1878-11-29; Clare County Press

              KBKOIJIA.
My lady in robed for the ball to-jiiRbt,
AU fu a BhluiiijJ nu<l Mllltcn sheen;
SJjo Kliaw <lov» the stMra Hko n U\lng of light,
Tbo ballToonCu beautiful mioen,
-PriCPltWS WOT I. OB lUT bdBOlU glOW,
Half hid by Janes a Queen ■u'gl'.t wear;
U_a la she a? bents, you "mow,
^j,wi£o of a millionaire,
(HlcUiip nloiiK at her IIckc lord's ulilo,
OiitHbltitru- aU in tliut company,
Into tbe mind of thin old man's bride
There crei'iw a curious simile,
She tbitiiH liuw once, in tbo Ioujj-ubo,
A beautiful captive, all nlUinie
With jewels tbat we'gliert lior down Hko woe.
Close In tbo wako of her raptor ramp.
All day long, Iu that mocking Plight,
Hbp followed bitri In dumb despair,
And tbe people tbomr'it btr » KO0«ly 8'Klit,
Decked iu hor jowelK nuv.
And now, at her lawful master's siile,
-sVIUj a woe in lief Jj". art aa great aa thou
(So thiuka this old •.nan's beautiful brldM,
2e-iol'ia wallii< attain.
sua m«ur.
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SIMPSON OP BUSSOIU,
BV JAMES PAYS,
You
ANNUAL REITS
OFT
vnees, for that lioa ia
booonie    n    dangerous     experiment;!
wherever they may have been, other j    ,,, p„,.„{.,n .
•people have also been, and it ia easy, if j (1]7   ,    '    .. ,
I way use a professional expression, to j ,,;,"„,. «.„•„„...'
might have, knocked mo (.town   to iho Governor of Bussorn.   The cits-1
with a feather,   "Married, these twenty 'torn of tlie country is curious in thnt re- !
i years!   You astound mo.   "Why, how 1 sped.   After one's second wife a con-'
I hnvn r_ ntY-fnmwi ,1,'Qfm.cf nt nii t . i mis Jt J"011 aevor sl)oke ahoni ifc • sidernble tax is levied by the Govern-;
eleJ.    KotPKmJS™ r^^to      "0h> T  aon'b  know;  l thousW H . ment upon marring men.   However,!
fM^trothsabo\\f Sri^  I vaaMn'b *ntej'CBt >'011"    Bha W1S fl *Per"   Batl0Wft w(ls **«>"& ft?l tli0 mo»W *° I
tell me untruths about  theuexperi-  si(ul> you knotr#   H  aho   hft(I been a Replayed divinely; Hint is, she !
e'f^fiEiii^aii,  thon   I  should   have   told  would have done so if sho had not al- j
exnomnent, . TOu." ways been crying. Pirouze and Khaleda , , -iVk
ouieri    «^ Persian wife!   Dear me!" said I,, ^O ber life, utterly miserable.   Hith- ' i*ost.»H«u.r General Kpy?<.jA-i*»mi Bnwt
seems!"   I said "'funny,", erto they had been  at daggcra drawn)   Tiuo Postmaster General,*-^ >«"i**al ro-
correct   their   woofs-"  m^liZrf t but at the same time all the saspieions ' "i«th one aiiother, but now Uiey Tiiiited | port,   estimates    tho   wh|o   exj.«n*_    of
arises.from thl Sin ^Zli^t ithat J entertumed (and now entertain   together to persecute, the unhappy Ba-   the    postal    service   H^A   H»
no^t^nh^^!^ «'nn   ever) r^nectin,  travels  donrn    Her very Jife Was scarcely safe  umounl;app»prttW ^l^tr^o
ith them.    Wretched as my former lot! being $8-1,250,378;   The "ft^tip^w f°i «>*
„.  had been, it was now become unendura-! yeMtrom tho salo of wrtjifrjtt«wfls was si^.
color, mv dear "Simpson, if I may P«fc   We, for one can'beai- one's own misery | ^Uft "^"t «%«^?W.*P*W- -■^m<"""
j ureentdH-.a^. .ajnqotiosi  bcaideaj: jibijut forty
; storehoUBerf-w'tlBpots,  ' '-;■.•'
! Ho tliinka that tho morale of the army li-tH
improvoil. Ho thinks tho aiiny has a right to
preserve tho peace and enforce order in cities
and cojnmunilioi-, and ueoms to doubt that Uio
poBH0-com.itn.tu8 clause is constitutional.
Tho Secretary stoutly maintains tho jigjit of
tlio Govortcaicntjo". pm'm'etTOiimflttMyfcH.eo
the Moxicnii niidora over our boidw-:
J wasiSof gold, ana §28,1»0,850 of sUvor, wid
ItW,07fi,803 of both, or nearly 61 per cent, of tbe
total yieia'ofairtUa nllnOB of-jho countryi; fttli-
' fornai otaudu Bocond in tlio list of gold prodnc-
• ing States, with «15,SGO,07« of tho metal Col-
! orado stands second* iu tho silver list, with
I S0,H(M,iM0, and Utah fallow., hard after with
SS.aiH.OOO.   California,  aud Novada   together
produced ticurly 74 per cent, of all tho gold
and Nevada, Colorado, and Utah together moro
than b1" per cent, of all tho silver,   I)akotai.ro»
ditccd S!i,000,000 in gold, aud no silver,    North
; Carolina   contributed   'fl.'iO.OOO, and Georgia.
I S 100,000 in gnld, and no silver.   Lake Superior
j g^vo us 3100,000 in silver, and up gold,
I    Dr. Linderman Says me expectation enfor-
• tafuod by many that tlio remonelization of the
ailvor dollar would bo followed by an apprecia-
, tion of tlio value of silver has not yet boon realized, and thinks the United States ought to bo
very cajitiotis in its silver policy.
Puy>niiHt«r ('enWHl'ti IU-iwrt
Bouj.   Alvord, l.'aymastor General of   Iho
. United States Army, in hia yearly report of the
--'-  ■  —        I traiisaotioua of the pay department ofthe anny,
year wero sixty-nino, and the loss to depositors   says his total disbursements foot up Sll,.')7'>i-
and stockholders #0,415,423. m,7H, as follows;   To regular army, «11,121,-
Tho ropprtdiscitBSOs at great longfli tho prac- ; BW.77; to Military Academy, $100,001X04;  to
tieability of the resumption of specie payments,    volunteers, on treasury cortiflcateB, §258,411.07.
