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THE HERALD. i'UELISIIED EVEUY THURSDAY PLATTSMOUTH, NEBKASKA. O 3? "F- I C3 M On Vm St., One Block Norta of Main Corner of Fifth St. OFFICIAL PArEIl OF CASS IOI XTV. Terms, in Advance: Dr.c ccpv, one year $2. CO Jnc c y, rix months i.oo 3a coiv, latcu months , .-.rj ERA B JNO. A. "ATACMURPHY, Editor. - PEKSEVERAXCK COXQl'EUS.' TEEMS: $2.00 a Year VOLUME XII. BUUB IV Furniture, 6AFES, CHAIRS, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, rrti. itc, etc. Or All Descriptions. METALLIC BURIAL CASES. Wooden CofTiris Cf !! e ready-made, and iold cheap far Oil With n-.nny tfcatiVa for pat patronage. I InTlto '! to r;.;i and exmnlut uiy UP.(iE STOCK OF Fut nUm unl CofllnN. )a. .. SHANNON'S Livery, Sale ani Fee J ON JSALjFXJST street, East of the rialte Ya House. The Oldest Livery Stable in the Town. Good Teams Always On Hand. Cm.-' r .1 Drivers scut with carriages if desired. '.n i hi ;a sent to Depot to meet trains whenever Ollll'H i. Tho Only HEARSE In Town. Fmieva s attended and carriages fnrnished t fries. Is. Address 4?!v J. AV. SUA PLATTSMOUTII, NEB. I!, i. WATEIUUX & SOX, Wliolesa'9 ani Retail Dealer In PINE LUMBER, u SAf',11, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC., On Main St.. cor. Fifth, FLATTS MOUTH. - - - NEB. STILL BETTER RATES For IyiLixL"beL. ! WINTER" STOCK H. A. WATERMAN & SON. O. F. JOHNSON, DEALER U Drugs, Medicines, WALLPAPER. AUPaper Tnamel Free of Cliarne ALSO. DEALER IU Books, Stationery AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS. tz Prescription earefally compounded by an experienced Drng?iat. at REMEMBER THB PLACE Cor. Fifth and Main Streets, PLATTSMOUTII, NEB. FOUNDRY lACfflif SHOPS. joins' wVY3rviv, PLATTSMOUTII, NEB., Repairer cf Steam Enginas, Boilers, Saw and Grist Hills, GAS AND STEAM FITTINGS, Wrought Iron ripe. Force and Lift Pipes, Steam GauKts, Safely-Valve Governors and all kinds of Brass Engine Fittings re paired on short notice. 3j"n.riu. Macliiiiory Repaired on Short Notice. 49-yl Sewing acmes ! WE '.VI LL SELL All Grades of Lumber Cheap. I Y. WECKBACH, GENERAL DEALER IN DR1T GOODS Boots and Shoes, Cutlery, Queensware, NEW, IMPROVED LOCK-STITCH GROYER & BAKER Sewing IMacliirie, FOR SALE BY CHARLES VI ALL. With all the Extras and Attachments, such as Needles, Oil, Tuckers, Binders, Etc. Tho-o who contemplate bnvinz a machine will do well to m:K the drun-r & linker a trial. Sat 'taction guaranteed, and the cheapest machiiia in the market. All orders by mail promptly at tended to. Address 2m5 CHARLES VIALL, Plattsmouth, Neb. First national Bant OF Plattsmouth, Nebraska, SUCCESSOR TO Tootle, I I;inii:t Clnrlc. John Fitz rai d.... E. e. I'ovby A. U I'.-Li--ini.iN.. John O UuiBkt President Vice-President. Cashier. Assistant Cashier. -AND ALL KINDS OF GOODS Needed by the Farmer or Householde Corner 3d and Main Sts., ri.ATTt-MOCTU NEBRASKA (GiUhman's old stand.) In connection with tbe Grocery is & (The oM and well-known stand of Frank Guth- mun;, wnere me ... i af f! 1" r"f9iJ W Wi..lnn 1 AVill Always Xlo Found. rv The T.ET rEICEs the market will afford : iy paid fur Country Produce. Eemeiiiber the old f-la, -EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY." 11 -t'iy This Bank is now open for bn-iness at their new room, corner Main and Sixth street, and are pre pared to trans-ici a teneral BANKING BUSINESS. Stocks, Bords, Gold, Government and Local Securities BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits Received and Interest Al lowed on Time Certificates. DRAFTS DRAWN, Available In any pt of the United States and in ail the Vrinelpai Towns and Cities of Europe. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED INMAH LINE mi ALLAN LINE of j-4"nv3iiai!-. Persons withing; to lirinj out their friends from llurope can ri ltrHASB TICKETS FROM V9 XIiiii--!i to Fliittfsmoiitli. TXEIS OIjD CLOTHING STAND Excelsior Barber Shop. .7. c. jsocxnte, Hain Street, opposite Saunders Hocse. VVM. STADELMANN, Nearly opp. Saunders House, on Main St. At the old place I till hold forth, and for tu Cente;uiiul year I offer iroods Bt Tti prii e r.Tti, J mean. If jou do not believe it, come and see. A Larjjo Modi oT Clolhing, ZWcii" uiul Boys'. HATS, caps OTjOVE3 and JEWELHY. Gents' Furni-hin? Goods in every variety. Boots atid Shoe", Canes, Trunks, Valises, Etc. Mv tock of Boots and Shoe". Furs and Jewelry I ani po-'tivHy closing out. It is the List year I sha'.l In ep these lines. All Coods at a Creat Reduction In Prices. Plattsmonth. Neb., Jan. 3, 1876. PLATTSHOIM MILLS, fLATTSMOUTH NEERASKJL Covbad Heisel, Proprietor. FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED, ajwajs an band and for sale at lowest casbprlct a. The nijheat Tricet paid for Wteat and Cora. 1'arUciiU atunUon giTca U cuitn waiJu HAIR-CUTTING, Shaving and Shampooing. ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO Ciittiu? i hiltJren and Ladies' Hair. Call and See Boone, Gents, And get a boon In a GO TO THE Post Office Book Store, H. J. STBEIGHT, Proprietor, FOB TOUB Book Stationery, Pictures, Mnsr, TOYS, CONFECTIONERY, Violin Strings, Newspapers, Novels, Song Books, etc., etc POST OFFICE BUILDIXG, PLATTSXOUTB, 2i3. PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1870. NUMBER (J. THE HERALD. ao r.nrisiMi i: ti:s. 1 w. 2 v. I w. I in. :l in. lo 1 yr. 1 fijuare.. 1 tl I M ' i' '!" ' 8 square. W coliimn i roliitnn. 5 (K! t INI 111 OO Vi I'll .'l I"' V '' I 8 Oi Vi (Hi ',- ' is Co "" I'l ' (. 1 column. V. If ("' -' '' I" "J "' J All Advt rti.-ii:,': tiillo due t:a-t rl. f Triiiifieut ;idvert;.-enii n: n::?t In p.iid id In advance. Extra copies of thf IlriiAi i for e i'1; I'.v !!' StreiL-lit. nl 'lie po toi!i.