Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1877 — Page 2

The Rensselaer Union. BKWBKLASR, . • INDIANA.

General News Summary.

• Oou Gao. & Bangs, Ute Genera? Superin ttadsat at the Railway Mail Service, died at Washington, on the 17th. Ter United States Treasury Department heH, on the 17th, $344,724,900 in bond*, to Mtmra the National Bank circulation, and ontatandingon the same day was: Gold notes, currency notes. $819,153,518. Gen. Bherman has issued a General Order from the Hradquastera of the Army , in which be says: “The President is very much coneented to And before him, for action, the proeeediagß of Oourts-Martlal in several cases where officers have been tried for violation of theTMrtyetghth Article at War, which prorides that any officer found drank on duty shall be dismissed the service. The President desires it to be made known to the Army that he cannot be led to underrate the magnitude of the evil which the crime alluded to is likely to produce in the public service, and no person addicted to it can expect to be intrusted with any responsible duty, and a person who cannot be trusted had better not be continued in office. It must, therefore, bb understood that any clemency which may have been heretofore extended, by mitigatiofi or commutation of sentence, cannot hereafter be relied upon as a basis of hope for like favorable action. After this solemn warning, a rigorous execution of sentences imposed in due course by Courts-Martial may be skpeiii d w Tn National Woman Suffrage Association has called a“ Sixteenth Amendment Convention" of ail Woman Suffrage Associations in the United States, to be held in Washington, D. C., on the Bth of January next. The accepted the resignation of Aa»*t-3ec’y McCormick. TUB BAST. A Naw York millionaire, named Conrad Poppenhausen, went into voluntary bankruptcy on the 17th, with liabilities amounting to The Newark (N. J.) People’s Savings Bank suspended on the same day. During morning services at the Church of the Ascension, in Philadelphia, on the 18th, Alexander B. Sayres walked up one of the aisles, drew a pistol and deliberately shot his wife, who occupied a pew several feet in advance of the one where he had been sitting. The shot was fatal. Sayres was arrested. The parties bad beep separated for about two yean, the husband having already served a term in Prison for breaking his wife’s arm. A cotton mill at Fall River, Mass., was destroyed by fire, on the 17th. Loss, $450,000. It employed 450 hands. The Boston School Board has decided not t< > permit the co-education of the sexes in the schoolsof that city. They propose to establish a Giri’s Latin School. The extensive rubber factory of L. Condee & Co., at New Haven, Conn., was burned on the night of the 19th. It was feared some of the workmen perished in the flames. A number were injured by jumping from the upper stories of the building. The loss in property

was estimated at about $500,000; insurance, $335,000. The company will rebuild at once. Bt the explosion of a can of kerosene, in New York, on the 18th, a Mr. Thomae Doran and two children were burned to death. According to a New York telegram of the 19th, counterfeit bills on the Tamaqua (Pa.) National Bank were in circulation to the amount of over SIOO,OOO. Ox the 90th, a two-year-old son of Charles Leibrick, of Philadelphia, who had been bitten six weeks before by a Spite dog, died of hydrophobia. The disease was plainly marked, and there was no reason to believe that imagination played any part in the matter. Judge George Grennell, Member of Congress from 1838 to 1838, died at Greenfield, Maae., a few nights ago, aged ninety-one years

A CoxGMtssof the Workingmen’s party of the United States has been called to meet at Newark, N. J., commencing Dec. 25. There are eighty-four Associations belonging to this party, scattered throughout the country, and it is expected that each will send one or more Delegates to the General Congress. Th* official returns in New Jersey give McClellan (Dem.), for Governor, a plurality of 12,710, and a majority of 6,333. McClellan received 97,830 votes; Newell (Rep.), 85,120; Hoxscy (Greenback),4,976: Bingham (Temp.), 1,401. Gold dosed in New York, on Nov. 22d, at 108. The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, *[email protected] ; Na 2 Milwaukee, SI.3IJ4@L3IX- Oats, Western and State, 35@40c. Corn, Western Mixed, 64@64J<c. Pork, Mess, 114.00. Lard, Flour, Good to Choice, [email protected]; Winter Wheat, [email protected]. Cattle, [email protected] for Good to Extra. Sheep, $4.12#@5.12X. Hogs, 84.75 @5.10. At East Liberty, Pa., on Nov. 22d, Cattle brought: Best, [email protected]; Medium, s4.bo@ 4.50; Common, [email protected]. Hogs sold— Yorkers. [email protected]; 4.75. Sheep brought [email protected] —according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., onNov. 22d, Cattle brought: Best, [email protected]; Medium, [email protected]. Hogs terfd at [email protected] for Good. Sheep were’quoted at [email protected] for Good.

WEST AND SOUTH. ? It was reported from Galveston, Tex., on the 18th, that a number of Greasers and Indians had crossed the Rio Grande and made a raid into Texas, capturing several horses and cattle. The United States authorities were defied, and the State troops are said to have been powerless to stop the depredations. A DBsrnuDO named Frank Rande, who, after committing robberies some time ago, shot three of his pursuers near St. Elmo, DI., and killed two and wounded two others in Knox County, was captured, after a desperate resistance, in St. Louis, on the 16th, having been severely wounded by his captors. During the struggle Rande succeeded in fatally wounding Police officer White, who died of his injury on

