Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1878 — Page 2

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General News Summary.

■mwaUrnUti Talbot (Rep.) he. » majority Of Butler (National) lor lUMtt<|Htar. The latter carried the City ol Beaten by ebent 4,000 majority All thr RqffiMkm* raalttritolns for Oooxreea an '|nfcthft*lliiia District. Aim* hw The two Congressional Dto tlhnljl RiijiehlV e ■ lij about the average meJ9lv Tin# TitutiUtimi ltifelj Republican, candidate for Judge of the OHBt Of Appoato ill util The Republican! cMMi twenty-two of tki thirty-three Conan sms is, a gain of ire. In the City of New York the Anti-Tammany and Republican Statist, hunflbi by Oeoper for Mayor, wa* elect ed by a majority es mr M.OOO. . (ftfratofifoil liflirm- Republican. No ihioHon of Governor by the people. The Kepffijpjmas elect three Oougreeamw)—a gain of JRu Array Republicans probably elect five ■Wt (be seven Congressmen—a gain of two. (foment—Tbs apedal election In the Third Cougreeeiooal District resulted in the election of Bradley Bartow (Greenbacker). Nem aiwpihn Hgiilature Republican. Tha Rapubhcaas claimed the throe Coortom■—u a ffriari one. Head (Rep.) probably Mated Governor by a email majority over irtemi fill Democratic candidates bettered to be elected. Vote light and election Alabama—Meager returns. All Democratic oandMateelor Oongreaa elected, except in the Eighth District, where Lowe (Indu) defeats Garth (Dem.) Kmtucty All the Democratic Candida tee for Congress elected, except in the first District, when Tuner (led. Dam.) ta elected over the regular nominee, and in the Ninth, whan Dills (Rep.) to elected—a Republican Jhjlhat flic Democratic and one Republican Congreameen probably elected—the letter being a gain. gtomamsr—Congressional delegation will be compoeed of nine Democrats and one Republican—afDemocratic gain of one. Umar Democratic State ticket elected. No change ta tha Oon graaalon al delegation, being solidly Democratic. JftoUsWfyii Democratic, the opposition beVirginia —Congressional delegation will probably stand eight Democrats or Conservatives to one Republican—came as iu the present Congress. Gasrpta—The contest for Congressmen was between regular and independent Democratic Candida tee. Result doubtful in some of the districts. Stephens to re-elected in tbe Eighth. JMamarr —Hall (Dem.) elected Governor; Edward Martin (Dem.) Congressman. No Republican candidate, the opposition being Greenbackers. iMnoir—Republican by a large majority on the State ticket Legislature probably Republican on Joint ballot Chicago and Cook County elect the entire Republican county ticket, and the Republican candidates for Congress Aldrich. Davisvmd Barber —In the first, Second and Third Districts, are also elected, being a gain of one Congressman in tbe Second. J. R. Thomas (Rep.) to elected to Congress in the Eighteenth District, being another Republican gain, and Stevenson (Dem. and Greenback) to elected in the Thirteenth District, being a Democratic gain. Ihut P Forsyth (National Greenback) is eleetdd in the Fifteenth District, formerly Democratic. Michigan Croswell (Rep.), for Governor, has a plurality of about 40,000. Tbe opposition vote was divided rather evenly between the Democrats and Nationals. Entire (jongretsional delegation Republican—a gain of one in the First District. Legislature largely Republican, Wieconefn Congressmen, five Republicans and three Democrats, same as in Forty-fifth Congress Legislature largely Republican. Jfluurt Democratic State ticket elected by a large majority. All the Congressmen Democratic except in the Ninth District, iu which Ford (National Greenback) to elected—a Democratic gain of (our. ATSeMMoto—Republican on State ticket by over 10,000 majority. Legislature Republican. First mid Third Congressional Districts Republican; Second, Democratic —being again of onto for the Democrats. Petmxylvania —Republican by over 30,000 on State ticket Legislature largely Republican. Cmigii—lranii delegation, sixteen Republicans (agme as in Forty-fifth Congress), eight Democrats, one Greenback Democrat and two Greenback Republicans. Lemitriana —Democratic by s large majority. Entire Congressional delegation Democratic --a gain of one. JMraoka— Republican State and Congressional ticket elected by over 10,000 majority. Legislature Re publican. Kansas— State, Legislature and Congressmen Republican. South Carolina —Largely Democratic. Congressional delegation all Democratio—a gain of three. JVertfc Carolina —Republicans claimed s gain of one Congressman in the Third District, the delegation being composed of six Democrats sod two Republicans. Florida—The Democrats carry the First Congressional District, and the Republicans probably Die Second —being the same, politically, as in the present Congress. Dakota Territory— Bennett (Rep.) elected Hulnu-ufu fWtwwmn kw mfonnst T EDD majority W wartPwppiWfiß wj ■ WUv L)lßre uibjuiivj. Wyoming Territory —Downey (Rep.) elected Delegate to Congress by about 900 majority. Nevada —Daggett (Rep.)is elected Congressman by SOO or 000 majority. armsnt wssuntm. According to tbe annual report of the Conuntoalooer of Internal Revenue, the revenue collected during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, amounted to (111,089,816. The total tha prevtoue year was ♦118,995,184. The receipts were from the following sources: 1877. JB7B. *SSfi •Sffig Fermented liqoore 9.H&.W9 9.487.012 Total *111.088,516 Om the 7th, CapL Condon, tbe released Fenian, called upon the President, and warmly thanked him for securing bis release from prison. Tim Treasury Department purchased 600,000 ounces of silver on the 7Uu From the report of the Second Assistant Postmaster-General, it appears that the coat of inland mail transportation for the fiscal yaw ending June 80 was $16,004,031. Cost Estimate for the next fiscal year for inland ATaawtttefOf theCaWnet In Washington, jsSSSSSicrfS: its annual convention, recently, at Taunton,