—... ....  The number of desertions in fho army during
TUP  innufPUK*  nrmiftl' tho fiscal year ending Juno SO. 1878, was 1,07a,
llir.  fAiMuuis 3iUU.nA.ij. whlcll ja JefM tnan th0 nnmborJn anyiiscal
With a maximum of 30,000
I'lxtMjrjitHfroiiiCoiniulnsIoiit'rT.eDiic'iiJltf'iKu-l.
year sinco tho -var,
„     „.,„-     ,. .    '»"»"■:-■*■■^«"■.',J''i""•'IT,' ; ^"'■'e'l mca, «'0 doaertiona in tho yearltm
Qen. William G.LeDnc, Commissionor of Ag-   wraH,im,   The number of deposits made by
THB SAYy.
me,
gion*.
ilnenoo  oi puouc opinion, tiiini- I  to ," "r,"***"**""  "'•*-.   -*'".1. ^•»1^», u xiany put w-, wr one ean'oeai' one's own misery j "S*'&£_ "aK                                                                                       either wliolly or ; J-'gn'Tiattoris." Wlm^
myself, what is it these i-eoi.le do not   th(" Q'1'''?811011 without impertinence, aro better than that of those wo. love."          i 37s m" acatas; S25 757 515«1*»7,  Expanded i WirBaHy oopipped at the sevei-alnavy yurda, at! gSC9 in *. table, a list of articles annually im
fact of a man's being I your children?" Hero Simpson took out hia ban *"■     = -  '•   '-b       *-'      •■ ■at—-.'-«    ■ »*r «^..-iij-~. »#• .«»«./..«,„„ f„,i„™..   <.„,.. .._,,...._.. .„.  --—,	
of public opinion, think I to
l. Vol Alt AJPfffflw  «-.-...„.... «... —      . rienltwo, iu his annual report, showa that tho , BOldiom during tlio last fiscal year was 5.51*4",
department during Uio year has been engaged ; amounUng to*848,S43.04. Tlio number is about
-■"      . .    . ,  .? !,,.,..    ». ,    ,    •     ! tiie same as in the previous year, but the avor-
mexamimugintothopracticabilityofmtroilucmg   ajjeumouutof eaeluleposit was' $Oi.0S,   Tliis
it«iwivi .,r<*,.,.vi.i,ii-»Tiini.iT,^,n new products, and has been to some degree sue-   '     '
K«|)o»lofS»iai.V«wTJw'.Wwn. : c«ssrnl.   The foUowing extracts and cSudensa-
l'l-om the annual roporfcof Honv ilicluird Vr. . lions show iu outline the work of thisdepart-
Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, wo learn | xnont for tbo year, as stated by the Couiii'Ib- ltallwity 3Iiiil fiorvfee,
that during tho past fiscal   year, under Uio ! »'<°™r Ur^e^'    fa an enthusiast on tlio anhieet •    'I'*'*""»u«ri **cport of Uio General Kuperiu-
auspicoaof that department, .ixty-threo Gov- 1 of°^ki^thexrn^j^Staiea Spen "ont of fw-* indent of the ItaUway Mail Service shows that
.!__ ..........    „.. 1.-.. —  ..__.i .1   (|_a jjj^jgj, of pieces of mail matter distrib-
: TiTa farger avornge by ITi than tho average of
nil deposits in six yearB.
^V,*7,l t       U0 ^.wj-JiwoM?;     I don tqmte know why, but somehow -'M thoBO two WOmen.   I felt myself Ugah-at 5100,14^o previoir-fcr. ^   "   '    ' iheoupiud.a^afor.U.pWof tho navy, costing,   te al^ri^  barleV, Sp,   flaxVX wool    -fveri; a„50().   It ia i-e?ommende<l U,at pay for a
It is Ins duty as a citizen.   When a boy   or other I thought this creditable to Powerless to protect her.for I wasnover i  ^ePosmUsterGeWaJfecs ^considera-  J»c huW fre.glit,.«2»f,222.0(..   TVOrlmndro-i j flits', nnts etc,   lie Commissioner anvSS j ^^,^^^^^^^1,?^
-runs away from school, it is, of course    Simpson.   It was verv wi-onc in him to phvsieftUr strong, and, thoucli I did Mot   Maportioq ot his ro-MrtXAq, euhjoct of tho • ^  «(,'«}* thousand five hundred and thirty ; the b'nilding and repairing ot tho Mississippi - Z'Sl'i'.."^* ^m'nSrtiS SfXTJZfll iC',
^the eorreot thintr to enll him "intvm^ ' i linvo  mnrri^l l%lt,L   ,    f n tiiuloMtj.,,,1 n«n fe ,u „f »,» «  **i   ,aa,,:not   present and prospocUvo tfafciwicios in   the   VoimAs antamh hemphaw beet, purchased,   [(,v£.t.s at the oxnenao of tho General Govern-   ??_*J?:"ll'S' »',P'oporbon to tbeextontof their
•"millant''   «i,„f„"- •♦  1"       !   ..-1 ?' . P""1611 ft}P^W-t. psrhnps a flro-, »uaerstantl one-half of the epithets they   amounts appropriated by ftjjkwss for salaries   rosting «.'-:i,«>7,r>-    During tho year 9014,140 ; mmi,  *	
gauant, ^   ingu-apinted,    and   ''inde-; worsluper. or, at best, a "Mohammedan, sbowered upon her. I could see bvtlm   of Postmasters and- for rtBfi&.'wnspprtatjou, : 1'avo been expended fqr tho mmipmont of ves-      Tho Commissioner states that the wheat crop
penaent;   out that sort of a boy is in  but it-was a comfort to think that the eflect thoy har1 • 	
injuries. Hardly a wetfk passes that some employe is not killod or maimed or eUierwise injured iu railroad accidents, and for this there
is no compensation.
onsidered ne-
there was
onld have
sunk under their persecution had I not
married Zobeide."
''Xnmber   Jour!"    cried  I,   aghast.
"WJiat on earth did you do that for?"
-.be controlled by
Not appropriated
jBiwtwiualtothe
Rbl'shed by
^"he number of desertions duriug the year
was GOO, and during tlie previous year 81H.
Five Imndered and twenty-three boya have en-
ponsation
concerned, are hot and caw
tho department   Ir tho ami
by CongroSB for tho purposoj
amount of compensation <M
there must bo a dcHcioncv,  i
After describing the rateiof compensate..   ,...„ ....  ...
pre»eribcl bv law for railwafSSfti*; servieo, tho ^Vitli tlio traimng system on a permanent basis,
I'uslmaeltr GeneralBaystliC-iWDprialion mado """** ""P8 J*1!1 "f,10"**. <* manned by nalive-born
by Congress at its last sessioSwas not snmcinnt famen. Itis theiiitontion of tho ilopartmcut
to pav for tho existing BertfeJAn railroads, and. to continue tho present system of >aimng-
shoiifd no additional approprBition be ma^e for sl»l"*- 'Vn appropriation for the mamtonance
this service, ho shaU feel it *§*-. duty Under tlio 0JJ™'L y**™? ''na 'loc'K;;' ot<--'' a"»o«ntmg to
law so to curtaU the acrvlctes to fill within f^A- and ,fo,r tllc' 8wm of Ordnance,
the appropriiUon, however isfcch h6 might con-   *»**'."™' <*ra PSkod,
THE KEVEXUE  SEKYICE.
ti   is nmv tlm nlu.fl>. r.( ™.'."','"'t, T*', ""**"• "    nmt there wonlit do delay tmur immciirionnm-
lt   Silt    i'tiTre' Ia°?,°^vl"g   Ivr of tiansacKons wblch ft. Jnitiated, con-
ot tie house abide Pirouze and Khaleda,   ducted,  and completed   b*| ec-mmuniivations
,„ .1, „„.i..,.. v„i.„.-.i -,-r,..,- ,        through tbo mails.    In hia fpmioa, it would
came a shock fo our potiM wstem from wliicli
-.—e .. -p , raa,wnta n„- ~ll ,«. e . in ,-- it would not soon recover, fflio railway corn-
bound -J;*'"-" respects the other; for althongli: pantos which have been atthscxpenso of fur-
in this   -t-trouzo auit   ivuaMa  are   strong fe-  niabbg postal cars rolglit bellow to furnish ns
bv 70,*x»;60t)-l-ushers, leaving 100,000,000 biish
efa for exportation, with a surplus remaining
above Uie actual requirement of' consumption.
