Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1869 — Page 1

TUB taSBLM tINIOIf. Every TNmrtOmy by \ ■mCE p* JAMES, | JtSHPi HEtiFv jTNprW**; — v / 711 HakOTHMia., Jft a w«*r, r U A*r«a«e. JOfi WO^K ,o ° nur ,n

Selocted Miscellany. LIVING ON A FARM. nr n i-musim.. - ' , llnw BiiiiiiiTLv, through the mist of years, My ciutot country home appear*l My lather, busy all the day In plowing corn, or raking hay; My mother, rapviug with delight Among her milk pant, ailvor-brlgiit; We children Just from'ach.ol set free. Killing the gardon with our glee ; The blood of life was flowing warm Wlica 1 wan living on a farm. t hdkr the sweet church-going boll Ah o’er tho ftalda lta music fell. I see tint county nobfbbom round (fathering neath tho pleasant sound. They atop awhile bcsule the door, To talk their homely matter* o er,— awssssttHiw* n *• A little sail SMtuld do no harm. Wo want good weather for the Ikon.” When autumn oatno what joy to see Tho gathering of the nuskiug-bec, To hear the voices, keeping tune. Of girls ahd boys beneath tho moon. To mark the golden corn -ears bright, More golden In the yellow light! Slncaf” have learned the ways of men, I often turn to these again. And feel lire wore It* highest chinm Whop l was ll\ mg on a farm. Mtw Yobk City, ISffl).

The Cardiff Wonder.

A distinguished party, composed of Chancellor J. V. L. Pruyn, Dr. S. B. Wool worth, Prof. Jus. Half, Dr. Robinson (of Auburn), Judge (.Minton (of Buffalo), Judge A. S. Johnson, Hon. George Gc deles, E. W. Leavenworth, Dr. H. B. Wilbur, Dr. Strong, Dr. Canfield, Rev. G, M. Hills, Jas. Geodes, President White, JI. K. White, Dr. Dallas, Dr. Hitchcock (of Binghampton), Dr. Boynton, and others, visited the scene of the excitement near Syracuse, last Wednesday. No official report of the investigation instituted by the learned, gentlemen will he madd public until after a conference be held in Albany, probably some time during next week. Opinions, however, are expressed by members of tho party, and though not given by authority, yet gain importance and arc worthy of credence, their source being considered. The conclusions of Judge Clinton, matured in a legal mind, whose decisions are by habit carefully based, do fiot show him to be a convert to belief in the antiquity or archwlogical value of the statue. He describes it as being of colossal proportions, and very impressive With the 'tk-tructjon consequent on its lack of finish, Which arises frpm its imperfecrmaterial. There is nofningthat would lead to the conviction that is the work of an artist, or that it dates back a sufficient space of lime to make it par-_ ticularjy interesting. Some points in the testimony, which speculation has unearthed and brought to bear on the discovery (sp-called), mdirate very closely its origin, and unless rebutted,or if generally accented, will prove this a humbug that out-Barnums Barnnm, and will make tho celebrated moon hoax pass current for a very noor Joke, indeed. Mr. Noel, familiarly called Stub Noel, thC proprietor of 'tho land in whose embrace the giant lay, has a cousin; the coUsin is 6aid to hgvo been seen about a year since engineering a fobrhorse establishment and a tremendous big box in the direction of Noel’s farm and inquiring flSr Now’s residence. The receipts from the exhibition have been enormous (on* one Sundajralpxt 43,000 were in at the tent door), and by the profits the cousin is said to have profited to the tunc of $7,500 ; one of the men who accidentally discovered the figure,wUlcditging a well-and that well itself is a littleYfiieer from its location and probable use—4s reported to have rioticcd and lacntiqned the fact thfct the ground had previously been dug into; these anil many other circumstances, combined with the feet that the figure is cut in perishable Btonc, are taken as evidences that a very successful dodge has been com® to the benefit of the clover perpetrators. On the other hand, affidavits havebecu, furnished and scientific opinions given that accord all tile'antiquity and mystery claimed tor tlje work. The statue was yesterday nfterndon successful ly raised from the place where it was discovered, and taken to Syracuse. It ’ Was’ found to be as perfect on the \> ac k» on which it laid on Its clay bed, as on thfc' surface first exposed to view. Professor ltall and Df.< Woolwovtli were present, aito declare that the wonder increases in interest the moseiliat is known of it. l They are collecting data and prosecuting inquiries, the jasiilt Of which will be embodied in a formal report of scientific investigation soon to be given to the public.— Buffalo Ktpreufi, Noe. 0.

A Tale of a Cat.