yaartohare haan 0190,601; expenses, 1186,079; balance, TB* anrreat receipts did hot agual ttMM of tha preceding year by $16,696. Tha «(bt, which two yean ago amosmted to *56,000, has been reduced by gift* ud pledges, to 69M96. Tha work among tha Chiasm and freedmeu to said to hare been productive of much good. ifwmau fallnwa !■> W mem IIIU w on! iurvyucTOTi • anurra iu now Tortt City during October, tha aggregate lltMllUra amounting to $8,316,613. This to an Increase of aevaaUao in number over the previous month, but the gross liabilities are sl.100,000 tom. Compared with October of last year, there to adecrease In number of twentythree, and In the total UabOltlee of 6400,000. ; Nor many minutes after bring Informed of hto election, on the evening of the sth, Alexander Smith, Republican Congressman-elect from the Twelfth (N. Y.) District, died from acute gastritis, occasioned by overwork and exposure during his canvass. Tun discovery was made in New Tork City, on tbe 7th, that the remains of tbe late A. T. Stewart had been, the night before, stolen from tbe family vault in St Mark's Churchyard. The casket was found broken open and the body was missing. The police were notified. It was thought that tbe body bad been stolen lu tbe hope that a reward would be offered for Its recovery. Ox the fith, Mrs. A. T. Stewart offered a reward of 636,000 for the recovery of the stolen body of her late husband and the conviction of tbe thieves. A proportionate sum would he paid for the recovery of the body. Aoooaoixo to a New York telegram of the Bth, the liabilities of Dodd, Brown A Co., of St. Louis, are $1,700,110. Actual available y>m ann . Tu New York Commercial Adeertiner ol the Bth contains a table of the next National House of Representatives, In which the Democrats are given 144 Congressmen; the Republican, 186, and Greenbacks™, 18, with California yet to elect. A jewxlrt store on Eighth avenue between Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth streets, New York, was robbed on the evening of the 7tb, a Urge number of persons witnessing the job. About six o’clock two men entered the store, one of whom closed the door and the other stood guard over the merchant and hto clerks with drawn revolvers. Two confederates stood outside and ordered the crowd away, while another broke the window cases and gathered np a bag full of watcliea and chains. The thieves got away with their plunder. Gold dooed In New York, on Nov. Btb, at The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 8 Chicago Spring, Wheat 95%@96c; No. 3 Milwaukee 97X@98c. Oats Western Mixed, 28)f@31c. Corn, Western Mixed, 46(3 48c. Pork, Mess, $7.80. Lard, 66.35 Flour, Good to Choice, $4.00464.50; White Wheat Extra, 64.5505.25. Cattle, 67.35® 8.75 for Good to Extra. Sheep, [email protected]. Hogs, s3.ls®S. 25. At East Liberty, Pa., on Nov. Bth, Cattle brought: Best, $4.0004.75; Medium, 68.75 O 4.00; Common, 63.2503.75. Hogs sold— Yorkers, 62.75®2.30; Philadelphia*, 83.00® 3.15. Sheep brought $3.00®4.25— according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on Nov. Bth, Cattle brought: Best, 64.62X04.75; Medium, 83.00®3.87X- Hogs sold at 64.0004.75 for Good. Sheep were quoted at 63.50@4-50 for Good. WKST AID SOUTH. A few days ago, a party of masked men stopped the stage running between Cheyenne and Deadwood, and took therefrom Mansfield and McLaughlin, a couple of road-agents who were being transported to the Utter place, for trial, upon the charges of robbery and murder, carried them to a grove of cottonwoodtrees by the roadside, and hanged them by the neck until they were dead. Thb entire eastern side of the public square In Bamboo, Wto., was burned, on the morning of tbe 6th. At a fire in a St. LouU tenement house, on the 6th, Christ Mneller and Mrs. Kettering were fatally burned. Gov. Hampton, of South Carolina, met with a serious accident, on the 7th. While hunting, the Governor’s mule became frightened, and, tbe bridle breaking, he leaped from the saddle. By the fall, the Governor’s right leg was broken In two plaees, the bones protrading, and his ankle was badly hart. Thb Republican majorities in lows at the October election, on the State ticket, are given officially, as follows: For Secretary of State, 10,967; Auditor, 14,844; Treasurer, 10,788; Register of Land Office, 9,945; Attorney-Gen-eral, 15,196; Supreme Judge, 8,744; Supreme Cleric, 11,843; Reporter of Supreme Court, 16,906. Ix Chicago, ou Nov. 3th, Spring Wheat No. 3 closed at SIJaC cash; 82%c for December; 88Xe for January. Cash Corn closed at 81)£c for No. 2; 31Xc for December; 32Xc for January. Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 19Xe, and 19Xc seller December. Rye No. 2,45 c. Barley No- 3,89 c for cash, 89c for December. Cash Mess Pork closed at $6.75. Lard, $5.75. Beeves —Extra brought [email protected]; Choice, 64.10 @4.40; Good, [email protected]; Medium Grades, [email protected]; Butchers’ Stock, *[email protected]; Stock Cattle, etc., [email protected]. Hogs-Good to Choice, [email protected]. Sheep Poor to Choice, $2.35(33.75THI PILLOW PBVBK. The total number of deaths from yellcw fever up to the 2d during the recent epidemlc> was set down at 12,617. Of these 3,917 oc-" curred at New Orleans; 8,108 at Memphis; 1,118 at Vicksburg; 327 at Grenada; 314 at Holly Springs; 32 at Cairo; 31 at St Louis; 32 near Gallipolto, Ohio, and 16 at Cincinnati. Tkebb were four deaths and one new case reported in Memphis, on tbe 4th, and three beyond the corporate limits. Two deatbs*occurred at Cairo, and there were six cases tn tbe infected district; the weather was mild and unfavorable. Thirty-one cases and four deaths is New Orleans. Nine cases and two deaths in Jackson, Miss., and three deaths lu Vicksburg, aud three In the adjoining country. Thb Board of Health of New Orleans, on, the 7th, adopted a resolution declaring It safe for absentees from that city to feturn. Two deaths on that day; no new casesOne new case in Vicksburg, on tfie 7th. No deaths. No deaths in Memphis, on the 7th. Three new cases of the fever were reported. A number of new cases <4 yellow fever were reported at Hickman, Ky., on the t th. Weather very sultry. f*- reaaiwK UTaujoHca. —— The London International Pedestrian Tournament in which twenty-three competitors participated, terminated on the night of the 3d. Corkey made 521 miles within the six days and was declared the winner. At the atari tbe betting was five to one agsinst Corker. Bt. Petersburg newspapers report many suicides and attempted suicides in the Russian Army in Bulgaria. Paris dispatches of tha 4th Bay that Russia sod Germany bad offered to act as mediators between Greece and Turkey. London telegrams at the 4th represent that there was * itekSdegietsiuD la t'rc cuttuu district. About 350,000 spindles and 7,000 looms in the Burnley mills were running on short time, sad several of the larger mills had ■ mopped production altogether. According to Simla telegrams of the 4th. Bhere All was at. Jellalabad, and threatened to attack the Brlttoh forces near the Khyber Pass and Qoettth, unleu the British troops themselves took the initiative. The ultimatum was placed In the hands of the Commander of the Ameer** forcesoh 2d, gad a copy sent

