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V THE- HERALD. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT 1 4 i V.I PLATTSMOUTH, NEBKASKA. On Main Street, between 4th and 5th, Second Story. OFFICIAL. PAPER. OF CASS COTJ3TTY. Terms, in Advance : One copy, one year One copy, six months One copy, three-months ..$2.00 .. 1.00 .. .50 NBBRABKA BRA J. A. MACMUEPHY, Editor. PEUSEVEUAXCE COXQUERS." TERMS: $2.00 a Year. VOLUME IX'. PLATTSMQUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, ISTi. DUMBER 51. THE HERALD. ADVERTISING RATES. SPAC. 1 square.. 8 squares 8 squares. J-iIumn. H column. 1 column. 1 w. j 2 w. j a w. j I m. 8 m. j m. 1 yr. tToo Vl 50 f j (10 f J ft 19 00 8 00 f 2 09 1 flnl a t) 'I S 7.11 3 2' tt 60 10 00 J 00 OtI i 7! " H (0 13 00 SO 01 5 on tt oo 10 Oo'n oo o no as oo ss oo 8 OWH 00 IS (HI H OlljSft 00 40 00 M) OO Ih 00 18 00i! 00 25 0O,-tf 00 BO 00 100 oq XST Al! Advertising Mils dun quarterly. Transient advartiaenicnU mast be paid for in advance. Kxr copies of the ITeram for sale by II. J. Strcl'. t the Postnttlcc, and U. F. Johnson, cor ncr of Maui th4 Fifth streets. HENRY BCECK, DEALER. IX SAFES, CHAIRS, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, ETC.. ETC., ETO., Of All Descriptions. METALLIC BURIAL CASES. Wooden Collins Of all sixes, ready-made, and sold cheap for cah. With many thanks for past peonage, I invite all to call aud examine my LARGE STOCK OF iriti-nitiii-o and ColliiiH. jan 23 MEDICINES J. H. BUTTERY'S, On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth, Wholesale and Jletail Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, etc., etc. r?T PRESCRIPTIONS carefully compounded at U lionr-i, day and ni;ht. 35-ly J. W. SHANNON'S Feed, Salo and Liverv Alain Street, Plattsmouth, Neb. I am prepared to accommodate tht public with Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, A No. I Hearse. On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms. A II A C K Will Run to the Steamboat Land ing, Depot, and all parts of the City, when Desired. janl-tf First National Bat Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, srccxssoR to Tootle, Ilimiiii fc Clarlc. Ton! Fitzgerald. E. O. Uovet Ions K. Clark T. W. Evans President. Vice-President, Cashier. . .Assistant Cashier. This Bank is now open for business at their new room, corner Main and Sixth streets, aud ar pre pared to transact a general BANKING BUSINESS. Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Government and Local Securities BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits Received and Interest Al lowed on Time Certificates. DBAFTS DRAWN, Available in any part cf the United States and In all the Principal Towns and Cities of Europe. ACENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED INMAN LINE ani ALLAN LINE OF JSTH.VXlRJS. Persons wishing to bring out their friends from Europe can PrRCHASl TICKETS FROM US Tlifon-li to IMnttstmoutli. Excelsior Barber Shop. J. C. BOONE, Main Street, opposite Brooks House. HAIR-CUTTING, Shaving and Shampooing. ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO tXTTIXC CIIILDRCVS HAIR Call and See Boone, Gents, And get a boon in a CLE -A. 3T SECAVK. n41-ly OO TO THE Post Office Book Store, H. J. STREIGHT, Proprietor, ron TOUB B30&, Stationery, Pictures, Music, TOYS, CONFECTIONERY, Violin Strings, Newspapers, Novels, Song- Books, etc., etc. POST OFFICE BUILDI-NG, 8-tf PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. EPITOME OF THE WEEK. Condensed from Telegrams of Accompanying Dates, Monday, March 9. Several prominent persons ore to be prosecuted in England for conspiring with Arthur Orion to get possession of the Tichborne estate. ..Tbk2 Commissioner of Internal Revenue has writ ten a letter to meralcrs ot Congress, show ing that the agm-cate amount of Internal revenue collated from September, lSf!2 when the Internal Revenue laws went Into ef fect up to February 28, 1874 (last month estb mated), Id $1,792,555,000. Of this amount there Is due from late Collectors $2,525,190, for the recovery of TVhieh 6uits have been be gua.... Ex-President Millard Fillmore died at his residence in Buffalo at 11:10 on the night of the 7th. lie was conscious to the laet. At 8 o'clock, in reply to a question by his physi cian, he said the nourishment was pala table. These were his last words. Death was painless . . . .The Kansas Legislature has passed a bill authorizing railway companies of the State to issue preferred stock In the Cali fornia Assembly on the 7th a bill to make women eligible to educational offices passed by a vote of 38 to 31. Tuesday, March 10. Charles Ortonhas confessed that the Tichborne claimant was his brother. .. .The Postmaster-General has given to the Vice-President an opinion of the postal car system. He believes that it secures the most economical and expeditious transportation ot the mails, and advises its retention and enlarge ment as one of the most valuable features of the service.. . .Iu the recent local elections throughout Massachusetts several ladies were chosen members of Boards cf Education. . . . A San Francicco dispatch states that several freight trains on the Central Pacific have been caught In a snow blockade and are temporarily abandoned. At Summit Valley the enow is twenty-five feet deep on the level. Several engines and enow-plows are off the track. Several passenger trains were also snowed in. At Cisco over six fcetof snow Las fallen during the recent storm. . . .The dwelling of George King, of Independence, Iowa, was burned at four o'clock on the morning of the 9th, and Mrs. King and two children and a Mrs. Moses were burned to death The number of Granges In Wiscon sin was recently reported by the Secretary of the State Grange to have increased to 398. In January last there were 340. "When the organ ization of those that have applied for recogni tion is complete there will be 4:30 Granges. Wednesday. March 11. The London Daily Tfleqrayh publishes a long statement signed by Charles Orton, in w hich the writer confesses that he recognized the Tichborne claimant as his brother the first time he saw him, and that silence on his part was bought with '5 paid monthly, for a year, and the promise of a thousand or two additional at the conclusion of the trial A dispatch from Gen. Wolseley, dated February 10, says the King of the Ashantees had sent him 10,000 ounces of gold, the first install ment of the indemnity, with a request for peace. Three of the six Kings tributary to King Koffec had given in their submission to British supremacy. The terms of peace were: The King agreed to pay 50,000 ounces of gold; to withdraw from the coast; to keep the road free from Coomassie to the River Prah; to pro tect commerce, prohibit human sacrifices and keep the peace forever A boiler in the water-works building of Binghamton, N. Y., exploded on the morning of the 10th, killing David J. Smith, engineer, and wounding William Courtney, fireman, and wrecking the building. Until the machinery can be repaired the city must rely for its water 6upply on wells and water from the river.... The New Hampshire State election occurred on the 10th. Returns received on the morning of the 11th from 147 towns give McCutchins (Rep.) 