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THS RENSSELAER UNION. Published Every Thursday by HORACE E. JAMES, JOSHUA ffEALRY, PROFRIETOB& Office ©ver Wood’s Hardware Store, Washington Street. Subacrlptfcm, (2.00 a Yfar, In Advance. JOB WORK Of every kind executed to order In good style and *t low relee.

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Denial of the Recently Reported Spanish Victory. Prospective Accommodation With the Cuban Insurgents. Escape of Henri Rochefort From New Caledonia. The Steamer Nile Foundered With All On Board. Public Debt Statement For the Month of March. Decision of the Congregational, Council at Brooklyn, N. Y. Several Persons Burned to Death at Millerstown, Pa. State Treasurer Baukin, of lows, Indieted For Embezzlement. =7 “ TUB OUD WORLD. The Aebantee troops were reviewed by the Queen in Windsor Park on the JiOth. Her Majesty made Sir Garnet Wolseley a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, and conferred on Lord Gifford the Victoria Cross. London dispatches of the morning of the 31st ult. say that extensive strikes had occurred in the coal and iron districts of England. A London dispatch announces the escape of Henri Rochefort and some of hia comrades from New Caledonia. They put to sea in au open boat, and, after having been three days out, were picked up by a British sailing vessel and carried to an Australian port According to a Paris telegram of the 30th Algeria had been declared in a state of siege, In order to restrain the violent abuse of the radical journals of that colony. On the night of the 30th dispatches were received from Carlist sources claiming a victory in the recent battle before Bilboa. The Republican losr, according to this authority, was 4,000 ki'led and wounded; Carlist loss 1,000. Madrid dispatches of the same date insist that == the victory was with the Republicans and very nearly reverse the figures. A London dispatch of the morning of the 31st ult. says the steamship Nile was lost on herinst voyage from Hong Kong to Yokohama and all on board drowned. Among the lost were the Japanese Commissioners to the Vienna Exhibition. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cologne was arrested on the 31st ult. for violation of the German Ecclesiastical laws. A Madrid dispatch of the 31st ult. says that Marshal Serrano had issued an order prohibiting the transmission of private dispatches from Santander and vicinity. A heavy fire was kept up by the Artillery upon.the • Carlist position. Troops to the number of 15,000 had been forwarded to reinforce Serrano. The Carlist General Olio had been killed. A Calcutta telegram of the 31st ult. says that reports from the district affected by the famine show a great improvement in the con- , dltlon of affairs. ♦ A Berlin dispatch of the Ist announces the death of Peter Andrew Hansen, the German astronomer. A Bayonne dispatch of the Ist asserts tha the movement of Marshal Serrano against the Carlisle before Bilboa was an inglorious failure. According to a London dispatch of April 1 the Republican troops have taken no position held by the Carlists since March 25. A three days’ armistice, in which Bilboa was not included, had been agreed upon for the burial of the dead. In the meantime the bombardment of Bilboa continued. A steamer arrived in San Francisco on the 3d with Yokohama dates to March 10. The insurrection in the North had been quelled through the efforts of the Minister of the Interior. . - According to a Bayonne dispatch of the sth active operations in front of Bilboa were ’ resumed on the 3d. A Carlist Genera! is reported to have surprised and captured a detachment of 600 Republicans. THB NEW WORLD. A Washington Associated Proas dispatch of the 80th ult. says: “ In the appropriation bills already reported there has been a reduction of between (11,000,000 and (12,000,000 from the revised estimates of the departments, and the committee confidently expect to be able to effect an aggregate saving of (25,000,000 in the total appropriations this year aa compared with those of last year.” All grain received at New York will be graded hereafter by inspectors appointed by the grain-receivers of the Produce Exchange. The trial of John D. Sanborn and others, under an indictment charging them with coni spiring to defraud the Revenue Department at the Government, was commenced in the United States District Court in Brooklyn on the 30th ult. The news from Susquehanna Depot on the r 80fh ult. was to the effect that the men were being paid off and discharged. The military had entire possession of all the property of the company, and all was apparently quiet The ballot in the Massachusetts Legislature for United States Senator on the 80th resulted as follows: Whole number of votes cast 256; necessary to a choice, 129 ; Dawes received 85; Hoar, 78; Curtis, 78 ; Adams, 15; Banas, 7; Amasa Walker, Pierce, Washburn and Whittier, 1 each. The Missouri Legislature adjourned tine die on the 30th ult The new directory of Omaha shows 6,001 names. Counting 4X as the ratio, thia shows the population of the city to be 27,409. The Twenty-eighth General Assembly of Illinois was in session 208 days. Thq number * of.bill* introduced was 3,168, of which 256 were passed. The amount of appropriations was (5,688,880.