A suonr time sinue a man cut down a ire* on the premises ot Mr. Augustus Prudhon of this Township. In the hollow of-JUrf treq was found a nest erf young squirrels. Tho squirrels, which had not their eyes, were taken to thehouse as a curiosity for the yoqng folks. A tmt was on the premises at the time with a lister of kittens about the age of the sqjpirele, and it was suggested that tl*ep a good opportunity presented itself to p'uy A practical joke on Madame Puss. Threfc of the kittens were seht to th&t boju-ne from which no luckless kitten retufni, and three ot the o'rphhnea stihirtels were put in their place, Strangely enough the old cat did not seem to discover the deception practiced upon her, but tooffwerfoundlings and nursed and jetted 51 them ns fondly os if they were genuine, fellas®. As her adopted children grew in ' stymie and began to exhibit a decidedly squfrfc sl-Uke appearance, Madame Puss f thought she “ smelt a mice’.’ about those stsaifaet wayward children of hers, bat just where the point tp the joke was hid-, dej.liar in ’ What particular >‘clftuse ■ of .the laws of cat-dom was fodUl * i precedent lor. such busliy.tailed kittens, were mysteries which beat lIU-Old CM.- As they griw rider she m vain to initiate them into the mysSenhr.of hunting ( but alas! the way want wards wore all unmindful of that rarest of S»nce'en3eil,*&,t ?r ! iKJMJMB' to N|*ua and, they are now eagod at the buflarfl saloon, whihr their eveanar bis-* tory is being woven into this singular tale of a cat.— Nashua, Pont, • *

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

VOL. 11.

The Pension Report.

. . i - 7 • • i ** • 1 The forthcoming ftiitirt Of th*-Gemmis-sloncror Pensions wifi show a vitst amount • «f work done by that office. During the past year there were allowed new fclalhiH for pontitms aa follows : CU*v Olaime. Amount. < IntatldH.. ' #108,144 10 InvalldtvTof IncrcnAe :...-4,1108 104,7UH40 Widow*. orphan* and dependant relatione.... v ........13,1p3 4,677,481 53 Widow*, orphan* and dependant relation* (tor ihereaeo... .11,one THt.atti 70 37,741 #4,003,773 83 The foUqwing table shows tlje pension roll on tlfcdOth of June, 1889: Aggteigati Clan*. I I’eulouur*.. Amount. Invalid ulHlaar.., 81.570 #7,304,804 48 Widow*, orphan? and dependent relations 103,640 13,607,070 10 qo/I c*. <> 1 1 The amount paid during the year, for military pensions who: < Invalid military i>cn*iona #0,383,714-18 Wldoyrq, orphan- anddopenclent relaTotal... v ,. 14141 ....u.,.. ,:f0t7,16)4,808 04 NAVY PB.WONB. ! ■ ' , i During the year tlio new claims allowed were aa follows: Claad. I’enfloner*. Amount. Invalid navy 174 #10,480 0# Increased navy 57 2,600 50 Widow*, orphan*, and dependent raialionß 47,510 00 Increased widow*, orphans and dependent rolatlotia.' 101 ! * 4,748.00 T0ta1..., 1... 1. ..6'10 #31,083 50 The Naval roll stood, on the 30th of Juae: l'la*s. Feneioner*. An. Aggregate. Invalid* 1,480 #118,17110 Widow*, orphan*, .and dependent relation* ...1,558 450,83000 T0ta1..,..; ..,4,8« <376,00110 The amount paid during the last year was: To naval Invalid?.,,. <145,010,31 Widows, orphan*, and dependent relative* 301,37553 .1 ’ * 1 ? '. 1 ! (* | '-ia. a. J T»ua :v . .#130,010 04 During -the year there were added to the number or pensjoners of all classes, 23,196; dropped fhr vafirnis cahsCT, 4,870; on the rtffis June 30„1869,187,903. The yearly amount of pensions added to the rolls wrtsfesfollrtw** Army Invalids, $632,942.60; army widows, orphans and dependent relatives, $2,301,831.23; navy invalids, $18,845.50; navy widows,, orphans and dependent relatives, $32,238. The total amount paid tor pensions of all classes, including expense of disbursements, was $28,428,884.08. An excess us compared with the preceding year of $4,411,902.09, which will during the current year probably be increased to $5,000,000. The re'were Teceivcd d tiring flic year 41,03U.apnligatidnn for pensions under the’ act’ of July 14,1862, ana acts supplemental thereto, as follows: Invalids, 22,720; widows, orphans and dependent relatives, 16,318. The cases disposed of were : Invalid*. Admitted. Rejected Total. Originals 0,745 4.175 fi,M4O Increase.. 1t,743 l.« 58 11,078 16,470 4,148 40,508 Widow*, orphans, and dopeudent relative*. Originals 15.001 1.750 17,76» Increase... 4,741 844 3,643 Arrears 1,048 307 4.3*0 20,638 4,47? 4,3,143 The average monthly receipts were $3,419, and the average monthly disposals were $3,642. There are 62,101 cases remaining to be disposed of. There were 950 claims for pensions under acts prior to July 14, 1862, lndldding ten claims of widows of soldiers of the revolution. Four original claims, and 295 for increased pay to widows of soldiers who had served m the revolution, were admitted. Daniel F. Bakeman, the only revolutionary soldier Who was on the pension rolls at the date of the last annual report, pensioned SMRBff Nantyßercna, wilow ofJoaepH of Pennsylvania, the only representative on the pensionjrollsof the w’idowsofthorevolutionary war who were married prior to the close of the War (1783), drew her pension to March 4,1869, at] the Pittsburgh agency. ** Of The widowfe of (he revolutionary wan married after 1783 and before 1794, there are 54 surviving. Of thosejmarried prior $x 1800 a»d subsequent* to 1794, 38, and since 1800,795; mating a, total of 887 revolutionary widows who*: names are now on tjic rolls—one less than last year. OF the 93 married prior to 1800, six are from the District of Columbia. In the bounty land division there were issued, during the year ending September 30, 18*50, 1,650 land warrants, covering 260,040 acres.pl the public domain.,, . Commissioner Van Aernam submits a full and comprehensive statement of the affairs of his office, but will make no recommendations to (Jdngreis.'r- JltprAlic.