2,345; Weston (Dcm.) 20,685; Black- mer (Prohibition) 1,521. It was thought there might be no choice by the people .... A pro tective association of Michigan lumber men was formed at Lansing on the 10th. The pine-land owners present represented $30, 000,000 of capital and 3,000,000 acres of pine lands.. ..The Legislature of Minnesota has passed a railway law in many respects similar to the one in operation in Illinois. . . . Dispatches received in San Francisco on the night of the 10th announce that the snow blockade of the Central Pacific was quite broken, and that trains were passing through east and west on time. Thursday, March 12. The British losses in the Ashantee war were sixteen killed and three hundred and sixty-eight wounded. . .Gen. Jovellar has been superseded as Cap tain-General of Cuba by Gen. Concha.... Senator Charles Sumner died in Washington on the afternoon of the 11th, at a quarter to three o'clock. He passed away calmly and without a struggle. Mr. Sumner was in his sixty-fourth year. Congress adjourned out of respect to the deceased Senator, and a feeling of gloom at the sad event was cast over the entire country. Among his last utterances was one to ex-Attornev-General Hoar, of Massachusetts, to whom the dying statesman said, " Take care of my Civil Rights bill." A detailed account of his last hours will be found elsewhere. . . .The Rhode Island Republican State Convention, in session at Providence, has nominated Henry Howard for Governor, Joshua M. Addeman for Secretary of State, Willard Sayles for Attorney General, Samuel Clark for General Treasurer, and Charles C. Van Seandt for Lieutenant Gov ernor. 1 lie candidates are all present incum bents. Friday, March 13. The Duke and Duchess tf Edinburgh made their entry into London on the 12th, in the midst of a blind ing snow-storm. An immense crowd wit nessed the entry, and the throng was so great that by the breaking of a platform at Charing Cross several persons were kPled and twenty- four injured. The 6torm was unprecedented in some parts of the island. The Cale donian Railway was blockaded bv snow and several trains were burled in drifts. In some cases the station-houses along the line were covered, the chimneys only appearing above the waste .... A heavy snow-storm has occurred in Constantinople, causing great distress among the poor of that city. ..The funeral of ex-President Fillmore took place at Buffalo on the 12th. The body lay in state, and was viewed by an im mense concourse of people. After the impos ing services at the church the interment took place in Forest Lawn Cemetery, an infantry battalion acting as a guard of honor. Business in the city was almost entirely suspended, and houses generally were draped in mourn ing A Concord (N. H.) dispatch says the returns from the election in that State show that Weston has failed, by from 300 to 500 votes, of an election by the people. Four Republican and four Democratic Senators are elected, with no choice in four districts. From returns already in, the House stands: Demo crats, 172; Republicans, 167. Eight towns to hear from, which last year elected Demo crats, and probably have done so this year.... The Ohio Constitutional Convention has refused, by a vote of 48 for to 30 against, to submit to a separate vote a section allowing woman suffrage. Fifty-three votes were re quired to secure such submission to a sep arate vote.... The next Democratic State Convention of Indiana is to be held on the 15th of July. Saturday, March 14. The London Liberal journals contain highly eulogistic no tices of the late Charles Sumner The Rhode Island House of Representatives has passed a resolution submitting to the people n amendment to the State Constitu tion authorising woman suffrage. The Vote stood 44 to 17.... Steps are belDg taken in Jfcw Yo-k to toriJ a mutual cremntion soefcty. tt Is Said that a large numbfek- bf names has been procured, wh9se owners pledge themselves to give their best aid and influence for the disposition of their own bodies after death in this manner.... The Republican State Central Committee of In diana has called a State ''of vntioh, to meet at Indianapolis rn th tth of June, to nomi nate Candidates for State officers, to be voted lor at the October election.... The twenty sixth session of the Wisconsin Legislature closed on the 13th. Three hundred and forty nine laws were passed and thirteen joint resolutions were adopted during the session. ....There was an Increase of 9 4-PJ pel cent, in the area sewn with winter wheat laet fall in the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Ohio, according to the information of the Xationai Crop lie- porter. In Illinois the increase is 22 per cent. Iowa shows a decrease of 19 per cent., to be attributed to the severe drought last summer, The condition of the fruit trees is trcod, and a fine yield is expected. House. xVfter a message was received from the Benate fonrialiy announcing Ihe death ot Mr. Puraner, fr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, feelingly allnded to the event, and offered a series of reso lutions relating to the participation thte lipase in die luriersl ceremonies, whicn were adopted. Ih ixaker then announced the following a cnmmitrefi to arrmnoanv the body to Maachu setts: Messrs. ilnrl hat. Hale of Maine, Foster, Kaiuev. Clavton. Scudder. Randall. Beck and Hancock.... Adjourned. Friday, March 13. Senate. After the funeral services of the late Senator fumner id the ewate rhumber; th5 ChVr acnouiv-ed s the mem ber to fill the vacancy on the Joint Select Com mittee to investigate the management of affairs In the District f Columbia, Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, to be Chairman of the committee in place of Mr. Bontwell, who was excused on account of hi ill health Adjourned to the 17lh No bueinens whatever was transacted by the House. THE MARKETS. March 14, 1874. Sew york. Cotton. Middling upland, iHlQWc Iavx Stock. Beef Cattle $10.5uai2.J0. Hogs DresHed, $6.50ii7.00. Sheep Live, $6.2&a.25. B&KADSTurrs. Flour Good -to choice, $(3.70 '& 6.90; white wheat extra, $6.U07.4O. Wheat No 2 Chicago, $i.58&1.64; Iowa spring, $1.5-131.55 No. 2 Milwaakee spring. $1.541.5G. Kye West ernand State, 97S$ 1.02. Barley $1.75&1.85. Corn Mixed Western afloat, 8090c. OaU New Western, 6364c. Provisions. Pork New Mess, $15.9516.00. Lard 9(&94c Wool. Common to extra, 40 65c CHICAGO. Irfv Stock. Beevea Choice, $5.505.80; good. $5.10a5.40: medium. $4.7&6.00; butchers' stock, $3.50a4.75; etock cattle, $3.E0a4.60. Hogs Live, $5,0055.90; Dressed, $6.0026.15. Sheep Good to choice, $5.5036.75. fBonaions. Butter Choice, 3j4i;c. Eges Fresh, 16l7c. Pork New Mess, $14.30 14.40. Lard 8mC Bbkaostctfs. Flour White Winter extra, $7.009.37H ; spring extra, $5.OO6.00. Wheat Spring, No. 2, $1.1S1-20V4. Corn No. 2, 60S 613ic. Oats N . i, 4343!4c. Rye No. 3, 84 c Barley No. 2, $1.M1.&8. Woou Tub-washed, 4S68c; fleece, washed, 3648c. ; fleece, nnwashed. 25&34c. ; pulled. 3540c CINCINNATI. BiutAnsTTFTB. Flour $6.757.00. Wheat $1.46. Corn 633660. Rye- -$1.02. Oats 50358c, Barley $1.75(31.85. Provisions. Pork $14.90315.00, Lard 8' 39c. ST. LOUIS. Livk Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, $4.5 5.75. Hogs Live, $.t035.30. Brkadstufts. Flour, XX Fall, $6.0036.85. Wheat No. 2 Red Fall. $1.5531.60. Corn No. 2 6U4362C. Oats No. 2. 