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Thb Congregational Council recently in session at Brooklyn, N. Y., to consider the relation proper to be sustained by Congregationalists toward Plymouth Church, concluded its labors on the 28th. Tbe report adopted censured the chdrch fur its action in dropping Tilton, but at the sime time advised other churches to fellowship with the organization as formerly. It also contained a word of caution and forbade the recurrence of tbe offense under penalty of withdrawing from fellowship. The report was adopted by a vote of 87 to 8. Twenty-three refused to vote. The council then adjourned line die. Thb steamboat J. Hale, from Cincinnati to New Orleans, when 175 miles above Memphis, on the night of the 29th ult., burst her steampipe, causing the death of three members of the crew and severely injuring several others. Hon. Harvey Mbybrs, of Covington, Ky., law partner of Senator Stevenson, was murdered recently by Col. W. G. Terrell, a newspaper reporter of that city. Mr. Meyers was the attorney of Terrell's wife in a divorce suit. Secretary of the Treasury Richardson and Commissioner of Internal Revenue Douglass testified before the Ways and Means Committee in the Sanborn Investigation on the 31st. The former gave it as his positive opinion that the law under which the Sanborn contracts were given should be absolutely and unconditionally repealed. He had never spoken with Sanborn about his contracts, and had never been approached by any other person in Sanborn’s behalf. He knew absolutely nothing of the details of the matter Any; papers or documenta which he had signed were signed in the ordinary routine of business without giving them special attention. Mr. Douglass stated that he had never been consulted by the Secretary or Solicitor of the Treasury in regard to the law or contracts given under it, and knew nothing of the latter unless as they came incidentally to his knowledge in the course of proceedings. He stated that delinquent income taxes, and legacy and succession taxes, and taxes on railway dividends, etc., which are embraced in the Sanborn contracts, were all being collected through the regular officers of the Internal Revenue Bureau. He was very positive in the belief that there was no difficulty in having all these derelict taxes collected in the regular course of business, and as to ascertaining unpaid legacies and successions of taxes, he exhibited to the committee a book in which Assessors were required to keep records of all tbe estates of deceased persons that were liable to taxation. He did not believe in the policy of the law under which the Sanborn contracts were given out. It gave a monopoly to three persons, and thus intensified the meanness of the informer and spy system. He had never been consulted about or asked to recommend the passage of such law, although he had been under the Impression that he had been called upon by Sanborn and that Gen. Butler bad recommended him. Still, since having seen Sanborn lately, he did not appear to be the same person whom he had in his mind. 4 * Sanborn, on trial at Brooklyn fortonspiracy to defraud the revenue, has been acquitted by order Of Judge Benedict. Counsel held, first, that there was no allegation in the indictment that Sanborn, Hawley, and VandCrwerken conspired with any other persons to defraud the United States; secondly, that no offense Is charged under any law that exists upon the statute-book; thirdly, that the contract is not set out in the indictment. The Judge held that the contract which Sanborn had obtained did not support the averment in the indictment, and, with such conceded, he was of the opinion that the prosecution must fall. The vote for United States Senator in the Massachusetts Legislature on the 31st resulted as follows: Whole number of votes cast, 274; necessary to a choice, 188; Dawes, 95; Hoar, 78; Curtis, 76; Adams, 15; Banks, 6; Washburn, 2; Whittier and Pierce received each 1 vote. e A reunion of Abolitionists is to-be held in Chicago on tbe 9th of June. “All persons who were active Abolitionists at any time when the cause of the slave needed friends are especially invited to be present.” Temperance raids were the order of the day at Ripon, Wis., on the 31st ult. The crusaders called at six saloons, but were admitted to only one. Their religious exercises were carried on on the sidewalk. Ths Diario, of Havana, has recently pub lished articles advocating the restoration of peace with the insurgents. It was said that these articles were inspired by the Spanish party, and that their object was to prepare tbe people of the island for a manifesto of the prominent Cubans demanding an accommodation between the so-called loyalists and the insurgents, to be inaugurated by a temporary cessation of hostilities, and followedby a formal treaty of peace. Tbe bases of the treaty are made known, and Include a pledge that the Jsiand shall remain united to the crown of Spain; that tbe people shall elect representatives to the Cortes; that slavery shall only be interfered with by the consent of owners, and, in case that emancipation should be decreed, then the owners of slaves are to be indemnified. A general pardon will be granted for all political offenses, and all embargoed property shall be restored to its original owners. ’ . Thb striking workmen at Susquehanna Depot were paid off by tbe railroad company and discharged. On the Ist a large number of them sought admittance "TO the shops and were re-employed by the company. Proceedings in bankruptcy were commenced on the Ist by the New York Bank of Commerce against the Rhode Island Spragues. "A rias broke out in the Central Hotel at Millerstown, Pa., on the morning of April 1. Seven persons were burned to death. A large number of adjoining structures were destroyed. The loss amounted to nearly (300,000. Thb Rhode Island election for State officers occurred on the Ist. There was no Democratic ticket Henry Howard was re-elected Governor by a vote of 12,269 to about 1,600 for other candidates. Chas. C. Van Zandt was elected Lieutenant-Governor; Joshua M. Adderman, Secretary of State; Willard Sayles, Attorney-General, and Samuel Clark, Treasurer. The United States Supreme Court tn * recent case has decided that the directors of a corporation cannot increase the capital stock beyond the amount limited in its charter—in other words cannot “ water the stock ” without the express consent of stockholders. A ballot for United States Senator from Massachusetts was taken on the Ist with tbe following result: Whole number of votes CMkiMOi BMfNMgy (DrscboiM, IM; Dcwaa

