Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1879 — Page 2

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General News Summary.

From WuMhlnKton. Atowociranator wm made, on the nth, that iLeTnj<>ury J>p.rUaeut In Washington will bn prepared to taeoa, April 1, tn addition to the ten-dollar eerufleatea race. Table from bearer and cimrerttolo Into 4-paroenL bonds. Ilk* to be rojlutcrod in the name of tbe owner and receivable only by order or LTMDarcr j*ropcny aiicau - Th* Secretary of the United States Treasury, on the thh, issued another call for 520 bonds to the aggregate amount of (10,000,-000-tT,&»,000 coupon and 88,000,000 regt, tered. The principal and intereat will be paid on and after June 12. .... I* tbe Postal Appropriation bill, which passed the Forty-afth Congress, authority was given the Poetmaster-Uenernl to introduce and furnish for public use double lettersheet envelopes and postal cards, on a bleb postal etampa of the denominaU tni at present used are to be placed, ao constructed as to allow an answer to a letter, or card to be returned in the ume envelope or on the same card—the former to bear two three-cent stamps, and the latter two one-cent stamps. Ax amended circular was issued by the Treasury Department at Washington, on the ISih, inviting all Collectors of Customs, Surveyor* of Customs acting also as Collectors, Receiver* of Public Moneys, Postmasters of money-order offices, and all other public officer* of whatever character, to become agents for the sale of the ten-dollar certificates authorised to be issued by tbe act of February last, commission* to be allowed and bond required. • Du. Jons M. Woodworth, Supervising Burgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service, died, at his res'dence tn Washington, on the 14th, of prostration caused by overwork. Dr. Woodworth was once a Chicago practitioner. Z. ' ZZi-Z-1 . - ZZ__Z—The East. The floor of Mechanics’ Hall, in North Berwick, Me., where a town meeting was being held, on tbe forenoon of tbe 10th, suddenly gave way, and fifty persons 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, on the 10th, 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 meets regarding his withdrawal from the

editorship of the Christian at Work; 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 tbe payment of the church debt; cl deceit in the difficulty concerning the organist of the Tabernacle, and of stating 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. Y., on the lO.h. Bridges over the Caseuovia Creek were carried away. A family of four persons, living on the flats at South Buffalo, had their house 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 146 majority. At Biddeford, the nominee of the Greenbackers and Democrats was elected Mayor by seven majority. Ox tbe evening of the 10th, Cyrus W. Field gave a brilliant inception at his residence in New York City, in honor of tbe twenty-fifth anniversary of the reception of tbe 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 8. Stickney, late Treasurer, amounting to about (160,000. A Boston dis; atch of the 11th says that, of the fifty vessels belonging to the Gloucester fishirg fleet, exposed to the tempest which swept the Atlantic Coast on the 30th of February, fourteen foundered, and 146 persons lost their lives. These left forty-one widows and over 100 orphans. The vessels lost were valued at over fl<s,<Do. The Manhattan Savings Bank of New York, which was robbed, some months ago, of nearly 83,000.000 of its securities, resumed business on the morning of the 12th. Ox tbe 12th, during the progress of the great pedestrian contest in 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 utterly collapsed and broke down, and was ordered from the track by his physicians, and was immediately removed. So completely was he used up that it was thought very doubtful whether he would ever walk again in a pedestrian match. Tbe score stood a* follows a short time before O'Leary’s withdrawal: Rowell, 246 miles; Harriman, 234; Ennis, 221; O’Leary, 214. Rumors that O’Leary had been drinking, that he had been poisoned, etc., were denied by his physicians, who say that his failure to keep the track was simply because he was used "tip; Some accounts ssy his Withdrawal was evidently the result of drinking and a general disregard of training rules. On the night of tbe 12th, a portion of the gallery in the building in which tbe 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 their walking as soon as the debris was cleared from the track. The Board of Inquiry (consisting of Gens. Bchofiell, Terry and Getty) in tbe Fitz-John Porter case held their final session in New York on tbe 12th. Their report would be made up and sent to the President in a few days, and the result of tbe investigation, so far as the board is concerned, will be known from Washington. Sever men were banged in this country on the 14th: John Q. Pinkham, at Concord, N. H., for tbe murder of Mrs. Berry, in January, 1877; Wm. H. Devlin, at Lowell, Mass., for tbe murder of his wife and infant child, in Jan nary, 1877; Henry Gravelin, at Windsor, Vt., for murder of Herbert O. White, in 1876; a Chinaman at Marysville, Cal, for a murder committed last November, a" Mexican at Pueblo, Col., for murder also committed last fall, and two men named Eugene Avery and Arehie Brown, at Portland, Ore., tor the murder of Louis Johns last August. A terbible explodon occurred in the Mahoning Powder Work* near Danville, Pa., on the 18th, 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 remain* being scattered in every direction.... _ Charles H. Bell has been appointed by ths Governor Senator from New Hampshire sos the extra session to fill the vacancy recafloned by tbe expiration of the term of Benstor Wadlelgh. Mr. Bell has accepted. Impressive ceremonies over the remain* of the late Bayard Taylor took place in New York, on tbe afternoon of tbe 18th, in the presence of a targe number of spectators. The body, on its arrival, was taken on board a revenue euttar at Hoboken and conveyed to ISjiW Street, from Web the£i> cession started. Many distinguished pertonage* were present.