48348c Rye No. 2,933 93HC. Barley $1.803165. Pno visions. Pork Mess, $15.00315.25. Lard H38SC. MILWAUKEE. BRKADSTurrs. Floor Spring XX, $5.6536.3 Wheat Spring No. 1, $1.28SJ1.28Jf ; No. 2, $1.23 1.23tf. Corn No. 2, 80361c Oats No. 2, 433 43HC. Rye No. 1, 82383c Barley No. 2, $1.61 31.6JV4. DETROIT. Bbbadstctts. Wheat Extra, $1.62431.63. Corn 69371c. Oats 50351c TOLEDO. Beiadshtw.-Wheat Amber Mich., $1.50 1.51. No. 2 Red, $1.46!i31.47. Corn Mixed, 67 6i!ic. Oats No. 1, 513lc. CLEVELAND. BRKAnsTcrrs. Wheat No. 1 Bed, 1.551.K6; No. 2 Red, $1.4731.48. Corn 67370c. Oats 43 BtTFFALO. Lira Stock. Beeves $5.12H6.12f4. Hogs Live, $5.13435.71. Sheep Live. $4.b06.C0. KAST LIBERTY. Liv Stock. Beeves Beet, $i.006.37.J'; me dinm, $3.606.00. Hogs Yorkers, $5.005.40; Philadelphia, $6.00(3.6.30. Sheep Best, $6.25 6.75; good, $5.25(5,6.25. FORTr-THIRI) CONGRESS. Monday, March 9. No business was transacted In the Senate to-day, and but little in the House, both branches adjourning out of respect to the memory of ex-President Fillmore. In the Honse, resolutions were passed commemo rative of the private and public virtues of the de ceased, and authorizing the appointment of a committee to attend his funeral at Buffalo on the lith. Tuesday, March 10. Senate. A resolu tion was adopted expressing deep regret at the death of ex-President Fillmore, and providing for the appointment of a commitee of three Senators to attend the funeral in behalf of the Senate A joint resolution of the Illinois Legislature, ask ing the passage of a law to prevent unjust discrim ination in charges by railroad companies, was presented and referred, as were also resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin for the improve ment of water communication between the East and West A bill was reported from the Judi ciary Committee declaring it to be the true intent and meaning of the Pacific Railroad acts of 1864 and 166 that for the construction of the Central branch of the Union Pacific Railroad lands and bonds were granted for 100 miles next to the Missouri River, and no more, and prohibiting the issuance of bonds or patents for any extension of said road or of the Hannibal & St Joe Railroad in excess of 100 miles next to the Missouri River. ...Mr. Bontwell announced that the state of his health was snch that he must as-k to be excuced from further service on the Joint Committee to investigate the Dis trict of Columbia affairs, and he was ex cused.... Mr. Pease was appointed an ad ditional member of the Committee on Education and Labor. . . .The House bill to provide for issuing and recording commissions to Postmasters ap pointed by the President was passed.. . .The bill to equalize the distribution of National Bank curren cy was taken np. and Mr. Ferry (Mich.) delivered a lenicthy argument ic favor of free banking on the National banking system.... Executive session and adjournment. IIoue. Resolutions of the Patrons of Husbandry of Missouri, appealing to Congress to secure the improvement of navigation in. the Mississippi River and its tributaries by ample appropriations, and remonstrating against the appropriation of public lands to aid private schemes or corporations, and recommend ing that the proceeds of such sales be given to the States for school funds, were presented Bills were paused for the apportionment, of Wyoming Territory for legislative purposes: to prevent the useless slaughter of buffaloes within the Territories.... A lengtny aiscussion was had in Committee of the Whole on the Legislative, Ex ecutive and Judicial Appropriation bill.... Adjourned. Wednesday, March 11. Senate. After the opening prayer of the Chaplain Mr. Sherman announced that "one of our number lies ill, and perhaps dying," and he therefore moved that the Senate adjourn; and thereupon. In view of the probably fatal illness of Senator Sumner, the Senate adjourned witnout transacting any busi ness. House. Bills were passed to amend the act of Feb. 14, 1S71, giving pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the war of 1812, and to re store to the pension-roll those persons whose names were struck therefrom In conse quence of disloyalty; granting thirty dol lars for an artificial eye to soldiers who have lost an eye: to amend Section 13 of the Pension law of March 8, 1873, by providing that, in rase of the death or remarriage of a sol dier's widow, having a pension, or the dea'h of a soldier's orphan children, the pension shall revert to the dependent father, mother, or other relative of the soldier from the date of such death or remarriage The Legislative Appro priation bill was further considered in Committee of the Whole, and the debate was interrupted at three o'clock by the announcement by the Speaker of the death of Senator Sumner, and the House immediately adjourned. Thxesday, March 12. Senate. The galleries were crowded to-day. The chair of the late Senator Sumner was draped in mourning, and a large bouquet of white flowers was placed on his desk. After the opening prayer Mr. Anthony (Mr. Bout well being detained from the Senate by ill nes) formally announced the death of Mr. Sum ner, after which a series of resolutions was adopted relating to the funeral ceremonies to take place in the Senate chamber on the 13th. The following Senators were appointed as tne com mittee on the part of the Senate to accompany Senator Sumner's remains to Boston: Messrs. Anthony, Schurz, S argent. Sherman, Ogles by and Merrimon. After remarks by Mr. Conkli&g the Senate adjourned. Biographical Sketch of the Late Sena tor Shiilncr. Mr. Sumner was born in Boston in 1S11, was educated at Harvard College, and graduated at that institution, with high honors, when he was only nineteen years old. By advice of Mr. Justice Stcryi then a itlember of th5 Supreme Court of the United States, Mr. Sumner entered upon the study of the law under the supervision of that eminent jurist. At the end of three years he was admitted to the bar and soon had a large and profitable practice. Subsequently he was appointed reporter of the United States Circuit Court, and during this time published three volumes of Justice Story's decisions, which are known to every lawyer as " Sumner's Reports." He also edited the American Jurit, a quarterly law journal, and lectured on constitutional and in ternational law at Cambridge. In 1837 he visited Europe, remaining abroad three years. In 1840 he returned to Boston and resumed the practice of law, aud in 1844-46 he published with annotations 14 Vesey's Reports" in twenty volumes. In 1845 the troubles between Mexico and the United States began, and at that time Mr. Sumner took a prominent position in National politics. In a speech before the municipal authorities of Boston on tho grandeur of na tions he announced himself an advocate of peace. He had been known up to this time as a Whig, but his avowal ot peace principles iu regard to the war with Mexico, and his op position to the annexation of Texas on the ground of its giving new territory to tlavery, gradually alienated him from that party. A subsequent address to the Massachusetts Whigs