Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1879 — Page 2

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General News Summary.

Announcement was made, OB ths llth, that tte Treasury will to prepared lo issue, April 1, la addition to the tea-dollar oerufleate* receivable from bearer aad convertible Into 4-per cent, bonds. Ilka etrtilnM to be ractatared In the name of tba owner aad receivable only by or Tu Secretary of the Catted State* Treasury, on th* 19th, leaned another call for 5 80 bonds (b the aftxrejtate amount of <10,000,000—<7,000,000 coupon and <8,000,000 re*i»tered. The principal and Interest trill be paid on aad after Jena It lx the Foetal Appropriation bill, which pawed the Forty-dfth Oongresa, authority was given the Postmaster-General to Introduce and furnish for public nee double lelterefaeet envelopes and postal cards, on which postal stamps of the denomination* at present need are to be placed, so constructed at to allow an answer to a letter, or card to tie returned In the tame envelope or on the same card—the former to bear two three-cent atampa, and the latter two one-eent stamp*. Ax amended circular was Issued by the Treasury Department at Washington, on the 18th, Inviting all Collectors of Customs, Surveyors of Customs acting also as Collectors, Receiver* of Public Moneys, Postmaster* of money-order offices, and all other public offleers of whatever character, to become mgeuts for the sale of the teo-dollar certificates authorised to be Issued by the act of February last, commissions to be allowed and bond requited. * Da. Joxx X. Woodwoxth, Supervising Burgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service, died, at his rrs'dence in Washlueton, on the 14th, of prostration caused by overwork. l)r. Woodworth was once a Chicago practitioner.

The East. The floor of Mechanics' Hall, In North Berwick, He., where a town meeting wu being held, on tha forenoon of the 10th, suddenly gave way, and flfty person* were precipitated to the floor below. No one was killed, but many were fearfully and probably fatally hurt. At a meeting of the Brooklyn Presbytery, oa the loth, It was decided to try Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage on the following charges presented by the committee appointed at a previous session: Deceit and falsehood in state nreats regarding his withdrawal from the editorship of the Ckristian.mi Wort,' in stating that sittings in the Tabernacle were free; in accusing J. W. Hathaway of dishonest practices, and then denying it; of falsehood in collect ng subscriptions for the payment of the church debt; of deceit In the difficulty concerning the organist of the Tabernacle, and of slating that be was to be arraigned for heterodoxy, when he knew such was not the case. Warm weather and heavy rains caused severe floods in the vicinity of Buffalo, N. T., on the lO.h. Bridges over the Casenovia Creek were carried away. A family of four persona, living on the flats at South Buffalo, bad their house carrtyl away, and were forced to take refuge in trees until relieved by boats. At the recent election in Bangor, Me., the Republicans elected their candidate for Mayor by 145 majority. At B 1 Jdeford, the nominee of the Greenbackers and Democrats was elected Mayor by seven majority. Ox the evening of the 10th, Cyrus W. Field gave a brilliant inception at his residence in New York City, in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the reception of the enterprise by which Europe and America were united by the Atlantic cable. Over 1,000 guests were present. The Fall River (Mass.) Gas Manufacturers’ Company have failed, In consequence of Irregular paper Issued by Charles S. Stlckney, late Treasurer, amounting to about $160,000. A Boston dis; atch of the lltn says that, of the fifty vessels belonging to the Gloucester fishirg fleet, exposed to the tempest which swept the Allan tic Coaatan the 30th of February, fourteen foundered, and 146 persons lost their lives. Tbese left forty-one widows and over 100 orphans. The vessels lost were valued at over S7VOO. "7 - The Manhattan Bavings Bank of New Yoik, which was robbed, some months ago, of nearly $3,000000 of Its securities, resumed business on the morning of tbe 12th. Ox tbe 13th, during the progress of the great pedestrian contest tu New York, which began on the night of the 9th, between O’Leary (the champion), Rowell of England, Harriman of Boston, and Ennis of Chicago, O’Leary otter!v collapsed and broke down, and was ordered from the track by his physicians, and was immediately removed. Bo completely was he need up that It was thought very doubtful whether he would ever walk again in a pedestrian match. Tbe score stood as follows a short time before O'Leary's withdrawal: Rowell, 346 miles; Harriman, 334; Ennis. 231; O’Leary, 214. Rumors that O'Leary had been drinking, that he had been