I Other crops havo generally been ijood.   A comparison of tho crops of tho past throe seasons is
given, as follows, the figuros for the present
Y-U-- bcitif, preliminary aud subject to revision
Stinia lii.we.itu.f- l*Hfi« from CumutisAlonep  m completing and perfecting the estimates of
Jtuiwi'M Jtur-ort." * the year:
Fads from the annual report of Mr. llanm,    _''/1-/*.
tho United Ktates C-ommisBioiier   of Internal   «-i"'0V,..'
Bevenue, and estimates founded thereon, elicits   live....,,.
...„   -,,.» ,   some intoro-iting testimony as to Ilia chfunetei. ■ jj^'*.''"
,-ln. *''8 M'?!.0?','...**- *v,:?V1':i   and habits of the American people.   The report   i><,tat.a>V,
rider the publio interests'njajfed theroliy. Ho
i>» satisiiril it would lead jBMly to nilicb complaint. The mails would bo (Jetalned at offices
of separation hardly ovor lesaSian twelve honra,
and generally twenty-four ihotirs/. Books,
papers, and packages paMiqr' Over great distances or circuitous routes if OJild be detained at
moro than one such oflice inCjrery many caees,
nnil there would ho delay in }^r iipmcii-ia imm-
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«wa.y to sea from that distant and pat-  they grew up, would have been painful
mouc motive; he goes to sea because he   to me, in connection with the fact that
'aoesiit Jjkowhnt is good for him ou  Simpson was nt that moment under mv
lima; and almost immediately, though . roof, the same roof with mv wife and
tnat is beside the question, finds he has ' daughters, and that I was tlie church-      "T *mftrri<id Kobejd*e solely and wholly
mauo a  great  mistake.    Similarly, a ; warden of our district church.   T for-   Sov Bndonra's salce,   1 chose her, not
•man does not go to Tartnry or Knmt-  soo-1* at once the iiartienlar subiect of  lor ilCr beauty, nor her virtues, nor her
seiiatKa to improve   his  mind; if ho . Simpson's wife to discuss the general' "coompb'shments, but entirely for her
ventured     to    tell    me    that   (sup- \ subject of polygamy. thews and sinews.   I said to her, HZo-
posiug lie -was not a very tall man, and      "The Persians have more wives than   beide, you are a strong and powerful
i. bad no reason to suppose he had a , one, have they not'!" inquired I. young woman; if I make you mvwifo,
yntagiian   or   any   other    outlandish      "Those who can afford it have," said   *A"il" J'011 protect mv lamb?" and sho
weapon eoneealwl about liis person) I  he; "but it is not so usual as you may   hllit'i' "I ^U-"   It was the most j-atis-■
snoulct laugh m his faee.   No; he flies ' imagine." * **    factory investment- -I mean, the Imp-'
to such obscure regions  because the      "I need not ask how so profligate a  i'i'-'st ehoice—I ever made.   Mv homo
restraints of civilization are abhorrent  system muRt needs work," aaid I?   '""
to ins undisciplined mind, and he has  is a domestic failure, of course V"
some   morbid taste    say,   for  human'    "You need not ask the question, as  in the other Zobeido and Badoura; two
iiesn—uncooked,   ihe mildest-spoken  you say," replied Simpson, eraekinp- a  «n the east side and two ou the west
man I ever met m my lif.-, and the  walnut. ''But if you do ask, T am 1><
greatest traveler, onco confided to me,f to say it is so far like marriage in
after a most excellent dinner at our  conn try—it is somctij
club, that, "after all," there was nothing  fnil ure and sometimes
like uncooked food.   Ho did not say  requires more judgmi
human flesh, bnfc I know well enough , you have not only to please Yourself'   protwte her,   Thus the opposing ele-   shown that"matter"of tieyseeona nnd Uiird  i-(mf„t«i n„Uorn
wnat no meant,   iio has repented sinco i you know, but to ph-.tse  vonr other  M'^te are, as it were, uimtralked* the  rlftW Aom"ol?Wibl w»-3" %»"B'* ft° m'1'lfl.  n-niku ana bankz-w,
of having let out so much, mid endeav-1 wives." ** combatants respect one another and I  nn,a Con.Br*-8B.r,*u* Jf*311 U*»S. to Incirease the 	
S^/e,"aSTC m° by^is conwnttonal!    "Gootlness  gracious!*' said I, "how  «m the head of a united house.' I got   bci« consfficltini?!ISM^^%^       T„i»l ^tiS^    frnj^ii . acres wew sarvcyod, Sn nddiUon fo the rJl.fiin,-
.7rpV    aut1l1c.onvera"tlon.                        1 coolly yon   talk abont it!   I hoiie no   letters fi'om all of my four wives this ' priato commitwes,   nnd iSilcnsaed hi    Cotb     -The decline in tho receipts from distilled   7W ac.rca intviously sur,-oyod,   Tho totalnum-
liie-world is small,' he says (Tie has i European who happens to be resident in   morning, each of them most character-  ,,,r!','el'f;"' of Congrce^ aailitho reanlts havo " spirits aud tobtum shown fn.thoeo.lk
been round it two or three times)." and  tliis strange community ever rives in to  istic and interesting.   Badourn forgot  "''""T"}}'&Kl\ TM *'c!i-Spf^ a"i"«*i'le'?''Tt-  <>?*% almost c-urtivly to. the dttanptofl   ..
Rivs Mm Entrlanil • fra- wlmn oil '. .»,-!i    Hit. »n.t>,mi'i                ■*           "*"*-811" 'l'   t^ ,7,7 ti, „. „ A „ 7    H    -".mourn lorgot   niont should bow-tf-^s'nUmg,! Ant-.that tlio   tion in Congress last winter for tho reduelion
thJ it ti7l i^   i iox'}shf.ua?1 is snul,   the custom!                                                topay thewstag^-Bhehni* a soul above . deficiencies in its mon*'M»ma**»wetby  i,f tho tax on whisky and tobacw.   I'endini?
uiac is tne best place to live in;    but      '■**•-■      ^       ■■ •■ -■ -     —■—*— i-,-m.        .  ,      , .. (.„„„„„:..:—»_»„ ,,.«'.UiLn«.«n,>   nm.«   .■>-•-  <. -. ,• .< .ii..!.-  n.. ...     -   .   **
ttiis does not deceive me for a moment
Tjbat man is a cannibal at heart.   I
JiimJookus plump an4 tender |
people In « very peculiar way. and 11
■would not trust hini nlono with mv baby ' J
for a small fortune.   Thnt sweet child '
•would tako rank among tho " mysterious disappearances."    He would say,
' "'How should /know?" like tho frog
who swallowed the duck's egg; but I
should know better than tlie duck.   If
you   think   theso   apprehensions   extreme, you are, of course, welcome to
your  own opinions;  some pcoplu are
than  others, aud also
prosout year has beon promising in a high
* during tho ontiro season.    Fears of
pper invasions wore early dispelled, except in a few counties in Sthmosota,   The losses
from Winter-killing, tho fly, chinch-bug, grasshoppers, rust, smut, etc., have this season boon
-   " '    '"'   *      '   '   rodnction is
(tbo
hose
product fell off 30,000,0(50 bushels.   The aggro
gate in* Wisconsin, Sfinnesotn, Iowa and Ae- .... .,,.,. .,,-,,. .•--.. . ,
braaka is double that of last year, and nearly . wuking, 104; accidental drowning, lb; miaccl
20,000,000 buahola greater than in 1ST5. Tho laueous casualties, 4 .Total, Mi Wholenun;-
entire crou promisee to excoed thnt of last year   her nl accidents resulting in loss of life, 4 <.   Of
Sloimiboat Inspection.