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had 95 votes ; Hoar, 74; Curtis, 75 ; Adams, 15 ; Banks, 6 ; scattering, 5. Thb following is the public debt state ment, April 1: Six per cent b0nd5(1,214,663 150 Five per cent bonds 609,248,450 Total coin b0nd5...(1.123.206,600 Lawful money debt (14,678,0 0 Matured debt 6,852.800 Legal-tender notes 882,076.887 Certificates of deposit 51,72’',0U0 Fractional currency 49.102,660 Coin certificates 87,045,600 Interest 29.676,661 Total debt. (2.295.058,558 t 86.121.379 Currency ■. 4,526,4 1 Special deposits held for redemption of certificates of deposit as provided bylaw 51,720.000 Total in Treasury....... (142,867.880 Debt lees cash In Trea5ury,....(2.151,690 728 Decrease during the month (2,189,338 Bonds Issued to Pacific Railway Companies, interest payable in lawful money, principal outstanding (64,623,512 Interest accrued and no: yet paid.... 969 852 Interest paid by United States 22,386,691 Interest repaid by transportation of mails, etc....... 5,501,867 Balance of interest paid by United States., 17,335,823 Thb following persons have been named to take charge and decide upon the articles to be exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition: Treasury, Hon. F. M. Sawyer; War, Col. S. C. Lyford, U. 3. A.; Navy, Admiral T. A. Jenkins, U. S. N.; Interior, John Baton, Esq.; Postoffice, Dr. Chas. F. McDonald; Agriculture, Wm. Saunders, Esq.; Smithsonian Institute, Prof. 8. F. Baird. The President has designated Col. S. C. Lyford, U. 8. A., Chairman of the Board. John T. Sanbron failed to make his appearance before the Ways and Means Committee on the 2d. The City Council of Philadelphia has passed by acclamation the (1,000,600 Centennial Appropriation bill. The official count of votes for Assemblymen at Providence, R. 1., elects fix, and finds no choice for seven, including Senator. A dispatch of the 2d from Susquehanna Depot, Pa., announces that everything was then quiet along the line of the Erie Road, and cars were moving with regularity. The troops had left that locality and no further trouble was anticipated. AU the men required by the company were at work in the shops. The lowa Commissioners report much difficulty in getting good seed grain for the northwestern sufferers. The average distribu ion will be fifteen bushels to each person. The present supply will not hold out. A Des Moines (Iowa) dispatch of the 3d says the District Court Grand Jury have found eight indictments against Isaac Brandt, Deputy under ex-Btate Treasurer Rankin, for embezzling or appropriating public moneys in the shape of interest or bonuses on State drafts of deposit. Brandt was arrested, and subsequently released on (3,000 ball on each indictment,or (24,000 in all. Indictments were also returned against Rankin. The old indictment against him for the embezzlement of State funds was dismissed, and all the indictments now returned are for embezzlement of moneys of the State Agricultural College. Rankin has also given bail. Thb Michigan' Stat e Treasurer’s statement for March is as follows: Balance Feb. 28, (1,168,518.81; receipts for March, (181,502.04; total, (t,295;015.85. Payments for March, (82,456.95. Balance, March 31, (1,212,558.90. Thb Union Park Baptist Church of Chicago has dissolved Its pastoral relations with the Rev. Florence McCarthy. This action is in accordance with the verdict of the Ecclesiastical Council before which the reverend gentleman was recently tried on the charges of having used language and been guilty of acta unbecoming a minister of the Gospel. While a band of women were engaged in prayey Rt the back door of Lathrop’s saloon, in Warsaw, Ind., a few nightaago, a man stepped out of the saloon and struck Mrs. Thomas Woods a fearful blow in the breast, knocking her prostrate upon the ground. She was carried home unconscious. He was subsequently arrested. There was a heavy frost at Memphis on the night of the Ist, and some ice. It is feared that the fruit crops were seriously damaged. On toe 2d the temperance crusaders were out in force at Jacksonville, 111., visiting the saloons and singing and praying with the inmates. according to a recent report from toe Treasury Department, it appears that within the last ten years toe number of vessels lost on tbe great lakes was 4,527. The loss of life amounted to 1.341 persons, and toe loss of property aggregated (27,870,062. Thb vote in the Massachusetts Legislature for United States Senator on the 3d resulted as follows: Whole number of vote*, 262; necessary to a choice, 132. Dawes received 91'; Hoar, 75 ; Curtis, 70 ; Adams, 16; Banks, 5; Pierce, 2 ; Washburn, Whittier and Phelps, 1 each. At the recent State election in Rhode Island toe Republicans cast 7,679 and the Prohibitionists 6,512 votes. Thb following is the report of toe Illinois State Treasurer for March: Receipts—Revenue fund, (32,029 62; school fund, (1,806.55; local bond interest, (11,860 00; total, (45,196.17. Disbursements—Revenue fund, (47,715.05; school fund, (1,250.00; total, (48,965.05. A Washington dispatch of toe 4th says toe Senate Committee on Transportation would recommend ultimate Government aid to toe four principal schemes of internal improvement which have been urged : The Fort St. Philip Canal; improvement of the Ohio River; enlarged means of intercommunication between the great lakes and the Atlantic & Great Western or James River & Kanawha Canal. The estimated cost of these improvements is (100,000,000. Thb authorities have fixed upon April 29th as toe day for the eulogy at Boston upon Charles Sumner by Senator Schurz. The Mayor will preside, and Wendell Phillips will introduce tbe orator. A disastrous fire recently occurred at Cohoes, N. Y., in consequence of which one large knitting factory was entirely and another partially consumed. A thousand operative* were thrown out of employment. A meeting of persons who favor cremation was held in New York on tbe evening of toe 4th. The Bev. O. B. Frothingham said he was not prejudiced against burning the dead. Charles A. Dana regarded toe present unscientific mode of disposing of the dead as discreditable to the race. Henry Bergh, PreaMent of toe Society for toe Prevention of Cruelty to Anlgxis, tataied that tabmattos sattoM

