Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1877 — Page 2

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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.

CURRENT PARAGRAPHS. A school-bonne la the Norwegian -r illage of fitagm Mr been homed, ud •uteen ohil- “ I *■>'■ fw The Internal revenue receipts for March wore *9,J60,»W ■€•“* •S.ittS.SU lor the tame The President has announced that he ■MB remain hi Washington doting the moO of The Indiana State Board of Agriculture baa decided to hold the next State Fair at Iwtiaaapnlte, Sept. SO. At a fire at fchtnecliff, Dutchess County, N. T-, a few night* ago, Mru. Boma and foot children perished in the flames. Polly one-half of the business portion of the Sown of Monroeville, Ohio, was burned on the Aigbt of the Ist. Loaa.f7s.Doa The Russian Government has* directed that, hereafter, all looomotivea and rolling stock purchased by Rtueian railway* moat bs manufactured in the oonntxr. Peter B. Bweeney, in a card recently publish!* denies that be has any re relatione to make ex-Mnj or Hall, or any other he says none can truthfully be made regarding himself. The public debt statement, published April 9d, show.a total debt of *2,304,832,275; cash in Treasury. *130,158,148; debt, less cash in Treasury, *2,074,674,127; decrease during March, *14,107,016. The Spanish General commanding in .Cabs baa premised pardon to every peon la rebellion whs surrenders before the first of next Mar. provided sorb person has net committed ma extraordinary offense. Mr. Sankey is reported as saying, in a recent interview, that Mr. Moody will close hia revival work in Bouton about the first of May, and that no definite plans had been made or thought of regarding future operations. < It is believed that nine vessels belonging to the Lang Island fishing fleet, which left for the banka hat November, and have been long overdue, were lost daring recent galea and that tbs crews, numbering ninety-five men, A Concord (N. H.) dispatch of the 2d mgu a complete count of the vote cast at the recent election showed that the proponed amendment to the Oarndtarion abolishing the religious teat for office holdfcra had been adopted by a small majority. _______ A large mass of snow was detached from the summit of a hill near Halifax, N. &, during a recant atom, and buried two houses, containing thirty-five persona, situated at its bane. At teat accounts one mu and five children had been otttdend. A family, named Keafer, were recently by Kansas detectives, at Alma. Ark., nil suspicion of being the notorious Bender tribe of murderous fame In Kansffc'' The detectives bad been shadowing the for aosne time, ami are confident they have captured the right parties.

CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

A. Pen telegram of the SOth alt. says then w, at loot accounts, great agitation Mwnig the Kurds in Asiatic Turkey. A large number of Christian Tillages had been plundered by them, and the inhabitants compelled to take mfuge in the City at Bitlis. The Russian journals announce the breaking out of an inrurreoston in (he Psohalik of Diarbeki, Armenia, the papulation resisting the enforcement of the eonscriptum. Official announcement was made, on the Slot nit., that Russia, Great Britain, France, Germany and Austria had signed the protocol in respect to Pastern affairs, and that the same mss presented to the Porte for signature on tfastet , A Liverpool dispatch, of the 31st ult., announces the arrival in that city of A. Oakey Bah, the miming ex-Mayor of Mew York. He arrived on the steamer Victoria, from Boston, under the assumed name of “Sutcliffe.” Ex-President Grant reached St. Louis cm the evening of the Ist. The election in Michigan, on the 3d, resulted in the uaocew of the Republican ticket. The Republican candidates for Regents and Judge of the Supreme Court had from 15,000 to 90,000 majority. A Berlin special to the London Post of the 3d announces that Bismarck had tendered his resignation of the Chancellorship of the Empire. Dm Emperor had declined to accept it, but had given him a year’s leave of absence. The Commission appointed by the President to inquire brio political affairs in Louisiana left Washington on the 3d for New Orleans. At the municipal election in Cincinnati, on the 3d, the Republican ticket was successful by from 1,000 to 4,000 majority. Mr. Alloin (colored), one of the holdover Senators, who Ipd pwriuuriy affiliated with the Packard Legislature, took his seat in the Wdnlls Senate, cm the 3d, He made a speech, in which he said the tune had arrived when white and colored citizens should unite to bring psace and prosperity to the State. He further stated that he relied upon the promises made by Gov. Nicholls in fai* letter of acceptance at the Baton Rouge Convention. Monroe Heath (Republican candidate) vhm re-elected Mayor of Chicago, on the 3d, by a majority of about 13,000 over Perry EL Smith. The balance of the Republican ticket was also elected, the majorities ranging from 4,000 to 8,000. At the election In 88 Louis, on the 3d, Henry Ofcmtolb was re-elected Mayor fay a majority of from 7,000 to 8,000. He was the regular Democratic candidate, indorsed by the regular BsppbWtan Convention, his opponent being the candidate of ffiamtisfisd Republicans and A ConatetinopW tfficgram of the 4th were ut a standstill. Montenegro A Cairo (Egypt) dispatch of the -Mi says the King of Abyarinia had declined to eee Gen. Gordon or eny emissary from the Khedive, and aloe refused to release Mitchell, the AmerifcSsrt#Vi*«l!HEL uXfiuk -v. 7.