-,-. itial V. 1". ) "'.ti1 'ii, tur ner of Main and fifth trreia- CURRENT PARAGRAPHS. Lafayf.tte Lake has been renomina ted for Congress by the Democrata of Oregon. The Metropolitan Hotel at Long Branch, X. J., was burne J a few nights ago. Loss $ 70,000. Barney "Williams, the v.ell known Irif-h comedian, died recently at New York, after a protracted illness, lie was fitty-thrce years of age. Nearly all the buildings at the Meth odist summer resort and camp-meeting grounds at Tarentum, Pa., have been de stroyed by fire. The German Imperial Court of Disci pline has sentenced Count Von Arnim to formal dismissal from the public service and to pay all costs of the proceedings. Twenty-four distillers in South Caro lina, convicted of revenue frauds, have been sentenced to an average of two j-ears' imprisonment in the Albany Penitentiary. The City National Bank of Chicago uspended a few days ago. The assets are stated at about $1,000,000, which, it is claimed, will more than cover the liabilities. Seventeen of the persons implicated in the murder of Mr. Margary, of the British Expedition into India, are to be executed early in May, at Bahms, in Burmah. The Governor of Massachusetts has vetoed the bill to legalize the marriage of James Parton with his step-daughter on the ground that the act is not within the constitutional power of the Legislature. The recent California Republican State Convention expressed a preference for Jas. G. Blaine for President of the United States, but lef its delegates to the Nation al Convention uninstructed in that regard. T'.'iE delegates to the National Conven f."on chosen by the Arkansas Republican State Convention are instructed to give their preference to Senator Morton as a candidate for President of the United States. A call hits been issued for the Iowa Independent State Convention to meet at Des Moines on the 10th of May to select delegates to the Greenback National Con vention at Indianapolis. The Wisconsin Greenback Convention will be held at Madison, also on the 10th of Ma-. Judge Dillon, of the United States Circuit Court at St. Louis, has overruled the motion for arrest of judgment in the case of Wm. McKee, convicted of con spiracy to defraud the revenue in connec tion with the whisky ring. The prisoner was then sentenced to two years' impris onment in the County Jail and to pay a fine of $10,000. The Republicans of California have, in State Convention, chosen delegates to the National Convention,, and adopted a platform declaring in favor of a return to a metallic currency and the restoration of silver coin to its constitutional equality with gold as a legal tender, and in favor of the payment of the National debt in gold, and condemning repudiation. Tuos. W. Piter, con victcd cf the rrur der of little Mabel Young in the belfry of Warren Avenue Church, Boston, is to be hung on the ilith of May. lie now says the little girl lost her life by being caught in a trap-door while ascending the tower, ami that he had pretended to know noth ing as to the cause of her death for fear of being suspected of murdering her. Wester velt, who is in prison at Phil adelphia for complicity in the Charlie Ross abduction, has been visited by the widow of Mosher, the abductor, and en treated to give some clew to the where abouts of tne boy. He earnestly declared that he knew nothing of the matter. lie went into the conspiracy in hopes of se curing a part of the reward, but had no direct part in the abduction. The Massachusetts Republican State Convention met at Boston on the 20th, and chose delegates to the National Con vention. A resolution was adopted that the delegates be unpledged. It is thought a majority of the delegation are in favor of the nomination of Secretary Bristow for the Presidency. Among the resolu tions adopted by the Convention is one in favor of the resumption of specie pay ment at a date not later than that already fixed by law. The Chicago Journal of the 28th lilt, says Don Carlos, the pretender to the Span ish throne, " was recognized in this city hist Sunday, by those who have seen liimat Madrid and Paris, vho assure us most positively that they saw him, accom panied by three Spanish companions, at mass in the French Catholic Church, on Halsted street, on that day. Those from whom we derive this information are very positive that it was the veritable Don Carlos." A Georgia Phenomenon. One of the wonderful phenomena of the country, and of which very little is known, even to those who have spent their lives almost within its very shadow, is Rich Hill, located in Crawford Coun ty, about twelve miles from this place. Mr. ("ray Andrews, one of the oldest citi zens of this county, gave us some inter esting information which we would like to pive our readers had we the time and space. The hill abounds in specimens of pure limestone rocks, tusks and limb lones of monster wild animals like the mastodon, together with the remains of extinct genera and species 'of smaller quadrupeds; shells and other concho logical curiosities of the great deep, consisting of petrified lish-bones, mol lusca, etc. Gen. Bennett, a Northern man, burnt large quantities of lime from these forma tions twenty-five years aeo forcommercial purposes. Mr. Andrews says during the last ten years one side of the hill has gradually sunk in, leaving ajiertures in the rock large enough to insert fence rails. On top it covers nearly twenty acres, and there is a farm, with farm houses, and a gentleman living there far above all of his neighbors in the surrounding country. The hill can be seen for miles, and it is said that on a very clear day smoke aris ing from dwellings and machine-shops in the city of Macon can be seen very easily. Fort Valley (,7a.) Mirror. EPITOME OF THE WEEK. CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. It was reported at Cairo, Egypt, on the 24th, that the Egyptian army was retiring from Abyssinia. On the 24lh, the Hungarian Ministers tendered their resignations to the Em peror, in consequence of the disinclination of the Austrian Government to consent to