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LXllli lllKiYJLlJ PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBKASKA. OFFICBi On Vine St., One Block North of Main, Corner of Fifth St. OFFICIAL PAPEH OP CASS COVXTV. Terms, in Advance: Ore copy, one year $2.00 3ue copy, fix monthn. ............... ......... J.flil On ctnT, inrco monlha... .V) NEBRASKA HEM JNO. A. MACMTJRPHY, Editor. rKRSEVKRAXCE CONQUERS.' TEEMS: $2.00 a Year. VOLUME XI. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA- THURSDAY,. MARCH 2, 1870. NUMBER i. THE HERALD. "' AOVKflTlStXC: nATKJf. sia I I w. !J w. ja w: j 1 m. i m.U m. I cimrc. 3 s'iinrc. column. X column. 1 cnlnmii. 1 on ! wi - f I 1 1 I. ... .. n 1 .a r. '1 M rjl 111 nil 1 l f (Nil 3 7 Si 4 (Nl! 4 7r, H Mi 13 (N; 50 rv no h (ni io on rt oo'an no w cm it. f s oo n oo is (hi i (ni -ri on 40 (ni mi (, i: oo 18 oo at oo r- no to in' wo (ni ino no f IT All Advertising bills dne quarterly, j y Transient advcrtUemcnts nmst be: paid fei !;i advance. Kira coole. of th IlKiAi.n for sale by II. .1. Ptnight, ni the poMotflrr. and O. F. Juhiwoo, cor ner of Main and KifiU tncta. HENRY BCECK, DKAJ.EB III ITH?nituTi?e, SAFES, CHAIRS, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, are., arc., arc. Of All Descriptions. METALLIC BURIAL CASES. Wooden Coflins O' all sizes, ready-made, and .old cheap for caia. With many thank for pa.t patronage, I Invite a'l to call and examin. iy LARCiE STOCK OF I"nr jiitiii'o Colli ii m. SHANNON'S " Livery, Sale and Feefl orsr ivrviisr street, Kat of the Platte Va Honor. The Oldest Livery Stable in the Town. Good Teams Always On Hand. Cartful Driver sent with carriages if desired. 'amazes scrt to Depot to meet trains whenever O flfli-.i. The Only HEARSE in Town. Knnera attended and carriages furnished t fr'i'iidf. Address 4-lv J. V. SHANNON, 1'I.ATTSMOITII. NEB. II. . WJTIJIIM.IX & SOX, Wholcsal and Retail Dealer In PINE LUMBER, Latli, Shingles, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC., On Main St., cor. Fifth, TL.VTTS. MOUTH, - - - NEB. STILL BETTER RATES For Xruiibe:r. WINTER STOCK OK " II. A. WATERMAN & SON. WE '.VIM- SELL All Grades of Lumber Cheap. J. V. WECKBACH, GENERAL DEALER IN OCERIES, DRY GOODS Boots and Shoes, Cutlery, Qaeensware, AND ALL KINDS OF GOODS Needed by the Farmer or Householder, Corner 3d and Main Sts.f ri.TTMOLTH NEBKASKA (ftnthman'c old ptand.) In connt'etion with the Grocery is a (TIih old iiud well know n rtnud of Frank Gnth ni in i, hre the Fnsbt cf 2:eai izi Cc:f5ctio:s:y AVill Ahviivs o Fuiul. ; BEST I'KICES the niarki-t will afford always paid for Country Irtdoxe. Kt-nu-nilHT the old firn, "EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY." U-fUr THE CLOTHING STAND OF WM. STADELMANN, Near y opp. Saunders House, on Main St. At th old jil e I Htill hold forth, and for the (Viitfimial venr I ollVr i;ok1 at 'TS pricrx lJ7ti, 1 in. nil. If u lo not b-lifve it. come and we. A larue Slock or Clotliin?, Mrn anil Hoy'. 1JATS. CAPS. FURS, GLOVES and JEWELEY. (ifiit' Kllrnihiu GimnIk in every variety. 1 -on and Shoe". t'aiie. Trunk, Valines'. Etc. My fto:k of Boot and ho". Furx and Jewelry, 1 po-itively flofin- out. It is the lact year I fliail k.p theVe lines. All Coods at a Croat Reduction in Prices. I'l.ittsinotith. b.. Jau. 3. 1S7. PL1TTSM01T11 MILLS, fLATTS MOUTH NEBRASKA. Cokbad Hci(L, Proprietor. TLOUR, CORN HEAL, FEED. Ilxijian band and tor tale at lowest c&rtx prlo a 1 be H'jhet Pricet pai3 for Wieat and Cora. VnUlax tuntUii irea to CSl'.esa wmk. O. F. JOHNSON, DEALER IX Drugs, Medicines, A!D uz r " ' , , I .t. '- -5 WALLPAPER. All Paper Trimmed Free of Claris ALSO. DEALER I If Books, Stationery BIAGAZINE8 . AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS. t-w Prracrlpt'.ons carefully compounded by an experienced Drofiit. REMEMBER THE PLACE Cor. Fifth and Main Streets, PLATTSMOUTIT, NEB. FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS. JOHN AVVY3I.VIV, PLATTSMOUTH, 'EB., Repairer of Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw and Grist Mills. OAS AND STEAM FITTINGS. Wrought Iron Pipe, Force and Lift Pipes, Steam Ganges, Safety-Valve Governors and all kinds of Brass Engine Fittings re paired on nhort notice. FArm Maoliinory Repaired on Short Notice. Sewing Machines! NEW, IMPROVED LOCK-STITCH GROVER & BAKER FOR SALE BY CHARLES VI ALL, With all the Extras and Attachments, such as Needles, Oil, Tuckers, Binders, Etc. Thoie who contemplate bnyinz a machine will do well to give the (inner & Baker a trial. Sat infliction guaranteed, and the cheapest machine in the market. All orders ly mail promptly at tended to. Address Smi CHARLES VIALL, Plattsmouth, Neb. First national Bant Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, ' SUCCESSOR TO Tootle, Iliiiiiid Clnrlt. John FiTZOT:nAt.D E. O. Dovkt A. W. MrUronuM... Johk O'Roi rke. ..... President. Vice-President Cahicr. ...Assistant Cashier. This Bank is now open for business at their new room, corner Muin and Sixth streets, and are pre pared to trani-aci a general BANKING BUSINESS. Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Government and Local Securities BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits Received and Interest Al lowed on. Time Certificates. DRAFTS DRAWN, Available In any pnrt of the United States and in ai) the Vrinci'pal Towns and Cities of Europe. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED INMAN LINE ai ALLAN LINE OF JSTl!V.3IlI5. Persons wishing to bring ont their friends from fiurope can rrtMTIASB TICKETS FROM VB Tlii-ontrli to PlitttNmoiith. Excelsior Barber Shop. .T. C. BOONE, Vain Street, opposite Saunders House. HAIR-CUTTING, Shaving and Shampooing. ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO Cutting Children' and Ladies' Hair. Call and See Boone, Gents, And get a boon in a OIiZ2AN SZXA.V33, nll-ly OO TO THE Post Office Book Store, H. 3. STBEIGHT, Proprietor, FOR TOUR Boois. Stationery, Pictures, Music. TOYS, CONFECTIONERY, Violin Strings, Newspapers, Novels, Song Books, etc., etc TOST OFFICE BUILDIMJ, fLATTISOUTS, NSB. CURRENT PARAGRAPHS. Thk Illinois State Iltpublican Conven tion will be held at Springfield on the 24th of Mar. The Indiana Democratic State Conven tion is to meet at Indiananoli.s on the UHli of April. - Thk New York Republicans will hold their State Convention at Syracuse on the 2Sd of March. An oflicial ukase has liccn issued In Russia forbidding women to exercise the functions of barristers. Thk Maryland Republican State Con vention has been called to meet on the 4th of May at Frederick City. The Maine Legislature has passed and the Governor has signed a bill abolishing capital punishment in that State. Thk Georgia Legislature has adjourned tine dir. The bill projiosing to call a State Constitutional Convention was defeated. Thk failure of C. E. & A. Dixon, w ell known Liverpool merchants, is an nounced ; liabilities aggregate over $ :J, 000,(MK). Thk Vance Railroad bill, w hich repeals many of thT distinctive leatures of the Potter law, has passed both houses of the Wisconsin Legislature. Hon. D. P. Bkewstek, a former Rep resentative in Congress from the Oswego and Oneida (N. Y.) District, died at Os wego, a few da s ago. A becent Vienna special reports that great floods had occurred in Upper Mo ravia, over 120 houses having been washed away and destroyed. The Democratic National Committee have selected St. Louis as the place and the 27th of June as the time for holding the National Convention. The Captain of the steamer Franconia, which recently ran down the steamer Strathclyde, near London, has lecn ar rested by order of the Coroner's j ury upon the charge of manslaughter. Miss Ciiahlottr Ci shmax, the distin guished American actress, diedatthe Par ker House in Boston, a few days age, aged fifty-nine years and seven months. She had been afflicted with a cancer for sev eral years. Gf.okge C. S.MiTn, formerly President of the defunct Chicago State Insurance Company, was arrested in New Jersey, recently, at the instance of the assignee, on the charge of swindling, and held to bail in the sum of $ 100,000. Thk Rhode Island Prohibitionists have nominated a State ticket, which is com posed as follows: For Governor, Albert C. Howard ; Lieutenant-Governor, Alfred IJ. Chadrcy; Secretary of State, Joshua M. Addeman; Attorney-General, Warren R. Peirce; State Treasurer, A. D. Vose. Thk jury in the case of Gen. IJalx-ock, on trial at St. Louis on the charge of lieing connected with the whisk' ring conspirators, returned a verdict of " not guilty," on the afternoon of (he 2Uh. The verdict was received with demonstrations of rejoicing on the part of the friends of the accused. The anniversary of Washington's birth day was celebrated in Washington by the closing of all the Government offices, the usual meeting of the Oldest Inhabit ants' Association, and the parade of the Fire Department, which passed in review before the President at the Executive Man sion. The day was also duly observed in New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St. Ixuis, Chicago and other Eastern and Western cities. Thk recent Connecticut Democratic Slate Convention renominated Gov. In gersoll and the rest of the present State officers. One of the resolutions adopted declares that the only currency known to the Constitution is gold and silver; that coin forms the only stable basis for the commercial necessities of the world, and that it is the duty of Congress to adopt such measures as shall lead to an early re sumption of specie payments. The Prohibitionists of Ohio recently held a Convention at Columbus, and Dom inated the following State ticket: For Secretary of State, E. S. Chapman ; Judge of Supreme Court, D W. Gae; Member of Board of Public Works, Ferdinand Schumacher; Comptroller of the Treasury, J. C. Murdock; School Commissioner, Geo. K. Jenkins. Among the resolutions adopted was one demanding that the ques tion of prohibition shall be submitted to all adult citizens of Ohio, irrespective of sex. Cheerfnl View or Mtro-Gljeerlne Ex plosives. TnEY are carried in the holds of steam ships, carted through our streets, and stored in buildings which give no hint to the public of their treacherous contents. No man can tell at what moment he may find himself in the immediate neighbor hood of nitro-glycerine, which, if it ex plodes, will blow him into microscopic fragments. It was not a great while ago that three small boys in the neighborhood of Yonkers found several cans neatly piled together in an open field, and surrounded by a fence. Naturally, they stood at a distance and threw stones at the heap, as it is the nature of the small boy to do. The cans contained nitro glycerine, and its explosion suddenly made the smiUl boys vanish from the face of the earth. Only the o'her day, the Captain of a ship arrived at Melliourne found that he had brought with him from England forty cases of dynamite, which had been shipped under the delusive name of lard, or some other equally explosive article. If we are exposed to such dangers now, what will le our condition a lew years hence, when the manufacture and sale of these terrible explosives will be tenfold as great as at present? Baggage-porters will handle trunks with fear and trembling, and rural politicians will no longer venture to sit on the unopened boxes of local grocers, lest alleged soap and pretended raisins should happen to be dynamite or dualin, and should resent the jar of swinging boot heels or the investigations of idle jack knives. A'. Y. Time. EPITOME OF THE WEEK. CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. " Why don't we go to Florida?" says Miss McFlimsey toan inquiring friend. " Simply because it is as much as we can do to stay here, my dear;" Qh, times, why thy "hardness?" A recent Berlin dispatch says the Bishop of Munster had leen summoned In appear lefore the Ecclesiastical Court to answer to charges which, if proven,, would involve deposition from his sec. A Berlin telecram of the 21st says Servia, despite the advice of the great powers, continued belligerent and threat ened to declare war against Turkey w hen the proper time arrived. A kirk at Athens, N. Y., on the 19th, destroyed eight ice-house buildings and alout 40,000 tons of ice. Loss estimated at f:J2.,000: insured in New Y'ork city. On the 21st, the large tin-ware factory of the Lalancc fc Groyean Manufacturing Company, at Woodhavcn, L. I., was burned. Loss on buildings, machinery, etc., estimated at $500,000, partially in sured. Between 400 and 500 workmen arc thrown out of employment. The Holland woolen mi!l, at Limerick, Me., was also destoyed by fire, on the 20th Loss nearly $100,000; insurance $25,000. A DisPATcn from Cheyenne, dated