At the Rhode Island election, an the 4th, the Republican candidates ftxGovernor and I IswtMiaat-Oovarpor ware elected by from 400 te *OO majority, and Mm ramaiader of the KcpabUean State ticket by from 1,009 to 2,000 majority. The Legislature is also Republican. At a caucus in New Orleana, on the 4th, den. Packard made a speech in which be declared ha would insist on hia claim to the Gov. araonhip of Louisiana to the bitter end. A Dead wood (D. T.) dispatch of the 4th says reports bad juat been received there that Spotted TiuLCmxy Horse and 900 warriors were ea route to the Agency to surrender. Sitting Ball still bald out, but bad few warriors.

Migration of the Wild Gooes.

The migrations of the wild goose are eepeciallylntereeUng. When the time for migration haa come, the wild geese assemble, and spend some time in a loud and animated discussion of the journey. Then they all rise into the air, ana arrange themselves in two long lines, meeting tike the sides of the letter V. The leader takes up his position at the point where the lines meet, and the birds begin their flight, point of the V going first, so that the leader is in advance of ali the rest of the flock. He is always an old gander; only, as this position is very fatiguing, one leader does not occupy it very long, but, as soon as he becomes tired, falls back to the rear, and allows another to take his place. Geese, while upon their migrations, fly very rapidly—according, to somo estimates, at the rate of one hundred and twenty miles an hour, or two miles a minute. They generally rest by some pond or river a part of the night, but sometimes they fly all nitfht as well as all day. In the day-time, when the weather is clear, they fly at a great height, often so far up that they are invisible to us, and their loud clamor is the only sign we have that they are passing. At night, or in foggy weather, they fly much nearer the earth, and when the air is very foggy they often become lost, and settle to wait for the mists to clear away. At such times they sometimes guide themselves by following the courses of rivers; and occasionally a flock, going south aloffgj the Niagara River on a dark, foggy night, flies directly into the falls, mistaking for a cloud the mist which rises in front of them. Of course they are instantly killed, and their dead bodies are sometimes found thrown on the rocks at the sides of the river. They often become bewildered by the bright light from a blastfurnace, and fly round and round it till daylight, calling to each other all the time, and keeping up such a constant and loud noise that they can be heard a mile or more away. Many of them become suffocated by the gases from the furnace, and fall to the ground so dizzy and helpless that they may be caught without difficulty. Young ones caught in this way, or in any other way which does not injure them, are easily tamed, and soon associate with the ordinary tame geese bn the most friendly terms, appearing to entirely forget their wild life. But when the wild geese begin to fly north again in the spring, these partially tamed ones hear their calls, and all their wild instincts awaken. They become very uneasy and restless, and, unless their wings are clipped, soon bid farewell to their tame companions, fly np into the air, and join some passing flock. Nuttall gives the fol« lowing story, which could hardly be believed if something similar to it were not narrated by others: “A Mr. Platt, of Long Island, having wounded a female wild goose, succeeded in taming it, and left it At large with his other common geese. Its wound healed, and it soon became familiar and reconciled to its domestic condition; but in the following •pring it joined a party of Canada geese, and disappeared until autumn, when at length, out of a passing flock, Mr. Platt observed three geese to detach themselves from their companions, and, after wheel, ing round several times, alight in the barn yard, when, to his astonishment, he recognized in one of the three his long, lost fugitive, who had now returned, accompanied by her offspring, to share the hospitality of her former acquaintance.’*— W. K. Brook*, in St. Nicholas.

