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There we're $4,000 violent deaths IN England
last year. e..
Al tho: Char1eatown (afass. Estate Prison,
the conricts were regalcd on the Fourth with
aged convict remarked that the plum pudding
was nice, but the oration rather ont Of place.
1t IS interesting to summer tourists to
leart that 3 trout has recently been caught in
Lake Winnepisseogee, measuring thlrtr-four
inches from tip to up, and weighing twenty
nine ard hall pounds.
When Hawthorne was in England he Was
told by Monckton Mines, from whose lands .
portion Of tho Pilgrim Fathers emiRrated, that
the next voyage Of the Mhyhower, after she
had landed tho Pilgrims, wss with cargo OF
slaves from Africa to the West Indies.
"A female suicide in TicAnburg, on Juno
&C. left behind her letter directing that tho
fact bo communicated to her parents in Wn1-
rem County, Ohio, and that she be " "beIrioa in
white dress to bc found in her trunk partly
! rut ont
| "A Texas couple eloped on horseback, &c.
sued by tho BRIDES father, and the ministe.
performed the marriage ceremony at full
! "A hog got "beastly drunk, - in Coyineton
| ny, last Sunday, by eating brandy. peaches
and, after staggering about the streets and dts
| gtacing himself for some hours, he fen unoe1
| the wheels Of street-cr and WAS killed:
More people are killed By lightning than is
commonly supposed. According to some re-
Gently published statistics more than 10 600 peo
ple have been smitten By the electric duid
within the past thirty years, Of whom 2,2ss
were killed outright. fhe fiery bolts, how.
ever, seem to make q distinction on account o1
| sex, for OF the $50 killed within the last ter
Years, only 243 we're females. .-...
A party Of Americans at Zurich, switzer'
land, having become pre1udiced against tht
country for some reason, determined to EEeaA
| q terrible vengeance on the unodending awiss
| So they organized among themselves bast
ball club, with two n;nea, and played match
game. The match excited great interes,
among tho natives, and our countrymen re-
| tired over the Alps, their faces lighted w1th !
g1inmer Of sar1onic satisfaction. Thei
de1ilish revenge has worked, and now poo
Switzerland is cursed and inundated with
passion for base ball.
| "A Sacramento paper says OF a resident
that eity that he lost hiB wife, few weeks age
while on visit to Auburn, New York State
Not Wishing to leave the body behind, and no
caring 10 60 to the expense Of en1balming. q
press, and the like, the bereaved boxed 1t mp
labelled it rs 'sgoods," and had it shipped =
freight. Taking the Way Of Ill freight, II
bo1 got to point in Illinois, when tho odo
caused its inspection. After good deal Q
trouble, the widowef wAs found, and no COZ
cIuded. isfakipg I'LL things into consideration,
, 1870-07-11
N1EIsTER MO TLEy AND SENATOR SUM
NER

Mr.. Motley, as a historian, is much I'D
mired Ly all Americans Of culture who take
pride in our national literature. He has
rendered America service in this depart
ment akin to that for which Macaulay WIS
elevated to the Peerage BY England. As a
politician, il he could be called such, he
would be failure Having no qualities
which attract the interest Of the masses of
the people, he rests under the faintest sus-
picion of being un-American, which, If
lust. would be an evidence Of weakness not
entirely favorable to his power as dipIo-
mat, As diplomatist he has done nothing
in the two or three questions Of
consequence pending between ourselves
and Great Britain-the Alabama claims,
the San Juan difficulty, and the Fenian
business. But very general impression
exists that in these matters his non-sction Il
satisfactory to the administration, and II
entire harmony with its own policy. The
removal Of Mr. Motley, therefore, for any
ordinary reason, though it were merely one
Of personal preference on the Presidents
part, and tho appointment Of an equally
competent person, would not excite very
great objection or interest, save from MI
R1otiey's personal friends. But the 1umo1
that the President has determined To re-
noya Mr. Motley Rs means Of Furnishing
his special friend and hacker, Senator Sum-
ner, for voting against the Presidents vishe<
on the San Domingo question, raises 8
principle OF great importance. Is the pat
ronage Of the administration the private
property Of the President, to be used as I
means to coerce Senators to abdicate thei
right of private judgment upon measure
which come before than, and as weapo,
of vengeance against those who refuse Il
succumb2 In the early and purer days o
the republic it was deened monstrous to IS
sume that the power of appointment
efhce belonged eren to party. It WIS al
most revolution in our government whe
jackson inaugurated the opposite rails thu
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Tho New York and Eric Canal.

