Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1876 — Page 2

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General Nsws Summary.

«* A Wajwnuiox telegram of the 29th ult. announce* the <flsml*sab by order of the president, of H. T. Yaryan. Chlol Special Agent of the Internal Revenue Department. kr*mm* H. Wtmas, late Aaeiatant Treasnrer, hat been appointed and continued as Treasurer of the United State*, trier John C. New, resigned. Dcnnro the month of June $837,284 In legal-tender*, bring eighty per cent of the new National currency leaned during the tame period, were deetroyed, leaving the outatendlng legal-tender rirculaUon at $3«,T72J64. ; Th* monthly debt statementlaracd on the lat ahowi the public debt to be $9,218,909,071. Caah In Treasury—coin, $73,825,584; currency, $15,094,142; special depoilU held for redemption of certificate# of depoalta, $88,840,000; total, $119,489,728. Debt, leas cash In Treasury, $2,099,439,345. Decrease during June, $8,881,897. Decrease since June 80,1875, $29,249,881. As autograph letter of congratulation from Emperor William of Germany Upon the occasion of the Centennial anniversary was on the 4fh presented by the Gorman Minister at Washington to President Grant. The letter convoys a recognition of tic warm friendship subsisting between two countries, and closes the earnest hope that this friendship may continue to lnereasa I* was reported from Washington on the Sd that Senator Morrill would accept the Secretaryship of the Treasury. A rarran letter received in Washington on the sth, from Bock Bridge, Alum Springs, says Speaker Kerr was Improving decidedly, and was quite hopeful of *ecovery. - 1 i THE MAST. Augusta (Mfe.) dispatches of the 20th ult aay Mr. Blaine's family physician considered his nervous prostration greater than had been supposed. He prescribed absolute rest, entire abstinence from correspondence, and says Mr. Blaine will be unable to take any part In the Presidential political campaign. A tersivlu domestic tragedy ia reported from Trenton, N. J. Orson, A. Ilowse, a noted divorce lawyer, residing near Lawrence Station, quarreled with his rtsp-son on the evening of the Both ult Tire wife Interfered to aaje the boy, when House beat and kicked her, and threatened to shoot' the boy if he interfered. Mrs. House broke away, Ind getting a revolver shot her husband dead, as he was, as she supposed, about qo •hoot the boy. Thu National Democratic Committee has elected A. 8. Hewitt, of New York, Chairman, and F. O. Prince, of Massachusetts, Secretary. The Executive Committee fc composed of John G.Priest, of Missouri; MM. Ham, of Iowa; George L. Miller, of Nebraska; Wm. H. Barnuns, of Connecticut; Miles Rots, of New Jersey; M. W. Hanson, sf North Carolina; John G. Thompson, at Ohio; Wm. L. Scott, of Pennsylvania, ant Wm. B. Bates, of Tennessee. Tub Centennial celebration ia Phi 1 ad rlphis' on the Fourth was a grand a*d successful affair. The military parade, under the eommand of Gov. Hartranft, began about eight o’clock a. m., and after an hour’s march through some of the principal streets of the city, tiie troops were reviewed at the grant staihd at the Stale House by Gen Sherman. An Immense crowd of people hat assembled in the square around Independence Hall, anxious to be present at the formal exercises of the day. Among the notables present on the stand were Gen. Sherman, Gen. Sheridan, Vice-President Ferry, Gov. Hayes, Gov. Bagley, ex-Gov. Noyea, the Emperor Dom Pedro, ete. Gen. Hawley called the people to order in a few well-chosen remarks, and introduced Vice-President Ferry, who, in the absence of President Grant, presided over the assemblage. After a few eloquent remarks by the presiding officer and a prayer by RL Rev. William Bacon Stevens, Oliver Wendell Holmes’ hymn—- “ Welcome to all Nation*”—waa rendered by a chorus of 800 voices. The original copy of the Declaration of Independence was then produced by Mayor Stokely, to whom It had been entrusted by President Grant. It was received with tremendous applaose by ths vast assemblage, and Mr. Lee, grandson of Richard Henry Lee, was introduced and read the same. Bayard Taylor then recited the ode prepared by himself for the occasion,, after whi clothe oration of the day was delivered by Wm. M. Everts, of New York. The formal exercises were then closed by the singing of the doxology, the ** Old Hundred” psalm, in which the entire assemblage joined. At night the State House was brilliantly illuminated by the means of calcium lights. Thu number of visitors at the Centennial Exhibition on the 4th ires over 54,000. Gou» closed In New York on the Bth, at 112& The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, t1.UA1.14; No. $ Milwaukee, sl.lO «U 8 Oats, Western Mixed, SS&Bc; Corn, Western Mixed, 57@«Qc; Pork, Mess, $19.70; Lard, lls£c; Flour, good to choice, f&OOeSjjO; White Wheat Extra, [email protected]. Cattle, BQlo3fc for good to extra. Sheep (shorn), 406 c. At East 'Liberty, Pa., on the sth, cattle brought: Best, tS.OOA>JS; medium, SASO@ $4.75; common, $5.004.95, Hogs sold— Yorkers, $8.40*0.50; PhHedelphjUm, SMO& 8-70. Sheep (shorn) brought $A50&5.25, according to quality. 7 • > ■■ r * , . - <J WEST AND MOTH. Thu Michigan Democratic State Convention for the nomination of candidates for State officers and tor Presidential electors Is to be held at Detroit on the 9th of August next. Thu returns from the election in Colorado, received at Denver on the 14, indicate that the proposed Btate Constitution bed been ratified by the people, and that Colorado would take it« place as one of the States of the Union. Br a recent decision of the Illinois Supreme Court the ** City Tax act” under Which taxes were levied and partially cuneeb ed in Chicago in 187$ and 1874 is declared unconstitutional. This renders the legal collection of delinquent taxes tor those years impossible, and the city Will be a loser to the amount of over $1,009,000 on back taxes.