the establishment of a Hungarian Na tional Bank. The Emperor refused to ac cept their resignations, and directed a conference with the Hungarian liberals.. A "Washington telegram of the 2tth says Gen. Belknap had written a letter to a friend, denying in positive terms that he had made nny confession whatever concerning the charges against him rela tive to the Fort Sill post-tradership. His counsel, on the 24th, filed with Secretary Gorham a rejoinder to the replication of the House in the impeachment matter. He denies that he was Secretary of War until after a committee of the House had investigated his official conduct. He also alleges that Mr. Clymer had stated to him on the lstot March that, un less he (Belknap) should resign his posi tion as Secretary of War before noon the next day, he (Clymer) would move his impeachment in the House; that he (Bel knap) yielded to the intimation thus given that lie might, by resigning, avoid a pro tracted trial before the Senate. This alleged agreement on the part of the Chairman of the Investigating Committee, it is urged, should stop the House from prosecuting the impeachment. An immense Radical demonstration oc curred in Paris on the 25th, on the occa sion of the funeral of the wife of Louis Blanc. Over 200,000 persons participated in the ceremonies. The Emperor of Brazil and his suite, arrived in San Francisco on the evening of the 25th. To avoid any demonstration on his arrival, his car was detached from the train at Pleas mton and run into the city half an hour ahead of the regular time. The Theater des Arts and several ad joining buildings in Rouen, France, were burned on the 25th. Several lives were lost and many persons were seriously in jured. A telegram from Omaha on the 25th says orders had been issued to the com manding orllcer at Fort Laramie to as far as possible protect travelers between that point and Custer City, but his force M as inadequate to the task other than occa sional scouting parties. Serious trouble was apprehended from roving small bands of Indians, who will not attack large, well-armed parties. A bill to remove the electoral disabili ties of women was defeated 152 to 239 in the British House of Commons on the 20th. The leading Liberals supported the measure. A Ragusa (Austria) dispatch of the 20th says the garrison at Nissa were re duced to great extremities. The soldiers and inhabitants were compelled to subsist on horse-flesh. Complaints having reached "Washing ton that at some of the Sub-Treasuries fractional currency continued to be paid out for legal-tender notes, and that at others it was refused. Treasurer New stated, on the 20th, that there was nothing in the law which prohibited him from paying out such currency not received in exchange for silver, the same as previous ly, and that it would be done in small amounts at all Sub-Treasuries. There was about $700,000 in fractional currency on hand, in Washington, which could be paid out. Mr. New said, however, that he would not allow it to be paid out in large sums, but in a linked quantity. TnE advices received in London on the 27th from Mesopotamia show that the plague was rapidly increasing. Since the previous report there had been 553 new cases and 283 death s. The recent New York Democratic State Convention recognized the Tammany del egates from New York city as ' regular," and gave seats, without voice, to the anti Tammany contestants. Delegates to the National Convention were chosen, and resolutions were adopted indorsing the ad ministration of Gov. Tilden, and recom mending him as a candidate for the Pres idency of the United States. The Prussian Chamber of Deputies, on the 28th ult., passed a bill for the incorpora tion of the Duchy of Lauenburg with the Kingdom of Prussia. According to Vienna specials of the 28th ult., the Porte had sent a circular letter to its representatives at the various Euro pean courts, demanding military assist ance in the suppression of the insurrec tion, and citing as a precedent the sup pression of the Hungarian insurrection by Kussia, in 1849. A report prevailed that Austria had ordered her army in Dalmatia to be increased to 30,000. The royal assent was given on the 27th ult. to the bill conferring upon Queen Vic toria the title of Empress of India, and on the 28th the Gazette contained a proclama tion announcing its assumption by Her Majesty. It was announced on the 28th ult. that the Straits of Mackinac were open, and that steamers had succeeded in effecting a passage. Judge Cartter, of the Court of the District of Columbia, granted a writ of habeas corpus on the 28th ult., in the case ot Hallett Kilbourne, the contumacious witness, but remanded him to the custody of the Uuiled States Marshal to answer an indictment. The prisoner then gave bail and was released. The action of the Court was reported to the House, and the matter was referred lo the Judiciary Com mitte. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Saturday, April 22. No session ot the Senate A bill was reported fron? tbe Commit tee on Foreign Aflairs in regard to citizenship and to define certain rights of United states citi zen in foreign counlri. and the dniiea of Dip lomatic and Consular officers. A uhrtitnt offered for the bill reported from committee to amend the charter of the Freedman g Bank. Monday, April 24 In the Senate, the bille to abolii-h the office of Supjrvieor of Inter nal Revenue, and to amend the laws relating to the lepal-tender of silver coin were debated. Mr. Jones, of Kevadi, making a lone argument lu favor of the double standard of gold and i-ilver money Among the bills iu'roduced in the House were the following: To increase the cir culation of National Hank notes; to relieve tbe National Hanks from the tax on their circulation ; to liquidate the National debt and to strengthen the puhlic credit; to reorganize the navv. Anoint resolution