the evening of the 18th. — ~ AtColumhia, 8. C-, on the 17th, Judge Townsend overruled the motions for new trials in the cases of Cartim nniflfflaHwisman Smalls, and motions in arrest of were then made, the Court bedding such motions under advisement. Th* Confederate m mument, completed and ready to erect at Chattanooga, Tenn., was defaced beyond repair, on the night, of the 17th, by unknown persons. Th* Receiver of the suspended Fidelity Savings Bank of Chicago began the payment of a 10 per cent, dividend to depositors on the 19th. Th* official returns of the vote for Governor at the late election in Wisconsin give the followingtotals: Smith (Itep.), 78,753; Mallory (Dem.), 70,482; Allis (Greenback), 26,168; Smith’s plurality, 8,271. Th* Third National Bank, of Chicago, suspended on the 21st, a resolution being adopted by the Directors not to open the doors on the morning of the 22d, but that proper steps should be immediately taken for the purpose of putting the bank into liquidation. The Pretidint, Mr. J. Irving Pearce, is reported as stating that the institution would eventually ISr depositors in full. The amount due delft* teak of W. W. Smith, of Hamburg, Fremont County, lowa, suspended on the 20Ui.

The National Grange met at Cincinnati on the Ml it Delegates were present from ail the States. In his annual address, the Master recommends a modification of the rules so as to allow persons or societies engaged in Industrial pursuits to become stockholders. The Executive Committee advise the discontinuance of general agencies, and that the Grange estate llsh wholesale and retail stores on the co-op-erative principle. lx Chicago, on Nov. 23d, Spring Wheat Na 2 closed nt $1.08ffl1.(»X cash. Cash com closed at 47J<c tor Na 9. Cash oaU No. 9 sold at 96c; and 25\>c seller December. Rye Na 2,55 c. Barley No. 2, Cash Mess Pork closed at $12.00. Lard, $7.90. Beeves—Extra brought $5.25(d>5.50; Choice, [email protected]; Good, Modi um Grades, $8.50(33.85; Butchers’ Stock, $2.5058.00; Stock Cattle, etc., $2.50(33.30. Hogs brought [email protected] for Good to Choice. Sheep sold at $2.75434.00 for Poor to Choice.

FORBIGN INTBLMGBNCB. Ax official Russian dispatch of the 18th announces the capture of Kars, by storm. The battle began on the evening of the 17th and was concluded at eight o’clock on the morning of the 18th. A Coxstaxtixople dispatch of the 17th says that, at a Cabinet meeting held on that day, the Sultan bad strongly advised the conclusion of j«eace with Russia. Both sides had done enough for glory, he said, and if the war continued lasting injury would be inflicted on both Empires. i ■ ' ' Accokdixo to Pera telegrams of the 17th, the Bulgarian inhabitants of Vratr.a had lately massacred ail their Mussulman neighbors. The Russian losses at the taking of Kars did not exceed, according to accounts received from Russian sources on the 19th, 2,700 men in killed and wounded. The Turks lost 5,000 killed and wounded, and 10,000 were taken prisoners. Cettixje dispatches of the 19th say the Montenegrins had secured control of the whole of the Adriatic coast from the Austrian frontier to the Boyana. A Rome (Italy) telegram of the ISth says the Vatican Council had decided that no Power can claim a veto of the Conclave’s selection of a successor to the Pope, as claimed by Italy and Austria Ox the 20th, the Russians In Bulgaria and the Dobrudscha numbered 280,000, and the Turks 240,000. A Scuta hi telegram of the 20th announces the defeat of the Montenegrins on the road between Antivari and Scutari, with a loss o 300 killed and 1,000 wounded. A band of Spanish insurgents entered a village near Figures, and made a forced levy upon the inhabitants, “in the name of the Spanish Republic.”

The leading Turkophile newspaper of Great Britain published an editorial, on the 20th, launched at the Czar, and demanding that the Government declare immediate war against Russia. The editorial created considerable excitement in London. The Russian force concerned in the capture of Kars has been moved upon Erzcroum. A special cablegram of the 20th announces that the Turks had evacuated the latter stronghold, but the regular dispatches did not confirm the intelligence. According to official reports of the 21st, there had been severe fighting on the Loin; on the previous day. The Turkish account says the Heights of Metchka, near Piergos, were captured, and 1,400 Russians killed. Tbe Russian account says the Heights were temporarily occupied and Piergos burned, but that the Turks were finally driven out with great slaughter. On the 21st, the Roumanian troops captured Rahova after an engagement lasting three days. The Turks fled to Widdin, with the Roumanians in close pursuit. Capt. Howgate has .received a letter from Capt Tyson, in command of the Florence, the advance vessel of the American Arctic Expedition, under date of Sept. 29, in which he reports his safe arrival at Niuntilick Harber, Cumberland Gulf. He proposed to move to the head of the gulf, in a few days, to go into winter quarters, and carry out his instructions in reference to the collection of materiaL A Bucharest dispatch of the 22d says the operations near Rustchuk indicated a disposition on the part of the Turks to repeat Mehemet All’s tactics, by threatening the Army of the Czarowitz and the crossing of the Danube. It was reported in London, on the 22d, that Mukhtar Pasha, fearing that he might be surrounded, had fallen back to a position twenty miles west of Erzerouin. A Rome telegram of the 22d says the Pope had been obliged to suspend the giving of audiences in consequence of his increasing feebleness and indisposition. XLV. CONGRESS—SPECIAL SESSION. The Senate was not in session on the 17th.

