THE HERALD. published every thuesdat PLATTSMOUTH, NEBBASKA. OPPIOHi On Main Street, between 4th and Gth, Second Story. OFFICIAL PAPER OF CASS COUXTV. Terms, in Advance : One copy, one year $2.00 One copy, six months J.00 One copy, three months... BO ME BTBL4 SKA J. A. MACMURPHY, Editor. c rERSEVEKAXCE COXQUEKS." TEEMS: $2.00 a Year. VOLUME X. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, ATOIL 23, 1874. NUMBER . THE HERALD. ADVKIlTISISa RATES. 1 square.. 8 squares S square. H column. X column. 1 column, 1 w. Iw. 8 w. 1 m. 3 m. , 6 m. 1 rr. f 1 00 fl 60 fJliO JJG0 tS" I'2 00 1 Mil i 0 la 7"l ."l tt ID Oo S 001 9 75 4 00 4 7.M H It 1 00 5 no H on 10 oo vi oo ao on an oo a oo n oo 15 oo ih oo as oo 40 on i o 80 01 83 ( 0 i0 00 lb 00,18 OO'lSI 00 23 00 40 O0WI 00' 100 OQ X3T All Advertlalnjc hills due quarterly. 3" Transient advertisements mutt be paid for la advance. Extra copies of the IIkrai.d for sale hy H. J. Stix-lcht. at the I'lsuotnco, and O. F. Johnaon, cor ner of Main and i'tf tu street. - HENRY BCECK, PEACES IV J?vl x- ii i t iii e, SAFES, CHAIRS, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, ETC.. ETC., ETC., Of All Descriptions. METALLIC BURIAL CASES. Wooden Collins Of all sizes, raady-madc, and cold cheap for cash. With many tbauk for paat patronage, I invite all to call and examine my LA IK; E STOCK OF Xui'iiit m- iumI Co 11 lit si. jar,2-S MEDICINES J. M. BUTTERY'S, On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Patent Medicines. Toilet Articles, etc., etc. Cer-PRESC'KIFTIONS carefully compounded at ill hours, day and night. 35-1 y J. W. SHANNON'S Food, Sale and Livery Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb. I am prepared to accommodate the pnt!!c with HORSES, Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, A No. I Hearse, On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms. A II A C Iv Will Run to the Steamboat Land ing', Depot, and all parts of the City, when Desired. janl-tf First National Bank Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, SUCCESSOR TO ToOdo, Ilanna A: Clm-lc. .Tons FlTZf.ERALD. . . K. O. l)OVKT John H C'LAliK T. W. Kvass .' President. Yice-l'resideiit. Cahier. . . Assistant Cashier. This flank is now open for business at their new riMjm. corner Main and Sixth streets, and 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. DRAFTS DRAWN, Available in any part of the United State and In nil the IMnci'pal Towns and Cities of Europe. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED INHAN LINE ani ALLAH LINE OI? STIiLV3IEllS. IVr-ons wishing to hriujj out their friends from Europe can rir.cnA tickets rr.ox cs Tlii-oiirli to IMjlt tKlnoiltli. Excelsior Barber Shop. .T. C. I300ISE, Main Street, opposite Eroaks House. HAIR-CUTTING, Shaving and Shampooing. ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO t iTTnr. cim.mtEX's hair Call and See Boone, Gents, And get a boon in a CJ His 13 J. 1ST JS XX -A. 2Z3 . n41-ly GO TO THE Post Office Book Store, H. J. STBEIGHT, Proprietor, TOR YOCB Boob. Stationery, Pictures, Music, TOYS, CONFECTIONERY, Violin Strings, Newspapers, Novels, Song Books, etc., etc. POST OFFICE BUILDISG, 8-if rLATTSMOrTJJ, NEB. EPITOME OF THE WEEK. Condensed from Telegrams of Accompanying Dates. -Monday, April 13. Advices from Ahanto on the 9th state that Marshal Serrano h id made proposals for a settlement through Gen. Ello, which the Carlists had definitely rejected.... According to Calcutta dispatches of the 12th, the distress on account of the famine was increasing in Tirhoot, and it was estimated that 4,573,1)00 persons in the districts of Fatra, Chazepore and Rajeshbyc were starv ing. . . recent fire at Willianisport, I'a., de stroyed $.VX),000 worth of property, including a large amount of lumber, a large planing mill, a saw-mill and fourteen frame dwelling- nouses. One man was burned to death.. Judge Blodgctt, of the United States Court of the Northern District of Illinois, has re cently decided that what are technically known as "puts," where the intention of the con tracting parties is only to "settle the differ ence" and not to deliver and receive the thing specified in the contract, are void as " wager " or gambling contracts; in other words, that a "put" is a bet against the price of some com modity at a future time, like an "option," and therefore void like all other bets, because contrary to good morals and public policy. . . . A circular has been issued by W. II. Jackson, President of the National Agricultural Con gress, relative to the third session of that body, to be held at Atlanta, Ga., commencing May 13, 1874. The circular says: " This Is a purely representative body, since, by the amended constitution, agricultural or kindred societies which shall have contributed or may contribute five dollars to defray incidental ex penses of the body are entitled to one delegate each, without reference to the number of membership." It is requested that notifica tion be made of the appointment of delegates to Chas. W. Greene, Secretary, Jacksonville, 111., at as early a date as practicable.... The Michigan State Woman's Suffrage Con vention will be held in Lansing on May 6. . . . Murat llalstead, editor of the Cincinnati Commercial, has been arrested and held to bail for publishing an advertisement of a gift concert in violation of the Ohio law. ...The work of taking the regular State decennial census in Michigan is to be completed this year, as provided by law, between the first Monday of April and the third Monday of Ma Tuesday, April 14. The tipper Louse of the Austrian Reich? rath passed the Eccle siastical bills, on the 13th, whereupon the Bishops withdrew in a body. A Vienna dis patch says the Emperor has sent a conciliatory reply to the Pope's recent protest against the bills. . . .The Carlist forces lcfore Gerona have retired, the municipal authorities having paid them 100,000 reals.... President Grant is re ported as having recently asserted that he was opposed to inflation in the general acceptation of the term; that is, to an increase of the cur rency beyond the actual business necessities of the country; but at the same time he had given no opinion concerning the measure before Congress, nor had he indicated what his action would be relative to any bill that might be passed. .. .Otic of the New York Cremation Society's mem bers having recently died, the organization have practically applied their idea of dis posing of the dead. Ttie body was put up right in a fire-proof receptacle, through which intensely-heated air was forced. The father of the deceased paid the bill f 3.25 and now has the ashes of his son in an urn on his par lor mantel-piece. ...Iron-workers in lenn syivania to the number of 10,000 are on a strike because of the re fusal of the masters to accept the schedule of prices recently adopted by the Puddlers' Union... .James Shoaff, editor of the Paris (III ) Gazette, died on the 12th from the effects of morphine administered by him self Hon. Schuyler Colfax has written a letter peremptorily declining to become a can didate for Congress from his district next fall The Wisconsin State Institution for the Education of the Blind, located at Janes villa, has been totally