According to tho accounts given by tho Al
banr Erening Journal, the Erie Canal rere-
nuea have fallen of amazingly this season,
while the expenses, under Democratic mis-
management, hare nearly doubled Here il
what it says on the subject:
"Thc canals have fallen into Incompetent II not
dishonest hands. They are sinking faster aud have
aready sunk deeper than at any previous period
banIuptcy Is 1If1r a viii csoss The e Il IN tnlty days.
unless The brakes are instantly applied.
eve publish on our afst page, to..lay, setY n n
ean Bos saafI & .eVeas te II nporaat aes aI
the act abollshng the repair contract system was
cheat amt snindle. The argument was that the
abandonment OF the contract system wonid BE- .
saving 10 the State, whereas the result shows that
1t Is simply saving to the contractors That
however, was the purpose Of the lar. The Canal
ring knew Whist they were about when they log
rolled the bill through the Legislature.
ave stated the other day that tho canal rove
nues had fallen on nearly one-haif That Is bsd.
the expenses are nearly doubled, II requirea no
astnse mathematician 10 sec that bankruptcy eau.
not be verJ long delayed A candle Is soon nsed
:. up when burning nt b0th cutlk' ....-.
1t will, Of course, be alleged that the revenues
have decreased beCt1ge the tolls hRyo been re-
duced, But when this reductiun Nas lna1e, tt Mas
predicted that It would double the Tonnage. Ihis
prediction has tailed. Ths tonnage thus fAr Is no
greater than *ts last year, and II IS not likely 70
increase during the rgmatnder OF the season.
"BMt the falling Of IN revenue might be borne
II there was not waste and dishonesty In lts ex-
| pendlture- The most profound ingenuity nAs beon
called Into requsttpu to depcte the Treaaury. MOI
only hare hundreds Of thousands Of dollars been
wasted In cancelllnK contracts, buying up olu
shoseig. MheciDaE7oESa. Pick n1es, crow baSs ana
cTsstcd for lie benstt Of hungry parttsaas, wioae
services ase not required, and who have nothing L
10 but draw their salaries. Among these new o!
Hsets nssISs the coninss!oncrs,' men mules. ani
horses under the general head OF assisting naVl
, 1870-07-11
THE NORTHWEST.

ILLINOIS,
The annual State Turnfeat viii he held at
Peru. On the 9Th, 7th, and 8th OF August.
-Car1iDyi1le, by 3 recent ceuauB taken by
the City Assessor, thows population Of 1900.
The boys burned to death in the fire at
Keithsbuzg, on tho 4th, we're Frank Ives and
Wme Dempster, each about II years old.
AT Clinton, on Thursday week, q little
daughter Of Mrs. Garrison WAS burned TO
death by IN explosion Of kerosene. She Hss
alone in the house, and attempted to hndle
fire by pouring coal oil from a can into the
Htore. The oil ignitcd, and running up into
over the girl, burning her fsco and breast in
horrible manner, and causing her death in
few houre.
The Joliet Republican Of tho 9th eaya:
"On Sunday, June 26, George II. Jacobs aud
wife, Of Holdesman's GEovo, Randall County,
owned tho dog, chained him, and he died On
the following Tuesday; henco there could bo
no mistake about lis being rabid, aud they
then realized their tesribl position. Having
heard OF some person ut or near Norris that
had long before been bitten and vas cured By
the application Of . mad stone, Mr. Jacobs
at once started to find him, for the purpose OF
ascertaini1g the location Of the stono. DC.
He found that it w6s owned and kept by
j, r Evans, in Lincoln, Logan County, III.
He at once took tho train for Lincoln, arry-
ing there on Thursday morning after ho
TAs LlLSGH, aHa tu6 etoHe WAS tIleu. 1t tAta4
tried to telegraph from Lincoln to his wife, at
Morris, to come to him. The agent informed
him that Norris was on an opposition lue and
that they would NOT receiva messages that
werc to 10 sent over that line. The nature and
object Of the despatch were explained. and
pay for the transmission tcnderod, get the
agent tai1 he would not send it, aud there WAS
no use Of his talking any more about it: Mr
Jacobs S had no other alternative left Inn but to
go home after his wife, which lie did, after
making arrangements with Nj. Evans to
meet him here in Joliet With the, stone;, On
honday a1r. Jacobs came, and on Tues
aay evening last, {ten days after the
b.e) ar; Evans came aud made & hve apPlsa, oas
tions. Inc stone L. smaa--belne apout one
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WASHINGTON, July 3.
SENATE.