Ln the House, the Army Appropriation bill was reported back, with Senate amendments, one of which was to strike out the clause providing that four full cavalry regiments should be kept upon the Texas frontier, and insert in its stead a proviso that cavalry regiments might be recruited to 1,000 men, and that a sufficient force of cavalry should l>e employed in the defense of the Texas frontier; the recoihmendation of the Committee on Appropriations was to nonconcur in this amendment, but it was concurred in—l4o to 126—thirteen Democrats voting yea. The amendment to insert 25,000 instead of 20.000 men in the clause prohibiting the recruiting of the Army beyond that number was then concurred in—l 33 to 130— nine Democrats voting affirmatively. Other Senate amendments were non-ooncurred in, and the bill went back to|the Senate.... A bill was introduced and referred for the financial relief of the country. and to facilitate the return to specie payment without injuriously affecting the commercial business and general industries of the people... .The bill appropriating f 150,000 for representation at the Paris Exposition was considered in Committee of the Whole. A number of bills were introduced and referred in the Senate, on the 19th.. The amendments to the Army Appropriation bill which were non-ooncurred in by the House were rescinded, and the bill as amended by both houses was passed.. ..The resolution providing for the appointment of a Committee of five Senators to inquire into alleged discrepancies in the books and accounts of the Treasury Department was agreed to. In the House, the Paris Exposition bill was considered in Committee of the Whole, and an amendment was agreed to requiring four of the Commissioners to be practical agriculturists. Among the bills introduced in. the Senate, on the 20th. was one to provide for cheap transportation of freight between tide-water on or near the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississppi Valley... .The bill to enable Indians to become citizens was further considered and then postponed to the 10th of December... .The VicePresident appointed Messrs. Davis (West Virginia), Beck, Allison, Ingalls and Cameron (Pennsylvania) as the Special Committee to examine the books and accounts of the Treasury Department in regard to alleged discreponcies.ete. In the House, the Paris Exposition bill was reported from Committee of the Whole and passed—l 39 to 124. It provides for representation on the part of the United States in such exhibition, and appropriates 8150,006 therefor.... A petition was presented from all but one of the Philadelphia National Banks, and from certain Trust and Savings Fund Companies, against the unlimited circulation of silver coin. Several private bills were passed in the Senate, on the 21et.... Consideration was resumed of a resolution by Mr. Thurman to discharge the Committee on Privileges and Elections from further consideration of the credentials of M.C. Butler as Senator from South i 1 ” 1 ’.??” °o?™i«»ble debate. Mr. Hoar free coinage of the standard silver dollar, and to restore its legal-tender cbanu ter, was reported, with amendments from the Finance Committee A bill was introduced in the Hous* authorizing the appointment of a Commission to prvvid* for improvwnvnt of the Mitaitaippi

River.... Tha Deficiency Am>roi>riation hill ($1,266,000) was considered in Committee of the W bole, amended and reported to the House, when it went over without final action. The Senate, on the 22d—yeas, 29; nays, 32 ref used to lay on the table the yesol ution to dischanre the Committee on Privileges and Elections from farther consideration of the credentials of M. C. Batter as Senator from Booth Carolina, and a motion was made by Mr. Edmunds to amend the resolution so as to discharge the Committee from the further consideration of the credentials of Mr. Kellogg, of Ijouisuuii, instead of tiwan of Mr. Butler, of Mouth Carolina, which motion was rejected—l|)..ta 32 az was also a motion to din-et the Committee to report on the onaea of Messrs. Kellogg and Hpofford, and that meanwhile the case of Month Carolina be postponed. A motion was then made and rejected - 80 to 82 -to amend the previous motion and discharge the Committee from further consideration of the credentials of Messrs. Kellogg, Bpofford, Butler and Corbin... A motion to adjourn to the 26th was put to vote and resulted in a tie—3l to 81- when the ViooJ’reaident voted in the affirmative, and the adj.mnimcnt was carried. Bills were introduced in the House —authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to owners the value of all cotton seized by Treasury officers since May 80, 1866; for the organization of the Territory of Oklahama; creating postal savings-banks.... A resolution was adopted—l 66 to 94 instructing the Committee on Elections to report by the 24th on the Colorado contested election case of Belford r». Patterson, and in case of failure to so report, that they should then lie discharged from the further consideration of the matter. .The Deficiency bill was passed... The bill to repeal the Resumiition act came up as special order, and Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, made a lengthy argument in favor of the repeal.

Treasury Exhibit.

Washington, Nov. 19. ThcTreasurer of the United States, in hia annual report of the operations of the Treasury during tbe last fiscal year, makes the following exhibit regarding tbe receipts and e»pendltures, as compared with the fiscal year ending June 30,*1876. That ending June 30, 1877. snows a decrease in net revenues amounting io $18,481,452, and decrease in net expenditures of $19,799,788. The net revenues for the fiscal year were $269,000,586; net expenditures, s23B,(Wo,oo6— making an increase of funds amounting to $30,340,577. It is observed that while the revenue from customs, lands and miscellaneous sources has decreased year after year since 1873, the revenue derived from internal revenue, so-called, has Increased, the receipts from that source in 1874 having been $102,409,784, and in the fiscal year of 1877, $118,630,407. Tbe total amount of “ unavailable moneys” carried in balances of accounts in the Treasurers’offices, was as follows: June 30, 1876, $29,899,520; June 30, 1877, $29,620,883. The theoiy of public accounts is that the Treasurer of the United States shall be charged upon a warrant of the Secretary, with all the moneys received into the Treasury, and for 4hich, whenever received, he is held accountable until the same are properly disbursed under some appropriation made pursuant to law. It has, however, occurred that, since 1836, the sum of $29,625,833 over and above the amount of public money which has been properly accounted for, has, by reason of a deposit of surBlus revenue with twenty-six States of w Union, by deficit, by default, by theft, in various places, and by failure in depository banks, gone from the custody of the Treasurer, which it seems he cannot, from the nature of the case, account for, ana thereby obtain credit thereior on the books of the Department, and, for the convenience of the operations of the Department, this amount is carried in the accounts as unavailable. The Treasurer thinks there should be legislation authorizing the opening of an “appropriation account” upon the books of the Department in which, under the head of “ unavailable,” the Treasurer may receive credit for the sumsnow and hereafter from time to time becoming unavailable, and that the person, bank, or State properly chargeable may be debited with the various items by warrant upon the account stated by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury. Although tbe monthly debt statement of the Department was never intended to show the condition of the Treasury and the amount and kinds of funds on hand, yet many deductions are sought to be made from time to time, as if that publication gave the liabilities ind assets, and not merely the condition of the debt. The only items of cash in the Treasury which the debt statement Include are the general currency balance and the general coin balance. The currency balance, as it appears in the monthly statement under the term “ cash in Treasury, currency,” is simply the amount of currency that would be left in the Treasury after the payment of all currency demands in full, and also of the item, “cash in Treasury, coin.” There is, in addition, the amounts held tor the re-

