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WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The Commis-
sioners Of tho General Land Office an
nounces a ruling that parties making en-
tries under the 1st section Of the timber
culture act of March Sd, 1878, are enti-
tied 10 only one year 70. complete the
planting Of the prescribed area with
trees.
The Postmaster General has ordered
the establishment Of tho free delivery sys'
tenn at 81. Paul, Minnesota, with eight
carriers, commencing August 1st, the
postal service on the Mansfield, Coldwa'
ter Il Lake Michigan Railroad, the pay
To be determined on hereafter; between
Manifold and Toledo, elghty.eight miles
pay TO be determined on hereafter, and on
the Ashtabuls and Youngstown, Ohio,
slxty.two miles, pay not fixed.
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NEW YORK CITY.

NEW YORK, July 1.-The C0mRereia
this evening publiGhes 9 statement, show
Ing the amount voted 10 the Mayors Office
| BY the Board Of Apportionment, consist
ing Of the Mayor, Comptroller Green, the
President Of the Tax Commission, the
Mayors sppolntee, and the President q
the Board Of Aldermen, to be 100000, OF
S40, 900 In excess Of the sum authorized
by the Charter. Il also asserts that
Green has the same number Of expensive
lavotites that the Late extrRVagant Comp.
troller Connolly had; that there has been
little or no reduction in their salaries, and
that stAtament Is being prepared 10
show the funds the Comptroller has pass.
ed upon unsophisticated citizens Of New
York.
The Slb.Treasurer pAid out to day
81 100, 0,0O0 Of gold coin on account OF the
July interest, and S27, 900 for bonds.
David Murphy, convicte1 June27, 1879
for the murder Of David Barry, and SEN
fenced 10 be hung In August Of the same
year, will be Tesentenced to-day. The
Court Of Appeals on a writ oil error, have
Affirmed the judgement Of the court be.
low. It Is said that the Governor wished
10 commute the sentence toimprisonment 10
for Life; but the counsel have heretofore
declined 70 accept any clemency, urging
that 9 higher verdict should have been
returned than granddaughter In the second
degree. 0aA I1Il' n
The wholesale groceries and the drug
and paint stores oi this city will be closed
from ThurSday TO Monday, and the cot.
ION exchange from. Wednesday 10 Mon
day.
The counsel for Dudln, Freese IL Co.,
whose books are now being examined by
the custom officers, say that the charges
Of fraud upon the revenue against them
were made by dismissed clerk, and that
the firm Ia isinnocent Of oil intention to de-
fraud and will not compromise. They
propose to meet the inlermer and tue Gus.
tom house officers In court. The only
member at present ln the city is a very
young man recently admitted.
David Murphy for killing David Barry
was resentenced TO be hanged August Cd.
The judges at the general term while de-
nying the motion for q new trial, unani.
mously recommended executive clemency.
The loss Of the Stonewall Oil Company
Of Long Island city, by fire Saturday
last, IS estimated at $4,000. The New
York OIL Company lost $4,000.
The Orange societies to-day applied to
the Board OF Police for permission to
parade on the 18th Of July.
The trial of Frank Gillen, for wife
murder, begins tomorrow.
The budget for the support Of the city
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WHEELING, w. VA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1878

beautiful residences and good fortune,
county magistrates, and numberless naval
and military officers; a French lady Ol IT,
lie, Two English ditto, one having join
ture Of $1,000 per annum, two heiFesses,
whereof one Is q ward In ohancery, en-
titled to large landed property on coming
Of age-Qs the Lord Chancellor aware Of
the proceedings of his ward )-Some half
dozen oil noble family or Of ancient lin
cage; and above the rest in point of ur-
gency is an application from widow
lady and her three daughters all wanting
husbands and having independent in
comes. Surely this Is, TO say the least Of
1t, very strange. On another point a lew
words Of warning seem needed. Certain
Of the candidates desire to correspond
with too many of the other sex at once.
Thus bachelor, No. 0,374, desires 10
correspond" with no fewer than nine la
dies; an Italian, No. 0.42l, with six; q
medical man, No. 0,45G, with seven.
The daughter OF deceased officer
wishes to hear from eight gentlemen. and
Emeline, who Is the offender In chief,
wishes TO correspond with as many as
fourteen. Such a course Of proceedings
Is hardly tair, nor Is 1t promising Of iu'
ture hsppiDes, for il the marriage accom-
pllshcd proves unsatisfactory, the nucleus
OF regret, II not Of discomfort, is already
formed. "If had only taken SAB In
stead OF $780," he or she will say, so
should l have been blessed, whereas
now" sc. 1t is hardly 70 be supposed
that of $50 weekly advertisers all repre-
sent impostures, and we arc assured
though we remain doubtful, that detection
and exposure, are the results Of any at
tempt St hoax. II our men and women
are so driven by circumstances that they
find suitable companions by no other,
method than this, so be 1t. Many there
may be who marry in haste and repent at
leasure; but, according to Congreve,
there is worse fate possible. In his
play OF "The Old Bachelor are the fol-
lowing lines:
Thus grief stIll treads upon the heals OF pleas.
ure;
Married in haste we may repent at leasure;
Some by experience hnd those words mlplAced-
At leasure married they repent In haste.
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The Rnlworih rrInl.