In 4hw Buriy Ulri ease airs Inst Mr. Storey, 1 of the Chicago news, la which the Circuit Court of Cook County found the defendant ilty and assessed the at $15,00(k [ which W4ppcfled to the Illinois fmme Court; the latter trßunal has afllnftW verdtti of the lower csirt. ' bb LoViliiaqu Republican State Couven--1 closed a Anion of'several days’ duration on the sth. A full State ticket was nominated, headed by 8. B. Packard for Governor and C. C. Antoine tor LieutenantGovernor. Gov. Kellogg was put et the head of the Electoral ticket, and bis administration was indorsed. The little town of Rockdale, near Dubuque, lowa, was swept away by a sudden rise of water In Catfish Creek on the night of the 4th, s mill-dam having given way—and thirty-nine lives were lost. A very severe raia-atorm prevailed the first part of the night, and at midnight the terrible fiood burst upon the town, carrying before it the houses and their sleeping occupants. Severe tornadoes are reported from other sections of the Btatc. The storm at Dubuque was very aevcrc, touch property being destroyed. All the wagbn and railroad bridges In tfiat vicinity were carried away.

News was received, via Salt Lake City ou the sth, that Gen. Custer with five companies of hla command bad attacked an Indian village of between 8,090 and 4,000 warriors, about thirty miles below the Little Horn, on the 28th ult, and that the General himself, fifteen officer* and every man belongMg to.Jhe svq qoprpanies were, killed. Col. Reno, who yras to attack the village on the opposite sffifctrdto tli<! one assailed by Gen. Custer was with hts command, aarrounded by the Indiana and held one day iu the woods, without water, until Gibbon’s command came vftthln right, when the Indians broke camp in the night and left. Ix Chicago, on the sth, Bpring wheat, No. 2, closed at #l.o*[email protected]* cash. Cash corn dosed at 47Jfc for No. 2. Cash oats No. 2 sold at 89*80 August options were sold at 29J<c,Rye No. 2,66>£®57c. Barley, No. 2 58(®57c. Cash mess pork closed at $19.45 ($19.50. Lard, $11.0311 JO. Good to choice beeves brought $4.85*4.90; medium grades, [email protected]; butchers’ stock, $3.00@ A 75; stock cattle, etc., [email protected]. Hogs brought $4.90@6;40 for good to choiceSheep (shorn) sold at [email protected] for gohd to choice, ’ s-K 4, ' l ■ TOBBIGN INmUGENfX. : ! According to Belgrade dispatches of the 29th ult, Prince Milan, of Bervia, had left for the army amid the cheers of the populace sad salutes from the batteries. The Servian Metropolitan and all the bishops had also gone to the frontier to bless troops and banners. Bulgaria had issued a Declaration of Independence. Ax Athens (Greece) dispatch of the 29th alt , says 'several earthquake shocks had been experienced on that day at Corinth and adjoining villages. Many houses had been destroyed and the remainder threatened to collapse. The Inhabitants had been compelled to flee. A dispatch from Constantinople on the 80th ult. says the new Bu)tan was overwhelmed by the difficulties of his n#w position and already talked of Abdicating i& favor of his younger brother.. The Government had resolved to enlist 80,000 Baahi Basouks, with a view to prevent the spread of the insurrection by the constant menace of a general massacre of Christians. According to Belgrade dispatches of the 2d, Prince Milan had isaued a war manifesto on the preceding day, and proclaimed a state of siege throughout BerYia. The proclamation was received by the people with great enthusiasm. It was said that the English, German and Austrian embassadors had Informed the Porte that they did not intend to interfere.