Two Stories.

A Massachusetts gentleman, just returned from over the Canadian border, tells us these stories: He was in the hotel general-accommodation room, when two verterans of the (hotel) bar, laying schemes for a drink, began to tell stories to each other for his benefit. “ These are awful hard times," said one. “ I never saw such times before, except when I was in Ohio, an’ then I was hard put to’t to git along. Nothin’ to do. I had a yoke of steers, but they wan’t earnin’ nothin’. But I lived right on the road the Western emigrants went over every day. So I dug a hole in that road at the foot o’ the hill, near my house, turned a livin’ spring o’ water into’t, and made a good mud-hole. Well, when the emigrants came along, every day there would be one or more teams git stuck in my mud-hole, an’ they would see my steers standin’ out doin’ nothin’, an’ they would send up an’ git me to come an’ help ’em out, an’ I alwuz charged as much as $5 a lift Well. 1 kep that mud-hole right up in good repair till I made $35,000 out on’t, an’ then I sold it out for $3,000, an’ moved up here." Story number two was the other Munchausen’s companion-piece for the yoke of steers: 44 When I was a choppin’—l could chop some, you know*an’ folks used to ask me how much I could do in a day. 4 Have you ever tried it?’ says they. 4 No, never,’ says I; 4 never but once, and that wan’t really a try.’ Tou see, Just to show ’em what I could do, I got up one winter mornin’ afore light an’ ground up my ax sharp, oh, jest as sharp, an’ went into tbs woods. An’ I chopped like sixty till about three o’clock in the afternoon, when I thought it was as much as I could pile afore sundown, an’ I went to pilin’. Well, when I had it all piled up it measured twenty-seven cord. An’ then 1 knew somethin* was wrorig, for I knew at the rate I had been choppin’ it oughter be more. So I went back and begun look, in’ ’round to see what the trouble was. An’ there, right at the fust tree I cut in the mornin’, was my ax-head. You see, the thing was loose an’ slipped off, an’ 1 had been choppin’ all day with the bare helve.’’— Boston Adoertiser.

44 1 had to stand up all the way home in the street cars,” said a Chicago wife to her husband, as she came into the house the other day. “You didF’ said he, “well, that’s a shame.” 44 0 h, I didn’t care—l enjoyed it,” declared she, as she pulled off a glove; 44 ever since you gave me these handsome bracelets I like to atand up and bang to a strap, the gold filigree work shows off so beautifully." The Black Hills IHotuer speaks of the biggest clean-up of the season—seventy pounds of gold, ot 816,800, the result of one week’s labor. TkU fiona the Father Dcßiuvt Lode.

SENSE AND NONSENSE.

Maid of Money—A young helms. The Spits dog's star has set: his case la becoming Sirius. The best tire-proof vault for yous silver Is not to have any silver. Gentlemen's trousers will be worn closer fitting this spring. Camki/s uaih grenadine is the novelty La thin goods for summer. Off In the stilly night—The bank-de-faulter. —Philadelphia Bulletin. To keep moths out of old clothing, it is recommended to give the clothing to the poor. A mah driving a sheared horse always acts proud and at tho same time rather ashamed. “ Whew a dog Spitz, he may be considered mad,” remarked somebody. That’s whelp put. The Town Clerk of Salisbury, Vt, has Just received his flfty-fourth consecutive election to that office. The sleeves of new dresses fit tighter than ever. To laugh in one's sleeve has now become purely metaphorical. The past winter has given positive proof that the perfect snow plow has not yet been invented. —Detroit Free Press. A quack doctor advertises rather confidentially: “ People never cough after taking one bottle of my cough mixture.” At Florence, Arizona, there is a restaurant kept by a Chinaman, with a Mexican wife, a negro cook, and a white man for waiter.