on "The Anti-Slavery Duties of the Whig Party" completed that alienation) and he became practically an outcast from the party councils. On the organization of the Free-Soil party Mr. Sumner became an active and prominent member, rendering them effi cient aid in their canvass. In 1850, Daniel Webster having resigned his seat in the United States Senate to become Secretary of State in Mr. Fillmore's Cabinet, Mr. Sumner entered the lists ss a candidate. The chances ap peared to be against him, but, after a severe contest, the Whigs, Free-Soilers and Demo crats being nearly equally divided in the Leg islature, a coalition was formed by the two latter, and Mr. Sumner was elected. In the Senate, Mr. Sumner at once resumed a prominent position. The successor of Web ster, and coming with a reputation as a con stitutional lawyer second to none, much was expected from the new Senator. He did not disappoint the expectations of his friends, for he at once assumed a leading' position among his fellows, which he has continued to hold ever since, nis first important speech was an attack upon the Fugitive Slave law then pend ing, which he denounced with potent logic and extreme bitterness. In 1S5C, after a protracted fight against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, which confined "slavery to the region south of Mason and Dixon's line," he spoke for two en tire days on " The Crime Against Kansas." In this he severely denounced the action of some of the Southera members of Congress in con nection with the attempt to introduce tlavery into Kansas, and reviewing the history of slavery in an exhaustive manner. Two days later, while sitting at his desk in the Senate chamber, after the adjournment of that body, he was approached from behind by Preston S. Brooks, then a Member oi Congress from South Carolina, and severely beaten over the head and shoulders with a heavy cane. Mr. Sumner suffered greatly from the in juries received in this assault, and for three or four years was practically disabled from resuming his public duties, .hven to the day of his death he suffered much distress, and it is alleged that the injuries thu3 inflicted tended to shorten his life. Mr. Sumner was re-elected to the Senate in 1857. He was unable, owing to his injuries, to resume active duty till the close of 1S59. Al most his first act upon the recovery of his strength was to resume his assaults upon the slave power. In an elaborate and eloquent speech on "The Barbarism of Slavery," in January, 1S0O, he poured forth all the flood of invective which had been accumulating during his years of confinement. In the Presidential campaign of 1SG0 he took the stump in favor of the election of Abraham Lincoln. His appeals were always eloquent, and his whole energy was bent toward the overthrow of the slave power. On the outbreak of the war Mr. Sumner saw prospect for accomplishing his long-cher ished desire, the abolition of slavery. When the first defiance to the Government was hurled at the incoming Administration by the South, Mr. Sumner raised his voice in favor of meet ing that defiance with the manumission of the slaves. As the notes of preparation for war grew louder, he became more earnest in his appeals, and throughout the long and weary mouths and years of conflict he urged, as the speediest means of bringing the war to a close, the emancipation of the slaves. When at last the measure was adopted as a military neces sity, he was among the first to uphold the hands of the President. In the early stages of the war Ihe seizure of the Confederate Commissioners to the Euro- can powers, Messrs. Mason ana oiiaeii, on board the British steamer Trent, provoked much contention. Mr. Sumner was almost the only Senator who espoused the cause of Great Britain in her demand for the return of the captives. He took the ground that their seizure was unjustifiable on the principles of international law, which the United States had always maintained. The leading events of the life of Mr. Sumner 6ince the conclusion of the late war are with in the recollection of most readers and need not be here recounted. The waste of property by war is dreadful. The track of our army is worse than the track of a tornado. Before it are fruitful fields, thriving villages and happy homes; behind it are devastated farms, forsaken dwellings and smoldering ruins. Armies seize not only what is necessary for their own support, but de stroy whatever may be of use to the peo ple whose country they are ravishing. Splendid mirrors and costly pianos are dashed to pieces with the ax, and the fiery brand ignites the comfortable farm-house or costly mansion and leaves nothing be hind but a heap of ashes. The St Albans (Vt) Messenger remarks : A clergyman in one of our churches was very much annoyed yesterday by the whispering and laughing of a married man among the girls, and after sharp looks and noticeable pauses had failed to rebuke and silence the disturber the minister stopped in his discourse and prayed for him. It proved as effectual as the same agency does upon the rumsellera of Ohio." ' CHARLES SUMNER, Aceodnt of Ilia Last iilnea and Death. The following details of the list hours of SeHator Suii'ner are given in ihe Washihgton Associated Press dispatches of March 11: Senator Sumner passed a quiet night under the subcutaneous injection of morphine. This morning, at nine o'clock, he was sleeping un der the effects of it, without material change. Surgeon-General Barnes anf. Drsi Johnson and Lincoln were at that hour, iu consultation at the residence of he Senator., . Yesterday, in the Sanat'!, h had a slight at tack affecting the perves of his heart, Tiut when he returned home he was sufficiently well to entertain two friends at dinner, at the close of which he made an allusion to the con dition of his heart, and between nine and ten o'clock he was taken so sick as to require the attendance of a physician, and an hour or thereafter he had A sefond aUack. Pf hjs old disease, antjina pectoris. Several of his nearest personal friends were sent for and remained with him duiing the night. Senator Schurz, on leaving Mr. Sumner's room, at 12:30 o'clock to-day, took Mr. Sum ner by the band and asked : " Do you kuow me ? " Mr. Sumner replied, " l es, but I can not see you." Once Senator Sumner fell into an asy s.l umbel", which encouraged some of his friends to believe that hfe ws somewhat better, but a consultation of his physicians, held about that hour, did not establish any reason for such impressions. At tw o'clock this afterucon Mr. Sumner was still sleeping, though at intervals he would alvakej at hich tim3 h waa in great pain. He was perfectly conscious when awatle, an3 knew all his friends, occasionally rallying to the effort of saying a few words to them. At 2:45 o'clock this alternoon he passed away calmly and without a struggle. During the last two hours of Senator Sum ner's illness his intellect seemed to be much clearer, and he was perfectly Conscious to the last. This condition was doubtless the result of his recovery from the effects of the mor phine which had been freely administered to turn this morning? Ills sufferings toward the last seemed to be intense, aud he several times