A Chines Wedding.

A “ mauiuagb in high lift;” took place the other day in Ghiqatpwp, to which the upper ten of That todalliy wefe liniited. Ah Tau. the groom, is an old resident of San Jfafceiped, fotjt (B*t I Kfcou is a recent | importation. Ah Tau has had two wives who treated him badly-^—one deserted him venerable mother,'Who lhtends to return to her&MMtfriftlbdJlMUtii jm. iMW comfort all tho rest of her days on thp proceeds of her fortunate traffic. Warnedby the infelicities Of his termer marriages An- 'Pan resolved 1 this time to be bound by a double knot, and accordingly the services of a Justice of the P«ac« were called into requisition. After being united according to the American law, the happy pair proceeded to the Joss House, on Dupont street, and there, beforpr thp idols,, the Chinese marriage was Cflebrateo. AT ter burning a numWtf Mfcacrcd sticks bethat she way dependent pu him for support and that he bound himself to maintain hen > The guardian beast* wh*» sksnd in effigy by the shriue were then appeased by presents of meat, and this concluded the ceremony. A wedding breakfast, consisting of Chinese dishes rfni several tatetf of, champagne, followed, and the bride prtseiO fie guests with small packages of tea, done, «p in many. : eolqrcu pap« 4 ssaffiig^ There are pear trees in Mr. Meehan’s nnrierlaapal Germantown, near Pbiludwl phia,,whi(* arc seven fcetinciroumhriHic, si* fast from tfce ground. It U not known when wr by whom they were planted. They were probably nearly as high as they-ttrcaMrtv attlia buttle of Germantown, on- wMoh fetal fleW they Maud/ *•

RENSSELAER JASPER COUNTt. INDIANA, NOVEMBER 18, 1809.

Weekly News Summary.

FOREIGN* In Colombia, Central Aflpirlca, several villages have been destroyed, with all their inhabitants, by rcceht Volcanic crupr tions. v . A disastrous'inundation ha's recently occurred In the vicinity of Merida, Yucatan, causing heavy damago to property, and sevefallives were lost. ' A would-lic assassin of the Emperor was arrested at Compiegno, on The 7th. He was armed and confessed hit Intention. 11 . . Official ■ telegrams received on the 9Ui state that the Austrian troops had, after a severe fightj captwedwnd partially Imrned two towns. !u Dalmatia. , The official paper at Florence announced on the 9th, on the authority of his pO&U-Rasing \ector Kmaaqel of ItaJy ti iyJ)opc .grjtical, illness him' announced, was rjutj' of danger;, lJ ” -Tlie Central Fcniem XbMjesty Committee.at London, ip ordnr tho-rev- ’ enue of the Government, and obtain means for keeping up the agitation, ask Irishmen to abstain from tobacco until the prisoners are released. A correspondent of the London Daily Mm says that the passage of largo ships through the Suez Canal will be attended with risk. The granite pillars of the viaduct arc cracked, but not sufficient to prevent traffic. The English Government has ordered a man-of War to convey the remains of the late George Peabody to the United States. In the Spanish Cortes at Madrid, on (he 11th, Marshal Prim announced that Deputies Caimo and Sufior had been tried and convicted of treason, and condemned to death.

