Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1874 — Page 1

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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.

Condensed from Migrants of Accompanying Dales. Friday, January 9.—The Bank of England has fixed Its rate of discount at four percent. ...A Madrid dispatch states that Senor Ruiz, the Minister of the Interior, has issued a circular to the provincial authorities stating that the principal object of the Government is to re-establish order and show its compatibility with the Republic and liberty. To secure this object it will employ the most energetic measures. The InpuilidiaS newspaper has been seized by Government officials, and Generals Ilidalgo and Rapall have been placed under arrest. The province of Valencia had been declared in a state of siege. Castelar has rejected the overtures of Figueras, Salmerou and l’i y Margall, asking him to co-operate with them in reorganizing the Federal Republicans .... At the written request of AttorneyGeneral Williams, President Grant has withdrawn the nomination of the former to the Chief-Justiceship. Mr. Williams will, therefore, remain in office as Attorney-General.... The Massachusetts Legislature has re-elected its old officers. In his Message, the Governor represents the commercial and industrial interests of the State to be in a prosperous condition... .The New Hampshire Democratic Convention has nominated James A. Weston for Governor... .The bail requireiVof ex-Trcasurer Gage, of Chicago, for his appearance for trial on the charges of perjury and failure to pay over, on demand, funds belonging to the city, amounts to sllO,000.. His friends promptly furnished ttie security. Saturday, January 10.—The Spanish Ministry have issued a long manifesto, addressed to the nation, declaring their objects to be identical witli those of the revolution of 18t>8. A decree has been promulgated dissolving tlie Cortes, pud announcing mat elections for the new body will beheld as soon as order is rendered secure, and freedom and univorsalsuffrage are Unhindered. A decree has also been issued, calling out the entire reserve of 1871 for active service. The suppressed Carlist journals have been permitted to resume on certain conditions.... in the French Assembly, a motion to postpone the hill concerning the nomination of Mayors, after a violent debate, was carried against the Government by a majority of forty-two votes. The Cabinet afterward tendered their resignation inconsequence of the absence from the Assembly of a large number of their supporters, which resulted in the defeat of the Government. President MucMalnm bogged tiie Ministers not to retire, but to await a vote of confidence The President lias nominated the Hon. Caleb Cushing to be Chief-Justice of the United States Supreme Court The recent liem-. oeratie State Convention of New Hampshire adopted resolutions declaring that the people of the State have the sole and exclusive right of goverening themselves as a 'Tree, sovereign, independent State; urging retrenchment, reform, and economy in the -expenditures of the National and State governments; denouncing ail unjust and unequal systems of taxation; condemning land grants to corporations; regretting that the veto power lias never been used by President Grant for tiie protection of the rights of the people; offering an adherence to the Cincinnati andBaltimore platforms of 1872; declaring that tiie.present National Administration lias justly brought upon itself condemnation and the contempt of the American people; demanding a repeal of the Salary act, and declaring.that they will not support any mail for office who voted for that bill, or who is not ill favor of its repeal; opposing all monopolies which operate for the benefit of privileged persons or classes; recognizing tiie grievances of which farmers ami ptlier producing classes complain; approving of a judicious license law, and extending “hearty congratulations to their brethren of tiie West for the signal victories which they have achieved in behalf of the honest and equal administration of (lie Government.”.... A majority of the Indiana Supremo Court have decided unconstitutional tiie 9th section of the Baxter Temperance law, under which a person may beiliied for intoxication, also be compelled to divulge where he~olitaiued his liquor... .Helena, Montana, lias been sadly devastated by fire, a large portion of the :place being destroyed..TTTlie Illinois Legislature lias passed a joint resolution recommending the immediate and unconditional repeal of the Bankrupt 1aw.... The Missouri House of Representatives lias passed a resolution —102 to 14—condemning iu severe terms the President and every member of tiie Forty-second Congress who voted for or took hack pay, and declaring that no Democrat,!# ho had engaged In it should Ini eievated to any office of trust or profit. •Monday, January 12.—Henry W. Genet, the fugitive from New York, lias been seen in Belfast, Ireland. He Was not illTesUid,' as ttie offense for which lie was convicted does not come under tiie extradition treaty.... Dispatches from Madrid report that Serrano will not convoke the Cortes for twelve months. He will bend all his energies to the , suppression of the insurrection and to the tranquilization of the country, and not until these tasks are accomplished will he summon the-Legislature... .Tiie recent New Hampshire Republican State Convention nominated GenefiU Luther MeCutchins, of New London, for Governor, and Dr. G. R. Coon, of Concord, for Railroad Commissioner. The resolutionscondemn the want of fidelity which has chfitantei ized a few of those whom the party has trusted with place and power; condemn and “call upon our Senators and Representatives to vote for the unconditional repeal of tiie so-called Salary act of the Fortysecond Congress;” and also that those who have profited by the back pay voted by the Forty-second Congress shall return the amount to- the Government; protesting against any revival of the abuses of the franking privilege, and that “we will bail the day when free pusses, -favoritism, and all unjust discrimination shall be eliminated from railway management, and a corresponding reduction made in fares aud in freights' to the whole people;” deprecating the growing tendency to special legislation us a prolific source of abuse, consuming time which should be devoted to general business and " tending to prodigality, corruption, and the aggrandizement of individual aud Corporate monopolies at the expense of the people, etc. ....ABtate GraDge of the Patrons of Husbandry was recently held at Harrisburg, Pa., and Deputies were appointed to establish subordinate Granges.. ..Nine thousand miners in the PottsvUle (Pa.) coal region are on a strike, and all the-Jarge operators in that section have suspended work.... George M. Bow ha£been chosen President of the Chicago Board of Jrade.... The Indiana State Fair Is to be held at

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VOL. VI.