exclaimed: "I want quiet; lam tired." He recognised friends who came into the room. One of the last to hbm he spoke was ex-Attorney-General Hoar, of Massachusetts, to whom he said: " Take care of my Civil Rights bill." 1 .4.. ....... .. Around tne bed at the time of death wre ek'Attorney-Gtneral Hoar, Dr. W. P. John son, of this city; Major PerleV Poore, GecTge T. Downing and James Wormeley. Other friends who had been with the dying; Senator throughout the day had left just previous, not anticipating that his death would be so soon. Senator Schurz and the Hon. Montgomery Blair entered the room inst as he breathed his last, but Mr, Sumner waa then tOd near disso lution to recognize them. The onlv relative that Senator Sumner has is a sister, the wife of a physician in San Francisco, and to her the sad news was tele graphed immediately after his death. During the day the house was visited by a great number of the members of both houses of Congress, other prominent citizens, and hundreds of colored people, promiuent among whom was Fred Douglass. The sidewalk in front of Senator Sumner's residence was filled with anxious and saddened friends at the time of his death, and wheu the sorrowful announcement was made the grief of many, especially the colored people, found vent in heartfelt exclamations of grief aud weeping. Senator Sumner's age at the time of his death was sixty-three years, two mouths aud five duys. Senator Suiuuer has been solicitous for bis health for several days past, the earnest part he has takeu in questions before the Sen ate having given him reason to pay especial regard to it, and he remarked last night to a friend, some hours before he was attacked with the serious spasm wkich in a few hours culminated in his death, that he wanted to talk to him about his health; he was afraid he was working too hard. Senator Sumner, at about two o'clock yes terday afternoon, moved from his seat in the Senate chamber to one beside Senator Sargent, and Inquired of Mr. Bargeut who, like himself, had taken a prominent part in opposition to the Centennial bill, whether he had received any anonymous insulting letters on the sub ject, adding that he (Sumner) had received a number of such letters, and packages of a more offensive character, both through the mails and by express. ' He seemed considerably annoyed by these insults, and Mr. Sargent, therefore, turned the con versation to the resolution of the Massachu setts Legislature rescinding its censure of Mr. Sumner, and he expressed himself greatly pleased with this action. An hour or more afterward Mr. Sumner called Senator Ferry (Conn.) aside to a seat on a sofa in the Senate chamber, aud talked with him, as he had fre quently done before, in regard to their re spective states of ill health, both resulting from affections oi the spinal cord. He tola Mr. Ferry that he had suffered so much from his heart the night previous that be had sent for his physician to obtain some relief by an injection of morphine under the skin. He asked Mr. Ferry his opinion of such hypoder mic injections, and from time to time com plained of severe pain while they were talking. Finally, a little before for o'clock, Mr. Sum ner took his hat and overcoat and went home. his last words in the Senate chamber having been uttered in this conversation with Mr. Ferry. The apparent vigor manifested by Mr. Sum ner in his recent speeches on the Centennial bill excited considerable surprise in view of his long-continued feebleness of health last year, and many of his friends expressed their apprehension that he was overdoing his strength in those efforts. It is regarded as a remarkable and fortunate coincidence that the resolution of the Massachusetts Legislature rescinding its vote of censure upon Mr. Sum ner should have been presented and read in the Senate before he left it on the last day of his presence in the chamber as a member of that body. Dr. Brown Sequard, of New York, Senator Sumner's consulting physician, arrived here this evening. He expressed the opinion to-night that death resulted from the rupture of a blood-vessel of the heart. After Senator Sumner had paroxysms his body remained cold and clammy and his pulse very feeble, aud breathing slowly, but with some rattling in the chest. Soon after death the body of the late Sen ator showed sigos of discoloration, and it be came evident that decomposition had set in. The work of embalming the body was com menced to-night, and upou the success of this process depends somewhat the time for the funeral. About the last words of the deceased Sena tor were addressed to Judge E. R. - Hoar, and were: "Tell Emerson I love him and revere him." This sentence was uttered about ten minutes before his death, and just after it es caped his lips the paroxysm seized him, in which he appeared to suffer severely, and he passed away a few minutes after. There is scarcely a member of the Senate who did not call at the house either before or after the death of the Senator. The Massachusetts delegation in Congress met this evening at the residence of Samuel Hooper, to make arrangements for the funeral of Senator Sumner, and after consultation it wat agreed that they should attend the funeral as mourners. Judge E. R. Hoar was selected to present resolutions of respect to the mem ory of deceased to the House of Represeutati ves. Messrs. Dawes, Hooper and Pierce, of the House, and Senator Boutwell were appointed a committee on the part of the delegation to act with a committee of the Senate in arrang ing for the funeral. All the members of the Massachusetts delegation were present at the meeting except Senator Boutwell, who is indisposed. The feeble health of the Senator will prevent him from announcing the death of bis colleague to the Senate, aud that sad duty will be assigned to Senator Anthony. Ex-President Millard Fillmore. MnxARD Fillmore, D. C. L-, and ex-President of the United States, was born January 7, 1S00, at Summer Hill, Cayuga County, N. r. His father, Nathaniel Fillmore, of En glish descent, followed the occupation of a farmer, and in 1819 removed to Erie County, where he cultivated a small farm. At an early age the son waa sent to Livingston County to learn the clothier's trade, and was appren ticed to a wool-carder in the town in which his father lived. During the four years that he worked at his trade he availed himself of every opportunity of supplying the defects of his early education. In 1S19 he made the ac quaintance of Judge Wood, of Cayuga County, who, ' perceiving that he had abilities which would qualify him for a higher station, offered to receive him into his office and to defray bis expenses during the progress of hla studies. This pro posal was accepted, but, not to incur too large a debt to his bcuefartor, he devoted a portion of bis time to leaching a school. In lil he remotel to Erie Cdunt j, arfd eotHlnud hfs leal Studies fu he city of BrtffAlo, N: f .,- nd m l'a.be was eiw ted tc the Plate AsseinJT as Representative of the county of Krie. In 1S.'52 he was elected to Congress, and at the close of his term of office, in l.s;5, resumed the practice of law, until he became .a catidi date for CongJess, 'n4 wn re-elected, in 1S37. ne was