The funeral obsequiesof the late George Peabody were celebrated in Westminster Abbey, 6n tile 12th, which was crowded by peaplqali itcasid fn. mourqing. The soleniiiity of the octasfon wasqnWfiMiadiy felt by those present, many of whom shed tears I duKtig 3 ftieO ciiotal i saYii do, V it'ie [ British «4WrraWgt(6 NFJH9 flisp#t(*: mains of the deceased to America in the' ship Inconstant. DOMESTIC. Gold closed -in New York on the 12th at 126* s . Four inches of snow fell on the 7th at Covington, Va., and. G/eensboro, N. C. The fact has come to light at Washington that, a few weeks ago, when the prospects for. reangniiiaiv of thq Oqban insui-gehls edTS(L Tfibrnton% tary Fish, and protested, in the namo of his government, against the United States extending aid, either direct or indirect, to those who are attempting to throw off the Spanish yoke. Receipts of fractional currency for the week ending November 6, $1,289,300; slupments, $879,614; amount redeemed, $492,197. Secretary Routwell contradicts the report that he has sent an agent to Europe to effect a four per-cent. Government loan. He says European capitalists have offered to assume our entire national debt, but he prefers to do nothing in the business until action shall be taken by Congress. The Rochester, N. Y-, theatre was burned to the ground on the 6th. A New York dispatch of the 6th says; “The grand jury is stiH Investigating the gold conspiracy, but there ia no longer such an array of witnesses, in attendance as .at >fifßt. No inamtinents have as yet been presented, and it is feared the whole investigation may prove a farce.” Track laying on the Mobile * New Orlemis fiefemtwXHfiit Mobij# q$ tlie dth..-, M^iy,,citrs^is /1 witnessed the privateer Cuba, says lie was forced to put into Wilmington, tffi ffcbUntW Vk hini, anil claims that .the Cfiba was a legiti-mateman^f-wqr* It was thought in Waaliington, on the ,Bth, that Minister Low would not reoeive his instructions until alter the assembling of. C»sgress, that he may confer with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and obtain their views on tho affairs with China. Add it tonal counterfeit conjfoii; ;flvetwenties tqjned up.itt the Treasury Department o« the 9 th, They arc very; well, executed, afel it Is wRh difficulty that they caii'be discovered. It is the (opinion of Gen. Spinner that they were printed in sent here to be shoved pff Brom djii iix)le, lidiah : I ales thiMnbni (ban tie unkenness has prevailed lig Moutn, Chiet of the ras feared ifiorc troubles CGkedral Church at [y aeitroyaci ly fise.'on -6,000; insured for $lO,The New York Ilmen 6f the 10th says : “ the income returns ol last year shall have a thorough overhauling. To this end office* have been detailed to drt special duty, and are now at work in all %e.lcading cltieS'df the counlry.’’ * ’ - 1 A destmative ooaflagaattou at Chilli* cothe, Ilf., on the 10th, destroyed a floilt-miHi-e!e{at)»r‘ Loss aWit >n§u(4Wtoe,.ss7,WK). The inyi!BUgatfon.:a£, tko drawback frauds in the New T4A Custom House has' Yn the' that' tht GovetWcnt Im* been of ftJua SBOO,OOO to $ i Tt is claimed that' »Ms Blitelifrti (i; i Wlu< bkd /ciiargd «tG t lfiw drawback tdffi'Srtmp*/ rrsci-ive.l »-r cent'rtqlneTrafiTVv.ammifnng to sr»i, OOff ' In ihe,gtvwt pqu,ti ( rwgivu ot Northern ! New York, potatoes are rotting hi the

OtJK. COUNTRY AND OTJR UNION-

ground. It is stated that at least onequarter of the entire crop will be destroyed by the Hot ,■* - . v The New York Daily Non of the 11th says an important meeting of the leading merchants and importers of Now York was held oh the evening of the 10th, to discuss the subject of a return to Specie payments, an<l it- waq unanimously decided that the sooner greenbacks were received in payment for custom dues tho better. According to the New York Herald of the 11th, the recent unusual activity in naval mattecs, and certain Important orders to the commanders of war vessels, indicate that our Government is about to. take a decisive course on the Ciibnn question, and jin fhjrqr »f Cpljan The customs feCMptsWr-tHe wetSr ending/November 6 were $3,016,408. After tfhe conclusion of the ceremonies -on the occasion of tjie recent reunion of 'the Presbyterian Churches at Pittsbargb, thp following telegram was sent: “ To Rev. tfr. Buchanan, Olatgoitr: '* 1 The two etuat Presbyterian Cmwehos In Amerlcm thisrlny united ,-roet the Preshytertan Uluircfaesß)fi. (Iteat Britain and Ireland, and j>ray lUat they al.-u may be one, (Signed) “Geo. It. Stcabt, “ Jnn, Har.t, ■ W*. K. Dodsb.” The General Assembly of the United 'Presbyterian Churfch will nfoet at I’Ufiadelphia the third Thursday in May. The Churches are called upon the reunion by raising the' sum of $5,000,000 for mission purposes. PERSONAL* William A. Jones, of Aurora, 111, has been selected as President of the Indiana State Normal School, and has accepted. A special dispatch to thft N. Y? Hctald from the City of Mexico, via Havana, that the great change, of air have caused Mr. Seward to fall fll,‘ and, consequently, he is not expected to reach the capital until the latter pgrt of November. . Rear Adnrlrrtl Cliaries Stewart died at Bordentown, N. J., on the 6th.* He was, ’92 years of agq,,aiuL hail served seventyone years, having entered- the .nuvy as a Lieutenant, Olfthe Btb‘of March, T79* * n Senator Morton, of Indiana, while Mepping from a car at Pittsburgh, ou the 6th, slipped and fell, breaking his right thumb, tho bone protruding through the flesh. Ho also, injured Ills right hand and kned. He remained over one train, when he proceeded to Washington. H. Gaylord, Treasurer of the Avondale Relief Fund, acknowledges the receipt -of. $81,239.50 up to November 6; of which 10,723.80 had been paid to the widows and orphans, and the balance invested . The New York Times of the Bfh says: “The fund starred for the widow'of Gen. Rawlins foils for short of the $50,000 pro- , posed to -be -Wised,' knd thb sifi>k>HfitJc#Sa‘ have almost ceased.” It says: “It will be little credit to the Western States if the'fixample • early -shown- by* -the-uner* chants of New York is not quickly followed.”