demption of Clearing-House certificates and coin certificates, of which the amounts outstanding are noted in the statement, beside which, not mentioned, there are funds to the credit of the disbursing officers for redemption of notes of National Banks failed, m liquidation and reducing circulation, to meet outstanding cheeks and drafts for the benefit of the creditors of National Banks, the balance of the 5 per cent fund, and others. A comparative statement Is given showing in detail, both in coin and currency, the liabilities and assets of the Treasury on Sept 30, 1876 and 1877. These aggregates are as follows: Coin, Sept 30, 1876, $67,586,705; Sept. 30, 1877, $133,585,072. Currency, Sept 30, 1876, $106,137,766; Sept 30, 1877, $110,096,039.

Regarding the long-mooted question whether legal-tender notes deposited for redemption of the circulation of failed, reducing and liquidating banks are held as a separate fund, it may be said that there is no provision of law which requires that such notes should so be held, and, as a fact, they have never been held set apart and distinct from other funds in the Treasury. There is, without doubt, in the various offices and various vaults of the Treasury a sufficient amount of United States notes to redeem all such bank notes if presented simultaneously for redemption, but they are not always In'the vaults of this office where redemption is required to be made. A recapitulation of the silver payments made in pursuance of the act of April 17, 1876, including payments from April 18, 1876, until and including October, 1877, shows an aggregate of 823,156,162 of silver issued for fractional currency redeemed and destroyed, and 813,464,569 of silver issued in lieu of or in exchange for currency, making a total of $36,620,732. Upon an official estimate of $8,083,573 fractional currency lost in circulation there .may be still issued, before the limit of $50,000,OOu’is readied, $10,269,061 in exchange for fractional and $3,110,206 for currency obligations. « . There was a decrease of $27,509,108 in the retirement of legal-tender notes during the year, besides which there was a reduction in the volume of United States paper money very marked, leaving the outstanding circulating paper issues of the Government at $380,627,976 at the close of the fiscal year, being less than at any time since 1862. The volume of legal-tender notes and of fractional currency Is also less than at any time since 1862. There were presented during the year for redemption counterfeits of National Bank notes amounting to $14,563, including denominations from SIOO down to $2; also counterfeit legal-tender notes and fractional currency to the extent of $19,661, including all the denominations of legaltender notes but more of the denomination of S2O than any other. The National Banks have paid duty amounting to $75,762,087 during thirteen calendar years from 1864 to 1877.

Report of the General of the Army.

Gen. Sherman has submitted his annual report, as General of the Army, to the Secretary of War. He says the following is given as the “ return of actual strength” of the Army up to Oct 12,1877, showing that at that date the Regular Army was composed of: General officers 11 General staff officers 566 Hospital Stewards- 186 battalion. 199 'Ordnance enlisted men 346 Ten regiments of cavalry—officers, 439; enlisted men, 7.911‘ • 8,360 . 28<; . en * 2,606 Tvrentv-fivo regiments of infantry—officers, 877; enlisted men, 8,778.. 9,656 Besides which there arc retired non-com-missioned staff unattached to regiments. Military Academy recruits, unassigned Indian scouts and prison guards, amounting to - ..ju,,,.1377 Signal corns Retired officers.. 801 And General United States Army by act of Congress 1 Aggregating officers and men. 24,601 Of this number the force available for war Is made up of the cavalry, artillery and infantry regiments, amounting to 20,661 officers and men, to which shoulabe added eleven general officers and the officers of the general staff serving with them, together with 570 Indian scouts. For convenience of administration, and to fix responsibility, the country is divided into ten Military Departments, each of which is commanded by a Brigadier-General or the senior Colonel serving in the department, especially empowered by the President of the United States. These departments are then grouped into three geographical divisions comnuuded by th* Lieutenant-General and by

of the Major-Generals. There is also the Deportment of West Point, commanded by Maj.Gen. Schofield, which is somewhat exceptional in Its nature, designed to give due importance to the Military Academy, and to vest the commanding General thereof with power to exercise all tfie functions necessary to insure perfect discipline and thorough administration. Each Division and Department Commander has made an annual rejiort, accompanied by similar reports from his several staff officers, but as these latter are very voluminous, I have taken the liberty to segregate for printing only such as are necessary to illustrate the principal points, leaving the original manuscripts on file with the Adjutant-General for reference when needed. The Military Division of the Missouri, LleutGen. Sheridan commanding, embraces the Departments of Dakota, Platte, Missouri and Texas, commanded respectively by Brig.-Gena Terry, Crook, Pope and Ord. The Military Division of the Atlantic. Maj.Gen. Hancock commanding, embraces the Departments of the East, South and Gulf, commanded by himself, by Col. F. H. Rogers, and Brig.-Gen. Augur respectively. The Military Division of the Pacific, Maj.Gen. McDowell commanding, embraces tne Departments es Columbia, California and Arizona, commanded by Brig.-Gen. Howard and Col. A. V. Kautz.