The Dish National Rifle Association has appointed the following gentlemen to represent Ireland in the Centennial matches In America: Fenton, William Rigby, Johnson, Ward, Joynt, Cooper, Goff, Greenville, Millner, Pollock, Young and John Rigby. Foreign dispatches of the 3d and 4th state that the Servians had crossed the Turkish frontier at three points, and that simultaneously the Prince of Montanegro had led his army into the Herzegovina. The Servians attacked the Turkish forces, and. a general engagement ensued, in which the former were repulsed by Osman Pasha, a; the head of toe Turkish forces, who entered the Bervian territory and advanced victoriously as far as Sailschar, carrying all the neighboring Servian positions. The Servian lost waa 2,000 men; Turkish losses insignificant The Centennial Fourth was celebrated in London by a grand dinner under tbe auspices of toe American Legation. At Dublin about 30,000 persona assembled and adopted an address to the President The demonstration closed with fireworks and a torch-light procession. Ia Paris the jour-, nals contained leaders appropriate to the day, and there were numerous private celebrations by American residents. The Legation was decorated with flags aud bunting and the American,colqrs abounded in the' principal Streets. Similar demonstrations; and displays characterized the day at Berlin, Frankfort and Rome. Constantinople dispatches of the sth re-port-ednttnued Turkish victories. On the other hand, Sclavonic advices claim that the Turks had been defeated in every encounter up to that date. A Belgrade telegram of the •ame day says the insurgent leaders at Razors had proclaimed Prince Milan Hospodar of Bosnia. It was reported on toe morning of the 6th that toe Bulgarians of the Widden District had risen against the Turks. The steamer Lieutenant-General Kroesen was recently lost in the Straits of Sunda, < and 230 persons were drowned. v —— . .if •* teNCmBWMMAI. A number of pension bill*, were passed in the Senate, on the 29th. The House Silver Coin bill was the Committee on The joint resolution submitted by the President to extend the Appropriation bills for the current figau&.’sytej&.w* Sahara fir\, vSH d tosses certain land* granted to the tome of Kansas In aid of the construction of u radroad by the act of March 3.18*8. A report wa* mane from the Conference Committee on the Postpa** Appropriation mu that they bad hews unable to agree and a motion was made that a new conferenee he granted... In the Hanee.a ndw Conference Uommtitee was appointed on the Postofflce Appropriation bIH. The report of the Conference agreed ta-ttestates* hJ^c°made < that > the d.Vtoe original House Wl ' awl to* tiß as agreed upon in conference waa oaiy $515,000.

’ x vmmrmmtfi, on tot wannK, new Confers*o* Committee* ware appointed on the Postofflo* and the Legislative, Executive and Ju fflctal^A^ip^loi^b 1 were vaJlule tbr uMeipeiidsfl tmfsocwfc'nrorble tetm pomrilyfosU* nspenee* «f Ih> IlnTstnmi 111 tor* period of not to exceed ten day*. The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill ws« considered, and several amendment* were agreed to. ..Bill* were passed 1n the Douse—to anew the public printing to be carried on for ten day* in the absence of the regular appropriation*; gtvtag to such.(tovernment employe* M can be spared fiotn doty s furlough of twenty days to enable them to attend the Centennial: to antborise the payment of three month*’ eXtrt pay ttfrificer* and soldier* of the Mexican war: to continue the unexpended balance* to provide temporerily tor the fexpenne* of the Government In the absence of the regalar appropriation*. An Invitation of the Centennial Commlaalon to attend thn Centennial celebration of the Declaration of Independence In Independence Philadelphia, on the Fourth, OoMMiTTrKB of Conference wdre ordmri and appointed In the Senate, on the lat, on the House Joint resolution for the lasne of rilver coin, sod on the Indian Appropriation Mil, the ground of disagreement in the latiqr bring the section transferring the Indian Bureau to the War Department. A number of amendments to the Bmldry Civil Appropriation bill Were screed to. and ttj* bill was paaesd. a* waa also the House bill to iauthorine the Ooinmiiteloner of Indian Affairs to ssanss"t. , s.“snaaaw , iis»x.; bill to declare forfeited certain lands granted to Kansas to aid of the conetruetionWrailroad* by tbe act of March 8.1858, were Mated upon, and a Conference Committee wsa appointed. A nicesi’t Mttf 1 t xysters r M Commlfgloner* on pieJFMt and ,WlaooDiln Hiver improvement. The resolution to pay MV. Pi richw«a passed, *«. w*» hllL nsthoriring the CommlMfoner Of Indian Affain? to purchase uaed- & a ßtt^asOTflSKl!Sffß propristion bill shall have named. A new Conferei.ee Committee wm appointed on the Legislative Appropriation bill, the dlansrsement being on the section providing for salaries of employes of the Government, the money<dMM rente between the two houses on the bill being 11,700,000. The Joint resolution providing that the two bonsex meet in Joint convention In Independence Hall, Philadelphia, on the 4th, in commemoration of the day, was passed, as was also the bill to regulate the assessment of taxes in the!) I strict of Columbia. The Geneva Award bill waa farther debated. In the Senate, on the Bii, tie Conference Committee on the Pbstotoce Appropriation bill tnadfi p,repqrt, which waa laid qver uutij, the sth. The resblntion to pay Mr. Pinchback was debated at considerable length. Adjourned to the 5th.... A resolution was adopted tn the House instructing tbe Committee ou Public Lends to inquire into the disposition made of 1,900,000 acres of land granted for the improvement of the Dee Moines Rapids. Announcement was made that the Conference Committee on the Fostofilce Appropriation bill had agreed. Some bills of a private nature were introduced and referred. During the morning hour several filibustering motions were made to prevent the introduction of a bill for the repeal of the Resumption act. Adjourned to the sth. Ik the Senate, on the sth, the bill to amend the act and statutes relating to the Postoffice Department in regard to “straw bids” was passed. A joint resolution was unanimously passed declaring that Congress should assume the direction and completion of the Washington Monument, and directing the committees of bath house* to institute tbe necessary provisions of low to that end. A bill was passed authorizing a company of Americans to lay a cable between this country and Asia. The Conference report on tbe Postofflce Appropriation LUX. was agreed to. Tse resolution to pay Mr. Pinchback the compensation and mileage of a Senator was passed after being amended so as to allow Mr. Sykes, late contestant for a seat from Alabama, pay and mileage to the close of the contesk-ani by further providing that in future claims Of a similar nature no greater allowance shall be made to a claimant than shall seem to the Senate to be just ...In the House, the Senate amendmantto the Postofflce bill, providing a penalty for the tnailtng of obscene matter Was concurred in. The Conference iqport on the PostqfliCe Appropriation bill, was agreed to. tbe explansuoti being made that tbe appropriation* ah agreed to by the Conference Committee, were nearly sß,Uki,o9o below, those of last year.

