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M'lT 1 T T T 1 A -r -w-x I 11 1 II 1 I A 1A). PUl'LIsIIEI) EVERY THURSDAY PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. OFFICHi On Vine St., One Block North of Main Corner of Fifth St. 3BBA SKA HERA J ni Kimi, PAri.K ok c ans (oi xti. J JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor. IIlItSKVi:itA.IJ t'OXUlEKS." TERMS: $2.00 a Year. Terms, in Advance: Oni' ropy, one year f 2.00 One ropy, six month l.OO CSn" cofv. (nice mouth?. frf) VOLUME XII. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 187i. NUMBER 11. p t inn at- J 1 1 11- . 1111,111X1 Ah ADVKItTIMXi ItATKK. k. i 1 w. 1 w. ;i w. 1 in. 3 in. r. m. 1 yr. 1 npiare . . 1 square 1 square:. t column. column. 1 mi (1 Till Pint f i w J.Mmi moo t a I rs) 4 :i i a ".' 3 'j.'i it rsi in im p; in 2 mi! 2 T! -4 (HI 4 7." Mil 13 no 'M r mtj h mi Ki mi 12 ini -.hi mi jh m :r 8 mi 12 m i'i mi m mi ur, no in m mi m 1 rolumi). i: m is mi 21 mi 2. no m mi mi m lixi if t All Advertising bill due quarterly. J " Transient advertisements must be paid t'i in advance. Extra copies of the HiotAi.i) for sale by 11. . I. Streight. 111 he I'ostorllee, ami O. F. .loliiis.un, cor ner of Main and Vifth rinrin- HENRY BGECK, DEALER IK U'nxxiitiTTe, SAFES, CHAIRS, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, are., tc, etc.. Of All Descriptions. METALLIC BURIAL CASES. Wooden OofTina f all sii-, ready-made, and aold cheap far eaih. Wl!fc many thanks for past palronaf. I lnrlte " call and cx.imiun my i.ai:;k stock or "I'm- nit uni iumI CoiYliim. Jn2S SHANNON'S Liyery.SaleaniFeeJ East of the Platto Va House. The Oldest Livery Stable in the Town, Good Teams Always On Hand. Careful Drivers sent with carriages if desired. ''m-riage sent to Depot to meet trains whenever ordered. The Only HEARSE In Town. Fune.a attended and carriage furnished t friends. A(Wre.5 J. W. SHANNON, PI.ATTSMOUTH. NEB. II. A. WATEU.MIX & SOX, Yhotral and Retail Dealer in PINE LUMBER, Lath, Shingles, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC., On Main St., cor. Fifth, FLATTS MOUTH, - - - NEB. O. F. JOHNSON. DEALER lH Drugs, Medicines, STILL BETTER RATES lAn Xjiiiiiboi. WINTER STOCK or H. A. WATERMAN & SON. WE 'V I I.I. SELL All Grades of Lumber Cheap. J. V. WECKBACH, GENERAL DEALER IN GROCERIES, DRY GOODS Boots and Shoes, Cutlery, Qwenmro, AND ALL KINDS OF GOODS Needed by the Farmer or Householder, Corner 3d and Main Sts., rLATTs mouth Nebraska (Guthman's old stand.) In connection with the Grocery 19 a (The old and well-known -land of Frank Guth iikiu ). v lu re ttie i.iii.iJ "Will AhvJiys I5 FoiiikL t """The BFsT TRICED the market will afford .wiy paid for Country iTraiuce. Remember the old sign, ' EM PI HE BAKERY AND GROCERY." 11 -4"ly CURKEXT PARAGRAPHS. WALL PAPER. ALSO. DEALER IH Books, Stationery 3IAGAZINKS AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS. "Prescription carefully eomponuded by an experienced Drnrgist- fl l REMEMBER THE PLACE Cor. Fifth and Main Streets, FLATTSMOUTII, NEB. FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS. JOIIIV rLATTS MOUTH, NEB., Repairer of Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw and Grist Mills. GAS AND STEAM FITTINGS. Wrought Iron Pipe. Force and Lift Pipes, Mean Ganges, Safety-Valve Governors and all kinds of Bras Engine Fitting re paired on short notice. JT rk 1- m IVX ncliinory Repaired on Short Notice. 4!l-yl Tin; preliminary work on the tunnel to connect England ami France has been commenced at Langattc, France. The grocery house of Jackson, Ffants A; Douglass, at St. Ixmis, suspended a lew da s ago. Liabilities staled at f I'-JO.-tlOO. At Iindon, on the Ulst ult., on (he application of the Government, Winslow was airain remaniled until after June l-". J. I). Camehox, the new Secretary of War, was worn into oflicon the 1st, and at the same time Judge Taft qualified as Attornev-Seneral. Sknatok Anthony has been nomi nated for re-election to the United States Senate by the Republican members of the Iihoilc I.-land General Assembly. At Log tnsport, Ind., a few days airo. Mrs. William Monahau used kerosene oil to hurry up a fire she was building. The usual explosion followed, and she was fa tally burned. The Iowa Episcopal Diocese has unani mously elected as Uishop the Rev. Dr. Stevens Ferry, the Fresident of llobart College, Geneva, N. Y., Dr. Ecclcston, of Fhiladelphia, having declined. Dist.-Att'y Dyek, of St. Louis, an nounced ik-cenlly that he had obtained judgments on all the bonds of distillers arraigned for violation of the Revenue aws to the amount of nearly $1,000,000. The Secretary of the Treasury has di rected the retirement of $10-1 ,203 of legal lenders, that being eighty per cent, of the National Rank circulation issued during M iv. This leaves the outstanding green back circulation at :570,12:?,'i(. Sewing Machines ! NEW, IMPROVED LOCK-STITCH GROVER & BAKER SJowiim Machine, FOR SALE HY CHARLES VI ALL. With all the Extras and Attachments, such as Needles, Oil, Tuckers, Binders, Etc. Tho"C who contemplate Invtn2 a machine will do well to nive the 1. rover fc Itaker a trial. Sat Wart ion cuiranteed. and tli cheapest machine in the market. All ordere by mail promptly at tended to. Addrt"" imfi CHARLES VIALL, Plattsmouth, Neb. G. M. D. Hi.oss, one of the editors of the Cincinnati Kmjiiircr, and widely know n throughout the country, was in stantly killed a few evenings ago, while walking on the track of the Little Miami Railroad, near ISrauch Hill Station, w here he resided. Thk suspension is reported -f three large pork-packing firms of Louisville, Iy., with aggregate liabilities of about $1,mm),000. It is said the failures were caused by outside speculations in futures of eotton and other articles, and not by losses on regular packing. A ppkciai. train started from New York at one o'clock on the morning of the 1st to make the run to San Francisco in eighty-eight hours. It reached Chicago iu twenty-one hours twenty-five minutes ahead of schedule time, and the quickest time ever made between the two points. TiKSOAY, Miy r0, was appropriately observed as Decoration Day throughout the North and West and in many portions of ihe South. The Executive Depart ment of the Government were closed at Washington. A New Yoik dispatch says the day w as never before so generally ob--rvcd in that city. First national Bant Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, nrrrt'OR to Tootle, Ilainiii te Clnrlc. John FiTziBni.r. ... E. . 