’fllky, which was another issue in thelwkecthin. and t j , >»l The Albany Qf 25,000 majority In JNfif .fcn Nelson over fjiajei, and a heavier majbrity Ht ZleoctahnS eighteen* lifeOatWSwMdrirDldnev W'' threemeinbersotWiKA'stemJs»y.?»e NZ Y. fnWwrtfttie same date state* the A*, sefftbly at 75 Democrats, 5$ R ‘* ub '»’ and the Senate aiii Republicans n . < ” A'MAthc d»nc«< wa* lataiy.givcn at a private party in Far* Th* iralrutp® B * B were placed oh a platform, and there rt<. bUt thw overture to *• Wliham Teil'i Was heforrf- dtafiACUy toimue from - ttar pteW;, WnA Usurp, whichmadpuptbe The conceit took place in broad daylight. The explanation Was that each- oftM instoumeats Wat ooimeoted by a taw of wood with an Identical instrumant Xa.ap adjom- ' ing room, op wW<A |he performers played.

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T«k Uonveatton consisted ‘of flflkicious and adroit men of boihi.ptfiticni gwNps, &na without rcTvrdncc any Kwrwn .views of theirh upon. subject Hfore that a perfect nnanimity at adnlireent prevailed upon the main, question. The resolutions adopts, strerig as tlfoy tile'lu tbhe, Were, not in sdvanosi of IM weßnetaied convictions and purpose of the Cpnven'won. ’ Nor Was there that degree 'of Weal » and jealousy;which some IWd pre upon the; point of location. Chicago was supposed by some ’to'havede--rigns upon tlie capital; and the .'delegate natien at Urge, Chicago wonM: to haye the capital come .to her. . 'JiuLCbicago would rather have the Capital at St. .Louis than at Washington, and! he.did not pee why St. Louft not rath&r have the capital al Chicago than irt wasnTngtOfr. l lt soemed to bo uifivisrsaUy conetded, pot only by the 0k Loioa nepreaegtatives, but by the delegates that 1 the hrtte position to hej taken is,-triak-. the removal of foe .fiftpital to fte. Valley is the main question, upon which all can agree, : abd this the iigmor quctalon ,°f to<atiopwaybqW t > F i Wli d ftei , 8 8ion . sdf' Ute (ttenvanUon, .ffkwted ft toftflsfo-ft, m nearly every journal ip the country, from Maihe to CrfffoHiia. The <9onsm«nts ofihVTraW- have .S» ,the nearest,points, we publish those of ' two leadingDetrbit TfapCTi^'iWffciP hail at ifirpfidfetoWei. Apt he Ine uSpital nlOvcuiCnt; DCfewethh countryrami. ila#frta«il<A«ldfvay dngtap. Svery diy add» : -W tifc uMfes of ttedtly JBipesi. srithbi.-fl fVegy-£»WJreats to witness its complete success. The New England capitalists are hiteresfed in its favrih, because theik large of and carrying interests travcrsiirg tnu neart oftbeocaatryeaflt ateAMeet’flre'MtoW'ted hatton at large » intereatedbin- ik on FtWSKM". head for our entire popnbrtsotakndiitwoft k I* the generationl9*l could inQWjfln Wcnafl of tatad of their then population to carry it to a point mote central; «n'd, in theft than New York or , we not Ipok forward to pn expense ptr capita bnflfrentlfAs’gMit, to seeWeiflheqM-ma-wntJocaMonpf jp the heart of, the ? — 1 nbuye.

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