- The President has appointed James IT. ’ Embry, of Kentucky, Minister to Ecuador, vice David A. Nunn, resigned. The number of the Cuban Junta in New York has been increased from five to' seven. Miguel Aldatna, one of the wealthiest of the Cubans in that city, has been elected President. The officers of the privateer Hornet have brought 1 to flrooklyh ih charge of United States Marslial Foote, of North Carolina, and turned over to Marshal Dalton, who held them In JIO,OOO each to answer before the United States Circvyt Court The resignation of Gen. Butterfield has been accepted, and Charles J. Folger, of New York, appointed to the vacancy. Josiah Littlepike, who murdered Thomas Brown and wit*,, two aged per-, sdhs,' at Hampton Mills, N. Hi, in May, 1808, was hanged at Concord On the Otli. He had miftlft&>fnl! ChnlhWibnii' Daniel Walsh, recently on ttia) in Chicago tor the murder of his wfte in that city, was found guilty by the jury, who included in their verdict the scjpynqe fhAt. he.be hang. The .evidence showed the murder to have been a long-premeditated and cold blooded crime. The venerable Maj. Gen. John E. Wool, of the United, States, Army, di£d at ’Tfqy, N. T., on the morning of tho 10th. .The funeral of Admiral Stewart at' Philadelphia, on the 10th, was an impost ing display. Tho prodcssion was a mile long. -Business was almost entirely acts pended. An adiour/icd meeting of the. General AssenflmCs' or tli£ Old afld’WeSr School Presbyterian CWuVdhfcs; which met In New York last May, convened in Pittsburgh on the 10th. It was reported in Dcs Moines, on the 11th, that Hr a. Clark, the motherof-three children irtuflduiVd at Edenville, Marshall county, lowa, after a restoration of her reason, had confessed the crime, stating that she did not know what slia. killed them with, nor wfiy ; Trat'Tcnew sne nau committed tho act. In the Presbyterian General Assembly* at Pittsburgh, op <Uo l)th, a baeirf pf Reunion was agreed upon and the meeting adjourned tine die. . ■ The soldiers’ monument at Fainuount Cemetery, at Newark, N. J., was dedicated, on the lllh. Some prominent Canadians ware at thg White House on the lllh, and called upon the president relative, to annexation; They Also paid a visit' to the Secretary of the Navy. • V, , Hgn. ltobert J." Walker diecl at hi#«wb; deuce in Washington on tHe nutrnißgnif 1 The bronze which surmounts the west, rn front, of.ltfie N»W Hurf»in Hi-or liail■oad Depot, ip New Yortf city, aad whigh I 3,iuieut%d so illustrate, the lifcand i Mti»» '»f Cornelius Vanderbilt, was, «uVbtM .>o the. | Oth in Ute> present* bl * t " . 9 . * ‘ * • -■ i • •

If! large crowd. Tho work U about one hundred and fifty feet in length, and tliirtyonofeqt Wgh jn the contre, and is very -costly. v/‘ : . i A resident of. Bqstog, who qeceptly.loft a respectable *,nd good prospects to engage in gold speculations, has been Heqj to the Insane Asylum. rj . Gqvetaior Pabner, of Illinois, has appoiu ted, John Jones, # wealthy ccilyred resgiept of CidciW’t.» notary public. t: Tlie Russian Minister,.at Washington telegraphed the 1 Coiisul at * Ban Frahcisco ,to have services in 4ha .Russian Chapel at that placc ou Thank#Biving Day., Secretary Robem* on tffiq I2th sent a .cable dispatch to, Admiral R#dford, com manding the Unitetl; Sfotos, J£«ropcau floot, direoting hiin tp detail one of the vessel, under Jiis oominand for the conv/sy of, the remains the iat# Grorgp Peajbody frqiq ,Londpn;tq thiscouptwr ~!r ~ ~ Hop-Amps Eqadpll died at )Vashiflg- ; jon pn tjie f2lh.. . 1,-. . ’ 7 poimcAL. 5 Madison iff Ijio • Ctjx says, - clarify ipjf'' Jpdfpoiuiepts' ■aoporiling to, Their Wisponsia Senate will staiuj '2O aenpibly, 61 Republicans, 39 Democrats The Republican majority on the Sfate Thejliqupr prohSiitioiifSts wiU be in a miuprity fa mjjfw. latur^.. Tjie’ iicews pjjrty’ ,wjll’ Wye fl ma ? , jority on {pint ballot. ' r , At tljoN.'.Yl ifiUntne office ;On the Democratic in the Stote estimated at J J9,500,' Tie Convention’, DHI ‘ passed tlie Tennessee, Senate on the 9th, tp fe ducc the number of members to fifty. The vote in New 1 Hampshire on the State'CbnStab'ili'ry acf'wks very Tglit, and restdtpff ifi tiff a&eaf prthe' ifieWdre by # heavy- majdHty. ' Ur ‘■' *fhe House ibf ReftfeseAfatives, on the 10th, rejifctecUlfie Sfehate, amendment,,tp; t|(c Convention bjJl reducing the piembers (o, 50. In the 11th, thfe- Seitiftfe : iifSißwl upoh 'hs amend* ! nrenta %o thp Convention bill, limiting ny-nibere to fifty, and the House adhered to its disagreement. A Conmiiftee "of Conference was appoints. A Detroit of the lltlr says tliat full returns from the late special election in the Seopnd. Judicial District, establishes the success- of the Dumoeratie candidate, Daniel Blackman, of Cassopolis, by about 400 fiiajfirity. - ' “ T ' The full rettirns of the election for members ofthe Illinois-Constitutional .Convention indicate that, politically, that bodywill stand 44 Republicans, 41 Democrats. The Committee of Conference appointed on the 11th by the Tennessee Legislature to settle the disagreement between tlie Senate and the House, on the Convex-'' tion bill, could not agree, aiuj-a new. com-, mittcc Was oxtered on the 12th..