re elected to tne two io"" ing Congresses, but at the ch-we of the first session oi the Twtnty-seventh Congress de clined to be a candidate for re-eieoilor1; re turned to Buffalo, and again devoted himself to his profession. In 1S44 he accepted the nomination by the Whig party for Governor of the Ht(te of New York, and, thougli un successful, flai; !tl 1?4T, elected to th office of Comptroller of the State. In l3l5 hC w!ts elected Vice-President, and in March, 1849, he resigned his office of Comptroller to assume the duties of his new position, which he dis charged Until the death of -Gen. Taylor, in 1850, elevated him to the Presidential chair. His period of office expired March 4, 1853. He ha3 rfes'ded m Buffalo siuce the close of his term as President. The Prayer Movement. t Valparaiso, Ind., on the 8th, there was great excitement in tWnseqecce f the pre vailing temperance epidemic. On the pre ceding day the ladies visited Tom Ward's saloon during his absence, about fourteen of them gaining entrance. Mrs. Ward ordered them out, and as they refused to go a sort of fight ensued) in which Mrs. Kellogg, one of the crusaders, was quite teriously injured Mrs. Ward grasped hold of one end of a scarf which Mrs. Kellogg wore about her neck, and, some of the crusaders grasping the other end, there was a lively pull for possession.- The knot in tha scarf waa in consequence drawn so tight as to choke Mrs. Kellogg, and she fainted and fell to the floors The women's whiskv crusade was vigor- ously prosecuted on the 9th and 10th. On the fdrmcr day, at Dayton, Ohio, there was great excitement and a flot Tas only prevented by the firmness of the authorities. On the 10th the crusaders marched in three detaenmentsof twenty each and stormed thirteen saloons on Third and Fifth streets. A great turbulent tabble followed them from place to place and the turmoil at limes was almost deafen ing. Ribald jests were bandied about the out side mob, w ith indecent, loud talk and rough swearing. Crowds of beer-drinkers pressed into invested saloons pnd drank as fast as they could, mocking the praying women with loud blasphemy and louder bac chanalian songs. Even women joiued iu the ribaldry, and iu one place flung out bits of bologna and fragments of crackers among the crusading women, who meekly bore these galling insults, and persisted in praying. The effect of these insults had been to intensify the feeling and make the crtfsade more determined than ever. Large temper ance mass meetings were held in Columbus and Cincinnati on the 10th. The praying movement broke out in Chicago again on the 10th inst. For a few days pre vious quiet visits had been made to a num ber of saloons in the West Division, and the proprietors invited to sign the pledge. On that day they visited several drinking places and engaged in supplication and song. The ladies were treated, for the most part, re spectfully, and were allowed to continue their religious services to the end with out interruption. Ou the evening of the 11th the evangelical churches held meetings, which were largely attended, to consider the temper ance question, and the proper attitude to be taken in relation to the praying movement. The conclusion was reached that it was better to wait awhile before vigorously prosecuting it, and endeavor first to work up a healthy temperance sentiment. In Chicago, on the 13th, COO women met in the First M. E. Church, and voted to visit the Council Chamber on the 16th and present a petition asking the authorities not to rescind the present Sunday law or adopt any ordi nance more liberal or less restrictive upon the keepers of drinking saloons. At Dayton, Ohio, the crusade continued on the 13th, with no abatement of fervor on the partof the women, and without visible success. The movement began in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 13'h. A lage number of saloons were visited, but ihe failure of the ladies was complete. Not a sa loon surrendered. Postal Telegraphy. The following is a synopsis of the bill known as the Hubbard Postal Telegraph Scheme, which provides for the incorporation of a pri vate company to perform the work of postal telegraphy under contract with the Postmaster-General. It will be seen that the tcheme eontemplates a material extension of the ad vantages of modern telegraphy, by largely diminishing its cost, and by encouraging its use in business correspondence, and to that extent relieving the mails of a heavy burden. The plan contemplates no additional expense to the department, and seems to carefully pro vide for the regulation of charges, etc.: Section 1 provides that the Postmaster-General shall establish telegraph offices at all Post offices on telegraphic circuits, and at all other Postofticea within ten miles of any circuit where the salary of the Postmaster is not lets than $ 500 per annum, and at such other places as, in his j udgment, the wants of the public may require. Section 2 provides that the charges for the transmission of telegrams, excepting service and Government telegrams, shall be prepaid by stamps and at the following rates for tele grams of twenty words or less: When the distance of transmission is under 200 miles, SO cents; when over 200 and under 500 miles, 50 cents; when over 500 and under 750 miles, 75 cents; when over 750 and under 1,000 miles, $1; for all greater distances, $ 1.25; for telegrams directed to be transmitted by night 1,000 miles or less, 30 cents; for greater distances, 50 cents. All words shall be counted, and for every five additional words or less one-fifth additional rate shall be charged. These rates to cover delivery within half a mile of the tel egraph office. Governmental and service tele grams to have priority in transmission. Section 3 fixes the rate for special dispatches to newspapers and commercial news associa tions as follows: For each 100 words or less, for each circuit cf 250 miles, shall not exceed 75 cents if sent by night and $1 by day; but when copies of the same dispatch are dropped off at one or more offices the rate for each of fice 6hall not exceed 50 cents by night and 75 cents by day, and at the same rate for each word in excess, and 10 cents additional for each 100 words or lc6s for manifolding to each newspaper receiving it. Section 4 authorizes the Postmaster-General to contract with the Postal Telegraph Com pany for the transportation of correspondence by telegraph as bis agent for that purpose; such contract to be terminable at the option of Congress. The Postmaster-General to furnish suitable accommodation for the em ployes and instruments of the company; said company to have the right on all post routes; to keep its lines iu good working order, and promptly transmit all telegrams. After the pay ment of 10 per cent, per annum upon its capital stock, Its profits are to be appropriated to the construction and the extension of its lines, aud to the reduction of rates, under the direc of the Postmastcr-GeneraL Section 5 provides that the Postmaster General shall supply stamps of the projer de nomination, make proper rules and regula tions, defines the punishment to be inflicted upon those who interfere with the fire Wllrt working thereof, or who divulgo the coirfcritf of any message that may be transmitted. Section fl authorizes the Postmaster-General tfllncrftae the rate of transmission in any State tfr Territory which may levy any tax or asbessrrfent uptM (he company tmtll the ln raMd a mount reprized by1 the" Company equals sucU ta or license, li also provides for monthly statements frin a'l Postmasters, and the Postmaster-General Is directed to cause to be prepared for the company a Si2t5 meni oi ttis -mount of telegraphic stamps sold, and of all other A.'