waa paesed, requesting tbe President to take aucu atepa &a mj tend to obtain Uis arly release of Edward O'M. Condon from his imprisonment in England. A re-solution was offered for the appointment of a select committee ofnlnetomake examination into the manage ment of the New Orleans rn-toni House und other tVderal offices in that city, wilh power to s!t In New Orleans during the recess, and a mo tion to suspend the rules and adopt ihe resolu tion was rejected MS to T7. less thau two-ihirds in the affirmative. Mr. "J aine made a personal explanatirf is regard to the newspaper charges connecting him with the Uiiou I'-cilic Raiiruad Company. Tuesday, April 25. The Senate re fused yeas 4, nays 41 to recede from its amend ments to the Consular and Diplomatic Appro priation bill, and also insisted on its amendments to the Deficiency Appropriation I'll I, ami Con ference Commitiees were appointed. Mr. M' Mil Ian was appointed on the fspecial committee to investigate the Mississippi election, in place of Mr. Oglesby, excused. Mr. Jones concluded his remarks" on the Silver Coin Legal tender bill The House, in Committee r the Whole, considered and amended tbe Legislative Appro priation bill. Thu Chairman of the Impeaehiiient Man.- gurs Mr. t.oid presented a rejoinder to Ihe demurrer filed bv ex-Secretary ISelkn.no. which as approved and ordered to be tiled with the Secretary oi the Senate; it i- to the efl'eit that the Senate has jurisdiciiou in the case be fore it, and that, as the defendant had not an swered the articles of im oearhnient or in any manner denied the same, the House prays judg ment thereon according to law. Wednesday, April 20. In the Senate, a resolution was adopted caliinn on the Secretary of the Treasury for Information as to the number of persona employed as revenue or Internal reve nue agents, their rate of compensation, expense, etc. The bill to establish an educational fund and apply a v rtion of tbe proceeds of the puhlic lands to 'public e lucatinn ws taken tip, ami a substitute was offered. The Silver bill was further coDsidered. and an amendment was offered by Mr H'.ennan In the House the Conference Committee on the Deficiency Appropriation bill reported recommending that the Senate recede from three of its amendments, and that the Ilnuse concur in three oihers, which repoit was agreed to The Legislative Appropriation bill was further considered. Thursday, April 27. The report of the Conference Committee on the Deficiency bill was adopted in Ihm Senate. The Impeachment trial was begun at 12:3' o'clock, and a motion was made and aryU d that the trial be postponed till the first Monday of December next; which motion, after retiring for consultation, the Sen ale denied. Adjourned, the pending motion be ing thai Ihe evidence Elating to the queti n of jurisdiction be Kiven before the arguments were beard relating thereto In the I oiim the Sen ate amendment to the bill defining the tax on fer uiented or malt liquors was agreed to. A Consti tutional amendmeul waa introduced aud referred authorizing the President to approve or disap prove of separate clauses or provi-don-" of a bill. The Legislative and Executive Appropriation bill was amended in Committee ef tbe Whole and reported to the House. Friday, April 28. No important legis lative business was transacted in the Senate. The impecthment trial was resumed, and a re quest w as made aud argued for a post ponement for two weeks, aud orders were agreed upon that the Senate proceed to bear and determine the question of jurisdiction, and that the trial pro ceed on the 4th of May. and that the opening aud closing of the argument be given to respondent. Adjourned to May 1 .... A number of private bills were passed iti the House. Several of the com mittee amendments to tbe Legislative Appropria tion bill were agrred to, and tbe point of order wa made and snrtained by the Speaker that the section transferring the Indian Iiureau tothe War Department was no! germane to the bill, and it was stricken out, and the bill was passed Mi 0 n. 1 m m President Grant's Salary Veto Mes-sai-e. The1 frnrnvinrr 5s the messan1 of Presi dent firunt vetoinf 44 An act fixing the salary of the President of the United Suites" : To the Senate of the United States: Herewith 1 return Senate bill Xo. 17'2, en ticed "An act tixinir the salary of the Presi dent of the United States," without my ap proval. 1 am constrained to this course from a sense of duty to my successors in office, to myself, and to what is due to the di.i-uity of tbe position of Chief Magistrate of a nation of more than forty millions of people. When the salary of the President of the United States was fixed by the Constitution at $5,000 per annum, we were a tuition of but three million of people, poor from a long aud expensive war, without commerce or manufactures, with but few wants, and those cheaply supplied. The salary must then have been deemed small for the respon sibilities and dignity of the position, but jus tifiably so front the Impoverished condition of the Treasury and the simplicity it was desired to cultivate in the Republic. The salary of Congressmen under the Constitu tion was fixed at ?0 per day for the time actually in session, an average of about PJO days to each session, or t'JO per year, or less than one-thirtieth of the salary of the Presi dent. Congressmen have legislated upon their own salaries from time to time until finally It reached $5,000 per unuuoi, or one fifth that of the President before the salary of the latter was increased. No one having a knowledge of the cot cf living at the .National Capital will contend that the present salary of Congressmen is too high, unless it be the intention to make the office one eutirely of honor, when the salary should be abolished a proposition repugrant to our republican ideas and insii tutiotis. I do not believe the citizens