National Democratic Convention.

. { THIRD DAY. The Convention was called to order at 10:20 in the morning, and was opened with pragwr. The Chair announced as the next business - in order the nomination of a candidate sos Vice-President. Tbe roll-call was tlyen proceeded with, and when Indiana was reached, the delegates from that State falling to name a candidate, one of the Illinois delegates presented the name of Gov. Hendricks. The first ballot resulted as follows: Total vote, 738. Thomas A. Hendricks, 730; blank, 8. Mr. Hendricks was then declared nomi nated by acclamation. The' roll of States was then called for a National Committee, with the following result:

Alabama, Waiter L. Bragg; Arkansas, John J. Sumter; California, Frank McCoppin; Colorado, Beta M. Hughes; Connecticut, Willtam H. Barsum; Delaware. Roberson Hickman; Florida, Gen. MoCall; Illinois. William C. Goudy: Indtana,Thowas Tolln; lows. U. M. Ham: Kansas, I. E. Eaton; Kentucky, Henry D. McHenry; Maine, E. Wilson; Marytaud, O. Horsey; Loulsiana, B. F. Jonas; Missouri, John G. Priest; Massachusetts, F. O. Prince; Michigan, Edward Tatntor; Minnesota, Wstt. Loch ran; Oregon, Jno. Whittaker; Nevada, R.P. 8. Keating: Nebraska. Geo. L. Miller; New York, Abram 8. Hewitt; New Jersey. Miles Ross: New Hampshire, A. W. Salloway; Rhode Island, Nicholas Van Slyck; Ten nessee, William B. Betas; South Carotin*, James H. Ryan; Mississippi, Ethel Barksdale; Vermont, §jf Wisconsin, William F. Vilas: West Virginia, Alexander Came Dell: Texas. F. S. Stockdgle. A committee was appointed to notify the candidates of their nomination, A resolution was adopted recommending to future National Democratic Conventions to abolish the two-thirds rule, as unwise anfi unnecessary, and that the States be requested to instruct their future delegates on Utfe question, and that attention be called to this suggestion. -mm The usual resolutions of thanks were; adopted, and too Convention adjourned siue die.

A Glad Meeting.