Inviting attention to annual reports of the officers In charge of Military Divisions and Departments, the General, reviewing such reports, geographically and not in Older of rank, says: "Gen. Hancock’s command embraces substantially all country east of the Mississippi bordering the Northern lakes, the At • lantic and gulf coasts, Including the many forts long since built in the interest of commerce. During the past summer he was compelled to abandon most of them to use troops In protecting property against rioters, a full account of which is embraced In his report. Happily these disorders have ceased, and the troops "have been returned to their proper posts, except the Second and Third Regiments of infantry, which liave been detached to the Indian frontier, scr “Gen. Sheridan’s command embraces substantially the vast territory west of the Mississippi to and including the Rocky Mountains from the Canadian line to the Mexican frontier, containing the great majority of the nomadic and hostile Indians of the country, complicated also by troubles always incident to a foreign border North and South. This territory Is divided into four departments, commanded by Gens. Terry, Crook, Pope and Ord. The reports of all these officers arc so full and complete that I can add nothing but compliments to them and their subordinates for courage, skill and cheerful performance of hard duty, which merit substantial recognition at tbe hands of the Government. “ Gen. McDowell’s division embraces 4he States and Territories bordering on the Pacific Ocean. His report, with those of the Departments of Columbia and Arizona, contains all material facts. The Indians of that region have been gradually assembled, by tribes and families, on small reservations wide apart, and by reason of the natural antagonism of the races the troops have been subdivided into small detachments, occupying points near or on those reservations. The settlement of the Pacific States and Territories has been very rapid, and, in consequence, frequent wars, for example, the Rogue River War, in 1854-5; Steptoe’s War, in 1857; Wright’s, in 1858; the Modoc War, in 1871, and the Nez Perces in 1877, beside the interminable conflicts with Apaches and other tribes of Arizona, which we inherited from Mexico and which wo still at this very moment continue.” The report embraces considerable space with reference to the recent war with the Nez Perces, its origin, progress, etc., the details of which, from time to time during Its continuance, bavebeen substantially related la various reports. Gen. Howard’s movements are detailed at considerable length, and Gen. Sherman says: “ I recognize the full measure of the labors, exposure, fatigue and fighting of Gen. Howard and his command, having personally seen much of the route over which he passed, and knowing the great difficulty of procuring food for men and horses in that mountain region. It is simplv Impossible for infantry, or even cavalry, with their single horses, to overtake Indians who drive along a herd, change from a tired horse to one comparatively fresh at pleasure, and knowing the country as these Indians do; ready to hide in the many rocky canyons, ravines and dense woods in which that country abounds, and able, with a small rear guard, to bold at bay any number In pursuit, who, often for miles, must follow trails in single file. Happening to be in Montana at the time, and not wishing to complicate matters by exercising any command except to assist where possible, I gave up my cavalry escort, which I had brought up from Tongue River, and was pleased to learn that it was of material assistance to Gen. Howard, at Camas, on the 20th of August.” Following the details of this War, the General, reaching the surrender of Joseph, says of the fight Immediately preceding it: “The result was complete, viz., the capture of Joseph and the surviving remnant of his brave but dangerous body of Indians. The Indians in this fight lost in killed six of their leading Chiefs anfl twenty-five warriors, with forty-six wounded. Col. Miles reports his loss at two officers and twenty men killed, and four officers and forty-one wounded; the names of all of whom have already been published. Gen. Howard, with a small escort, arrived on the field a short time before the surrender, but did not exercise any command. “Of course Col. Miles and his officers and men are entitled to all honor and praise for their prompt, skillful and successful work; while the others, by their long, toilsome pursuit, are entitled to corresponding credit because they made that success possible. All the troops thus engaged are now en route back to their several posts and stations by various routes. Thus has terminated one of the most extraordinary Indian wars of which there Is any record. The Indians throughout displayed a courage and skill that elicited universal praise. They abstained from scalping, let captive women go free, did not commit indiscriminate murder of peaceful families, which is usual, and fought with almost scientific skill, using advance and rear guards, skirmish and field fortifications. Nevertheless they would not settle down on lands set apart for them, ample for their maintenance, and when commanded by the proper authority they began resistance by murdering persons in no manner connected with their alleged grievances. “With your approval these prisoners are now en route, by the most economical way, to Fort Leavenworth, to be there held as prisoners of war until the spring, when I trust the Indian Bureau will provide them homes in tha Indian Reservation near the Modocs, where, by moderate labor, they can soon be able to support themselves in peace. They should never again be allowed to return to Oregon or to Lapwai."

“That’s the Way Papa Does.”

