Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1878 — Page 2

The Rensselaer Union. ~'l.. 1 ’•'■■'■y-- ■ . ' RENBBELAJER, . • INDIANA.

General News Summary.

• , *■ WM WASMDVQTON. Ta*Bo>Mtor of the United Stole* Treasury has decMed that good* manufaetured In bonded manufacturing warehouses mav l*‘ tranaportnd to and exported from other porta than those at which said warehouses are lo rated, provided that the transportation Is done by regularly bonded carriers. PnaamaxT Haras' evening receptions. as annwamred on the 7th, Will be held Jan. 15, Feb, 5 and Feb. M, from eight Uli ten o’clock. Tu Secretory of War, on the 7th, designated Col. John H. King, of the Ninth Infantry, and Lieut-Col. Wm. H. Young, of the Nineteenth Infantry, as the two officers to serve with the ettiaens of Texas appointed by Oov. Hubbard to investigate the KI Paso diaturb- , ancea. Tn Woman’s Suffrage National Convention, in session in Washington on the 9th. adopted a series of resolutions setting forth the duty of the National Government in maintaining the equal lights of all its cttlaens, without regard to sex; the injustice of remtndlng women from a hearing liefore the highest tribunal of the Nation to State legislation; the right of the educated, tax-paying women of the Nation to have precedence over the Chinese wad Indians in reference to Congreaatona) action on their civil and political status; a condemnation of the pro;>osod Sixteenth Amendment, which introduces the nectarlan idea of God into the Constitution; the injustice of taxing the property of widows and spinsters to its full value, while the clergy are largely exempt; that education AotdtTbc made compulsory, and that after 1885 there should l»e an educational qualification to the right o( guf-. ?

THE EAST. Considerable excitement has recently lieen created in fashionable circles at the East by the marriage of Mrs. Annette W. W. Hicks to Mr. Thomas Lord. Mrs. Hicks is the widow of Mr. Thomas Hicks, who left her a large fortune, and has been a prominent figure in society in New York, London and Parts. She is forty-three years old. Mr. I-ord is a wealthyretired merchant, eighty-three years of age. Three of his eons and an old employe have protested against the marriage, claiming that his mind is affected by old age, and that he is not responsible for bis acts. Commissioners were appointed to Inquire Into his sanity. A New York telegram of the (sth says it had lieen stated that the reason why Mrs. Kicks mar ried him was because she was indebted to him in a large amount, one statement placing it at half a million dollars. The debt of New York City is recentlystated to be $117,741,050. That of Boston la ♦43,354,444. Up to the evening of the 7th, fourteen dead bodies had been recovered from the ruins of the building lately demolished by an explosion in Barclay street, New York City. It was believed that the bodies of all the victims had been recovered. Ox the coast of Maine, on the morning of the 7th, the thermometer marked 42 degs. below zero.’ Th* New Jersey Legislature organised, on the Bth, by the election of Geo. C. Ludlow as President of the Senate, and John Egan, Speaker of-the House. The Governor's Message shows the State finances to lie in good condition. Th* report of the Commissioner of Emigration shows the total number of aliens who arrived at the Port of New York last year to have been 54,536. a decrease, compared with the previous year, of 16.729. The Connecticut Legislature met on the 9th. C. 11. Bristow aas elected B;>eaker of the House. Edwin J. Dvnning, a noted Wall-street (New York) broker, failefi, on the 9th, for ‘ about >t,’OCO’,t)&J, for which he had given his notes to banks to secure time loans to merchants and other business men, bis own notes being for call loans. Th* New Hampshire Republican State Convention met at Concord, on the 9th, and nominated B. F. Prescott (present incumbent) for Governor, and David E. Willard for Railroad Commissioner. Resolutions were adoptedreaffirming the Cincinnati platform of 1876, and reiterating the following principles: The full protection of all citizens in the full enjoyment of all their rights; the permanent pacification of the Southern section of the Union: a continuous and steady progress toward specie payments, and the deprecation of all sectional feelings and tendencies; recognizing the paramount duty of President Hayes to render these high and solemn professions actual and living realities, and welcoming and approving “ his patriotic and sincere efforts to keep faith with the people and secure to the whole country the blessings of a just, efficient and honest Republican National Administration;” opposing the attempt to repeal the Resumption act, and disapproving any legislation tending to repudiate the public debt, in whole or in part; denouncing the attempt to make the depreciated silver dollar a legal-tender, and calling on the President to veto any measure which may be adopted by Congress to that' end; condemning as factious and mischievous all attempts to re-o]>en the Presidential controversy, or to question the title of the President to his high office. A BESOLtTiox in opposition to the Blaud Silver bill was passed by the New York Assembly, on the 10th, by a vote of 105 to 17. The Independent Greenback party f NewYork State have prepared a petition Congress asking for the remonetization of silver and the repeal of the Resumption act. Several additional failures were announced in New York, on the 11th, resulting from the previoiis suspension of the firm of E. J. Dunning & Co. Gold closed in New York, on Jan. 11th, at The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, »[email protected]; No. 2 Milwaukee, ♦1.32(§1.33. Oats, Western and State, 35@39y;e. ‘Com, Western Mixed, 55’<@56e. Porte, Mess, ♦12.25. Lard, 48.06. Flour, Good to Choice, [email protected]; Winter Wheat, ♦[email protected]. Cattle, »9,[email protected] for Good to Extra. Sheep, ♦-:.25@«.0U. Hogs, 14.50 ®4.60. Ar East Liberty, Pa., on Jan. 11th, Cattle -brought: Best, ♦5.2-<25.50; Medium, ♦4.75@ 5.00; Common, »[email protected]. Hogs sold— Yorkers, ♦4.15624.20: Philadelphia*. ♦4.3o'a’> 4.45. Sheep brought ♦[email protected] to quality. At Baltimore, Md.. on Jail. "fitinTat tie brought: Best, [email protected]; Medium, Hogs sold at ♦5.75626.25 for Good. Sheep were quoted at ♦4.00626.00 for Good.’