1ovkv A. W. MeLarcui.iN.. John O Kol iikk President, Vice-President. , Cahier. .... Assistant Cahier. Th! Bank i now open for l)!iine at Iheir new room, corner Main and Sixth Mreet. and are 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. Arailahie in any part of the t'nited St.itry and in alJ the Vrincipal Towns' and cities of Kurope. Thk passenger fares on the railroad routes to the East have bci n recently re duced to the following figures: Retween Chicago and Roston, $17; New York, li;; Rutlalo, $12; Fhiladelphia, $1-1.40. A corrcsHnding reduction has lieen mtide between St. Louis, Cincinnati, etc., to the above-named Eastern points. Thk American Sunday-school Union recently held its fifty-second anniversary at Fhiladelphia. 1 he record for the past year shows that l,2o(' new schools were formed, and :!,21'i other schools visited and uidud, which hae a total membership of 22,2 . This work has been done in thiitv-one Slates and Territories. Thk monthly debt statement shows the public debt to have been on the 1st $2, 2i:5,;U,417. Ctsh in Treasury coin, $C(j,(;24,7ii(J; currency, $9,2S.,70 ; spec ial deposits held for redemption of cer tificates of ileposits, $:M,38.",000; total, 1 10,2!",,474. I )ebt less cash in Treasury, 2,in;:,:520,74:. Decrease during 3Iay, $4,C17,.il". ACENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED INMAH LINE and ALLAN LINE of jsrri:.v3ii-:if-. Pernona wUhing to bri'. ont their friendf from fiurope can Tfr.rilAK TICKKT fi:om t J Tln-ontrli to lliitt!xiioiitl. TII33 OXiD CLOTHING STAND or WM. STADELMANN, Nearly opp. Saunders House, on Main St. At the old place I 'till hold forh. and for th Centennial year I otfer oim1 at "76 price" i;7'j, mean. If Jon io not believe it, come and see. A Large JlocK r Clotliin, .McnV aiul ICoy HATS. CAPS GLOVES and JEWELRY. Geni" Furnifhin; Goods in every variety. Hiots and Shoe, Cane. Trunk. Valises, Etc. My stock of Boot and Shoe. Fnr and Jewelry, I am positively cloin out. It Is the lust year I hail k--ep these lines. All Coods at a Creat Reduction In Prices. Platumontb, Neb.. Jan. 3. 1876. I' WTTSMOITH MILLS, fLATTSMOVTH NEBRASKA. Cosbap Hei'ei-, Proprietor. T1.0UR, COIiN MEAL, FEED, ftlwaya n taod and for tale at loweat easti prtcia. The Hijhest Trlcea paid for Wheat and Cora. J'irUcilar atMnUoa iTa t cuua walk. Excelsior Barber Shop. ,T. C. IiOONH Uain Street, opposite Saundars House. HAIR-CUTTING, Shaving and Shampooing. ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO C uttin? hildrcnN and Ladies' Hair. News was received at Cincinnati on the 1st, tin Lincoln, Neb., that Capt. Stone's part- of Cincinnatians, on their way to the Ulack Hills, were attacked by a large party of Indians, while passing through the sand hills, and forty-nine were believed to have been mastered. The same dispatch says it was reported that nearly all the Indians had kit the agencies and were on the warpath. Call and Sea Boone, Gents, And get a boon In a OO TO THE Post Office Book Storo, H. J. 6T2EIGHT, Proprietor, FOE TOLB Boots. Stationery, Pictures, Musr, TOYS, CONFECTIONERY, Violin Strings, Newspapers, Novels, Song Books, etc., etc TOST OFFICE BUILDING, PLATTSMOUTH. SEB. Fhtek Cooper, in replying to the letter informing him of his nomination to the Presidency by the Greenback Convention, says: "There is a bare possibi!it if wise counsels prevail, that the sorely needed relief from the blighting effects of past unwise legislation relative to finance, which the people so earnestly seek, may yet be had through either the Republican or Democratic party, both of them meetin-r in National Convention at an early da I therefore accept your nomi nation conditionally, expressing an earn est hope that the Independent party may yet attain its aims, while' permitting me to s'ep aside and remain ii that quiet which is most congenial to my nature and my time of life." EPITOME OF THE WEEK. CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. A Frightful Spectacle. A ten-milk team, drawing lunilcr, while coming from the vicini- of the lake this morning, went over the grade near head of King's Canon. The driver sprang from the saddle, thereby saving his lite. He then stood still, a horrified and speechless witness to one of the most terrible scenes.possihle to imagine. The mules, wagon and lumber pitched down ward in one confused, rolling mass, near ly 2.1 too feet into the bottom of the gorge, wild cries from the crushed and mangled animals rending the air as they were hurled madly down the steep mountain side, until, when nearing the bottom, and life becoming extinct, the agonizing sounds ce ised, and all became silent in death. The man says that after the first 1(K) feet had been passed the entire m;iss became hidden in a great cloud of snow turned up aud scattered through the air, but that he could distinctly hear all sounds proceeding from the white cloud as it rolled swiftly onward, until it struck the bottom of the canon with a crash like that of an earthquake. yerada (Cal.) Tribune. The rate6 of fare are jtosted in the Fhiladelphia street cars in five languagea. The conductors knock down faics in eve ry known language. An ex-Doorkeeper of the House Law rence Harney was before the Clymer In vestigating Committee on the 2!)th and swore that he hail paid FiO to Speaker Kerr in Is Wi for the appointment ol Augustus F. Green to a vacant lieuten ancy. I'pon collateral points the witness was forgetful, but he stuck most pertina ciously to the main assertion that the money was paid for the appointment. Mr. Kerr denied knowing Harney, and most solemnly asserted that not a dollar had passed between them, as sworn to by Harney. A letter was received in Chicago a few days ago from Mr. J. H. Stewart, who had lieen in the Ulack Hills for about four weeks, which gives a favorable account of the progress at mining operations. He says they were mining seventy-five miles from Custer City, on Deadwook Creek, where they had very rich diggings and plenty of gold. They found considerable difficulty in securing claims. The miners had not seen an Indian since they went there, though it was evident there were plenty of Indians around, two of their horses having been stolen. The InUt Orean sa3 S " Mr. Stewart is known here as a man of veracity, and the above state ment will therefore carry weight with it." The news from Constantinople on the :!