A favored few who happened to be at the Union Depot on a certain day last week, were witnesses of a charming little 9cene that will lie long borne in pleasant remembrance. The usual miscellaneous crowd was assembled waiting for the tram from the East, aha among the pebple was a group of girls,, ope of whom ni so restless, and eager, and pretty in her watchfulness fliM she could not have sSM more plainly in words that she did by her acisssar fivwtf <n& rumbled into the depot, and apfctmnt. : looking elderly gentleman and lady, evidently husband mid wife; rfetumlng from a foreign tow, appeared among the passengers. As they stepped from the car the hy-standers were Conscious of a rush, and a flutter of muslin, and parasol, and hat, and handkerchief, and all that goes to makeup the toilet of the mundane angel, aocotupanjed by the prettiest little Scream imaginable, half: jcry, half laugh, and the girl, almost a woman, threw herself into the old lady's anna and sobbed, “ Mother!mother! mother!” as if her heart were breaking; and yet not a soul there but’ knew tlie fullness of her joy, and sympathized with it.' It was simply a pretty and natural thing, naturally and prettily done 1 —the one touch of nature that makes the whole world kin. —Cleveland Herald. —Air laden with coal dust is highly explosive. -~.r: - ■

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

John Haines, of Lake, Spencer County Slarge ploce ottweddinqycake which has “l* ‘-J* fftilvArofighlfik ’ qflTand is o* cherished <§&» o(4ho ffcteily. » r he United State* lan4*office 4u Mar i during the month of May there were seventeen homestead entries made, covering 1,996 acres of land; cash entries covering 296 acres, and bounty-land warrant and scrip entries covering 7,860 sere#; showing a very light business compared with unto panic times. There appears to be a growing demand for homesteads from Uncle Bam, in the vicinity of the Static Bte. Marie; the.applicants being mostly foreigners. The establishment of the Presbyterian Church in Indiana, and the complctloni oi the first fifty yeara of her history, will be commemorated by the Synods North snd South, conjointly, at Indianapolis, October, 1876. The two Bynods will convene on the 18th of October, at 7J£ o’clock ,p. ny.; the Bynod South iu the First, the Synod Noytti in the Seebnd Presbyterian Church, Indianspoil*. Un Wfidnesdayudventug Cl9th) « semi-centennial discourse will be delivered by Rev. Dr.-Joseph F. Tuttle, of Wabash College, before a Joint meeting of the synods In tjhc First Presbyterian Churrih- On Thursday evening (20th) a biographical paper, commemorative of the pioneers of Presbyterisulafn in the State previous to 1820, will be presented by the Rev. Hanford A. Etfpfn, D. D., in the 'Second Presbyterian Church; shd brief addresses Will be delivered by oldest flugmbejs, of the syqode present—the Rev. Samuel Alexander, thp Rev. Ran sqm Hawley, the Rcr. J. A. Carnahan, Prof. E. O. HovWVD- D., the Rev. W. Y. Allen, the Rey. Henry Little, D. D„ the Rev. A. C. Alien, the Rev. M. M. Post, D. D., and the Rev. D. M. Stewart. Al Indianapolis, on the 28th, John Keefe, an employe of the Daily Sentind, ffflil through the hatchway, three stories up, and was 4sMtwrtlv' killed. The Republicans of the Thirteenth Congressional District have renominated Hon. John H. Baker, the present Congressman. The Democrats of the Twelfth District hive renominated Hon. A. H. Hamilton fpr re-election Congress. Mb. Bcxton, of Jonesville, while drawing 4 bucket full of water from a weU, lately, was thrown backward by the breaking of the riiaifi, and his neek striking a sharp nail he received injuries which caused his ueath the next day. The town of Bethel, is just now afflicted with a strange disease of a very malignant type which is raging among children. Several deaths have occurred, and the disease b&taes the skill of the best physicians. A son of David Grccswcll, living near Liberty, and two other boys went into the Whitewater River to bathe, the other day, and all uPere drowned. One df the special trains on the Toledo, Wabashst Western Road to St. Louis run over and lulled George Clark, an employe of theVoad, at the Salem Street crossing, Lafayette, a few mornings ago. He had been appointed to vyateh that crossing, and Becoming weary, had gone to sleep and fallen across the track. ; V ’ Quite a sqnsation wa» caused in Fowlef, on the Ist, by the capture and trial of Vs. M. Itoed, a notorious forger and swindles. In default of SIJMO bail he was sent to jki). He was, iu the eiqplqy of the Singer Sewing Machine (jompany two years ago, and forged notes to the amount of $2,000, besides embezzling consideMthle, money. He was indicted at Lafayette about eighteen mouths ago, and forfeited his bill and fled to Wyonitag Territory* Vhafe he has been living cretlx. .He was tracked and caught there by a*Uimcd States detective. L. W. Jackson, a Terre Haute laborer, went out to the Vend alia gravel pit to bathe on the morning of the 2d. His long absence creating anxiety, Lis friends made search, and found his body in the- water. He was ppbably seized with cramp. At Elizabethtown, Bartholomew County, on tiie night of the 2d, burglars broke into Edward Springer’s store, out his safe doof open, and escaped with $1,200. The depot atKnightsville was burglarized on the night of- the Ist, and fifty dollars’ worth of goods stolen.