The great pedestrian match for the championship of the world, In Gilmore’s Garden, Naw Yqrk, was concluded, on the evening of th* Uth, and resulted in the v.etory of Rowel), tbe Englishman. He covered 600 mile*; Ennis, 475 miles, and Harriman, 450 miles. The total n ectpt* of the match are stated to have been 851,000. ‘ Tn* remains of the late Bayard Taylor were burled in Lopgwood Cemetery, Kennett Square, Pa, on tbe 15th. The funeral was attended by a lafge concourse of Iriends and ueirhbovs, and by Gov. Hoyt, and a joint committee of both bouses of the Pennsylvania Legislature. Smith, Nichols & Rooms, of Providence, R. 1., failed, ou the 15tb, with aggregate liabilities of from 8500,000 to 8700,009. Maj.-Gen. Thomas W. Sherman died at Newport, It 1., on the afternoon of tbe 16th. four day* after the death of his wife. He was a native of Rhode Island, served during the Mexican and late Civil Wars, and was put on the retired list some time ago, after having been appointed Brevet Major-General tor brave aud gallant service. The following were the closing quotations for produce in New York, on March 15th: No. i Chicago Spring Wheat, 81.U6J51.10; No. 2 Milwaukee, 81.06Q1.10. Oats, Western Mixed, Coni, Western Mixed, 44Q449Cc. Pork, Mess, 89.25Q10.37X- Lard, (6.00. Flour, Good to Choice, 88.95Q4.50; White Wheat Extra, 84.55Q5.2A Cattie, 87 75Q 10.25 for Good to Extra. Sheep, (4.75® 5.75. Hogs, 88.a0Q4.00. At East Liberty, Pa., on March 15tb, Cattle brought: Best, 85.00Q5.25; Medium, 84.50 Q 4.75; Common, (3.50Q4.25. Hogs sold— Yorkers, 83.60Q3.70; Philadelphia*, 84.20 Q 4.40. Sheep brought 83.50Q5.25— according to quality. AT Baltimore, Md.. on March 15th, Cattle brought: Best, 84.75Q5.62X; Medium, t3.12X04.00. Hog* sold st f15.50Q6.00 for Good. Sheep were quoted at f14.50Q6.00 tor Good.

