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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25,1877.

FROM THE SHORE.

(Written for tbc GAZITTI.)

The ship to-day was a mystery, To the eyes from the far, far isles, Watching the Bails and the foaming sea,—

But not the waves in their treacherous

They onlysaw A liquid mist, like a dark gray wall And purple cliffs'neath a deep blues

As the waters sbeon would rise and ialJ, And young hearts throbl»ed as the ship went by,

And young hands waved with a stifled cry, While the storm grew nigh.

O'er the stormy, stormy main.

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The vessel came in to-dav, With its white, white sail a gleaming And its stato!y form in ihe harbor lay,

With flags from the masts streaming. There was nothing to tell of the battle ana strife,

Nor of anxious heart at the sea's wild roar. Nor the closc, closc struggle 'tween death and life, ..

When the ship came proudly in to the shore, For the raging tempest had passed before,

And the storm was o'er. ,'

AshoTe, the fisher's children play, Building mounds In the bright pathway To see the white winged barque at bay.

And cry "Tbe ship's In port to-day. There is hurrying, pressing to the strand. And a welcome ready for some ones own. There's a quivering life, and a trembling hand,

And many a smile, and many a moan Some have watched and waited in vain, Till the tender joy has grown to pain And must watch and wait for the ship again,

We, from our shore to-day, See th»» white sails coming and going But mt the singing, dashing waves,

Nor tticstorw clouds growing, growing, We know not ef vigils grown so dreary, That souls have pt until a weary.

What hearts have suffered when out afar, We must not fudge from the harbor-bars.

I. M. D.

THE CONTEST.

Arrangements Perfected for the Greatest

Musical Tournament in the West.

General Preparation Over tbe a

The GAZETTE has intimated from time to time that there would be a grand musical contest in this city at the Opera House, next month, in which large money premiums would be offered.

The dates have now been fixed. The contest will occupy two nights the 23rd and a+th of November. On the second night the awards will "be made.

Recognizing the fact that the judges should be chosen out of the state— since this is a state contest—and also that there

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much musical talent, combined with education and culture in both Paris and Charleston, Ills., the judges will be cho sen from one or the other, or both, of these places. The decision arrived ai will be a^ npartial as it is possible to make them. 'i he full list of premiums to be offered has not yet been determined. The list be low has, however, been decided, find the money is in readiness v* 1.—Fifty dollars for best sopi ano.

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2.—Fifty dollars for best tenor. 3 —Fifty dollars for best quartette. 4 —Ten dollars for second soprano/* 5.—Ten dollars for second tenor. 6.—Ten.dollars for second quartette. It is probable that a premium will be offered as "sweep stakes" lor amusement.

These contests are comparatively new in the west, but they are very successful east. The honor of succeeding in a con. test where there are a score of competitors, all with their admirers about them, is the chief thing desired. And then th,e money is not by any means inconsiderable. It will, to the successful parties, more than defray a good many expenses. Contests of this kind are much more attractive than concerts. The interest grows intense, particularly on the secund night. The contestants look their prettiest^. and ,}|jsing their best because^. they all select pieces best adapted to their voices and to suit themselves.

The affair is already attracting attention elsewhere, and the management is in receipt of letters from amateur 6inger6 in various cities over the State who will come to contest. All owr Terre Haute singers will enter and the amusement and tieat will be great. We are instructed by the managing committee to inform the public to address all letters: r. Musical Contest Committee,

Care .of Box 174, Terre Haute, Ind.

It is desired that all parties wishing to aontest 6end in names at earliest date possible.