poisoned, etc., were denied by his physicians, who sijr that his failure to keep ftkTtraeE was simply because he was used up. Some accounts say his withdrawal was evidently the result of drinking and a general disregard of tralulng rules. On the niihlof the 12th, a portion of the gallery in the building in which the contest was going on gave way, and suddenly sank with a mass of struggling persons who had crowded into it. A panic ensued, and the scene that followed was a frightful one. Many persons were injured, some seriously- -The pedestrians continued thair walking as soon as the debris was cleared from the track. Tan Board of Inquiry (consisting of Gene. Bchoftelf, Terry and Getty) in the Fitz-John Porter case held their final session in New York on the 12th. Their report would be made np and sent to the President in a lew dsya, sad the result of the investigation, so far as the board is concerned, will be known from Washington. —: Sites men were banged in this conntry on the 14th: John Q. Flnkham, at Concord, N. H., for the murder of Mrs. Berry, in January, 1877; Wm. H. Devlin, at Lowell, Mass., fdjr the murder of his wife and infant child, in Jah uary, 1877; Henry Gravelin, at Windsor, Vi, lor murder of Herbert O. White, in 1878; a Chinaman at Marysville, Cal., for a murder committed last November, s Mexican at Pueblo, Col., for murder also committed last fall, and two men named Eugene Avery and Archie Brown, at Portland, Ore., for the murder of Louis Johns last August. timnu explosion occurred in the Mshoc fug Powder Works near Danville, Pa., on the 13th, by which the building was completely destroyed, and Willis Lloyd, one of proprietors, J.J. Evans and J. C. Mowrer, were instantly killed, their mangled remains being scattered in every direction. Chabus H. Bell has been appointed by the Governor Senator from New Hampshire lor, the extra session to fill the vacancy rccasipned by the expiration of the term of Senator Wadlelgh. Mr. Bell has accepted. Ixtremive ceremonies over the remains us the late Bayard Taylor took place in New York, on the afternoon of the 13th, in the pre-ass of a targe number of spectators. The body, on its arrival, was taken on board a rename cutter at Hoboken apd. greyed. «rfwa«rw7i*t, from which point the procession started. Many distinguished pernonages were present. I

' The great pedestrian match for the chanypionahlp of th* world, in Gilmore'* Garden, New York, waa concluded, oh'the evening of the 16th, aod resulted in the v.ptory of Rowell," the Englishman. He covered 600 mile*; Ennis, 473 mils*, and Harriman, 460 miles. The total r> celpta of dm match are stated lo have been <51.000. * The remain* of the late Bayard Taylor were buried in Long wood Cemetery, Kennett Square, Pa, on the 16th. The funeral waa attended by atanro concourse of triends and ueixhbora, and by Gov. Hoyt, and a joint committee of both house* of the Pennsylvania Legislature. Smith, Nichols A Rooms, of Providence, R. 1., failed, ou the Iftth, with aggregate liabilities of from <500,u00 jo <700,009. Maj -Gbx. Thomas W. Sherman died at Newport, R. 1., ou the afternoon of the 16th. ’four days after the death or his wife. He was s native of Rhode Island, served during the Mexican and late Ct7il Wars, and was put on the retired list some time ago, after having been appointed Brevet Major-General for brave and gallant service. ,- The following were the closing quotations for produce in New York, on March 15th: No. it Chicagoßpring Wheat, 11.06Jt 1.10;No. BMilwaukee, <1.0601.10. Oat*. Western Mixed, -*4®B4J*c. Com. Western Mixed, Pork, Mess, [email protected]*. Lard, <6.60. Flour, Good to Choice, <8.9504.50; White Wheat Extra, <4.5505.35. Cattle, <7.75,3 10.35 for Good to Extra. Sheep, $4,750 5.75. Hog*, <8.3004 00. '

At East Liberty, Pa., on March 15th, Cattle brought: Best, <5.000535; Medium, <4 50 ®4.75; Common, <3.5004.85. Hogs sold— Yorkers, $3.6003.70; Philadelphia*, <4.200 4.40. Sheep brought <8.5005.25— -according to quality. AT Baltimore, Md.. on March 15th, Cattle, brought: Best, <4.7505.82)*; Medium, sS.I2J*O4 ou. Hogs aold at <5.5006.00 for Good. Sheep were quoted at <4.5006.00 for Good. West and South. A marriage ceremony was performed by telegraph at Xenia, Ohio, a few days ago s between John A. Smith, at Wichita, Kan., and Miss V. B. Longfellow, at Xenia. As Papl Bottom, the man who has underdertaken to <rom Pittsburgh, Pa., to New Orleans, in bis life-saving suit, was approaching Gall!polls. Ohio, the other day. a mair took him for a rare water animal and leveled his musket at him; Boyton’s cries saved his life. The Indiana Legislature adjourned tint die, on the l(hh, in accordance with the Constitutional provision. The Governor immediately issued his proclamation conveuing a special session to meet on the 11th. . A fire in East St. Louis, etrly on the morning of the 9;h, caused the burning of ten buddings. The charred bodies of four persons were found in the ruins. The fire was Incendiary In Its origin, and a mortgage-hold-er and his watchman have been arrested for the crime. Os the 10th, at a meeting of the Baptist ministers in San Francisco, a resolution waa adopted striking the name of Rev. H. W. Reed from the roll of the Baptist Ministers’ Meeting of San Francisco and vicinity for misrepresenting, belore the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of New York, the facta and the sentiments of the Baptist and Christian people of the Pacific Coast touching the Chinese question. Recent letters from Leadvtlle, the Colorado Eldorado, strongly advise Intending emigrants to stay at home. Business is largely overdone and thousands are without employment and suffering from the lack of food.