RaEl.t to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthv, wealthy and wise; Bnt early to rye* and tardy to bed Make* a man's nose turn a cardinal red. There are occasions when the general belief of people, even though it l»e groundless, works its effect as sure as truth itself. —Schiller. A great many men—some comparatively small men now—when put into positions, would be Luthers and Columbuses.—Chapin. Tiiere is a man in Tennessee with such big feet that, if he gets them wet in December, he doesn’t have a cold in his head until February. It is reported that the house in which Sam Houston resided is standing in Houston, Tex., which seems a very proper place for it to str.nd.— N. 0. Republican. Two oysters in a gallon of lukewarm fluid at a church fair are no longer called stews, but aquariums; but some people think that there are too many fish to the water. A cross carved from preejous wood, in the center of which is a pin-hole which, if placed to the eye, shows an altar, sacred pictures aud mottoes, is the latest fashionable trinket. A young lady named Viola, whose father don’t like young men, remarked the other evening: “ I don’t see why my father gave me such a name, if he didn’t want me to have a bow.” They talk of fitting up the Great Eastern for transporting cattle from this country to England. That is beef-eating service for her, certainly. The cattle wifl doubtless be carried in the steerage. “The voice of the people” is a big thing, but the man who is fishing for the position of Postoftice clerk often mistakes his own bray for the wild cheers of forty million freemen. —Detroit Free Press. Old Mrs. Simplcigh read that it cost $50,000 to move “Cleopatra’s Needle” from Egypt to London, and now slie would like to know about how much it would cost to move Cleopatra's sewing-machine the same distance. —Norristown Herald. A Frenchman has discovered that human hair can be transplanted, and baldheaded men can become reasonably hirsute by the process. It, however, requires more skill than landscape gardening, and only very rich men can stand the expense.,...;... ....i

The telephone will soon revolutionize domestic affairs, for the man, instead of blushingly telling his wife at the supper table that he will he detained at his office, can go down town and whisper through the telephone that it is lodge night.— Oil City Herrick. A married man up-town had blue-glass put in his wife’s sitting-room—to match her eyes, he said. She returned the compliment by having red glass put in her husband’s' library— to match his nose, she said. He didn’t seem to appreciate the compliment.— Norristown Herald. A servaxt-giri., who had been admonished by her mistress to be very careful in “wasbin’ up” the best tea things, was overheard shortly afterward indulging in the following soliloquy while in the act of wiping the sugar basin: “If I was to drop this ’ere basin, and was to catch it, I suppose I shouldn’t catch it; but I suppose if I was to drop it, and wasn" to catch it, I reckon I should catch it.” There ought to be no more repining about hard times. It is solemnly announced that Fermat’s celebrated theorem, which was announced but not proved more than two centuries ago, has at last been demonstrated by Prof. Paolo Govini, of Lodi, in Italy. Hie theorem is that 44 x raised to the with power, plus y raised to the mth power, eauals e raised to the mth power,” and with the point settled beyond dispute, consumption ought to increase and production diminish to an extent never equaled in the auuals of the world.— Detroit Free Press. As a rule, a sneeze is the warning Nature gives that some part of the body is exposed to a cooler temperature than the other parts, and that the sneezer is 44 catching cold.” Next to the warning, what is the use of the sneeze ? It throws open the pores of the whole body, and induces agentle perspiration: in a word, it throws off the cold. A child rarely sneezes mare than twice—perspiration is readily induced in a youth; an old man, on the contrary, sneezes half a dozen to a dozen times, with a loudly-exposive “catchogue.” It is harder to set him perspiring. When one is sitting by an open window, and he finds himself sneezing, Nature tells him he is taking cold, fle should get np instantly, walk about, and take a full tumbler of cold water to keep up the gentle perspiration that the sneeze set in motion. If he does this, he will not be telling, an hour after, that he has a 44 cold in his head,” or chest, or lungs.— Dr. E. Wentworth.

The cobra de Capello.

We, hive been favored, says Chambers' Journal , with the following details concerning one of the deadliest of the Indian snakes' the cobra, by a gentleman who has passed many years in the East. He says: The cobra de capello (Naja tripudums), sometimes called the “ hooded,” or “spectacle snake,” is the most dreaded of all the venomous snakes of India. When excited hr confronting an ««my it assumes a remarkably graceful posture of defense by raising the forepart of the body to a height of, perhaps, a foot and a half trom the ground, and at the