Indianapolis, beginning September 7 Tbe total Toss- by the recent fire at Helena, Montana, is estimated at $850,000....The McEnery Legislature at New Orleans lias adopted a resolution authorizing all members who may sec. fit to do so to absent themselves until such time as the Legislature shall not be prevented by Federal authority from proceeding with its legitimate business Isaac M. Mason is the newly-elected President of the Board of Trade of St. Louis. Tuesday, January 13.—Returns received from the _ elections for the German Reichstag are largely in favor of the National Liberal party, especially in Bavaria, Wnrternburg and Baden In the French Assembly, on tiie 12th, after a long and violent debate, a vote of confidence in tiie Government was adopted by a majority of 58... .President Grant telegraphed as follows, under date of.the 12th, to Governor Davis, of Texas: “ Your dispatches and letters, reciting the action of the Supreme Court of Texas, in declaring the late election unconstitutional, and asking for the use of troops to prevent an apprehended violence, arc received. Tiie call is not made in accordance with the Constitution of the United States and the acts of Congress under it, and cannot, therefore, be granted. The acts oT the Legislature of Texasproviding for the recent elections have received your approval, and both political parties having made nominations and having conducted the political campaign under its provisions, would it not bo prudent as well as right tb yield to the verdict of the people as expressed by their ballots?” Hon. William Allen, Governorelect of Ohio;* and the other. State officcrs-eiect, were inaugurated at Columbus on the 12th. There was a large concourse of people in attendance. .. .Tiie New Orleans Evening Times says a dispatch had been received in that city from Attorney-General Williams, in which he gives it as his decided opinion that Congress will not order a new election for Louisiana. Wednesday, January 14.—A Madrid telegram announces tiie surrender of Cartagena, and that tiie place is occupied by Government troops, under General Doininiquez. A Paris dispatch says tlic iron-clad Nuniancia had arrived at Mers el Keber, Algeria, with 2.500 Cartagenian refugees on board. In escaping from Cartagena she passed five Government inen-of-war at tiie mouth of tiie harbor. The refugees., oil tlicir arrival surrendered themselves to tiie French authorities. Among them were Generals Contreras and Galves and tiie other members of the insurgent junta. They declare that the city fell through the treacheryof the commanding officer of tiie principal fort.... A Washington special states that at a caucus of Republican Senators, evidence was produced showing that Mr. Cushing, during the war, was in communication with Jeff. Davis, while at the same time lie was holding confidential relations with the Federal Government. It was therefore determined to request the President to withdraw his nomination to lie. Chief Justice... .A conflagration at Natick, Muss., lias destroyed nearly the whole business portion of the town, inflicting a loss of over $500,000. Only three stores are left standing.... Tiie New Jersey Legislature lias organized liy re-electing the old officers. . ...B. 11. McKkron has been chosen Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives. In taking tiie chair he announced that he was a Republican, but be was in full sympathy with tiie people’s movement for reform and retrenchment in every department of the Government, National as well as State. Mr. McKkron is a farmer, and is said to be acceptable to alt ttie elements in tiie Legislature... .Tliclowa Senate organized on the 13th- by- the election of the following officers : Secretary, J. A. F. Hull; Enrolling Clerk, J. W. Logan ; Engrossing Clerk, Master William Maxwell; Sergeant-at-Arins ,T. IV. Fawcett; Doorkeeper, A. F. Hofer; Postmaster, Mr. E. I, Elliott; ■ Assistant-Postmaster, Anna P. Smith. In tiie House no organization was effected, the vole for Speaker being a tie between tiie opposing candidates.. ..The Ohio Legislature lias elected the Hun. A. G. Thurmau .to tiie United States Senate, lie receiving at! the Democratic votes, the Republican members voting for the Hon. Edward F. Noyes... .The new Texas Legislatuio convened at Austin on the 13th, without opposition from Governor Davis or the Fedjcml Authorities. A ftcr effecting an organization, Governor Davis was notified that they were ready to receive any communications he might wisli to make. Tiie Governor then sent In a message to the effect that he did notthiuk it advisable for tile public good that lie should disregard the decision of tiie Supreme Court recently made touching tiie late election by recognizing tlii' m'.ollomen rnpveiled ns being the constitutionally-elected -Fourteenth Legislature. He favored leaving the question as to what body of men constitute tiie Legislature, and what the proper State Government of Texas, to Congress and tlic Executive of tiie United States. He (Davis) accepted tiie election whether constitutional or not, as conclusive against himself, and would iu no event continue to exercise the functions of the office he held beyond his constitutional term of four years. Thursday, January 15.—The returns received from all parts of the Empire show defintely. that 100 Ultramontanes and 230 Ministerial Liberals have been elected to tiie German Reichstag,, In tiie National Cheap Transportation Convention, assembled at Washington, tiie Committee on Credentials reported qualified delegates from fifteen States and District of > Columbia. The lion. Josiah Quincy presided, and in liis address he declared that the industrial interests of all sections were so tlosely connected that no ope could suffer without the other, which sentiment elicited great applause,ln compliance with tiie request of the Senatorial Republican caucus, and of Mr, Cushing, himself, tiie President has withdrawn the nomination of that gentleman to the ChiefJusticeship.., .Two of the ladies elected to tiie Boston School Board, Misses May and Peabody, have been allow ed to take their seats, although the legalitv of their election is still pending.. ..The Wisconsin Eegisluture organized, on the 14th. In the Senate, 11. Waggoner, Republican, was elected Chief Clerk by a vote of 17, to 13 for O. F. Black; and Orra U. Aiken, Republican, Sergeaut-at-Arms, by the same vote; ■ fiver George Campbell. The House elected Gabriel Bouck, Speaker; George W. Peek, Chief Clerk; Serge.int-at-Arms, Joseph Deuster—all Reformer's....Up to adjournment of the lowa House on the 14th, forty-four ballots for Speaker had been had without change in the result —the vote standing fifty to fifty. The candidates voted for were John H. Gear, Republican, and J. W. Dixon, Anti-Monopoly... .The Virginia Legislature has elected Ctrl. Robert E. Witheft i Democrat) to tbe United States Senate.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, JANUARY 22, 1874.

FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

Thursday, January B.—Senate.—Several petitions were- presented... .Messages were received from the President, withdrawing the names of Geo. 11. Williams to he Chief Justice, and Colonel Bristow to he Attorney-General.... A bill w'as Introduced and referred for the relief of the University of the State of Minnesota... .The bill to repeal the Increased Salary act was taken lip and amendments were rejected—providing that the pay for the remainder of this Congress shall be snch ah amount as to make tlic total with that already received SIO,OOO, $5,100 for each year—l 4 to 45; providiag that the amount of compensation of Senators, Members and Delegates for the year ending March 3, 1874, shall be $7,500, and for the year finding March 3, 1875. $2,500, exclusive of mileage and allowances. Amendments were adopted—providing that mileage shall not he allowed for the first’ Bession of the Forty-third. Congress, and striking ontso much of the act of March 3 as provided for an increase of the salaries of the President, Vice-President, Members of Congress, and Delegates, and all other officers therein named, and the salaries of all said officers and others, from the head of Government down. Bhall bo one-half of ttie snm allowed snd paid prior to the act of March 3, 1873—32 to 29.... Mr. Allison was named as a member of the Committee on Pensions, in place of Mr. Terry, of Connecticut, excused....A telegram was presented from a committee of the McEnery Legislature of Louisiana, alleging that, by the interference of the Federal Government; the powers of the loyal State Government, of Louisiana had been taken from representatives elected by the people and given to a body of men who could not even pretend to have been elected, and begging that Congress, in the exercise of its constitutional powers, wonld afford each relief as the' nature of the case might require.... Adjourned. House. —The bill to establish an educational fund, aud to apply the proceeds of the sales of the public lands to the education of the people, was debated... .The Naval Appropriation .bill, appropriating $14,503,856, was considered in Committee of the Whole Adjourned. Friday, January 9 Senate— Several memorialsiand petitions were presented asking for amendments to the Bankrupt law... .Bills were passed—for the relief of aged or jnflrm pre-emption settlers on the public lands; making an appropriation of $2,000 for legislative expenses of Colorado Territory... .Bills were introduced and referred—for the protection of settlers in Utah; to aid in execution of the laws of Ihat Territory; to provide for the army and equipping the whole body of the militia of the United States. .. .After debate on the Senate bill authorizing National Banks that have decided to reduce their stock to ■withdraw a proportion ot bonds upon retiring their circulation notes, or depositing money in proportion provided by law, the Salary bill was taken up and further debated, several proposed amendments being rejected. Amendments were agreed to—fixing the salaries of Members and Delegates at $5,000 per annum; striking out of the House bill the words “actual individual expenses of each Senator, Representative and Delegate,” and inserting the words “mileage and other allowances allowed by law prior to the passage of the act of March 3, 1873;" providing that no mileage shall be allowed for the first session of the Forty-third Congress.. .—Executive session-and adjournment to the 12th. House. —A bill was passed to credit Assistaut Treasurer Hillhouso of New York, with $185,000, the proceeds of the sale of the internal revenue st amp* embezzled from his office without any neglect of his 0wn....A number of bills were referred, including one to regulate the drawing aud summoning of juries in United States District and Circuit Courts.... .The Fortification bill, appropriating tgIMM.OOO, was reported from the Committee on Appropriations ann made the special order for-the 14th... .The deaths of James Brooks, of New York, and W. I). Foster, of Michigan, were formally announced, and eulogies delivered.... Adjourned, the session on the 10th to be devoted exclusively to debate. , Monday, January 12,— Senate —Several petitions were presented, including one from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and others, asking that women be allowed to vote, or that the same right be extended to them as to the colored men..... Bills were ini roduced—ceding to several States within Whose limit they respectively lie, the beds of uusurveyed lakes and Other bodies of water; providing that all freight and passenger traffic between Kansas City and Leavenworth, or any point on the line of the Kansas Pacific and- Denver Pacific Railway, via Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, to Ogden, or any point on the line of the Union Pacific Railway, or points beyond its terminus, shall be carri<!u by said companies jointly at the same rates as are charged on similar traffic between Omaha and like points; but the Union Pacific Company shall not be required to receive upon said traffic a less i>uni than it w'ould be entitled to receive upon similar traffic over its own road when pro rated to and from - Chicago. Sqits may be brought aud sustained in * any United States Court in which any portion of either of the said roads is situated, for triple the amount of damages and loss sustained by a refusal to comply \yith the foregoing provisions.. ...After considerable discussion on the Salary bill and the disposition of several amendments, a substitute for the House bill was finally passed—46 to B—repealing the Increased Salary Act except that portion relating to the compensation of the President and Justices of the Supreme Court, and fixing the salaries—with the exceptions named—at the former rates; providing that mileage shall be allowed for the first session of the Forty-third Congress, and that all moueys appropriated as compensation to members of the Forty-second Congress in excess of mileage and allowances fixed by law at the commencement of said Congress, and which "shall not have been drawn by members of said Congress, respectively, or which having been drawn, have been returned in any form to the United States, are. hereby covered into the Treasury of the United States, and declared to be the moneys of the United States, absolutely the same as if‘they had never been appropriated as aforesaid... .Adjourned. House . —A large number of bills were introduced and referred, among them—tb reorganize the Internal Revenue Department and reduce ita force; to aid in establishing polytechnic schools in every county and State, and in the Territories: estublitJi a uniform and elastic currency, and to reduce the National debt; making Treasury notes a legal tender for customs duties; chartering a double-track railways from tide-water on the Atlantic to the Missouri River, and to limit freights thereon,.... The rules were suspended- and A resolution adopted—22l to 3—declaring it to be the sense, of the House that the expenditures of the nation can be and should be so reduced and regulated that they can he met by existing taxes, apd that in no event should there be an increase of either the interest-bearing or non interest-bearing obligations of the Government... .The Naval Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole. ....Adjourned. Tuesday, January 13.— Senate— Among the hills Introduced and referred were—to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use for their original objecfS all unexpended'balances of appropriations for the Indian sen ice standing on tne books of the Department June 30, 1873; providing that a bust of the late Chief-Justice Chase he placed in the Suprethe Court R00m... .The House resolution to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute was passed, aiid Mr. Sargent was appointed as a member of such Board on the part of the Senate... .The resolution reported by the Finance Committee, declarin'; it to he the duty of Congress to adopt definite measures to redeem its pledges In the act of 1869, for the earliest practicable redemption of Uhited States notes in gold coin, was taken up, and after debate, a bill whs presented and referred to the Committee on Finance to secure the-resumption of specie payment without oontradtiagthe currency....A message wad received from the House announcing the adoption of a resolution of respect to the memory of James Brooks and Wilber D. Foster, and eulogies were pronounced and the customary resolution of respect was adopted... Adjourned. House —The bill to promote education was debated, and a motion to lay on the table was rejected—lo 4to I.ls—and the further consideration of the bill was postponed until Maich... .The N aval Appropriation bill was further considered in Committee of the Whole, and an amendment was oil 'red and debated... .The Senate substitute for the House bill for the repeal of the Increased Salary law was taken np and concurred in—s 26 to 25..,. Adjourned. Wednesday, January 14.—Senate—Various unfavorable reports were made by the Committee on Claims on bills of a private nature, and their farther consideration was indefinitely postponed .... A petition was presented and referred from the Indianapolis Woman’s Suffrage Association, protesting against the bill limiting suffrage in the Territories to males... .The resolntlon from tbe Finance Committee was further debated, Mr. Schnrz speaking in favor of the immediate resumption of specie payments.. .Executive session and adjournment. House.— A revision and codification of the statutes up to the first of December, 1873. were reported from the Committee op Revision of Laws, and after a long discussion as to tbe mode of considering and acting on the revision report, topsisting of over 3,000 printed pages, it was fin-