of this Republic desire their public servants to sere them without a fair compensation for their services. The sum of S-io.OOO does not defray the expenses of the Executive for one year, or has not in my experience. It is now one fifth in value what it was when fixed by the Constitution in supplying demands and wants. Having' no personal interest in this matter, I have felt, myself free to return this bill to the house in which it originated w itti my ob jections, believing that in doing so I meet the wishes and judgment of the great major ity of those who indirectly pay all the sala ries and other expenses of the Government. U. S. GllANT. Executtve Mansion, April 18, 18TU. The Sagacity of Sheep-Dogs. The following remarkable instance of the sagacity of colley dogs was related to the writer by Charles Hancock, Esq., the celebrated animal painter. Mr. Hancock said : " I was once sta3-ing with Lord Kin niird, at his seat in Scotland, when his Lordship expressed a wish that I should see some of his prize sheep fetched up as quickly as he could. Theshepherd whis tled, when a fine old sheep dog appeared before him, and, seated on his hind-quarters, evidently awaited orders. What passed between the shepherd and the dog I know not, but the faithful creature manifestly understood his instructions. "'Do you believe that the dog will bring the sheep to us out of your flock V I asked. . " 'Wait awhile, and jou will see,' said his Lordship. " The dog now darted off toward the sheep, at the same time giving a signifi cant bark, which immediately called forth two younger sheep dogs to join in the mission. Accustomed as I was to the re markable sagacity of colley dogs, I was aiazed at what now took place. On one side of the hill was a river, on the other side a dense forest. One of the younger dogs, on arriving at the foot of the hill, turned to the left, while the other darted off to the right hand. The former sta tioned himself between the sheep and the river, while the latter stood between the sheep and the forest. The old dog now darted nto the middle of the flock, when the sheep scampered right and left, but were kept at bay by the two watchers. The old dog speedily singled out the par ticular sheep desired, and in a few min utes the three dogs were quietly driving them toward us. " Within aliout anhourof receivine the instructions, the dogs brought the sheep up to the door of the mansion!" A correspondent of The Etamjeliut recommends to all the Presbyterian con gregations that are in debt, or that have unfinished buildings, " to make a centen nial offering to the Lord Jesus Christ of every Presbyterian church iu the United States, free of debt, by or before the end of the year." He thinks that such a movement would greatly advance the spir ituality and benevolence of the churches. Hall's Journal of Health recommends people to get up at five o'clock in the morning and spade up twenty square yards of garden for somebody. SENSE AXD K0SESE. When is it right to take one in ? When it rains. In San Francisco there is one divorce to three marriages. " Let no single man escape" is the leap year motto of the ladies. Punch says that this year woman pro poses, but God disposes. What are they which, though always drunk, arc never intoxicated? Toasts. Many a lady in Washington has come to want come to want diamond ear rings. A dignified answer to a beggar girl is: "Go, waif, from rue." N. O. llepub lican. Honesty lias nothing to fear. Dis honesty should be made to fear all things. " What shall we do with our Chinese population?" is the que-uestion in San Francisco. Scr anton. Pa., had a haunted piano until the top was raised and a rat allowed to jump out. Two years from this summer the French people will get up a great exposi tion in Paris. A ekoci weighing 150 pounds was ex hibited at Nashville the other day. It was a railroad lrotr. It used to be considered " poor doings" to smoke a five ccut cigar, llailroad con ductors smoke them now. Said a philosopher: "My friend con ducted his wife to the altar aud here his leadership came to an cud." Rhode Island people never write let ters to places w ithiu the State. When they want anything they "holler." There is one man in Philadelphia who does not expect to make a fortune this year. His funeral will take place to morrow. Daniel Drew was worth $9,000,000 when he was seventy years old. .Th it was the time to quit; but there's no fool like an old fool. There is a valuable piece of real estate in Host on which is leased for ninety-nine years ou an annual rental of twenty tons of pig iron. A North Carolina man has conceived the brilliant idea of exhibiting the fifty ugliest men in the United States at the Centennial. What is the difference between a trum peter and a hornet? Why, the trumpeter is a cornet of horse, and the other is a hornet of course. The Centennial proposition that it eliall require a hundrid years for a note lo become outlawed doesn't seem to take with a large order of patriots. Hint for the season to husbands accord, ing to the Rochester Democrat's Gregorian calendar: "Weed all the letters "out of that winter overcoat." During the last year eight women have bceu admitted to the ministry in this country, and five of them are scaled over thriving congregations. The Philadelphia Bulletin, calls atten tion to the fact that, though few individual Jews are ever hung, yet no people ever hunjj together like the Jews. Last j'car the town of Winter, Cnl., was a wheat field, and acrop was gathered from it. To-day it has 1.200 inhabitants, and town lots are worth $G00. "You are a brilliant and versatile bou quet of loveliness," with a voice that was low and soft, and in return she warbled. "Dry up, George; you've said enough." WnEN the spider left the ark, did he walk or take a fly ? Exchange. We can't Bay. There antenna data as we know of bearing on that