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no reasonable demand of our nature. It was proposed to form a permanent organization, in a few weeks, of those favoring cremation. • The tenth joint ballot for United States Senator was taken in tbe Massachusetts Legislature on the 4th. Only 250 votes were cast. Dawes received 88; Hoar, 75; Curtis, 64; Adams, 13; Banks, 5; Pierce, 2; Whittier, 1; Gaston, 1; Phillips, 1. A balloon excursion was made by Barbier at San Francisco on the sth, accompanied by three men and two ladies. When 600 feet in the air the balloon collapsed and rapidly descended, striking the ground trith great force, and dragging a distance of 800 yards. All on board were seriously injured, but none fatally, There was good sleighing in Chicago and many othrr sections of the West on the 6th. The snow-storm on the sth was pretty gen erul throughout the Northwest, and is said to have been, in many localities, heavier than was experienced at any time during the past winter. From jSix to twelve inches of snow fell during the day. According to the finding of a Commission of Lunacy Col. James Mayo, State Treasurer of Virginia, has been declared insane, and sent to a lunatic asylum. Recently, at a trial before the New Orleans District Court, an altercation occurred between D. A. Phillips, an attorney, and an old citizen named Arestide Bieuvenu, against whom he was bringing suit. The latter offered a gross insult, whereupon Phillips knocked him down. Subsequently a challenge passed between the parties, and on the morning of toe 4th a duel was fought. Bienvenu was shot through the heart at toe first fire. The weapons were double-barreled shot guns, and toe distance forty paces. CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate,.on the 30th, the memorial of the Governors of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois in relation to the 2 per cent, fond which they claim a due those States from the General Government was reported back from the Committee on Public Lande, with a bill to settle the account between them and the United States, whieh bill was placed on the calendar The House lull in relation to mineral lauds, excluding the States of Missouri and Kansas from the operations of the Mining act of May 10,18.2, was reported from committee, with amendments Sundry resolutions of the Wisconsin Legislature in regard to tbe Improvement of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and for increased mail facilities in that State, and for the improvement of the Wisconsin River, were presented and referred.... The bill to provide for the redemption and reissue of United States notes and for free banking was taken up and a motion was adopted—2B to 23—to strike ont the second section of the bill reported by the committee, which provides that on the Ist of January, 1876, United States notes shall be redeemable in coin or interest-bearing bonds. Several proposed amendments were rejected.... Adjourned. In the House, on the 30th, among the bills introduced and referred were—appropriating (10,< 00 to buy Carpenter's painting of the “ Signing the Proclamation of Emancipation for the construction of the Portland. Dallas A Salt Lake Railway, and' for the performance of all Government sendees free of charge... .The Senate bill providing for the payment of the bonds of the Louisville A Portland Canal Company was reported from committee, with amendments, and considerable discussion ensued on the bi 11... .Adjourned. In the Senate, on the (Ist, memorial were presented and referred, signed by 7,275 citizens of California, setting forth tbe evils of tbe u-e of Intoxicating llqiors, and asking for legislation to prevent Intemperance and the manufacture of snch liquors... .The bill to provide tor the redemption and reissue of United States notes and for free banking was taken up. and a motion to strike out the fourth section of the bill was agreed to—29 to 27. Several amendments to the bill were offered and rejected... .Adjourned. In toe Houte, on the diet, the bill providing for the payment of the bonds of the Louisville A Portland Canal Company was passed after being amended so as to provide that no money shall be paid under this act until the State of Kentucky shall have ceded the jurisdiction over canal property to the United States ... A petition of tax-payers of South Carolina, sigqpd by a large number of prominent and Influential citizens of that State, was presented and referred to the Judiciary Committee, reciting the excessive taxation to which the people of that State are subjected, and that the proceeds of such taxation are systematically squandered or stoics instead of being devoted to the legitimate purposes of the Government, and asking Congress to consider their condition and devise some means of relief.... A bill was introduced and referred for the relief of the Commissioners to the Vienna Exhibition. ... Adjourned. Tn the Senate, on the Ist, the House bill to secure to the Episcopal Board of Missions land In the White Earth Indian reservation in Minnesota, for the erection of churches and otl.er buildings, was passed... .The joint resolution of the Legislature of Missouri for the improvement of the mouth of the Missouri River was presented.... The bill to provide for the redemption and reissue of United States notes and for free banking was further considered, and several proposed amendments were rejected.... Adjourned, In the House, on toe Ist, a countedstatement and reply of the Republican Central Committee of South Carolina to the memorial of the tax-payers of that State, presented the day before, was presented and referred. The statement declares that the taxpayers have only themselves to blame in not aiding in the work of reconstruction, and that the allegations as to tbe increased expenditures of tbe State Government are incorrect, the items given being wholly inaccurate, untrue and skillfully selected to deceive.... A noisy discussion occurred on the Senate bill supplemental to the Mining law of the 10th of May. 1872... .The Currency hill was taken up and debated—At the evening, session the hill for the revision of the laws was completed and passed... .Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 2d, the Senate bill to amend tbe act to promote the development of tbe mining reserves of the United States, with House amendments thereto, was referred....A bill was reported from the Committee on Postoffices and Poet-roads, to provide for the transmission of correspondence by telegraph, which bill is the Hubbard Postal Telegraph minor bill unchanged, except in matter of detail .. .The bill to provide for the redemption and reissue of United States notes and for free banking came up, and several amendments were offered and rejected A substitute for the third section of the bill as reported by the committee was adopted—33 to 19—and provides •That (46.000.0t0 in notes for circulation, in addition to such circulation now allowed by law, shall be Issued to tbe National Banking associations now organized and which may be organised hereafter. and such increased circulation eball be distributed among the several Elates as provided in Section 1 of the act of July 12, 1870. "....Executive session and adjournment. In the House, on toe 2d, but little business was tranaae’ed, the Currency bill being under consideration, and a lengthy debate ensued thereon, which extended into the evening session. Notice was given of a substitute for the pending bllL which was In part substantially tbe same, free banking being a feature common to Wbth....Adjourned. In the Senate, on toe 3d, a memorial from citizens of Kansas, asking for protection against outrages by the Osage Indians, was prise n ted and referred....A favorable report was made on the Senate Mil to set apart a certain portion of the island of Mackinac aa a National Park. . .The bill to provide for tbe redemption and reissue of United States notes and for free banking wae briefly considered, after which the bill providing for the payment of tbe bonds of tbe Louisvilh- A Portland Canal Company was taken up and a motion was made to disagree with the House amendment, and asking for a Committee of Conference, but no vole was reached.... Adjourned to the 6th. In toe House, on toe Bd, bills were passed—to legalize a pontoon bridge across the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien; providing for the appointment of a civil agent, and for the detailing of a naval officer to act in concert with such agent, to obtain Information wuh regard to the fur and seal trade of Alaska, and to report whether the contracts as to seal fisheries hare been complied with and can be safely SBtended; several private pension bi 115.... A bill was rsfliorted Bdvwßßly from ttffi Vkwitttrm oa war