SENATE
.... CABLE PROJECT.
MI. SUMNER presented the petition OF CTrns
r. Field, getting forth hts dcs1re 70 furnish cheap
and increased facilities Of tele9raphlc commulc2-
ton through the United States and West Indies,
tom Florida to Cuba, and the repeal OF the Inter
national Telegraph Conpauy's . exclusive privilege
to have cahle between those shores Referred
to tile Committee on Foreign RelatlonA
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS BILL.
Mt. MORRILL, of Maine, from the Conference
Committee on the Legislative, Executive and Ju-
Wns atopted ID reply to q speclno inquiry, he
explained that the Senste amendment relating to
the elect Of a Pardon or Amnesty Court Of
ments ior the extension Of the Capitol grounds
and new State Department bill we're stricken
out, sud az approximation Of Eoo oo9 for North
Pole expedition YVES rei1ced to 81, 900. Up0u the
general proposltion for an increase Ut oflcM sails
Ttes the Senate has receded, consequently there
was no increase IN the salaries OF Judges and
heads OF bureaus.
The Senate amendments relating to clerks in
departments and female clerks had been Stricken
in the casa Of tie latter provision has been H.
serted allowing the appointment Of females 70 my
grade OF clerksh1pa.
Mr. STEWART 41a a2e5 S9etr 14tD5 1tssnt,on reouezf,na
the President to canse the act OF February 49, 1862
to prohibit the coolie trade, To be strictly enforced
and for maj PURPOSE to instruct the propes civil
omccGs Of the United States to prosecute III vtoA-
ts tosa s q sag act and directing AZ Investigation
to shs unltSa S1ates u violation e ths laTs
the resolution % an lmputation on the Preaident
that he did not perform his duty.
Inc RESOLUTION Was tabled, but subsequently
adopted and modified to provide for simple ID
9uiIy into alleged Chinese importationa In viola,
don OF law.
1uR LINCOLN PENSION.
On motion the blu for penB1on to Mrs. Li1colI
Tas @ taSsh np-yeas, 80; na5s. q; Disenss1on fol
loNett during which Mr. MORRILL, vermont
, 1870-07-11