same moment drawing together into aeoil the remaining portion of its body and tail, till it forma, aa it were, • kina of spiral spring, which, aided by the elasticity and muscular power of its frame, enables it so soon as it deems its opponent to be within range of its stroke, to launch itself forward with lightning rapidity. In an instant the bite is given, which, as we shall presently see, is nearly if not always fatal. I believe thjtt the cobra de capello is found throughout Hindostan, though it is far more numerous in some localities than in others. In some of our Bengal stations where I have been quartered, I have not seen a single cobra nor noticed the trace of one from one year's end to the other; in others, especially during “the rains,” hardly a week has passed without several having been seen. In Bundelcund, especially in the neighborhood of Jhansi and Lullutpore, the cobra is unusually common. It harbors chiefly in holes under the foundations and in the walls of old rained forts and temples, in honeycombed ant-hills, in the sides of old wells, or amid the debris of fallen buildings and deserted outhouses, particularly where grass and jungle have been allowed to grow and rubbish to accumulate. During the day it is rarely seen abroad, but lies coiled up asleep in its place of concealment, sallying forth in search of food as soon as darkness sets in. It preys chiefly on frogs, toads, rats, joung birds, and the like. It will readily invade a house in quest of such creatures, and, on entering a room, travels round the angles made by the walls and floor. During the hot weather mouths, when, on account of the oppressive heat, doors and windows are left wide open throughout the night, and there is nothing to bar the entrance of vermin of all sorts, it is nothing unusual in the morning to find portions of the slough cast off its body by a prowling cobra. Houses with thatched roofs, particularly old buildings, are always more frequented by snakes than tiled dwellings of recent construction. It is a mistake to imagine that the cobra, or, in fact, any other kind of serpent that I am acquainted with, will ever bite or molest human beings, unless disturbed, meddled with or provoked in the first instance. On the contrary, the greater majority of snakes are only too glad to be permitted to escape and be&t a retreat when discovered by man, and, unless driven into a corner, or followed up, speedily vanish into some old rat-hole or other hiding place, without showing, beyond a threatening hiss, a sign of opposition to, or desire of retaliating on, the intruder. I believe that nearly always it is the sense of fear more than anything else that induces the cobra, when surprised or touched even without hurt, instantaneously to turn and bite the person who has alarmed it. The boots and trousers or gaiters usually worn by Europeans when out walking or shooting in a great measure protect the wearers from the teeth of snakes. Natives of India, on the other hand, in spite of the fearful loss of life annually occasioned among them by poisonous snakes, appear to be perfectly callous and indifferent about guarding against such dangerous creatures, neglecting to take even the most ordinary precautions. Some classes sleep on charpoys or native bedsteads; but the great majority, especially of the poorer orders, sleep on the ground, with their heads wrapped up. ana their bodies enveloped in a sheet or blanket. A cobra, when traveling at night in search of food, instead of circling round, often crosses over the body or legs of a sleeper, the weight and movement of the reptile partially awaken the unfortunate slumberer, who, in a half-conscious state, puts out his hand to discover what has disturbed him, probably touches the hideous intruder, and is immediately bitten.

The Story of a Nose.

M. Arago, the French statesman, and nephew of the astronomer, is,in spite of his sixty-five years, a very handsome man. He has a* large nose, of which he is somewhat proud. A short time ago he was traveling by train to Versailles, when a child who was in the same carriage, and who had watched Arago for some time with dilated eyes, began to cry. In vain did the- child’s mother, Arago and another Senator endeavor to calm the perturbed. juvenile. The poor mother was in despair, and, as the shrieks grew more and more piercing, Arago felt bound to interfere and see wbat he could do. He said to the child, 44 What ails you, my dear? Are you afraid of me? I don’t look very naughty, do I?” Thus addressed, the child sobbed out, 44 Take off your nose.” Arago looked at the mother, who grew very confused and said: “ Ah, monsieur, excuse me; excuse my son!” 44 But, madame,’’ said Arago, “whatdoes he mean?” The mother then explained that she had during the carnival taken her child to see a number of persons in masks and with false noses, and he had got so excited that he could think of nothing else. “Bv an unfortunate occurrence,” she added, 41 we got into the same carriage with jou, who, for no doubt some good reason, are prolonging the carnival. But you see what a deplorable result has followed. Let me then beg of you to have pity on a poor mother, and take off your nose.” “But, madame,” said Arago, stupefied. 41 A little more and my child will have convulsions,” shrieked the mother; ‘‘take off your false nose ” “ But, madame,” said Arago, in despair, “that is impossible; this is not a false nose, but my own ” “ lip possible! impossible!” cried the agonized lady. “Touch it,” said Arago. The lady gave a pull at the Senator’s nose, but it did not come off in her hand, as she had expected. “A thousand pardons,” she said; “ bat pray, oh! pray, hide it with your hat.” So Arago continued his journey with his nose in his hat, and the child’s screams gradually subsided. Arago himself tells the story with much glee. Foreign Governments pay their diplomatic agents very liberally, but it should be borne in mind that they are carefully trained and educated for the diplomatic service, and have a special value that persons accidentally drifted into it do not possess. Russia spends on her entire diplomatic corps, in rubles, 1,130,500—at Constantinople (twenty-one persons), 115,000; London (eleven persons), 87,500; Vienna (twelve persons), 86,000; Berlin (twelve persons), 84,700; Paris (eleven persons), 84,600; Rome (ten persons), 63,000; Pekin, 57,700; Yeddo, 47.700; Teheran, 47,000; Madrid, 43,000; Washington, 30,500; Athens, 37,500; Stuttgart, 81,800; Stockholm, 31,600; Bern, 31,000, etc. France pays in francs to her Ambassadors at St. Petersburg and London—the one 350,000, the other 300,000; at Vienna, 170,000; Berlin, 140,000; Madrid, 190,600: Constantinople and Rome, 110,000; Ministers Plenipotentiary receive—at Pekin, 85,000; Washington, Brazil and Japan, 80.000; Persia, 72,000; Buenos Ayres, 70,000; Lisbon, Hague and Athens, 00,000; Denmark, Peru and Chili, 50,000 r Dresden, 40,000— Phila ddphia Firm.