Claims, and laid on the table, appropriating nearly (1,6c0,000 for the value of cotton and woolen mills de-troyed during tbe war of tbe rebellion by order of Gen. Grant, and for cottoil bonds and Confederate money taken from a bank at Jackson.... Adjourned. Shnate not in sedlion on the 4th... .In the House, a bill was passed amendatory of the act offluly 18, 1793, in regard to the enrollment of coasting and fishing vessels.... Leave was asked and objected to, to report a bill from the Judiciary Committee, providing that any civil officer of the United Stales except the President or Vice-President, who shall bo impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors by the House of Representatives, shall be suspended from office until he shall be discharged from such impeachment by the Senate or until ths withdrawal of impeachment... .On motion it was ordered that the Speaker’s warrant be issued for the attachment of G. H. Patrick, of Montgomery, Ala., and that he be brought before the House for contempt for refusing to appear before the Judiciary Committee ano testify in the matter of the impeachment of Judge Bus teed... A large number of private bills were passed.... The Currency bill was further debated. ... Adjourned.

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April 6. 1874. New York.— Cotton— l6XolTC. Flour-Good to choice, (6.5506.75; white wheat extra, (6.75© 7.1«. Wheat- No. 2 Chicago. ([email protected]; lowa Spring, ([email protected]; No. 2 Milwaukee Spring, f 11.5001.58. Hye—Western, [email protected]. jßartey—([email protected]. Com— B9o9oc. Gate—New Western, 61064 c. Pork— New mess, ([email protected]. Lard —9M@loc. Wool— Common t< • extra, 40®65c. Beevee— ([email protected]. Hogs—Dressed, f17.25tf 7.62%. SAssp-Live, ([email protected]. Chicago.— Bernet— Choice, ([email protected]; good, (5.2 i@>.6s; medium, t6.00@'>.25; butchers’ stock, fl4.oo@b.*o: stock cattle, ([email protected]. Hoge— Live, <[email protected]. Sheep— Good to choice, ([email protected]. Butter— Choice yellow, 34@36c. Eggs— Fresh, 12%@18c. Pork— Mess, new, (16.12%@16.40 Lard —([email protected]. Flour— White winter extra, (f.oo@ 9.25; spring extra, [email protected]. Wheat— Spring No. 2, ([email protected]. Corn—No. 2, 61%@62%c. Gate—No. 2, 42%@42%c. Rye— No. 2. 90@92c. Barley— No. 2, [email protected]. Wool— Tub-washed, 48@55c; fleece, washed,B6@4Bc; fleece, unwashed, 25@32c; pulled, 35@40c. Cincinnati. -Flour- 36.7037.00. Wheat— (1.38 @1.40. Com— 64@6Bc Aye-([email protected]. Oat»--48 @sse Barfey-fll.st>@l.bo. Port- ([email protected] Lard- -9><@9%C. St. Louis.— Cattle— Fair to choice. (4 50©6.00. Boat— Live, (4 [email protected]. Flour—XX Fall, #6.0011 6.25. H7i«if-No. 2 Red Fall, (1.4801.50. ComNo. 2, 62@62%c. Oat*— No. 2, 50@51c. Rye- 9o 097 c. Bar/5y—[email protected]. Pork-Hem. (16.100 16 25. Lard— »%@9%c. Milwaukee.— Flour—Spring XX, (5.7006.25. WAeal-Sprlng, No. 1, (1.2901.80; No. 2, (1.23 @1.24. oom—No. 2,62@62%C. Oate— No. 2,43 @44c. Rye-No. 1, 88@89c. Barley— No. 2, f11.55@l 58. Cleveland.— Wheat— No. 1 Red. (1.5201.53; No. 2 Red, #1.45(01.46. Com- 70@71c. OaU- No. 1,49051 c. Detroit.— Wheat- Extra, (1.61%@1.62. Com—--70@72c. OaU- tnOhlc. Toledo.— Wheat— Amber Mich., f11.4501.45X; No. 2 Red, fl .41@1.«L Cbm—Mixed, 66067J4C. Oate— 62os3c. BtnrvALo.— Beevee— [email protected]. fibye Live, (5.2505.60 NArep-Uve. *7.(008.00. East Liberty.— Beevee— Best, f16.12%@7.00: medium. #5.30@5,60 Hoge— Yorkers. [email protected]; Philadelphia, *[email protected]. Sheep- Best, f17.50@ 7.75; good, [email protected].

The Millerstown Calamity.