A Louisville Romance.

Thb New Albany Ledger says: “ Years and yeart ago a'Worthy young man of foreign birth arrived in the city of Louisville is search qf employment. He at length obtained a situation as barkeeper in a fashionably saloon, To this establishment came bright' and c'arly eVery morning a little girt wllh ttiibt' lor sale. Bhe was-always’dressed tidily and carried a smiling face, Thu young' barkeeper tpoh an in the child, and, upon inquiry learned that sjie (lid not carry Her. sunny fate with her fnlnVonly, but atso ’in her own home, and in tire humblest employments. Setting apart 4 portion of .bis owtn earning-., he seat her to a school, and she soon ‘ surpassed most/ of hep lyates. He then employed music teachers for her, and she soon becatflP’Sf proficient. Years rpllpd on, „ ana foftupe favored the young barkeeper. He became the ownyr ftff\n D'VbwtiaUhie^^manirfmisvtUe were his, friends. # ji« l»W bJUjc mint, seller, had iu)w gravfji to wpwals.qstatfvarjfl w4s.»?, accopiplishud and v(rtuouß as she was bean - tiOih , In.V'nP became the, wife of the man ( hiid airly hetriended h<?r fi . The, man is now reckoned one'the wbaltliy , wtei, of *s, estate—respected by all Who know lum, for his nbblfc fiuantlw, of ,wwcli kinflricsA o( heart ,1s the chief.' \?e r'cad pf such cfentk as thesi m !j|le, rtojy ■tfboks,,'bitt‘ they Seldom occurThTeaTnlfc. This, now'-"* ever, is true to the-ieieert 1 ’ a«.N Out; M the ariiloeralid 'streets of PrevkUnce;lt t) wiarfaetfoweday recent*’ ly. H' handsome, -*ichjy dressed lady of styttc of,"! nybria:, tion. The Tady lii question,—, who is abovp, rdlirhaiSi in cvety'dfhOf respdet—SOvehil' years shmft'cOmmshced‘ ; tlic i(se of srthiu iahls, imdcr the advice of a physician, for a nervous affliction, uud Okh habit, unco begun, so grew upon her that aho Install control over herself, and is freqnenily sawn iw the rendition nliudsd »wi wwSwith standing the efforts of her fricnds to keep her within doors. ( !i . > Thk tjulliyau li}. C.) JitpuUicati. relates that while Forepaugh’s menagerie was exhibiting in that town, a few days ago, the fastening qf an African lion’s Oagc became loose, and the king of beasts, unobserved by his keeper, stepped into freedom. Hut this was of short duration, for while crouching, intently lwlkifig sfor-nn object to spring upon, his keeper discovered him, and drajt hpn such a terrific blow upon Jus, hcarf astd stun him, in' which 'uhltirtm condition lie was picked up by some half dozen stropg iqqnjppJ put i^lu*<^ge. A skvkn year old grid in Schnecksville, Pa., set tire to her little sister’s hair, and then told her uiytber (die had done, saying that she 'guessed she would stop pulling her hair now. The mother, who had.’iphtitlie dull tqiiidffartfcdp d litlk while before, immediately went up, and, too horrible. tp.stJde,found limbed afire, her little (funmg/ otily THree years old, crawled out of bed, but Wjjs so badly injured that she ilicfiNHUiln five hours after the <■«’,■ ir i ence. » t a «ibi hifl am hIQ There me 000 disabled soldiers from al) parts off Uur country 4$ thtt. Aguita,