Caterpillars are said to be making havoe with the grapes in various parts of the State. WHitE Rev. Daniel Winslow, a .colored preacher residing in Richmond, was preaching at Dublin, Wayne County, the other night, he suddenly became speechless, and died before morning. An omnibus driver, named Giles Wash*, borne, was fatally stabbed in a saloon row, at Lafayette, a few nights ago. The eon of Rev. G. C. Cloud, of Crothersville, recently fell into the river near that place and was drowned. Lafayette is very much troubled by an influx of burglars. The crooked whisky men, A. McGriff, Philip C. Eberwine, George P. Simmons, Hiram B. Snyder. David M. Lewis, Ha'rrisnni Miller s»d John E. Phillips, have been discharged from the Bputhem prison. tiie police stop every person found off the 1 street after 13 o’clock at night and get a good account of them before al lowing them to proceed. “ Captain John Wobrbll, an extensive! former and whebt speculator, living at Claftion, in Rendricks county, has failed lately in consequence of unfortunate speculation j in wheat. 'His issets are estimated at from $15,000.: to J $20,000, and his liabilities at $33,000.. , - ;. ■ ' ; At Laletorr, the other night, George WoddrWgNlaa shot and kilted while taalf-j ciously catting belting in UUery’a saw-mill. Woodripg had recently been beaten in a jaw suit by’ the proprietor of the mill, since WfaUh time attempts have been made to burn the.HdlU.ltrwaa not kpown athsrt goeounis who did the shdoting. The latest reports from Cincinnati give tbe foUuwing aa tbe ciwmit prioeafor leading staples: Flour, Wfieat, [email protected]: Corn, 47@48e; Oats, 83@38; Rye, PbHt, [email protected];‘ Lard— Steam, fiettte, 13@1SM; Hoga $5.65^6.25. v.'-'O'-ii ? t'y-' J j J'i i ll k ■ ‘<A .?4- • J-

Germany's Greeting.

„ '' Washington, July 4. To-day MT. Cadwaladcr, acting Secretary of State presented Mr. Sohlorer, the German Minister, to the President, for the purpose of delivering the autograph letter of congratulation from the Emperor of Germany. Mr. Schloater in presenting the letter stated that he Was instructed by Bis Majesty to deliver upon the 4th day of July to the President in person an autograph letter of congratulation upon the occasion of the Centennial anniversary, and wished to add his personal good wishes for the United States. The President briefly replied, assuring him of his

satisfaction In receiving this evidence of good feeling on the part of His Majesty, that hia kind expressions for tne United States wore fully appreuiated, and Jh«t the litter should be properly' jwknowlMgefflß A translation of the litter is as ftlllialt, by tS* Grace of GoA Emperor of Grr luaiiy. King*4 Prussia, the Prendnot of theUntted Statss of America: Great and Good Fkieno: It has been vouchsafed to you to celebrate the centennial festival of the day upon which the great Republic over which you preside entered the rank of independent ns- lons. The purposes of Its founders have, by a wise application of the icaching* of. the history of the foundation of nation*, and with an insight Into the dlsUnt latUrfe, beeti realized by a development without a parallel. To coif- 1 gratulate you and the American people upon this occasion affords me so much the greater pleasure because, since the treaty of friendship which my ancestor of glorionz memory, King Frederic 11., who now rests with (Jod, concluded with the United States, undisturbed friendship has continually existed between Germany and America, and has been, developed and strengthened by ever increasing importance of their mutual relations, and by ah intercourse becoming more and i*ore frultful v in every domain of\commerce and science. That the welfare of the United S ates and the friendship of the two countries may cootix ue to increase is my sincere desire apd confident hope. Accept the renewed assurance of my unqualified es-

teem. CoanUmlgned: Von Bismarck. Berlin, Jane 9,187 H.

An Lowa Town Destroyed by a Flood-Thirty-nine Lives Lost.