to tha Amur from reshawur by apodal maaBt. Phtbbsbubo dispatchea of tha sth asy that it has bun officially denied there that the Russian officers were participating in or encouraging the Insurrection in Bulgaria. Thomas Ahehn, tha last of the English Fenton prisoners, t>oen released from custody. Thb negotiations between Russia and the Vatican bare been suspended, the totter Power claiming that the attitude of Russia to such as to promise no satisfactory results. Ix &m Salvador, on the evening of Oct 6th, a disastrous earthquake occurred. The Towns of Jucuapa, Nueva, Guadeloupe, Santiago da Maria aud Chlnameca were entirely destroyed and many persons lost their lives. A Behlix telegram of the 6th says Rossis had repeated, confidentially,’ her previous assurance that she was resolved to faithfully carry out the provisions of the Berlin Treaty. A tremendous snow-storm recently occurs rod in Austria In Vienna tbe trees were broken down by the weight of snow, and telegraph wlraa, within a radius of 100 miles, were prostrated. On the 6tb, the anow was several feet deep in that city. Thb Hungarian Diet has rejected the motion for the Impeachment, of the Ministry, by a vote of 170 to 96. Ah India telegram, received on the 6th, says It had been ascertained that the Ameer was advancing from La poors, with the intention of fortifying the Khyber Pass. John Ghat A Co., iron-founders, in Scotland, have failed for a large amount W. Wilson A Co., printers, of Alexandria, Eng., have also failed. Liabilities, 6400,000. It was announced In London, on the 6th, that Russian pirates, were operating in the vicinity of NovsrZembls. A Lisbon dispatch announces that Portugal, France and England bad formed an alliance to punish the King of Dahomey. Ox the 7th, an attempt was made to assaesl-nate-Gen. Breque, formerly Spanish Minister of War. The Madrid authorities arrested the would-be assassin, who proved to be an exsoldier. According to a Bombay telegram of the 7th, the Afghans in Khyber Pass were rapidly deserting in consequence of sickness and hunger. Baron Piclbt, the discoverer of the liquefaction of oxygen, U reported hopelessly ill in Geneva, Switzerland. Paris dispatches of the 7th say that negotiations were pending for a conference of the Powers to revise the Treaty of Berlin. According to a Constantinople dispatch of theCth, the Bulgarian insurgents had burned fourteen villages in the District of Demotlca. Knight A Sox, Liverpool merchants, have (ailed for 6500,000. Robert Forrester, a large Glaagow colliery proprietor, haa also failed, owing 92,500,000. About $450,000 have been subscribed In London for tbe relief of the shareholders of the suspended City of Glasgow Bank. The health of the Czar has become exceedingly precarious, and fears of his speedy demise are generally entertained at the Russian capital. The Cabinet lately constructed in Greece has again fallen apart In consequence of a vote of want of confidence in the Chambers. On the Bth, another Cabinet was formed. According to a Constantinople dispatch of tbe Bth, it had transpired that the Russian army was constructing two lines of defense about Adrlanople. It was reported in London, on the Bth, that Schouvaloff, Russian Minister, had been recalled and appointed Gortschakoff’s successor. Telegrams from Northern and Eastern Europe report an extensive snow-fall on the 7th and Bth.

Respect for Age in France.