West and South. 4 marriage ceremony was performed by telegraph at Xenia, Ohio, a few days ago, between John A. Smith, at Wichita, Kan., and Miss V. B. Longfellow, at Xenia. As Paul Boyton, the man who has underdertaken to float from Pittsburgh, Pa., to New Orleans, in his life-saving suit, was approaching Gallipolis, Ohio, the other day, a man took him for a rare water animal and leveled hfs musket at him; Boyton’s cries saved his life. The Indiana Legislature adjourned sine die, on the 10th, in accordance with the Constitutional provision. The Governor immediately issued his proclamation convening a special session to meet on the 11th. A fire in East St. Louis, early on the morning of the 9h, 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. Ox the 10th, at a meeting of the Baptist ministers in San Francisco, a resolution was adopted striking the name of Rev. H. W. Reed from the roll of the Baptist Ministers’ Meeting of San Francisco and vicinity for misrepresenting, before the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of New York, the facts and the sentiments of the Baptist and Christian people of the Pacific Coast touching the Chinese question. '• Recent letters from Leadville, 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 laws protecting the State from the evils and burdens arising from the presence of alien vagrants detrimental to the peace and well-being of the State; forbidding the employment of Chinese laborers by corporations or on any public work, and directing by suitable penalties the. enforcement of laws to be forbidding the Introduction of Chinese after the adoption of the Constitution, and providing for the removal of these already in the State. , L In Sacraipento 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 eveting of the same day, at which the sentiment was indorsed that, while crediting the President with honesty in 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 of Macoupin County, Hi., on the lltb, 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., on the 11th, 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 shut. 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 perpetration 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 $3,877,871.57. A great ruin'.ber of negroes from Vicksbnrg/uid 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, » here 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 closed at cash; 89X© 89%c for April. Cash Corn closed at 33%c for No. 2; for April; 86c for May. Cash Oats Na 2 sold at 23>£c; 21%c seller April; 25Xc for May. Rje. No. 2, Barley Na 2,75378 c for cash; 75377 c for .March. Cash Mess Pork closed at $9.753980. Lard, $6.45. Beeves —Extra brought [email protected]; Choice, $4.50 @4 80; Good, [email protected]; Medium Grades, [email protected]; Butchers’ Stock, Stock Cattle, etc., $2 ft)@3.65. ' Hogs—Good to Choice, $3.0004.25. Sheep—Poor to Choice, $3.50(35.25

Foreign Intelligence. f Ok the Bth,'tie cages In the Victoria (England) Coal-Pit collided. One person was precipitated to the bottom of the shaft and eight others were killed. London dispatches of the ]Oth say Lord Northcote had authorized the announcement that negotiations were in progress with Yakoob Khan, the new Ameer of Afghanistan. A urmn from a high Indian official was published in the London Pall Mall Gazette, on. the 11th, in which It was stated that the people of Caabmere were dying off like flies from famine, and that, at the present death rate, the country would be nearly depopulated by the end of the year. ’ '“A kebolction favoring joeal option-ilk license matters was voted dogu iii the Bridsh Bouse of Commons, on the 11th—164 to 253.