The Pittsburgh (Pa,) Commorcial of April 2 gives the following account of the recent fire at Millerstown, Butler County, in that State, by which seven persons were fatally burned and about fifty business bouses and a large portion of the town were destroyed, entailing a loss of (300,000: At 1:30 o’clock Wednesday morning, April 1, a fire was discovered breaking from the basement story at the Central Hotel. J. A. Frisbee, the bartender, who happened to be sitting up with a sick friend, discovered the fire and immediately rushed through the halls to arouse the quests. There were, including servants, 100 souls in the house, and directly the corridors became the scene of the wildest dismay. Fortunately there were no lady guests registered last night or the story of horror and depth might have been immeasurably more painful to detail. The flames dritted up the wooden walls, and, quicker than it takes to tell it, spread over the entire southern side and were curling in a thousand tongues from cornice and gable. The heat had the effect to Crack all the windows on that side of the house, and admitted the flame and smoke before the most expeditious of the guests could put on their clothing. Men rushed almost naked into tbe hall, some not even taking their clothing in their arms, and, anxious to escape with their lives, tore up and down the corridors, madly seeking some outlet from the pursuing flames. The wildest horror prevailed. Shriek rose upon shriek in heart-n nding accents, all the more impressive because they came from strong men grappling with death, with the odds so terribly against all mere human power. Many on the lower hall had found their way out of the building, and the proprietor of the house, who was sick, had been borne out. For an instant it was hoped that all would escape, but again that hope was dashed by the beseeching cries for help of those who had lingered to dress, or in the excitement of toe dreadful moment were unable to undo the fastenings of their doois. To add to the horror of the situation, it was discovered that the flames had crept through the southern sleeping rooms and, following the draft along the corridor, had cut off the servants’ escape from the attic. Between prayers, and shrieks, and groans the scene was now too much for human knowing their utter inability to render aid. Many turned away from the sickening scene they found it as difficult to endure as to relieve. Some ot the girls had the courage and presence of mind to turn their drapery over their heads for protection, and rush through the sheet of flame; and thus some escaped. Others rushed back to the north side and cast themselves from the windows upon the roof of the adjoining building, whence they were rescued. Others sank bewildered in the suffocating smoke and, like some of the .guests on the floor below, yielded without a struggle to the terrible death before them. But the climax of the situation had npt been reached till Nelly McCarty, one of the dining room girls, appeared at the southern attic window ana proposed to cast herself to the ground, forty feet below. A warning cry arose from the crowd, but the poor girl would not retreat, and with a wild cry of despair she cast herself forth and fell, a’pitiftif mass of broken bones, upon toe pavement. The flames were now spreading so rapidly that every one turned to rescue his own property. Masses of sparks’ and burning shingles were falling on the roofs around. In half an hour the greater part of the town was burning, and women were rushing wildly to the fields, dragging their children after them. No waler was to be got, and no resistance was made after the first feeble effort. The scene at the Hanlon House was only a repetition of that which hardly a minute before had taken place at ths Central, which was only across a narrow street. The proprietors made every effort to alarm the guests and, from the fact that all the remains had clothing upon them, had undoubtedly succeeded in their dutv, but they were forced to ftee, apd wbeo tne flames had subaided