There is something very touching in the respectful affection and care with which old age was (and is still) treated in France. Not only the parents’, but the grandmother’s salon is the point of reunion of the whole family, vying with each other who should best please and amuse the old lady. They ppver failed, whatever their evening occupation or amusement, to come in first and delight Bonne Maman and Ma Tante by their pretty toilets, and be rewarded by the somewhat exaggerated admiration they elicited. But the old lady really thought her granddaughters marvels of beauty and grace. A very marked feature of French old age is its bienveillance to the young, an impossible word to translate, for it is neithergood nature, kindness, nor indulgence—rather an habitual state of the mind disposed to admire and approve. This tone of feeling is bat natural for children to their parents; and the young to the old are almost universally dutiful and affectionate. Well do I remember how pretty 1 used to think the slight inclination and kiss of the hand held out to them, which prefaced the morning embrace to Bonne Maman. Onr own royal family is the only one in England where l have seen this graceful custom prevail. If young women and girls knew how much charm and coqtielterie there is in this manner to their elders; how much younger they seem, how their grace and softness gains by contrast with old nge, they would not in their own interests indulge in the Get-out-of-the-way-old-Dan-Tucker style which obtains so much in onr society at present Even the young men were full of little attentions to their aged relatives. They really loved them almost as parents. When the “Prince Consort’s Life” first appeared we all wondered at the deep grief he expressed for the death of his grandmother, a relationship scarcely taken so seriously with us. Adorable el adoree was the phrase used to me only a few months ago by ayoung Frenchman of that most modern set about the venerable mother of his parents. It must be said that the grandchildren were often brought op in her house, and that shfi, bemg much younger than the same relative in England, became almost a friend and confidant to these young men, who found in her that experience in the past and sympathy in the present which made her society as charming to them as it was to thuse of her own sex. Not having in those days the resource of clubs, tne young men came in with the news of the day to pass the time till* the hour for the balls, thus bringing into these salons an infusion of youth, which obviated dullness.— Macmillan's Magazine. “ Now thin,” growled old Mr. Bosbyshell, when he was about ready to start down town, “ what fool moved that half” A little search in silence, then, “What idiot touched that hat; I’d like to know?” Silence and search. “ Some empty-headed ninny has got my hat again/’ Sees it sticking on top of his cane, where he leaned it np in the corner. Dead silence. —Burlington Hawk-Eye. —Tbe intelligent Mr. James Wilson, of Brace, Ontario, went to shoot crows .and placed lus lett hand nver the mnazle of his gunso as “to keep the crows from smelling the powder”«till the last moment.' He has more sense now, but less hands. ■ '’Ur-flu., .-.. ’ n W T e meet to part again, as the ball said (o the bat- :

Gon. Sheridan’s Annual Report.