It is due to truth to state that, after oil
their previous professions members OF
Congress have done little to commend them
to their constituents, on the score OF re-
trenchment and economy, The Army and
Navy bills appropriate millions more than
the public serEice requires. Three-fourths
Of the Harbor and River appropriation may
be set down as pure wastage and stealage,
aud the Fortidcation appropriation, to
cobb1e up old stone forts, might as well
have been thrown into the harbors, or
given outright to the contractors, for all
the good it will do in the way Of national
defence. The Legislative, Executive, and
judicial appropriations IRE characterized
by extreme iberality with tho peoples
money, and the heavy appropria-
tious for Indian affairs will enable
sHarms Of spectators to grease theil
palms out Of the public ointment. An
honest and serious effort to roduce public
expenditures would have cut the aggregate
down more than twenty millions The
Chairman of the Appropriation Committee,
Nj. Dawes, gained some notoriety last win
l ter by his bold utteranees in behalf oi
greater economy; but his loud promises
ended in smoke. As the days grew WARN
| and long he rela1ed his vigilance in tn,
service of retrenchment, and increased i
in behalf Of high tariff, It was in th'
| uaYer of Dawes and his committee to hav'
reduced the expenditures of the depart
,nents and bureaus sum sufficient to leav
no excuse for retaining the income lax 70
an indefinite period
| But, If Republican Congressman hay
nade an unsatisfactory and iuexcusab1
record as regards retrenchment of expendj
lures, Democratic members have done notl
ing to commend themselves to popular fl
-or OF confidence. They have exhibited E
Iitt1e-or even less-desire to reduce e1per
ses than their opponents. Not one ma
I among them distinguished himself by a Dol
l or honest endeayor to economic in IN
direction. But this was naturally to be e1
pected. They belong to party that uevt
p1actises economy OF ratrenchmeut whe
in power anywhere. They never get b
yond good intentions. When out Of powt
they tall against e1travagance, and in favt
of economy; but when they are entzuste
with the collection and disbursement (
taxes, they collect with care1ssssness an
4 e1pend with munifcence. So far as T
CARDS saving the peoples money is col
cerned, members OF both parties ha'
i proven themselves to be humbuga and d
, 1870-07-11

The Senate, after rejecting the House
Army bill, tackled on, as an amendment to
the regular Army Appropriation bill,
modification of tie defeated House bill.
The old pay roll is continued, so that the
salaries Of Sherman and Sheridan, and other
veteran officers remnin intact. The pro-
visions for retiring and mastering out OH
GERS are the same as heretofore. The
House provision, reducing the army to 30,
900 men, ia adopted, which, it is claimed,
will cut down the expense of the military
establishment abost four millions year.
Unless ths House accepts these amend
, 1870-07-11

It was stated in tho dsbato in the House
on tho Tax bill, on Saturday, that the bill
reduced internal and externnl taxation
eighty millions. We regard this as an e1-
aggeration to the extent of about fifteen
millions. II tho income tux had nil bean
taken off, the reduction would be Just about
the amount claimed: hut two-tifths of il,
ia retained for two years longer. However,,
si1ty-fve millions Of reduction will afford
considerable relief. Illinois will save, un-
der the bill, over four millions Of ta1es-n
SUM not to be disregardcd-
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t~o t;aru of aup1es to make then, fu,,. and in
~ o+hsr mi Ard neatly fsosa. II tbo latser
~ ro1,.tncvn brand thsre nssd be no tu1-
thar e1,rpination, no Disturbing OF the l.yers.
Tba nev beginner has saved nsariy peck Of
,n7,,e. in The original measure, hut must sub
r1;t to . 1arps deduction in making sale.
CONDITION or rHu7E-
Here It will be we'll to say word OF two In
regard 10 the condition in which fritz should
be ahipped ~ regards npenins. This season
I shipped cherries dead ripe, but they
were picked By the stem, one BY one, AND
put in qnh1t boxes, these nueu .., 1oue' ~
prevent friction. The result was they al ar
nyed in fine condition, and cold without delss
at a good price.
Apples for immediate sale, cay for summer
and autumn, should be In condition tof nso vi
arrival. II for eating, they should be mellow
II not mellow ut the proper time for picking
as is often the case, they should be put IN
dzg, well-venti1ated room for maturing Deal
hsyo neither time or facility for thus r!penlne
| fruit, and it is the business Of the orchArols
| to sec to it. A barrel Of fully npenad fru'
will command more ready sale md bette
price than the same fruit lust piueAeo itoo
, 1870-07-11