the 21st, says large parties were arriving at that point from the East and West and de parting for the Black Hills daily. A Yankton (Dakota) telegram of the same date says lhat town was full of men, and others were constantly arriving, who were fitting out there, expecting to get to the Hills before the breaking up of the streams. A Madrid telegram of the 22d an nouncis the entry of Alphonso and hi9 army into Tolosa. It was considered that the Carlist war was virtually at an end. Nearly all the prominent Carlist leaders had entered France. The Republican State Convention of Wisconsin met at Madison on the 22d. Delegates to the National Convention were selected, and a State Electoral ticket was nominated. The plat form contains a resolution declar ing that the currency of the na tion should, as soon as consistent with business interests and safety, be made equal to gold, and until that time should continue as a legal-tender. A resolution was also adopted declaring it inexpedient to instruct the delegates to the National Convention as to a candidate for the Presi dency, but expressing a belief that the Republicans of the Statu were emphati cally in favor of the Hon. James G. Blaine. A Greenback Convention was held nt New Haven, Conn., on the 22d, at which several speeches were made and resolu tions adopted favoring the immediate re peal of the Resumption act and the adop tion of the greenback as the currency of the country, to be interchangeable with bonds bearing a low rate of interest. Del egates were appointed to the National Convention at Indianapolis on the 17th of -May. The Indiana Republican State Con vention was held at Indianapolis on the 22d. Among the resolutions adopted was one demanding a repeal of so much of the Resumption act as provides a day for re sumption, asking Congress to let the cur rency alone, neither expanding nor contracting it, being satisfied that our financial troubles will heal themselves if left to the operations of the natu ral laws of trade and commerce; and one endorsing President Grant and his Ad ministration, particularly for his removal of officers suspected of dishonesty, and prosecuting the guilty ones, so that no guilty man should escape. The nomina tions are: For Governor, God love S. Orth ; Lieutenant-Governor, Col. Rob ert S. Robertson; Secretary of State, Isaiah I. Watts; State Auditor, Wm.' Hess; State Treasurer; Geo. T. Her nott; Attorney-General, John W.Gordon; Reporter of Supreme Court, L. D. Miller; Clerk, Chas. Scholl ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, O. II. Smith; Judges of the Supreme Court W. P. Edson, A. C. Vooris, II. C. Newcomb and John F. Kibliey. Delegates were chosen to the National Convention and instructed to work for the nomination of Senator Mor ton. . . It was reported on the 22d that the pre liminaries of peace between Egypt and Abyssinia had been arranged. TnE last of the French election returns were received on the 22d. The memliers elect of the Chamber of Deputies are thus classified: Republicans, 19$; Conserva tive Republicans, 75; Bonapartists, G4; Legitimists, 20 ; Conservatives, 24; Con stitutionalists, 20; Radicals, 17. In 1G6 districts there was no choice, and second ballots arc necessary. A Paris dispatch ofthe22d announces the resignation of M. Buffet, the Chief of Cabinet, and the apjiointment of M. Dufaure as his succes sor. Great excitement was reported at Cats kill, N. Y., on the 22d, growing out of a dispute between a Catholic clergyman and a portion of his congregation about the in terment in a Catholic cemetery of the body of Joseph Waltz, who was hanged nearly two years ago, for murder. The body was originally buried on the Waltz farm. The clergyman had recently given permission to inter it in the cemetery, and the people resisted. The Bishop had been consulted. Winslow, the Boston forger, was taken before a London police court on the 23d, and was remanded until March 2 to await the arrival of an officer from the United States with extradition papers. A Constantinople dispatch of the 23d says the Sultan of Turkey had signed the decree granting amnesty to all insurgents who returned to their homes within a month. Official election returns received up to the 23d from thirty-eight counties in Texas give Gov. Coke (Dem.) 43,381 ma jority. For the Constitution, 2,28!). A Pestk (Hungary) dispatch of the 24th sas high wate in the Danube had caused immense damage in that city. The suburbs were entirely submerged, and several large manufacturing establish ments had been destroyed. A distillery, undermined by the current, had fallen on the evening of that day, and crushed eleven persons. A Yankton (D. T.) telegram of the 24th says the excitement alotit the Black Hills was increasing, and a daily line of stages would besriii running ou the first of March. A sleeping-car on the Harlem Rail road extcntiua thrown from the track by a broken rail, near Wallingford, Conni, on the night of the 23d, and fell Over an cnlbanknlcnt and cailght Are; There were ten passengers on the car, ivo of whom Mr. C. E. Bissell, proprietor of the Sherman House, Chicago, and his son were burned to death. Nearly all the other passengers in the car were more or less injured, but none fatally. Mr. Bisscll's son, aged seventeen years, was in the center of the slecplng-car. The father got out, but hearing the Cries of his Bon, went back to save him, and loth perished. Mr. Bissell was found with his feet out of a w indow and his body inside, burned to a crisp. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Friijat, Feb. 18. Senate not in ses sion ... A nttmhe.r of committee reports of a private natllrc wl-rfi inrt le ithil at led em In the lionse. Resolutions were ollerefi, ob jected to and laid over calling on the President for information a to whether any executive official acts or duties had been performed Mure March 1, ISH'.I, at a distance lrom the seat of Uov eriiment, the particulars thereof, and whether any public necessity exiMed therefor; calling on the Secretary of War for information as to whether, since the -itJth of March, 1H8, anv army officers had accepted and held any appointment in the Diplomatic or Consular service, and were stiil home on the army list. A resolution was adopted declaring the Jill of the present month (Wash ington's birthday) a National holiday. Th" bill to reorganise the Judiciary was ftutherc lis -tiered and several proposed amendments were di.