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ally agreed to hold two evening sessions in each week for its consideration...-The NaVal Appropriation bill was further considered in Committee of the Whole, hut little progress being made on the bi 11.... Adjourned.

THE SALARY REPEAL BILL.

Full Text of the Bill Passed by Congress Repealing the Increased-Sal-ary I,aw—The Vote In the Senate, and the Vote Against Repeal In the House. Tiie following is tiie text of the bill passed by both Houses of Congress for the repeal of the so-called Salary-Grab law; Be it enacted, etc.. That so mnch of the act of March 3, 1873, entitled “An act making appropriation for legislative, executive and judicial exSenses of the Government for the yearendingJunc ), 1874," as provides for the compensation of public officers and employes, whether members of Congress, Delegates, or others, except President of the United States and Justices or the Supreme Court, be and tSe same hereby is repealed, and the Salaries, compensation, and allowances; of all said persons, except as aforesaid, shall be fixed by the law in force at the time of the passage of this act; provided, that mileage shall be allowed for the first session of the Forty-third Congress; that all moneys appropriated as compensation to members of the Forty-second Congress, in excess of mileage and allowances fixed by law at the commencement of said Congress, and which shall not have been drawn by members of said Congress respectively, or which, having been drawn, have been returned in any form to the United States, are hereby covered into the Treasury by the United States, and declared to he the moneys of the United States absolutely the same as if they had never been appropriated as aforesaid. The following is the vote in tbe Senate: Yeas—Allison, Anthony, Bayard, Bogy, Boreman, Bontwell, Buckingham, Cameron, Carpenter, Chandler,-Clayton, Conkling, Crozier, Davis, Dorsey, Edmunds, Fenton, Ferry (Mich.), Frellnghuvsen, Goldthwatte, Hamilton (Md.), Hamlin, Hitchcock, Howe, Ingalls. Logan, McCreery, Merrimon, Mitchell, Morrill (Me.), Momll (Vt.), Morton, Oglesby, PattersontPratt, Ramsey,Robertson, Sargent, Saulsbury, Schurz, Stockton, Stunner, Wad” Icigh, West, Windom, Wright—46. Nays —Brownlow, Conover. Flanagpn, Gordon, Lewis, Norwood, Sprague, Tipton—B. -Mr. Cooper announced that he pairea with Mr. Cragin, who would have voted for the bill, and he (Cooper) against it. Not Voting— Alcorn, Ames, Dennis, Terry (Conn.), Gilbert, Hamilton (Texas), Johnston, Jones, Kelly, Ransom, Stewart, Thurman—l 2. In the House tbe votes in the negative were as follows: Albert, Averill, Barry, Clymer, Cox, Crossland, Hays, Hines, Kelly, Kendall, Lamisou, Moore, Negley, Platt, Randall, Shanks. Sloss. Standford, Storm, Stowell, Todd, Waddell, White, Whitley, Williams (Ind.).