Two FATAL cases of Siberian plague are reported at BL Petersburg. Bvlina, at one of the mouths of the Danube, has been proclaim*d a free port. The anticipated breaking of the bank* of the R|ver Thies*, at the City of Scegedln, in Hungary, occurred on tbe morning of the 12th. The water* awept In broad volume through the center of the city, causing devaatatlon, terror, suffering and death in their wakth larger building* were undermined and their Inmates borne away to destruction. The smaller structun s were lilted Bodily and crushed to atom* Qver 80,001 people are reported to be homeless, and It la believed that thousand* of Lve» have been, or will be, lost. Up Id midnight of the 12tb, two-third* of the city wa* under water, and 100 square mile* in the immediate vicinity were also flooded. On the 18th, tbe Duke of Connaught, eon of Queen Victoria, was married to Prince s' Louisa Margaret, daughter of Prince Frederick Ch srlfes, of Prussia. A I’aHib dispatch of tbe 18th says the French Chamber of Deputies bad, after an animated debate, rejected that clause In tbe committee’s report recommending the Impeachment of the Ministry of the 16th of May, by a vote oi 317 to 159. Dan Redden, one of the lately pardoned Fenian prisoners, died at Kingstown, Ireland, on the 13tb, from paralysis, induced by the hardships heendured while in prison. Telegrams were received in London from Sofia, on tbe 14tb, announcing the outbreak of another insurrection in Macedonia, headed by the Bishops of Sofia an 1 Ochrida. The French cotton mills in the Department of the Noid have stopped running on account of trade deptesslon. p-. Gen. Kaufman, the Commander of (he Russian forces in Central Asia, has resigned In consequence of the failure Of his Afghan policy. According to Szqgedin dispatches of the 14th, the River Naros was rising rapidly, and New Szegedin was tnreatened. On the night of that day tbe dykes protecting Csongrad gave way, and the town, containing 16,000 inhabitants, was partially inundated. Szentes, a town of about 26,000 inhabitants, was engaged In a similar struggle with the waters. Over 400 corpses had been recovered in Szegediu on the preceding day. Dennehy &, Co., disiillers, of Dublin, failed on tbe 14th, for (750,000. According to. Vienna dispatches of the 16tb, of the 9,700 houses in Szegedin, all except 201 had been destroyed. It was believed that from 2 500 to 6,000 persons had been drowned. The bodies of 4'K) had already been recovered. Over 16,000 horses and cattle and 90,000 sheep had perished. A Cape Town dispatch, published on the 16th, says that Portuguese African explorer, Pinto, had reached 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 “An act to authorize the issue of certificates of deposit in aid of the refunding of tbe public debt.”* A Washington dispatch gives the following particulars: Each certificate will be of the denomination of 810, will be made nearly of the form and size of the United States note, and will bear on Ila face and back the conditions of its issue. Such certificates will be sold lor 1 .wful money at par and accruing interest to date of purchase, by the Tieasurer of the United States at Washington and bv the. Ass.s'antTreasurers at Boston, Baltimore. Chicago, New York, Philadeljhii, St. Louis anl San Francisco, and tbe Treasurer of the United States at Washington and Assistant-Treasurer at New York will also receive in payment drafts In favor of themselves, rcspec.ively, drawn on New York, winch will be collected, aud the excess, If any, returned to the depositors.

Tbe Secretary of the Treasury will also accept. In payment certain certificates of depi s i, of Nation.il Batiks specially designated to receive deposits on this account, hut the relunding certificates will not be delivered until the cert fieate ot deposit issued by the bank has been paid for by a Treasury diaft or by deousit of a like amount with tue Treasurer o. some Assistent-Treasurct of the United States, or until United States bonds of an equal amount are substituted in their stead. All National Banks, upon complying with Sec. 5153, Revised Statutes ot tbe United States, are invited to become financial agents ofthe Government and depositories ot pubLc moneys accruing Trom' such certificates. ‘ Money received by depository banks for such certificates will remain on deposit with said banks, aubje t to the order of the Treasurer of the United States, and calls for redemption of bonds will issue from time to lime, as the Secretary may direct. All banks, bankers, Postmasters aud other public officers. and all other persons.,*- are invited to aid in placing thesa certificates. They can make their arrangements through the National Banks for the deposit ot the purchase money. Commissions will be allowed on the purchase of these certificates as follows: On the aggregate of 81,000 and not exceeding (100,000 in any one calendar month, one-eivhth.of 1 per cent., and any amount exceeding (100,000 in like period a commission of one-fourth of 1 per cent on the excess, and parties purchasing at one time (1,000 or more of certificates will be entitled to receive them free of charge for transportation. The certificates will be ready for delivery April 1, 1579, at which date they will begin to bear interest, which will be ; ayable upon the conversion of the certificates into 4-per-cent. bqifja 1 Z ■ ■„ 1 -. The Secretary also announces that as sboif as practicable 810 certificates will be issued under this law similar in form and upon like similar conditions to those above described, to be registered on the books of the Treasury in the name of the owner, wl;ich name wil. also be entered on the f ice of the c. rtificate. The form of the certificate ia to be as follows:

© : @ : united states refunding certificate. : : (10. April 1, l«7ff. : : This certifies that the stun of $lO has been : • deposited with the Treasurer of the United ; : States, under act of Feb. 26,1879. : ; James ; ; Treasurer of the United Slates, : G. W. Scofield, ;» ; Register of the Treasury- : ; Washington, D. C. . : ; Convertible, with accrued interest « 4 per : ; cent, per annum, into 4-per-ccut bonds of the ; ; United States, leaned under tbe acts of July : -i 14. 1870; and Jam 20. 1871. upon presents- : ; tion at the office of the Treasurer of the United : ; States, Washington, in sums of SSO or multi- : t plies thereof. , ; ©. «... © On the back: 0 ; Interest on this note will accrue aa follows: ; : For each nine days, or 110th part of a quarter, : . ; 1 cent; for each quarter year, 10 cents; for : ; each entire year, 40 cents. * : O „• 0

A citizen went into a Norwich (Conn.) hardware store, the other day, and inquired: “ How much do you ask for a bath-tub for a childP” “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.” Young man, be economical; save up your pennies and put them in the bank ; then, when old age is upon you. and you 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 out for Canada. —Elmira Gazetie. ' “Will you love me when I’m mole’d’” she asked. He didn’t understand what she peant, but lie was honest when he answered, “ Cdurse I will ;-Hvegot two on eachleg, and one on the back of my neck—they don’t hurt nothing.”— fution Times.

■ISCELLANEOI S ITEMS. —BuaineM on hand—* fortune teller’a. • < —The ftneatailkln the world bi grown in Japan. —Neither the Indiana nor the whites of Alaaka have ever been numbered. —A Methodist miniater named Tranter died at Salisbury, Eng., recently, aged 102. _ r —A Burlington blacksmith has just established a “conservatory of horseshoeing.” ■ 1 s —Bring in your spring poems before the fires are dispensed with.— Danbury News. -Three-fourths of all the tobacco consumed in Great Britain is purchased by poor people in half ounces. —When old Faust signed the contract with Mephistopheles in his blood, be 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 tbe bloom on a woman's cheek, it is only “ put on,” it loses its value. —Every man seems to be perfectly willing that his wife's love should cover the multitude of his sins.— N. K Herald. —“ 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 11,219 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 these awful men succeed in entering dead people's vaults?” - “ With skeleton keys I presume,” unfeelingly replied Mr. 8. —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 by 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 beginningin 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 an English newspaper by a gentleman of Hammersmith, who styles himself “The Commander-in-Chief of 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. Bould, in presence of the Com-mander-in-Chief, will deliver hischarge 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 violent 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 Reformed 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 Satnrdav, 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 Right. One of them was so frightened that he fell sick and has since died, but Pejrez Fischer is in a fair way, from tbe 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 any condition, sees a small child walking or running about in charge of a nurse, he (or she. generally she.) counts it his privilege 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 ‘ * dear little thing,” because he conceives it to be a sort of duty which cotemporaries owe to the rising generation. It is singular how this custom of greeting small children, under all circumstances, should have grown up. Entire strangers -to the families, not less than its friendfl, seem to think this kissing imperative. A good-lookiiig, 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 knpwn. It is most undesirable, nor is it safe, this wholesale, indiscrimikiosing.,.Jpwgiue JiQy. children themselves must suffer It is one of their wrongs that has not been suffi-

ciently insisted on. It la hot improbable that they have often been made ill by running the gauntlet with Tom. Dick and Harry, or Jane, Mary and Sarah. The custom is mere established here than in 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, and this should be understood.— N. Y. Timet.

Elihu Burritt.

Elihu Burritt, whose death is announced thia 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 bumble circumstances, and having a family of ten children could not afford to give them very liberal advantages. When seventeen years 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, but had 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 is 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 he 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 formed “The League of Universal Brotherhood,” which announced its 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 1852, 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. Burritt 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,” ' V Thoughts ani 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 than to produce elegant literature. His health had been poor for a long time, and attacks of hemorrhage of the lungs had more than once given warning that his days were numbered. — N. Y. Evening Post.