ILIINOIS ITEMS.

fldilor Evening GAZKTTE. he Murphy movement is striking the towns and villages of eastern Illinois, right and left, and the inhabitants thereof are rapidly tumbling to the racket. The 'Blut Ribboners,'' a branch of the Murphy's, claim eleven hundred for their spoils in Marshall. The spell is now up on Robinson, and owing to the rivalry between the two'places, the Robinsonite's hope to go them even better. C. H. Shell«y. of Richmond, Indiana, a first class looking bummer, and Mike A. Lanagan, ol Pittsburgh, are the leading lights, they both claim to be reformed drunkards. It is good if the nefoimation will last*

AN UNLUCKY STAND. TUB GROCERY ON THE CORNER OF SEVENTH AND THE AND ALIA RY.,

AGAIN BOBBED.

he old Danl. Miller hranch grocery •n the corner of Seventh and the Vandalia Ry., seems to be a shining mark for thieves. It is now owned by Itlebsrs, Gardner & Turner and was robbed for the fifth time last night.

When Mr. Murphy owned it he was robbed of about

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bacco, etc. The burglaries must be committed by" boys. They are verjr bunglingly done. The door was litterally chopped and hacked about the knob. Theyi seem afterward to have pieceived that it would be best to burst in a panel and so did that and entered.

Messrs Gardner & Turner do not know the exact extent of their losss as yet,

A Massachusetts young lady went to visit her brother, and falling in love with )u': brother's wife's father, married him, thus Looming her brother's mother-in-law and i'Ung him beyond meastne.

WILLIAM A. OILMAN.

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To Rev. Dr. Hongbton, to my Wifr, to my Brothers auu Skiers, and Intimate Friends:

It is proper to 6tate certain facts in explanation, not extenuation, of my conduct. From the time I began business I had placed in my handifc by friends who trusted me implicitly suhis of monev ranging from $100 to $20,000, on interest at 7 per cent. These sums would often remain undisturbed for weeks and months, and as I paid for the privilege it was proper and was understood that I employed them in business. I never speculated. I never speculated nor lost or won money by any wager or games. I did make investments

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which promised well from time to time in good faith, and which turned out utterly bad. For this my judgement is to be blamed. Posession of so much money and the control of it gradually made me feel and act as if it were own, and encroachments upon it, whether from losses or expenses, which began many years ago, came so gradually, that I was scarcely sensible' of them, and while I knew that I was running behind I could not bear to look deficiencies square in the face, but hoped for better times. The failure of the Sun insurance company and the necessities of the other companies impaired the confidence of buyers in everything but Atlantic, and competition for that the last few years has carried prices so high as to leave no margin for profit, and has made the commissions thoroughly inadequate to meet the scale of expenses on which I was doing business and living. Consequently my business was greatly restricted. The worse my affairs grew the more unwilling I became to investigate them. My books and accounts, which had been my pride, were neglected. I drifted hopelessly into a sea of trouble, seizing every straw which seemed to give a little present hope and in some cases I allowed my reputation to suffer by long delay in making up accounts that were called for. This moral weaknesis was quite inexcusable. How easy to say so now! Yet how hard it seemed to do what I should years ago have done in reducing expenses at home and in the office, and in resolutely closing accounts which were a temptation to me, and which, if honestly treated, must at that rate of interest have pioved unprofitable. Prior to the panic of 1873 I had made some improper use of trust funds in my hands under the pressure of declining business, and the troubles of that year involved me in additional losses. After that time I must have put forth the first "raised" certificate, quite two years ago. It was so easy to do it, yet what a struggle it cost me. I have suffered more all these months in thinking of my baseness in abusing the confidence of my friends in No. 39 Pine street, in the two insurance companies and in the bank (every one of whom has always treated me with the greatest kindness), than on the absolute wickedness of these crimes. Blindly hoping that the next step would extricate me, I plunged in deeper and deeper. l^ope I will make it plain that my endeavor was to cover the deficiencies of a term of years. It is impossible for me to state, without reference to memoranda, which I have not by me, what amounts are afloat, but I am confident all will be found at the American Exchange bank, Union insurance company, Commercial insurance company, and H, Talmadge & Co., and my friends who are looking will find the whole horrid truth there. I had not sold any fraudulent securities, but borrowed on them. It is proper for me to say that I am alone responsible for every wrong act. No human being could have had a suspicion of it, and I,alone am to blame for the false pride which has made me incur expense at home and in my business which could not be lawhilly met. My wife never persuaded me td any extravagance, and she would have accepted any restijaint I might have put upon her. In addition to these fraudulent transactions, other persons than those named must suffer to a considerable degree, chiefly riiy brothers and sisters, probably to the extent of $75,000, and several other persons who have had accounts with me for years. I can now state the amounts of these latter accounts approximately. To 6um up briefly, I would say that a decline in business, bad investitients, heavy expenses, both business and domestic, and personal extravagance havje betrayed me. I must be just with myself and confess that I have deliberately walked in the cleaiest light of knowledge, in the face of the best instruction, into this pit. Some may call it madness I call it sin* Those who know me in my business relations alone may not be aware otit, but every one who knows me personally will bear witness that my intimate friends and associates are all some of the best and purest souls that ever lived. They know iliat. I love belief to give away money than to spend it on myself. They know that my thoughts and my interests were more with various charitable works with which it was my happiness to be connected than on money-getting by right means or wrong. They will mourn with me that I should have valued the good opinion of good men more than a good conscience and my own self respect. hey will wonder how it was possible for a man to so far deceive himself as to believe that he really cared for and valued things that were true, honest, piue, lovely and of good report, while beneath the smooth surface his heart was rotten and dishonest to the core. I suppose that no one will be much surprised that suicide has been much in ray thoughts for many years and while I hoped that some change of fortune might arrest the impending disclosure, I have feared tor weeks that it might be near at hand. I had deliberated before this whether I should add sin to sin, but had resolved to meet the crisis, as soon as it should come, meekly and frankly. I have now but one desire^ and that is to throw all possible light on every dark corner of these transactions, regardless of consequences personal to myself, and to aid in distributing everything that remains to those that are entitled to it Then commending my wife and worse than fatherless children to God, how gladly, if it is to be His will, will I do penance tor my crimes in prison, and pray for death whenever He wishes to send it or, hardest lot of all, it life be possible to one who has forfeited thtt/espectot every human being, I will