question. Globe-1km-ocrat. The Forsyth (Ga.) Advertiser thus philosophizes: " The soil is the farm er's bank," says an agricultural writer. Oh, if more "people would break that bank. A Chicago paper has an article headed: "A 1'oet among Poet." A " Poete-s among the Kitchen Pots" would have been more interesting. Detroit t'rei Press. Mrs. Sheridan thought a parrot mifht amuse the baly, and said so, but when the eightcen-pounder Parrot gun came up on a dray she saw that Philip had misunder stood her. A jury in Carroll County, Ga., recently brought in this verdict : "We, the jury, agree to disagree." The judge unani mously agreed thereupon to tine them live dollars each. A Kentucky girl was burned to a crisp the other day while ironing. If she had been playing the piano while her mother was irouing the accident could not have happened. It is a beautiful sight to attend an Arizona wedding. The bride in white, the happy groonl, the solemn minister, the smiling parents, and from twenty-five to forty siiot-iruns stinding against the wall, ready for immediate use in cite there is a row, or an Indian attack. One of our Boston banks recently sent some business paper to the West lor col lection, and this week it was returned pro tested, wiih the following response to no tary: " Tell 'em I'm busted," a concise if not elegant way of telling a story that has become quite familiar these days. DiMon Pvtt. The serenity of the bench ana bar was somewhat disturbed at Independence, Inyo County, Cal., the other day. A wiine-s had taken the stand and t lie usual oath was being admiuistei ed, when the wi:ness suddenly interrupted by exclaiming: "He jabcrs, I'd teil yez the hull truth, your Honor, if theelivil shfood fornenst me wid his horns so long," and he illustrated w ith his amis outspread before his head how old Zamicl and his hoins would appear. The Danbury Neirs man is an usher in one of the Danbury churches, and on ob serving a gentleman come in with a la-iy he always whispers: "Married?" If the gentleman 8;i3-s 3-es, the uslicr scats tne two as lie best can, even if it is five roels apart. If the answer be in the negative, he gets both of them in one pew if he has to split some one in two to tlo it. Five years ago he was so kicked by an indig nant young swain -whom he inconsiderate ly sej arated from his affianced, that he has never forgotten it. The London JSaturday Review re marks: "It is said that the practice of making their scholars learn by heart is now almost abandoned in our grammar schools. If this is really the case, a greater mistake has not been made in Knglish scli'X'ls since the revival of learn ing. The bases of all sound knowledge and of all true appreciation of the litera ture of any language is a careful, reverent, pondering study tf the text of the best authors who have written in it. And in the process of such a study learning by heart is a most important, it might almost be said an indiensable, element. No means, for example, are so effective tor helping the young scholar over the form idable difficulties which he must encoun ter when he first breaks cround in a liter ary language. No other process gives him so easily or so quickly a vocabulary; none gives him so speedy or so sure a mastery of genders and quantities, of the combinations of case, of exceptional in iections, of the right order and relations of words in a sentence, and of the other rudimentary idioms of construction." OUT OF Mr HAND. Osi by one. one by one, ' In the kindred light of the April sun. While primrose and snowdrop irein tne grotiril. And the birds are mating and building mound. While violets blossom their steps to greet. With laughing voices and dancing feet, N ilh wakening lanrv and building hope, Itevond my reach ami beyond my scope They pass, while in lenr nuil doubt 1 stand. Oat til my baud, out of my hand. Haby pleasure and baby care. Not one of them hut was mine to share ; N.t a l ear, but I dried it wiih a kiss ; Not a smile, hut I joined in its ea rer bli-s. Now the Viuug kuight arms for the comiiijv strile. The sweel grl-fancies start to life; They nesile. thu maiden shyness beneath. As Hie briiiht buds hide in llieir silken sheath, Hy spring dews nourished, spring breezes fanned. Oat of my hand, out of my haiid. A Providence (R. I.) man, who was recently bitten by a dog supposed to lie mad, has settled up all his business and made his will, and is waiting for the hy drophobia to take him off. I dare not trench on thy realm, my boy, Nor rob ihy sway of one virgin Joy : I dare not touch wiih my talteiing fingers Tbe blooms where :be light of sunrise lingers, N r drug to the yurish lisjlit of day What jouth's proud letic. nce would delay. I can but wait outside i a'l. Where the cold winds Mgh and the brown leaves lull. Oh! the castles I built ! oh! the joys I planned. Out of my baud, out of my hand. Yet did I not bear them in peril and pain: Did 1 not lavish and atcti and refraii. ; luilling the pleasures of na-'ting youth, 'i he glories ot science and art and iru:h. That Hie iialhs for those lulle feet niigj.t he Fresh and sunny and safe and free? Scheme aud vision ami hope of mine, I hey were but lhos golden heads i,, shrine. Now, alone and tired, slow drops the sand, tirtiu by j;raiu, from uiy falling hand. Father of all. Savior of all, II. -hold a Thy altar-steps I fall. Thou wilt not d'sdain lhal 1 come at last, nil my treasure spent and my noonday past. Take Thou the guida ice. lhal 1 resign; Take this bard, embittered heart of mine; Take the baffled ambition, uugrautcd piajcr, Haeless terror, repii. lug care ; Guide each f.nry bark to the heavenly strand. luke uiy darlings, my darlings into Thy hand. All the 1'ttir Hound. AX AMAZOVS RECEPTION. AN INCIDENT OF 1771). " Tryon is coming! Tryon is coming!" was the cry that blanched many a cheek in Connecticut in the month of July, 1771). This news that spread like