(th ult. was to the effect that the Sultan Alxlul Aziz had been forced to abdicate, ami his nephew, Mui ad Kll'endi, had suc ceeded to the throne. The dethroned Sultan w as kept under guard in a kiosque in his seraglio. Both Christians and Ius sulmeu were greatly pleased at the change, and perfect tranquillity prevailed. It was l.ielieved that the new condition of affairs would greatly facilitate the settlement of the Eastern difficulties. The new Sultan had accepted three propositions submitted to him, viz: The institution of the perma nent assembly of notables, abolition of the seraglio, aud the reduction of the civil list to r,(MM),0i0 pia.-tres. A kike in (Quebec, Canada, on the ilOth ult. passed through and burned a large portion of what are known as the St. Louis suburbs. A strong wind prevailed at the time. One thousand houses were de stroyed, involving a loss of about if 1,000, -000. Hundreds of the sufferers by the fire were compelled to pass the night in the open fields. The Counting Committee of the Khode Island General Assembly, in session cn the :50th ult., reported J. M. Addeman elected Secretary of State and no choice for other State ollit ers. The Grand Com mittee then re-elected Gov. Lippit, Lieut. -Gov. Sisson, Atty. -Gen. Say les, and Treas urer Samuel Clark. The l'ftlitirnl Correrp-milr.'is of Vienna, of the ;ilst uit., says the dethronement of Abdul Aziz was effected neither by popu lar revolution, nor by police intrigue, but by a revolution of the ministry. A rumor prevailed in Vienna that the ex-Sultan had suddenly died from apoplexy. Other rumors prevailed that he had been strangled. The London 7Vn.i' Berlin dispatch of the same date says Servia had issued a decree closing all schools and courts, and that war with Turkey im pended. Thk recent Maryland Democratic State Convention selected delegates to the Na tional Convention who are in favor of the nomination of Mr. Bayard for Fresident. A resolution was adopted in favor of a speed- return o specie payment. The Missouri Dem-icr.ttie State Conven tion was held at Jefferson City on the :?lst ult. Delegates to the National Co 11 veil lion were chosen, and are reported to stand nineteen for Hendricks, ten for Til -den, and one doubtful. A resolution to instruct lor Hendricks was withdrawn. The resolutions give no utterance on the financial question, save to express a favor able opinion of the Resumption act of January, 1ST."). The Louisiana Republican State Con vention, held on the o 1st ult., adopted a resolution favoring the establishment of a system of Federal finance which will bring about a steady, speedy and perma nent return te payment of specie into and out of the Treasury in all Federal transac tions. Delegates were chosen to the Na tional Convention. The Iowa Republican State Convention assembled at Des Moines on the :31st ult., and nominated: For State Auditor, Judge Sherman, renominated ; Register of Land Oflice, 'J ipt. Secor, renominated; Secre tary of State, J. T. Young, renominated ; Attorney-General, J . F. McJunkin. Dele gates to the National Convention were chosen and resolutions were adopted, among others, advocating the gradual re sumption of specie payment by continu ous and steady steps in that direction, recognizing in James G. Blaine one well worthy to be nominated for Fresident by the National Convention, and instructing the delegates to vote as a unit. A resolu tion instructing for Blaine was offered and subsequently withdrawn. The dele gation is understood to be largely in favor of Mr. Blaine's nomination. The Tennessee Democratic State Con vention was helel at Nashville on the :!lst ult., and elected delegates to the Nation al Convention. They were uninstructed, but it is supposed that fifteen out of the seventeen chosen are for Hendricks for Fresident. The resolutions oppose con traction and favor resumption of specie payments whenever it can be effected without injury to the business interests of the country, and demands the un conditional repeal of the Resumption act or 1873. The Virginia Conservative State Con vention met at Richmond on the :51st ult., and elected delegates to the National Con vention. Advices received on the 1st from the Turkish provinces are to the effect that the change of rulers was everywhere re ceived with satisfaction. Several persons exiled for political reasons during the last reign had been recalled. The ex-Sultan's treasure, amounting to $ 100.000,000, had been seized and confiscated. The Minnesota Democratic State Con vention was held at St. Paul on the 1st. Delegates to the St. Louis Convention were chosen, and are supposed to favor the nomination of Tilden as President. The platform favors specie resumption as soon as the business interests of the coun try will permit. TnE Vermont State Democratic Con vention, held at ilontpclier on the 1st, nominated Win. II. II. Bingham for Gov ernor and K. B. Baldwin for Lieutenant Governor. The delegation to St. Louis was uninstructed, except to vote as a unit. The platform favors an ear)y return to cpecie payments. Considehabi.e excitement wascaused by a statement, before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on the 1st, of the witness Mulligan (a look-kcejer of Mr. Fisher, of Boston, with whom Mr. Blaine had hail business relations). He (w itness) stated that in an interview be