destroyed by fire. Loss $250,000. "Wednesday, April 15. The first de cision of the new Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court has been recently de livered on a case appealed from Chicago, affecting the right ot the State to tax the shares of National Bank stock held by non resident owners. Judge Drummond decided that the State had not that right, but Chief-Justice Waite reverses this decision and declares that such 6hares are tax able by local authorities. The question involves the validity of taxes levied by municipal as well as State authorities. .. .The Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with the resolution of the House, reports the cost of refunding the national debt into 5 per cent, bonds, authorized by acts of Congress of July 14, 1S70, and Jan. 30, 1S71, etc. The whole amount of bonds refunded was f 314, 410,150, as follows: Bonds bearing 6 per cent, interest to bonds bearing 5 per cent, interest, $3X,4G1,150; bonds bearing 5 per cent., loan 1S5S, to bonds bearing 5 per cent., funded loan of 1SS1, $13,955,000. The cost thereof hasbet n $1,440,792 On the afternoon of the 14th a Chinaman who was implicated in the murder of Bornstein, at Corinne, Utah, lately, was taken by a mob from the officer having him in chart e and hung to the railroad bridge east of the town The Delegate Convention of the State Grange of Illinois met at Bloomington on the 14th. The meeting was called to adopt or reject certain changes proposed in the consti tution of the Na'ional Granze. The proposi tion to make Kelley and others life members was rejected, and the other proposed amend ments were agreed to. Thcrsday, April 16. By an explosion in a coal mine at Dunkenfield, Lancashire, England, on the 15th, a large number of miners were killed and injured. Fifty bodies had been recovered up to miduight. One hundred miners were rescued. The explosion was caused by naked lights.... The remains of Dr. Livingstone have reached Southampton. Fifty thousand persons witnessed the landing. .... Assistant-Secretary Sawyer voluntarily ap peared in the 8anborn inquiry on the 15th, and denied much of Solicitor Banfield's testi mony concerning himself. He stated that the Solicitor was regarded by the department as being something more than a clerk, and that his opinion and counsel as to the interpreta tion of any contract, or as to the propriety of any action done under it, were sought by the Secretary of the Treasury. When the question as to whether a contract should be made had been decided, the making of the contract, the carrying on of all correspondence in reference to it, and the modes of doing business under it, with the exception of the receipts of money arising from the collect ions, are committed to the Solicitor as agent of the Secretary for this purpose The Illinois Republican State Con vention is to be held at Springfield on the 17th of June. . . .The Ohio Constitutional Conven tion has taken the female suffrage question from the table and killed it 41 votes against to 49 in favor, being 40 less than the constitu tional majority.... Nashville, Tenn., and vicinity have been visited by a destructive tornado. The storm crushed in the fronts of building, and lifting a large livery stable from its foundations carried it into the back water of the river, drowning several horses. The damage in the city was estimated at $100, 000. It Is feared many lives were lost.... Joseph Brooks, who claims to have been elect ed Governor of Arkansas in 1S72, took the oath of ofSce on the 15th, and within five minutes from that time took, forcible pos session of the Governor's office and ejected Gov. Baxter by force. In a dispatch to Pres ident Grant Gov. Baxter says: " I propose to take measures Immediately to resume posses sion of the State property, and to maintain my authority as the rightful Governor of the State. Armed men, acting under the revolu tionary movement, are now In charge of the Government Armory and Capitol building." He also asks for Government aid in his be half, and subsequently took possession of St. John's College as his headquarters, and de clared martial law. Friday, April 17. The Dominion Par liament has expelled Kiel, the Manitoba mem ber, by a vote of 124toC8 Dockery, former ly Collector of Customs at Jacksonville, Fla., was recently arrested In Cuba for communi cating with the insurgents, tried by court martial and sentenced to death. An attempt is being made to induce the Captain General to commute his sentence.... A Washington telegram says : " In con sequence of recent statements that cer tain bounty laws have been lately passed by Congress, the Second Auditor's office is flooded by letters of inquiry and requests for blanks for application. Up to the present time no bounty law has been passed by this Con gress". . . .In the Sanborn investigation, on the 10th, John L. Pendrey, a practicing attorney of Leavenworth, Kan., testified that when he was at one time seeking a contract to collect moneys due to the Government by certain cor porations Secretary BouJvell referred the subject to Banfield. The witness called on Banticld from time to time, and at his request produced the papers on which his charge was based. Boutwell went out of office without arranging the matter. Pursuing the subject the witness called on the President, who said that he would see Secretary Richardson. In the meantime Mr. Richardson informed the witness that he tAy understood the case. Ban- field had stated that there was a great deal of money in the case, and said he would allow witness 50 per cent, on the first $100,000 and 25 per cent, on the remainder. The witness, during his examination, said every contract he asked for Lad been given to Sanborn on the recommendation of Banfield. After thecon clusion of Pendrey's testimony the committee closed the investigation, reserving the privi lege to Secretary Richardson and Mr. Cough- liu to appear if they desire to do so'...Iu the case of the alleged conspiracy of the Typo graphical Union of Titusville, Pa., against the Diilj Courier of that city, twelve of the printers have been sentenced to twenty-four hours in jail and a fine of forty dollars each The thir tieth ballot for United States Sena tor fr Massachusetts was had on the lGth, with the following result : Whole number of votes, 2CS. Dawes, 92; Hoar, Sis; Curtis, 72; Adams, 4; Banks, 8; Washburn, 1; San ford, 2; Whittier, 1 The Oregon Farm ers' State Convention met at saiem on me 10th and nominated: For Congress, T. W. Davenport ; for Governor, Thomas F. Camp bell, editor of the Christian Mexsmrjer; Sec retary of State, J. II. Doughitt; Treasurer, D. Beach; State Printer, William M. Hand, publisher of the Mountaineer; Superintendent of Public Instruction, M. M. Oglesby. The platform adopted asks for the building of. the Portland, Dallas & Salt Lake Road; the im provement of rivers and harbors; the comple tion of roads already begun; favors the proper encouragement of transportation companies, corporations and persons engaged in legit imate badness, all under subjection to law; that freights and fares should be fixed by the Legislature; considers personal char acter the criterion for fitness for office; that the General