SAD FATE OF A MISER.

A Beggar Woman Having Three Hundred Dollars In Her Possession, Found on (he Streets in New Yorlt City in .. Starving Condition. In the City of New York, a few day ago, a policeman discovered what he supposed was a heap of rags lying upon tiie steps of a house. A closer examination disclosed a pale, trembling, emaciated old woman (Margaret Fitzsimmons, aged sixty-two) whose thin apparel was far from, sufficient either to hide her ■nakedness or to preserve warmth. The officer took the woman to the station, and from thence to the hospital, for it was evident that she was the victim of consumption, and that she had but little longer to live. Food was offered her and she devoured it as would a ravenous animal. She stated that she had not eaten anything for several days, and that she was starving. She was top weak to” endure a bath, and her clothes were removed and she was placed in a bed. Her dress was tattered, black with dirt, and filled with vermin; and when it was carelessly thrown aside by an attendant, the old creature sprang out of bed and seized and chuckled over it as though it weFe precious beyond compare. The exertion was too much for her, and soon after she died. Upon examining the dress it was found to be absolutely quilted with money. It contained nineteen pockets, each of which was filled with money, from pennies up to dollars. About S3OO were found, including $8 in pennies. Tbe bank bills, of which there were many, were absolutely rotten and crumbling to pieces. The' unfortunate old woman was a miser—one of those queer persons w hom not even the pangs of hunger could induce to spend sufficient to buy food. She hath no home, and had evidently been begging and starving herself for years, just in order to scrape together tiie S3OO which was found in her worm-eatea dress.

NEW YORK. January 15,1874. Cotton. —Middling upland, 16'4@lt>^c. Live Stock.—Beef Cattle—sß.sool2.so. Hogs— Live, *5.5005.8744; Dressed, *b.;5&7.50. Sheep —Live. *1.5008.50. Bueadstuffs. —Flour—Good to choice, *7.250 7.70; white wheat extra, *7.7008.25. Wheat—Nc 2 Chicago, *1.6001.68; lowa spring, ,*L57©1.63 ; No. 2 Milwaukee spring, *1.6401.66. Rye—Western and State, 1.0501.07 c. 8ar1ey—1.6501.85. Corn —Mixed Western afloat, 80382 c. Oats—New Western, 61 ©66c. Provisions.—Pork-New Mess, *16.00016.25. Lard—OlaOOHc. Wool.—Common to extra, 40@70e. * CHICAGO. Live Stock. —Beeves- -Choice, *[email protected]; good, *4.7a®5.00; medium, *4.6004.75; butchers, stock, *8.2504.25; stock cattle, *2.7503.75. Hogs—Live, *4.5035.50; Dressed, *6.0046.25, Sheep—Good to ch0ice,,*4.50©5.00. Pbovisions. —Butter —Choice, 30333 c. Eggs— Fresh, 21©22c. Pork—New Muss, *14.30© 14.35. Lard—9©9?ic. BitEADSTUrrs. Flour—White Winter, extra, *7.0009.50; spring extra, *6.0007.50. Wheat -Spring, No. 2, *1.254401.2644. Corn—No. 2, 59 ©6oc. Oata—No. 2, 42©4244c. Rye—No. 2, 80© 81c. Barley-No. 2, *1.5001.6), Wool.—Tub-washed, 40®52c; fleece, washed 36®*4«c. ; fleece, unwashed, 25©32c.; pulled, 35©40c. CINCINNATI. Breakstuffs.—Floor—*7.2so7.so. Wheat—*l.sß. Corn-60 2 68c. Rye-95c. Oats—4s©aol Barley—*l.4ool.ss. Provisions. Pork ©B*»c. ST. LOUIS. Live Stock. —Beeves—Fair to choice, *1.50© 5,75. Hogs—Live, *[email protected]. Breadstuffs.—Flour, X X Fall, *6.50©7.00. Wheat—No.j!. Red Fall, *1.6031.86. Com—No. 2, 59©60c. Oats—No. 2,44©4444c. Rye—No. 2, 840 85c. Barley—*l.4s©l.ss. Provisions.—Pork —Mess, *15.00315.45. Lard—--BX@9c. MILWAUKEE. Bbiaustcffs.—Flour—Spring XX, *5.70©b:25. Wheat-Spring No. 1, *1.2831.26*4; No.' 2,1.233 1.234 J. Corn-No. 2, 6i®62c. O*ts-No. 2, 40© 41c. Rye-No. 1,7937914 c. Barley-No. 2, *1.54 @1.55. DETROIT. Bkbadstcfts. Wheat—Extra, *1.6)01.64. Corn—62o63c. Oats—46@47c. ■ TOLEDO. Breadstuff*.—Wheat—Amber Mich., $1.53© 1.5044; No. 2 Red, *[email protected]*4 Corn-Mixed, 64 @65Hc. Oats—No. 1.483»)»c. CLEVELAND. Bheadstuff*.—Wheat—No. 1 Red, *1.5701.58; No. 2 Red, *1.1501.19. Corn—62©66c. Oats—46o 48c BUFFALO. Lite Stock.—Beeves Live, *5.2505.90, 6beep—lire, *4.W»8.00,

THE MARKETS.

A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.