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THE TERRE HAUTE WEEKLY GAZHfXTB.

try tolive and add not another stain tbe name of WILLIAM C. GILMAN. THE SENTENCE.

After finishing the reading of the confession, Mr. Chittenden said that it was the letter of a penitent man. He had not been instructed by the relatives ot the prisoner to make any appeal for a light sentence but it seemed to him that the case was one which deserved more consideration than that of a hardened criminal, who would only come out of prison at the expiration tf his sentence to revive a career of crime. The prisoner came of a noble family, ana his relations were among the most honored in the community. If the matter had remained with those whom he had injured, he would never stand in the position he then did at the bar, Even after the matter had gone before the grand jury, at the prisoner's own request, one of those whom he had most deeply wronged made an earnest appeal to the other victims to devise some means whereby the accused might be kept from going to prison. His friends were still around him and were confident that he would come out of prison a reformed man. Counsel made a pathetic appeal on behalf of the wife and three children ot the prisoner, the former of whom he said was on the verge of insanity, if she had not already become insane, and, in conclusion, expressed his conviction that the court would temper justice with mercy.

During the reading of the confession the silence in the court was almost painful, and many of the spectators appeared deeply moved. The prisoner had gradually been surrounded by his friends, anf formed the central figure of the solemn bcene. He scarcely moved during the recital of his crimes but when counsel alluded to his wife and family his features twitched nervously and he appeared to experience considerable difficulty in maintaining even apparent outwvard composure.

District Attorney Phelps then arose, and, in a voice husky with emotion, 9aid: "Your honor, I do not desire to say anything except that under all the circumstances which surround this case, growing out ot my personal associations with, and attachment to, many of this man's friends, and my own acquaintance with himself, it is the most painful duty I have ever discharged officially to a9k the judgment of the court on this indictment." On resuming his seat the district attorney could not restrain his tears.