NEW YoRY, July 1.-The Walworth
trial was continued this morning.
Dr. ]. P. Gray, oi the Utica Lunatlc
Asylum, testifedto the nature Of epilepsy,
and said the acts committed by the pris.
oner as disclosed by the Witnesses showed
his case TO be oneoi marked epilepsy. His
opinion was based entirely on the truth ol
the facts stated. With the testimony Of
DR.. Gray the defense closed, and the pros.
ecuhon commenced their rehuital tesli.
mony. SEA ntr.1a
After q recess DR.. ParaonS, Of the New
York city LunAtic Asylum, testified as to
the effect Of epilepsy, and gave as his
opinion that the facts attending the &C.
ton OF young WalWorth did not indicate
epileptlc insanity.
Dr.. Kellogg, Of the Hudson State Asy.
lum, and Dr.. Clymer testified similarly.
The evidence closed and Mr.. O'Conor
commenced summing up lor the defense,
consuming most oftho day,
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CubIan AhaIrs.

HAVANA, July 1.-The, Tribune pub
fishes Q manifesto Of the Federal Repub-
licans Of Cuba, urging the union Of all
parties and calling on the Insurgents in
the name Of the Captain General and the
Republic TO lay down their arms
and enjoy the benefit Of q re.
publican government The Republi-
cans have appointed a committee to 90
to Madrid and represent them before the
Government and Cortes, the political
Governor has resigned and will return to
Spain. A battalion Of volunteers Of Cen.
afugos reVolted and tried To prevent the
newly appointed Governor Of the city
from taking his office, but the attempt
was failure. ats .,- r.
A duel was TO take place between two
Cuban Generals, Sanguili and Garcia,
but a reconciliation has been effected
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ChampIon billiard ChalIenEe.

NEW YORK, July 1.-Cyrille Dion hal
challenged Garnier for 1000 side and
the championship cup. Ubassy has issued
a challenge to the champion Of the world
and says he will reside In the United
States from October 18th next till June
18th, 1874, during which time he will be
at the disposition Of any billiard player
for q match Of one thousand points play
ed q consecutive evening for each, iol
$500 q side or as much more as his oppo
nent may elect.
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CINCINNATI, July 1.-The trustees oil
the Miami University met to day, In ad.
journed session, eighteen were present.
DR., Thomas E. Thomas offered a report
which was adopted. II Is a resolution to
discontinue the operations Of the Uni
verSlty under trustees, and to appoint
an Executive Committee with power to
lease the University buildings, giving
preference to the Professors, Bishop Nc.
FarlRnd and Osborne. The income Of
the University grounds Is to be applied 70
the eXtiDgulshment oI the University debt
and raising $4,000 for endowment.
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LATEST NEWS.


Governor Dix has signed the Brook.
lyn Charter.
-Adj6tant General Townsend hasgone
to Massachusetts,, where he will spend q
month.
in the New Hampshire HOUSE Oi
Representatives Tuesday, the bill 10 allow
women TO vote Q. school district meeting
was discussed and indefinitely postponed
The main building OF Wigglng &
Stephens, sand-paper works, 81 Dover,
N. H., burned Tuesday morning, Loss
heavy. Partially insured.
-Kyonari, YoshedA, and ten Subordl.
nate members Of the japanese Financial
Commission, who have been travelling in
Europe during the last year, arrived In
New York Monday, on their way to
Japan,
"A dispatch from St Johns, N. f., says
the Juniata arrived there Monday, where
her bows are TO be sheathcd with iron. II
is expected she will leave for DISCO in Two
or three days. News Is expectCd:Oi Capt.
Buddington at Cape York.
"A FIRE al Farewell, Michigan, this
morning, destroyed LintOn's steam saw
mill, With lumber belonging TO Curtis s
RessInger, and RebsingeF, Pitcher & Co
Loss $4,000. Insurance $4,000. Loss
on lumber $4,000. Insurance 5000.
D. O. schadWiclE loses 5000 on the
shave and heading mill. No insurance,
President Grant has issued procls
nation announcing that be has received
official notification that the British and
Dominion ParliAments have adopted nee
essary legislation preliminary 10 those por
tons olt6e treaty d Warrington pertain
Ing to tho fisheries, and 70 the relations
between the United States and thI
Dominion, going into effect, and that con
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Modern Dress.
"lor kssh or Crane"