Government should pay the losses and damage of settlers by the Modoc war; indorses the Granger efforts against ex tortions and monopolies, etc. ... Delega tions of planters from river parishes bordering ou the Ouachita and Red Rivers, as well as from parishes bordering on the Mississippi River, waited on Gov. Kellogg at New Orleans on the 10th, stating that their cattle and stock had all been drowned, their lands and houses inundated, and themselves and their laborers reduced to destitution by the unprecedented flood. They ask that the United States military authorities be re quested to issue rations to the sufferers.... Little Rock, Ark., dispatches of the lo):h say there was little change in the condition of affairs. Gov. Baxter still occupied St. John's College and was making preparations to sus tain himself. Mr. Brooks held the State House with two pieces of artillery and about 200 men. Brooks issued a proclama tion defining his position, and Baxter a proclamation declaring martial law. The lat ter had surrounded the State House with a cordon of sentinels, and it was thought would have 2,000 men at his command by the fol lowing day. A later dispatch says that Gov. Baxter's forces had just taken possession of the telegraph office. The President had re plied to the demand of Gov. Baxter, asking for the support of the Government, that his call was not made in conformity with the Constitu tion and laws of the United States, and that he could give no aid under the circumstances. To Mr. Brooks, who made a similar demand, he made reply declining to comply with his request, on the ground that his right to hold the office had not been fully and finally de cided by the courts of Arkansas. The com manding officer at Little Rock had been in structed to take no steps whatever to interfere in the pending troubles, except to preserve the public peace. Saturday, April 18. Gov. Washburn, of Massachusetts, has been elected to succeed the late Senator Sumner in the United States Senate. This result was reached by the State Legislature on the thirty-third ballot, which was as follows: Whole number of votes cast, 207; necessary to a choice, 134. Will iam B. Washburn received 151; Curtis, 04; Dawes, 26; Adams, 15; Loring, 4; Banks, 4; Wendell Phillips, S. N. Gifford and J. G. Whittier, 1 each A pri vate dispatch received at Raleigh, N. C, re ports severe and heavy rumblings in Bald and Stone Mountains on the 16th. The trembling of the earth was felt more than 100 miles from the mountains. The shocks were more severe than before, and it is firmly be lieved by scientists that an eruption is imminent.... A Little Rock dispatch of the 17th reports little change in the situation in Arkansas. Both Governors were surrounded by bodies of men armed to the teeth, and the Federal troops had been ordered to watch events, taking sides with neither, but ready to prevent bloodshed. The Postmaster had de clined to deliver mail matter to either, but had telegraphed to Washington for instructions. Judge Whylock, of the Circuit Court, had overruled the motion to set aside the judg ment in the Brooks-Baxter case, and sustaiued a motion to correct the record so as to show that the demurrer was submitted without the knowledge of Baxter or his attorneys. The bar held a meeting on the 17th and passed severe resolutions against Whipple, Brooks' attorney, for his non-professional conduct, and also against the court for its action in the absence of the Gov ernor's counsel. The citizens of Little Rock had issued a proclamation reciting recent events and calljng upon the citizens of the State to sustain Gov. Baxter. Late in the evening the Postmaster-General in structed i be Postmaster at Little Rock that letters addressed to " Governor Bixter" or " Baxter, Governor of Arkansas," should be delivered to Baxter; letters adddressed to "Governor Brooks' or to "Brooks, Gov ernor of Arkansas," should bo delivered to Brooks. He was instructed to retain all com munications addressed to " the Governor of Arkansas" until further orders. " FOUTY-THlJtn CONGRESS. Saturday, Anril 11. Senate. Not in session. Home The report of the Committee on Elections in the Kentucky contested election case, declaring Young, the sitting member, en titled to his seat, was screed to withonl discus sion... The Senate bill extending the provisions or ineaci or tnewiti ol February, lfte i. so an 10 include all venoels of the United States ravialin? waters of the United States was passed .... The Commit lee on Com merce was instructed to iimuire into the exuedi ency of establishing a liphi-t-tiip at or near the mouth of Detroit River on Lake Erie. Consid eration of the Currency bill was resumed, and an onler Tor tne main question waa votea down veas 114. nays 121) when several ameud inents were oITered. debated and rejected, one of them beine in the nature of a substitute author izing the issue of $Jr.1,000,OH) lejral tenders. the retirement of the National Bank notes and the substitution therefor of Trea-nry notes and 8.65 per cent, convert lbie bonds, which substitute wa reiected b ldi navs to 68 vea. Durinj; the votiusr on the amendment the point of order was raised that members interested In National Bank stock had no ritrht to vote on the ones tion involving a tax on such stock. The Speaker over-ruled the point of order and the de cision was ratified by the House, only nine mem bers vollne at'ainst it. The Senate bill was moved as a substitute for the House bill, and several ad ditional amendments were proposed, when the House adjourned, the status or the bill being that the previous question Impending on tne bill, ana the various amendments, including the Senate bill as a substitute, would come up again on the 14Ui Monday, April 13. Senate. Mr. Chand ler was exensed from farther service on the Coni' mil tee on Mines and Mining, and Mr. Jones was appointed in bis place.... Bills were introduced to authorize the Secretary of War to credit the several Suites aud Territories for arms and muni tions of war, under the act of 1SG8; to chanze the lime of holding courts for the Eastern District of Wiscouoin at Oshkosh. ....The bill to provide for the incorporation and regulation of rai'road companies in the Territories of the United Slates was taken up and debated, and several amendments were agreed to. when the bill as amended was finally passed -20 to Is. ...An amendment was submitted to Mr. Carpenter's bill to provide for a new election in Louisiana, and considerable discussion was bad on the question of taking up and considering the bill, after which notice was given that the bill would be called up on the 14ih .... The House amendment to the bill to authorize aliens to act as engineers ana pilots, which pro vides that they shall nave previously resided six months within the United States, was concurred In. House. Several bills and resolutions were introduced and referred, among which were the following: To regulate the service in the col lection of customs at the vatious ports of entry in the United States, and the disposition of fines, penalties and forfeitures incurred under laws re lating to customs; in relation to rates of freight and passengers on the Pacific Roads: for the con struction of