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Mexico City his a population 000. Maine has nineteen [revolutionary widows. i One colored man bus been elected to 1 tlio Massachusetts Legislature. A fjike school for poor children has been established in Georgetown, £>. 0. TiiiiUE wasn’t a bucket or.any vessel of the ki6uoh txisnl the ill-fated Btrtnewall TkXas, [hftff more thaii threA tnilllon head of eAttkyand can export, annually, 1,000,000 beeves. i Hhumank, the prestidigitator, lately had his .Match Stolen in New York, being beaten at sleight of baud. t , t A Bchjahqson (Vt.) paper thus closes a marriage notice,: “.Nil carils( no cake; .no Westerp paper need copy." I'tvteNTV; ychrs ago Pennsylvania was tlie largest wheat.produ.ing Htate in (he Union j nbw it iaabout tho twetftkon the USt.; ,I, .■ iV I i A, HWa’AuiMflT keepef has been arrested in Washington for issuing cards in iniitatlon rtf the currency notes of tMe United States. • Tire*average home production of wheat in England for the three past yesxs is St ated at 12,£■?$,()($. and the impprtation at jiuarfQrs. j JL, GynM+tt vfho survived the Stonewall disaster grieved over the loss of life so mnMi that he jurrtpefl ovcrlawrd from another Steamer and was drowried. ,<• . ■At a Now England county heir the receipts were so much below the expenses that poly sixty cqnts on tljc dollar will be paid ont^, premiums. A woman recently died atCorry, Penn., from the effects rtf chloroform given for the purpose of extracting teeth without pain. The employes of tka Portsmouth(N.H.) Navy Yard have jgivpn fI.OOQ tp the widow of ona of SAclr number, who was recently killed by the explosion of a gasomet«r.

According to the assessment, returns for 1869, the total number of brigs fn lU|nols is 2,036,304; In 1868 the number was 2,‘292*828; being a dbcrfcaie of 956,7524. Don’t put your pen# in yoar mouths, gjrls. A Cincinnati school girl has been in‘tht habit df doing so, and was reefenily nearly poisoned to death by the ink, Curtis L. North, an insurance agent ol Brooklyn, N-./Yt; ’gave his beloved ptstor a raw potato the other evening. The beloved pastor. opened the potato and foond a $506 bill inside. It has been estimated that genteel farming in the country out from large cities costs about $25,000 a year, unless an attempt ia made to; raise something, and tfieri it goes as high as $50,000. 1 An English papef- says that photographs can now be printed with printers’ Ink. They are as permanent as a printed text, and so easy of production that 18,000 may ha produced from a single plate in one day. TnE duration of human life In the principal countries of Europe has, recently been,estimated, as follows: Prussia, 412 years; Belgium, 41.5.; France, 44.2; England and Wales, 45.4; Sweden,'4fes; Denmark, 52.5; Schleswig Holstein, 52.7. jA.MpgMpx temple is tp be erected in New York city within the coming year. The building wifi cost $600,060, arid Is to be a house of reception (for Mormon emigrants from Europe; and resting place for traveling brethren of the United States. At Calvert, Md., a few days ago, while a young man- was trying to drive an ox, the animal grew angry and struck hiui in the neck wtrh Its horn, severing the jugulaT vein, and Causing his death in a few minutes. - r^- — ; ..p.:, ———r“- —f--Anna Gareshna, a young girl at.Kieff, in Russia, rescued, recently seven children from a hurrilng house, wmeh none of the firemen dared to enter. The Emperor, ui»u, bearing of her heroism, sent her a thousand silver roubles, and tbe Empress presented her with a Valuable necklace. From letters found on the body of John Barber, a -wood ehopper, murdered at Efireka, Ma, g few days ago, it appears’ that he was, with one brother and Ills motfifer, beWTOW estate, in Bombay; vab v?:d at $10,000,000. The letter Nad just been receiyefi, and was stiff unopened. On the day of cleotigri at Worcester, Mass., a woman’s ticket Was put in the ffifid; iidadcd by Ann Shaw Green, of West Iloxbury, for Governor. Several women insisted on they- privilege, to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment, and one ticket wa* actually flepositod iw spite of the offioersi 1 .

At !Mihbtd, N. H., the other day, a painter fell from a scalfokling. Although he broke a flagstone an inch thick upon which ha kill, bis skull was fractured, both legs were broken above the knees, one hip was dislocated,, and the bones of one elbow \_yere-shivered to atoms—he talked rationally M’hen picked up, and Mlds fair to recover! • A. «rtj;omU> girt, aged fifteen years, emplopwfl ag mjrsc in a family named Morgan, residing in Bedford county, Va., to gratify spite against Her mistress, threw a babe, of which she had charge, 1 Into the flref and let it remaiju Until both of its legs were burned off above, the ankle, causing its death. The girl was committed to jail for trial, , A Mu. Facet, in England, has been gathering some statistics as so the careers of medical Students. He has collected particulars i f 1,008 students, and finds that “21? achieved distinguished suceesS, fit* considerable success, 507 fair success, and 124 very limited suttees; 5(5 failed entirely, !)0 left the profession, 87 died within twelve years of commencing practice, and 41 died during pupilage.” In Bangor, Me., a few days ago, a man noticed a large and small spider in puMuit of a fly. The suialj one ejuightlhe ffy and was carrying hltn off, When the huve Vine attacked Him, took- possession Of the flj aqd.nugrchqd The little ope crgpt up behind the large one, bit nfin oii the leg, ahd r*n awny for dear lift. Instantly the: large spider cpip«i(eftceri, i s\ycll??g,,and in five minutes was dead. Wtnn Hie military fired upon the «sotminers qf Aubip, France, ‘>Uild whs Struck' hy-seyemi in>4tJ«.lKvih.and HmiAtriaae niothec, t«j»ia*l back and trtoi|ig hmled her child in his face, exclaiming, “lake, it, ruffian! You want nWt hlrtOd ! Take to Mr.'Win. W* SAmVdoB, editor- it 'the laHU t*sip«*w»yNew YotK/ Mr, title .'SO '.'S'*is; . 'll:.”. ’• ' i trr f