WBST AND BOOTH. -- Th* Ohio Legislature met and organized, on the 7th, the Democratic caucus nominees Ixsfaf sfesW cffieen of the two bouses. Allen O. Myers was elected Clerk of the Sen! ate and James E. Neele,, Speaker of the House; J. A. Norton, Speaker pro tern., and I*. A. Brewer, Clerk. The Governor’s Message states that $5,000 was paid on the State debt during the past year—the funded debt now outstanding being ff1,47»,505; the locatndebtedness aggregates $99,325,.509, and the irreducible debt Is €4,381,404. making the grand aggregate debt of the State $.50,039,478.Tta Thirtieth Annual Convention of the American Dairymen’s Association convenep

at Cleveland, on the Blh, with a large attendance from the different Slates and Canada. Ths Minnesota Legislature convened at OMIL OP the Bth, and organized by electing Republican officer!) In both branches. Charles Gilman was unanimously chosen Speaker of the House. Gbx. John O'Neiu, formerly a prominent Fenian leader, died at Omaha, Neb., on the night of the 7th, of paralysis. HOX. Montgomeht Bi.aih introduced a memorial to Congress In the Maryland House of Delegates, on the Bth, reciting the history of the Electoral Commission which decided the result of the last Preatdential election, claiming that such decision was brought about by an evident Iwrgaln between the friends of Mr. Hayes and certain members of the oppositlon iu Congress, whereby the Electoral vote <n the disputed States was fraudulent!) counted In favor of Mr. Haves for certain political considerations, and praying “that needful legislation may be adopted by Congress to ascertain judicially who was elected President at the recent election, and to give effect to the will of the people?’ The memorial was accompanied by a resolution instructing the Maryland Representative in Congress to favor Ute object of the memorial, which was referred to the Committee on Federal Relations.

The Allegan County (Mich.) Treasurer's safe was blown open, on the night of the 7th, and robtied of between ♦'..!, 000 and ♦3,000. A Bismarck (D. T.) dispatch of the 7th states that “ Liver-Eating” Johnson, the horror of strolling Indians in the Upper Missouri River countn'. ii;aß reported killed. He once ate the liver of an Indian he had killed, in r<c venge, and hence his title. His pastime was killing Indians, and he is credited with ablissly roll, longer than any other man who lived on the frontier. The Wisconsin Legislature organized, on the 9th. The Republican caucus nominees were elected as officers of the Senate, A. J. Turner being chosen Chief Clerk and A. J. Brlgten, Sergeaht-at-Arnis. Tn the House, tlio’ Democrats and Greenbacker* united and elected A. R. Barrows (Greenbacker) as Speaker, over Kelly (Rep.), the vote being 54 to 4T. .L Krthmtcr(Bcm.) waselcctedTJhtef Ch-rk,ami Auto Klsue (Dem.), Sergeant-at-Arms.