tween himself and Mr. Blaine the day be fore, the latter had obtained possession tf certain private letters of his (Blaine) in witness' hands under promise that he would return them after refreshing his minel w ith their contents ; witness said Mr. Blaine had plead earnest! for the letters, which he refused to give him un til he had promised to return them ; wit ness also said Mr. Blaine had promised him a Consulshipon condition of yielding up the letters. Mr. Blaine in his state ment, denied the pleading and consulship portions of witness' story; he said he only wished to retain possessiein of such poition of his private letters as bore no relation to the matters in question he fore the committee, and that such letters only properly belonged to one of two parties the writer or the one to whom they were wri'ten Mr. Fisher. Mr. B. declined to submit the letters to the com mittee until he had consulted his counsel in relation to the matter. He had offered to return one of the letters to Mr. Mulli gan the only one bearing at all UHn the question before the committee ; he(Blaine) regarded it a gross outrage that his private correspondence should be pub lished, ns Mulligan had threatened, in certain contingencies, should be done. The New York Greenback Democratic State Convention w as held in New York city on the 1st. Delegates were chosen and a platform was adopted claiming ad mission for their delegates to the St. Louis Convention, declaring for the uncondi tional repeal of the Resumption act ; the substitution of legal-tenders for National bank notes, these legal-tenders to be re ceived for all debts, taxes nnd customs; no forced inflation or contraction, but circu lation equal to the wants of all; legisla tion for the development of the resources and wealth of the country by the people to the exclusion of monopolies, etc., etc. Accokdino to London dispatches of the 2d several important failures had oc curred in Italy and Russia, and some thing like a financial panic prevailed in both countries.. A Fokt Lakamie special of the 2d to the Chicago ntet-Ocfiin says there is no truth in the reporteel massacre by Indians of the Cincinnati party en route to the Black Hills. In his cross-examination, on the 2d, Harney persisted emphatically in his as sertions that he hail paid Mr. Kerr money to procure Lieut. Green's appointment. Meyer Strauss, of Pennsylvania, an ex Member of Congress, testified that in lswfi, at Harney's request, he had written to Presielent Johnson in lehalf of Green's appointment; that Harney had stated to him that he (Harney) could make a little money out of the business, which he ncetled, as his position did not pay well. Mr. Blaine refused to deliver his pri vate letters, obtained by him from Mulli gan, to the Investigating Committee on the 2d, b' advice of two of his counsel Messrs. Jeremiah S. Black and Matt II Carpenter who state that they found noth ing in the letters liearing at all upon the case pending liefore the committee, and that they advised Mr. Blaine to assert his rights and refuse to yield up the letters. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. S vtc it day, Mivy 27. The Impeachment Uei-tion wa considered in the Senate, with eloped doorc, on the 27th. and an order was agreed to to proceed, oltthe ;Hh. to vote upon the pend ing qne.tlon and any amendment that may he proposed therein. Mr. Patterson was announced a- a mem her of the Board of Visitors to West Point, in place of Mr. Clayton, excused In the House a report was made Irom the Conference Committee on the disairreeini: votes of the two houses on the Consnlar and Diplomatic Appro priation bill, that the committee had been unable to agree, which report was adopted. Monday, May 20. After further con- sideraiion of the Impeachment question the Sen ate decided that it had jurisdiction by adopting: a resolution that ex-Secrctsry Relknap is aniena ble to trial by impeachment for ac s done as SSec retary of War. notwithstandii.i; his resignation of said oflice before he was impeached. The vo,e on ihis resointion was as follows: Yeas Hav- ard. Bogv. P.urusioe, Cameron (Pa ). Caperton, Cockrell. Cooper, Davis. Dawes, Dennis. Ed munds. Goldthwaitc, Gordon. Hamilton, Hitch eock. Kellv. Kernan, Key, McCreery, McDonald Ma.xey. Mitchell, Morrill (Vt.. Norwood. Kan dohih. Kansom. Koberlson. Sargent, Saul-burv Sherman, Stevenson. Thiiimaii. Wadleigh, Wallace, White, Withers, right 37. Navs Allison. Booth, Boiitwell, Brnce, Cam eron Oi-)- Christiancy, Clayton. Conkling. rain. Dorsey, Eaton, "Ferry. Frelinghuysen, Hamlin. Harvey, Howe, (ngalls, Jones (Kla.) Jones (New). Logan. McMillan, Morrill (Me.). Morton. Oglesby. Paddock. Patterson. Spencer. A est. in dom Messrs. Alcorn and Itanium were excised from voting, and Messrs. Anthony, Conovcr. Johnston and Miaron were absent. Ad iourned to ihe 31st In the House, a bill was pa-sed providing for the sale to actual settlers of I he isage ceded lands in Kansas . 'i tie hill to de vote the proceeds of the sales of public lands for educational purposes was debated in Committee or the Whole. Adjourned to the 3isu Wednesday, 3lay$l. l lie Mil in re lation to the Japanese Indemnity fund was amended and passed in the Senate. ...A resoln tion was offered in the House, by Mr. Jones, of Nevada, and referred, dt daring Unit Congiess should pass, without delav, a lull repealing th Resumption act. and should pn hibit any Inriher contraction ol the currency, und should provide, if necessary, for its increase anil lor 1 lie displacement of National Bank notes by t'nited States notes, aud should also provide for a speedy re I urn to gold and silver, in the Louisiana contested election case of Spencer r. Morey. the majority report ol Ihe committee, declaring -Morey, thesitting me in ber, not etti'led to the seat, and Spencer, the contestant, entitled to it, was adopted without division. TuritsnAY, June 1. A number of pri vate bills were passed in the Senate. The judg ment of t!ie Senate in the Impeachment cast , overruling the plea of the defendant as to juris diction was