.'r: rocdvtd for the transmission of teli grams, uud ot t!.'? num ber of tegranis received by the department, and their stamped v'ue, and. after deduct ing five cots on each telegVam transmitted, shall pay the remainder of such receipts o aail company as full compensation for its ser vices under said contract. Section ? fi.lmes the corporators and defines the powers and duties of the comp:iuy. Section 8 authorizes the company to pur chase any lines of telegraph that may be in operation at the date of the approval of the act, provided snh purchase receives the ap proval of the Po8tmster-Gc!?erl. Section 9 authorizes said company to "stab les') nd maintain at its own expense other telegraph offices n addition to those that may be establl.-hed by the l'ostmster-Geueral. Section 10 provides that if the company shall refuse to enter into contract with the Post-trpter-Ucneral according to the provisions of the act nil the rlbt uUtuincd theieby shall ccKse and detcrmiue. Section 11 gives Congiess the power at any time to repeal, alter or amend the act. Statistical Iiurenu of Grange. the National A rfX'ESt Washington dispatch 6ys the Ex ecutive Committee of th National Grange of Patrons of Husbandry are maturing a plan for the formation of a Statistical Bureau in con nection with the National Grange, for the col lection and dissemination of information iu regard to the condition of the crops through out the country. The new Bureau will be located in Washington, and in charge of D. W, Allen, Secretary of the State Grange ot South Carolina. Subordinate Granges will report direct to the State Grange all informa tion of interest relating to the crops, and the different State Granges will report by tele graph to the Statistical Bureau of the Order at Washington. The Bu reau will compile and summarize reports Into a monthly report the crops in all sections of the country, will simultaneously transmit reports by tele graph monthly to a'l State Granges, which, in turn, will furnish them to every subordinate Grange within their Jurisdiction. This infor mation will not be furnished to the press for publication, it being intended exclusively for the benefit of the members of the Order. the of and The Funeral of Senator Sumner. The funeral ceremonies over the remains of Senator Sumner took place in the Senate cham ber in Washington on the 18th. In attendance were nearly all the prominent officials of Washington, including the President, the Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court, the members of the Cabtue, the mem bers of Congress and the chiefs of all the de partments of Government, the diplomatic representatives of foreign Governments, and a large concourse of private citizens of both races, it is estimated tnai at least, o.uuu persons failed to gaiu admission even to the corridors of the Senate, bo great was the crowd in attend ince. At the conclusion of the services the remains were conveyed to the depot, where they were placed on a special traiu, and, accompanied by ji few of the intimate friends of the dqceased and the committees of both houses of Congress appointed to attend the funeral, were taken to Boston. All along the line tin re were many demonstrations of sincere sorrow. Crowds flocked to the depots, anxious to obtain a last look at the face of the de ceased statesman, but all were disappointed. At Boston the demonstrations of mourning were universal. The entire city was drupid with emblems of grltf, and, on the arrival of the train bearing the remains, thousands of sincere mourners gathered to pay a tribute to the worth of the departed. - - IIow He Hot a Supper. A few months since, a man who called himself a conjuror entered a tavern in a country town, and asked the company who were assembled there if tltey would like to witness one of his tricks. The fellow looked cold and hungry, so the andlord consented, and 6tated that he knew a few tricks himself, aud had sten many wonderful ones. The conjuror then requested the company to place three hats on the table, which being done he tie sired the landlord to bring a loaf of bread, and the stranger cut three pieces, nearly half a pound each, and placed one upon each hat. He then stated that he could do the trick much more com fortably to himself if he had three pieces of cheese. The cheese being brought, he cut three good -sized slices and placed one by each piece of bread. Now was the grand trick. The conjuror turned up the cuff of his coat, took off Lis necker chief, unbuttoned his shirt collar, and stated that he would now proceed to eat the three pieces of bread and afterward bring all under one hat- He commenced eating the bread and cheese, and after eating two piece? declared he could not proceed with the trick unless he had something to drink. The landlord, wishing that the wonder ful trick should be proceeded with for the amusement of the customers, immediate ly gave the fellow a quart of ale; and the third piece ot bread ana cheese soon ioi lowed the first two pieces. Now the grand trick was to be disclosed and the landlord and his companions waited to see it. The conjuror then said: "Now, gentlemen, which hat shall 1 bring the bread and cheese under?" The landlord pointed out hi3 own hat, wishing it to take part in the trick as well as his bread and cheese. It being so arranged, the conjuror again said: " Gen tlemen, I have eaten the bread and cheese, and now I will bring it under the land lord's hat," and he" immediately placed the hat upon his head and continued : " Now j'ou will perceive it is under the hat without any deception." There were shouts of laughter from all the company except the landlord, who was minus three pieces of .bread and cheese and a quart of ale. The fellow left the house without mak ing a collection of the company, he being well satisfied with the landlord's gener osity. The cat, it appears, is, after all, an amiable animal. A story of its benevolence comes from Stow, Mass., and what is more, it is greatly to the discredit of an unnatural hen, who, heving a fine brood of chickens, took an intense dislike to a black one, driving it away and pecking and chasing it. The gooJ and gentle cut noticed this, and taking compassion upon the poor little outcast coaxed it partly and partly drove it into the house, and then nursed, tended and warmed it all day. At night it was put under its mother " unbeknown" to her, only to be driven off again ia the morning, when the cat would take it in charge; and now the chicken is a young hen, and able to take care of herself. Michigan has 11,22!) Odd Fellows. Not quite Dead. titrW many times within the past two years hai t! eofintry lx:en assured that the Republican pfty i dead? Why it continues