-posed of. Adjourned, the session on the llith to be li t general debate only. Monday, Feb. 21 The ' e:ia'e ::greed to the concurrent resolution i.d ; uil by the JLmse declaring the 22d of February otthe present year a legal holiday. Several committee reports were made. Bills were passed for the sale of timber lands in the States of California and Oregon, and in the Territories of the United States, with on amendment providing that any person desiring to avail himself of the provisions of the act. in addition to other requirements mentioned in the bill, shall declare that he has not made any agreement with any person or persons by which the title which he mtifht acquire from the United States, or any right in said land or timber there on, should inure in whole or In ; art to the benetl of any person except himself; House hill making an appropriation t pny- fjllrteeh crippled and disabled I'nion soldiers employed in the House of Representatives from the bth day of l)e em ber, 1ST!S, to the Wth or June, 1876. The report of the Conference Committee on the joint restitu tion to pay the interest on the ;i.t5 District of Columbia bonds was concurred in. and a motion was made to reconsider. Adjourned to the ild. Among the bills introduced in the House were the following: Limi ing the power of Congress in making appropriations; to reduce the tax on dis tilled spiiite; for the transfer of the Pension Un real! from the Interior to the War 1 eparlment. The bill to reorganize the Judiciary was passed H3 to The Post-route bill wao reported from committee and passed. Several resolutions of in quiry were adopted. Adjourned lo the ld. Wednesday, Feb. 23. Several peti tions were presented and referred in the Seuate, among them being one signed by 15,0.10 women and nearly 11,000 voters In Indiana on the siibiei t of temperance, asking Congress to appoint a commission to lnvesilgate and report ns to the effect, of the alcoholic liquor traflic, to prohibit the importation of alcoholic liquors from for eign countries, their manufacture and sale in the District ojf olnmbia and the Territories, and to require the total abstinence from alco holic liquors of all civil, military and naval officers of the Vnited Stntes. A bill was re ported from Ihe Commit ee on Vinanre ainen riitory of the acts of July 11. 1S70. and Jan , 1S71, authorising the relunding of the National debt, the amendment providing that the amount of bonds hearing four and a half per cent, be in creased lo $." 0.tiO,(H), and that they be payable at the pleasuie of the L'nited States, after thirty years lrom the date of their issue, instead of after fifteen years the total amount of bonds provided for by the original acts, and the bonded debt of the Government not to be increased bv the amendment. Among the bills introduced was one to regulate elections and the elective frnn chise in the Territory of t'tah. The bill rotifer ring exclusive jurisdiction oVer Indian res ervations npon the United Mates Courts, and for the punishment of crimes commit ted by and against the Indians, was con sidered, and a lengthy discussion ensned, involv ing the questions of Indian rivili.atioo. opening up the lllack Hills to miners, treaty obligations, etc. A motion was made to reconsider the vote by which Ihe report of the Conference Committee on the joint resolution to pay the interest on the 8.fi5 bonds was agreed to, and a subsequent re quest to withdraw the motion was laid or the table 57 to 1 a charge being made that flj.m 0 of the bonds had been issued for fraudulent claims . .Hills were introduced In the House to promote the efficiency of the Briny and to provide for its gradual reduction and the con solidation of certain of its stall" departments; to increase the clerical force f the Pension Riireau, and to provide for the speedy settlement ot all pension claims. Several resolutions of in quiry, and a resolution authorizing the sub-com-mitttees of the several committees thai are charged with investigations, to conduct those investigations, wit1! power to send for persons and papers, were adopted. A hill was passed to prevent the useless slaughter of buffaloes in the Territories, making it unlawful fornny person not an Indian to kill, wound, oi in any manner destroy any female buffalo, or any greater num ber of bulbiloes than are needed for food or for market. The hill -amending the laws grunting pensions to soldiers aud sailors of the wai of IR12 and theirwidows, was considered in Commit tee of Ihe Whole. Thursday, Feb. 24. A memorial was presented in the Senate from the committee ap pointed by the New York Cheap Transportation Association to call the attention of Congress lo various fads relating to cheap transportation. Among the hills introduced was one to provide for the means of cheap transportation upon the int rior waters ; to restore the ocean-carr ing trade of the United States, and for other purposes The motion to reconsider the vote by which the report of Ihe Conference Committee on the joint r ro tation to pay interest on the District of Columbia bonds was passed, was laid on the ta ble :."5 to 2S. A mes-age was received lrom the House, announcing the action of that body in respect to the memory of the late Jl. H Stark weather, and eulogies were pronounced by sev eral Senators A resolution was adopted in the House, antnori.ing the Committee on the District of Columbia to employ experts in prosecuting its investigation into the atlairs of the District. Bills were passed to exclude Missouri from the provisions of the act to promote the mining re sources of the United States; providing that anj official in the Patent Office who shall receive any money other than his salary for any work done shall be punishable by fine or imprisonment. Announcement was made of the death of Mr. Starkweather, and eulogies were delivered and resolutions of condolence and respect were adopted. THE MARKETS. Febbuary 2fi, 1876. NEW YORK. Lit Stock.. Beer Cattle 19.5)212.00. Hogs Live, $8.t0a8.73. Sheep Live, 5..'Ov8fO. BRDTcrrs. Flour Good tt choice, $V30iJ 5.75; wh te wheat extra, f 5 8)7.73 Wh'-at No. 2 Chicago, ft. 2331.25; Nc. 2 Milwaukee spring, $1.24&1.5. Rye Western, P588c. Bar ley 70cfc3c. Corn Mixed Western, 64gt44c. Oats Mixed Western. 