The new Constitution of California, which is to be submitted to the Judgment of the people, In May next, contains articles empowering the Legislature to enact law* protecting the Btate from the evils and burdens arising from the presence of alien vagrants detrimental to the peace and well-being of the State; forbidding toe employment of Chinese laborers by corpora’ions or on any public work, and directing by suitable penalties the enforcement of laws to be pas.-ed forbidding the introduction of Chinese after the adoption of the Constitution, ami providing for the removal of these already in the State. In Sacramento City, Cal., on the 11th, the Republicans elected their ticket for municipal officers. A large Republican mass meeting Was held in San Francisco, on the evening of the same day, at which the , sentiment was indorsed that, while crediting the President with honesty tn vetoing the Chinese bill, his action did not represent the views of the Republican party In California, and the party declined all responsibility therefor. A tornado passed over the southern portion ot Macoupin Couuty, lit., on the llth, causing the destruction of a great deal of property and the loss of several lives. During an affray in the State Treasurer’s office, at Atlanta, Ga., ou the llth, between CoL R. A. Alston, member of the Legislature, a prominent politician, and E. D. Cox, one of the largest,planters in the State, both parties used pistols with deadly effect, and both were fatally shot, A bill has been introduced into the lower House of the I.linols Legislature to abolish the practice of “ treating.” A man named Peter Klein, charged with the perpetratfoi of a horrible outrage near Newport, Ky., a few days ago, was arrested in Cincinnati, on the night of the 15th, and taken across the river into Newport. On the evening of the 16th, a large crowd of indignant citizens took possession of the prisoner by force and hung him to a tree until he was dead.

The trustees appointed to ascertain the indebtedness of Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, report,that he owes an aggregate of 43,877,871.57. A great number of negroes from Vicksburg and other portions of Mississippi have recently come to St. Louis, Mo , being persuaded thereto by the promise of receiving subsistence there and transportation to Kansas, where they were to receive Government lands, etc. The promises were not fulfilled, and there was great destitution and suffering in consequence. In Chicago, on March 15th, Spring Wheat No. 2 dosed at ym.<ryu%c cash; 89>4@ 89%c for April. Cash Coru dosed at 33%c for No. 2; 31 %c for April; S6c for May. Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 23%c; 21%c seller April; 25%c for May. Bye. No. 2, 46%c. Barley No. 2, 75@78c for cash; 75® 77c for March. Cash Mess Pork dosed at «9.75®9 80. Lard, 16.45. Beeves —Extra brought *4.fc)@5.25; Choice, $4.50 @4.80; 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, ([email protected]

Foreign Intellierence. Os the Bth, the cages In the Victoria (England) Coal-Pit collided. One person was precipitated to the bottom of the shaft and eight others were killed. j London dispatches of the 10th say Lord Nortbcote bad authorized the announcement that negotiations were In progress with Yakoob Khan, the new Ameer of Afghanistan. A letter from a high Indian official was published in the London PM Matt Gazette, on the lltb, In which K was stated that the people of Cashmere were dying off like flies from famine, and. that, at the present death rate, the country would be nearly depopulated by jj»ipd nf jg|pi apr i. _ * m A resolution favoring local option in lloenae matters was Toted down in the British Boose of Commons, on the 11th—164 to 252:

Two fatal ease* of Siberian plague are reported at SL Petersburg. Si’UNA, at one of the mouths of the Danube, has been proclalmt d a free port. The anticipated break!nk of the banks bf the River Titles*, st the City of Ssegedlq, In Hungary, occurred bn the morning of the 12th. The water* swept In brosd volume through the Ccuter of the city, ctuslng devastation, terror, suffering and death In their wake. The larger building* were undermined and their inmates borne away to destruction. The smaller structures were lilted bodily and cruabed to atoms Over 80,0U0 people are reported to be homeless, and It Is believed that thousands o( lives haTe been, or will be, lust. Up lo midnight of the 13th, two-thirds (if the city-was under water, snd 100 square miles In the Immediate vicinity were also flooded. On ths 13th, the rbuke of Connaught, son of Queen Victoria, was married to Prince-s Louisa Margaret, daughter of Prince Frederick Charles, of Prussia. A Paris dispatch of the 13th says the French Chamber of Deputies had, after an animated debate, rejected that clause In the committee’s report recommending the Impeachment of the Ministry ot the 16th of May, by a vote ot 817 to 159. Dan Redden, one of the lately pardoned Fenian prisoners, died at Kingstown, Ireland, on the 13th, from paralysis, induced by the hardships heendured while in prison. Telegrams were received in London from Sofia, on the 14tb, announcing the outbreak of another insurrection in Macedonia, headed by the Bishops of Sofia and Ocbrida. , The French cotton mills in the Department of the Noid have stopped running on account of trade depression. Gen. Kaufman, the Commander of the Russian forces in Central Asia, has resigned in consequence of the failure of his Afghan policy. i ., According to Szqgedin dispatches of the 14th, the River Naros was rising rapidly, and New Szegedin was tnreatened. On the night of that day the dykes protecting Csongrad gave way, and the town, containing 16,000 inhabitants, was partially Inundated. Szentes, a town of about 26,00 Q inhabitants, was engaged in a similar struggle with the waters. Over 400 corpses had been recovered in Bzegedin on the preceding day. Denneut & Co., distillers, of Dublin, failed on the 14th, for 1750.000. RECORDING to Vienna dispatches of the I6th, of the 9,700 houses in Szegedin, all exeept 261 had been destroyed. It was believed that from 2 500 to 6,000 persons had been drowned. The bodies of 4)0 had alreadybeen recovered. Over 16,000 horses and cattle -and 90,000 sheep had perished. A Cape Town dispatch, published on the 16th, says that the Portuguese African explorer, Pinto, had reacted Pretorio, South Africa, with eight followers, all that remained of the 400 with which he set out on the expedition.