The Crispins Of Marlboro, Mass, have
ordered ssstrike," to the extent of with
drawing fifty of their number from the
shop Of Mr. Lewis A. Howe, because he
insists on retaining the services Ct IN old
American workman, named "Bl]y Gates
who had been in his employment some fif-
teen years. The objection of the Crispins
to Billy was TINT he failed to pay his dues
TO their association, and to attend their
meetings. After fow days, 41r. Howe
succeeded in getting the Crispins to re-
move their benches from his shop quietly,
and without disturbance. He has since been
engaged in replacing the Crigpins by new
men, hut the Cr1spins have thrown out
pickets and skirmishers around his premi-
ses, and have stationed squad Of obser-
yation at the depot, whose operations are
so efficient that he finds it hard sledging
The following is an interesting sketch Of
I the perfecti On to which t,ades-union tactics
| and strategy are carried on in d town which
/ subsists almost entirely by 1hoemaking,
and has city government and police COM
| posed very largely of Crispins:
.sIn the way in which these various agencies
work may be found the essence Of all that ts OBJ
iectlonable III Massachusetts crsp!nlsm. A /. In
by Working for III. nowe, % an 80 iii Is put into
his hands 10 depart on tho next traln- D, being
licking II he works day more At the prescribed
leDchcs, ard bigger licking II he tells tales about
those who th5eattn llm e yno, WIN his :. cnil
/ preached with all uffer OF II 900 IN bank. against
With he can draw At the rate Of - daily az
/ up f1a
and without whose sIlllcd hand aud loot me iac--
f, hartng risen superior to all thesa warnings
i And temptations, gues 70 work: and Oh the NOR
\ row IT.. lanllady Of his boarding house Is very
sofrY bnt must ask him to leave her root as her
other saar,lers arc ali Cnspins aud Do not IKE his
company. ilc goes TO board With F. who~ha nc
t'r'spn hoarde1s; but = il the owner OF lttle
Cr1spfn customers Will desert him. H
s1a sSsfs vii fnss*s T5H 5s :ns sqs IS PsSs
forgotten that he hires his house Of cr.spIn lsnd
lard; and presently ho TOO ts FeTy so5y; but nj
ont Of house and hone He is sure OF an abiding
place With Mrs. II; but, though MIS-. u hsppcns
to be NJ. Howe's sister, she IS Visited ~ CHspii
for htr interests not 10 lake any such ooaFteEs
/ is u fellow OF ahaky morals but good Intentions
but teore be hs nssn at WerS tWo & aay, az MGfsnii ,
I fiug IN tEe gu!se OF Offended rcspectabiMty, ha
\ co1Iinlatned Of him {or being drunk, and securet
t lis cunnnement in the lookup. J wishes TO lear
trade more to hts tastes than to his father, Wnt
! is iourneyman tailor; but the master tailor 10
whom j, senior, works, ts visited BY CEisptl
delegation With request to turn "a. 1,4oo me, ne,
being Ilelged TO DO all 1hcJ can to .n}u1e his bns'
despair because not single Irish washerwomal
in Town viii wash his Shirts and stockings nntH b
ihrmpi' the nther half OF the alphabet In fustrat
Ing tic Ingenious devices used to ieaye Mr. Howe
shop without workman; but have cited enouG Il
| nrEi]jrtous strnnrth which such q combination pa
exercise IN toWn dominated, ns this Is, BY sEu
I gle tuduSttY."
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CROPS.

No rain of any consequence Laa fallen in
Jersey County for several weeks. Ihe pas.
lures a1c dying out RAPIDLY. and the hay and
oat crop will not be over half crop: inc
wheat harvest is about over. and. whnS ne
yield is moderate. tho quality, III excellent,
Corn is clean and OF good color, but needs
rain badly.
Tho Dal1as City Democrat Of the 9th Gays:
"Our farmers ate now in the midst OF hat-
vest, and he are gratihed in being able to re-
port fair yield. Wheat stands thin on the
ground and the st1aw is short, but tho hcads
aro we'll filled, the berry plump and snperioE, to
that for several years past. Oats are also
4bort-stalked, but there will be q fsir yield.
Grass is light, owing to tho dzouth. But the
great staple, corn, is what presents the most
this and Henderson County, the yiold Will be
heavier than for several years past unless
we have more than usual uufavorable weather."
+-Thc LaSa1le Press Of the 9Th says:
"During our residence IN LaSaiie We have
never known corn to look better in this SEC
ton. at this time Of the year, than it dIos this
! season. Tho drouth. which has 20 serionsly
| injured the crop Of small grain, has done but
very slight damage to corn. On the Illinois
| River bottoms, botweon this point and within
four miles Of Ottawa, corn is looking magnih-
! cent, md is very far advanced. We predict
| one OF tho heaviest crops i'll this county, this
1 season, that We have hsd fo1 ten years past,
| eist that the yield Of corn will Delight
| The Portage Register Of the 9Th asys: "on
Wednesday night no lad , very tine rain which
| extended over the whole OF tho county, We
.I,on}d think, aud tlo next day other showers
to corn, potatoes. aud grass, but wheat and
oats were too much advanced to receive much
benefit. Many pieces Of grain havo been al
most wholly ruined, and no attempt Will be
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The judicial Efcction.
Tie following is the official vote Of the Sixth
Judicial District for Judge Of the Supreme