A t si.i. has teen Issued for a National Convention of the National party, to lie held at Toledo. Ohio, on the 22d of February. Among the names appended to the call are those of Wendell Phillips, Peter Cooper, Alexander Campbell, Blanton Buncan and Moses W. Field. The Convention is called to take action on the financial question, and is to be composed of one delegate from each Congressional District and two from each State-at-large. On the evening of the lOtli, the Democratic members of the Ohio Legislature nominated Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton as the successor of Senator Stanley Matthews, he receiving fiftyone votes, to nineteen for Ewing, sixteen for Morgan and six for other candidates, on the final ballot. In Chicago, on Jan. 11th, Spring Wheat No. 2 closed at cash. Cash „<orn closed at 42‘jc for No. 2. Cash oats No. 2 sold at 243-4 c; and seller February. Rye No. 2, 56J a c. Barley No. 2, 566256'40. Cash Mess Pork closed at ♦10.65. Lard, ♦7.22;f. ‘Beeves—Extra brought. ♦5.15625.40; Choice, ♦4.50@5.!<0; Good, ♦4.0060.40; Medium Grades, ♦3.50(63.85; Butchers’ Stock, ♦2.50623.25; Stock Cattle, etc., Hogs brought ♦4.00624.20 for Good to Choice. Sheep sold at ♦3.00624.30 for Poor to Choice.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Official information was received at St. Petersburg, on the 6th, that three days before the Russians had occupied Sophia; after a brief skirmish, in which they lost only twentyfour men. About 7,000 sick and wounded Turks were taken prisoners. A desperate engagement was recently fought near Bogrov between *Gen. Gourko’s troops and a Turkish detachment, in which the latter were defeated, with a lodbof 1,000 killed and wounded. The Russian loss was 200. An Erzeroum telegram of the 6th says a Russian force sent to Ilidja to destroy the telegraph lines had bren badly- cut up. - The Russian force under fjeru bandervtlle, which supported Gen. Gourko in his movement across the Balkans, had fifty-three men frozen to death and 820 frost-bitten in a single night. , The Turks are reported to have abandoned their position at Schipka Pass. London telegrams of the 7th say that France hail sent an energetic protest against any action by Great Britain, looking toward the occupation of Egypt. The war fever had sensibly abated. — ——— The Russian line of communication, heretoforelmpaired by the destruction of the Danub'.ati bridges, has been restored by the freezing of that stream. Joseph Anderson & Son, of London, extensive dealers in Canadian produce, have failed for ♦1,000,600. According to a Bogot telegram of the Bth, the Russians had captured the Turkish Towns of Slatitza and Petrichevo. Baker Pasha, the hero of the British railway scandal, has been promoted to a Lieuten-ant-Generalship in the Turkish Army. Despite the pressure from the Sultan, the Turkish Parliament have been assailing the Government with great bitterness. They declare they will pay no heed to threat* of dissolution. RASPAHs.tlte'French, Comraunfet-aud cheinist, is dead. (- Pera dispatches of the Bth say that the Porte had been advised by the British Minister to sit once open negotiations with Russia with aortew' of re-establishing peaceful VffllfffWTS: A strong disposition was evinced to accept the adviee. — L - A Constantinople dispatch of the Sth says that Eyoub Pasha had lately defeated the Servians and reoccupied the Town of Kurschuinej, from which they had been dislodged. The Servians were driven over the frontier, aud suffered heavy losses. Six of their military stations Were burned. According to Constantinople telegrams of the9th, the Turkish Commanders in the field had been ordered to conclude an armistice with the Russian Commanders. The existence of the ariniMice »*» fixed at six its the maintenance of existing positions by botli armies. Negotiations for peace were to begin as sooii' as the armistice came into operation. ThE Russians have captured tlie Turkish fortifications in Trajan Pass. A terrible outbreak of spotted typhus lias occurred in Frateshti, originating among the Turkish prisoners. It was whispered, on the -Wh, that thei disease was really the Hague. . Victor Emmaxvel, King of Italy, died at

his death he is said to have- become reconciled to the Pope, and to have received extreme unction and the Papal benediction, at the hands of the Chaplain of His Holiness. Prince Humbert, his son, was proclaimed King of Italy, and acceded to the throne, continuing the present Ministry in office. ■ He also issued an address to the people announcing the death of~Vlctnr~Eminkii uel and his owu sicn. A*. A London telegram of the 10th says the Cretan revolution lias assumed large tions. There was great excitement also throughout Greece, and revolutionary risings were expected in Thessaly and Epirus. The Turks have recently defeated the Montenegrins at Bpuz and Maiissouri and driven them to Yeuihot.

’ Suleiman Pasha has been relieved of bls command and ordered to return to Constantinopto. . ' /:

On the 10th, M. Grevy was re-elected Preri dent of the French Chamlier of Deputies, and Duke, d’Audiffret-Paaqnlcr, President of the Be.nate. , A Rt'SkriX official dispatch of the ftHh announces the capture of that portion of Schipka Pass heretofore iu the hands of the Turks. The whole Turkish Army defending the Paas, consisting of 16,060 infantry, ten batteries and a regiment of cavalry, were taken prisoners. A Constantinople telegram of the same date says this was considered a worse misfortune than the surrender of Osman Pasha at Plevna, since it neceasltated tin- entirealmndoninent of the Balkans as a line of defense. It was feared that Suleiman Paslm's Army would lie captured before it could reach Adrianople. According to Berlin dispatches of the Hili, Russia was negotiating with the Baltic Powers to prohibit the war vessels of non-Baltlc Powers from entering that sea. . After a fight, lasting two days, NI sell surrendered to the Servians, on the morning of the 11th. The latter secured 8,000 prisoners, 12,000 rifles and 90 cannon. Antivaki hue surrendered to the Montenegrins unconditionally, and, on the 11th, the army of the latter was marching upon Scutari. A man committed suicide in London, on the 11th, by leaping from the Whis|>eriiig Gallery In St. Paul's Cathedral.

FOHTY-FIFTH CONGRESa. Congress reassembled, on the 10th. ... In the Senate bi) Is were introduced—to regulate Chinese immigration; to admit women, duly qualified, to pract'ce before the Snpreme Court of the United States; to improve the navigation of the Mississippi Hiver .TrA joint resolution wns submitted antireferred proposing an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting States from nuikiim appropriations for sectarian purposes ■ ■ Mr. Sargent presented a preamble and resolution in favor of n sewion or the Senate, on the 12th, at which representative women of the country who favor a Constitutional amendment securing to women the right of suffrage,-might be heart! in Iwhaif of such cause. After deiiate. the resolution was rejected —veaa. 13: nays, 31. The Matthews resolution declaring the right of the Government to pay the principal and interest of bouda iu silver coin was 1 urther diimid.ered. ■. • Adjourned to the 14th.