wildfire about the towns of Fairfield and Norwalk was well calculated to excite alarm in pat riotic breasts, for Tyron was a merciless invader, and wherever he went the torch completed his work of destruction. In the month of February of the year just written he had ravageel King-bridge and Horse Neck, and now, for the second time, had entered the State. His soldiers committed, under his viTy e3-e, atrocities of the most shocking ele scription; they plundered without dis tinction; old and young, rich and poor, felt alike the merciless h inds of the King's man. East Haven, Fairfield and Nor walk were reduced to ashes, and a thou sand acts of barbarous cruelty were per petrated on the homeless patriots. A force sufficient to check the advance of the in vader could not be raised in the State. Connecticut's able-bodied patriots were absent in the army, and their homes were as defenseless as the lion's whelps when the p:t?ents are away in search of fooel. Gov. Tr3on knew that he would find Connecticut completely at his mercy, and congratulated himself on the easy con quest that invited him to her shores, lie succeeded iu his errand of devastation, and returned to his superiors wit'j victory in his baud. But he made his name odious thioughout North America, and his memory execrable to every patriot in the laud. Not far from Norwalk stood the plain home ot Barbara Bidlack, whose husband was an artillerist doing dut3' under Knox. She Wits a large, muscular woman whose strength was piodigious; it has gained for her the tudiriquet of " Mrs. Hercules," a title of which she was rathei proud than otherwise. Her features w;re rath er inclined to coarseness, ami a close physiognomist would have concluded that there was Celtic blood in her veins. As she had no children, she was the sole occupant of her house, atul her nearest neighbor was a young woman named Ha ven, who had lost her husband at the bat tle of Brier Creek. Mis. Bidlack, who seldom exchanged visits with the 3'oung widow, was not aware of Tryon's second in vasion until he began to approach Norwalk. The terror of the inhabitants, many of whom were abandoning their homes, acquainted her with the disastrous state of affairs, aud her eyes flashed fire when she exclaimed to the fugitives : "You may go if you wish; but two hundred such rascals as Gov. Tryon can not frighten Barbara Bidlack one inch from her home! If the reel-coated scoundrel enters 1113- house he'll meet with a recep tion he'll never forget!" More than once she was urgeel to fly, but disdained with a prouel and defiant curl of the lip, aud awaited with eagerness the arrival of the invaders. She was soon treated to a sight of Nor walk in flames, ami saw the torch upplied to her neighbors' houses. But the specta cle moved her not; she did not even bar ricade her door, nor suspend for a mo ment the performance of her household duties. But all the time there was an in dignant gleam in her eyes, and more than once she glanced at the old musket which occupied one corner of her kitchen. It was near the hour of noon one sultr3 day in Juty v. hen Barbara Bidlack.'about to discuss the frugal meal she had pre pared, was startled by a heavy footstep. Lilting her eyes from the steaming meat that grace 1 the little table, she beheld a British officer standing in the door. His aspect did not frighten her in the least, though she knew from his uniform that he was a soldier of lofty rank. "Another plate, Mrs. Hercules!" he commanded, in a haughty tone, striding forward, and at the same time putting his hand on the hilt of his sword, as if to lrighteu her. She smiled derisive' as she slowly rose to her feet. " Who are you, sir?" " 1 am a man mighty well known hereabouts, and 1 dare say that the rebels will not soon forget me! My name is Tryon!" " Governor Tryon, the British rascal the man who burns houses over widows' heads, and robs the babe of its cradle? If you are Governor Tnon I know you for the meanest villain that ever trod New England soil!" Tryon's face grew crimson, but smoth ering his rage, he burst forth into a cruel laugh. "You are just the vften I heard you were!" he exclaimed. "They call you Mrs. Hercules throughout this region, and I must say 3'ou resemble the stable cleansing god in build. Where is your husband ?" " Under the flag that wouldn't own 3-011 as a defender," was the reply. " He's a rebel, then!" said Tryon, with a sneer. " Like his wife! He's a soldier, too, aud not a house-burner." "Mrs. Hercules, I discover that my clemency is not recognized b3 the people of this State, and that my King's heart is supposetl to contain no good. Why, my tlear woman, the existence of a singie house on the coa-t is a monument of King George's mercy, and mine! But we will discuss this subject at the table. 1 have ridden several miles to enjoy a tete-a-tete with a woman of whom I have heard much, ami besides, 1 am hungry. That meat looks palatable." "It wasn't cooked for a British Gen eral!" exclaimeti the fearless woman, with flashing eyes, and the next minute site re moved the meat and thrust it inio her rude cupboard, to the consternation of the Governor. "Come, come!" he said; "I do not want to sit down to a cold dinner." " Then lto somewhere be and ;rct your dinner! There arc sneaking toru s about ISorwalk who would rejoice to ticklc your tongue with the best they have in the house." The Briton's finger rose again. " I command tii.it moat to be replaced upon the table!" ho said, drawing his sword. " Your accursed indolence is not becoming to one of voitr sex; and I will bear it no longer! 