A friend gave me lately the experi ence of a skillful professional man in about the following words: “ My early practice,” said the doctor, “was successful, and I soon attained an enviable position. I married a lovely girl; two children were bom to us, and my domestic happiness was complete. But I was invited often to social parties,, where wine was freely circulated, and I soon became a slave to its power. Before I was aware of it I was a drunkard. My noble wife never forsook me, never taunted me with a bitter word, never ceased to pray for my reformation. We became wretchedly poor, so that my family were pinched for daily bread. “ One beautiful Sabbath my wife went to church, and left me lying on a lounge, sleeping off my previous night’s debauch. I was aroused by hearing something fall heavily on the floor. I opened my eyes and saw my little boy of six years old tumbling upon the carpet. His older brother said to him: • Now get up and fall again. That’s the way papa does; let’s play we are drunk!’ I watched the child as he personated my beastly movements in a way that would have clone credit to an actor. I arose and left the house, groaning in agony and remorse. I walked off miles into the country, thinking over my abominable sin and the example I was setting before, my children. I solemnly resolved that with God’s help I would quit my cups, and I did. No lecture I ever heard from Mr. Gough moved my soul like the spectacle of my own sweet boys ‘ playing drunk as papa does.’ "—Rev. Dr. Cuyler, in the Evangelist. —A Texas dog which was taken to Missouri, traveled all the way back, and through his wonderful sagacity found his master’s home, having traveled 800 miles.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. —No honest work can disgrace a man, no matter how high he is. —Frowns blight your children as frosty nights blight your plants. —“When pain and anguish wring the brow” —the doctor rings the doorbell. —Keep your secrets inviolate—your pride in your pocket, and your—pickles in vinegar. —■— — t ■■■7--—Humming-birds with breasts Eierced by golden arrows are wojn for at ornaments. —The man who goes up a flight of stairs three steps at a time is the one who gets rich and dies early. —Dressmakers are not essentially illnatured. The best of them, however, are always ready to rip and tear. —During the present fall no less than seven storms have each been reported as “ the worst for twenty-five years.” —The New York Commercial Advertiser says there is too much of one kind of music in this world. The paper refers to chin-music. —Mendacity and mendicity are both miserable occupations. The first is a disreputable convenience, while the latter is distressingly inconvenient. —There is nothing gratuitous in physical nature, no expenditure without equivalent gain, no gain without equivalent expenditure.— Tyndall. —Never mistake adulation for esteem. Faithfully follow this simple recipe, and no matter how badly you may be hit, mortification will never set in. —Porcelain imitations of flowers, with one side slightly crushed, so as to be laid upon marble tables, are very perfect and very fasionable for the boudoir.", —A young lady who has suffered from “ baggage-smashing” has had her trunks covered with flannel this season, having heard that flannel is a good chest protector. —“What is the age of your little boy?” inquired a venerable gentleman of the mother of an impertinent youngster. “ The sauce age, of course,” replied the mother. The sage saw it. —Do what you will with an Indian baby—stand it on its head, throw water in its face, drag it around by one leg, or anything of that kind—it never thinks it has any business to cry.—CTitcago Journal.

—“ Aha! ’tin cold. I’ll wear,” he said, " My overcoat this morning.” His wife turned pale, and then grew red At this, the note of warning. In tears she bent; he, stem and cold, Buspectingly repulsed her " Forgive!” sobbed she; "last June I sold And image-man your Ulster!” —lrate ’Squire: “Hi, you sir! You’re fishing in my river. I demand what you’ve caught” Fisherman: “ Afr right, Gov’ner. I’ve caught a cold, and I’m catching the rheumatics, and you’re jolly welcome to ’em both.”— Funny Folks. - —A little girl who was sent to the pasture to drive home the cow, fell, and was severely scratched and bruised. On returning home, she was asked if she cried when she fell. “Why, no,” she replied. “What would have been the use? There was nobody to hear me ?’ ’. —■ ~~ —An old bachelor was courting a widow, and both had sought the aid of art to give to their fading nair a darker shade. “ That’s going to be an affectionate couple,” sahl a wag. “ How so?” asked a friend. “ Why, don’t you see that they are dyeing for each other already?” —A Cleveland man recently brought suit to recover damages from a clothier who had painted his advertisement in enormous yellow letters on the complainant’s barn. The Court held that there was no intention to injure, and that the complainant was not entitled to damages. —The telephone was brought into use as a reporter in New York on the night of the election, and found to serve admirably for the transmission of returns from the news center to various parts of the city. The figures were carried accurately and with dispatch. The operator received the returns and recorded them in short-hand, at the same time announcing them by telephone to a half-dozen headquarters, where they were bulletined.

—Why fanning does not pay in New Hampshire, says a Nashuan who is fond of wandering about the back districts with his fish-rod, is evident from this specimen conversation with a granger: “ I said to him, * That spotted hog is just like one I saw in the same pen when I was this way seven years ago,’ and he answered, ‘Of course. It’s the same animal.’ I asked him why he had not killed and raised other hogs, and he answered, ‘ Why, bless ye, man, that hog eats all the swill we make, and consequently there ain’t no sense in killin' him an’buyin’ another.’” —The Portsmouth (N. H.) Times relates the following: “ A dealer in certain necessaries of life, who has been long and tenderly caring for a dearlybeloved wife afflicted with a very painful and incurable disease, had occasion to seek the collection of a bill of goods which had been standing some time, of a man who is acting as agent for gravestones. Meeting the individual one day, the proverbially accommodating dealer presented the bill, whereupon the agent put on that thoroughly confidential and patronizing mood for which he is peculiar, ana after various pleas coolly suggested that the bill be allowed to stand a little longer, * at least,’ said he, in substance, * until the decease of your wife, who can’t possibly live long; for then you vail want a grave-stone, which I can furnish, and then we can balance the account.’ ”

Sitting Bull Tells the Story of the Custer Massacre.