Recorder Hackett, who was visibly affected, said, addressing the prisoner: "The confession you have made to those you hold dearest in life is the saddest recital that has ever met my ear. 1 can not control my own feelings [here the recorder burst, into tears] at this time, but I have one of the gravest duties to perform that belongs to a judge. In view of the enormity of the crime that you have committed, while fympathizingto the uttermobt with your wife and family, and regretting that a cr'me of so great atrocity has been perpetrated by you, I feel it my duty to pro nounce upon you the sentence of this court, which is—[here his honor became almost inaudible]—that you be confined in state prison, at hard labor, for thperiod of live years."

The prisoner, who seemed to take his sentence mechanically, heaved another deep sigh when the last word had been pronoijriced, and resigned himself to the custory of Court Officer Babcock.

BEECHER ON GILMAN.

At Plymouth Church Mr. Beecher last evening "made some allusion to Gilman, the latter being a nephew of Mr. Beecher by marriage. Mr. Beecher was visibly affected. After the first hymn he said: 'For the past week and more I have been overhung by a dark cloud, and haye been oppressed by a great sorrow, a sorrow caused by the fall of my nephew by marriage, Mr. Gilman, now on the way to Sing Sing under a five years! sentence. He married a daughter of my sister Mrs. Perkins, and was always regarded as a Christian man. We have learned to know how the newspapers look upon these things, and from them we may discover what view the comparatively thoughtless take. They appear to think that religion has no restraining power, that it is a mild and gentle enthusiasm which fails one in the day of trial. But if these men would read their Bibles more they would find that there is not one thing involved in this fall that is not foreshadowed from the beginning to the last leaf of the Old Testament It is buoyed all over, and not a rock or shoal upon which a man ean wreck himself but has been plainly marked to warn him of his danger. He fell, not because he hjd no religi jn, bnt because the warn ings which blaze all through the Bible were unheeded. This is a good time to read the Proveib|. It is one of the best of books for men who have a great dealto do with the affairs of the world. There is not a Christian duty which one man owes to another that is not met in this book. Here and there men fall. This is a part of the great transition movement through which our country is going. A state of war is a state ot earthquake and a state of dislocation. It has poisoned the air and inflated men's ideas o! the relations and val uea of properyr. Anything that disturbs the measurement ot' values transforms the whole man. A currency, even though necessary, which inflates every thing makes a man feel three times richer than he is, and when it begins to come down, with its cracks and yawning chasms and landslides, there is brought to bear upon business men a stress which the virtue of multitudes is not able to endure as it would in ordinary times. It is not strange that in going through malarial districts the weak are brought down while the strong survive. We are going throogh a season of malaria. 1 hope we are nearly through. The times have tested men as one tests timber. Some woods will bear a strain of one ton, some of two, some of five. When this strain comes then the original fiber is discovered. There are some sins which, having been committed, are repented of and stop there, there are others' that di ag after them innumerable consequences. This act of Mr. Gilman is one of the latter class, and stands connected with a long train of causes and effects which he mey not hav$ been able to control. "A child may step on boartl of a White Star steamer and with a touch open the valve and set every wheel and lever in that vast marine engine in motion but if it should strive to stop it by taking hold of one of the wheels? When Mr. Gilman had, through coufusion or through a lack of abhorrence of evil, taken the fifst trust fund to make good a little shortcoming, he had either to confers or ruin himself, or take more in hope of better luck next time to enable him to