In the House, Mr. Wood's resolution directing investigations into the management of the several Departments of the Government was considered in Committee of the Whole, and, after considerable debate, was amended so as to provide that when any committee desired special power and authority, for any investigation, it should present, in writing, the names of the officer or officers cliarged with improper or unlawful conduct, and specify the nature of tbe charge proisied to De investigated. The resolution, as amended, was then agreed to in cmnmittee... • Bills were introduced -to prohibit the employment of Chinese or Mongolians on any public works of the United States; to prevent the naturalization of Chinese or Mongolians; to punish and prevent the practice of polygamy in the Territories; for the coinage or five-cent silver pieces and the discontinuance of five-cent nickel er copper coins. Senate not in session on the 11th. 1 In the House, bills were introduced and referred—to promote deposits of savings and refunding of the National debt; to give construction to the act for the resumption of specie payments; authorizing the Becretary of the Treasury to issue coupon bonds of tbe denominations of 415. 425, 456 and 4100 for tbe investment of savings .. The previous question was moved and rejected—lo 9to 111—on the Wood Investigation resolution as amended the previous day iu Committee ot the Whole, and the original resolution was snlisequently adopted without amendment-111 to 167 ...A resolution was offered and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, asking the President to communicate his reasons for refusing to recognize the present Government of Mexico under Gen. Diaz, with such orders, correspondence and other dis-u----mentaas relate to the subject... .Adjourned to the 14th.

Death of Victor Emmanuel.

Victor Emmanuel, late King of Italy, and formerly King of Sardinia, was born at Turin March 14, 1820, and early entered political life. After distinguishing himself in the war of 1848, he was made King of Sardinia in 1849. He reorganized the Cabinet, making the distinguished statesman, Cavour, his chief adviser. He became a party to the Anglo-French alliance against Russia in 1855 that he might advance Sardinia as a political power. The result was as he anticipated, and important events followed in quick succession. In 1859, with France as an ally, he took the field against Austria in the war for Italian independence. The King was a good soldier, and Cavour was a master in diplomacy; and while the King won distinguished honors at Palestro, Magenta and Solferino, the Minister took good care that the results of good fighting should not be lost. N apoleon 111. made the peace of Villa Franca to suit himself, holding out to the Italians the promise of an Italian confederation under the honorary Presidency of the Pope. The stipulations dictated by Napoleon caused great discontent in Italy, and m any of the States transferred their allegiance I to the King of Sardinia. In May, 1860, | GaribaTdf assumed the leadership of the insurrectionists in Sicily, and, supported by Victor Emmanuel’s army and navy, secured a triumph that virtually settled the question of Italian unity. ■ The first Italian Parliament assembled at Turin, Feb. 13, 1861. Eight days later the DeputicWecreed to Victor Emmanuel the title King of Italy. The decree was officially promulgated March 17, 1861, was recognized by England March 30 and by France June 15. In 1866 the King entered into the alliance with Prussia that ended, after the wax hetween Prussia and Austria, in Austria ceding Venetia to Italy. Taking advantage of the Franco-Prussian War, in 1870, Victor Emmanuel took possession of Rome, and in December of that year Rome was declared the capital of Italy. In May, 1871, the Italian Parliament, sitting'at Florence, passed the bill of the Papal guarantees which regulated the relations of Church and State. The first Italian Parliament held in Rome was opened by the King, Nov. 27, 1861. Since that date Victor Emmanuel had devoted himself to perfecting the unity of the Kingdom, avoiding complications with the Church without making any concessions, and avoiding complications with other European States, while raising the position of Italy as a political power. The King’s oldest daughter, Clotilde, was married to Prince Napoleon Jerome Bonaparte, in 1859. His second daughter is the present Queen of Portugal. His second son, Amadeus, was for three years King of Spain. Prince Humbert, or Umberto, the successor to the throne, is now thirty-four years of age. He was with his father through the war for Italian independence in 1859, and is supposed to be thoroughly in love with the principles that made his father so SC a favorite in Italy— Chicago Inter,n.

Here is a Baltimore tramp's tale: “ At-Perryville I went to a house With a brick in my hand, and asked the . lady if she would please be so kind as to put some butter on it. The request excited her curiosity, and she asked: * Why do you want to put butter on a brick?’ I told her I was going to eat it. ‘ Surely, she satd, • you. are not so hungry’ as to eat a buttered brick? Come into the house and I will give you 15337 T bagged a square meal, for which I { had set so slick a trap. In , the western section of the State 1 asked ■ for something to ea| at a house and I was refused. I then pegged for A looks : ing-glass, which aroused Curiosity* to , know what I would do with the mirror. 1 replied, * I want to see myself starving to death.’ Then they gave-jne h'hat I wanted.” , - ' ■ ' i