The Four-Per-Cent. Refunding Certificates.

The Secretary of the United States Treasury has issued a circular calling attention to the 4-per-cent, refunding certificates of the United States to be issued under the provisions of the act of Congress approved Feb. 26, 1879, entitled “ 4n act to authorize the issue of certificates of deposit in aid of the refunding of the public debt.” A Washington dispatch gives the following particulars: Each certificate will be of the denomination of <lO, will be made nearly of the fonn and slxe of the United States note, and will bear ou its face and back tlie conditions of its issue. Such certificates will be sold lor l .wful money at pur and accruing Interest to date of purchase, by the Tieasurer of the United States at Washington and bv the s'antTreasurers at boston, Baltimore. Chicago, New York, Pfciladtlohls, Bt. Louis anl Sail Francisco, and the Treaeu.er of the United States at Washington and Assistant-Treasurer at New York will al-o receive in payment drafts in favor of themselves, rcspcc.ively, drawn on New York, winch will he collected, and the excess, if any, returned to the depositors. The Secretary of the Treasury will also accept in payment certain certificates of d--p; s a of Nation.il Bunks specially designated to receive deposits on this accounr, hut the refunding certificates will not be de.iveren until the cert fleate ot deposit issued by the bank has been paid for by a Treasury fit aft or hy deposit of a like amouut with u,e Treasurer o. some Assist?nt-Treasurei of the United States, or until United States bonds of an equal amount are substituted in their stead. Atl National Banks, upon complying with Sec. 5153, Revised- -Statutes oi the United States, are invited to become financial agents of the Government and depositories of pubi c moneys accruing from such certificates. Money received by depository banks for such certificates will remain on deposit with said banks, subje t to the order of the Treasurer of the United States, and culls for redemption of bonds will issue from time to lime, as the Secretary may direct. All banks, bankers, Postmasters and oilier public officers, and all other persons are invited to aid in placing »tiusi certificates. They can make their arrangements through the National Banks for the deposit ot the purchase money. Commissions will lie-al-lowed ou the purchase of these certificates as follows: Ou the aggregate of <I,OOO and not exceeding <10(1,000 in any one calendar month, one-eighth of 1 percent., and any amount exceeding <IOO,OOO in like period a commi-sion of one-fourth of 1 per cent, on the excess, and parties purchasing at one time <I,OOO or more ' of certificates will be entitled to receive them free of thurge for transportation. The certificates will be .ready for delivery April 1, 1579, at which date they wid begin to bear Interest, which will be; ayabie upon the conversion of the certificates into 4-per-cent, bonds. The Secretary also announces that as soon as practicable <lO certificates will be issued under this law similar in form ami upon like similar conditions to those above oesciibed, to be registered on lha books of the Tri-a-ury in the name of the owner, which name wil. also be entered on the face of the c. rtific.tte. The form of the certificate is- to be as fol-'" lows: 0 © : UNITED STATES REFUNDING CERTIFICATE. i ; 310- April 1, 1879. : : Tills certifies that the snm of <lO has been : • deposited with the Treasurer of the United : : States, under act of Feb. 26, 1879. : : James Gilfillan, : : Treasurer of the United Slates. : : G. W. Scofield, : : ~ , Register of the Treasury. ; ; Washington, D. C. : : Convertible, with accrued interest at 4 per ; . : cent, per annum, into 4-pcr-ccut bonds of the : : United Slates, issued under the acts of July : : 14, 1870, and Jam 20, 187.1, upon present*- ; ; tlon at the office of thc Treasurer of the United : : Stales. Washington, In sums ol <oo or malti- : t pliea thereof. ; a -. .ttt...... @ ‘ On the back: 0 • 0 ; Interest on this note will accrue ns follows: ; : For ifteli nine days, or 110th part of u qwlrtcf, : : 1 cent; for each quarter year, 10 cenla; for ; ; each entire year, 40 cents. • 0