make good the deficiency. Pressed not by avarice or greed, but by his love for those who depended upon him and his reputation, he was forced to take again and again, and by this time his moral sentiment was so blunted that he went on to the next step—actual forgery. By this time he had come to think of it as a generic,.not a specific crime. I can readily conceive of a man's feeling more re-1 morse for some particular act than for a long series of evil deeds. I am satisfied that forgery has existed and does exist to an extent which very few suspect. Many a man has issued a piece ot forged paper to bridge an abyss, has gone safely over, and burned the bridye behind him, you way be sure. 1, "Gilman thought that he could. If the times had been prosperous he might have recovered. They were not prosperous, and he was crowded Into that Slouch of Despond of which Bunyan. says, 'Thousands and thousands of loads ot soil were thrown in. but it was not less -deep.' "What are the relations which such a man sustains to the mercy of God, to himself and the Church Univeisal. I suppose it may be said that Mr. Gilman is' a repentant man. Some parts of the statement which he sent to Dr. Houghton would have melted a heart of stone. I have reason to believe that he abhors with utter loathing the air into which he had fallen. He does not attempt to extenuate his crime or make excuse for himself, but confesses, and is ready to endure all the penalty which his acts enUil. The Lord will dwell with him: a broken and contrite heart he says he will not despise.*'' "As compared with the last five veal's, the next five in the Penitentiary will be like Elysium, and he will feel more near to God, more like a Christian, than formerly. 'Remember those in bond9 as if you were bound with them.' What if this were your son, your brother, your friend 1 All parents who have son9 put up prayers in their own behalf, and in behalf of the son of Christian parents and of his family, his wife, his dear little children, his son, his daughters—I can not speak" Here Mr, Beecher was overcome with emotion ana after a moment's silence 6aid, in an impressive manner: 'Meanwhile let alone evil for it be ungovernable. This is safe, that is safe. Don't believe you are strong enough and shrewd enough to enter a course of wrong and yet coine safely through. In England they have a homely proverb, 'He who would sup with the devil must have a long spoon.' Those who think they are shrewd to do wrong and dodge the devil should take heed from these repeated warnings.'

GILMAN ATSI.VG SINGJ

Xhe scene on the reception of Gilmam, the lorger, at Sing Sing is thus described by a New York Sun reporter: Gilman went in a carriage to the orison, in company with Sheriff McGonigal and a friend, Mr. Lane., Warden Clark was in the visitors' room when the cab was driven to the door of the office. Here Gilman was the first to alight, and, after Mr. Lane and Deputy McGanigal got out, he waited behind to take his valise. The visitors in the room did not dream that it was a noted forger who was then entering the visitors' room with two well-dressed gentlemen. When Gilman got into the room he placed his heavy valise on the end of a settee, and then for a minute the party seemed embarrassed. Warden Clark stood silent at one end of tie room, looking at the three men. Hit. assistants looked rapidly at each one, as if to fix upon Gilman. No one said a word. Then Mr. Lane, still painfully embarrassed, stepped forward, and with a wave of his hand appeared to be about to introduce Gilman to Warden Clark.

Gilman was the first to realize the situation* Stepping firmly forward in front of Warden Clark, he said, quietly: "I am William C. Gilman.'

To this the warden said nothing, but turning to Deputy McGonigal asked him if he was the officer. Mr. McGonigal rarely goes to the prison with prisoners, and he was attranger to Warden Clark. He gave the warden a le.tter written on a sheet of paper with the Grand Hotel stamp upon it. Then Mr. Lane said something in a low tone to the warden. 'I have a duty to perform as an otticer,' the warden said, 'from whfch I cannot depart.'

Meanwhile Gilman had drawn Deputy McGonigal aside and seized both his handb. He thanked the officer for his kindn^^s, and in so doing the tears started to his eyes. The deputy sheriff was so much affected that he could say nothing he only shook and held Oilman's hands for a moment. Then ht turned to the warden to finish some of the formalities, and meanwhile Mr. Lane took Gilraan's hand. Neither spoke, but their lips quivered, and then Gilman, by a very apparent effort, smiled. 'Take him to the receiving room,' Warden Clark said to the keeper, who was looking wonderingly on all this. Gilman nervously touched the Warden's arm, as ii to say something, and then turning the keeper, pointed to his va lise, and said timidly: 'That is mine,'

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'I will take care of that by and by,' the keep-r replied, and then Gilman followed him down stai to, the receiving room.