SOUTH CAROLINA.

T*M Orikr Withdrawing the Tromprn from the Mtate-House. Wahhinoton, April a The following letter has been made public by the President: Kxxcrmr* Mansion, j Washington, April 3, 1877. J But—Prior to my (altering upon the duties of the Presidency, there had been Htationed, by the urder of my predeoeaaor, in the State-House at Columbia, & C.. a detachment of United State* Infantry. Finding them in that place, I hare thought proper to delay a decision of the question of their removal until I could consider and determine whether the condition of affaire in that State is now such as to either require or justify the continued military occupation of the State-House. In nur opinion, there docs not now exist in that State such domestic violence as is contemplated by the Constitution as the ground upon which the military power of the National Government may be invoked for the defense of the State. There are, it is true, grave and serious dispute* as to the rights of certain claimants to the Chief Executive office of that State, bnt these are to he settled and determined, not by the Executive of the United State*, bnt by such orderly and peaceable methods as may be provided by the Constitution and laws of the State. I feel aseared that no resort to violence is conUmplated in any quarter, but that, on the contour, the Sates in question are to be. settled solely by peaceful remedies os the Constitution and laws of the State provide. Under these circumstances, and in this confidence, I now deem it proper to take action in accordance with the principles announced when I entered upon the duties of the Presidency. Yon are therefore directed to see that the proper orders are issued for the removal of said troops from the State-Houße to their previous place of encampment (Signed) R. B. Hayes. To the Hon. George W. McCrary, Becretay of Wax. The following letter was sent to Gen. Sherman by the Secretary of War: Wab Depabthent, l Washington, April 3,1877. f To Gen. W. T. Sherman, Commanding United States Army: General— l inclose herewith a copy of a communication from the President of the United States, in which he directs that the detachment of United States troops now stationed in the State-House at Columbia, 8. C., be withdrawn and returned to their pterions barracks or oamp-ing-ground. You are hereby charged with the execution of this order, and will cause their withdrawal to take place on Tuesday next, the 10th of April, at 12 meridian. Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

GEORGE W. McCRARY,

Secretary of War.

LOUISIANA.