On the morning OF tho 18th nstant, the
planets Venus and Jupiter will be very near
each other, Venus being only degree min
utes (or about twice the apparent diameter
Of the SUM- south Of Jupiter. They rise 2
hours 9G minutes before sunrise. On the 28th
lnBtant Venus will be within ~ degrees
(soutl) Of Mars, rising hours 16 minutes be-
fore the Sun.
, 1870-07-11
CANADIAN INDEPENDENCE.

The meeting held, few days since, at
Montreal, in favor Of Canadian indepcnd-
ence, has scarcely attracted the attention in
the United States that its Importance de-
served. The meeting Was called by the
Mayor, in obedience to the request Of many
persons Of much greater wealth, conserva~
tism, md socia1 importance than have here
tofore advocated Canadian independence in
any public manner. L is true, the meet
ing was stormy, because it evidently in
cluded the representatives Of both sides of
the question Forthis reason, every utterance
bearing on the main question, Oh whichever
side, was nearly drowned in hisses and
cheers, nearly every speaker being obliged
to desst, not so much because Of the oppo~
sition, as because the cheers were as fatal
as the hisses to his further progress. The
f'azetts says that .'the principal inhabi-
tants OF the city we're in attendance" The
meeting wns called to express the feoling of
the Cana dian public as to the Fenian raids;
to thank the volunteers, and to discuss the
attitude in which the raids plsced the qucs-
ton OF their relations to England The
Mayor, who presided, struck the keynote
~h;oh .a1,ed ,orth ~ dissent from either
aa-t- IA s.ia.
:. - zurc,y mnst bc n.,nsn,e and main TO auy
rcacctlng mind that having ourselves no quarrel
%4 ah our sn1 n,asoSs oi oa1 c.rstory W arsnr
onr Of connection with the mother country It r
men rne pta I'D he u1 money TO rspei II VI
lend our means tn men ana NIL - ~ nn IN ~; II;
shonid nutn insss hass an Imperial pc -. Fance; !;
and 1or every one 1,lle; ors, a. III oS "
| parents, @ = oT ~ nearest Of lin: Elar 2,
pomin9n 1at5a3,r9en nonff, = f!en. aanada IA III
However reasonable this 4 5nay
soeu ia the Canadians, Ii r.,
nandence. for it is a p.anf 80
| Fnnland 1,as neyer vet condd1 II fe,
1ot;nns w;th her colonies. and a1A<neye,
| ogord IN She derives not dollM11 +ore-
s-o f-on, cana5a md hns no monopoly o3
go, trsda Tha Canadian Parliament
49, ~ 49, - a,s+,.1;a avon nasses tariffs
nAo N4-s.s - t1,o;- o.rn 1,anyfactures
oeA.sn.o ~ ~ @ Tho1 havo Ill tn. com
aealis. a.aa .ho,, .on,d haze !,
| nefe'@ 1nuepeuuen's - | -. nr;t;sh F,,
they were sepasA.eu . go so,a ,rot7
pure, aho Inel'.ou A,. 'lro1s ~ - a.,no;nt
OF the oonneellon' Tue PA4'As. 8. -. fF -;
ing 10" e1esaeHo ~ ~ =, ,.r tha,