Gen. Sheridan’s report to Gen. Bh«s- - relative to the military operation! in the Dirielon of the Mlaeoarl daring the paet year, bee Men made public. The more important and Intereetinf portions are aa follows: There hss been no change in the organisation of the division during the past year. It con list* of the following departments, via i The Department of Dakota, embracing within Its limits the State of Minnesota and Territories of Montana and Dakota, with.twenty-flre permanent poets and three encampments of observation, commanded by llrrvet-MaJ.-Gen. John Gibbon, in the temporary abeenoe of Brtg.-Gen. Alfred H. Terry: the Department of the Platte, smbnsclng the States of lowa and Nebraska, the Territories of Wyoming and Utah and a portion of Idaho, with twentyone permanent posts and two camps of observation, commanded by Brig. Gen. George Crook; tne Department of the Missouri, embracing the States of lUldoto, Missouri, Kansas and Colorado, the Territory of New Mexico and the Indian Territory, and the poets of Fort Bliss and Fort Elliott, in Texas, with twenty-four permanent poets, commanded by Brig-Gen. John Pope; the Department of Texas, embracing the State of Texas, with thirteen permanent forte and numerous camps of observation, commanded Brtg.-Gen. E. O. C. Ord. * To garrison these righty-two permanent posts and camps of observation, the Government employs four companies of artillery, averaging fifty three men each, eight regiments of cavalry, averaging 765 men each, and eighteen regiments of infantry, averaging 452 men eacb,wnlch. as will be seen by tbe reports of Gens. Old end Gibbon, give us only one man to 120 square miles In the Department of Texas, and one to every seventy-five square miles in the Department of Dakota, and about the same ratio in the Departments of the Platte and the Missouri. When It to borne in mind that this immense section of country has to he constantly nnder surveillance against aide of the Rio work that has to be performed by that portion 'of onr army located within this military dfvltion will be appreciated by all military men, and by those who have ever lived npon our frontier. The Indian situation at tbe present time Is, lam sorry to say, unsatisfactory. The Indian Department, owing to w&nt'of sufficient appropriation or from wretched mismanagement. has given to the settlements in the Western countiy constant anxiety during the last year, and in some places loss of life and loss of property, attended with dreadful crimes and cruelties. There has been an insufficiency of food at the agencies, and. as the game is gone, hunger has made the Indians in some cases desperate, and almost any race of men will fight rather than starve. It seems to me, with wise management, that the . amounts appropriated by Congress ought to be sufficient, if practically applied to the exact purposes specified, and If the supplies are regularly delivered, but the reports of the De- ’ partment Commanders forwarded herewith would indicate a different result, except in the case of the Red Cloud and Spotted Tall bands of Sioux, who, although threatening la their conduct, have been the best supplied, and have been humored until their increasing Insolence constantly threaten# to bring about a breach of the peace. The General at length reviews the situation of the Indiana ten years ago, and the causes which have led to their present unhappy condition. At that time their wants were satisfied. But, alas for tbe poor savage, along came the nineteenth century progress, or whatever it may be called, to disturb their happy condition. The white men crowded on to the grounds of the Indiana and made encroachments on their rights vlbich no Government could stop. Our handml of soldiers was at first sent to protect the Indians, but such attempts were powerless. The Government made treaties, gave presenta, made promises, none of which were honestly fulfilled,, and, like all original treaties with Indians in this country, they were the first steps in the process of developing hostilities. The Indian became jealous; he made In his simplicity blind bargains: he begau to see his lands wrested from his possession, his herds of buffalo, which be believed the Great Spirit had given him, rapidly diminish, and the elk, deer and antelope killed for the market and by the sportsman, and widely scattered by both, and his rude nature under similar conditions naturally rebelled. He commenced war, war as he had been accustomed to make it, and men, women and children, intruders npon his soil, were killed, no difference being made between the innocent or guilty, the armed or unarmed. , The General then reviews the wars which follovved, at considerable length, and suggests what is likely to occur in the near future: The second outbreak of Indian hostilities is caused in this way. After he has lost his country he finds himself compelled to remain on reservations, his limits circumscribed, his opportunities of hunting abridged, his game disappearing, sickness in his lodge from change of life and food, and Insufficiency of the latter, and this irregularly supplied, and the reflection coming to him of what he was and what he now la and pinched by hunger, creates a feeling of dissatisfaction, which, in the absence of a good strong force of soldiers, starts him out on the war-path again, and unarmed people are killed, settlements are broken up, farms are abandoned and general confusion exists. This condition of affairs is well illustrated by the recent outbreak of Northern Cheyennes, who lately abandoned their reservation at Fort Reno, and the same might be said of the outbreak of the Nes Perces last year, and certainly of that of tbe Bannocks and Shoshones in this year, of the Cheyennes, Kiowas and Comancbes in 1874, and unless wiser measures prevail hereafter it will go on. The Crows will come in next, the Asslnaboines and GrosVentres and wild tribes north of the Missouri will be obliged to follow. Spotted Tail’s and Red Cloud’s people will be driven to the same conditions eventually, and so on down to the tribes In the western part of the Indian Territory. To prevent or even meet the calamity which may occur we are entirely unprepared;, for, without exposing other important points, we can collect together but a few hundred men. For instance, at Fort Bill and vicinity, to meet the Kiowas, Comancbes, Apaches ana others, located in the, Indian Territory, numbering 3,0U0 or 4,000, we have not more than 300 effective men. At Fort Reno, to guard tbe Cheyennes and Arapaboes, numbering 5«000 or 6,000, we have not exceeding 200 effective men. At Red Cloud Agency, where there are at least 6,000 Indians, we have only two companies, and could not In ten days collect over 500 or 600 men. At Spotted Tail’s we have only two companies, numbering 119 men, and it would take two weeks to collect all the troops we could muster, andjhey would not Humber more than 500 or 600 effective men, while tbe Indians number not less than 7,000. And so oust points where there are Indians and agencies, and at other strategical points, the number of troops Is insignificant, aDd if outbreaks occur, as I fear they will, the consequences will be appalling, and I desire - to warn the General of the Army that we have not half the troops required to meet these anticipated troubles. Now that the game, upon which the Indians depend for their regular supply of food, is gone, we shall require a great supply of rations, with perfect regularity in their Issue, to meet tbe needs of these people, together with a strong and stable Government, backed up by S sufficient number of soldiers tosnforgftn spirit of obedience, and to. keep these restless savages within tha limits of their reservations. The General glances at “ the benefits which have accrued to progress and civilization by the misfortunes of tbe poor red man in the last ten years,” viz., the construction of various railways, the development of the mineral wealth in Central Colorado and the San Juan country in Southern Colorado; also that of tne mines in Utah, Montana, the Black Hills, New Mexico and other' points, 1 which development has thrown into circulation, by the process of labor and the purchase of machinery, supplies and transportation, millions upon millions of dollars, to sav nothing of the millions taken out ol the earth by manual labor and the aid of machinery. ■■ Then, again, let us take a view of the cattle ; u terests. Ten years ago onr grazing grounds *we In Teiss, now thev ere from the southern boundary of Dakota to the Gulf of Mexico, and I may safely say that pacta erf Wyoming rod Montana furnfeh a range affording as good if not better, grazing than in Tnxas. and them lands are covered toy Improved and better stock. The number of cattle ;toew north of Texas sad west of tbe Mtosonri River to perhaps fully or nearly equal to that in Texaa, and only ten years ago there was scarcely a head. Let ns now look at the agricultural developments. Northern Texas has been filled up by thousands of hardy emigrants from the South and North. Kansas has had an emtoration hitherto unparalleled-rtbe emigra-

tioc belnx almost by the hundred tbouean<l per year. Nebraska has also come In (or a Jarre share of snUgratton, while Colorado. Utah and Wyoming are not far bdUod la acquiring: population. Ceutral akd Northern Texas, Middle and Western Kansas, and Nebraska and Utah, are all teeming with agricultural prosperity. This population, numbering probably 2,000,000 men engaged In mining, grazing and agricultural pursuits, pays taxes, builds (arm-houses and constructs fences, plows up the ground, erect* sclwioUhoaeaS and'founds Tillages, towns, etc., and the millions obtained by the sweat of their brow add so much more to the trade, commerce and prosperity of tbe world; and all this cornea from the development of a country which only ten yean ago was tbe land of the Indian, the buffalo andthe elk. The report closes with a brief summary of the present condition of affairs on the Mexican border, with recommendations for the better protection of life and property in Texas.

Resolutions Adopted by the Prophetic Conference.