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three human bodies were observed to be roasting in the ruins, and a like number were exposed to view upon the coals of the Central. The dead so far discovered (though almost undoubtedly a further search among the debris of the Central will discover more) are Nora Canty, dining room girl; Captain Oliver, of the Rynd Farm, guest at the Central; Butcher George, porter at the Central; Sanford Acker, guest at the Hanlon House; Philip Martin, guest at the Hanlon House; a young man un known, guest at the Hanlon House. The registers of both hotels were lost. Nelly McCarty was removed to the house of a friend, and after receiving the holy sacrament according' to the Catholic faith underwent an examination by the surgeons, who despair of her recovery, as she is injured internally. The general opinion is that the Are originated from escaping gas, but the Central Hotel people claim that it must have been the work of an incendiary. Reports of the fire were slow to be credited at Petrolia, Karns City, and other towns throughout the lower country. It being All Fools’ day, many were under the impression that it was a grand sell; but by two o’clock in the morning numerous parties who had been eye witnesses appeared, and their candor could no longer be doubted. Ere long not a horse nor wagon could be obtained, at any price, as all had been hired to visit the scene of the conflagration. Various rumors were extensively circulated regarding the loss of lives, some getting as high as fifteen and twenty, and none givmglt below what it really was;- It ifr safe to say that no excitement ever happened in Butler County calling out as many people, all anxious to render any assistance in their power. The surrounding towns could not boast of more than a corporal’s guaid, as all who could get away had gone to Millerstown. For a time the oil excitement was virtually banished, and the topic of conversation turned to the details of the conflagration. In the street offensive odors are perceptible, being blown from the ruins constantly, and it is generally supposed that the loss of life is greater than at present ascertained. The remains of seven crisp bodies have been lying in the lock-up all day, where they have been witnessed by thousands. Many turned from the horrible sight with tears in their eyes. Operators, and all parties either directly or indirectly concerned, pronounce it the most distressing scene they have ever looked upon in this country. When morning broke nearly a hundred families were seen in the fields, protecting and seeking shelter among their goods.

Bald Mountain An Indian Legend.

A correspondent of the New York York Evening Pott: As the telegraph is circulating some wonderful earthquake stories about Bald Mountain, of North Carolina, I am tempted to give you a few notes which I took there in 1848. From the summit of the pass, as you descend Nan-ti ha-lah Mountain to the eastward, a number of very imposing scenes present themselves, but chief among all the bills rises the rugged peak of Bald Mountain. It is said to have been formerly covered with forests, and its present baldness is accounted for by the Cherokees after the following manner: There once existed among these mountains a very large bird, which resembled the green-winged hornet, and this creature was in the habit of carrying off the young children who happened to wander into the woods. Very many children had disappeared in this manner, and the entire people declared a warfare against the monster. A variety of means were employed for his destruction, but without success. In process of time it was determined that the wise men of the nation should try their skill in the business They met in council, and agreed that each should station himself on the summit of a mountain, and that when the creature was seen the man who made the discovery should utter a loud halloo, which should be taken up by the neighbor on the next mountain, and so continued to the end of the line, that all the men might have a shot at the bird. The experiment was tried, and resulted in finding the hiding place of the monster, which was a deep cavern on the eastern side of the Blue Ridge, and at the foun-tain-head of the river Too-ge-lab. On arriving at this place they found the entrance to the cave entirely, inaccessible to mortals, and they therefore prayed to the Great Spirit that he would bring out the bird from his den and place him within reach of their arms. The petition was granted, for a terrible thunder-stonn immediately arose, and a stroke of lightning tore away one-half of a large mountain, and the Indians were successful in slaying their enemy. The Great Spirit was pleased with the courage manifested by »he Cherokees during their dangerous fight, and, with a view of rewarding it, be willed that all the highest mountains in their land should thereafter be destitute of trees, so that they might always have an opportunity of watching the movements of their enemies. Buch are some of the earthquake ideas which formerly prevailed among the “ scientists” of the wilderness, aud we must wait patiently for what is sure to be promulgated before long by,the wise men of our scientific institutions. In the meantime I give you a few facts, which I obtained among the mountains of Carolina, bearing somewhat on the great com-

motion now going on. 1 was once piloted by a mountaineer to a spot in Haywood County; on the side of a mountain where, it was stated, a water spout had occurred many years ago, the bursting of which caused a very great noise and the, shaking of the earth. What seemed the pathway of an avalanche was said to be the effect of the water deluge. Within the recollection of persons now living, this mountain, which is a brother of Bald Mountain, has been violently agitated and broken to pieces. The first shock occurred in 1811 or 1812 and the last in 1885; and it is asserted that another mountain, about forty miles distant, was also convulsed in like manner in 1881. Solid granite rocks were rent asunder, and the fissures generally took a northerly direction ; and as seen with the eve of the geologist the entire region here alluded to seems to constitute a hypogene formation, , ~ —There are over 14,500,000 children of the school age in this country. We spend annually for schools over 185,000,000, which is equal to one-third of 1 per cent, of the property, real and personal, of the whole country, as returned by the last census; and we employ 221,000 teachers. The National Government has already set aside for educational purposes 140,600,000 acres of the puttie lands. I