1 can assure you now that to-morrow's sun will shine- upon a heap of ashes instead of this hot bi d of rc bcl!io:i. Now bustle about and get the last elinncr you will ever sit before a guest beneath'this roof." " You pre fcr a warm dinner?" Mrs. Bidlack said, in a tone half interrogative. "A warm dinner, of course!" answered Tryon. " A British General does not sit dewn to cold meat and potatoes." The strong 111 1 tided woman did not re ply ; but ctepped toward the fireplace; 011 whose smoke-begriined ctane hung; a large iron kettle. A volume of steam that rose from the water in the kettle showed that it was boiling, and the Brit ish officer did not divine her intention not even when he saw her si ize a gourd dipper from the wall and thrust it into the hot caldron. " You sh ill be trc ib d lo a warm dliincr in one minute if you don't leave my house!" crieel Barbara, wheeling sudden ly upon the renegade Governor. "If ymi iio not instantly make your eidiotis self scarce, 1'li scab! you !" Tryon's checks grew pale when he saw the steam that rose from the dipper which the patriot woman had suddenly jvrKed from the kettle, lie saw by her flashing eves that she would carry her thieat into execution, and involuntarily moved toward the door. . " Get along!" she cried, advancing with her novel weapon. " I wonder what John would say if he knew that the infamous Tryon had entered our house. Twill take a week's scrubbing to erase your footprints from the floor." " No need of scrubbing, madam!" hissed Tryon. angrily. " J ' in jiiij to burn them mit .'" " I lien you will save 1110 work," retort ed Barbara; " but move along! my water is getting cool, and might not hurt your braen checks." The officer retorted with a furious oath, mid for ;i moment turned his back upon the amazon. 11 is action changed the scene, f r Bar bara suddenly elropped the gourd and its steaming contents aud seized him by the collar. " I'll hasten j'our retreat, you miserable dog!" she exclaimed. " For a shilling I'll shake your bones into a heap ;" and she almost lifted him from the Hour, as if to give him an example of her celebrated strength. Tryon, who at times enjoyed a joke could not appreciate the ludicroiisiiess of his situation. He was mad with passion, and it was well for his enemy that her hold was secure. She bore him tow ai d the deior, and all at once sent him wlm 1 ing from the threshold into the yard where he had left his horse. "There! it is the best reception I can give a B.itish General!" she-shouted, when Tryon had checked his course. "Now, go back to your house-burners, and send them here as quickly as possible. I've got a musket in the house, and a goodly supply of ball. And mind you, red coat Tryon, keep 3'our elistance !" Standing near the steed which had w it nessed his master's inglorious exit from Barbara's domicile, the" Governor listened to the last threat. I daresay that never before had he been so angry. He bit his whitened lips till they bled, and the hand which he had lifted tone heel the butt of a pistol in the holster. " I'm coming back!" he said, " and in the fire that consumes your house my men shall cook their suppers." "But they will not enjoy them as you have enjoyed your dinner!" said Barbara, sarcastically. The Governor did not reply, but sprung into the saddle and gathered up the reins. "Good-by, Mis. Hercules!" he said, with mock gallantry. " Come again when you arc hungry!" she shouted after him, as he put spurs to his horse, and galloped aw ay toward Nor walk. He disappeared in a minute, and Bar bara Bidlack re-entered her hou-e with a smile of triumph on her face. "I allow that he will not soon forget me!" she said to herself, and then quietly resumed a discussion of the repast which the haughty Briton had interrupted. After tlinner she gathered up a few ar ticles which she called valuable, and de stroyed others which sbu thought might be called prizes hy the plundering sol diery. Having done this she left the house to the mercy of the f"-, and satis fied with her victory over Tryon, sought safety in flight. A longer stay beneath her roof would be the he ight ot folly, for she knew that Tryon would carry his rage to attempts on her life. About sundown a company of the Gov ernor's troops swooped down upon the house like so many destroy ing eagles, and having ransacked it from cellar to garret, applied the invader's torch. Tryon was not among the destroyers; he feared the giantess who had given him such a warm reception, and her last threat admoni-hed him to keep his person aloof. Mrs. Bidlack lived to help her husband build a new house over the ruins of the old one, and to recount to amused listen er, long filter the war, her story of Gov. Tryon's reception. The Journal and Mfsnrmjer claims that Georgia "has a larger 11 umber of Baptists and a larger proportion to popu lation t'.ian any "Mate in the Union." Taking both white and colored, there are nearly 200,000, about one to every eight persons in the State. Of the: whole- num ber, 14,217 are classed us " n utr;d"Jn regard to Christian missions, and L',721 are " anti-missionary." The good of a man's life cannot bo measured by the length of his itinera proc-sdon. THE .MARK I, I !S. NEW YOKE. LIVE STOCK-CatMe Sheep FLOUR Good to Choice WHEAT No. i Uhic.uzo CORN Weterii -Mixed OATS Western Mixed R YE-We-tern v PO UK -Mess L K l steam UUEESK W OO L Domestic Fleece CHICAGO. Al-nn.80. 1ST f'l.oO (&fll . t ' 0 (", ' 5.: I i.r. .1.0 .4 1.: 0 U.:vi .ii'i ''. Or. ('t, Cf. (I ri.ru i.-'i 21.ts 13 4" .v: ISEEVES-t'hoice $10 ft $V2 Good 4..,0 (Vf, 4.'f Medium 4.oJ Or, 4.J.'i HOGS lijht 7 41 (c T..V. Heavy Tfst (". T N SHEEP-G'M.d roo Choice ( V. ti-'f IJUTTEK Choice Yellow -H i .:c. Good as .'-H EGGS Fresh ... 1 1 M FLO UK-Choice Wiht.r T'H L6 T.S1 Clio re Spring f I" (6 ? Patent ? ! " GRAIN W hmit. No. ', Spri.ig. t .T' Corn, No. 4 v ' -I .4 J Oi's. No. l(ri .Ml I've. No. - H'P.f. Marley, No. 2 .Sfo'-C PORK Mess .21.IM 21 OS LARD 1- f ' '. ' g LUMI5EU Common anil Fenc'g l .';" ('(, 1 HI Sliinge- 0'. -'.'" l.uth 1 ' C .( EAST LIIJEKTY. CATTLE-"fst $' d ?' Medium " ('' HOGS- Yorkers 7 : ". T ! Philadelphia S-' SHEEP Rest b-Ot) fcft .! ilodiiiiu "-."J i 6-W