MISCELLW.OI S ITEMS. —A sweet thing in combe- Honey. —A spanking team -A pair of young mothers. —Tallow one for oleo-margarine. This country turns out 250,000 pounds a year. <* —The Raleigh (N. C.) Observer is inclined to favor biennial sessions of Congress. —How should loveoome to the door? Certainly with a ring, but not without —“ Who loves a rainy day?” asks a literary journal. We know; a milkman. Ask us a hard owt.—Hawk-Eye. —■The way w nee how to qet rich, is lo follow the Htyle in vogue, wnirh is I’eciil ite with propriety. Tillyou are Ixninceii from society— There » where the only real hitch is. —Rev. Roliert Qollyer advises that two cords of wood amt a saw lie kept in the back-yard as a sort of judgment-day for the tramps. —Samuel Graff, of Newton, was assaulted on the highway the other night, and suspicion points to a foe-to-Graff. Worcester Prcst. —The Massachusetts women pay taxes on fl 31,000,000 worth of property. Hence these tears on not being allowed to vote. — c raph ic. —“Just keeping it lighted for another boy,” is the latest juvehile invention when a mother suddenly comes upon her little boy with a cigar in his mouth. —A lady doesn’t want mud to stain her dress. And, judging from tire way she carries • her handkerchief, she doesn’t want that to stay in lier pocket. —Exchange. —Stune vile traduoer says that for a month before marriage and a month after death men regard their wives as angels. Of the remaining time lie has

nothing to say. —Coialial but Equivocal. “Look, Cissy, here is the dear doctor coming. What a fat orite he is! See, even the little ehiekens run to meet him.” Cissy—•“ Yes, ma: and the little ducks cry, ‘Quack! quack!’” —Said an excessively fleshy woman: “ I can scarcely make, a remark liut that my husband is always ready to lake me up.” “ Madam,” replied a printer, “your husband is always ready, then, for a fat take.” —“Don’t touch this,” said Mrs. Gobble, as she laid before her husband a specimen of her Christmas baking; “ it’s only a sample.” “My dear, ’ replied Gobble, as he gobbled it down, “ in future it will be an ex-(s)ample to you.” —“ O that I were the Balkan Mountains!” sighed he. “Thatis, indeed, a remarkable wish,” replied some one; “and why, pray, would you be anything so impracticable?” “Because,” replied the dead-head, “if I were the Balkan Mountains, you see, I could have nine passe# ” —-The color of a girl’s hair is regulated by the size of her father’s pocketbook. If the latter be plethoric, the girl's tresses are golden or auburn. If the old man’s wiulet is lean, we hear the daughter spoken of as only “ that red-hcaded gall.” You never saw a rich girl with red hair.— NL Journal. —Some women love and praise their husbands. Said a Louisville wife the other day in a frank,"honest way: “ My husband is a smart man, yes he is. 1 never saw a smarter. Why, he has got it fixed so that I q#n go to any store in town and run in debt as much as I please, and they can’t touch a thing. But, of course, 1 wouldn’t.” —“ I'm out of work and have no food,” Hpoke up the tramping cheat; "“ I'll give yoii both.” the man replied, “ So sit you down and eat; Then unto y onder wood-pile go. Where toll till I return, . Aad. feel how pzoud a thing it is - A saddened look came o’er the tramp; He seemed like one bereft; He stowed away the victuals cold; He—saw the wood and left! —Lewiston (Me.) Journal. —A Brooklyn bride’s back-hair fell down, and fell off, during the ceremony in church, the other evening. There was an instant pause, but nobody vVas brave enough to stoop down and pick up the mass of blonde stuff ami hairpins.—The bride left the church leaning heavily on her husband’s arm. Her face was very red, and a sprout of hair (possibly eleven hairs in all) stuck out at The back of her head, tied with a bit" of shoestring. —The Toronto Leader, somehow, doesn’t seem to appreciate this country. Says that organ of an effete system: “ tor snobbery, pure and simple, commend us to republicans of the type to be found across the lines. Though professing to despise monnarchy and all its traditions, they dearly love a Lord, and will do the lickspittle in his presence after a fashion that puts to shame the veriest tuft-hunter at home. Failing the possession of a native aristocracy, their god is Money, and before the possessor of a million or two -of dollars they will bow dou'n and do worship of the most humiliating sort.” —lt was in church, and the brighteyed, restless little cherub would stand up on the seat and spill the hymn-books and keep up an incipient racket, while its mother frowned threateningly in tbe interest.of good order. Cherub committed s6me particularly flagrant outrage, when the scandalized mother suddenly pointed a threatening fore-finger at it', affer tbe manner of a long-suffer-ing mother under such circumstances, and tbe cherub, after the manner of cherubs under such circumstances, just opened its mouth, took that baleful finger in, and shut down on it with a pressure that made that' mother groan out in the wrong place, “Oh! Ouch! Have mercy on us!”

Terrible Death in a Mine.

Michael Comerford, a Virgima (Nev?) miner, met a terrible death a few days ago by falling into the hot water below- the shaft of the Hale & Norcross mine. He was missed about half-past two o’clock, and search was made for him along the incline below the 1,900 level. At a point forty-five feet above the 2,000 level a mark was found on one of the rollers on which the pumprod moves, which indicated that his foot had slipped there. J.ust below were mtfrks where his hands had grasped'Hie slimy sides of the rack and slipped away again. The marks of his struggles were traced dpwn to the water below the 2,000 level. Here a timber was found protruding from the hands. As the miners held their lanterns over this cauldron of hot water, death which had overtaken their comrade. The body was not in sight, and the surface of the pool was .^till,. except where the gases broke in bubbles, and the water, heated at 152 degrees Fah renheit, sent up continual volumes of steam. Afterit became certain that Comerford must have fallen into l the water, a long iron rod, with a hook at

the end, was procured and the pool exEiored for the body. After considerale work the rod (truck against something movable about twelve or fifteen feet below the surface. . The hook caught and it was slowly drawn up. The miners bent breathless over the spot, and as the body came above the surface they were horrified at the ghastly spectacle which the swollen andoooked corpse presented. The body was almost double its natural size, being jnified up with the intense heat, ana n many places the . skin of the face and chest, which was as white as snow, had burst open. A bruise in the farehead showed that the unfortunate miner had struck something in his fall and was doubtless stunned. The body was wrapped up in a piece of canvas, and then strapped to a board and placed upon tne case, where it was held upright by three or four of the miners ana slowly hoisted to the surface, and the brother of the deceased, who works in the Savage mine, and who had been sent for, met the remains at live mouth of the shaft, and was nearly crazed with grief.— Hryvnia CWy (Nev.) Chronicle.