a ship caual from the ML-sissippi to the Gulf of Mexico: for improving naviga tion at the mouth of the Mississippi River; resolutions of Ihe Illinois Legislature usking for legislation to secure to the people of the United S'aies equal advantages and facilities as to rates, time and transportation on the Union Pacific Kail road and its several branches. .. .The bill Tr the free exchange of newspapers between publishers, and f ree transmission of newspapers by mail within the county of their publication, was passed 78 to 41. The "bill provides that from aud sf ter the pas-age of this act the following mall matter shnll be allowed to pa-s free in the mails: First Newspapers, periodicals and magazines recipro cally interchanged between pnbli-hers, and not exceeding sixteen ounces in weight, to be con fined to a single copy of each j-ublication. Second Newspapers, one copy to each actnal subscriber residing or receiving the same within the counlv where the same is published, but carriers shall not be required io distribute such papers unless postage Is paid upon them at usual rates" A nio'lon was made to suspend the rules and adopt Ihe resolution reciting gross abuses and irregularities in the letting of mail contracts, and providing for the Investiga'iou thereof, but the motion was not seconded by a majority. Quite a spirited debate ensued on the alleged abuses and irregularities, at the close of which it was nnders'ood that the resolution was referred to the i"ostonice Committee Ad journed. Tuesday, April 14. Senile. The Fi nance Committee reported the Louisville A Tort land Canal bill, aud recommended that the substi tute passed by the House be concurred in, with certain amendments The Civil Hights bill introduced by the late Senator Sumner was reported from the Judiciary Committee with a recommendation that it be pas-ed as amended.... A hill was introduced to regn late bids for goods, supplies and trnnsporta tion on account of the Indian service.... The bill to provide for a new election in Louisiana was taken up and debated.... Executive session aud adjourn ment. House. Bills were reported from the Civil Service Committee to provide for a commis sion to reorganize the customs service; for the reorganization of the Treasury Department.... A bill was passed abolishing Ihe office of Appraiser of Imported Merchandise at Providence, Portland, leveland, Milwaukee, Memphis. Evansville, Louisville, rorrolk, Mohile, Toledo and lltts burfrh. and r.rovidinir that there shall be only one Appraiser of Imported Merchandise at Phil adelphia. Baltimore, Charleston and Savannah. .A joint resolution was introduced and referred submitting to the Legislatures of the several States an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for the election of United States Senators by- the people of the several States ...The t'urrency bill was taken up and the previous motion was seconded i 114 to 83 and after Ihe rejection of proposed ' amendments tie bill was passed V2H to 11B.... The Senate bill to amend the Nailona! Currency acts and to establish free banking was taken np and passed 140 to lOi and the hill now goes to the President for his signature, while the House bill has to await the action of the Senate. . . .Ad journed. Wednesday, April 15. Senate. The House bill amendatory to acts to provide National currency and to establish free banking was re ferred to the Committee on Finance. .. .The House bill making an appropriation of $''7. 750 for the pavmeut of teachers in the public schools of the District of Colum bia, and providing for the levy of a tax to reimburse the same, wa9 passed.... A bill was in troducer! and referred to reimburse the state or West Virginia for moneys expended in arming and equipping militia to aid in suppressing the rebell ion The bill 'to provide for a new. election in Louisiana was rurther debated. ...Adjourned. House. A bill was passed 18G to 40 to abolish the mileage or members of Congress, and providing that they shall be paid their actual traveling expenses to and from Washington once each session. ... The Legislative. Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was considered in Com mittee oi the v hole. ...Adjourned. Thursday, April 1C Senate. A joint resolution was Introduced and referred declaring that it has become the duty of the United States to recognize Cuba as one of the independent na tions of the earth, and that the United States will observe a strict neutrality between the contending par ies.. Bills were introduced to enable dis abled soldiers to receive money commuta tion upon orders for artificial limbs that are dated before June lo, 187'); amendatory of Ihe Pacific Railway act, requiring the Union Pacific Railway Company to pro rata all freights carried over irs'line in connection with other railways.... The hill to ennahle the Mennonites of Russia to ef fect a permanent settlement on public lanHs of the United States was considered, and a substitute was offered The bill to provide for a n-w election in Louisiana was further debated.... Adjonrned. Hovse. A bill was reported from the Judiciary Committee, ordered printed and recom mitted, for the distribution of the Geneva award. The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Ap propriation bill was further considered in Commit tee of the Whole, and several proposed amend ments were disposed of. a spicv debate ensuing on a motion to reduce the Item of the Presidem Vsal ary from "0,0 '0 to $.. 0 it being contended by some of the members that the increase of salaries, including the President's, at the last, session was unconstitutional. The motion was finally reject ed.... Adjonrned. Friday, April 17. Senate Resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of Cincinnati, protesting against any expansion of the currency, were presented The bill to provide for the pur chase of the bona of ihe Loaiville A Portlard Canal Company was taken np and several amend ments were agreed to. ...The Louisiana bill was further debated Adjourned to the -.0th. House. A resolution was introduced and referred for fnrnishing rations, forage and clothing to the people who are suffering from inun dations from the overflow of the Mississippi River and its tributaries The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was further consid ered in Committee of tlw Whole, and an amend ment was adopted to furnish official postage stamps to the State Department to an amount not exceeding $oO.OOO Adjourned. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. Apbh 13, 1S74. Cottoh. Middling upland, 17Hl-4c Lrv Stock. Beef Cattle $10. 0U&1&25. Hogs Dressed, $7.2537.75. Sheep Live, $6.5O8.50. BaxansTcrrs. Flour Good to choice, $rt.75:l 7.00; white wheal extra, $7.05a7.40. Wheat No 3 Chicago, $l.5tt&1.60; Iowa spring, $L57S1M; No. 2 Milwaukee spring. $1.5031.6 i. Rye West ern and State, $L10$1.13. Barley fl.65S.1.67. Corn Mixed Western afloat, SS&Olc Oait New Western, C264c. Paovisiows. Pork New Mess, $16.75310.50. Lard 103 10 Wool- Common to extra, 40 70c CHICAGO. Liva Stock. Beeves Choice, $5.rO&5.80; good, $5.2035.40; medium, $4.iKX&5.10; butchers' stock, $1.0a&4.