45&-16c. Pkotisiohs. Pork Mess, $2.50&22.75. Lard Prime Steam, Wt'&lVi c Cheese &12,4C. Wool.. Domestic Fleece. 42&65c. CHICAGO. Lit Stock. Beeves Choice. .VOoa5 40; good, $4.253 4-75; meriuro, $4.0f4 25; bntch rs' stock, f3 0033. "5; et-wk cattle. 3.ar3 3.75. Hogs Uve. f7.90(i8 60. sheep-Good to choice, f 1.7535.73. Provisions. Batter Choice, Fresh. 1415c. Pork Mess, Lard $12. 7t '12.75. Brsadstcffs. Flour White Winter Extra, $4.757.50: spnng extra. $1.00(35.25. Wheat Spring, N. 2, $1.01?i3 02. Corn No. 2, 4l'4ailiic. Oats No. 2, 31'43!c Rye No. 2, C53:5VtC. Barley No. 2, 55B57c. Lumber. First and Second Clear, $10.00 42.00: Common Boards. $11.0rK&lJ.0O; Fencing. $12.00(313.00; "A" Shingles, $i.5(3.0U; Lain. fl.7502.ru. EAST LIBERTY. Lit Stock Beeves Best, 5 7356. 374: mc d'nm, $4.7525.50. Ho.fr- York ere, 8.5o8 40 Pbiladelphlas, $9.0029 2i. Sheep Pest, $5 75 5 40; medium, tl.25.5.5. 2733 S. Kgss $21. 10&31.15. There is some reason to believe yet that we are living in a Christian land. A coal dealer of Patterson, New Jersey, has been convicted of cheating in selling coal by the use of false weights, and has been sentenced to pay a fine of 2.0. He doesn't take the sentence kindly, however, but publishes a card in which he announces his intention of having the proceedings reviewed before another tribunal, and, if lie fails there, of taking them before "the Eternal Judge." jV. Y. Mail. Reading, Pa., is a bad place lor tramps. An old maid of that place recently rnar Med one wjio applied for aid. Gen. Babcock in Conrt. FI.EVENTH DAT. Col. flroadhead LfSfan the Hnslnir arifti ment, reviewing the eviilcnct at great ltfhsrlll, and insisting that the testimony and the teie Kratna produced In the trial all tended to con nect the defendant with the conspiracy to de fraud the revenue. He claimed that the letter-carrier Magill was a manufactured and trained w itness, irotten up for the purpose cf o HVettlng Ihe damaging testimony given by Kverest. The counsel closed wiih the ad muhition that the Jury be not Influenced by the consideration of jwsiiion, but tliilt if they found that 'corruption nestled within the White House they crush it out. Mr. Storrs, on behalf of the defense, re viewed the testimony, and replied to the sum ming up of Col. Brobdlicad. He said nothing- had been adduced to prove the defendant ruilty, but that the prosecution had invited the jury to assume a crime that had not been proven. Mr. Storrs was obliged to suspend his remarks because of sickness, and the court adjourned. TWELFTH DAT. Mr. rtorrsi for the defense, resumed hU ad dress to the jury on the ttidrning of the 'J1M( and spoke continuously until 1 lie session closed for the day a period of nine hours al together, lie devoted his attention mainly to mi analysis and explanation of the telegram purporting to have passed between (Jen. Babcock and Joyce and McDonald, endeavor ing to show that they were all susceptible of an explanation compatible with the theor) of the entire Innocence of the defendant. Havinif disposed r.f the telegrams to tii ow II s;it:sft-i-i. Mr, J?turf8 took tip the i videm-c if liv. ical, tVhotti he characterised s aluii fugitives whom the prosecution would not trust with a gallon of spirits In which the Government had an interest o seventy cents, but who was allowed to swea ' away the character of an innocent man. He claimed lb it his t-stimony had been entirely answered by that of witness Magill, who was unitnpeached and uu'mpcachable. Mr. Storrs closed w ith an eloquent peroration. Til HIT EE NT H PAY. Judge Porter, for the defence, made the clobing argument on the 2'id. He spoke in complimentary terms of the counsel for the prosecution, but said they had tried the case with r bitterness he never saw equaled in a State prosecution. " They evidently felt that every stroke they cave the defendant Is really thrust through" him to the President lilm st If." Judge Porter, In strong language, con demned the course of the press toward Gen. liahcock, and said he had had thti misfortune of a pre-judgment of his ease by the news papers. The counsel then reviewed the testi mony at great length, and Insisted that nothing- had been adducec1 which was not explainable, and that the jury were bound to render a verdict of acquittal. FOURTEENTH DAY. Dist.-At'ty Dyer commenced the closing argument, on the morning; of the 2:kl. He characterized the ease as a remarkable one, and the course of the defense as still more re markable, and accused the counsel for the defense of trying to drag the President into it needlessly and g-roundlessly. The Execu tive's deposition had been presented and he should comment upon his testimony as he would uion that of any other witness. The object of the defense in bringing the Presi dent into the case was to influence the le puhlicans upon the jury, but Mr. Dyer said he did not intend that the adroitness of the counsel should plaee him in the attitude of assailing the Administration. After further speaking of the political as pects of the ease Col. Dyer drew a compari son between the manner in which the defense seem to ssail the guagers and underlings, and the manner in which those in whose hands lay the removing power were pro tected. Col. Dyer then dwelt on other nat'ers which he claimed had been dragged Into the case in the argument for the defense, but which were wholly foreirn to it. The jury had Lothing to do with the opinions of coun sel as to the cases of Joyce, McDonald, Avery, or McK.ee. He asserted that he was acting with the Republican party in attempting to crush out'wrongs and frauds, and quoted the President's language to show that he was acting in harmony with the Administration "Let no guilty man escape." He demanded a verdict of guilty as to the defendant. FIFTEENTH PAY. Judge Dillon read his Instructions to the Jury when they came together on the morn ing of the 24th. They were very long and included in various groups the telegrams and many of the letters introduced in evi dence. In regard to the issues, he said that two main questions arose: one as to the ex igence of the conspiracy, and the other as to the connection of the defendaut with it. The first question was evidently admitted by both sides. As to the la-t, it was a question solely of circumstantial evidence. The evidence of Everest, who mailed the let ter in which he thought Joyce put a $"0 