Arc we more civilized In our dress than
in our dwellings? Not whit. Our
guide and ruler here Is that irresponsible
lyrant we call fashion, and neither COM
tort nor beauty has word TO say. To b
sure, men have discarded many absurdi-
ties, though they have retained more
They hold TO their stiff shirt.collars
which rasp their ncCIs; their wide ex-
panse Of linen front, which the very acl
Of fastening rumples; their meaningless
swallow.tails, their hideous hats, theiI
lIgh;.fitlng military Uniform, and all the
mysteries Of seam and gusset and band
which are mere symbols OF the art OF cut.
ting out, and not necessary 10 the comfort
Of shape. But even with the IOllies they
retain they can move about with ease and
unhampered. Women, on the contrary,
torture themselves in the name oi fashion
with touching fidelity. They would as
soon loregO their nationality as their stays,
aud the thlrty.nine articles are less sacred
to them than their multiplicity OF gar
munts all hanging from the waist. II IS
10 keep these up, and lessen thelr
heavy weight that they put them
selves into steel cases which deS-
troy all grace Of line and all COM
lori ol movement, save in walking.
The beauty Of simplicity Is thing dead
and done with In their code. Heads are
loaded with false hair stuck about with
lace, feathers, flowers and cOlored glass;
ears arc pierced that bits Ol CrystallZed
or limitations thereof, may be hung into
the holes; health is destroyed, and the
tender vital organs which nature has 80
sedulously projected by the outer casing
Of ribs are compressed and crushed that
the waistbAnd may be reduced TO seven
teen inches; and the highest efforts Of mil.
lIuery genius are directed TO the most
elaborate method Ct sewing one bit ol
stuff on TO another bit Ol stnf, 10 the
confusion Of anything like lead
ing line or an intelligent idea. We
laugh ut the Chinese golden water
lilies, the Japan head dress, the
Hind0O nose ring, the African lip'dts-
tender; we laugh while VIC look In
the glass and complaCently brush out our
irills, and congratulate ourselves on look
ing "slylish and "well got up." But
our highest efforts eliminate In partial
usksdneas In the middle Of winter II we
are women, In tue black broadcloth IN
dog days Il we arc men-in absurd
lengths Of silk trailing alter US as VIC walk
in The one case, In q Ridiculous pennon
meaudering at our backs in the other :
they culminate In fashion, not In use or
beauty or simplicity; by while We do
thus dress without personal convenience
or artistic meaning, we have no true CIV
ilizStion In the matter Of our clothes.
Modern millinery 10 neither art nor ma
ture. It's our translation Of the primi'
tive mans delight In rags and gaudy col
Ors, and there Is no essential difference be.
tween the two What difference there %
consists simply In conventional accept
auce; but the Pthetic base Of each Is the
aAme-THs COrnhW NetpS,
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ENGLAND.