Seven Bays Adrift on an Ice Floe in Saginaw Bay—The Story of the Castawaya as Told hy Them after Their Rescue. The Detroit Free Press condenses from the Bay City (Mieh.) Chronicle tiie following account of the terrible experiences of McEwan and Smith, tiie two men who were nearly seven days adrift on the ice in Saginaw Bay: William McEwan and George Smith went out on the ice on Saginaw Bay on Wednesday, December 31, 1873, to fish. They took with them to the shore Bundry supplies of provisions, etc., intending to be absent from borne several days. They took with them on the ice, however, only their blankets, fish Spears, two hand sleighs, tools for cutting holes in the ice and some other fishermen’s apparatus. The ice at this time waß from four to six inches thick, and the weather was steadily but not severely cold. They spent tbe afternoon fishing through the ice, aud secured three fish. A southerly wind was blowing, and about half-past four o’clock McEwan looked up and saw a man who had been near them running toward the shore. At the same instant McEwan saw that the ice had cracked in a long line about six rods from them, toward shore. McEwan called, to Smith, and both ran toward the crack for the purpose of escaping to the shore, but before they reached it, the crack —at first discovery only six or eight inches wide—had increased so much that it was impossible to jump across it. When it was evident—that there were no means of getting across the crack otherwise, McEwan and Smith set about chopping out- a cake of ice large enough to hold them, which they proposed to pole across the open water with their spear poles. Before they had half cut out the cake, however, they saw that they were drifting into deeper water, and a trial proved that they were already beyond reach of bottom with their spear poles. The castaways then abandoned all hope of getting to shore at that point, and started overthe ice to the west, in the belief that it had not separated from the shore along the west. Tiie ice which had been broken loose had also broken into iqany pieces, some large and some small. The piece upon which the men were was five or six acres in extent Fassing on to the westward, they went over cakes sometimes not over six or eight feet square. Finally the ice became so much broken up that they could no longer proceed. Then they tried to pole a cake toward the shore, using their spear poles for the purpose when tne water was so deep that to reach the bottom they had to put their arms into the water up to the elbows. But after half an hour of this desperate work they were compelled to abandon all effort and make their precarious way back to the larger cakes of ice in the main body. This attempt was continued into the night of Wednesday, which was fortunately a bright moonlight one. The men found a secure piece of ice aud lay down for the night, putting their, hand sleighs on the windward side, and so making a tolerably comfortable night with the aid of their blankets. During Wednesday night and Thursday the wind blew steadily from tiie southwest. This was iu the second day, and still they were drifting toward tiie Charity Islands, as nearly as they could judge. Tiie ice did not seem to waste any Thursday, but it was evident that it was not strengthening. Neither of the men liad eaten anything since coming on the ice on Wednesday. They had with them the three raw tLU which they had caught before the ice broke away, but they had no craving for food. This day they again moved to the westward, to-get as near the west shore as possible, in tiie hope that the ice would ultimately drift that way. On Friday afternoon, the third day, while moving toward the north shore across the drifting cakes of ice, McEwan’s handsleigh, which be was using to cross from one cake to another, went down between two cakes, and he was instantly in tbe water. Smith, however, was seeurelv on a cake, and reached the. spear-pole to liis comrade and helped him out, pretty thoroughly wet. The drift was still eastward, and on Saturday, the fourth day, they had drifted so far in that direction that they came in sight of Kish Point. Except that of Wednesday the nights had not been very cold, and Saturday night was not uncomfortably so. Sunday, the fifth day, was the worst they had experienced. The storm was not of long continuance, but it was violent, aud warm rain cut holes iu the ice all about the castaways as large as a man’s head. Tliecake upon which they were had weakened until it was only about three inches in thickness. The heavy gale made a considerable sea, which broke and ground up the icc on the edges of tiie great field, aud must soon have done the same to the piece on which tiie men were, had the gale continued. Suddenly, however, the wind shifted to the northwest, and the ice began to join up close together. There, was a steady wind after the storm, and they found pieces breaking off from tiie cake on which they were floating. The sixth day, Monday, they started for the east shore of tbe bay, having been drifted so far in that direction that they thought they could soonest reach the shore there. After foing three miles they came across a small ticking boat fast in the ice. This they did not try to move, but traveled on till twelve at night, when they found that the wind had parted the body of ice, and further progress in that direction was barred. They returned to the westward, and taking up the ducking boat on their way, endeavored to break their way through ln it to tttte-wcst shore, toward which they were then drifting. One of them, however, got into the water, and finally they were obliged to give it up again. They they resigned themselves to wait for weather cold euoughto stiffen up. the ice, or to make new ice between them and tiie shore. On Sunday they saw in tiie direction of the Saginaw light-house the smoke of a steam vessel, and thought then that their friends were at last apprised of their situation, aud were making an effort to save them. This was the smoke of the tug McDonald, which went out some miles beyond the light-house and returned when the storm came on, having discovered nothing. The tug’s smoke was peculiar. and they recognized it at once as the first sign they had received that anything of their fate was known at home. The hope which this sight inspired of course died away during Monday, when, nothing more of the kind was seen. Monday night brought the cold, freezing temperature which the castaways had been looking and hoping for, and on the morning of Tuesday, whieli would have been their seventh day, they found that the old ice had not only been materially strengthened and frozen together, hut that a sheet of new ice had been formed stretching off to tiie west shore. Here was deliverance, apd none too soon. Though the night before had been friendly in its freezing, it had also been fuller of peril than the others. There must have been a storm outside, for during the night the cakes of ice were constantly cracking and breaking. Ouce the cake upon which they were broke Within two feet of them as they Lqy upon it in their blankets. They were compelled to move three times during this night in consequence of the ice breaking near them. When at last it broke.within two feet of them, as above noted, they got up and did not again attempt to lie down to rest. The ice was driveu inward about a mile during this time. About seven o'clock Tuesday morning they were again on the move, and got to the little boat before mentioned. There they left everything but their sleigh and spear poles. With these they struck out for the ice bridgefor deliverance between them and tbe shore, which had formed during the night. It was six miles to dry land, and the new ice was only about three-fourths of an inch iu thickness, but it was very tough. They went ft single file over it as rapidly as possible, and it bent and sunk beneath their feet at every step. But it did not break fatally, though Smith went through once, and was helped out by McEwan with his spear-pole, When near the Pinconnlng bar they descried some Indians |on the ice near the shore, and soon j one of th«g skated out to McEwan, i who wtw ahead ,of Smith. As