-5; stock cattle, $3.75(4.75. Hogs Live, $5.G0&6.1:!tt. Sheep Good to choice, $6.5037.14. Provisions. Butter Choice, S32M5c Eggs Fresh, 12H13Jc. Pork New Mess, $16.30(3 16.35. Lard $9.b79.7a BRBAnsTUTFH. Flour WTil te Winter extra, $7.003'J.25; spring extra. $5.2jC&6.37i4. Wheat Spring, No. 2, $1.2731-!i7X. Corn No. 2, 65fc 65'ic. Oats No. 4t6c. Rye No. 2, 82' 03c Barley No. 2, $1.65(31.67. Wool. Tub-washed, 4t355c: fleece, washed, 8(i348c.; fleece, unwashed. 25332c.; pulled, 35310c CINCINNATI. Brbadstcfw. Flour $6.6036.80. Wheat -$1.40. Corn 67370c Rye $1.05. Oats 48i357c. Barley $1.6031.65. Provisions. Pork $16.50316.75. Lard 9 ST. LOUI3. Livx Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, $1W3 6.05. Hogs Live, $4.70(35.75. BRBADSTurrs. Flonr XX Fall, $5.5035.90. Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $l.t031.51!-4. Corn No. 2, 65iittc. Oats No. a, 4'.il!!4c. Rye No. 2, 123 Sic. Barley $1.60(31.65. Provisions. Pork Mess, lG.r.0316.75. Lard MlHVAllit.il. BRBADSTUFrs. Flour Spring XX, $5.70(36.2 Wheat Spring No. 1, $1.35(31.36; No. 2, $1.3tK3 1.30!4. Corn No. t, RloSc OaU No. 2, 45(3 454c. Rye No. 1, f93Jc Barley No. 2, $1.68 Ql.fcO. jjJSTKurr. Bbkadsttjits. Wheat Extra, $1.6S3t.e9. Corn 75 77c. Oats 53354c TOLEDO. BRADSTuro. Wheat Amber Mich., $1.50(3 1.51. No. 2 Red, $1.50(31.51. Corn Mixed, 72 7iXC Oats No. 1, 525234C CLEVELAND. Bbkadstctm. Wheat No. 1 Red, $ 1.5.N31.56; No. 2 Red, $1.4531.17. Corn 75376c Oats 523 54c. BUFFALO. Liva Stock. Beeves $5.2&3r.2". Hogs- Live, $5.35(36.00. Sheep Live, $U.3737.7'5. KAST LIBERTY. Liva Stock. Beeves Best, $-i.l2!J6.37.J ; me dium, $5.756.00. Hogs Yorkers, $3.40(3.90 ; Philadelphia, $6 30(36.60. Sheep Best, $6.75 7.75; medium, $6.00(6.50. STARVED TO DEATH. A Oerinan, Swindled Out of $S0,000 by a AVall Strt-et Shark, Locates In Ar kansasBecoming SickanU iestitute, lie and a- Son Perii.Ii from Starvation -Great Suffering ot Ilia "Wife and llemainlng Children. About two months njro a man named Kauf man came into the State of Arkansas with his wife and two children, from New York, where Mr. Kaufman formerly resided and where he was engaged in a reputable business. In an evil hour he fell in the way of a Wall street shark, who had a lot of Little Rock A Fort Smith Railroad bonds to dispose of. De sirous of leaving New York to try his fortune somewhere in the great Southwest, Mr. Kauf man too readily listened to the oily gammon of the broker, and almost before he was aware of it had exchanged his greenbacks for the worse than worthless trash. He arrived in Little Rock with his little family, and then his eyes were first opened to the enormity of the swindle perpetrated upon him. Confident in the negotiable character of his $S0,000 in bonds, he thought to dispose of sufficient to meet a need of a little ready money, and the poor fellow's despair maybe imagined when he received the iuformation thai a bushel-basketful would noi buy a breakfast iu that or any other market. Sad at heart, but not entirely bereft of hope, he made a desperate effort to retrieve his losses, and place his little family beyond the reach of the wolf already glaring at them with greedy eyes. He went from Little Rock to Lewisburg, near which village he secured a small tract of land, built a temporary cabin, and made preparations for putting in a crop. He had, meanwhile, pro cured lumber wherewith to build a comfort able dwelling. But it was not to be ; climate fever laid its hand upon the poor fellow, and he was soon upon his humble couch raving in delirium. When taken ill his scanty supply of provisions had been consumed, money he had none, and he was a stranger in a strange land. His forlorn and wretched wife, almost crazed with her burden of multiplied sorrows, was soon to bring into the world an heirtothe misery around them; but love for the man who lay moaning in the hovel overcame her physical weakness, and she went to a neighbor to ask that a mcj-scnger be seut for a doctor. This niau refused to give the assistance asked, and the heart-broken woman took her weary way to the railroad track, hoping to bait a p .ssing train and obtain some aid in her dire necessity. There beside the rails she stood in a drench ing rain four hours terrible to her who was striving to snatch from the brink of the grave the lives of her loved ones. Exhausted na ture at last demanded relief, and without a ray of hope she sought the mockery of a home. The exposure and her condition were too much for her feeble frame, and she too succumbed to the fever ; hope fled, and iu a stupor of despair she laid herself down to die, prayimr ouly that the end would come quickly. The fat her died first starved; then a little boy closed nis eyes ana was in a lauu where starvation is unknown. Mr. Chapman, a eenileman living about a mile from Kaufman's hut. heard suudry ru mors of the sad condition of the family, and repaired to their rcief, fortunately in time to save from thj death of hunger, at least, the mother, whom he found iu the agonies of childbirth. There was not an ounce of food in the house, nor a soul at hand to render as sistance to the buffering woman and her little daughter. Mr. Chapman hurried to Lewis burg, and sent a doctor to the bouse, promis ing to pay the fees himself. He also, it is said, applied to citizens ofLewn-burg for aid for the stiicken sufferers, but one and all are reported to have turned a deaf ear to his ap peals and his pitiful story. He could not get a dollar, and so paid for ehrouda aud secured plaiu coffins for the dead father and son him self. Mr. Chapman also procured some food and nourishment, aud again went back to the cabin. He subsequently appealed to the Masonic fraternity of Little Rock (of which order the dead man had been a mem ber), and the breihren there raised between sixty and t . venty dollars for the relief of the sufferers, f " 1 now, says the Liltlc Rock Re publican (from which paper the foregoing statement is compiled), the mother and her two children have every necessary comfort. There was little hope that the mother would survive, as she was suffering from pneumonia, fciid the little girl was so reduced Horn want of f iod that only the most careful nursing could restore her to health. The baby was not expected to live many days more. If a person swallows any poison what ever, or has fallen into convulsions from having overloaded the stomach, an in stantaneous remedy, more efficient and applicable in a larger number of cases than any half a dozen medicines, is a heaping teaspoon of common salt and as much ground mustard, stirred rapidly in a teacup of water, warm or cold, and swal lowed instantly. It is scarcely down be fore it begins to come up, bringing with it the remaining contents of the stomach, and lest there be any remnant of the poison, however small, let the white of an egg or a teacup of strong coffee be swal lowed as soon as the stomach is quiet These very common articles nullify a larger number of virulent poisons than any medicines in the shops. Apples and potatoes are important pro ducts to our farmers, though uncertain of late years. The apple belt of this conti nent is 600 miles wide; and the fruit par takes of the nature ot the soil. It is best on the Pacific coast, but the fruit is more enduring in New England than