bill, and the cvidei.ee of Magill, who testified to taking from the letter-box a similar letter, and returning it to Joyce, were considered, and the question of credibility left to the jurr. The jury retired as Judge Dillon concluded, and, alter two hours' deliberation, returned a verdict of " Not guilty," and the defendant was discharged. Advisory Council Proceedings. On the ISth, resolutions were adopted in viting Dr. S'.orrg and Buddington to come be fore the Council and aid them with anv facts which might be within their knowledge as touehiug the pending questions, and in viting Mr. Bowen to appear in the evening. Mr. Beecher, in an impas sioned speech, challenged any mau on earth or angel in Heaven who had any thing to say to his ( Beecher's) detriment, to sy it; and he added: "I go beyond that, and, in the name of our common liedeeiner, and before Him who shall judge you and me, I challenge the truth from God Himselt:" At the evening session Mr. Bowen was questioned as to his course in connection with the past troubles of Plymouth Church, csiiecially regarding his non appearance before the Investigating Com mittee appointed to inquire into the Beecher scandal; among other replies, Mr. Bowen stated that the reason he did not appear before such committee was be cause, although he was aware a general invitation had been extended to all who knew aught concerning the matter at issue, he did net know that anytime had been lixed. A long examination was gone through with in relation to the tripartite agreement. Announcement was made at the afternoon session that Messrs. Storrs and Buddington had been waited upon, and both had said they had nothing to communicate to the Council. On the KHh, Mr. Sage, of the Plymouth Church Investigating Committee, stated that it was considered unnecessary to call Mr. Bowen before that committee, an he was not supposed to know anything. Mr. Sage said such investigation was as thorough as it was possible to make it. Mr. Beecher made some denunciatory re marks in reply to an account by Deacon Howard of a former interview with Mr. Bowen, during which the latter had declared that if he communicated the knowledge in his possession it would drive Mr. Beecher from Brooklyn In twenty-fonr hours. In the . r ., i - ....v., If. t . , I 4 . J II neeeuer c iiaiiengcu rtiiyoouy in jicavrii, and anybody in hell, that has any document that I have ever written, or any information that touches me in any manner," to produce it. . A secret session, lasting about three-quarters of an hour, was held. A secret session of three hours' duration was held on the 21st. Committee reports were made, which, the Brooklyn Eaqte states, sustain the general- principle of Plymouth Church in dropping member" from the rolls, and, without going into the Tilton and Mrs. Moulton eases, declare that the rule in these practices fn Plymouth Church -is not inconsistent with the Word of God or the principles I Christian justice. The late action of the church toward Mr. Bowen is said to be sustained, with a statement that it had been better to have been more promptly taken. It is also stated that the church is exonerated from failure to give Mrs. Moulton a Mutual Council, and the church's plan for a council of non-local chnrebcB is commended. A minority report was made from the cunimittie to which was referred the tec ond qin-nticin in the letter missive, that relating to the dropping of members from the roll. A letter was sent by Mr. F. D. Moulton to Dr. Bacon, as Moderator of the Council, fetat Ing that the writer was prepared to prove th guilt of Mr. Beecher, by evidence f.tfJh o'al and documentary, and saying that ' if allowed an opportunity of producing suc h proof be fore the Council I fail to make good this as surance, then I am willing to Le discredited fid denounced by mankind as a wretch d. void of truth and'hono and unworthy of hu mrn association." Henry C. Bowen also addressed a letter tf Dr. B.icon denouncing as false certjin state ments made by Mr. Beec her to the Council on Ihe l'.:h, and saying that he (Bowen) has never been afraid to look Mr. Beecher in the face and intimate moral impurity to him; on the contrary, Mr. Beecher had never dared to meet him in an interview on the subjec t. Ihe session on the .'id wat mainly devoted tothe consideration of the reports of'thc com mi t tecs, all of which were adoptcrl with the exception of the one relating to the si.tth question, which question is as follows: " Has Plymouth Church, in the principles and rules wlrfh it bus, provided for the maintenance of order and 1 lie adminl .1 rat ion of discipline, or in any known cases of if ad flllnlMralion under those principles and rules, gone heyend it rights as a church of Christ, soasju-tly to forfeit its claim to the confidence and fellow ship of the Congregational Churches" The committee expresses itself satisfied that there is no absolute nec essity for reopening the (scandal) case, but inasmuch as there are so many suspicions claim and rulnou-c allega tions it recommends that 1 Ik; Council appoint a committee of three to advise? Plymouth Church that it would bo welHo select a com mittee of live from a list of eminent persons which they submit, whose duty it shall be to hear every scrap of evidence that can be col lected, and adjudicate finally upon the case. The discussion on this question was a some what heated one, and had not ended up to the time of adjournment. At the morning session, on the 2.1 i, a re port wns made from th'j special committee to which was referred the letter from Andovcr Seminary Church calling for a council to try the case of Mr. Beecher, In which the com mittee gay Plymouth Church should not ac cept the invitation. Kcport udoplud at the evening session. After discussion the Council decided that the Church investigation held In lil was adequate, and that Plymouth Chnrch had doHe ils whole duty in the matter. Announcement was made that the commit tee of nine to whom all matters for tinal con sideration of the Council were to be brought comprised President Porter, Chairman; Dr. Fiiiichild, Dr. Salter, Dr. Strong, Dr. Suirte vant. Dr. Bacon, Bradford K. Wood, Judge Withey and ex-Gov. Dingley. At the afternoon session," the resolution as to whether or not there should Im; another investigation of the charges against Mr. Beecher was discussed at great