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soon as the Indian came np McEwan got upon his hand sleigh and bade the Indian push him to the shore. The red man did so, and McEwan sent him hack for Smith, who was brought in the same way on shore again. The wonderful endurance of the castaways was suddenly at an end. They had eaten not a mouthful since Wednesday until Tuesday morning, wheu they took about onequarter of a pound each of the raw fish which they had carried throughout their driftings. They had not felt weak up to the time of getting ashore. Then their strength gave out, and they were barely able to walk to tbe house of Mr. Joseph Meaeh. Here ttiey were furnished with victuals. McEwan ate sparingly, but Smith gave way to tbe weakened cravings of appetite, aud ate rather imprudently. It was ten o’clock Tuesday morning when they reached Meach’s house, and at twelve they were taken on an ox-sled to Fineonning station. There McEwan telegraphed the glad news of the final rescue, which went over the city like a flash yesterday afternoon. These two heroes of one of the most wonderful adventures on record, at half-past ten last night, were in as comfortable condition as could be expected. Smith is suffering from overeating on first landing but McEwan was apparently as good as ever, saving his frostbitten feet. Of course, however, both men feel a weakness which they did not uoHce so long as tiie struggle for life lasted.

TEMPERANCE REVIVAL.

4l«w tlm Ladles Dltunned of the Liquor Traffic la Washington, Ohio— Tlic Saloons Surrender, and the Liquors aie Emptied into the Streets—The “Good Time Coming” Already Come. Washington, the county seat of Fayette county, Ohio, is a busy, thriving town of some 3,000 inhabitants, situated on tbe Cincinnati & Muskingum Railroad, about seventy miles northeast of Cincinnati. For several years an effort has been made to dispense entirely with the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town, but with indifferent success. The good temperance folk were grieved at the increase of intemperance but had about resolved to make no further efforts to stay it progress. Last Christmas Eve Dr. Dio Lewis, of Boston, lectured bes ore tbe Literary Society of the place on the subject of “Our Girls,” at the close of which he offered to deliver a free lecture on temperence at one of the churches on the following day, and in that address he would give his hearers a plan by which the women of the town, themselves alone, could abolish the liquor traffic from their midst, and forever keep it out. At the appointed hour on Christmas morning the citizens assembled at the church, eager to hear and see what was to be done. The meeting opened with 6inging and prayer. An appeal to present to the liquor-sellers wag drawn up, read and adopted, and the meeting adjbUrned to meet the following morning at the same place; and then and there the women were to start out upon their ' errand of mercy. The hour having arrived, the women —from the families of the leading-citizens of the place—met and formed iu procession, fifty or sixty of them —and the march commenced. Drug-6tores aud saloons were visited each day, and singing and prayers were held i them, until the drug-stores all signed t pledge, and the saloons were broken up. When a saloon-keeper surrendered, the fact was made known by the ringing of all the bells in town; people would gather at tbe scene of action to the number of several hundred, to witness tiie destruction of King Alcohol. Women whose Busbands, soils, or brothers had suffered most were selected as the ones to demolish the whisky-barrels, which deed was done with axes; and they never worked harder in a more noble cause. One man, who had suffered much from tlic evil effects of intemperance, while assisting in getting tbe barrels of whisky in the street, mounted the top of one aud remarked that lie had often been under the stuff contained in the barrel, but now he was on top of it, and he intended to keep on top. His wife broke in the head of the barrel, and let the whisky Hood the gutter. During the entire time that the women were praying and singing in the satoons, the Christian men of the place held a protracted prayermeeting at the church; and that the women might better judge of the earnestness and sincerity they felt in their behalf, they caused the bell of the church to be tolled at the close of each prayer. The work done there created quite a sensation throughout that part of the State, and the ministers and several of the leading women in the work received letters from neigh boring towns, urgingthem to come and start the ball rolling iu those towns; and they have consented to go, and set the time for the meetings.

Telescopic Eyes.