A citizen Went into it Norwich (Conn.) hardware store, the other day, and inquired: “ How much do you ask for a bath-tub for a child?" “Three dollars and seventy-five cents,” was the reply “ W-h-e-w!" whistled the customer; “guess we'll have to keep on washing the baby in the coal scuttle till prices come down.” Yocng maN, be economical; shite tip your pennies and put them in the bank; then, when old age is upon you. and yon are no longer able to earn your bread by the sweat of your eye-brows, you can go to the bank—and find that the Cashier has just skipped ont for Canada. — Elmira, Gazette. ! J,f * ' c • “Will you love me when I'm mole 1 d p ” she asked. He didn't understand what she (neant, but he was honest when he. ansajeml, „ “ Course I will; I’ve got two on each leg, and one on the back of my neck—they don't hurt toothing." —Fulton Timet.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Business on hand—» fortune taller’a. , —The finest eilk in the world b grown In Japan. t*. —Neither the Indians nor the whites of Alaska have ever been numbered. —A Methodlat minister named Trauter died at Salisbury, Eng., recently, aged 102. ' —A Burlington blacksmith has Just established a “ conservatory of homeshoeing.” V Bring in your spring poems before the fires are dispensed with.— Danbury Newt. —Three-fourths Of all the tobacco consumed in Great Britaimis purchased by poor people in half ounces. —When old Faust signed the contract with MephistOpheles in his blood, he wrote in his best vein, so to speak. —Trains on the Southern Pacific Railroad are now running to a point 800 miles south and east of San Francisco. —Modesty is a priceless virtue; but, if like the bloom on a woman's cheek, it is only “ put ou,” it loses its value. —Every man seems to be perfectly willing that his wife’slove should cover the multitude of his sins.— N. Y. Heraid> —“ Anonymous articles will receive no attention,” the editor remarked when a baby was left on his front-door step. —The man who goes abroad for his health, does so in preference to staying at home and looking for his health whore he lost it. —The French are acquiring a more stable government every year. Paris alone consumed 11,819 horses for food last year.— Norristown Herald. —A tramp who received a blow from an Amazonian widow declared that, until then, he had never realized the full significance of a widow’s smite. —“ My. dear,” said Mrs. Snodgrass, shuddering, “ how do tnese awful men succeed in entering dead people’s vaults?” “With skeleton keys I presume,” unfeelingly replied Mr. S. —The Geographical Society of Paris has taken the initiatory steps toward forming an emigration society, which will give information to those desiring to emigrate regarding all sections of the civilized world. —Since Joseph's time no Israelite has held as high a position in Egypt, it is said, as Blum Pacha (an Austrian by birth whose real name is Julius Blum), who has been made Assistant Secretary of State to the Khedive. —There are iron and coal veins, as well as marble quarries, in the Balkans, and it is said that traces of gold have also been found in Bulgarian streams. There is, therefore, a wide field for exercise of the energy of the new Government. —A happy discovery, made bv the Arabs, that camels have a weakness for the company of telegraph poles, and march much more willingly beside these links with civilization, has resulted in special care being taken of poles and wires. —A curious incident occurred in the course of the run on the AldersgateStreet Branch of the London and County Bank. An enlightened butcher came into the bank office when the run was at high tide and carelessly threw down £6OO as “something to go on with.” —Mr. Farnum, United States Consul General in Egypt, writes that M. Ferdinand Lesseps, who has been at the head of the Suez Canal since its beginning in 1854, expresses the opinion that the Panama Canal must be constructed without locks to be successful or remunerative.

—Nothing recent in the way of religious advertising is more novel than the announcement lately made in juu English newspaper by a gentleman- of Hammersmith, who styles himself “The Commander-in-Cliiefof the Salvation Army." It runs in this wise: “The Seventeenth Hammersmith Corps will take up arms against the Devil's Kingdom on Sunday next; firing to commence on the Broadway at ten o'clock: Every member to muster in the Broadway at six for general attack upon the Enemy’s Kingdom. Capt. ~W r -~.Bould. .in. presence of the Com-mander-in-Chief, will deliver his charge to the members of the corps, and explain the many advantages offered to those who will volunteer to join the army.” —The Neue Freie Presse, of Vienna, tells of the narrow escape of an aged Hebrew of that city from being buried alive. He had been bedridden for a long time, and, being taken with vio-, lent convulsions, became stiff and cold, and was taken for dead. It is a custom among the Orthodox Jews, which may have caused many a premature burial, and which the lteformed Jews have entirely discarded, to inter their dead on the day of their decease. Fortunately for Pejrez Fischer, the day of his supposed demise was Friday, and it was impossible, on account of the approach of the Sabbath, which with the Orthodox Hebrews begins at sundown on Friday, to bury him with the usual dispatch. He was laid out, and two faithful believers were set to watch and pray over him until the close of the Sabbath. Toward dawn of Saturdav, while the watchers were occupied with their devotions, Pejrez Fischer returned to consciousness, and, perceiving the meaning of his surroundings, arose with rage, horror and mad imprecations, while his terror-stricken attendants took to precipitate flight. One of them was so frightened that he fell sick and has since died, but Pejrez Fischer is in a fair way, from the shock he has received, to enjoy better health than he had before his supposed death.

Don’t Kiss the Babies.

When any person of either sex, or of anjr condition, sees a small child walking oy running about in charge of a nurse, he (or she. generally she.) counts it his pi iviiege'to kiss the child, if he happens to be pleased with its appearance. Even if he is not pleased, he feels well-nigh obliged, should he be polite, to caress the “ aear little thing," because he conceives.it to bo a sort of duty Which cotemporaries owe to the rising generation. It is singular how this custom of greeting small children, under all circumstances, shonld have grown up. Entire strangers -to the families, not less than its friends, seem to think this kissing imperative. A good-looking, nicely-dressed child cannot be seen in a hotel, on the promenade, or in any of the parks, without incurring the habitual embrace from a number of men and women of high and low degree. That it is an impertinence, to say the least, cannot be denied; that it is a habit which many parents..deplore, and try in vain to correct, is widely fcnOWn. It is most undesirable, nor Is it safe, this wholesale, indiscriminate kissing. Imagine how children themselves must suffer It is one of their wrongs that has not been suffi-

ciently Insisted on. It is not improbable that they bare often been made ill by rubbing the gauntlet with Tom. Dick and Harry,, or Jane, Mary and Bara£. The custom is mere established here than ih any other country, and it is time it should be discontinued. Nobody has any right to kiss a child unless invited to do so by its parents, ana this should be understood.—N. Y. Times. *'

Elihu Burritt.