to live in tf face of all tho coffins lhat have been made for it we can not quite make out It canort have a very Mrong appreciation of its friendly mourners- Scarcely two years ago a great many " distinguished journalists" decided that the Ik-publican party was as dead as a herring, and they went to Cin cinnati to bury it. There was a big grave dug, but there was some misunderstand ing about the party or parties deposited in it The ltenublicun organization walked off us if nothing had happened the "dog it tfii" that died." Who was it that sung the Heart llmretl Dairn as a fu neral march? One Mr. Howies, of SprilirniMd, Mass , c:in tell u. for he took a handkerChW and mopped up the tears of the melancholy Tocalists. Many things have happened since then. The Cincinnati people became convinced by the wcond week in November that the RepoMlcnn pnrfy was not quite so (lead a9 they imagined, and they have done it the honor of attacking it many times since, just as if it were really alive. Hut there is atill one quarier in which the belief lingors that Mr. Ureeley was elected in 1872. and lhat the "Liberal" are gov erning the country and that quarter ia the Tribune office. Pretty nearly everything has gone to pieces there a paper once powerful does not circulate now over 20,000 copies a day, influences no opinion in any direc tion, aud takes payfW its advertisements In kind oil for an oil advertisement, and so on. Certainly this is u great change, as Mr. Greeley would think. But still the strange person who did so much to bring about the ruin of Mr. Greeley is convinced th at the Re publican party b dead. lie is always " exposing" it the other day he promised a totally new batch ot exposures, but found himself compelled to swallow thciu. Yesterday he announced, for the thou sandth time, that the party is quite dead not an atom of it remains. 44 It lias dis appeared. There may be fragments of this organization scattered about in tho various Htates of the Union," etc., etc. It was equally dead in 172, according to tho same bright authority onlj somehow tho Tribune died that year "also, with its founder. There is a mendicant journal ia its place, now borrowing money of Jay Gould, now ot the Mutual Lifo Insurance Company, now of one, now of another. But a wreck is not quite the same thing as a strong ship. And if we remember what Mr. Greeley was, and contemplate what fc is successor is, we shall sec that the difference is greater ;ven in men than in material: "The vulture crawls where once tb eagla reitTied." However, the Republican party is dead, or lost it all comes to the same tiling. So Bays the Professor. Unmakes hi an nouncement this time in a facetious strain such facetiousncss as naturally proceeds from a being in whom the 6ense of humor is entirely absent. No one with a sense of humor could possibly print the fright ful rubbish and gush which now daily litter up the columns of Mr. Greeley's old paper. Dickens is the model which the I'rofessor has always set before him the only author he has ever read. And what . a very bad thing a bad imitation of Dickons is, everybody knows. It is enough to make a rational man sick. The Pro fessor, however, thinks it "beautiful," and so he tells li is plaintive story about the d&ath of the Republican party a la Dirtens. The worst of it is that Fenton and John Cochrane do not seem to have succeeded yet m establishing any other party to supersede the Republican. They tried pretty hard, and the Profesaor helped them, and a very nice looking article they managed lo produce among them. The I'rofessor has been gazing upon it ever since with disheveled locks, and in what he calls a "large-eyed, won dering way," asking himself, "Is this really mine? Am I the father?" As for the chiel victim of the plot, Fenton & Co. have forgotten all about him. They are still trying to set up their dummy of ' Liberalism" on its rickety legs. They did not carry the election of 1872. but they can promise to win in 1H7G. They cau talk big. Meanwhile, the Republicans seem somehow or other to hold their ground amazingly well, considering how dead they are. The Democrats are doing some active scheming, but they have no policy and no leaders. Having been con victed of dishonesty theinstes, they think it will be a very good plan to run alter the Republican party shouting "stop thief." This was ine device of the Artful Dodger when be had stolen a handkerchief, and set the people chasing Oliver Twist. This little illustration from Dickens will make the 'mint perfectly clear to the bewildered mind of the Pro fessor. The plan, however, in this in stance will not answer. The Re publican party may not be free from all reproach, but it is quite capable of correcting its mistakes, and compared with the Dem ocratic party it is simply perfection. We believe that it Btill retain the confidence of the country, and lhat it would elect a President to-morrow by an overwhelming majority if it had to do it. JVcw York Times. Hudson Bay Company. This company, one of the oldest of stock corporations, will shortly sum nder its title to laud and vested powers, all the arrangements for the transfer having been made. It will tlill retain, however, 5t),00i) acres of the best land in British America, besides claims upon one-twentieth of the remainder. In return for the surrender of its other property and rights it will receive $1,500,000 in gold Irom the Dominion of Canada. The company was organized more than 200 years ago, and in 1G73 declared its first dividend. Its first charter gave the company the exclu sive privilege of establishing trading " factories" (trading posts) on the Hudson Bay and its tributary rivers. A new char tergave it the exclusive right to trade ia nearly the whole of British America from 1838 to ia59. The company also leased a large part of Russian America. The capital of the company in 1&J8 was about $2,000,000, and was held by about 250 stockholders. The stock has been sold for 400 per cent, premium, and has always paid large dividends. The Parliament of Englaad made the company tho judicial authority of the section in which its traders operat ed, and criminals were confined in tho company's forts, or else transferred to the jails of Canada. The exclusive privileges expired by limitation in 185!), butthecom paqy had obtained such a foothold that the business wa3 maintained, notwith s'anding the loss of its powers. Negotia tions w;ere almost immediately com menced between the Crown, the Domin ion of Canada and the company for the sale of the latter's land to Canada for $1,500,000, the company to have the right to reserve not more than 1,000 acres around each of its fort or stations, the whole amount reserved not to exceed -50,000 acres. The deed of surrender was -made in 18G0, and during the last two years surveyors have been at work mak ing maps of the property transferred and reserved. The twenty-five maps have been completed, and as toon as the sur veyors' reports have been accepted the final work of surrender will take place Some of the land reset ved by the com pany is extremely valuable, as is shown by the fact that thirteen acres of one res ervation, near Lake Winnipeg, were sold last month for $9 J,000, (I