What is an Engagement ?

The Boston Courier, in discussing what constitutes an engagement, says: What really constitutes a sacred obligation in these matters, and how far a gentleman should consider himself bound, is too nice a subject to be briefly expressed. But a matrimonial engagement docs not consist of any of Hie civilities and courtesies of life which a gentleman may extend to a lady. It is not unfrequently the case, however, that these are mistaken for declarations, and the announcement is made at once that such persons are engaged. Such is the imprudence of friends, and frequently of the lady herself, that the common politeness and attention which are'ever due between the sexes are construed into proposals for matrimo,ny. aid. a..man. hears.thfljeport of Jhia. engagement, while, as yet, not even a dream of the thing has passed through his mind. If a man escort a lady to the theater, if he walk with her in the streets, if lie occasionally visit her for the sake of her good society, the report is not infrequently set on foot by some indiscreet friend that the parties are engaged. Neither does an engagement consist of any politeness or social intercourse which a lady may extend to a gentleman. There are young gentlemen, however, of such consummate vanity as to suppose that such treatment is nothing less than the strongest intimation of personal attachment. If a lady so much as look at them, they fancy that it must be a love affair. A smile, a compliment, a social interview, is set down by such conceited small souls as the most unequivocal declaration of love. They tell of the conquest they have made with an air of triumph, and never know their mistake till they learn it in that reserve and neglect which their conduct so richly deserves. Neither does an engagement consist in any of those preliminary steps which are so important, in order to a just estimate of the character and qualifications of the person with whom you would be united for Many persons, however, imagine that every sueh step is a step of committal. While the individual is only forming that wise estimate, and making those judicious investigations which every one is bound to make in this affair by a regard to his own happiness and that of others, he is considered as fairly committed without the possibility of honorable retreat. But this is all wrong, whether it be the sentiment of individuals, or public sentiment. Without such investigation a man might as well commit his interest in this matter to a lady w hom he never beheld. He might as well be betrothed, as heathen children by their parents, without his consent or knowledge. He might as well blindfold himself, and rush into a crowd of females and select a companion at random. Parents must suppose their daughters little less than angels, if they expect to betroth them in this manner. And if young ladies are so superficial in character and accomplishments as not to admit of sueh honorable and wise scrutiny, they had bettergive up the ideaor marriage life, and become nuns at once. Neither does an engagement consist in the most unqualified declaration of love on the part of either the gentleman or the lady. This may all be, yet no obligations are assumed —no contract is formed. And yet there are those who suppose that such declarations of attachment impose an obligation on their friend which cannot be resisted or violated. It is true such a disclosure on the part of the gentleman imposes certain duties on the part of the female. If her circumstances are such as to render an engagement impossible, she is bound by every principle to acquaint him immediately with the fact, and keep the transaction a secret. If her circumstances are such as to render it proper for her to enter into a matrimonial engagement, it is proper then that she make his proposal a matter of immediate ah<T serious consideration. If she is satisfied with his character, and entertains the requisite amount of affection to make their union happy, she has nothing left but to make known to him her acceptance </f his proposal. But if, after due consideration, and inquiry, and deliberation, she is conducted to a contrary conclusion, she should lose no time in informing him of the fact, in a way least likely to wound his sensibilities or mortify his pride. She will consider it, too, both a dictate of modesty and prudence and honor to disclose the circumstance to no living being. Therfe are many men

who make-a point of paying particular attentions indiscriminately to several ladies, and when then - marked observances have exposed them to misrepresentation and calumny, wonder how such could be the result, not meaning any harm, and only intending to amuse themselves. There are people whose minds are so strangely constituted that they take no pleasure but in .mischief, and delight in torturing the feelings of a husband or father by singling out their female connections' as the object of their public homage, and who care not about the misconstruction to which they subject their helpless victim, provided they can gratify their whims and malevolence. From whatever cause it proceeds, the effects are the same, and the person who exposes a woman to unmerited obloquy is as contemptible as he is depraved and foolish. The character of a female coquette is sufficiently odious and repulsive, but when the gentlemen think proper to imitate the weaknesses and vices of - the ladies, they become altogether disgusting.

A physiologist estimates that there are 2,400 disorders to which the human frame is liable, and there are plenty of people who believedhey have everyone of them '

PERSONAL AND LITERART.

--Mr. Bryant frequently speaks in a carressing manner of that young man Whittier,— Rochester Chronicle. —The Chicago Tribune has come to the conclusion that the spelling' of the English language in this country has become perfectly lawless. —Frazer's Magazine acknowledges that Londoners say cawn for corn, pawk for pork, laud for lard, witch for which and weal for wheel. ~ —Manton Marble is living happily in New York, devoting his time mainly to studies in political economy. He says he is glad to got out of journalism, and will never return to It.