length, and finally decided alliruiativcly, about twodor.cn delegates voting no. At the evening session it was decided that u committee of three should !; appointed to select live names from the list presented by the committee, who shall constitute an In vestigating Committee, to lic.tr all possible evidence that can be gleaned in regaid to the scandal, and sit as final judges on the matter. The Council concluded their labors on Ihe 24th. An adverse ' report was made and adopted on the resolution offered by the Hey. Dr. Bell, to the effect that the Council de clare Mr. Beecher innocent of the charges preferred against him. The report of the Council sustains Plym outh Church In it dealings with the mem bers whose names have In en stricken from its rolls, and in its general discipline in this respect. It also endorses the action of the chinch in relation to the proposed Mutual Council, and expresses regrctthat Mrs. Moul tou's representative did not siibstimte two other churches for those objec ted to, and thus gratify the ex prosed desire of Mis. Moulton for such council. The report says the Council finds no reason to call in question the method by which the committee wasconf titutcd whic h investigated the charges against the pastor; but in view of the dissatisfaction which more or less pre vails with the previous Investigation, it is recommended, in view or Mr. B ether's de maud to be b.ouglit fate to face with his ac cusers, etc., and lor the peace of the churches and the protection of Plymouth, that a new investigation lie had. The provisions for such au investigation are as follows: Prof. Timotbv Dwight, D. D.,of New Havm, Conn., the Kev'.J. W. WeHmar, D. D., Maiden, Mass., and the Hon. Brhd.ord K. Wood, Al bany, N. Y., are appointed by the Counc il as the Committee of Three, who are empowered to designate a Commission of Five out of twenty named parties, whose duty it "shall be to receive and examine all cl.argc s against the pastor which thev may regard as not al ready sutllciently tried. Any three of this committee thall be a quorum, at d shall have power In case of failure to complete the requisite number of five by seleciing other brethren of known ability and in tegrity. It is provided that the commisf ion shall not be constituted unlets formal charges against the pastor shall be brought before the church or its committee within sixty days after the dissolution of the Council, by a party making himself respon sible for the truth and proof of the same, un less within the same time it shall be adjudged to be expedient by the Examining Commit tee of the church and the Committee of Three that important testimony not pre viously given, which might throw light upon the charges which have hitherto been tried, should We beard by the committee. The re sult of the investigation by tbi Commission shall be reported to the Examining Commit tee of Plymouth Church, and be given by them to tte public." The Commission of Five is to be selected from among the following: Theodore O. Woolsey, New Haven, Conn ; Mark Hopkins, Williamstown, Ma.-s.; Julius II. Sec lev, Am herst, Mas-.; N. Shiprnan, Hartford, Cwim.; L. S. Foster, Norwich, Conn.; J. W. An drews, Maiiuita, Ohio; J. W. Angell, Ann Arbor, Mich.; W. B. Washburne, Greenfield, Mass ; A. ('. Barstow, Provideuce, 11. i.; J. L. Chamberlain, Brunswick, Me.; C. J. Walker, Detroit; Mich.; Jacob Brinkerholl, Mansricld, Ohio; A. Hardy, Boston, Mass.; A. Finch, Milwaukee, Wis.; S. B. Gnokins, Terre Haute, Ind.; E. W. BlaU-hford, Chi cago; William B. Edwards, New York; Jona than E. Sargent, New Hampshire; J. C. Knapp, Keosauqua, Iowa; Henry P. Haven, New London, Coi.n. Previous to the dissolution of the Council Mr. Beecher addressed the assemblage at con siderable length. - A Now Dodge. It would keep a person busy to keep the run of the various dodges that impecu nious adventurers resort to for raising money. The latest swindler is a beautiful Polish gentleman, an exile and a wanderer on the face of the earth, lie is well dressed, well-mannered, and fine looking, lie finds out your name, and, ringing the door-bell, inquires if .Mrs. Jones i-- at home, fche is, and he is at once invited into the parlor. When the servant goes up-stairs to announce his call, he looks around him until he finds the card-basket, and ab stracts the most imposing lcoking card, which he places hurriedly in his pocket book. When Mrs. Jones enters, he !xws gracefully, takes the card out, and, hand ing it to her, says that he is introduced by her friend, Mr. So-and-so. Mrs. Jones bows, and invites him to be seated. They enter into conversation, and lie tells her that he is an exile, but that he also is the heir to vast estates in Poland, represent ing $8,000,000. He is poor now, but be is proud as well. He wants to cross the seas to c,laim his own, but has not the money. He cannot steal, to leg he is ashamed, but he has w ith him a tew pairs of scissors, left from the wrec k of his busines3 in America. If the lady needed any such articles not unless, (), no! would she buy a pair of him He talks so sweetly, and looks so unhappy, and conies so well recommended, that she buys two or three pairs, and he leaves the house promising to send her a handsome present as soon as lie gets home. One lady of my acquaintance made such a favorable im pression upon him that he promised to send her a set of Russian sable. ), aljouf the scissors they were iron, and would not cut a piece of paper. X. Y. Cor. Botton Gazette. John Siiatti ck says if the kin on the inside of a cow's ear of a ric h, yellow color, the cow will surely give a gcxxl quality of milk, rich in butter. He had never known this sign to fail. Others confirm this, and tay that a large amount otear secretion indicates good butter pro. ducers. .Mr. Jiovven and the Plymouth Church Examining Committee. An Associated Press dispatch of the? 2:id says very exciting and nnlookcd for events had occurred at a mee ting of Die Plymouth Church Examining Committer, held at AHsietant-Pastor Halliday's house? in I.roofdvn, on the evening of that day, at which Henry V- ,wrn appeared by invitation, accompanied by his sons l.d ward an-l Henry K.. and Or. Ward, pub lisher of the ItuU-pfiuleiit. IIKNIIY K. ROWKN'S VF.ItSto.V. The following is a summary of Mr. Hcurv K. Howcn's account of Ihe affair: On'cntcring the room Mr. Hnwcrt wat