Nsw Tons, Nor. 1. The Prophetic Conference held its .ast session to-day, Mr. Reynolds, of Peoria, presiding. The Rev. £. R. Cravin read a paper on “ The Relation of the Pre-Mitlennial Advent of Christ to the Catholic Doctrine of the Work of the Holy Spirit." Prof. Cooper, of the Presbyterian Seminary, Allegheny, Pa., followed with a paper on “The Judgment,” and the Rev. N. West, D.D., of Cincinnati, addressed the Conference on “ The History of Doctrine.” The Committee on Resolutions appointed at the morning’s session presented the following: Before cloning this Conference, compoeed of brethren from no xmcnv different branches of the one redeemed Church of oar Lord, we deeire disclaiming whatever doctrine* have been or may be held in oonnection with tbe belief of the pre-millennial of our Lord which conflict with the faith once delivered to the Sainta and received by the Church Universal among tbe agea. ana to bear our united testimony to that which we believe to be the truth of the Gospel in particular* which follow, viz.: L We afiirru our belief iq the supreme and absolute authority of tbe written Word of God on questions of doctrine and duty. 2. The prophetic words of the Old Testament concerning the Unit coming of our Lord Jeans Christ were literally f oltilled in Iliz birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension, and so the prophetic words of both the Old and New Testaments concerning Hia second coming will be literally fulfilled in His visible bodily return to this earth in like manner as He went up into Heaven: and this glorious Epipha::y of the great God our Savior Jesus Christ u tho blessed nope of the believer and of the Church daring the entire dispensation. 8. This second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is everywhere represented in the Hcnptures as imminent, and may occur at any moment. Yet the precise day and hour thereof is unknown to man. and known only to God. 1 The Script ores nowhere teach that the whole world will be converted to God, or that there will be a reign of universal righteousness and peace before the return of our blessed Lord, bat that only at and by His coming in power and glory will the prophecies concerning the progress of evil and tbe development es Anti-Christ, tbe times of the Gentiles and ingathering of Israel, the resurrection ol the deaa m Christ and transfiguration of His living Saints, receive their fulfillment and the period of millennial bleaaedlcss its inauguration. 6. The duty of the Church daring the absence if the Bridegroom is to watch and pray, to work rnd wait, to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature, and thus hasten the coming of the day of God, and. to His latest promise, “ Surely, I come quickly,” to respond u joyous hope. Even so, come Lord Jesus. The report was unanimously adopted, he whole Conference rising to vote. The following, offered by the Rev. )r. Brookes, was also adopted: Resolvtd, That tbe doctrine of our Lord’s premillennial advent, instead of paralyzing Evangelistic aud missionary efforts, is one of the mightiest incentives to earnestness in preaching the Ooßpel to every creature " till He cometh. Addresses were then made by Maj. 1). W. Whittle, of Chicago; the Rev. Dr. Brookes, of St. Louis, and the Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr. They all commented on the glorious work and success of the Conference. The Rev. Dr. Mackay, of Hull, Eng., made the closing address, which was powerful and eloquent. After singing “ All hail! the power of Jesus’ name,” the benediction was pronounced by the Rev. Dr. Lord, and the Conference adjourned finally.

Annual Report of the Commissioner of Pensions.

Hon. J. A. Bentley, Commissioner of Pensions, has completed his annual report to the Secretary of the Interior, showing the operations of the Pension Service during the fiscal year ended June 30, and making sundry recommendations for the future. A Washington dispatch gives the following synopsis: B The number of new claims of all classes filed during the year was 07,509. Of these, 18,812 were original claims for invalid pensions, being more than double the number of the same class filed in either of the four years from 1871 to 1874; 18,240 were for the War of 1812 service, under the act of March 9, 1878. About one-eighth of these claims were in behalf of survivors, the remainder were widows’ claims; 43,764 claims were settled, at an average cost to the Government of $10.15 per case. The average cost in 1877 was $ 12.8 b, and in 1870 $17.11. The saving through the increased efficiency of the office, including the reduction in the salary appropriation of $33,550 in 1877 over • 1870, was $183,050, and in 1878 over 1876, including the reduction in the salary fond of, $37,800, was $340,172.' The number of cases settled in 1877 was per cent, greater than in 1876, and in 1878, 50 per cent greater than in 1870. At the beginning of the year the number of agencies for paying pensions was, by order of the President, reduced from fifty-eight to eighteen, saving In salaries for the year $142,000. The aggregate saving in the bureau for the year In reduced payment for salaries of all descriptions, and reduction in the number of agencies, was $482,172; adding $180,050 for 1877, the aggregate saving for the two years in these items alone has been $002,222. On the 80th oi June, iB7B, there were 228,998 pensioners on the rolls, a reduction of 2,045 during the year. It is expected that the number ol pensioners will considerably increase during the current year, on account of the 1812 pensioners. Exclusive of the fees of Examining Surgeons, and the fees and salaries of Pension Agents, the amount paid for pensions during the year was $20,530,792. Of this amount, $940,901 was retained from the pensioners and paid to Claim Agents for their Some rather strange errors and anachronisms are committed by newspaper writers. The Times of this city recently located the Osborne House—the Isle of Wight residence of Queen Victoria—in Scotland. The same journal stated that Sigismund, Emperor of Germany, visited England and was decorated with the Order of the Garter by Henry r VIII. Sigismund was Emperor from 1410 till 1437. Henry VIII. reigned front 1509 till 1547. It is therefore impossible that Sigismund could have received the,. Order of the Garter from him. Henry VL was on the throne of England when Sigismund died. The Washington Past, in a recent editorial on -“Tne Begr Business,” says: “It is doubtful if the most ardent votaries known of the extreme antiquity of this beverage. Tacitus, who visited Germany at the time of Christ,” etc. Christ is said to have been crucified in the year 38, under the reign of Tiberius. Tacitus was born A- D. 55, when Nero wits Emperor of Rome, who was the third successor of Tiberius. It is always well to examine and compare the statements of some newspapers before yotl bet youff money on them.—iv. Y. Graphic. 4r The packing-boxes made in the United States in 1374 cost $12,000,000, and the lumber manufactured into wagons, agricultural implements, etc., was worth over $100,000,000. V - 7 \ If you do not want to be robbed of .your good name, do not have it printed on yous umbrella.— Camden Port,

Mr. Tilden’s Letter.