—Mr. Redfield says that no man living Is able to write at the rate of a column an hour—the rate prescribed by Mr. Forbes as necessary for a successful war correspondent. —John B. Gough states that in thir-ty-five years he has delivered 7,0,00 speeches, but never faced an audience yet without wishing to go the otherway. He never approaches an audience without feeling a shaking of (the knees and a dryness of the lips. —Mr. Lawrence Barrett says, in the Galaxy, concerning Charlotte Cushman, that to those who were permitted to know her well, there was a sweetness, a gentleness, a soft womanliness about her which the world never suspected, Which, judged her only by her public performances. —The expenses of Stanley's great African journeys, just concluded, have been about $115,000, borne equally by the New York Herald and London Telegraph—more than anj- previous African expedition, private or governmental, and giving, for that matter, more complete and important results than any OthOT." ■■

-Blind Tom, though bis name is Thomas Greene Bethune, never parts it in the middle. So here is one black man whois not a servile imitator of the whites. It would be very easy for Thomas to call himself “T. Greene Bethune,” and even to prefix the trademark of genius, “Prof.,” but he refrains. — Exchange. —This story about the Hon. E. M. Stoughton is from the Arcadian: He was recently introduced to a prominent gentleman of the West, interested in pork-packing, very stout and very wealthy. Said the latter gentleman : “Delighted to meet you, Mr. Stoughton. I have seen you name in print, often enough. I use your bitters myself.” —George Barnard was a highly-re-spected school teacher in Litchfield, Conn. The other day he gave himself up to the police and - confessed that he bad ruined his two. Aunts by forged orders upon savings banks. He had the entire confidence of these two women, who had given him his education. He was sentenced to four years in the Penitentiary. —Mrs. Zelda Seguin, talking the other day of Madame Parepa and her husband, said that at one rehearsal the great prima donna, came in late, and Rosa, who is a strict director, stopped the singers and said: “Euphrosyne, this is a very bad example for you to set the gentlemen and ladies of the company. You must not do that again.” And Parepa obeyed. —The Boston Herald publishes a Springfield letter, which says that, in the event of Mr. Bowles’ death, the editorial control of the Republican will pass into the keeping of three young men, now employed on the staff. The property will still be owned by the Bowles faipily, and Samuel Bowles, Jr:, will be the publisher, but the young editors will have a share of the profits.

An American Dish.

An amusingstory is told, of which it is averred that no less a personage than the late George Peabody, the celebrated American banker, was the hero. It appears that Mr. Peabody had invited three Englishmen to meet two Americans at dinner, and on this occasion, having received as a gift ten ears of green corn, determined to renew the recollections of his youth, astonish his English and please his American guests by having it served up in the wellknown American style. Accordingly, at a proper time, plates of butter and salt were placed before each guest, and the banker, with something of an air of mystery, announced that he was now about to treat his guests to a well-known and delicious American dish of food, cooked in the American manner. It would be no novelty to his American guests, but the Englishmen must watch now it was disposed of by them, and follow their example and manner in disposing of it. Then, at a signal, entered a stately butler bearing a large covered dish, which he deposited solemnly before Mr. Peabody. In a moment more, in obedience to the banker’s nod, he whisked off the cover, and there before the astonished guests, was displayed a pile of ten noiled corncobs’ The banker gazed for an in mute, horror and dismay, and then foundvoice to demand an’ explanation, which was finally reached when the cook was summoned—a fellow who had never before seen an car of Indian corn in his life. He replied that he had followed his master’s directions to “strip off all the outside before boiling, which he had done most faithfully, not only the husks, as was intended, but kernels also, so that the banker had only what is, in America, the plate evidence of the feast to indicate what were his good intentions to his guests.— Philadelphia Herald.

Revision of English Spelling.

At the annual meeting of the AmericaivTldlological Society, held, recently, at the Cooper Union, the Rev. D. PT Lindsley gave an address on the present aspect of the spelling reform, of which the following is an abstract: The speaker assumed that such a reform was in progress, and needed no longer ally defense. The need of some amendment of the irregularities of our spelling is generally conceded. These .irregularities are in the way of the edu--cation of—our—youth. Theyroboffr' children of three or four years of the best part of their life, hinder the education of the illiterate classes and impose an unnecessary burden upon all. They embarrass missionary operations, and hinder the spread of the English language throughout the world. The most learned linguists both of England and America are now in favor of reform. The only questions are, is a reform feasible, and if so, in what way can it be best brought about? Both questions may be resolved into one, for it is feasible if properly tajtempted, though confessedly impracticable on the ohl phonetic theory of the last generation. Any change must be for a time inconvenient, but flie pressing necessity of the reform outweighs the transient inconveniences of the transition period.