Dubuque, lowa, July 5. An extra of the Dubuque Timet of this afternoon contains the following abridged account of the dread disaster that befell the little village of Rockdale in this county. On the night of the 4th the little hamlet of Rockdale, three miles southwest of this city, was swept away as with the besom of destruction. Every building iu the little town, save Catfish mill, was washed from its foundation and torn into wreck that quite defies description. The dozen buildings, all that were located on the bottom lands of the Catfish Creek, save the mill, were carried off as if they Were no many cockles dotrn the surging and boiling efis. rent, crushing them into fragments. With two exceptions,, all are torn into splinters; and sctfrcely a frag ment can be recognized as belonging to this or that building. Stores, shops, dwellings, burns, everything, fell before the terrible torrent that came rolling in K,t surges down the ten miles of valley ugh which the Catfish runs. For a full mile down the stream fragments are strewn along the banks or piled in gorges from a few feet to twenty feet high J But the worst is not told. Thirty-nine human beings were hurriedly swept from life into the great maelstrom of death. Men, women and children to that number were drdwhed and their stiff' bodies—those of the thirty that have been rescued' up to this hour—Were ranged side by side along the 'shady side of the mill,' awaiting the last sad funeral rites. Jn one instance we saw an entire fatoijy of four all lying dead. In another every member of the family but one lay dead. Th# bodies of some were found in the debris of the crushed buildings near the scene of their death, while others and the greater part of them all were found ifong, the banks from a few rods to a mile down the stream. .Some were, almost entirely hid from view by the floods of mud ffiat had been swept along by the maddened waters, with perhaps a hand only exposed to sight, or foot, or perhaps only a small portion df die face or of their Clothing. A large number of little children—boys and gir|s —ranging from three to twelve years- old comprise this dread holocaust, and, altogether, the scene was a most sickening one. One young man, Charles T. Linjmesch, who escaped from Home’s store, informed us that two of his uncles, one aunt and seven of his cousins were drowned. - Through the day the people of the village had joined, more or less, in the festivities of the Centennial Fourth. In the evening the rain began to fall, and aB took shelter in their homes, or at the stores or the saloon. At about half an hour after midnight the Catfish was discovered to have become so swollen , that the streets were overflowing and escape, to the surrounding highlands cut off. Higher and higher rose the rushing waters, while the storm kept pitilessly pelting down. The surging water of the creek came in great waves several feet high, and soon the smaller Buildings were swept away. At about one a portion of toe dam gave way, and this was followed by the crash of the railroad bridge, the fragments of which went tearing down, striking the hotel and Home’s store. Both of these were capsized, tiie former being tom in pieces, and tiie latter swung against a large tree BtaHding but * few feet away, against which it lodged, resting upbn its side. Now the stream had grown to 2,000 feet wide and fully twenty feet deep. As the buildings Were swept into the wreck, the inmates were Jjurtied into the surging current, toe vmces crying out for help amkl thAfour of thunder and .storm and qrash t while lurid lightning flashed every minute, liglitiiig up the dyeadfuj {(bend for .an ifastant, ana leaving it blacker than before. John Klassen’a coopershop first gave way. Then came tbe hotel bam, then Peter R. Becker’s bouse, then Martin C. Cary’s saloon, then Thos. Blenkirs6h 1 8 store, Tom Coat’s blacksmith shop, Peter Becker’s meat market. Kisssen’s house, Becker’s saloon, Home’s store and'house.' Luckily, Home’s family were saved. The house, as before stated, lodged against a strong flee. The water had risen and driven Me faprily Into tbe upper stoiy. When, they clung to the rafterg and other projections they were ablej to keep their heads only above water. Th# dead are; Joseph Becker, Ellen, his wife, and two children; James Pearce, Emma, his wife, and two -children; Peter Becker and five ’ait® his* arid her two children; Mrs. .Cany two children; JbhhKlasSeh, wife and five children; Peter Knapp, wife and fotir dren- Mrs. Kingslev, Thos. Blenkirson, Oliver Blenkirson, Wm. Bradbury and Richard Burke—thirty-nine in ail. Altogether the siene was one to touch a heart of stone. Eater— Thirty-one bodies of the drowsedbeen recovered. Thxy are experimenting in London with a gun which weighs eighty-one tons, throng a nail weighing 1,650 pounds, and consume# 300 jjouods oi powder at each discharge. r • "3 r : a r '-y - -z~ j Ths Indian bead-work sold at Niagara Falls is a little cheaper this year. They have discovered how to make beads m wax.

TERRIBLE INDIAN SLAUGHTER.