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fused to take it mat of tho postoffice, and it was sent to Washington among the dead I letters. It was accidentally picked up the other day ainong some t»f the literary rubbish of tho Department, and. at once forwarded to the writer.

A Burlesque on the Vanderbilt Bronze.

Watt, rtueet can do something-MeTl besides speculation, and that was clearly evinced to-day in the gushing; admiration . wldch overflowed the Stock Eichangc for the wonderful talents of the great Railway King, Commodore Vanderbilt. The brokers assembled in the Stock Exchange at 12.30 p. m., and went through an elaborate burlesque ceremonial, which they called the “Unveiling of the Stattoo.” The ceremony took place in the gallery of the Long Boom, and was witsesaed by at least 800 brokers. The master of ccr&nonies (in black suit, White vest, white kid gloves, and other Ddmonicon accessories to a full dress toilet) took his station near the “Stnttoo,” while around liim were the choristers—also in black—the orator of die day, the reader, of the mle, other participants. At exactly fraff past 12 trefock p. in. tbs Ceremony commented. The Chairman was about commencing' his address, when a cabbage was passed up trt Mm, and he bowed his ackowlt-dg-ments for the rare bouquet. The address was short, but sweet, and did full jualico to the great claims of the Couuuodorv on the public. As he finished, an " injupetfon ” in the name of the United States and fiirenob' Ayres, and the Supreme Court, was read, but thereader was marched off the;gallery amid immsnse confusion. , The Secretary, read several letters from parties who had failed to' be present >‘orf account of scVtipi losses in Central," and the Chhir roared' forth a song to the.tune of John. Brown, expressive of the great serviqesokCpnqW*rlore Vanderbilt to the public and to the brokers. \ gentleman—Monsieur Black, the Chairman called him—then delivered am address; in which he alluded with great humor and effect to the watering op*-ra-tions of Commodore Vanderbilt, who was’ originally a waterman, and had made vfa ter the “ Central ” idea of his We. Formeriy, men had been made.to see doable by othtx liquids besides water, but the Cofflmodore-nsK! made the grand diseovely that water, simple and pure, in the hands of a financial genius, possessed the extraordinary power not only ofmakingone see » thing dduble, but also.of making the thing itself .double. [Roars of agplaijse "and deafening enthusiasm.] .As this peiht a shawl which had.concealed the statue was withdrawn, amt a sight greeted the eyes of the multitude which was well calculated to brake them “ory with Mutglitey” There Whs a huge white draped form, wh-ttfs face, with hdliag' trtagac kml pfw-' truding-eyqfc looked likq. that Of an iuiof. The left arm was folded oyer, the breast, and inthfe rfeht hiltitf. febfcased in a boxing-gibvc, WM-a, Wtfarilff'Wto bearing upon its front the ponsolidation flgorcs of Cfenfrat, khlch nobody rteCdS’to he told are a«, The . sight was greeted with loud shouts pf laughter and applause, which continued' for many midiiteS. TO dose the ceremonies, the chorus sang “My Country, ’tis of Thee,” with a chorus setting forth that lie (the Commodore) “is a jolly geed fellow, which nobody can deny.” As this asserthfi was repeatod many times, and riqtjody did deny it, it may be concluded that he»» a jolly good fellow.” The following is the ode sung on tbs occasion: Come allyo jolly brokets, a story f'Uwlaus Abost a famous Commodore who lire* in Hew York Bute. . ” ' Consolidated railroads are a thing he aev.er bates. Chorus—Ashe goes driving on. His watering machinery as yet haa never failed. And to show our gratitude to him this statue'sß*w BeforeJta%’lt, Jay Gould & Companyhis co'druaa never failed. ~ 0 1 ; r. - Choni»-‘As he goe* driving on. ; (i j. . . This statue we set uu for him, and.stay blast until The tail/ poor old Commodore Bis breeches poca•ts all. And whep be dies we ll auraly And wlUt an earnest will. Chores—lU mt»t godrivtag on. •> t Mr. E. H. Van 'Schnick was *b* Presldent and master of tha rtCetnoaV», awl Mr. S. V. Wltitfl waaAbe,speaker oy sysgtor at the unveiling. Wall strict has not for many a long <lay witnesaea so much tnerriment as during this Stock Exchange unveiling operation. —NM York Mtprefr, N+ timber 10. -uu : < •’ ’

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