Supervising Inspector General James X Du-
uiotit, of tho Hteamer-uispcctioii service, in hia
annual report shows that tho total number ot.
lives lost from various causes during tho fiscal
yearendodJuneyO,l',78,were: *FromoxpIosiouH,
"lo- lire, 22; i-ollisions, ;il; snags, wrecks and
slmws that tho total iimount of rcvemie colloct-
eil during tlie year was .Sin,l;Stl,!ll!l, a decrease
of $S,,'!(I7.231 trout the leceipts of the previous
ytar. The receipts yore from tlie /'ollcfwjng
somew:
nr,i. is7H.
flplriif...., 557.aiii.i;*n     zsn.-fflJW
T-ibiiCfo    ^1,100,5.17 <lU.0H.l,52tl
il,4sl.7K3 0.037,052,
..1,S8»,7a» 3,ltl2,a'll I
StanU)u.rciwlUt!<, etc.,    T.UiS.WJ 7,165,201
It<Mioi-( of Coimnlfisloncr IVllltiuUHOn,
J. A. Williamson, Commissioner cf the General Land Oflice, in hia annual report to ti.-' (Secretary of tho Interior, dhows thai, during tiK-
fiscal year ended June SO, >S,0SC,178 acres of
public land wero disposed of, and 8,1(41,011
SS k' terot acres of nutlie uomain still uusnrveved
intafS^lff'ik KOmoUiiug over 1,000.000,000 acres. The dia
t,,i w,*n°{mT   pojwils were mainly as follows:
,, -MllVHt   CMty, Dover ffleiAlialergh'tN, C'.), i'avltersburg
 t,W,-m   (W. Va.), and Covington (Ky.)   ThPcostof( tlio
ihe total numl>er of vessels inspectetf, 200 Ixi-
lnug to tho Pacific coast, with a tonnage of
lfW,833;1.>«»tothP Atlantic coast, with a tonnage of ityo,",)'!; JSS!) to the Western rivers, with
a tonnage of lS0,i(*2; Ho7 to tho Northern lakes,
with a tonnage of lH(l,o7i*, and 311 to tho gulf
uiast, with a tonnage of 0S,*ill.
IHHiMH'tor C!enei*ii''K Kopovt.
Tho rcjwrt of the. Inspector General of tho
Army specifically details the condition of tho
*. arions military posts, and gives tho reports of
the sevflfal commands as an appendix, It appears that tlio Paymasters ha\« promptly and
Kat'sfacloriiy renderi d their accounts: that iho
military posts are in excellent condition, the
iliseiplino good, and the eharajtcr of the officers
without reproach. It Is recommended that tho
i nlio'ml wen pay more attention than boreio-
fni-o tn target practice. Altogether, tho report
shows a gratifying conditiou of affn'r'; •;•. everv-
ihing connected with th>* luspr'ctor {iouerni's
dipartroent 	
The KurM'rvfsI'if; Arefiltci-t.
Tl.o rtivort of Kupeivising Architect of tho
Treasury Hill contains little of interest bo-
} ond a recital of tlie work done under liis directum during tlie year. The list of buildings
romploted shjeohis lastannnalieportinclndes
the Government otfieea at Xew York city, Jersey
tlio result ot thnt agitation  tho manufacture   xnnJ?rruliuK> ent'rif*
and   the  consonuenea was .mnert lana entries....:
ta tno Govtrnmout of  nearly
priucipnl  articles of taxation
tobaccoj-thu following comparison
"Just so," was tire, unabashed rejoin-  "wtth  outstretched"   arms—eight   ont-
der,   Simpson swept the walnut shells  Stretched arms, likejthc octopus."
  ...__ - mo;55s
(*anli entries ,   Kn.SSti
Cfront* Jo railroad*.   fi0f!,S-tU
Swami'lamlsiiaten'ed,..  W3,!«fl
Uthtr nrata to States....    9t'.992
SlfiSJlSHtf8 Show .- f?reat increaua.ia. the
imir^-       ■■"'—J '—- ' -
Jft-w York building is foimdto havo been about
S><,(10O,0(Ki, Yt'uvkhaB gone fonvard at u satisfactory into *f progress upon all tho public
buildings now in coarse of erection.
into a corner of liis plate and helped
himself to sherry. "I have now four
wives,"
"Bless my soul nnd lxaly!'' said I.
'"Four wives!"
"Yes. The story of my little menage
may seem in your ears rather cnrion.s.
through tfie mails free, except lattcra. Tons
npoti tons of books, documents, seeds, shrubs
nr.d tbe like are placed in our .mails free of
charge on this soore. Kovr, I most respectfully
but earnostly suggest that it would be the better policy to reduce the deficiencies of the rev-
mues of the department by curtallmg or al>ol-
ishing the list of free matter, and by inert as-
ing the rates of postage on merchandise, than
br appropriating atmis inndeijuate ta an efii-
7 confess I was affected by*my friend's
artless narration at thnt time, though,
since I have reflected upon the matk-r,
my moral sense lnui asserted itself and
is outraged. I .state the. matter as fairly
as I ean. I have been to picnic* myself, ns a married man, and made myself
more sangtiine than others, and also , If jt will not bore yon I'll tell yon abont agreeable to the ladies, Well, in Persia -nu> Postmaster General rm.mmentts that
more Bimple. it." this might have cost mo my life, or tbe   suitable provision be made by Ian- for delivery
Mv mind is, I think, a tolerably {air 1 had no words to decline tin- offer, expense of a second establishment So \*> addresses in this country free of customs
one, and I never entertained* suspicions ' oveu if I wished it. My breath was far, there is every excuse for Simpson.' £;">>",$ ^ee^^T^^t^^m fw-
against those who are compelled to visit; fairly taken away by Simpson's four But, on the other baud, the astounding J^, countries, whou dispatched m twenrdanco
■cBJstaat Inti'ndps against their -wills.! wives. The traveler that had liked his fact remnius that there are four Mrs. with tbe eondiuons prescribed by the Intermi-
■Queen's messengers,* convict'*, sailors, i food uncooked had. given ma Yatfier"a1Simpso]is:ifcBu©i*>ra.   Vvhcncvct'Ilook   tioiial Postal Vnion.