atonlhl to find a company forty or filly (effort Assembled, embracing fho members of the rotrimittcc, the Chair man of the Council in fwslen. and other., among the nuinlxT Wing Henry Wnrl lU'ccher, his sons HrMity aud William, Oliver Johnson nnd He njamiii F. Tr y. Mr. How en being called upon fr JiU statement, presented and rend it. Previous to doing so, ho eprrsed his surprise at such a large audience, and a-dml the rea son of their presence. Mr wn fold that the committee never objected to Id bring ing his friends there; the idea was thai Mr. Piowen had a right to bring in any friend he: cared to; fhc only objection was to reporters: that the company came with the committee's invitation, not Mr. IJrccher's. Mr. Howen replied thai ! had no ob jection, but the responsibility ff publicity must rest with them; he said became thero to present his statement to the Kxauiluint: Committee and noliodyclse; that he should dec line to give it to the press, and if pub lished it should Ix? by Ihe Examining Committee and not by him. Alter finishing his statement and say. ing. In reply to a question, that that was all the facts lie had to give that evening; he started to leave, when ono of the com mittee protef ted against his doing so, and Mr. Shearman said :c (Howen) would not bo permitted to leave the room. . Mr. Howen stepped toward the door of the ft ont parlor, when Mr. S. V. While jumped up and locked the door, took the key and put it in his pocket, nnd as ho saw Mr. Howen looking toward tho door of the other room, Mr. White called ouf, "Lock that other door," an 1 several men jumped toward it. Every one jumped to his feet, but Mr. Howen was too quic k, and got to the back parlor cb Kir just before several of the crowd got lo it. His son, Henry K., followed, rushed to the eloor, and called for the press, thinking that they were there. Here Mr. Henry CV J5owon interivosed cnergetie-ally, thinking; the re wa going to In; a row. Mr. Henry E. Howen continued v. " My father was in the hall, my brother and Dr. Ward were in the parlor, nnd I got on the stoop outside and called for the pre ss, and the Associated Press reporter and another nuhed up, and Mr. Howcri told them of the occurrence. Then one of Mr. Howen 'a sons upbraided Mr. White. Mr. Howen also expressed him self very strongly in regard to the treat mcnt he received." mr. whitk's vi.hsion. "Mr. S. V White was visited, unci his version is substantially this: Mr. Howen read a statement of fifty-two pages, in which he failed to give names or dates. It referred to scandals of ten or eleven years ago. After reading a few pages he; handeel the paper to Dr. Ward. Then Mr. Howen stepped toward the door, and Mr. White desiring to prolong the: interview as much as possible, and being seated near the door, turned the key, withdrew it from the lock and put it in his poc ket. Mr. Howm Mrppnl back se veral feet, nnd, surveying the: situation, saw a means of exit by a bac k door and he: darted in that direction, upsetting chairs and other articles of household furniture in his flight, and esc aped from the house. "Mr. Edward Howen then pointed to me and said: I will fix you; you will pay for this!' Henry E. Howen then ran to the door, with disheveled hair. flying wildly about, and shouted: (Scntlcnicn r the press.' In response to his cries the; re porters of the Associated Press nnd the New York Timen came up, and in re sponse to their inquiries Mr. Henry E. Howen besought his brother not to make a fool of himself, haying that I had made an ass of myseir, and that he (Mr. E. Howen) couldn't better the matter by shouting for members ef the press." FACTS AM) i'lbil'KES. Tiikre are 2,18:1 nuns in Home. Pittsburgh lost t:5H,0(KJ by fire s lant year. Thk New Orleans Sched Hoard owes $ 100,000. Four million ac res of Kansas lands arc under cultivation. Flocr sells for thirty-eight dollars per barrel in the Mack Hills. Tjik number of collon-spindlc in Rhode Islanel is l.UVoSf , while in 18MI there were only 814,.4. Tkn tons of pulvcri.cel rock-soap i-e nowlieing shipped per month by the Ven tura (Cal.) Reck Soap Company. Thk population of Inland 1b set down at 5,412,:W7. During the: last ten ye ars 81!,8;i emigrants have left the country. Thk report of the United States Agricul tural Hurcau, slates that the cotton crop exceeds that of last year by 4,000,000 bales. The publishing house of the Southern Methodist Church, at Nashville, has in creased its capital since 18'd from fHooo to $:507,000. Thk Chinese emigration into Califor nia last year amounted to 18.141 pe rsoin, while the State gained a total increase of population of 011,172. Eoyit has about 5,550,000 inhabitants; all the .Government works are made by forced lalior. Wages are low. and emi gration is almost unknown. Dcrino the past ir years, 5,4n8,227, 000 letters passed through the Post-Oiliccs of the world; 1 .70 1 .X 75, 000 were in coun tries ruled by the English language. Thk destruction r.f tdiip property be longing to or tracing with ports in t'jc United States during 1875 was l,Dl,HXl less than in 1874, the total being $7, 22,000. Thk numlx r of mining casualties in the; eastern district of the Wyoiningcoal fields in 175 was H4, of which sixty two were fatal. In 1874 there were 258 accidents sixty fatal. Tiikrk are 51,5!0.CH0 square miles of dry land on the surface of the earth, ot which 12,125,f4S square miles, or one fourth, is uncii-r the dominion of nations using the English language. Thk total shipment of crockery from Staffordshire. England, to all the ports of the United States for 1875 was (ioJOO crates, 11,504 of which came to He-ton. In 1H74 the total shipments were o5, 14, being an increase of 1,045 crates the past year. Thk lumber bnsinc-s of S;.r. Franc is -o for the past year has been unusually large. The receipts were :!O0:;54,70O fee-t. against 25:1.000,000 in 1874 nd 20:;.oO,00 in 187:5. The foreign exports amounted to 10,000,000, au increase of 10 per cent, over the year previous. Save the soap grease. It hits been demonstrated by the statistical maniac that if every one: of the S.OOO.OOO families in the American Unio.t would only skim the soap grease off the ir dish wate r and invest its proceeds in a sinking lun ! at four per tent., comj-ound interest, the proceeds, in l'J'J years, two mmi'lh and eleven days. Mould pay off the Natiotrtl debt. ' ' J