In the bleak receiving room, when Gilman entered, thee Were the six other convicts who ad been brought up handcuffed. Gilman quietly awaited orders. He looked quickly at the other convicts, but without any appearance of repulsion. 'Fold your arms: stand in line, with your faces to the wall,' said the e'erk.

The men ranged themselves in line. Next to Gilman stood a negro who was under sentence for larceny. Gilman stood at the end of the link nearest the clerk, and the first icquries ware put to him. •What is your name?' 'William C. Gilman.' •How old are you:' 'Forty-three years.' 'What is your business?' ... 'A broker.' 'Where were you born?' •Norwich, Conn.' •Have you ever been arrested before?' 'I have never been arrested at all.' 'What!' exclaimed the clerk in a loud voice, as he looked up at Gilman in astonishment. 'I have never been arrested at all,' Gilman quietly replied. 'Never been arrested 1' said the now bewildered clerk. 'Then how comes it that it that you are here?'

To this question Gilman made no reply, and as it was a question that the clerk was not authorized to ask, Leputy. Sheriff Burns, who was lathe room at

the time, said that Gitman did v/hat was proper in not answering. As soon as tbe clerk recovered from his surpris: he asked, 'Can you write?' 'Yes sir.' 'Then sign your name to this roll.'

Gilman took the pen and signed 'William C. Gilman' to the roll in a firm, plain hand. 'What have you got .about you?' said the clerk to Gilman.

Gilman took from his pockets his knife, pocket-book, and a few trifles, and then took off his watch and chain and save them to the clerk. Then, suddenly thrusting his hand into another pocket, he took from it a key. 'That is the key" of my valise, up stairs.'

Again the clerk was astonished. 'The key to what?' he exclaimed. ^. it 'To my valise, which is up stairs^

Your valise! Well we'll see about that by and by. Have you anything else about you?' 'No,.nothing but this ring,' pointing to a plain gold ring on his finger. •Take it off.' 'I can't get it off.' ,r 'Then we'll file it off.'

Gilman, after some tugging, succceded in taking off the ring, and then he gave it to the clerk.

The convicts were then taken into the stateroom to be shaved and have their hair cut. -But as Oilman's face was smooth, and his hair closely trimmed, he was passed by, but was kept in the room until the other convicts were attended to by the barber. Then he was taken to the bath with the others, and after he had removed his clothing it was taken away. By the side of the bath tub lay the coarse, striped prison clothing, which was put on after the bath had been finished. During all this Gilman showed no feeling, and, except that there was a set look upon his face seemed unchanged.

In the yard the seven convicts, in their striped clothing, were placed in Indian file, Gilman at the head. Next to Gilman a negro was placed,/* 'Put your hands on the fefuiulders of the man front of you,' said the keeper. The negro put his hands on Gilman's shoulders. •Now march, keeping step.'

The convicts marched a few paces, halted, turned, and marched back agtin. This drill was kept up for about half an hour, and, although Gilman had not eaten anything since an early hour, his step did not flag. His conduct made a good impression on the prison officers. When taken to their cells, where they will remain, excepting at meal time, until Monday. Thus the Pine street broker began his prison life.

Whetl Mrs. Scott Siddons was in Providence, R. I., a year ago last February, a lady of that city sent to her an autograph album with a request for her signature. The album was not returned, and it was supposed to have been taken by mistake by some one of the many persons who visited the actress but the other day it came back to its owner by po6t from Sidney, New South Wales. An accompanying note said that Mrs. Scott Siddons had packed it away among her effects in the same box with several copies of the play 'Iolanthe,' which she had not occasion to open from the day. she left Providence till the day the note w-as written. Mrs. Siddons purposed going from Sidney to Victoria, and thence to Tasmania.

EMRY P. BEAUCHAMP. V"- VIVE LA REPUBLIC. The Hon. E. P. Beauchamp, Minister Extraordinary at Cologne, and bride have landed sately in New York and are now on their way to Washington r!ity.