anywhere else. There -are in New Mexico 164 schools, 1S3 of which are public; 7,102 pupils and 196 teachers. The school lunds amount to f 06,821.57. STRUGGLE. . BT EtXKX P. ALLEKT0X. Great strength is bought with pain. From ou the strif e. From out the storms that sweep the human soui Those hidden tempests of the inner life Comes forth the lofty calm of self -control. Peace afterwar. Althonch the heart may be Trampled and plowed like a lorn battte-fleld. Rich are the fruits that follow victory. And battle-grounds the fullest harvests yield. Strong firrows his arm who breasts a downward stream, And steins with steady stroke the mighty tide Of his own passions. Sore the wrench may seem, let only he id strong whose strength is tried. To toil Is hard. To lay aside the oar To softly rise and fall with passion's swell Is easier far; but, when the dream is o'er. The bitterness of waking none can tell. To float at ease, by sleepy r.ephyrs fanned, Is but to grow more feeble, day by day. While slips life's little hour out, sand by sand. And strength and hope together waste away. He only wins who sets his thews of steel With tighter tension for the prick of pain: Who wearies, yet stands fast; whose patient zeal Welcomes the present loss for future gain. Toil before ease ; the cross before the crown. Who covets rest, he first must earn the boon. He who at niirht in peace would lay him down Must bear his load amid the heats of noon. A NIGHT WITH GAMBLERS. In the year 1S.0 I was sojourning tc-m porarily in the City of TTexico, and I'-.v-ine nearly a month of le'sure after satis factorily winding up the business matters that drove me tnither l aevoteu a portion of it to exploring the darker portion of the metropolis, meeting with some curi ous adventures, making a lew strange ac quaintances. One of the last was a midle aged man with whom I first spoke one afternoon at a bull -fight in Necatilan Square. A strong feeling of friendship speedily sprang up between us, and with Don Jaime Mercado as he introduced him selfas truide I had little dililculty in findinc means of passing away the time And with him as companion one night I found myself cautiously trending the Callejon del Arco, or " bund alley ot tne Arcade," long notorious as one of the most dansrerou3 places in the Mexican capital. The dense mass of houses, of which the Merchants' Arcade forms a part, known as the Impedradillo does not form one compact street. (In the southwestern side of the Catheural a nar row lane runs into the Impedradillo; this is called the Callejon del Arco. It is like one of those caverns which the sea sometimes hollows out in the face of a cliff. Even in the daytime, while the sun's rays pouring down upon the square are almost blinding, this alley is dark, gloomy, forbidding. Advance within it, though only a few paces, and you seem precipitated into the shades of night; an involuntary chill creeps over you, by no means lessened as you catch a glimpse of some shadowy figure lurking in an arch way, closely shrouded in cloak and sombre ro, the black, evil eyes watching your every motion. Then there is an unhealthy dampness around you; water is constant ly oozing out of the walls; under foot it is wet and slimy almost unconscious ly comes the terrible fancy that one is treading in the gore of the countless vic tims whose lives have ended here. Yet through this alley Don Jaime Mer cado guidedme he withdrawn sword, I with cocked revolver. Three several times we closely hugged the mildewed walls, our weapons pointing outward, to await the passing by of some suspicious character. Either these gentlemen were wronged by our suspicions, or else they did not like cold steel or hot lead, since they quietly passed us by, though edging close to the further wall. At length Don Jaime paused before a heavily-ironed door, striking three loud blows upon it with the pommel of his sword. Almost immediately this opened, and a porter bearing a lantern held the light up to our faces. Evidently satisfied he rapped a signal upon the dor behind him, which promptly opened. This revealed a long, steep flight of stairs, up which we tramped. Here a serge curtain, surmounted by a transpar ency bearing the legend "Sociadad Filar monica," swung noiselessly aside, and we were in one of tne most fashionable gam bling halls of the City ol Mexico. For a minute the brilliant light dazzled me, and I could distinguish little else than a low, in distinct hum, mingled with the click ol the roulette balls apd the more musical tingle of golden coin. The hall was of extraordinary dimen sions, lighted by hundreds of wax tapers. Two dozen long, green baize-covered tables were surmounted by the eager devotees of Fortune; this much I saw, then was introduced to the proprietor of the hall, a dapper little Frenchman whose name I have forgotten. He was extremely polite and attentive, leading us to the elegantly fitted-up side board, pressing us to partake of the spark ling wines and luscious fruit. He soon left us, however, to greet some other vis itors, and then we joinet' he crowd around one ot the tables. It was devoted to rouge etnoir, with its circles of devotees, who came night after night to tempt fortune, one moment ting ling with a wild, delicious joy as the fickle dame deigns to smile upon them, the next plunged into the depths of de spair as the croupier's rake transfers the glittering offering to the wrong side of the table. "See," whispered Don Jaime into my ear; "observe that lady in black, 6he with the lace mask, who places her little pile on the red ' double zero' w ith such a queenly air. That is Senora de Los 1) . Ten months 6ince she was the idol of her husband, who possessed al most princely wealth, but the mania seized her. She visited the tables night ly, losing enormously, giving orders upon orders upon her husband lor the amounts, which were gladly taken, for Don D , every body knew, would sacrifice his last thaco rather than dishonor his name by telusing payment. Her husband soon scovered. the truth and paid her debt, but there was a stormy scene between them, it is said, and two days afterward he was found dead in the street, slain by the stroke of a cuchillo in the hands ot a hired bravo. The truth is not known for certain, but many believe that she paid for the murder. Since then 6he has been a nightly visitor here, losing almost con stantly. The last of her husband's prop erty is sold, and when that is gone well, there is the suicide's grave." At the next table a Californian of swart features and sinister aspect, not lessened by the strips of court plaster that diag onally cros his face from eye to jaw bone, deals monte for the " benefit" of the moths who flutter around the golden pi?es in momentary expectation of rais ing them first into their own pockets; but, alas! though riches have wings, they do not fly in that direction. The low cries " Cavalle en la puerta!" " Soto mozo !" (" The Queen in the gate !" The knave winner!") at intervals an nounce in 6et phrase the progress of the game. The golden stakes are transferred from hand to hand, their sharp, metallic click contrastir g with the soft.rapid shuffle of the cards. But then the betting almost ceased when a man pushed