Elihn Burritt, whose death is announced this evening in our dispatches, had an almost world-wide reputation as “The Learned Blacksmith.” He was born in New Britain, Conn., on the Bth of December, 1810. His ancestors were Scotch, and both his father and grandfather served in the American army during the Revolution. His father was a shoemaker in hbmble circumstances, and having a family of ten children could not afford to give them very liberal advantages. When seventeen vears old Elihu was apprenticed to a blacksmith, and it was during his labors at the anvil that a great deal of his study was accomplished. He was .a natural mathematician, bukhad also a great taste for the languages, and with little assistance he mastered French, Latin and Greek, and later he acquired a knowledge of other tongues. It i 3 related that when twenty-two years old, being ashamed to ask for aid, he resolved on working his own way in his studies; so he sat down to Homer’s “ Iliad” without note or comment, and with only a lexicon with Latin definitions. He had never read a line in the book, but determined that if be could read two lines by hard study during the whole day he would never ask help of any.one in mastering the Greek language. He won a complete victory, and by the middle of the afternoon had read and committed fifteen lines to memory. He'went to Worcester, Mass., in order to use the library of the Antiquarian Society there, and there he made his first attempt at journalism, editing the Christian Citizen, a journal devoted to the peaceable settlement of international troubles. He became a lecturer of note, speaking on the subjects of temperance, slavery and cheap ocean postage. In 1846 he went to England and termed “The League of Universal Brotherhood,” which announcedits aim to be the abolition of war. He took a deep interest in the slavery question, advocating compensated emancipation, and he assumed charge of a Philadelphia journal, the Citizen of the World, in 1862, in order to advance this scheme. In his devotion to the subject it is said that he sometimes restricted his personal expenses to sixteen cents a day. In 1865 Mr. llurritt was made United States Consul at Birmingham, Eng , but was removed from office when President Grant was inaugurated. He returned to this country in 1870, and has given his attention since to quiet literary work, writing to the newspapers on many subjects. Among his books are “ Sparks from the Anvil,” “Miscellaneous Writings,” “Olive Leaves,” “Thoughts anl Things at Home and Abroad,” “A Walk from John o’Groat’s to Land's End,” “Lectures and Speeches” and “Ten-Minute Talks on all Sorts of Topics.” Mr. Burritt was a man of the most honest and earnest purpose, often radical in some of his plans, but always certain to have a good end in view. He aimed in his literary work to instruct and to benefit his readers rather lhau to produce elegant literature. His health had been poor for a long time, and attacks of hemorrhage of the lungs had xpore than once given warning that his days were numbered. — N. Y. livening Tost.

Living Issues.

It has been the fashion for several years to ridicule the agitation of all questions relating to the issues of the war as a fruitless waving of the bloody shirt, and to assert that the question of State rights was a dead issue, and that all talk against it was so much argument thrown away. Possibly the men who referred to the issues of the war and the questions of State rights and secession as dead issues believed what they said, and were in earnest in abusing those who refused to so consider them. But if they were, they must now admit that they were sadly mistaken, and lacking in that common foresight that belongs to the ordinary politician in this country. All the signs of the times, and all the circumstances and incidents of recent political debates, indicate that the living issues of the extra session of Congress, and of the political campaigns that will follow, will be similar to those which commanded the attention of the people just previous to the war and in the years succeeding the war. It is to be regretted that such is the case. Certainly the conservative classes, which make up the Republican party, have made great efforts to prevent the recurrence of such a state of affairs. But it has required no gift of prophecy within the last few years to foretell the coming of the new crisis. Many of the best friends of the Union have been blind to all evidences of the presence of an anti-National sentiment in our politics, or, if not blind, have willingly shut their eyes with the hope that by ignoring the alien sentiment they might contribute to its decay and hasten its tinal disappearance. Others, in a spirit of recklessness or wantonness, have disregarded warnings for the sake of political capital, and have encouragedthe growth of extreme doctrines, that they might take advantage of them in political combinations. As a result, we have the doctrine of State rights and secession as squarely before the country now as it was in 1861, and the living war issues as prominent as they were ten or twelve years ago. It is a startling fact that there is as much talk, on the part of Democratic leaders and speakers, favorable to the State rights school of politicans as there wasin the memorable campaign of 1860. The doctrines that made Vallandigham dangerous in 1868, and kept Senator Thurman in the background during the war, find eager exponents and advocates wherever there is a circle of Democrats. Tho sentiments that were tabooed as unpolitic in Democratic Conventions in 1868 are to-day made the basis for claims to political promotion. The avowal of convictions that caused Vallandigham, as a Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, in 1863, to be buried under a majority of 100,000 is relied upon to-day to advance the interests of Senator Thurman and to forward his Presidential aspirations. The convictions that Southern Congressmen were requested to hold in check, for the sake of their party, as late as 1876* receive now tbe-fwast airing, and are forced upon the consideration of the public at every opportunity. Hot heads like Hill of Georgia, who were suppressed by party

discipline a few years ago, prate now of State rights and parade their hostility to Ihe National Idea of government unreproved. Issues as to the Southern States and as to the powers of the Federal Government to protect its citizens, which the Democratic party would dot raise a few years ago fpr fear of alarming the conservative elements, are now dragged to the front, with notes of defianoe and threats like those that preceded the great conffict that opened in 186 L No secret is made of the fact that the Democratic party is a State-rights party. This is the leading plank of their platform, the chosen ground on which they propose to meet the Republican party in Congress and in the campaigns of next year. The leaders throw off the mask and take their real positions on the questions that they have, as a matter of policy, heretofore dodged. The reason is plain. /They are the avowed allies of tne old rebel leaders, and have fone to the platform of the latter. here can be no mistake now about the issue. It is painfully prominent, and the people must meet it squarely. The friends of the Union anu of National government must stand as they stood in 1861, 1864, 1868 and 1872. The issue has come up and it must be met. — Chicago Inter-Ocean.