Birds of lofty flight, as the condors, eagles, vultures and carrion-seeking prowlers of the feathered race, have telescopic vision; and thus they are enabled to look down and discover their unsuspecting victims. As they approach uoiselessly from above, the axis of vision changes, shortening, so that they see just as distinctly within one foot'of the ground as when at an elevation of one mile in the air. This fact .explains the balancing of the fish-hawk on its pinions half a mile above a still pond watching for fish. When one is selected, down the savage hunter plunges, the focal axis varying as the square of the distance, giving the hawk a distinct view of its intended prey always. As they ascend the axis is elongated by a curious muscular arrangement so as to see far again. Snails have their keen eyes at the extremity of flexible horns, which they can protrude or draw in at pleasure. By winding the instrument round the edge of a leaf or a small stalk they can see how matters stand on the opposite side. The hammer-headed shark has its wicked-looking eyes nearly two feet apart. It can bend the thin edgings of the head on which the organs are located so as to examine the two sides of an object the size of a fully grown codfish. Flies have immovable eyes. They stand out from the head like half an apple, exceedingly prominent. Instead of being smooth hemispheres, they have an immense number of facets, resembling oldfashioned glass watch seals, each one directing the light directly to the optic retina. That explains why they cannot be approached in any direction without seeing what is coming. —Nete Fork Mail. Ik bargaining, lie not at all, neither in ■ a little thing nor in the circumstance, neither in word nor deed; that is, pretend not what is false; cover not what isirue; but let the measure of your affirmation or denial be the understanding of your contractor; for he that deceives the buyer or the seller by speaking what is true in a sense not intended ,pr understood. by the other, is a liar and a thief. For in bargains, you are to avoid not only what is false, but that also'which deceives Waremy.Taylor.

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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. A white blue bird is the latest red about. The society of Washington dotes on Fish-balls. Ministers of the interior —the cook and the doctor. An Intellectual Feast—The entertainment of an idea. No other living thing can go as slow as a boy on an errand. No man who is not a housekeeper can be a juror in Kentucky. Chief Justice McKean refuses to admit Utah polygamists to citizenship. The prodigal son of wealthy parents is now tending fires in a St. Louis hotel. Time is short, and if your cross be heavy remember you have not far to carry it. Questionable —When a man marries a poetess, does he take her for better or for verses Books are mediators between the past and the present, the great and the small, the distant and the near. * Judging from the manner in which he makes his proposals, Copid’s fabled weapon is merely a pop-gun. Snow is such a luxury in California that when it falls the entire population turns out to snow ball Chinamen. ■ —i: The great wish of most people is for a fortune and nothing to- do. How fully men are punished when it is realized. Nothing is so bad that it might not be worse. It is a deal pleasanter for the engineers to strike than for the engines to do so. Utica, New York, has a pincushion which belonged to the wife of one of the original Boston Tea-party, and, of course, Utica is proud about it. Why are the young ladies at the break-, ing up of a party like arrows? Because they can’t go on without a beau, and are all in a quiver till they get one. It is a notorious fact that men who essay to manage the opinions of the world, invariably neglect their domestic affairs, and allow them to run to ruin. Economy is said to be carried to such an extent in a certain western town that the papier mills of the place have been compelled to suspend operations for want of rags. The Scientific American has discovered a man that doubts the truth of the theory that the earth goes around the sun. He has written to ask that journal’s opinion on the subject. Brown corduroy jackets, made doublebreasted, with deep collar and reverse, are fashionable this winter. They have no trimming save a double row of large bronze buttons. The Cambridge (Mass.) Flower Mission has distributed nine thousand bouquets and twenty-five bushels of fruit and vegetables during the past year to the sick in that vicinity. Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity. in the hour of death ; the one proceeds from liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.— Horace Mann. White cambric handkerchiefs with colored hems are new. The prettiest have a white center and deep hem of pink. Another style is fluted and has a colored monogram in the middle. This bit of sarcasm from the SUepc: “As times are hard, wooden weddings and other nuptial anniversary celebrations will be very numerous this winter, with a view to replenishing one’s household goods.” ST. Paul (Minn.) claims to have expended $1,000,000 on improvements during the past year, in the way of blocks and business places. It is claimed further that the city directory, which will be issued soon, will show a population in •the city of about 35,000. The redingote remains the most popular garment of the period. Of late it has been modified and improved, and is now very stylish. The beauty of the garment is that it can be worn with almost any skirt and look well. Very large buttons are still used to trim the redingote; also, ball fringe and fur. The word Syndicate means a council, or body of syndics. The University of Cambridge, Eng., has its syndics, who are chosen from the senate to transact special'business, as the regulation of fees, forming of laws, etc. A syndic is an officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; also, are chosen to transact business for others. The very latest thing in the advertising line is a lady who, through the newspapers, seeks for employment as an “ornamental guest.” She will assist at dinner or evening parties—by her grace, her wit and beauty, contribute to the entertainment of guests, and she will do everything in the highest style of art—only she demands that a handsome compensation be made therefor. A Strong mind always hopes, because it knows the mutability of human affairs, and how slight a circumstance may change the whole course of events. Shcti a spirit, too, rests upon itself; it is not confined to particular objects, and if, at last, all should be lost, it has saved itself its own integrity and worth. Hope awakens courage, while despondency is the last of all evils; it is the abandonment of good—the giving up of the battle of life with * dead nothingness. He who can implant courage in the human soul is its best physician. Mr. Gough thinks that it is better fora woman to be laughed at for not being married than to be unable to laugh because she is married. The marriage that takes all the laugh out of a woman, like the sunshine that takes all the sweetness out of the grape, is an exceedingly suspicious commodity, and ought to give the divorce doctors something to do. But the idea of trying to reconcile a woman to an unpaired" life because another woman found it uncomfortable, is as absufd as to try to keep her from eating apples because of Mother Eve’s unfortunate pomological experience. The fashionable season began later this year than usual, but that was in consequence of the autumn panic and the depression following. Metropolitan society, however, is composed of as many effervescent and reviving ingredients that protracted dullness, save during the summer months, is impossible, and with the revival of business comes the revival of gayeties. That the winter will not be a remarkably gay or brilllantone is already i evident. The reasons are obvious and i appreciated by all, but nevertheless there ■ will be a sufficient round of festivity to > satisfy the fashionables and to pleasantly ■ while away the time between notf anq Lenh-JV. T- Hernia,