His advance servant, all the way from Cologne, dressed in the finest livery of the Old World, arrived at Greenca'stle yesterday, saying that "his master, Lord Beauchamp of the House of Warwick, had sent him ahead to visit his old parental roof, and get matters in readiness for his reception,"

No doubt in a few days our city will be startled by his driving on our streets, with his coach and four, preceded by his servant attired in the gaudiest livery of oriental style. Let a meeting be called at once to make ready.

A KNITTING MACHINE. Yesterday two mechanics were moving a lathe into Teffer's & Sheesley's woolen mill when a fellow from the country asked them what that there thing^ was.

One of them said it was a knitting machine with capacity to make five hundred pairs of socks a day. 'Gosh' said the fellow, *1 know that feller Jeffers. He used to be in the notion business, and if he keeps on in this way there won't be a thing for the old women in the country to do

Once, when John P. Kemble played Hamlet at a country theater, the person who played Guildenstcrn was, or imagined himself to b?, a great musician. During the performance Hamlet asked him, •Will you play upon this pipe?' 'My lord, I can not. Believe me, I can not., 'I do beseech you.' On this the man said,'Well, if your lordship insists upon it. 1 HhaO well a* can,' ind, 10 the confusion ol Kemble and the amusement of the audience, he began to play 'God Save the King.'

Congressman Slote and Mrs. ^General Gillftory will delight the denizens of Cincinnati as soon "as their New York engagement is finished—the 15th. Besides 'Mighty Dollar,' the Florences plav 'Ticket-of-Leave Man' and 'Dombey St Son*

Bu? it is when th a. Indians get home and their squaws find out that bustles and striped stockings were not included in the general requisition, that the redskins will think they have indeed taken up their abode on Misery river.

Newspaper compositors, as a general thing, rarelv find time to spend in a »v)i•» l.CK« n» but in our ex.* n»:s'.c 'we 1 ..cv«i yet come •n -s ui.c work.iig hi ihe piese who vv»i no partcutjrt« lo »d ot Pickquick,—Rockland Courier.

A Canadian priest lately sued a young man whom he had married, for nis wedding fee, which he stated at fifteen dollars. The jury found for the defendant, on the ground that that the youth had received no apprecible value.

Says the Fireside Cpmpanion: "The older we grow the more we realize that fifteen cents will buy more fish than a business man. .M: is worth fifty cents an hour, cuu go out ard catch a whole day."

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Grain Yield of 1877.

The Larges Crop That the Country has yet Produced.

Figtireg That Promise a Golden Future.

New York's Importai ions Compared With her Sister Cities' Shipments.

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The grain crop of the United States this autum is a vast increase over that of any preceding year in the history of the country. It amounts in the two principal cereals, wheat and corn, to 335,000000 bushels of the former, and 1,280,000,000 of the latter, according to the careful estimates of Mr. Walker the statistician of the New York Produce exchange. The movement of this enormous crop has just begun to be felt, as up to the past eight weeks the exhortations were of last year's crop but this sudden increase already noted gives good promise ©f a golden future. During the brief period mentioned our exports of wheat from the ports of New York, Montreal, Bo»tm, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Portland have aggregated 11,525,188 bushels, against an exportation from the same ports during a corresponding period of last year of 3,938,951 bushels, snowing an increase of 7,586,237 bushels. There has also been an increase of ^08,234 bushels in the exportation of rye during the same time, and .in peas an increase of 81,409 bushels. In corn alone has there been a falling off to the extent of 1,633,054 in that time.(

The following table presents the increase of production and exportation in the two leading cereals in the past ten years: ,,

WHEAT.

Tears, Crops 18B8...884,086 600 1809 .280.146 900 1870 883,884,700 1871 230,78?,400

Exports By years, September to September, flour reduced to bushels and couiited in, Septem-

1871 249,997.100 ber, 1870, to Sept., 1871... 50,091,588 Sept., 1878.. .89,389,010

1878 S81,?54,700 1874 809,108.700 1875 898,180.000 1876 886,000.000 1877* 8?5 000,000

Sent., 1878 57.215,295 Sept., 1874 .9 ,888,888 Sept., 1876.. .75.959,180 8eptn 1876.. .69,535,198 Sept., 1877*.. 54,000,000

•Estimated, not yet figured up closely. CORN.