LONDON, July 1.-The receipts from In.
ternAl Revenue In the United Kingdom
for the fiscal year are e7,699, 1000, 4 de-
crease oi GS70,O0O from the preceding
year. - .. -
The Shah visited the Bank Of England
this afternoon An immense crowd gath.
cred In front of the bank.
A special from Madrid says the present
Spanish ministry Is regarded BatiGlactory
by all parties, Senior Carraial, Minister
OF Finance, has made arrangements 10
pay the coupons falling due In July.
A correspondent telegraphs that the
Irreconciliables have made several slgnif.
cant demonstrations. Troops are In readI.
ness to suppress any formidable outbreak.
Another correspondent says another
crisis in the government Ia feared.
Since the fall OF KhiVR the Govern.
ment OF Russia has renewed Its assur--
Rncc that lis troops will retire from
the country. The Khan has been suf1-
ciently punished Tor his treatment OF
Russian subjects
LONDON, July IA meeting was held
here last night at which resolutions were
adopted protesting against tho intro
ducliOn OF confessional into the church OF
England. The Earl oil Shaftsburg pre-
sided, and the meeting was influential.
The Bennington and WolverhamptoD
Journals express alarm at the decrease OF
orders for hardware from America and at
the remarkable development Of the trade
In the United States whose manufactures
are supplanting those oi England in the
colonies and SOuthAmerica.
The British Consul General In Egypt
warns travellers against taking the route
via Venice TO Egypt, as the steamers from
that city are quarRntined at Alexandria
on account Of the cholera, which Is re.
ported 10 exist in the northern parts Of
the Adriatic.
A special from the Hague to the Pail
Mall Gazette denies that any settlement
has been made between the Dutch and
Atchinese.
1t became known to-day that the Ger.
man government has invested $4,000
900 in United States bonds, principally Of
the per cent funded loan.
Tho tightness OF the money market yes
terday, Is believed TO have been partially
caused by the transfer from the Joint
Stock Bank to the American syndicate.
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The departure from England of the
Brazilian cable expedition is anticipated
in the most recent London newspapers
Double interest Is attached to the event,
following as II does so soon after the start
of the fourth Atlantic cable squadron,
The cable in question will be laid along
the coast Of South America, from Para to
Pernambuco, and will form part Of an cx.
tensIve line OF communication with the
Brazlls. Other sections will be laid In
due course from PernambuCo 10. Rio
Grande, with a station at Bahia, and
from Para to St. Thomas's in The West
Indies.
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Eating and Drinking In Vienna.

Eating and Drinking In Vienna.
Mr. Fulton, Of the Baltimore American,
writes from Vienna
The last evening Of our sojourn will
dwell long In our memory, and may
induce US TO pay Vienna another visit be.
lore our return 70 America. There were
nine 10 our party who sat down 10 supper
lu "restoration' with fully one thousand
Vieunoise ladies and gentlemen, all en-
loving themselves In groups around the
Two hundred tables, as lew could do
even In the brightest homo circle. Every.
thing that could be called for by the most
lAstidious appetite was served up In eX-
cellent style, and the clatter Of thousand
tongues inDocial converse, with the NOV
ing panorama around US, added to the
pleasure Of the occasion. Most OF the peo'
pie, 10 family or friendly parties, thus
spend the evening, nothing stronger than
beer belug partaEen of, and continue at
tue tables talking and smoking up to a
quarter OF ten o'clock, when they all dis
perse 10 their homes. Drunkenness or ex.
CessIve drinking Of beer Is almost un-
known, the latter being beverage that Is
used BY the mass Of the people as we use
coffee aud tea, and has very little more
exhilating effect when taken In modera.
lion Among this mass Of people scarce.
Iva loud word could be heard, aud thus
il Is everywhere among the thousands Of
cafes and "restorations" that are TO be
found on every street throughout this i'm
mense city. WhlSky, brandy, or any
strong drink, ID almost unknown, and Is
only used for medicinal purposes, except
by the hack and carriage drivers, who
nearly all are blOated drunkArds, and care
no more for beer than the more respecta'
ble portion Of Vienna do for water.
One Of our party, on this memorable
evening, called for a goblet Of milk, which
10 almost unknown as q drink. ltS passage
through the hall in the hands OF the
walter excited general remark, and
German Trend from the interior, who was
suppiug with Us, expressed his surprise
that any one should drink milk, As well ai
that Ii could he had on call IL Gn eating
saloon. 1t 10 rated, like water, as IN
healthy, and probably with about as much
cause.
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ST. LOUIS.
Railroad Track to be Torn Up

Railroad Track to be Torn Up.
ST. LOUIS, July City Council to-
night, after long debate, passed an or
dinance declaring the track ofthe Atlantic
s. Pacific Railroad from 9TH street depot
to the river nuisance and ordered il 10
be taken mp. This will sever the con-
nection OF the road with the elevators on
the levee, also with the extensive lumber
yards on back river, in the northern
suburbs, and materially cripple the CON-
merce OF the city.
In the case OF the government against
Barton Able, former Internal Revenue
Collector OF this District for $4,000 for
deficiency in bis accounts, the United
States District Court, today entered
Judgement for $34.OOO in favor Of the
Government.
Only one case Of cholera reported to-
day: .''~s -'
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John A. Curtis, (colored) tried for The
murder Of VIM. sheaf, (colorec1 has been
convicted Of granddaughter, at Baltimore;
By tho breaking Of tho coupling OF
FIVE passenger coaches oftho thIough h train
from Washington 10 New York, Monday
morning, they were thrown from the
track, n Baltimore, badly wrecklng the
coaches and track, and BeriouSly ipjuring
q number OF passengers. Dr.. Greenleai,
Of tho U. 8. army, was taken from the
coach insenSible. -
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The End Of the FraukIuE PrIvLIege,