announced, and an order was sub mitted and ciiscu sed thill the accused be oidered to plead further, or answer the articles ef im peachment within ten days. The Senate, sitting as a Court of Impeachment, adjourned to the t E .... Bills were passed in the House to promote the efficiency of the arm v. to provide for its grad uai reduction and to consolidate certain f its staff departments; providing for the appointment by the Secretiry of the Treasury, of a Commis sioner, to he known as a Shipping Commissioner for every port of entry which is also a port ol navigation. Friday, June 2. Bills were passetl in the Scna'e, to close the channel of the Ohio River on the south sideef Keville Island, by the con siruction of an embankment or causeway from the head 1 1 the Island to the southern shore of the river; to exempt all vessels engaged in the naiga Hon of the Mississippi Kiver and its tributaries aooe sew Orleans from entrances an i clearances Tne Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropri ation bill was taken up and amended by .estortDg thesalarits of certain Oovernment ofti'ia's to what they were before being reduced in the hill as passed by the House In the House, the Indian Appropriation bill was considered in Com nilttee of the Whole. An evening seeeion was held for general debate on the Tan J The leading whfiat nuyer of Duluth Minn., has sold 12,000 bushels of seed wheat, and shipped the same to Manitoba, CENTENNIAL LETTER. Xlie Centennial Jury formally Wl coturd How Thry Look and What In i:x ported of TlifmTlif I lira IVacf Men The Kxhlbtt Ion or Jleer--liaum ami a Few Fact of Interrat to Smoker .1 ( i oxl One on C.rn. Ilauley Tlie Michigan Fruit Il play A Few Detached Itemn of In tercut, Etr.i F.tr. Ftiii.APEi.rtiiA, May ISTti. Day hf.foke yesterday he Judges were formally welcomed by the Centennial Com mission with champagne, ices, strawberries and speeches, though the latter were not so abundant ns to prove tiresome. That will come tiy and by, when the Commissioners and the International Jury sit dviwn to a formal banquet after their labors are well nigh over. The foreign gentlemen w ho are to pass upon the excellence or otherwise of the articles on exhibition are loud In their praises of the attention they are receiving, so marked in contrast with the notice taken of them nt Vienna. The otlieia) list of the gentlemen selected to pass upon the merit of the exhibits has been published. The-y represent some thirty nations aim colonies. It is rare that so many marked and strong faces can be seen in a body of equal size. There area score or so of nobodies who owe their positions solely to pe rsonal influence, but the large majority have qualifications that peculiarly tit them for the branches of investigation to which they are assigned, and characters that guar antee the fairness of their verdict. Ttie Pennsylvania State Buildine was opened on the 24th. It is an attractivcGothic tnictnre, with pretty dormer windows ana pinnacled cupolas, but after all it suggests Longfellow's description of the Hidalgo's dinner very little meat and a great deal of table-doth. The interior is comfortless, and consists ol a fiarn-HKc central nun, ana a lot of little holes whidi they dignify by high- sounding, euphemistic tides as " Reception Saloons," "Slate Board Koom," " Governor's Suite," and so on. The Broadbrims paid 17,0C0 for it, and it is not half as comforta ble and eozv as the Illinois building, which did not cost one-third as much. Among the queer notions is that of the In- ernational Arbitration Convention, or I ni- rersal Peace Union, which proposes to erect upon the Exposition grounds a commemo rative forge, where " swords will be turned into plowshares and spears into pruniog- hooks, according to the Scriptural prophecy." In this country, where peace is just now idiieving her victories, this is all well notigh, but the amiable gentlemen would probahlv be unappreciaU d in Herzegovina, and should they cross the border into Mexico would doubtless be hung to the first tree by the enterprising Greasers as incurable luna tics. A feature of the Exhibition of peculiar in terest to smokers is the tine array of meer- chaum pipes from V ienna, varjing in price all the way from ir to 1.260. One repre senting a dog' head, about four inches in diameter, with a tremendous mouth-piece of amber,is valued at 4X. I Here is also a small mountain of ineer.-chaum, designed for use as a hookah, the price of which is 000. Ttie forms into which they are carved are in numerable men and women of all races, brutes, wild and domestic, cattle with amber horns; in fact, nearly all animate and inani mate creation. Mythology, too, is largely drawn upon for subjects. On one there is a fair young face with smiling mourn ana expect ant e ves, while an abundance of hair rolls on from the brow in graeelull v-eurling masses ; one arm beat 6 a basket of flowers; in the hand is a bouquet; while upein the other hand. which is lifted almost to a level with the ves, is perched a tiny bird. Ihe whole forms a complete picture and costs '.oo. Another female head represents one of the gay n nnese women, wan ner saucy cap tipped slightly over on one side, a debon naiie, vet not course expression upon the fate, whieh seems like one of those faces made to live only for love. Vienna, by the way, is the headquarters of the meerschaum pipe trade. There are twenty-tive meer schaum dealers there, und they control the ukets of the world. There are 1-5 facto' les in the city, employing over people. Women and children are employed for the iisier kinds ef work, such us boiling and polishing. The skilled carvers are highly puid, and as high as 100 are paid for a single piece of very elaborate worn, oi course many days and even weeks are re-quired to tinisli these liner kinds. Tliev tell a good storv of Gen. Hawley, the President of the-Centennial Commission. It seetns he had lorgoiten one pan oi nit. ticket of admission to the grounds, the other morning. He approached a t ale-keeper, told him who he was. showed him the portion