G«s. Caster, Fffissa Offleer* suaffl Kvery M(D ffteHUKlii* »• Ft»* Companies Salt Lake, Utah, July 5. A spejjd correspondent of the Helena, Mont., merald writes from Stillwater, Mont., W!y 2: “Muggins Taylor, scout for Gen. Gibbon, arrived here last night, direct from Little Horn Hivcr r Gen. "Cuftter found Che Indian camp of about 2,000 lodges on tire Little Horn, and immediately attacked the ' cauip, TjCuster took five companies ana charged the "{mown' of" tbLjdetaeh meat, 'only as ’ t|ey tfafle it bylflie dead. MaJ. Reno commanded the other seven companies, and attacked the lower portion of tlmaunp. The Indent* poured in a murderous fire from all dirednons. Besides, the greater portion fraught on horse back, j Custer, his two brothers, a flephew, and a brother-in-law, were all killed, and not one of bis detachment escaped. Two hundred and seven men were buried in one place, and the killed are estimated at 300, with onjy thirty-one wounded. The Indians surrounded Reno’s command, and held them one day hi the hills, put off from water, until Gibbons’ command came in sight, When they broke curnp inr the night and left. The ( fqught jijte tigers, and were overcome by mere brute force. The Indian loss cannot be estimated, as they bore off and cached most of their hilled. The remnant of toe Seventh Cavalry and Gibbons’ command are returning to the mouth of the Little Horn, where the steamboat lies. The Indians got all the arms of the killed soldiers. There were seventeen commissioned officers killed. The whole Custer family died at the head of their column. The exact loss is not known, os both Adjutants and the (Sergeant-Major were killed. The Indian camp was from three to four miles long and was twenty miles up the Little Horn from its mouth. The Indians actually pulled men off their horses in some instances. I give this as Taylor told me, as he was over the field after the battle. The above is confirmed by other letters, which say Custer met a fearful disaster.” The Timet' extra from Bozeman, Mont., July 3, sevan p. su., has the. -following: “ Mr. Taylor, beitrer of dispatches from the Little Horn to Fort JEllis, arrived this evening, and reports the following: “ The battle was fought on the 25th, thirty or forty miles below the Little Horn. Custer attacked the Indian Village of from 2,500 to 4,000 warriors on qqe side, and €ol. Reno was to attack it on the other. Three companies were placed on a hill as a reserve. Gen. Custer and fifteen officers,, qpd every gum five companies were killed. Reno refqeated uuflqr toeyarotection of the reserve. The whole number killed was 815. Gen. Gibbons joined Reno. The Indians left the battle-ground looking like a slaughtermen, as it really Was, being in a narrow ravine. The dead were much mutilated. The situation now looks serioua. Gen. Terry arrived at Gibbon*’ camp on a steamboat and crossed tiie, command over and accompanied it to join Custer, who knew it was coming before the fight occurred. Lieut. Crittenden, son of Gen. Crittenden, was among the killed.” ,|N

WILLIAM.

iVtiss Ruth W. Burgees, who died in Plymouth,on Saturday, at the ageof sixtyfour years, began to be afflicted when about eight years of age, by having fits or convulsions, and finally a paralysis of the right eye. . Soon after this she was abided with dropsy, and her cure oi this disease has a somewhat remarkable incident. Her brother being in Demarara, consulted a French physician in regard to her, who gave, him some medicine that effected a cure. Upon being investigated, it proved to be cannabis, or Indian hemp, which from that time has been used by the faculty here with great success iu cases of dropsy. Soon after this she recovered the use of her eye, but lost her eyesight entirely for some time, and has bad,only partial sight since. Soon after this her health improved materially so that she was able to walk across the room, hut an a short time she began to have spasms «r convulsions of the most pains ul character upon her left side., Rer left leg wauld.be.drawn back apd twisted until the sole of her foot would rest upon her right shoulder..* This was gradually brought back, hut had to be tied m order to keep it in its place, and from that time until her death had generally to be secured. It is now about twenty years since this has been necessary After this a contraction of the organs of the throat came on so that she was. unable to swallow. A set of instruments was made in Boston, under the direction of her physician, by which the constriction was partially removed, so that semi-liquid substances could bp forced down her throat with an instrument made for that purpose, aid she never after was able to swallow any but very soft substances. Indications of consumption now showed themselves, and she soon presented every appearance of a person in the last stages of this disease, so much so that her pliysielhn, on going off for a few weeks, told her mother that he should probably never see her again. Yet, wonderful to tell, she recovered entirely from this. She theft began to have abscesses of the liver, and her body was so swollen' that her breast-bone was even with her chin. But a cough set in, and abe began to raise matter in some wav almost incredible to physiologists for about six days, when a change took place, and the discharges passed oft’ through a natural channel. Her swelling went away and left her almost a skeleton, so reduced was she. But she recovered . from this. During these years, and white undergoing all this; she had the measles, scarlet fever, small-pox and itch, and these diseases went through their regular , course. She has been bedridden now for more than twenty years, living in this manner, and has survived a family consisting of father and mother, four brothers and two sisters, all of whom were "of good health and constitution. During some of the attacks of convulsions her head and feet would, be drawn backward so that they would meet, and remain in this position hours. Under all these afflictions ,|>he borebji with a sweet and patient temper. For some time she kept* a little shop, theronly one she-wwtlwew usl.’wra hete she sold a little Confectionery and small tilings. She was very industrious, always doing whatever she could— Boston Qlobt. i r , r According to the last census there are 5,866,168 males in England and Wales of twenty years and upwards, but there areonly 2,W0,763 voters, so that there are no less than 3,525,405 men in the country who hkve no voice in making the laws. Less than one-half are enfranchised, and in Ireland and (Scotland there are fewer persons still, in proportion, upon the reg-

A Remarkable Invalid.