-etc., maybe very respectable persons iu • turn, but that was nothing to tin's reve-   at his quiet, business-like face, or hear  r
their way, notwithstanding where they  lation of my present companion; a man   him talking to my wife  and the girls OUB ARMY.
may have been to. Hitch wns my chart- we had always considered of the highest about Persian scenery, this revelation of
table belief until within the liist few respectability, and who my wife had his strikes me anew with wonder. Of
days.sineewhiehlhaveseeusomereason  even thought   would   have suited our  course I have not told th em about his
Cincinnati,
t'hu'tiitn...
Xt>«- YiPifc.
St. Loui?..
Baltimore
\n, If:.
...*>7.8< 9.018
... i;.r>o,lll
...     »,7S0
... s.iift.rifa
..,     H2>,7fi(l
llilladi'lf-hta....     WS,2tt'
New York and Tbiladelpbia paid v  ,
of taxes on banks and other taxable iuten-sti'.
__,.-,.—„     „_..    ...  ....      .      ..        Tho receipts from distilled spirits alone, as
cient, prompt and fast traiismissioit of the   „}i<j,m inr. tabkaltovo, wera5.*»,4'30,5<5U.   •hie
matla.*' camo from all the Htatefi, lint Illinois alone paid
-•._-.. ._.. „.,...,... .-. .._.i ..=.1. ,„.!    Uie hvo
Tofor.va.
■Jl.fi'VS.'.ai*.
l.S-«,«75
•1,<«'1.("J7
Lavt/iw
i.tM^nn
mr,.4u<
tirnlicr cultura hia annual reporf, states that tho consaJir-ioes
Tho cash r-vdpls amonnlod to $2,022,530,
lioing $5fl9,rrt)7 moro than tho receipts for the
TilKa j->ni,t.
K.lSS.IHo
K.iVu.C.'!
4.:Ks,7Wi
«.210.ta7
S.'-'tll.-'MS
ry largely
^.'^tds?^^. «^w2(^;
preceding year.
OommiSsioner Wflliamson recotruuf nds in re
gard to lapsed railroad grants that CongifJHS
should either declare the grants forfeited, and
restore the lands to dfaposal a1       '   " '*
lie domain, or extend the time
tion of the roads.
'ollectod at tho moro-important eonaniafea of
the rutted States in foreign countries foot tin
JlitlV.iM.ll,   an   excess   over   salaries  paid
amounting to $110,240.i.Yi, showing tho cons-aar
hvstem to be more than seU-Bupnortir,g.   On
kr^irtof ihn'rmb'' "•<* Kpaofsh itidemuitv fund  «fll»,S7«.1« was
wrfrr th« ,2lT   l>ai<l-?.*)l,7«l for tlio tribunal of nibitration at
icfm mo comph- , ,j,.nova. Sino,.W.;i3 npon Moxiar. awa
5-ards, and
jtistnient of private land claims and miscellaneous u.iaiii'ftf.
MISCELLANEOUS REI.*0Itl*S.
to "change it.   One of the rpiietest and
best fellows I ever knew—and I have
Jane,
Oeiw Sliernmn'S ltbpoi-u
The report Of Gen. Sherman to the Ivvretary
" Well, it was at a picnic partv on tho « s'""* to then* respective systems; yet
known him all my life—was Simpson, of plsins near Bttssorn that tho thing first i *"*'*' possession of such a secret all fo
Uussora. I was at school with him jive- came about. My wife and I were both ' myself is hard, te bear.aud J. have, there-
and-forty years agtv and though his present at it; and*, mv European notions {ort'- *"»^ it before the public. The
house of business is at the distant spot • preventing my believing there could be whole thing resolves itself into a rule-
just mentioned, I had met him from the least misnndfii*3tonQing about it* of-three sum. If even a ipiiet, respect-
time to time during his periodical visits since I was alrendv married, I made my- ll1>"° bellow like .Simpson, residing nt
to tliia countrv, and, always found him ■ self very ngreenbfo to a certain Persian Bussora, has jour wives, how many
 * ■    •*■-*■-  '■—•-—   -----    foft^   Hhe wns neither voung nor pret- ; wives—well, I don't mean exactly tnat
domestic relations; itvouldbetoogrent   of War is quite lengthy.   A considerable por-
unchanged—gentle, unassuming, modest, and orthodox in his opinions. Our
house does a little business with him in
shawls and carpets, but our acquaintance is. mainly social. "My wife and
daughters arc very partial to him, and
delight in his Persian tales, which are
picturesque and fnll of local Color, Ifc
brings them little bottles ol scent which
tioii relates to tho Indian troubles. Tho General assorts that tlio IiidiMv problem is not a
single problem, but many; as many almost as
there are tribes. JfeasurcM which would be
wise in one instance would be folly in another,
and whatever department of tho Oovernmetit ii
charged with it must be armed not onlv with
force, but large discretion, and authority to
furnish food in emergencies. Starvation"will
each year cause wars such M occurred (bin sca-
almost one-thivd of it, and, -with Ohl
r*tates paid nearly one-half.
According t>r Commissioner liamn's figures,
the American", ■iiiple are drinking loss whisky
and more beer than formerly. Thero was man-
: tSfaotnred in th" lineal year of 1STH alxiut
15,500,001) gallnns less whisky than during the
previous year, and 1 ."jOU.Otxi gallons mure \» er,
Thr riitmki' of Kalians of fonii^ntinl liquors
e<uisuKied in the United Ktates last year was
,'11 >,4l'M,ft'l. Estimating th*^ population at -f."i,-
iasn,(ttH\ a calculation will show that every man,
ttoman and child in the United ""talis drank
over si vi n galioiis uf Ihht, etc.. last \ear, if
each got iiis <;r lier pri'nortion. If one-lialf <>f , ?'■-,;:: ;i --■ ~"«";."" ,Y ~~t7..t;
the jiS-ple drai.K none/then the other half must W^iIf^Jt ?-T * "L^l
bajj cLume,! ll/teei'gallons per he.iL  . i*_!Jf_f ^ n^lEM
^.^^}^£!±}t^^?^^ ceaoa ,0
in couneiTtion with the suppression of timber , *.*r™' ««'«»* <m«er me .-isnourion trea r of
depmlationson thepnblic lUla, and presents ! *s';;. ,*"*"*£'"^rp«\™"%eml?a)loJ^a,i ti»l
a variety of infoi-ma\ion with regard to obau- . H;al',?1'H ,f(H'.7"'\*fft!*?','1''!-,:t),!rl."'i* Ah*f R^l
■tuned military and Indian reservations, tho ad-
j ear this bureau adjusted diplomatic and other
aeeoutiift amounting to #f!87,,'i'il,S.gl,lC,
TEIUUTOIUAL REPORTS.