himself for ward and seated himself in front of the benches, wnile a servant deposited an iron box before hi9 master. When the lids were thrown back a glittering mass of onzas appeared, causing even the im perturbable dealer to start with wonder, and a glance of joy to flit across his face two things that had not occurred before within the memory of man. . The stranger played heavily, for the bank had iio limit, and in less than an hour the banker slowly uttered : " wen tlemen. this bank is closed!" The stranger ordered his servant to gather up the gold, and then scattered a handful of ounces among the crowd, vanished amid the confusion, by this maneuver escaping a probable blow liom a cuchillo in the alley w ithout. "That niau is an enigma," muttered Don Jaime, with a long drawn breath. " ThN is the third tune that I have witnessct the same thing; each time he broke the bank, and then vanished, just how nolnvly could tell, though I have heard that the best cuchillo in Mexico has been hunting for him this past month. ?so one knows who ho is, where he came from, nor where he lives. Some even sav that he is the-tho devil!" Ami here the sunersti tious Spaniard devoutly crossed himselt. " But let him be what he may, I wish he would impart his secret to me! ' Around the adjoining table the faro players were gathered, where a smooth, oilv. cat-like Southerner dealt, a hu bowie with an inch Mtuie sticking in the table before him. ShuiUing the cards 1 e placed them in the silver box, then while waiting lor the players to make their game he said, tappirg the silver hilt of hisbowie: ' Gentlemen, you see this? 1 play on the square, und I warn you all that the first man I catch trying to confuse the stakes will have his hand pinned to the table!" As no remarks followed this blunt state- ment, one would infer that such a trick as " confusing the 6takes" by suddenly slult ing trom a losing card the money staked thereon was not entirely unknown. We watched the deal nearly out, when, lm probable as it may seem, a seedy-looking greaser" suddenly shitted his stake, ins quick eye detecting the losing card ere was lairly uncovered. Thud! went the knife swift as the lightning's flash, true to the eye as Kit Carson's long 44 Ilarkins" and the greas er's hand was pinned to the table! In stantlv all was contusion around the ta ble, each man instinctively shrinking back as the glittering blade flashed before his eyes, while, with a single sharp yell of pain, the greaser bent low over the golden-laden table. 11 is pain must have been intense, for the broad blade had penetrated through the back of his hand, severing one or more of the bones, fastening the palm upon the trifling stake he had wished so much to cover. And yet, as I stod at the erd of ihe table, I distinctly saw the ras cal slip his let! hand beteath his body and clutch a handful of Uie golden ounces rom the pile of his next neighbor, then drop them unperceived down his wide boot-leg! 1 he sharp jingle ot the coins he deadened by another shriek, and a oner-winded volley of all the curses in his vocabulary, which would have put to tlie blush ihe oldest "bull-whacker" of prairie-freighting days. The dealer " politely cursed" the greas er for a few moments, then withdrew his bow"ie, wiping it upon the man's blanket, hen calmly resuming the interrupted game. I lie greaser, snappmgup nis lianti, stole silently away, no doubt thinking his wound paid lor by his adroit ciutcn. 1 had been watching a young man, a casual acquaintance, whom I knew was unior partner in a New Orleans firm. He was playing heavily, and kept calling for liquor, which the obsequious waiters iroraptly supplied. I would have fpoken to him, but Don Jaime restrained me, pointing to the cocked revolver lying be fore the man. And I did not care to risk a shot certainly an insult by making an effort to draw the young man away lrom the table. Every deal seemed to go dead against ountr Cleveland, and then, when but one more turn remained in the box, he Hung a large pocket-book upon the table, mut tering hoarsely : " It's neck or nothing; if that loses, then 1' 11- IIe did not finish ,the sentence, but leaned forward, watching the turn with bated breath, pale as a corpse, and then the tray fell upon the losing side. Scarcely was the result perceptible than the room rang with a pistol-shot, and Cleveland sank forward, Ins head resting upon the pocket-book, his brains and blood bespattering all around him. Silence and death came at the same breath. Shuddering, heartsick, I left the hell, nor has my foot ever crossed the thresh old of a gambling hell since that night. The Deaf Man's Mistake. Old Mr. Collamer, one of the members of our church, is extremely deaf. East Sunday the clergyman, during his ser mon, had occasion to introduce a qu'ot-w tion, and as it was quite long he brought the volume with him, and when the time came he picked up the book and began io read from it. Wv always sing the Old Hundred doxology after sermon at our church, and Mr. Collamer, seeing the pas lor with the book, thought the time had come, so while the minister was reading he opened his hymn book at the place. Just as the clergyman laid the volume down the man sitting next to Mr. Colla mer began to yawn, and Mr. Collamer, thinking he was about to sing, imme diately broke out in Old Hundred at the top of his voice. As the clergyman was beginning "secondly," and as, of course, there was perlect silence in the church, the effect of Mr. Collamer's vo ciferation was very startling. But the good old man didn't notice that anything was the matter, so he kept right on and sang the entire verse through. When he concluded, he observed that everybody else seemed to be quiet, excepting a few who were laughing, so he leaned over and said out loud to the man that y awned, " What's the matter with this congrega tion, anyhow? Why don't they go home?" The man turned scarlet, and the perspiration broke out all over him, for he felt that the eyes of the congregation were upon him, and he knew that he would have to yell to make Mr. Colla mer hear. So he touched his lips with his lingers, as a sign for the old man to keep quiet. But Collamer misunderstood the motion. "Going to sing another hymn, hey ? All right," and he began to fumble his hymn book again. Then the sexton sailed up the aisle and explained matters out loud to Mr. Colla mer, and that gentleman subsided, while the minister proceeded with his dis course. The elders have written Mr. Collamer a note, requesting him in the future not to join in the sacred harmony. The effect is too appalling upon the ribald boy s in the gallery. Mux Adeler. The Influence or Daily Habits. The daily habits of every boy and girl are materials with which they are build ing up their characters, and every repetition strengthens them for good or for evil. Justice, benevolence, honor, integrity, and self-control are no ephem eral blossoms that a day's sunshine can call into being and a night's frost can wither and kill. They grow slowly and develop gradually, but once rooted firmly in the heart and trained by con stant exercise they will prove sturdy, healthy, long-Jived plants that will bear rich and abundant fruit It is not