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Something in particular—PoAoßmTeItCbUILnAgR. Yaquina Bat, Oregon, is to be geologically examined. There ia not a paper in Delaware which wants the whipping-poet abolished. Philadelphia wants a few female barbers. How nice to be lathered by a pretty Quakeress! The Rochester Chronicle says that the climate of that city gently wooes Thenmatic twinges from their lurking place. New Jersey quidnuncs mention as a .are phenomenon a native four years old who has just learned to chew tobacco. Bra vs men can term fair women The " apple of ’heir eye.” But when they come to office, ” No ladies need apply.” Some boys at Biddeford, Me., found a woman's head in the water, and the whole of Maine is being searched over to find the body. A burglar who was found under a man’s bed in Philadelphia excused himself on the ground that he was looking for his dog. Texas cattle-drivers are busy gathering herds for an early drive. Cattle are in better condition than ever before at this season of the year. Mrs. Martha Duffy, of Atlanta, Ga., took morphine because she had lost in business the money got on her dead husband’s life insurance. A doctor writes to the Baltimore Sun that the nervous disease known as hydrophobia can be produced by the blte of a perfectly healthy dog. A medical journal says that it is injurious for one to drink water out of pools and ditches. It is not as convenient as drinking from a glass, either. The New York Sun says that any man cui make a fortune in ten years by raising cabbages, but Greeley’s advice to young men can’t be covered up that way. .. Maryland has anew State law fining a barber $5 for keeping his shop open Bunday, but a saloon can remain open all day and incur no prosecution. A Green Bay preacher rode thirteen miles, married a couple on the ice, took fifty cents rs his fee, and returned home without losing his bland smile. A shoemaker out West, witfi a literary turn of mind, has the. following poetical gem attached to his shingle: “ Here lives a man who nevar refuses To mend all sorts of boots and ehoe.es." That is a smart boy baby in Oak Harbor, Ohio. He can walk, talk, speak French and English, whistle and sing, and all at the tender age of thirteen months.

At Fort Wrangell, Alaska, the average temperature during the winter has been thirty degrees below zero. The coldest snap was in January, when the mercury congealed. A blind and Insane Inmate of the Rome (N. Y.) poor-house became imbued with the notion that everybody was trying to poison him. He therefore went and hanged himself. The Cincinnati Commercial says the best way to keep the lid snugly on a tea kettle full of boiling water is to sit on it. Few people would have ever thought of that. Feather Cake.—One cup sugar, one teaspoonful butter, one egg, three cups flour, two-thirds of a cup of sweet milk, one teaspoonful cream tartar, half one of soda. Flavor with lemon. Lamb.—Lamb should be roasted until the gravy that drops is white ; the forequarters are the best for a roast; the leg is good broiled or roasted; two horns will roast the forequarters wellWhen you repeat the proverb, “ Frailty, thy name is woman 1” you must except, hereafter, Mrs. Chloe Jones, colored, of Raleigh, whose waist, at its slenderest point, measures seven feet in circumference. In the stomach of a codfish opened at Boston the other day was found a stone inkstand full ot ink. If the fish had only secured a pen and some paper the world might have had a story of life under the sea. *’ A California newspaper, speaking of a rich mine, says that on discharging a blast a seam of rock about the thickness of a man’s band was displayed, so yellow with the precious metal as to seem almost solid goli . Of all jokes, says the Salem (Maas.) Cazette, that of the Legislature passing a law to prevent young men under eighteen years hurting themselves by overwork is the greatest. Won’t “Young America” enjoy the laugh ? Light Fruit Cake.—Three-fourths pound butter, one pound sugar, one pound eggs, one pound flour, one pound raisins, stoned ana chopped a little, half-pound citron, small teaspoonful soda, no spice. Will keep all summer. The St Paul Pioneer longs for. some preventive against breaking the point off a lead-pencil. A very simple and cheap preventive is to roll it up in tissue paper, tie with silk thread and then carry it around in a padded box. Cherry Pudding.—Three cups buttermilk, three.,eggs, three cujfc cherries, one teaspoonftii soda, a pinch of salt. Stir well, and thicken with flour, and bake. Serve with sauce or sweet cream and sugar. Any other fruit is as good as cherries.

A New Yobe court haadecided in favor of passengers on a crowded train occupying seats in a palace car without paying extra therefor, and has awarded a man S4OO damages for being put off a train because he refused to pay for a seat in such a car when there were none vacant in the other part of the train. Thebe is no’use trying to arouse children in the moVning r at this season of the year, under the maxim that the early bird catches the worm. There isn’t any worm to catch, and they know it. Just as soon as the frost is out, so that the worm can be caught, the boys will be up and have him to go fishing with. The good people of Ipswich, Mass., are pointing triumphantly to the power of prayer in that town. There was a scheme tor a grand calico ball, but the church membershave been praying unceasingly that it might not take place, and a large number of the young ISdies who were going to it have decided to break their engagements, several of them have been converted, and the ball has been given up. Fob cleaning glass a newspaper is one of the best articles in use. The chemical operation of some of the printing ink gives a beautiftil polish. Slightly moisten a piece of paper, roll it up and rub the glass; then take a dry, soft piece and repeat the process. No lint will remain, as is the QSM when doth I is used.