. What Mr. TJlden intends to do in giz late letter on the cipher dispatches, and what, no far as the mere matter of Words is concerned, be does, is to plead the general issue of *• not guilty’ as it respects any knowledge of, or participation in, or concurrence with, any efforts, in the way of money or promises, to influence the action of any Returning Board or any Presidential Wee tor. He means to say this to the American peoSle and designs that they should so unerstand him. He does not deny the dispatches, either as to their authenticity or the correctness of their translation. He makes no attempt to explain them. He leaves them to tell their own story. He virtually confesses that on their face they involve a very grave obarge, and simply asks the public to believe that he had no knowledge of and nothing to do with these rascalities. He admits by this plea of self-al-leged innocence that there is a necessity for making it; and here he is unquestionably right, since the circumstances point with a very strong probability to him as particeps criminis. The public had so judged, and if Mr. Tilden himself had not tnus judged he would not have felt the necessity for writing this letter of disclaimer. What change, then, does the disclaimer make in the status of the case sa far as Mr. Tilden is concernedP None whatever as to tbe facts themselves, or as to the parties directly involved in those facts, or as to the relation of these parties to Mr. Tilden at the time and ever-sinoe. It doee not blot out a single dispatch or change its meaning. It does not make the parties anything hat his chosen agents, acting in his interests and recognized by him as such at the time and from that day to this. The whole force of the case as Jiresented by the dispatches remains ust what it was; and what confronts it is the naked denial of Mr. Tilden, containing vastly more words than were needed in a simple denial and nothing like enough words for a complete vindication. , The conclusion to which the reader of this letter is likely to come depends very much upon what he thinks of Mr. Tilden. H he regards him as an honest and upright man, too hightoned to be a party to any system of bribery or to defraud the Government in the payment of his income tax, then the letter will be deemed sufficient to cancel the effect of the strong probabilities against him. If, on the other hand, he looks upon Mr. Tilden as an ambitious and tricky demagogue, unscrupulous and unprincipled—’ which is the view taken by millions in this country and for which his personal and public record furnishes a very large occasion—then the letter will pass for almost nothing, as against the adverse probabilities which snow it to be false. This class of readers will find it difficult to believe Mr. Tilden simply on his own ipse dixit, when he says that he had not the slightest knowledge or even suspicion of all this attempted roguery by his friends and his own chosen agents in Florida, South Carolina and ..Oregon, in order to get him into the Presidency, and that he was himself as unsuspecting and innocent as a babe unborn. The rascality attempted had not come to his knowledge by even the remotest suggestion. All this is possible; yet, taking human nature as it is and Mr: Tilden as he is and the facts as they are, those who do not believe in his immaculateness will say, and justly say, that it is highly improbable. A very dark cloud still overhangs the case in respect to Mr. Tilden himself; and unless he can give the public something more than his own word and something that will confirm that word he may as well consider his chances for the next Presidency at an end. The Democratic party will hardly think it prudent to assume the task of his defense in a Presidential campaign.— N. T. Independent.

A Victim to His Own Party.

Gen. Wade Hampton was elected Governor of South Carolina on a platform of equal rights and exact justice to every citizen of of the State, black as well as white, Republican as well as Democrat. After his election, and before the Government troops had been withdrawn from the State, he visited Washington and assured the President, in the most solemn manner, that if permitted to assume control of the State Government he would be responsible for the protection of all'classes in their political rights, and would put an end to the reign of force and violence in South Carolina. These promises and pledges have been publicly repeated at many different times and places. But events recently transpired in South Carolina show that Gov. Hampton has not fulfilled his pledges. The blacks were ryot protected, and equality of rights was not enforced. As long as there was no election pending, things moved smoothly enough, but the opening of a political campaign was accompanied by a renewal of trouble, and to all appearances intimidation and terrorism seemed to be the order of the day* as much as ever they were. Gov. Hampton has not redeemed his pledges J He has not made his word good. What is the reason of this P Was he insincere when he made the promises, or has he been nnable to fulfill them? Did he inend to deceive and betray, or has he found it impossible to control the turbulent elements of the Sonth Carolina Democracy? The following passage from a letter written by a correspondent of the New York i'imes in South Carolina throws some light on the subject: “There is not in Sonth Carolina an honest light-minded man who does not know that from the mountains to the see the Democratic minority of South Carolina has determined by fair, means or fool to defeat and override the Republican majority. Gen. Hampton declares that be does not approve this determination, and it most be admitted at the outaet that he has done his best to secure justice for the freedmen. Bat he has not been sacoemfnl. The conservative element, to which he undoubtedly belongs, an element made np of educated, intelligent and independent natives of Booth Carolina, gentlemen in the highest sense of the term, men who wonld be an honor to any State or any country, has been obliged to snocomb to the rule of the lawless and intemperate majority whioh dictates the policy of the Democratic party. Wade Hampton, strong as be is. influential as he is, cannot stand np against what is dearly the will of a majority of his followers. They have determined that no,Republican shall hold office in South Carolina; they have determined teat the overwhelming Republican majorities in Wbat ate called the black Counties shall be overcome, fairly if possible, by fraud and force if necessary; and Gen. Hampton, against bis best inclina'ions it may be. is forced to go with the tide. He took a contract wbieh he is nnable to fill. He made pledges whioh he has been nnable to koep. He has been compelled to break bis promises or lose his popularity, and he he* seen fit to take the former course. This is probably the true state of the ease. Gov. Hampton's words and acts have .been those apparently of an honorable i6an,' #ht> ifftended ftThdI force law and deal justly and fairly with all classes. It Is probable that when he promised protection to the blacks is their political rights, and pledged his word thsb hereafter elections in South Carolina should be free i- . • • . . ' - -,h '■