The Letter of Instructions to the Louisiana Commissioners. Washington, April 3. The following is the President’s letter of instructions to the Louisiana Commission: . To the Hons. Charles B. Lawrence, Joseph R. Hawley, John M. Harlan, John C. Brown and Wayue MacVeigh, Commissioners: Gentlemen —1 am instructed by the President to lay before yon some observations upon the occasion and objects which have led him to invite yon, as members of the Commission about to visit the State of Louisiana, to undertake this public service. Upon assuming his office, the President finds the situation of affairs in Louisiana such as to justly demand his prompt and solicitous attention, for this sitoatioii presents as one of its features the apparent intervention of the military power of the United States in the domestic controversies which undoubtedly divide the opinions and disturb the harmony of the people of that State. This intervention, arising during the term aad by authority of his fredecessor, throws no present duty upon the Resident except to examine and determine the real extent, form and effect to which such intervention actually exists, and to decide as to the time, manner and conditions which should be observed in putting an end to it. It is to aid in his intelligent and - prompt discharge of this duty that the President has sought the service of this Commission to supply, by means of its examination conducted in the (Mate of Louisiana, some information that may be pertinent to the circumspection and security of any measures that he may resolve upon. It will be readily understood that the service required of and intrusted to this Commission does not include any examination into or report upon the facts of the recent State election, or of the canvass of votes cast at that election. So far as attention to that subject may be necessary, the President cannot but feel that the reports of the Committees of the two Houses of Congress, and other public information at hand, will dispense with, and should preclude, any original exploration by the Commission of that field of inquiiy. But it is most pertinent and important, in coming to a decision upon the precise question of Executive duty before him, that the President should know what are the real impediments to the regular, legal and peaceful procedures under the laws and Constitution of the State of Louisiana by which the anomalies in the Government there presented may be put in course of settlement without involving the element of military power as either an agent or makeweight in such solution. The successful ascertainment of these impediments, the President would confidently expect, would indicate to the people of that State the wisdom and mode of their removal. The unusual circumstances which attended and followed the btate election and canvass from ita relation to the excited feelings and interest: of the Presidential election may have retarded within the State of Louisiana the persuasive influences by which the great social and material interests common to the whole people of a State, and pride of American character as a law-abiding Nation, ameliorate disappointment!! and dissolve resentments of close and zealous political contests, but the President both hopes and believes the great body of people of Louisiana are now prepared to treat the unsettled results of their titate election with a calm and conciliatory spirit. If it be too much to'expect a complete concurrence in a single Government for that State, at least the President may anticipate a submission to the peaceful resources of the laws and Constitution of the titate of all their dissensions, at once relieving themselves from reproach and their fellow-citizens of the United States from the anxieties which most ever attend a prolonged dispute as to the title and administration oi the Government of one of the States ot the Union. The President, therefore, desires that yon should devote your first and principal attention to a removal of the obstacles, to an acknowledgment of one Government for the purposes of an exercise of authority within tfae State, arid a representation of the titate in its relations to tbs General Government under Sec. 4 of Art. 4 of the Constitution of the United States, leaving, if necessary, to the judicial or other Constitution!!] arbitrament within the State the question of ultimate right. If these obstacles should prove insuperable, from whatever reason, and hope of single Government in ail its departments be disappointed, it should be your next endeavor to accomplish the recognition of a single Legislature as the depositary of the representative will of the people of Louisiana. This great department rescued from dispute, the rest of the problem could gradually be worked out by tfae prevalent authority which the legislative power, when undisputed, is quite competent to exert in composing conflicts in co-ordinate branches of the Government. An attentive consideration of the conditions under which the Federal Constitution and acts of Congress provide or permit military intervention by tfae President in the protection of the State against domestic violence has satisfied the President that the use of this authority in determining or influencing disputed elections in a State is most carefully to be avoided. Undoubt ediy, as was held by tbs Supreme Court in the case of Luther u. Borden, tbs appeal from the' State may involve such an inquiry as to the lawfulness of authority which invoked the interference of the President in supposed pursuance of the Constitution- But it is equally true that neither Constitutional provision nor acts of Congrem were framed with any such design. Both obviously treated a ease of domestic violence within a State as of outbreak against the. law and authority of tbs established Government which the State was unable to suppress fay ita own strength—a case wherein every department of the State Government has a disputed reuce-