Chief Spsrbsi iS«;<in<-
Mr. UavidD, Parker, Uhief Kpti-ial Agent nt
ihe 1'otjtoffice Department, in his rejiort show-,
ing the operations of tlie .Special Agents attached to the division of mail depredations dnr-
•--••-••—■■ -■>*-■- T , ^states that
ere arresU-d, of :
biit as arte nnamffi^^'Lp X are   W»VrMWtS.1 to the fctate ^nrW Of the ,
MlfAiVL*^ 'M"> wm' «®vi«'t«l,  13 acquitted. SO
v*J , ii not 1 e" a r   llnValSioier   ^^ ^^ 5^ J?L 1™,™,**"*
ty~just what my wife *hgrst5fr"jn<"iced,   W how much ijueercr things mustpeo-   *» "f'i^n'L,t7^1^
! had grown to be by that time—and I no ! *P"C *1*' who aro not so quiet andrespect-   &"'"*■"    Jli ft cando,
more thought of "making her my number two than—dear me!—of embracing
; Slbharnmedanism. "My attc*itions, however, were misconstnted; and llerbrother,
being a violent man in the (-Shah's eaval-
able as Bimpson, and who live still further off?—-Uchjntx-ia.
ry, and knowing I had a fairish income,
perfume the whole neighborhood, and insisted upon my becoming his brother-
now and then a scarf that is the envy of in-law. I believe Irish marriages are
their friends. I never, however, enter-; often brought about in the same way, so
tained any idea of Bimpson as a son-ia- • there was nothing in thai; the pectiliar-
law until my wife pnt it into my lueail,  ity of the case lav in my having a wife
Electric vs. ("as Light.
It is somewhat remarkable thai, although gas shares depreciated greatly
and suddenly in England on the an-
liy a similar calculation it can lie made to appear that oil how of onr 4.'i,tKi0.tt,l) neighbors
thank over a gallon end a quarter of distilled
spirit*: * '
exported
nnalocyi
ltamn estimates that $.V.>ri,(iiK»,wi0, is annually
i-xpeuiled fur liquor in tln> United States, an expenditure which, if applied on the public debt,
would pay it in three yearK.   Each onfl of ns,
  _„, „ w„v      it will be seen, therefore, pays over $13.25 per
cannot fowwea or movent   J* into tho hands of liqiior-sellera.
Tiio number of eigara consum^l in tliis
cuiuitry last year was l,!j00,0('3,713, beiOR an
avorage of over forty-two cigars to every man,
woman and child. Assuming that one-fourth
of the population—a very large estimate—aro
smokers, each smo'Urr would have JlVi cigars
for the year.
Tlie amount ot tobacco, other than cigars and
cigarettes, consumed, whs  XTi.-'H^.K*:; pounds.
whom 422 were prosecuted in the United f*tates
ourts, and UB weio cases of highway mail
obbery,  burglaries of postoQices,  etc., and
., after the Indiana
•icak out. plunder, or stest and kill harmless
families, is to pursue and captmo them in detail, after infinite toil; then to conduct them
bad: to their reservations and turn them loose
n return to tho same game ad libitum.
Congress cau alone provide a remedy, 'ilio
report shows that there aro 7.S29 enlisted
meu    in    the    ten    regiaienta   of    cavalry
r"3f ^^i"1^
inthe army, 2;<530 men in"fte five regiments of   wlii'di is wial to mriie than lmlfiv pound t.i- i i}*"J*;,^-ui4"V.' *?lt^,},,1i'.",(_ •S'" P*>r,"on*r <l"lyau
artillery, ^aml 11,205 fa tto hvonty-five regi-   evory Inlinblfanf. ,'*0"1
a  startling  improvement   iu   electric  ion i     ,        *k   "*    i-<s •
He lived too far away for me to picture ScaaVlmd ra^ho ^^v bresoh,te WV}g* ^*. PTT °{ tlfl *0Xlti^ > fe'SJemiitein toM W«SlSSi
him in such a relation, and, thourfi I WW1 tJ ,^L^rZT? ?J reso ute had the slightest idea of what the al- men detached on general service, S72; 'orduance
i.„.,„. !.„  ....-,  _....,..'""'..an-u,r?*¥u..! i""dced to Invent my having another,   leged improvement consisted.   League- ■ "''* —'" '-"'• "r--* *"•*'"*-1"'->-*-•.■ ««•
/J'ltE CUKRENCJ'.
l^^^i-'^f."^^!0.^^^ »y»-™b«- ono wife on theofthe l^to IfflSttTStt^ 1 ^
leged im])rovemeut consisted
u«t of consideration the practicability
home and settle His income was a verv j oiic hanVnnd7i»i^ subdivision of the cur-. .,., .     .
handsome one; but living at Bussora ' offle,.- ,.t "*4™i.5^™ K « fi»e, and the .rent, regarding which scientific elec-! Making-thewhole number of onlistaa men iii
he had given me to undersfamd  vS : ei It"  on1tlien°.th(,i'. ^th Ins ■ tricians have well-known views that are ' **' ftn2**r- 37?1' In ^P™™ '^ report
_, ii.iu b'-yeu me to nnuerstana. ^,as i sharp sword.I vats placed in a verv un-   iw m-ni* tn !,„ „,.„>. „**LZ.,   "_ „ ! ■ *a*»8t   "^ heg to stato that from personal in-
u from olllcla.1 Teports I am sure
Well and economically supplied.
means a -naming man. Whenever the ! to mv tbo hvn lr,,i*>.» ™f „„ »,.t, ,~^i -ii i *"""** *—5~.«"y" » u"'"'*-* «■■ « <-cmm.'y i --- lT?-r--*> and iustrntSan are as good as
stibiect of matrimonv was mrinV«1 i» * X t\ " s P?\on °xteemelyill ngo a good deal Was done br inventors i eml*? be l:«**ect(!"]tn™ \te oeattorod coudiUon,
aiiojici7 oi. mammonj was mooted lie   together.   It was snid bv n m-n»t. V.r>- ; ,*w h.,*;r„„.i „n,^_„._, •    j * "-;enK"rsHntl fromthovast amountof labor imposed on
dear, and did not admit of
Above all, Bimpson struck
It was said by a great En-
C'om)[>U'ollcr JCnox's J?*-i>ort.
The report of Hon. John J, Knox, Comptroller of the dmiency, ia an elaborate document, i
Tlie Comptroller enters into a vigorous defonso '
of the national banlj", and protests with vebe-j
menco against any dieturbanefc of that system •
of banking. Ho especially discusses tho
proposition to substitute Treasury notes for the .
bank currency, claiming that Bitoh a change •
would prove injurious to the Government and ,
tho country. Tlie Comptroller states that tho '
wholo number of State banks; privnto bankore,
Some Ijitei-estlnir SuBB<.'st'o'u*-
Kyi'W of tbo Territorial Governors, in their
f.uuual reports to thelnteriorDepartment, mako
snggi stious tliftt are very interesting.
_>«;«.(«.—The Governor of Montana submits the qiustion whether the United States
u ill permit tiie Britisli Government to afford
an asylum for ouv hostile Indians, and furnish
them a safe place where they may recruit and
l pplenish their supply of ammunition and again
iaul upon peaceable citizens. If tho British
(loveniment persists iu doing so, ha recommends that for tbe safety of Ute people of the
Territory the Indians tie removed from tho border several hundred, miles into tho interior. He
recommends, also, in view of tho surronuding
dangers, that tlio military districts of tho l"el-
l.iwHtone aud Montana ho consolidated in one
department and placed under tbe command of
(fen. Nelson A. -wiles, fo the support of whom
thousands of settlers would rally.