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 eflbrts 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 final disappearance. Others, in a spirit of recklessness or wantonness, have disregarded warnings for the sake of politick capital, and have encouraged the 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 Ihe 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 1863, and kept Senator Thurman in the background during the war, find eager exponents and advocates wherever there is a circle of Democrats. The 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 tp hold in check, for the sake of their party, as late as 1876, receive now the freest airing, and are forced upon the consideration of the public at every oppsrtunity. Hot heads like Hill of j Georgia, who were suppressed by party I

discipline a few years ago, prate now of State rights and parade their hostility to the National idea of government unreproved. Issues as to the Southern States and as to the powers of the Federal Government to protect its citiaens, which the Demooratio party would not raise a few years ago for fear of alarming the conservative elements, arenowdragged to the front, with notes of detianoe and threats like those that preceded the great conflict that opened in 1861. 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 the old rebel leaders, and have gone to the platform of the latter. There can be no mistake now about the issue. It is painfully prominent, and the people must meet it squarely. The friends of the Unioji and 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 InteriCcean.

A Prophecy of Impending Democratic Ruin.

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 the existing 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 elections. 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 haniT without 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 Senator Conkling as revolutionary, shows the deliberate determination of the Democracy to grasp at unce its political power in the two houses; and thelong, 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 pres&nco of the United ©tales ©upervlsOlS, 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 of Tilden 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 consummation—will be falseto his party and recreant to his duty to his country. Necessarily the question of paramount importance inlfie struggle that is close upon us is: What will the President do? Will he yield to the Democracy, or will he defy their clamor and stand firmly to his duty as a Republican President? 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 cordiallv with the Republicans of every grade in fighting the momentous battle tor 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 sot the defense of the most important National safeguards, and of the most sacred interests of humanity, cannot fail to arouse the North and produce Republican victories everywhere. 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 twenty-two years’ exclusion, again possessing Congressional power, will hurry on the whole organization to certain, destruction. The devil is in them; he cannot be exorcised, and their fate will bethat of the crazy herd of swine which ran violently down a steep place into the sea and were choked. —W. E. Chandler, i n N - Y ’ Tribune \_ _ —The letters of Bayard Taylor from famous men fill fifteen packing boxes in the attic of bis home in Pennsylvania. ' -

The Great Pedestrian Contest.

yew Tobk, March 15. The last nighfrof the great pedestrian contest equaled, indeed 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 passed along, and men threw their hats in the air. and yelled themselves hoarse. The excitement was .something tremendous. Early in the afternoon it was 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 fine form during the evening, and made some very quick miles. He was quite fresh, and entirely free from ’ameness. He made spurt after spurt, both running and walking, and the applause that greeted him was Immense. About 6:80 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. The 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 dozqps 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, his 460th mile at 5:38:45, and his 465th at 7:82:15. 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 i 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 miles and earn his share of the gate money. He left the track at 4:48:30, and took » good rest until 6:14, when he again appeared. He had evidently more friends in the building than the other two. Rowell finished his 481st 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 494th mile. As Harriman neared his 450th mile, and Rowell was closing up to his 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 Queen.” The enthusiasm fan high. Rowell then left the track for good with asooro of soo iuHm. 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. He 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. Ho 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 Harriiuan 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 50 seconds; Ennis, 36 hours 21 minutes and 83 seconds; Harriman, 88 hours 1 minute and 21 seconds. The total receipts during 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 grp at international pedestrian contest for the championship of the world was settled for th e present. The total number of miles made bv each man on each day of the match was as follows: ' ffarriBowell, ma”. First day..llo 95 100 Second day 87 78 86 Third day;i.B6 78 84 Fifth day. 63 69 65 Birthday ....Ji - 70 _&> Totalsoo <75 450 —Several years ago Gov. Carroll, of Maryland, and S. Teakle Wallis, of the same State, had a falling out over an election. Atthealiinini dinner of. the John Hopkins University, on the 22d of February, it was arranged unknowingly that the two gentlemen should sit side by side. 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. Cartoll’s hard, they linked arms and walked in together, exchanging the first words since the quarrel. As they sat down Gov. Carroll expressed his regrets that there had ever been any misunderstanding, and Mr. Wallis heartily returned the sentiment.— X. Y. Evening Pont. —JohnC. Howard, whodied recently, in Paris,--Ky., was the tallest man in the State, being six feet and eleven and a half inches high. He weighed 267