New Yobk, Nov. 16. Sitting Buix-has been talking with a correspondent and telling the story of “The Custer Massacre/’ He says: “ The fight was hell. A thousand devils—the squaws—were like flying birds; the bullets like humming-bees. We -toought we were whipped; not at first, but by and by. Afterward no. Your nle were killed. I tell no lies about men. These men who came with Long Hair (Custer) were as good men as ever fought When they rode up their horses were tired and they were tired. When they got off their horses they could not stand firmly on their feet They swayed to and fro, so my young men have told me, like limbs of cypresses in a great wind. Some of them staggered under the weight of their Sms, but they began to fight at once ut by this time our camps were aroused, and there were plenty of warriors to meet them, They fired with needle guns. We replied with magazine guns—repeating rifles,” Sitting Bull illustrated by patting his palms together with the rapidity of a fusilade. “Our young men rained lead across the river and drove the White braves

back, and then rushed across themselves, and then they found that they had a good deal to do. The trouble was with the soldiers. They were so exhausted, and their horses bothered them so much, they could not take good aim. Some of their horses broke away from them, and left them to stand and drop and die. All the men fell back, fighting and dropping. They could not fire fast enough though. They kept in pretty good order. They would fall back across a ceulie and make a fresh stand beyond, on higher ground. There were a great many brave men in that fight, and from time to time, while it was going bn, they were shot down like pigs. They could not help themselves. One of the officers fell where the last fight took place, where the last stand was made. The Long Hair stood like a sheaf of corn with all the ears fallen around him.” “Not wounded?” “No.” “ How many stood by him?” ♦* “ When did he fall?” “He killed a man when he fell. He laughed.” “ You mean he cried out?” “No; he laughed. He had fired his last shot.” “ From a carbine?” “ No; a pistol.” “Did he stand up after he first fell?” “He rose up on his hands and tried another shot, but his pistol would not go oft.” “Was anyone else standing up when he fell down?” “One man was kneeling—that was all; but he died before the Long Hair.” Sitting Bull says there were only squaws, old men and little children in front of Reno, keeping him in his strong position on the bluff and preventing him giving aid to Custer.

A Free Concert in a Signal-Service Office.

The younger sons of “ Old Probs” are conducting a series of experiments with the telephone. They have an instrument attached to the wires of the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company in the American office, ana every evening they hold conversations with the “observers” in Washington. Last night while an animated conversation was going on between the signal-service men in the two cities a strain of music broke in on the dialogue. The familiar “ Sweet by and by” filled the disc of the sounding tube, and when it died away other tunes were heard with less distinctness. Whence came this sweet music? The signal-corps men could not answer. The night Superintendent of the Baltimore office of the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company soon solved the mystery. It seems that the wires of the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company and the wires of the Western Union Company are carried by the same poles from the corner of Baltimore and Calvert streets to the corner of Baltimore and Liberty streets. Prof. Johnson was giving a telephone concert in the Masonic Temple and was using one of the Wegtem Union wires, his musical performers being stationed in the New York office. The vibrations were communicated by inductionto the Atlantic & Pacific wires, attached to the same poles in Batimore street, and were distributed thence to all parts of the country. Of course the music was inaudible except to those who happened to be experimenting with telephones that were attached to the vibrating wire. The signal-corps men, without any intention of playing “dead head,” enjoyed Prof. JohnsQn’s concert without paying any admission fee.— Baltimore American.

Bismarck and Family.

While we sat at dinner in the open air before the inn door, a carriage passed, in which was seated a lady and gentleman. Before we noticed a flutter in the little group about the door and a raising of hats, to which the gentleman in the carriage gracefully responded, we had already recognized Bismarck, so exactly like his photographs is he, though not so heavy looking, the pallor of his face, perhaps, giving an appearance of greater refinement to his massive features than the camera has known how to. Several other carriages followed with members of the family and suite, all on their way to Gastein. We have* since seen them here so often that their faces have grown quite familiar. The Princess von Bismarck is the plainest looking of women, so unlike the traditional idea of a Princess that one involuntarily speaks of her as Mrs. Bismarck; but she has a very sensible face, anxious and worried in its expression, and a dignified, modest bearing. The daughter is a strong, healthy young girl, with no beauty but that of youth and health. They both dress with the greatest possible simplicity; indeed, an entire lack of ostentation seems to be the striking characteristic of the family; their servants do not wear livery. We passed Bismarck himself on the “ Kaiserweg,” a favorite promenade, walking unattended except by a great black dog, and did not recognize him until he stepped up into the wet, grassy bank to let us pass, and lifted his hat in his usually courteous manner. He is a tall, pow-erful-looking man, walking a little lame but wonderfully vigorous for his years —just the physique for the man born to do the mighty work he has—to destroy and create empires.— Gastein Cor. Boston Post.

The New Coachman.

The boy should have known better at his age than to let out family secrets, but he felt grateful to the other boy for the use of his stilts, and he softly remarked: , w “ Father wasn’t home all last night, and he hasn’t come home yet.” “Gone off?” queried the owner of the stilts. “He’s down town somewhere, we expect, and ma says she ain't going to run after him if he don’t come home for a month.” “Didtheyhaveaiuss?” “ Kinder. You see we had to let the coachman go, ’cause its hard times. Yesterday afternoon ma wanted pa to black up and drive her out in style. He kicked at first, but when she got mad he caved in and fixed himself up so you couldn’t tell him from a regular darkey. When he drove around ma called him Peter, and ordered him to back up and go ahead and haw and gee around, and he got up on his ear and drove back to the oarn. Them duds came ofTn him like lightning, and he was so mad that he didn’t stay lohg enough to wash the black off his ears.’ “And what did your mother say?” asked the other. “Nothing. She looked a little sad around the mouth, but she'll fetch him to it if it takes all winter. He might as well come home and begin to learn how to burn cork."—Detroit Free Press.