A Prophecy of Impending Democratic

The Forty-fifth Congress closed its session leaving the political future bright for the Republican party. The Republicans were wise, courageous and patriotic. The Democrats were factious, violent and revolutionary, and have precipitated an extra session which will prove injurious to the Country, and therefore destructive of Democratic success in 1880. The Democratic House (1) put upon the Army Appropriation bill a repeal of tlwexisting laws requiring United States troops, when duly called upon by United States Marshals, to prevent election disturbances and “keep the peace at the polls.” They also (2) put upon another Appropriation bill a repeal of the laws authorizing United States Supervisors to witness the Congressional elections in every voting precinct, and punishing fraud and violence at such electibns. The Republican Senate refused to agree to these repeals. Conference Committees were appointed, but the House refused to recede. Seeing the close of the Session at nanif without v-the passage of these two necessary Appropriation bills, the Republicans in the House and Senate offered resolutions continuing the corresponding appropriations of the present year until December next, so as to avoid the necessity of an extra session; but the Democrats defeated these offers, and thus took the full responsibility of an extra session, which the President has promptly called for March 18. This persistent Democratic action, justly stigmatized by Seuator Conkling as revolutionary, shows the deliberate determination of the Democracy to grasp at once its political power in the two houses; and the long, eloquent and able debates of the closing hours clearly show that by such power the revolutionary plan is to be pushed to the uttermost. The Democratic demands at the extra session will be these: That all laws authorizing the interference of National officers at the Congressional elections—either the presonco of tho United oU[icrvlßUlß, or the arrest or prosecution of fraudulent voters and dishonest election officers, or the interposition of United States Civil or military officers to prevent intimidation, disturbances or murder as election practices—shall be wholly and unconditionally repealed. If separate bills embodying these repeals are vetoed by the President they will be placed upon Appropriation bills, and the threat will be squarely made that the Government shall stop for lack of money unless the Election laws are wiped out by the Republican votes or the President’s consent.

If this threat prevails, ballot-box frauds, like those ofTTildeh and Tweed in 1868, will be again unchecked in New York City; the Republican vote at the South will be entirely suppressed; all hope of the effective performance of the great National duty of protecting human rights and a free ballot must be abandoned, and the unrepentant rebels of the South and the “thugs and thieves of Tammany Hall ” may elect the next President, to do their bidding in the high executive office so recently filled by Lincoln and Grant. Any Republican who yields to this defiant Democratic demand —nay, more, who does not “do his utmost” to expose its injustice and wickedness and to prevent its be false to his party and recreant to his duty to his country. —■ - - Necessarily the question of paramount importance in the struggle that is close upon us is: What will the President doP Will he yield to the Democracy, or will he defy their clamor and stand firmly to his duty as a Republican PresicientP I am rejoiced to be able to answer this question by predicting that President Hayes will resist the reactionary Democracy at every point; will .interpose his veto against every attempt, by special act or by riders on Appropriation bills, to withhold the protection yet possible under the laws to the colored men of the South in the exercise of a free, and to the white people of the whole country in the enjoyment of an honest, ballot, and will unite cordially with the Republicans of every grade in fighting the momentous battle for vital republican principles which is to be waged without intermission from the 18th of March until November, 1880. *'**•}* * The inevitable conflict thus to come at Washington, between an' aggressive, reactionary and revolutionary Democratic majority and a compact, united, unyielding Republican minority, backed by a President using the veto power for the defense erf the most important National safeguards, and of the most sacred interests of humanity, cannot fail to arouse the North and produce Republican victories every; where. The extra session, caused by Democratic fatuity and obstinacy, will sound of the Democratic party. There are some wise and discreet leaders amqpg them, but the pressure behind, from the hungry and infuriated masses, now, at twepty-two years’ exclusion; again possessing Congression&l power, will hurry on the whole organization to certain destruction. The devil is in them; he cannot be exorcised, and their fate will be that of the crazy herd of swine which ran violentlv down a steep place into tjie sea And were choked.— -W. E, Chandler, inN. Y. —The letters bl' Bayard TaJldr INn fatuous men fill fifteen packing boxes in the attic of his home in Pennsylvania. J

The Great Pedestrian Contest.