I'laTt.—QoY, Emery, of Utah, recommends a
mollification of tho Jury law in force eo tbat
bo selected, certainly in criminal
precisely the samo manner as they aro
or tho United States Courts in the
Slates,   He claims that as matters uow.stand it
-, is almost impossible, owing to tha peculiar leg-
' iJatinu iiiarted by ronfpess, aiid to Territorial
Tho Pension JUiu-ciiu. legislation,   to   obtaiu  convictions  in  certain
„     .     „       •   • '     t>   .i   . '       .i        I classes of cases.    He recommends, secondly,
Pennon Commissioner Bcntley's report-shows * that woman suffrage in tho Territory be abol-
a reduction of expenses in tho last two yews of I ished, and thirdly, that bigamy in the Temto-
$tifi2,'.,'.'ii.   Thore aro KSy.Xa pensioners on the | "C" "honld be niadebv act of CougreBS a cpn-
biai. Tlie number ol eases mad<< nil for inves
tigation during the year was 14.SI1, of which i
tho lass of registered lottere was 2/^2, of na-.
registered letters, 9,544; miscellaneous cases— -
the location of pusloftices, negotiating leases, ]
eta, t*,855. Of 1,107 registered letters revsirted •
lost in transit, 3,117 wero recovered without '
losp, and, of the (MO aetnally lost, tbe values of j
!*M, amounting to $f!,84K.r2 wero recoveved I
from the robl*ei-a aud nstored to the rightful :
owners.   TIjo niunbor of registered lettera sent
S'vice, extending
ino.(xni
ria'd to liandle the mails.
; note, and I dare say that would be very ; make it self-luminous,
would smoke until the small hours of rice ,* but, unhappily, I had now tw,Q ; far short of the expectations of thesan-;
tlio morning, and raise his eye-brows  wives, each forty, if they were a day, and ; guino experimenters.   One obstacle to I
when one said it was late, and perhaps . there was no prospect of getting them • success was the fiability of the wire to j
one's wife might be sitting up.    He ; changed, or parting from them in rtny  fuse.   This Mr. Edison claims to havo
would say, " Eeally!" as though such an ; vny. i overcome bv so applying a small bar
idea as one's wife sitting up for ono was •    "Pirouze and Khaleda led man inosfc Matt it \vill expand the instant file* wire:
preposterous, but could never concern i unhappy  life.    They   quarreled   from . reaches the fusing point, and intercept
in this and other cmrntries toward Secur-: it;"'*"t"_s ^
causing a enr-   hardship; it baa acsomplished an amount of '■ 3,7«) aro State and private banks; savings | J.,„■"iUJi" «,„
platinum wire ' worlt "•vhiel|j •«* Gon. Shi*ridan haB wfiU said,; banks *•**<'■ »i">i».ni   :«• wi»i>.mf. mnitni  «iw? ! ™ WYOn*i lu,°
[Wnttirn no  4.' | ' ^'o otbor nation in tbo world would havo at-   and
peminre as to J icmpteti frin, iC68 tbm W,e00 to 70,000 men.' »
The results fell,
THE WAR MPARTMENT.
him.
I need not go into the causes
r    i morning to night, and so far from being   the flow of the cruTenfc through tha wire
i which | able to play off ono against the other,jv* | siifiicieiitly to prevent fusing.   Actual
( j.   ...   -          - o— .j^-> i .i.4i,^vuwj    lv    i>xviv«iiu ^llt,ui^.      Actual
led to my conversing with Simpson on iliiad secretly hoped, 1 was treated with i trial must determine whether tlie action
tho slbjeet of matrimony. Suffice it to ; great unldSidliess by both of them.]of tins automatic.bar regulator will se-
say that I did not do so of my own free | They were a matter of very considerable cure a steady light. It would hardly be
will. I had received instructions from (expense, of'course* and vciy little satis- just to criticise minutely all thafc'Mr.
r wife to "sound" Simpson on tho j faction. My position, iu fact, became•! EdiBon is reported to have said about)
>u„j. .,.•<•). Mi.,'*«„ <■„ ««m„ «*^_«» ? intolerable;  and,  as   I  could- please j this and other jAyeiitioiis of liis., ButJ
neither of them, I resolved to please j enough has been said to show that illu-*
myself by rcsan-yjng jiiimher three." .    ] minating   gas   ean  bo  manufactured
"A twenty; Tsiippo'se.r' Said 1,-ittter'j wbfltably yet, notwithstanding all that
ested in spito of myself in tins remnrka- *"        ""       	
ble harrotion
toy _
matter, with relation to some "ideas
that she had got into her head with
respect to onr second daughter Jane,
and "to hear was to obey," as thoy say
at Bussora.
"My dear Bimpson," stud I, asw*6
were cracking onr walnuts together after dinner under my own roof, "I often
wonder Why a man like you, -with a
large income and a fine house, as you
describe your home to be nt Bussora,
has never married. It must bo rather
wretched living out thero all alone."
""Well) it would be, no doubt," Said
Simpson, in his quiet way. "But, "Lord
bless yout I've been married these
twenty years,"
"Well, yes— thnfis, sh"! would have
been a twenty in England, but in Persia
-foung ladf^/nifirry a g"d<5d, deal eftdjer,
She -was acharming creature, and'cost
me "
"What! did yon buy her?" cried I, in
astonishment aud horror,
"Well, tio> not exactly; her father,
howevepji-osisted upon something handsome, and there were heavyish leos ,to,
be paid to Iter mother and sisters, aiid
has been done in electric lighting. A
few evenings' study of any good text*
book Cm electricity and its applications
would enable holders of gaa stock, and
jbther enthusiastic "persons, to possess
their souls' in patience, and give them a
knowledge of facts which wiE induce
a littlo wholesome skepticism,— Hx-
change.
The number of standard silverdoilats
coined to date is 18,195,500, of whieh
only 4,7*55-371 are now outstejjding.
Secretary 3IcCrai-y's Report.
Secretary of War McCrary, iu bis mmnal to- | ^ufherf^w".'^'.''''^
port to Congress, rccomntenda tbo ropoul of tho ' Wcitorn States niii
posso-comitatus clause of tlio Army bill,   Ho
holds that it operates greatly to the injury of
the public service, and cites somo instances.