and honest, he really intended to redeem his promise, and that he made some effort to do so. But Gov. Hampton, popular as he is in his own State, is not populnr enough or strong enough to control - tbe turbulent Democracy. Doubtless there is a small conservative element in that party which deprecates the use of force and violence in elections, but it is powerless before the element of ruffianism which pervades the majority. Supposing the foregoing explanation to be true—and it is the most honorable that can be made for Gov. Hampton, for otherwise he most be supposed to have been guilty of. deliberate duplicity and bsse treachpry—supposing the foregoing explanation to be true, it places Gov. Hamilton in a pitiable position. Committed by his own pledges, and by every consideration of personal honor, to the enforcement of law and to the protection of all classes in their political rights, he is compelled toyield to tne brutal temper of his party; and to witness tho most flagrant violations of law and abuse of political rights without daring to resist or punish the outrage. A great man, or a man of high convictions and determined purpose, would not have been forced into such a position, He would have Jet party go to the winds, ftififfwould have fought for the right. Gov. Hampton has lost the greatest opportunity of his life to make a National Reputation. He has shown himself to be a tipie-servcr and coward. Ha has sacrifided principle to popularity, and instead of manfully resisting W weakly yielded to Jk., ciDiunltr i(uiMrw<la iliimuiwltl nj luu 111 111 till ij lßtm tlUuo Sdu tnntrttmtß w* his party. He is' in the position of a man who, starting out with an honest effort to manage a mad bull, ends by surrendering (Si control of the animal, and contents himself with watching its performances and keeping out of the way. —lndianapolis Journal.

The General Republican Victory.

The Republican party gained a victory in yesterday’s elections the magnitude and extent of which surpass even the most sanguine expeotations of its adherents. With the possible exemption of Nevada, from whieh at tne present writing (three a. m.) we have no definite returns, it has carried every Northern State in which an election was held, redeeming New York and Connecticut. It has elected Republican State Legislatures in every Northern State where legislative elections were held, insuring Republican Senators from New Hampshire, Connecticut (a gain), N6w York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Wisconsin. It has not lost a single Congressional District in the North, so far as at present known, while it has gained over a dozen districts. Such a triumph of Republican principles, and also of honest finance, is a glorious reward for the courage and fidelity to principle which the grand old party has exhibited throughout the campaign, in every Northern State from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Not only have the Democrats been vanquished, but a party even more dangerous—if it should ever gain power —has been buried out of sight. The “ National” party —the party of inflation and alternate repudiation—has, so far as known, failed not only to carry any State but to elect a single Congressman in all of elections. It has not merely been defeated, but routed and slaughtered. Its head and front, who sought by its aid to capture Massachusetts, is buried under an adverse majority of 40,000. After the victory over Butler in Massachusetts, the redemption es Connecticut, New Jersey and New York is the most gratifying feature of the election. In Connecticut we gain the State Government and Legislature, insuring a Republican United States Senator in place of Bsnram, and also gain two Congressmen. Should the next Presidential election go to the House of Representatives, Connecticut will be found in the column of Republican States. Gen. Joseph R. Hawley goes back to Congress with added honors and wider experience, and will make one of the most useful of its memhep. New York gives a Republican plurality in the popular vote for thtf list time sinoe 1872. It sends an overwhelming Republican delegation to Congress, with a gain of two or three distnets. Its Legislature is largely Republican, and will eleot a Republican United States Senator. These victories afford good ground for exultation. Rut there is another side to the story. The solid South uplifts its menacing and rebellious front against the Republican North. Our. readers know by what systematic imnnidation, violence, outrage and fraud the Republican party has been suppressed in the South, They know that on a fair and free vote the States of South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana are Republican —anayet notone of these States,has elected a Republican to Congress. Without intimidation the Repnbßohhs would eleot (it least twenty-five members from the Southern States, but now it is doubtful whether (excluding Missouri) they have even etoteyfc MPThis is the dark feature of the situation, aud it is one of grave importance. The Republican party cannot lfty down its burdens and Its honors until it -has secured the untrammeled and uaintim*idated exercise of the Suffrage to every citizen of the United States. —Detroit Post and Tribune Nov. 6.

A Boy With His Ear in His Pocket.

-» in i ■ Yesterday a small boy With his head bandaged entered a book store and said he wanted to buy some sqhorf books. As the clerk was waiting oh him hoSinquired the reason why his customer’s head was tied up in such % shape. “ Oh,” responded the boy, in a mat-ter-of-fact way, “ a horse hit off my ear „h,t wuT.SMiS?***?"' “ I tell you he did bite it off,” the lad said, with some warmth, “ and I can prove it, too. Just you look here -now. and rearfling down into his pocket he, drew forth a ivad of newspaper soaked with blood, and slapped ft down on the counter, A crowd formed around the little fellow, who with great gravity and a pardonable air of triumph proceeded to uuwmp the unsavory mass. Then nb pulled forth a ghastly relic in the shape of % human ear, evidently torn out by the roots. “ There, didn't I tell yon aoP” be cried extiitingly. “He fetched il off at the first nip.” The boy gave his name ad Eagan, and said he lived on over the shtehfHhe stitff, waujHrt ■file littlfe fellow’s ear jn hts teeth and chewed it off. Haring thus delivered himself, the, lad oaceklUp rewrapped his precious ear, throat it into his pocket and departed- —Qil C/Ui/ Derrick,