- _L- New Tons, March 15. The last nightibf the great pedestrian contest equaled, indeed exceeded, the opening night in point of both numbers and enthusiasm. At seven o’clock fully 7,000 people were present The pedestrians were encouraged by the most hearty applause. .Ladies waved their handkerchiefs, and threw several bouquets at the contestants as they Eassed along, and men threw their ats in the air. and yelled themselves hoarse. The excitement was .something tremendous. Early in the afternoon it tvas conceded that Rowell would take ' the belt. Interest was then centered upon Harriman making the 450 miles necessary to secure a share of the gate money. Harriman walked very lame, and appeared to suffer great pain, but he struggled along, gamely and steadily, nearer his goal. Ennis was in tine form during the evening, and made some very quick miles. He was quite fresh, and entirely free from lameness, lie made spurt after spurt, both running and walking, and the applause that greeted him was immense. About 6:30 this afternoon Rowell, Harriman and Ennis were all on the track together, and Rowell, overtaking Harriman, linked his arm and walked around, talking with him. TJie cheering was loud, but when Ennis came along and linked with Harriman on the other side, applause bur-t forth in, a deafening roar. They marched around arm in arm, and dozens of bouquets were hurled at them. The judges announced that two laps were taken from the score of each man for having received support while going twice around the track. Ennis completed his 455th mile at 4:23:26, bie 460th mile at 5:38:45** and his 465th at 7:32:16. He left the track at 6:39:20 and returned at 6:23:55, and left again at 7:33 for a short rest. Harriman finished his 435th mile at 3:32:40, and his 440th mile at 4:47:55, and his 445th mile at 7:31:22. It then became certain that he would turn his 450 fuiles and earn his share of the gate money. He left the track at 4:48:30, and took a good rest until 6:14, when he again appeared. He had evidently more friends in the building than the other two. Rowell finished his 48lst mile at 4:13:17, and kept on walking and running alternately, finishing his 485th mile at 5:13:44. Remaining on the track, at 7:29:30 he had completed his 491 th mile. As Harriman neared his 45<Mi mile, and Rowell was closing up to Sis 500th, the spectators became perfectly wild with excitement, and, as Harriman turned his 450th mile, and great white figures on the blackboard announced the result, a storm of applause seldom heard burst forth, and lasted fully ten minutes. He completed his 450 miles at 8:42, and a man had to carry around before him several immense bouquets, presented by his lady friends. He carried a small American flag over his shoulder, and this incident increased, if it were possible, the enthusiasm. When the figures 500 went up opposite Rowell’s name on the blackboard the excitement can scarcely be imagined. This was three minutes to nine o’clock. Then he put on his ulster and carrying the American flag over his right shoulder and an immense bouquet in his left hand, he marched around the track twice, a Captain of police on one side and his trainer on the other. The band played “ God Save the Queetr.’i The enthusiasm hiah. Rowell then left the track for good with n sooro of eoo Ho went at once to the Ashland House, was bathed and rubbed down, and went to bed for four hours, when he is to be waked up. He was received at the hotel by some twenty ladies and congratulated. Ho seemed to be a pretty well used-up man. Harriman completed 450 miles and 3 laps at 8:45:40, and then he retired from the track for good. He was surrounded by a host of friends, who brought him out of the garden by the Fourth avenue entrance and placed him in a carriage, and he was driven to the St. James Hotel. He was accompanied by his doctor. Various floral gifts given to Rowell and Harriman were taken to their hotels after them. Ennis alone remained on the track* and he was walking to win a bet of $1,500. He had backed himself to make 475 miles and was determined to win it He was cheered lustily, the crowd remaining notwithstanding it was generally known that both Rowell and Harrituan had left the garden. Ennis continued at a good pace and turned his 470th mile at 8:53:25 and completed 475 miles at 10:57. The applause was tremendous, Ennis running his 475th mile in 6 minutes and 55 seconds, the fastest of the contest. This concluded the great walking match, and the vast crowd slowly dispersed. The official score for the match at ten o’clock, when it closed, was: Rowell, 500 miles and 180 yards; Ennis, 475 miles; Harriman, 450 miles 3 laps and 140 yards. The men were off the track during the whole six days as follows: Rowell, 38 hours 42 minutes and 60 seconds; Ennis, 86 hours 21 minutes and 33 seconds; Harriman, 38 hours 1 minute and 21 seconds. The total receipts durhtg the contest were $51,000. At the beginning of the match it was decided that SI,OOO should be set apart out of the receipts for the man or men who failed to cover 450 miles. O'Leary thus will receive SI,OOO. At half-past ten the lights in the main building of the garden were turned out, and the great international pedestrian contest for the championship of the world was settled for th e present. The total number of miles made by each man on each day of the match was as follows: Bnrri- — Smrdf. ——<na«. Fin* day HO jj* MS Third day-.., gS '8 §§ Fourth day 77 §6 55 Sixth day....... 72 ___ 70 60 T0ta1....7r... 800 478 450 —Several years ago Gov. Carroll, of Maryland, and S. Teakle Wallis, of the same State, had a falling out over an election. At the alumni dinner of tho John Hopkins University, on the 22d of February, it was arranged unknowingly that the two gentlfemen should sit side by aide. As the company rose to go to the table there was a general falling back, leaving the two at the front. Mr. Wallis with much grace advanced and grasped Gov. Carroll’s hand* they linked arms and walked in together, exchanging the first words since tho quarrel. As they sat down Gov. Carroll expressed his regretslhat there had ever been any misunderstanding, and Mr. Wallis hearflly returned the sentiment. — N. Y. Evening Post. ' /■' trk' - ' 4 \ —JohnC. Howard, who died recently, in Paris, Ky., was the tallest man in the Stal^ a half inches high. He weighed Y 67 pounds. His parents and children 4 are all more than six feet high, f ~ _