enough to teach ; we must learn to train. It is not enough to tell the child what is right, we must accustom him lo love its atmos phere. So with self-culture. If we would become nobler and more virtuous, vre must habituate ourselves to the con stant exercise of pure thoughts, generous affections, noble and disinterested deeds. ttlSCELLANYXIUS ITEMS. A Git.vrrc thing a poke. A want that may be "felt." The want of a hat. Pauisian aeronauts propone a balloon exploring expedition to the North l'ole. "TnE femaelstrom" is what a Day ton man calls the present woman's movement in favor of temperance. An Indiana man fell sixty nine feet the other day and was ctmd of deafness. Nature is a great healer. A Utica girl intends to shoot her late lover because he left her on account of her flirting proclivities. An English wag asserts that machinery is the most modest of all things, since it almost alway s travels in cog. A i.kadino milliner says there arc thirty different names for spring bonnets and yet they are nearly all the same shape. Lace sashes are something new. They are of Cluny an 1 guipure, and lined with brilliant silk to keep them " spread." A BACHKi-OK Is politely descriln-d as a man who has neglected his opportunity of making some poor woman miserable. Should cremation ever become adopted here as a system, the lender expression, " 1'eare to his ashes," will meiin some thing. Fourteen Quincy men have signed a pledge not to allow their daughters to learn music until they know how to make bread. There is a prejudice in human kind against large ears. As the poet says: 4Man wants but little ear below, nor wants that little long." A pickpocket arrested In Kochester saitl : " I was only searching that man's pockets for proofs of frauds against the Government." The champion forgiver lives In Terro Haute. His wife has eloped five times. and he has taken her back and tried to make home happy each time. The huge Inverted svphon of the V ir ginia &, tlold II ill water company. which carries the water across Washoe Valley, is proving a success. Bekchkk cursorily remarked that squeaking boots were one of the notable burdens of existence while listening to some in Connecticut recently. In Massachusetts, when the preacher reaches "seventecnthly" in his sermon, a knowing chap yells "rire!" and the con gregation is promptly dismissed. The fowls cackleate it is discourag ing times lor their business atiout tlie close of Lent, and lay it down as an axiom that Easter is eggscessively henervating. An embryo poet, who is certainly a close observer of human nature, remarks: " Time marches on with the slow-men. ured tread of a man working by the day." IIekkaktek no portrait is to be placed upon any of the bonds, securities, notes fractional or postal currency of the United States while the original of such portrait is living. A Kentucky breach of promise suit wherein $40,000 wis claimed has been settled for $12 and a mule, which i just about the figure the jury would have re turned. Fhat's all nonsense aliout a volcano in. North Carolina. It's the usual spring ague, and the natives of three or four counties haptencd to commence shaking at tne same time. Daniel Pratt now comes to the sur face to say that no man can strike a hard cr blow by spitting on his hands first, ami that it is a useless custom w hich he would ike to see abolished. It's about time tint the. conscientious press began to prate of cliolc.a, and thus make life a dreary waste to the man who fondly hopes to sit down and enjoy him self after house cleaning. If hens would only color their Easter eggs before laying they might corner the market. Quiz has been experimenting by feeding his landlady's chickens on log wood, and they died well. Wte have heard a great many rough things about tlie bite Mr. Nero, who fid dled while Rome burned, but to this day nolxidy has ever accused him of parting his hair in the middle. Thank goodness, here was a limit to his atrocities. Memphis AtabincliA'. The Taunton Uizdle says: A lady en tering one of our stores yesterday, no ticintr the window druped in somber mourning, asked who was dead. "Why, Mr. Sumner," said the polite attendant. "Oh," responded the obtu.-e interrogator, " was he a clerk here?" Don't tell a child you w ill do any thing for it unle.-s you intend to keep your promise. A strict observance of this rule may save you the agony of seeing your child become a liar. If you say, 4' I'll skin you alive!" go and skn it though it brings tears to Jour ey es. Tub Vermont people have a great pas sion for discovering coal mines on their farms, nowadays, but Prof. Seelcy, -of Middlebury College, who has examined specimens from sonic of the supposed veins, says that a'l coal hunting iu the State will end in disappointment. It is now asserted, says the New York Tribune, that a side window in a stable makes a horse's eye weak on that side; a window in front hurls his eyes by the glare; awindow behind him makes him squint-ey ed; a window on a diagonal line makes him shy when lie travels; a stab.o without a window makes him blind. Truly farming is a fearful and wonderful pursuit. A few days since we noticed the fact that many of the engineers on the New York Central Kailroad were obliged to make three trips per day civen n time to rest, or hardly to eat. We have a case of a more recent date. Within a n onth one of the engineers on the Central Kail road, who had been making his three trips per day for several days, and was 1 worn out and exhausted, ran his engine on a turn-table in Buffalo, awaiting tne arrival of the express from this city. He I fell fast asleep and it must have been refreshing to him. He was suddenly awakened by a yardman, and, in his be wilderment, supnosine that the express had passed, he started from the turn-table to collide almost immediate. y wun me express. The only da njre done was to property. This engine' r was discharged t immediately from the service ot the com- i pany. Nature dt iwanded its rights the I engineer succumbed; the railroad com-1 pany exercised its prerogative, and threw him out of work. Ihcfuster (A". Y.) Unin. The Dunn. County Nevs gets off the following good thing, which is worthy a place with some of Mark Twain's best : 44 We sympathize heartily with one of our exchanges, which is sorry to learn that a German chemist has succeeded in making a first rate brandy out of sawdust. We are a friend to the temperance movement, and we want it to succeed, but what chance will it have when a man can take a rip-saw and co out and get drunk with a fence-rail? What is theuseof a prohib itory liquor law if a man is able to make brandy smashes out of the 6hingles on his roof, or if he can get the delirium tremens by drinkingthe leg6 of his kitchen chairs? You may "shut an inebriate out of a gin shop, and keep him away from taverns,! but if be can become uproarious on boiled sawdust and dessicated window-sills any effort at reform must necessarily be a fail-1 ure. It will be wise, therefore, if tern-! perance societies will butcher the German I chemist before be goes any further. His recipe ought not to be made public. He i should be stuffed with distilled board-, yards until he perishes with mama af p(?u.', j t-i