sil a Bute, therefore, which fnndshOt to thapedi-ral Govctoment no internal political medrinition of authority apart which the fcdmfkxrcntim can rely will preaent a ease of ■ much difficulty that it ia of pressing importance to all intaMlt*in Louisiana that it should be avoided. A single Legislature would greatly relieve this difficulty, for that d-rertroent of th« ffitoE Bgrni hie ;»1 maamdUp tUfWtitHUua as the necessary applicant, when It can be convened, for military intervention by the United Btates. If, therefore, the disparity interest* can concur in or be reduced to a rlngfe Legislator* for the Btate of fnniaiana, it would be a grand sfep in corhpoalng this unhappy Strife. - The President leaves entirely to the Commission the conciliatory influences which, in their ssresisafca ftsirawj: determination that only public consideration* should inspire and attend this effort to jrivf ascen deucy ib liOuifiAuß to thitiirH bcuou? to peace ia driaoed by Us selection at Commusi oners who offer to the country in their own character every guarantee of public motives and methods of transaction which they have undertaken. Tour report of the result of this endeavor will satisfy the President, be does not doubt, of ths wisdom of his selection and his plenary trust in the Commission. i. . A second and less important subject of attention during the visit to New Orleans will be the collection of aooorate and .trustworthy information from public officers and ‘prominent citizen* of all political connections as to the state of public feeling and opinion in the community at large upon general questions which affect the peaceful and safe exercise in the Btate of Louisiana of all legal and political privileges conferred by tho Constitution of the United Btates upon all citizens. The maintenance and protection of those rights and privileges by afl Constitutional means, and by every just, moral and social influence, is the settled purpose of the President in his administration of the Government. He will hope to learn from your investigations that this purpose will be aided and not resisted by the substantial and effective publio opinion of the great body of the people of Louisiana. The President does not wish to impose any limit upon your stay in Louisiana, that would tend to defeat the full objects of. your visit. He is, however, extremely desirous to find it in his power, at the earliest day compatible with a safe exercise of that authority, to put an end to even the appearance of military intervention ia the dom is tic affaire of Louisiana, and he await* your return with the confident hope that your report will enable him promptly to execute a purpose he has so much at heart. The President desires me to add that the publication of the results of your visit he shall hope to make immediately after their communication to him. i. ,1V I have the honor to be, with great respect.

your obedient servant, (Signed)

A Novel System of Calisthenics.

At a progressive female seminary in the South Division, the exercises in Calisthenics are very properly arranged and conducted so as to fit the young women practicing therii for their duties in life. Swinging from straps is found an admirable preparation for travel in harse-cars, and the exercise is to conducted as to strengthen the arms, open the chest, display the arm, if symmetrical, and give new grace to the figure. The class that is to graduate at the June commencement eoeb. through the broomstick exercise daily, and practices throwing gutta-perclia table-crockery and coal-oil lamps at dummies to represent husbands, at all ranges, from the length of a dinner-table to that of a dining-room. One young lady last week, for a, bet of three boxes of chocolate creams, undertook to sling the contents of a tea-tray, twenty-seven pieces in all, at a dummy at ten yards distance, and to hit it above the Piccadilly shirt-collar twenty times, tne feat not to occupy two and onequarter minutes. She performed Bin the unexampled time of one minute aad twenty-six seconds, hitting the mark twenty-six times, the only miss recorded being with the teapot. It could hardly be called a miss, because she took the dummy in the epigastric region with it—it was a sort 6f a “killed, but fell dead out of bounds” business. Tier enthusiastic room-mate offered to match her against Bogardus for a dozen pair of teh-button gloves, and the lady principal of the school, who is a widow, kissed her tenderly, and said such things ipade her feel young again.— Chicago Tribune. - —■ —A sickening, tragedy occurred at. a country dance near , Jaqper, Pickens County, Ga., a few nights ago. Among the attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Suthard and Mrs. Cowart, the latter a grass-widow of twenty-six and an attractive person. During the evening Mr. Suthard , asked Mrs. Cowart to dance with him, and she accepting, they,took theirplace on the floor. This proceeding angered Mrs. Suthard, who went to them and demanded that Mrs. Cowart retire. Mr. Suthard tried to quiet bis wife, but would not Mrs. Cowart from her engagement. In passion the wife sprang upon the woman she thought her rival, and for a few, moments the two fought in true feminin fashion, tearing hair and scratching, until they were separated. Freeing herself from those who held her, Mrs. Buthared again rushed at Mrs. Cowart, at the same time drawing a knife from her person, with which she cut Mrs. Cowart’s throat, severing the jugular vein. Before the unfortunate woman could be removed from the room she was a corpse. The murderess had not, at last amounts, been arrested. She is blit eighteen of age, and has been.taarfied less than & year. —We should feel for the poor' in our pocket as well as in our heart, 'bpt the pocket referred to is not where the handkerchief is carried. —Banbury News., i

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