of the ticket he had in his pocket, and asked to be let in. The gate-keeper said that wouldn't do. Then the General lifted the lappel or his coat and exhibited the beautiful gold decora tion which lie wears as Presidents the Com mission, but the intelligent guard was not to be Persuaded in this wav. The General then began to think the affair interesting, and I resolved to spend a dollar and a hall s worth of time," said he, "to see if the Presi dent of the United States Centennial Com mission eeiuid get in without paying fifty cents, but it was no go. and the liencral had to come down with Iilty cents oi tne pa per of the Republic. This is not the season of the year for the display of Northern fruit, such as apples, peaches, pears and plums. The only State showing natural fruit to any extent is Mich igan, which beats the country in the apple line. In the pomo!ogic.il department she has forty varieties, making a most splendid dis play. Among these varieties are tne .orin- ern Spy, lied Canada, Baldwin, Khode Isl and Greening, fcso fqntztiergen, awaar, Wine. Tewksburv Winter Blush, three vane- tiesof the Pippin, and four of the Kiirset. On every card is the State coat of arms and the name of each xhibiior. 1'iivale parlies ex hibit Steele's Red Winter and a few other choice specimens of Michigan apples. Last autumn this State had twenty-two other Slates to compete with at the Chicago h po sit ion, and took ttie Wilder gold meuui. Surrounded on t:-ree sides by lakes. Aiieni gan is very favorably situated for fruit-giow. ing. liusoiate lias a souu iraine ouiiuing, of the Sw iss style of architecture; one of the tinest State buildings on the grounds. The register to be kept al the Illinois State building w ill be capable of conttining 25,hkj names. The merchants of Chieigo gave over 4.000 worth of furni'ure to ihis building. The College of Pharmacy, the College ol Physicians, the Bankers, and Ihe Civil and Mining Engineers if Philadelphia, are busily making preparations for entertaining cem rades who may visit ttie city during the next six months. . Germany contributes to the ornamentation ef Machinery Hall a sparkling column com posed entirely ol iron eire. it is iweiuy eigne feet high and weighs about liny tons. One of the greatest curnMtie8 exhibited in the Horticultural Hall is a gigantic sago palm, which is said to be more than 100 years old and to have belonged, in 1776 to Hubert Morris, the financier of the devolution. (Jreat Britain and her Canadian province make a show of which Iioth may well tie proud. The machines for spinning, weav ing, felting, and paper making, included in their exhibits, attract great crowds from morning to night. National and State Encampments Krand Army of Republic. June 30. Congress of Authors. July 1. National Convention Catholic Voting Men's Association, July . Interinitioutl Typographical I'nion, July :. Salesmen's and Commercial Travelers' Associa tion, July :i. Catholic Total Abstinence I'nion f America, July 4. International Con'erenee of Delegates, Socie ties St. Vincent de Paul. Julys. International Arbitration Convention. July 11. Pennsylvania State Dental Society, July 2.i. Encampment Kntgnts Templar at Ridley Park, under auspices of Maryland Commandery, July 2S Convention of Historical and Antiquarian So cieties. Aug. 1. American Denial Association. Aug. 1 State Camp Patriotic Order Sons of America (al Reading). Aug 8. Photographer"' National Association. Aug. IS. (.mud Lodge Knights of Pythias, of Pennsylva nia. Aug. IV. American Association of Instructors eif the Blind. Aug. 15. Supreme Lodge Knigh's of Pythias, Aug. 2v!. International Medical Congress, Sept. 4. International Convention of Aicha-ologists, Sept. 4. National Pomological Society, Sept. 11. (iraud Council of the Improved Order of Ited Men of the United Stales, Sept. I'i. National Convention of the American Fores teis, Sept. 11. American Forestry Association, Sept. 13. (irauil Lodge of Ihe I'nited States, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Sept. lit. Cirand Lodge of the t'nited States, Improved Order of Red Men. Sept. sri. Convention of Apiarians (honey men), Sept. 3. Welsh National Eisledfodd. third week. National Crrriage Builders' Association, third week. Dedication of hall Patriotic Order Sons of America, first week. State Council O. I. A. M. Oct. 17. American Dairyman' Arsociation Oct. 17. Why a Sectional South Trusted. Cannot he Co. vent Ions and Meeting delphia. at Fhlla- The following is a revised list of the Conventions, Congresses, Society meetings and Conferences to be held in Fhiladel phia during the pregress of the Exhibi tion : American Medical Association. June S. Reunion Society Army .f the James. Jure 7. Reunion Society Army of Ihe Potomac. June 8. National Convention of Civil Engineers, June 10. Women's International Convention. June 11 13. Association of Superintendents of Asylum and Hospiials for the Insane, June li. Women's National Temperance L'nion. June 12. International Temperance Conference, Juue 13. tiood Templars. Slate Lodge. June 13. National Association Stove Manufacture-, J tine 1 1. National Division Sens of Temperance of North America. June 14. Minister-al Temperance Conference. June II. (.rand Lodge. Good Templars of t'nited State-s, June 1J. National Convention Mining Engineers, June i Manufacturing Chemists" National Association. June eirand Encampment Kniguis of Map a, June "4. National Religious Amendment Association. June is. World's Homeopathic Convention, Jul IX. Convention German Free Thinkers. June -. National I -aw Congress, June :"8. Reunion Twenty-eighth and Oue Hundred and Forty-seventh Regimeuis Pennsylvania Volun teers and Knapp's Battery, Jane VH. In and out of Congress, on Hie forum and in the press, from the pulpit or by the pen of Democratic partisans or " Lib eral" doctrinaires, there is a constant burden of complaint, accusing or depre cating, as the case may be, to the clfect that the .North . r., the Republican par ty is constantly showing distrust of the South. Senators Gordon, Withers, Maxey, Cockrell, Kansoni, anil