Exports from all United States ports: 18(71 .... 8?, 117,848 1878..... 44,908 088 1878 80,514 077 1874 84,489,606 1875 ...28,000,835 187 6 ....67,879,474 1877* .. .65,000,000

'fears. Crops. 186 8 906.5J7.000 186 9 814, 20,000 18^0, 1,094,855.(100 1871 991,898,000 1872.1,098,719,000 1878.. 938 274,000 187+........ 844,148,000 1875 1,880 089 000 1876. 1,800,000,000 1877* 1,860,000,01*0 •Estimated.

To arrive at the amount of corn "seh£ abroad, it is proper to count in that which goes in the compressed form of pork. Our annual hog product exportation is about 4,000,000 Logs. As it takes about fourteen bushels ot co:n 0 fatten each hog, that will be equivalent to about 56,000,000 bushels more of corn to be added to the expoits annually, as sent in the form of animal food. We also send a great deal barreled up in the shape of whiskey. Corn meal is included in the estimate, reduced to bushels.

That the alarm occasionally expressed over the probability of other seaboard cities taking away our grain trade has not been altogether baseless, seems pretty well demonstrated by comparison of the figures of their receipts and ours, during the period of activity in movement of crops to the seaboard last year and this, between May 1 and. Sept. 1. Last year the receipts of flour and grain at Boston. Philadelphia, and Baltimore during that time amounted to 34,748,993 bushels at New York to but 38,657,160 This year, during the corresponding time,those ports received 23,212,381 bushels, and New York, 21,323 315 bushels. Fiom that showing it appears that while both have suffered a decrease, New York's receipts have fallen off only 7,333,853 bushels, while those of the other ports named have declined* 11,536,612. The records of receipts show that the water routes bringing grain and flour to this port have held their own within about 34,000 bushels, and that the falling off has been in the receipts by rail.

The receipts of wheat at Western lake and riyer ports, Chicago, Milwaukee Toledo, Detroit, Montreal, St. Louis Peoria, and Duluth, during the four weeks endinf Oct. 6, from the new crop, were 13,099,375 bushels against 7,157.597 for the corresponding period of last year, showing an increase of

5,941.779

bushels,

The shipments from those ports in that time wese 11,024,058 bushels over the corresponding period of the year before. California has been this year exception to the rest of the country. Her crops, have fallen off. Between July 1 and Sept. 24 »f this year her exports of wheat were 4,011,000 bushels less than during a corresponding period of 1876.

The increase in England's importation of breadstuffs from this conntry in the year ending Aug 31,1877, amnmrredi to almost as much as the average of her importations during the ten years preceding. Of corn alone she took out 33,000,000 bushels. Her total importation was about 80,000,000 bu hels, of which 60,000,000 were from this country, and 20,000,000 from southeastern Europe. The importation of corn into Germany, France, and the United Kingdom promises tb increase largely, as of late years a general tendency to resort to it as food fa* stock, instead of oats and cut feed, has been manifest. It is found to be one-third cheaper, in England, than the material hitherto employed for that use. Germany's supply will, however, be drawn mainiy from Hungary.

A prosperous merchant *aid the other da tliatyou could not prevent people from buying if you have got what thejr want and give them the worth of their money. He said the only difficulty he had ever had was with his clerks. They usually came to him with the idea that trade was full of lying and tricks, and quite willing to adopt these methods as part of the business until after a period of training. He said it was almost impossible to get them to speak the truth and make representations of things exactly as they were.—[Jennie June. 'N:

THE ticket office at the Union degofc is now as'handsome as a dainty lady's parlor a perfect gem of neatness and convenience. The late renovation and decorating has exhibited the neat taste of the*pai'ticularly careful, and popular agent Mr, JE. L. Girdner.