PERSONAL AND LITERART.

—The father of Charley Ross having expended his fortune—some f 60,000 in search of his lost boy, is at present earning a living as traveling salesman for an Eastern house. —Col. Cockerill, of the Cincinnati Enquirer, remained in Europe too long, and, when he returned, found his place as managing editor of that paper tilled. He has gone over to the St. Ixniis Times. —The Centennial poet. Sidney Lanier, has written an “Oue to Wagner,” of which the St. Louis Republican remark*: “This makes Wagner’s visit to America a certainty. He will come if for no other purpose than to kill Lanier.” j. —Mr. Voorhees, the new Senator from Indiana, has yellow hair and a heavy red moustache and imperial. He has a rosy face and a large body more than six feet high, which nas given him the title of the “ Tall Sycamore of the Wabash.” —Senator Blaine’s daughter Alice, who was shot in the forehead by the accidental discharge of a small pistol recently, will be disfigured for life when the ball is extracted, as it lies between the eyes at the junction of the nose and forehead. —The name of Senator Morton’s family was originally Throckmorton, and their ancestry is traced to the Earl of Throckmorton in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The Senator’s father dropped the first syllable of his surname, and his son followed his example.— N. Y. Evening Post.

—Mr. Charles A. Dana, *of the New York Sun, has a great chicken factory on an island outside of New York, where he annually raises choice lots of fowls for thieves to carry off. The latest depredation was a few nights since, when his whole premium stock of birds was escorted away by some fine fellows of fine tastes, who came and went in a boat. —The assertion that ex-Gov. Coburn, of Maine, is the largest land-owner in the United States is disputed in favor of Wilson Waddingham, of New York, who owns 665,000 acres in one lot on the Canadian River, in New Mexico, and enough more in other parts of the same Territory 7 to make a total of 1,256,000 acres, or more than twice as many as are claimed for Mr. Coburn. —Mr. Conger, the witty Congress man from Michigan, has a love history which is quite remarkable. His present wife was his first love, but they quarreled and each married. Twenty years afterward, he a widower, was in Congress, and she, a widow, sat in the gallery and listened to him speaking. It was the first time they had met since they had their lovers’ quarrel. She sent her card and invited him to call on her, which he promised to do if he might visit her as he used in the days of their youth. Her consent was easily obtained, the old love revived, and they were soon married.— Chicago Tribune.

Monkeys’ Queue-rosity.

Around the monkeys’ cages and the giraffes’ pen in the Aquarium are posted various notices to ladies, warning them hotto~BppYoach me ahimals seize their bonnets; yet the attendants say that it frequently occurs that some lady disregards the notices, and her millinery suffers damages. Yesterday, however, those in the Aquarium were startled by a sudden crash of’broken China from the monkeys’ room, and, hastening thither, were greeted with a remarkable sight. The noise, or so much of it as did not consist of the chattering of the animals, came from the mouth of an almondeyed Oriental gentleman, in a blue blouse and black trousers. He stood with his back to the cage in which the largest monkeys are kept, and, with both his hands to his head, was struggling to tear himself away. He was firmly held, however, by the pigtail, which, firmly attached by Nature to the back of his head at one end, was almost as firmly grasped at the other by as many monkeys as could get hold of it. The one at the tip end nibbled complacently at the neat bow of ribbon that secured the hair, and the others were blaspheming vigorously in their native tongue. Competent authorities declare that it is impossible to swear in the Chinese language. The gentleman who was striving to gain his freedom seemed to realize this. By the expression of his face he appeared to be regretting his lack of early education in foreign languages. He did the best he could, however, with the imperfect language he did know, and the air smelled like the smoke from a pack of fire-crackers. As quickly as they could, from laughter, the attendants opened the cage noor, and, one entering, beat off the monkeys and rescued the gentleman. He shook his fist vindictively at the cage, and hurried away without leaving his card, while the baffled apes made din enough to induce the seals, the hippopotamus and all the birds to join the chorus.— N Y. World.

The Sad Results of Crime.

Could persons who premeditate crime foresee the sad results which are almost certain to follow the infringement of the law's of God and man, they would hesitate ere plunging into the abyss of ruin. Such hesitation would induce reflection, and slumbering conscience would assert its supremacy. Unfortunately, he who lapses from rectitude is seldom the only sufferer; the innocent wife and children, in fact, all the members of his family, feel the degradation more keenly than the man whose evil deeds have placed him within the clutch of the law. Had Wm. C. Gilman reflected ere giving way to temptation—had he foreseen the deplorable consequences of the forgery he was about to commit—a shudder of horror would have caused him to drop the forger’s pen, and, humbly falling on his knees, he would have exclaimed: “ Oh, God, forgive me! My mother taught my youthful lips to utter the Biblical command, * Thou shalt not steal!’ And now, forgetting God’s injunction, my mother’s teaclungs and the duty I owe myself and my relatives, what was I about to do? Disgrace my innocent family, doom myself to a convict’s cell, and by the same wretched deed dethrone the reason of my beloved wife!” Now, when it is too late, Wm. C. Gilman bitterly realizes that, all this has 'come to pass. His children are disgraced, homeless and worse than orphaned; he occupies a convict’s cell, and his wife is the inmate* of a lunatic asylum. Let those "who are tempted pause. Think of the loved ones who may suffer for your crime. Turn aside from the path which leads to disgrace and ruin, and devoutly exclaim, “ God forgive me! What was I about to do? ‘Get thee behind me, Satan!’ Slumbering conscience is at last aroused; I am a man again, and cannot be lured to dith honof. 7 K Weekly.