even as moderate a man as Key, of Tennessee, arraign their Northern associates in the Senate cham ber as unjust accusers ami assailants of a gallant people who have accepted the sit uation forced upon them in the utmost good faith. In the Senate, as they have not yet obtained control, the accusation is put. in the form of complaint and criti cism. In the other branch, however, La mar, Tucker, Ben Hill, Vance, Singleton, et al., be ing the acknowledged leaders of a controlling majority, (temporarily so, at least) do not stoop to deprecation, but assume the judicial and accusing altitude, and arraign notonly the Republican party anil the Administration it sustains, but in effect assails the defense of the Union it conducted, seeking thereby to destroy the historical value of the victory won by its cllorts for unity and libe-ty. There is the desperation of despair as well as the aggressiveness of courage in both the complaint and the assault. It is self-evident that there is a profound dis trust of the South among the loyal masses. The shrewdest Democrats, ex Confederate and Northern, alike sec that the people are again "on guard." What has lieen preached as bringing perpetual peace now proves to be only an nriued neutrality at the best. It is well to see why this is so. At Lexington last year (Jen. Bartlett pleaded for the Southern prodigal son. At Bun ker Hill IheMaryland and Virginia troops were cheered to the echo. A little inci dent occurred on that occasion which il lustrates this theme. A small group stood looking on the line of march. It in clueled persons of Southern birth and proclivities, several New England friends, anel one well known in former days for anti-slavery service. As the Northern escort marched by the Southerners did not cheer, but when their own friends passed they saluted enthusiastically. So did all of the group but the one specially referred to. He was taken to task, and asked why iie refrained, to which lie re replied he waited to see his Southern friends cheer the Northern soldiers. The repl- wiii hasty one, but it expressed the feeling that rankles " They were invad ers; why should we?" The incident is insignificant, perhaps ; but it expresses a wide-spread fee ling, and shows clearly, too, that the olel South, the political South, that of slavery and re bellion, of ostracism ami White Leagues, still hci'.els its ingrained belief that they are a conquered people, and we are but the triumphant foreigners at best. The North has !cen slow to perceive all this, but at last it understands. Slow of anger and effort, it is equally as slow to move back again when iis spirit has been once roused. Without personal anger, wiih the kindest wishes to that section and all its people the old or the new South the North, those States which recognize and maintain in its integrity the National will, have at last become rearoused to the issues of the hour and what they imj ly. The old South, politically speaking, will seek, for this generation at least, to be governed by its traditions. They are all associated with slavery and its former dominance, anil with the advocacy of the doctrines of State supremacj', and its cor relative, secession. The mouths of iis orators have so long lieen inflamed with fiery rhetoric, and the intellects of its law yers are so thoroughly desiccated by the processes of its pat, that it is practically impossible for the representatives of either type, like Hill and Tucker, to re frain from exasperating rhetoric or the lucid presentation of mischievous incli nes. It may he said that the Toombses, Hills, Tuckers and Singletons no longer represent the South; that the Ku-Klux Klans, White Leagues, Ixmisiana massa cres and Mississippi election outrages are sporadic and not chronic, incidental ana surface, and not of the spirit and the flesh also. We are told that it is not fair to judge the South by the utterance of these representative men; but what else is to be done when for the last ten years the La mars, Gordons, Keys, one and all, have stood iiy in approving silence, it not ac tually assenting to the results achieved by these renewed ell'oits of firing the .Southern heart? While they have not disapproved outrages, or at the best per haps mildly censured them, the deprecat ing ex-Confcdcratcs 'vho are typified by such names as those mentioned have given most material aid and comfort to t lie re new ed-spirit ol sectionalism by pouring out in their own homes, on the floor of Congress, or before Ihe Northern people themselves, (as witnesss Gordon and Lamar in the New Hampshire canvass in is7".)the most unstinted assault of all Republican leaders or workers, whether Northern or Southern born, w ho have had the audacity to reside as American citizens in the former rebel States, and to seek therein to exercise their rights as such by endeavoring to organize a political party on the basis ot their own convictions. The renewal of the sectional spirit is made manifest in the manner of and methods used to accompluh the apparent unity of action, politically speaking, which is now seen in the Southern States. The Republican vote in the for mer rebel States cannot be less than one half of the whole poll (the colored voters number not less than '.hW.OOO, and form at least three-sevenths of the whole body), and yet, under the processes adopted to control them, the Democracy now have three-fourths of the representation in the House, over one half of that in the Sen ate, aDd have wrested the Government from the control of Republicans, in whole or in pirt, withia States where they are clearly recognized as having a large ma jority of the voters. Now, whatever may be the real truth as to the process adopted to secure this ap parent unity of sentiment among the States, border and rebel, which were for merly slaveliohiing, the fact of it.s cxNl- nce is evident, in its existence, also, lies the real danger to the Republic. The South long since determined to ruin w here it could no longer rule. Hence Un civil war, with all its mighty events