Ho   says in Now Sftxico   thero  have   boon
somo  mail  robberies.     No   bad   decided
after   looking  into   tbo 	
rplls. Exclusive ot fees of Examining Hurgeons ( 'j"'*'X ^^^^^I^^Sfe
and fees anil salaries of Pension Agents, u> j {^1°*™!;   a ra   }' <na<-'«l
amonnt paid for pensions during the j-car was i   y  *° •* . ,
$M,r>30,,>S, ol which $240,!X*1   was retained ;     ftlu/m.—Gov. iliavman, of Idaho, makes a
tr0m peiiHioucrs and paid to claim agents for i general recomsleudation that a thorough re-
Sng^SuH^lel SHnJ^r! S > '!*»? *? consolidation of tbo laws governing
07,50!).   Of tbeee, ]S,S12 wero original claims i "-omtories ho. eftccted, sccurmg greater uni-
for invalid pensions, lxiug more than double I foniuty, applymg to all tho same rules, m a
the number of the samo class filed in either of J manner defimiiK more, clearly the rights aud
the four youth l*""! to 1874; iRKiO were for the ! lu"a"t'i of local legislation, ami holdmg.offlcers
war of 1)512 service, under Uio act of March ft ! !«.» stricter acconiilability. To bring thiB about
* sixth of theso were in liobalf of ! **'ls snegested that.Territorial, delegates might
balance were widows' claims. I properly be permitted to vote in the House on
i Bureau for fie : -territorial mattei-.
salaries of al) dc- i    Arison/i.— Gov, Tremout. of Arizona, in bis
.   l,t*t"*a<a£<" -foa-o-ctioti ix* tlw nnmber of agon- \ xepotl ,0 tbeHecietary of the Interior, expresses
given, as follows, "oimtting fraction's of mill- j §£',JS saving fo"gtwo7&T these { ll»p *-ft!»io*"* ''"V1 tllp&"$* ot.fte 1,,aiana tllW0
TL«,„ v n, ,,„ "»    ' items aTouo baa been *CC3,8a. "Commissioner ! !"**-0"-*lta bo tranfem-d to tlie military.
*£%&& --Sss    SuSoSbw   ,?^«v&!Beutley roporbi that, since tbo consolidation. fllnlMo^l T^ Imn.l
    -        fr 1100UX)     514 000 Coo   "l0 pensions havo been paid moro promptlv j A JUlllWOZCrt iin->umul.
ivmm    -i-lmho I ^w«»^ ao^jmrto. has a<iva«cCa j    0lve of tTie most lnilicrouB ami a0ll8ll
: and
! and their "number
capital and deposits, are
Territories".*: ^""..l.ClOil       M.WO.tKX)      S-*S,UUO,0«t
nao    ueciueci, i ..'""K."*,':'.,
law,   that  ho  M}&*gJJg,vr
SouOieni Stnft-s..,
Western States anO
|    XerrttorfMo'.oi-
Tojals*..,..,.-WCO   3*?l*.000.oy<« St,a.l2.(XH),00O j
Tlio number of national banks, etc., aro thus
Stated: i
fMCalloH. Xo. fapltti). JifimKlU.   ■
Mi"5^1111.000,0!0    glSS,<K10,0Ott
rat   i-7,uiH),noo    tn-.i.MO.uoo:
17fi      51,01)0,01")        SS.iWM'OO'
7W      V5,*WO,000      l!fr,CKK),ft8Q j
nai ai)plications for patents was 111,057, and
14,100 new patents wore granted.   Thero wero
Olso U27 reissues anil 75SJ patents granted for
(designs.   Twenty-seven hundred  and  tliirfy-
)     -Totals u.tSMi  $-170,000,000   .•5077,000,000 ! seven caveats wero filed during the year.   The
i, "fi ,tot^1 h'ml-i'ie business  is   thus   dia-! receipts of tbe offico amounted to STIMjSSS, and
tributed-^tUe figai-esrepreeonling (ill tho banks:..the total expenditures woro $tiC,*i,(XW.   ':! tho
n*^KSwi       &  Mwfflfrii' * c£m&'^ ! amount expended, however, {00,000 was for the
I *£«**$«?* \m *"J«^   sSifflS88 . restoration of 1%K(S3 models injured by the fire
• «o     tn^m ■, sffficlo i^Sfg1' and- omiftiDS lWa ilem' "-0 oxi;css
liaosa
,T(i*     170,000,000      305,000,000
tho right to uso tho army in pro totting tho
Government proportv, and, thinking tho United
States mails wore United States property, ho
thought ho had a right to protect them. But
he w«s snro he did not havo a right to pursue
tho thieves and rotako the pl-oporlv, owing to
the  posse eomitattts elsBse.   Tho   Secretary
fives other instances whore he thinks tbo law
as worked to great disadvantage. . „ .
Tho Secretoy UkOa no ground on tho qiios- 1 S1™"?1? K(5'<!?"j
iion of the tranafer of tlie Indian Bureau to ihe j we8telatfwtatfto
War Department   He argues, however, tliat P'StodT    *
tho ai-my is muoh too Bmall for its work, out bo '  *
does not rocommend its increase,   Tho Score-1       Tolo»„..t*^..,0,460„SB7S,<)Q0.Q0Q ftl,9SO,0QQ.00t) J
tary says tiAt the Indian war, the troubles on      According ta tHo:-t^tW*ft*]"^gii^MTthoJ
tho MexicAnfrontior, and Other causes during i surjilna eawiings of tho national banks steadily
tho pa«tyoar ali coming together, and each re- i increased ovoi-y six months until Juno. 187o.
quiring attention, was a sore tax on, tho small' when fboy aggregated §133,000,000.   Sinco then
and scattered army,   llio Secretary sitys that, I tho deelino has been as regular, and it now- d66a !*
evon in times of poace, it to iBipossfblO, witlioilt   not exceed $118,000,000.   The current opinions '
a largo army, to coiwontrato a Btrong force at   as to tho profits of these banks are, tho Company ono place without leaving many of tho   trailer states,; greatly exaggerated.   Tho Stole
forts, posts, arsenals, Cto, without adequate   tax paid by tho national banker &e four tears
proteoiion. ]874,*77 was $SS.55a,a74, and tho national fas
TaoSooroMi5''aho.ws tot &oro nranowin the   §88,309,484, or tv total of 800,671,758. - ■
trnifcd«tsfesabont S8(liniUt«ry posts,eighteen |    TheffttlnreHOt tho nafionnl banks during the
  ! tional restdta of the Congressional elec
Tho futeut Offiw. tion in tliis State took place here to-day.
The report of tho operations of the Patent   On election day John Bimms promised
Office duriug tho fiscal year ending Juno 30,   his wife, to Vote for O'Hnra, tlie nomi-
187«, shows no abatemeiitof tho iweutivc spirit   uee of   the Republican  party, but he
of tho American people.   The number of origi-  t?ot drank and voted for his Democratic
 L.   .. been
$118,984 Tbo number of trade-marks registered Mas 1,505, as against only WS for tho preceding year, and tiio receipts from this sourco
atid from tho registration of 4ffi labels amounted
to $42,762, a sum eight times greater than tho
total oxpomses of condncn'ug tho division.
DLccctoi1 of flto Mint.
Dr« Jiindonnan, lliroctor of tho Sfint, reports
that tbe production of the precious metals in
tho United States during tho last flsealyear was,
gold. .547,320,107; silver, S40,?26,314; total,
4*J3,(>53.421. Novada produced more of each
metal than any other Stato or Territory-i*lO,-
opponent, Harris. Knowing that if he
returned home he would get flogged, he
took U> the woods, where he remained
until to-day, when, being almost starved
out, he was forced to return. Simms'
"Wife met Mm on tho street, and, having
provided herself with a heavy hickory
stick, she administered a severe beating
on her lord for failing to Vote for the
man of her choice, The woman waa
arrested, not, however, until she had
laid about thirty lashes on the back of
her husband. The case -will be ono for
the United States courts.—Wilson (1\T.
C) Cor, Ghioago Times,
"The times that tried men's soles"—
Pedestrian contests.
Ekglasd is determined to break up
slavery in Turkey.
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