The reform, he said, must be gradual. No perfected scheme can be introduced, for the old spelling and the new must be used side by side, for at least a generation, and they nurst be near enough together to be intelligible to all. The young must be able to read the old books, and the old must find the new literature readable without special study. The principal schemes of revision that have been offered were then classified and discussed at length—the new letter and digraphic schemes being I hose most prominent. These,. though attempting the work in a diffierdfil Way, both contain excellent features and can be merged into one practical system .of spelling, upon which all could unite. We need not be afraid of conflicting views. All the theories put forth are useful, as they tend to throw light upon the questions involved. The labors of all are needed, and all can work together, no matter what special theories they may have on the subject. The plan of revision, however, which is the most practical, is that followed by the revisers of our translation of the Bible. As they make the present translation the basis, and correct its errors, so we must make our present orthography tjhe basis, and amend and improve it, instead of endeavoring to make a new orthography.— N. Y. Observer.

A Small Specimen of Humanity.

Master Franky Flynn, of Norwich, N. Y., is probably the smallest specimen of a boy ever known. He is four and a half years old, and is thus described by the correspondent of' the Utica Observer: “We went to see him, expecting a Tom Thumb or Commodore Nutt to walk in before us. Imagine our surprise when his grandmother brought him in as one would a goodsized cat. He is not as Jarge as one of Tom Thun£ In Tom Thumb’s carriage w “-t)uld look as lonesome as an ora ,i.i-y man in a circus band-wagon. To sit upon one of Tom Thumb’s easy-chairs would .be to him what it is to the ordinary boy to perch upon a gate-post when the spring comes. He is smaller than any one can conceive who has not actually seen him. Yesterday he had on two pairs of stockings, and even then tbe small-est-sized baby shoes were too large for hfm. His wrist is the size of ah ordinary man’s thumb, his ankle but a slight increase. He was dressed in a full suit, like a man. He stands twen-ty-three inches in his shoes, and weighs, clothes and all, twelve pounds. That is the most he ever weighed in his life. Still, he is a lively, sprightly boy, very active, climbing into chairs and getting down; walks around with his hands behind him, ‘like his grandpa,’ and talks and laughs, and is as cute as any boy of his years. He is no larger than he was when one year old.”

A Boy’s Composition.

Ma is my mother; I am her son. Ma’s name is Mrs. Shrimp, and Mr. Shrimp is her husband. Pa is my father. My name is John George Washington Shrimp. Therefore, pa’s name is Shrimp, and so is ma’s. My ma has a ma. She is my grandma. She is mother-in-law to pa. My pa says mother-in-laws ought to be vetoed. I like grandma better than pa does. She brings -me ten-cent stamps and bolivars. She don’t bring any to pa. Maybe that’s why he don’t like her. Aunt Jerusha is my aunt. When pa was a little boy she was his sister. I like little sisters. Dicky Mopps has a little sister. Her name is Rose. I take her out riding on my sled. Aunt Jerusha don’t like her. She calls her “ that Mppps girl.” I think Aunt Jerusha ought to be ashamed of herself. Aunt Jerusha lives with us. Sometimes I fhintrma would rather have her live with somebody else. I asked Aunt Jerusha once why she didn’t marry somebody and set up for herself. She said that many a man wanted to marry her, but thpt while poor Susan Jane was in sueh a state of health she couldn’t think of leaving! “Beside,” sjiesaid, “ what would your papa?” Aunt Jerusha has a state of health, too. On washing day she has a headach’e, and does her head up in brown paper and vinegar; and I have to make toast at the kitenen fire. I make some for myself, too. .- — Aunt Jerusha says thatnobody knows what she has done for that boy. That boy’s me again. I told pa what she said. Pa said it was just so. Nobody did know. Ma said Aunt Jerusha means well, and that she is pa’s dear sister. I don’t see why that’s any reason she should always scold me when I eat cabbage with a knife.

Hangings in 1877.

The hangman’s record for the past year shows that eighty-three murderers were hanged in the United States. Of this number, forty-seven were white, tlrtrty-four colored^one Indian aijd one Chinaman; four were hanged Tor outrageous assaults, one for burglary, eight for wife-murder, one for silicide and one for fratricide. There were three double executions, one triple, two quadruple, and one in which six men were hanged. Not a single woman was hanged; the only one sentenced to death, Mrs. Louisa Lawsar, of Virginia, had her sentence commuted to imprisonment for life by the Governor. Friday still maintains its reputation in the black list as the favorite day on which to enforce the death penalty, more murderers having been hanged on that day-than on all the others of the week combined. Forty-seven murderers were hanged on Friday, seventeen on Thursday, eight on Saturday, six on Monday, three on Tuesday and two on Wednesday. There were live executions in January, live in February, six in March, six in April, ten in May, fifteen in June, eleven in July, one in August, five in September, none in October, nine in November and ten in December. Pennsylvania stands first in the list of the States for the greatest number of executions during the past year, South Carolina being second. The executions were distributed among twenty-five States as follows: Pennsylvania, sixteen; South Carolina, twelve; North Carolina and California, five each; Missouri, Maryland, Georgia and Virginia, four each; New York, Louisiana, Arkansas, Nevada and Tennessee, three each; Mississippi and Ohio, two each; New Jersey, New Hampshire, Delaware, Alabama, Kentucky, Texas, Utah, Dakota, Oregon and Wyoming, one each. —Springfield (Maas.) Republican.

, Between Jan. 1 and Nov. 1 there arrived at Ndw York 71,576 immigrants in 1876, and only 50,035 in 1877, a falling off this year of 21,541.

“Men should be careful lest they cause women.to weep, for God counts their tedrs,” says the Talmud.