and consequences. But, demoralized as the conscience and characteT of men and women liecomc under the influences of slavery, this dreadful step would not have lieen taken but for another fact. The specious doctrine of Slate sovereignty local liberty to do wrong was the one which held the mass of the Southern whiles to the service of their daring and reckless leaders. Adherence to these views have been, in their eyes, sanctioned by the losses of the civil war and the de feat they suffered. It is made the means of again consolidating a sectional spirit ; of once more reuniting the Southern States under old cries for old is sues and by an old policy. Kvery edi torial writer, every pulpit declaimer, every crator, old or 3'oung, who airs his voice on public occasions, takes for his text the " lost cause," and for the burden of his plea the necessity of pre serving it.s principles and defending it.s associations. What where its principles? On one side the necessity of organizing legal, civil, social, industrial inequality into government ami its administration; and on the other the supremacy of the parts over the whole, of the States over the Federation, of the limbs over the IkmIv, of the rights e't provincialism over nationality. No one has interfered with principle or right except that of revolting irom the Union without righteous cause, or the holding of human beings in bond age. It is true tkat secession has been de stroyed, civil war defeated, and the Souin as a whole made richer by freedom, per sonal and institutional. A sectional uni ty, therefore, which is fomented by con slant appeals of this character, is one fraught only with evil to the Republic. A sectional policy is always to be deploted, and doubly so when its aim is political control by means of a solid section domi nating the councils of a National :irty-, so called. This is the old, old story of our politics. We fear the Gree ks even when they come with presents. So said the wise Trojans, according to blind Homer's report. Arc we not justified in fearing a Democracy controlled e hiefly by the reunited South, even though it c.unes with presents in thespecious form of good wishes for unity and reconciliation? AV public Muaizine. The Kerr-Harney Affair. It is not easy to form an opinion about the Kerr-Harney business. The facta that may be accepted as proven beyond dispute are as follows : 1. In the spring or summer of IS'!'! (A. Johnson being then Fresident) Mr. M. C. Kerr, then a representative from Indiana, now Speaker of the House, recommended for appointment as Second Lieutenant in the regular army, one Augustus F. Green, a New York man, who had never been in Indiana, and whom Mr. Kerr had never seen until a short time before he gave the recommendation. Gre'eii was appointed to the office for which .Mr. Kerr recom mended him. So far, the facts aie estab lished by the testimony of Green, and of a man named Lawrence Harney, by the letter of Mr. Kerr on lile in the War De partment, and by Mr. Kerr's admission at the present time. '2. That in consideration of bis appoint ment. Green paid to Lawrence Harney, then I ooi keeper of the House, the sum of $ l.V. This fact is proven by the concur rent testimony of Green and' Harney, the two persons who should have the IhsI know ledge of the transaction. It is said that still 'further evidence of this fact ex ists in the record of a registered letter by which a portion of the money was trans mitted by Green to Harney. So far, the facts seem to admit of no question or doubt. Now comes Lawrence Harney, to whom the Jl'iO was paid by Green in consideration of bis ap pointment, and testifies before Mr. Cly mer's duplex boomerang, or doul.le-forward-and-back-action smelling com inittee, that he paid the said suin'of l"i) over to Mr. Kerr, as the consideration upon which Mr. Kerr recommended Har ney's friend Green to Fresident Johnson for position of a Lieutenant in the army. Mr. Kerr, on his part, contradicts the statement of Harney absolutely and in ever' particular. So Jar as respects the corruption of Mr. Kerr, the case is thus reduced to a ques tion of veracity between Mr. Speaker and Mr. Lawrence Harney. There is some evidence going to show that Harney is not a very virtuous or moral person. But, most unfortunately for Mr. Kerr, the facts which arc fully established even by his own admissions, have a tendency to corroborate the testimony of Harney. Green was a stranger to Kerr. He did not live in Kerr's district, nor in his State, anl had never lived in either. He had never done any political or partisan .-erv-ice to Mr. Kerr, and couhl not set up the slightest claim upon his consideration un der the virtuous and fundamental maxim of " the Democracy," which teaches that the spoils belong to the victors. .Mr. Kerr had no knowledge of him as a fit person to hold the rank of a Lieutenant in the army. Foi aught that Mr. Kerr knew of him, he was a totally un fit person to be appointed to that place of honor and trust. Vet Mr. Kerr recommended him lor ihal ap pointment. Wh it was Mr. Kerr's motive in giving that recommendation? Includ ing the ti siitiiony t Harney, it is dil!i till to imagine anv lational motive that Mr. Kerr could have had in giving that recom mendation. But in order to rebut the tendency of the evidence in this ease, it devol ves upon Mr. Kerr not only to iuipe.i h the witness Harney, but to show an adequate proper motive tor his recommendation lor an ap pointment of a person living in a ciiMmit Mate, who was to him a total stronger, and of whose fitness lor the position ne had no know ledge. CUioi'." I'm-, J Utlf. 1 . THK M KKKTS. NEW YORK. LIVE STOCK Cattle ... Shev fshorui. FLOUR -Good to Choice WH E T No. ( lii. ago CORN Western Mixed OATS Western Mixed RYE - Western I'ltllK- Mes LARD "team CHEESE WOOL Domestic Fleere CHICAGO. BEEVES Choice Good Medium HOGS- Light Heavy SHEEP Good (-horn) Choice BUTTER Choice Yellow Good , EGG Fr.-sh KLOUR Choice Winter Cuoice Spring Patent GRAIN Wheat. No 3. Spring. Corn. 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