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The abolishing
oil the ranking privilege having gone into
effect te.daY, the several departments
have detailed clerks especially TO attach
stamps to official documents. all oi which
have previously 10 be weighed, the bal
ances for these purposes being supplied 10
all the bureaus and divisions. Five clerks
are now required to afiix the stampe TO
the dead letter mail each day, one clerk
formerly having been sufficient for frank
ing. The clerks Of the city postoti1ce
complain OF the additional labor imposed
by tho weighing of public documents be-
fore mailing, TO ascertain whether the
stamps are sufficient to cover the postage.
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BRAxToN DEMocRACY-The editor OF
the Weston Democrat writes from Sutton :
"Brsxton Is still the 'jug.hsndle" county
as regards politics. Her Democracy can
uOt BE- imPesched &C., &C"
A little further along in the same letter
he furnishes the following unconscious cor
roboratlon the foregoing assertion:
The following Is the copy Of an adyer-
tlsemRnl posted upon the door OF the But
ton Mills. II Is true copy" with the
name omitted: ~
"June 2 tn 1873
"NotIcs will sell three fine wetheS
lor 8 doloes any one wish to by will coam
up to my hous"
F.. G..
UInr Esah mr. tYrannb
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DANBURY NRWs.-li you have got any
secrets you can now tell them 10 your
wife. She will keep shady.
A round.shouldered and inquisitive
stranger kicked an ornamental dog on q
Nelson street stoop to see II 1t was solit
or hollow. 1t was not an ornamental
dog, however, but one that was there OF
business, and the round.shoulded and In
quisitVe stranger Is now quarRntined
with an aunt on Delay street.
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River and Weather.

CINCINNATI, July 1.-River 2 feet 9
and rising. Weather clear and pleasant
PETTsBURoH, July 1-MonoDgahels I
feet, Q inches, and rising slowly, With good
prospects for IRON six 10 seven ieet ol
water. .,r I...
LoUsvLLE, July River stationary
at 4 feet 2 inches in canal, and 2 feet 2
inches In chute. Weather CLOUDY and
warm. No business.
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CINCINNATI.

CINcINRATI, Julyl.-An Enquirer spe.
cial says that General BrInkerhof, ChRir.
man Of the State Central Liberal Republi.
can Executive Committee, to-day, from
bis home in Mansfield, over his own name,
issued call for the people and q ConveD.
ton, uniting all the elements Of opposition
to the Republican party, to meet OF Col.
umbus, July 80th, 10 conler and perhAp8
combine with the New Departure Demo.
cratic Convention known as the Allen
county movement.
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Contempt Of Court.

PrrrBURaH, July 1,-Henry G. Car
penter was brought before Judge Nc.
Kennan, in a New York Court, to-day,
charged witt dISabeying an Injunction oi
this Court, restraining him from ex'
plodIng torpedoes in oil wells. BE
was arrested on an attachment issued on
complaint OF Col. Roberts, and after q
hearing he was committed to jail for
three months.
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The F4ultearai Of the PtesIdsnr'S
Father,

CINCINNATI, July 1.-Therc was a very
large attendance at the funeral Of Jesse
r. Grant at the Union Methodist Eplsco.
pal Church, in Covington, KY, to-day. A
large number accompanied the corpse 70
the grave at Spring Grove Cemetery, and
Rev. J. 8. Chadwick preached the funeral
sermon. President Grant, Orvllle Grant,
and Mrs. Kramer were the children otthe
deceased present .s
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TEE Boston Transcript, alluding 10 the
Maine Republican resolutions denouncing
the salary grab, says: "That Is likewise
the general sentiment Of the Republicans
OF Vermont, New Hampshire, and Con-
necticut. Can q totally different opinion
be crammed down the throats Of Massa-
chusetts Republicans? That Is a conun'
drum which It Is not worth while 10 at.
tempt 10 settle with the mercury rapidly
approaching the nineties."
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The success oil flying machines is truly
astonishing. A Mr.. Fogle, up In Michigan
recently constructed one, went to the top
Of the barn, "lit out" and went with such
rapidity that he only lost his conscious
ness for half an hour, when he found him
self but few feet from the barn. He
thinks he could not have been entirely
unconscious; otherwise he would not have
returned to the barn, where he picked
himself up.