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HuEenIe end the Pope.

Eugene. the dethroned empress Of
France, has been visiting the vatican
and receiving the condolences and conso-
lation of the holy father. Though suf-
fering from illness, the pope consented TO
receive the empress at an hour named
by herself, and when she called attended
by her son and a lady In waiting, her
party wa received by cardinal Simeont
and ether prelates Of the household with
regal honors. Through lines Of the pa
pal guard, formally drawn up, the party
were conducted into the pope's library.
Alone he received Eugene in an adjoin-
ing apartment, and remained in ~celloquy
with her for nearly two hours. The
Others of the party were then admitted,
and after some further conversation with
the pope the visitors withdrew into the
vatican library and examined its curl.
o~sities. It is said that upon seeing the
pope Eugene fell ON her knees and wept
bitterly, and it was only upon the earnest
entreaty of his holiness that she per.
mitted herself to be raised by cardinal
Bonaparte and the prince imperial.
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disss, gathered sses~d hl3 s.ss a ~
ssp~risscss h W Htp~s star stsAs.
Ons IneideBt cId w MIN n ~ fdtoys
"Yos'd kssdly believe, sov, wh~s }
am xoiag N tall n Issss ~ No ~
bids straps, ~ thong. ~ traces, snd "
vet wsslkss shsy - ssssssh amazingly.
WIZ, often IN dsnp wsssAss. - hcass,
I've hifched Mp twe hofses and dfyYe
dowu ths hin from ny hou~ late M
creek bottom kr . sIed losd 81 wood.
4 have loaded NE wood and many Tins
driven back hors and unhitehsd the
horses and the sIsd would not 10 In
Siiow dn you rot the wcod home,
then9" ssked "a inquisttve bystandsr.
"Oh, 1 just tied the ends Of The traces
together and threw them Over q post,
went knocking about my work and waited
iii the sun shonc out. sometimes II
would b. more than two hours before
that sled load Of wood would get home,
but you'd sce her crawling up the hill ut
last, gradually approaching Ne the rsw
hide traces shrunk up into their proper
lengths. Yes, Texas is . crest country,
YOU hat
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A good deal of anxiety, not loudly ex-
pressed but very evident nevertheless, is
manifested respecting the success of the
exhibition of 1878. Not only has Ger
many testified her refusal to take Off
cially any part therein, but Italy has not
yet signalfzed any intention OF partici-
pating. As to the United States, ! pre-
sumo that congress will indulge more
in speech making respecting 1t than ap-
preparations. As to the French them
selves, they grumble heartily over the
near approach of another exhibition,
when, as they say, they have made no
particular progress in any form Of art or
industry since the last one, and viii have
nothing new to show. Trade Is very bad
in Paris just now, the exports having
fallen off greatly, and the usual influx Of
winter visitors having failed TO arrive.
House agents, trades-people and hotel
keepers all complain that there are nei-
ther Russians nor Americans here this
season. and the prevalence of the yellow
placards that announce "Furnished
apartments to let" tell a conclusive tale
OF the lack of inhabitants in the quar-
tiers generally favored by Foreigners:
The hard times in the United States. and
the war cloud that brSods over Russia,
have kept the citizens Of thoss great
money-spending nations at home, and
their loss is severely feit.-c6r. " Lo's'
Times.
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CONGRESSIONAL


On the 9th, the speaker laid before the
house . communication from WIN. z. Mori-
son, chairman Of the committee on Louisi-
ana affairs, relative to the refusal Of viii
liam Orion, president Of the western union
Telegraph company, to appear before said
committee. Bills were introduced by Mr..
Watterson to regulate among
states. Mr.. White, Ky. asked leave 70 Of
fer Q resolution reciting that fears were en-
tertaincd lest there shall mot be Q peaceful
settlement Of the presidential question, and
declaring that any attempt to prejudice and
| excite the public mind In advance Of the
decision by the authority provided by the
| constitution, II unwise, unpatriotic, and full
| Of danger, and thatit IL the duty Of all good
| citizens to peacefully and faithfully abide by
the results reached In accordance with the
| constitution. Mr.. O,Brien (Md.) objected.
Mr.. Schiiecher offered . resolution calling on
the president for copies Of papers in posses-
sioa Of the state and wsr departments rela-
| tive to the imprisonment Of John J. Smith,
an American citizen, by the Mexicsns, and
also in reference to the numbering and rob
| bling by Mexican soldiers Of Samuel Higgins.
Adopted. Mr.. Durham, from the committee
on revision Of laws, reported back the SEN
| ate bill TO correct the statute to punish coun-
terfeiting 50 Is TO require intenfts Be shown.
Passed. Mr.. 0'Brien (Ad-l from COMMITTEES
on mines md mining, reported back the sen
ste Just resolution - hufhodss the president
TO appoint three conuissionsrs - attspd an
intsrnstisnal cesfsrsnos On the tubject Of
tie relative values q gold and silver, With
an amsnlnept authorizing the president 70
| propose such Z conferences 10 foreign govern
meats. Ibs morning hour having expired
| "a Ne fo1nf resolution laid over. Mr.. Rear
AN, from committee On commerce, reported
baak ths bfl repeating % muck Of the Get
| II Decenbsr II, 1871, q provides for q pivot
draw IN any bridge 70 be erected over the
Ohio river between Covineton ard Cincin-
nafi. After discussion, The matter went
over az the houss adjourned.
In the houss on the 18th, Kr. Hol
mans amendnsnt % the consular and d.
plsnstie appropriation bill, decreasing the
salaries Of ministsrs and ~cozsuls, v.s de-
fsstsd BY a vote a % to 100. Mr.. Morton,
from the committee on privileges and :eIec
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The total amount Of silver payment
made by the government since April Is,
1877, to date is as follows: On account Of
fractional currency redeemed, SIS, 207, 965. 70;
on account of currency obligations, s9,s44,-
5ss.S5; total, $25, 052, 562.s7.
Harry Deardorf, a young sou of a
prominent manufacturer Of Springfield, O.,
has been arrested for robblng the mails of
$1,000 or $1,000. Dearborn was not in need
but was induced to do wrong, it is said, by
an ardent desire to please a young lady who
Is now missing.
The government directors of the Union
Pacific railway have made their annual re-
port, in which they complain of the fire.
quent conflicts relative to the construction
of the road, and propose that some defnate-
arrangement should be made between the
government and the company that will not
interfere with the progress of the road, and
at the same time, secure the payment Of all
the interest and reduce q large portion of
the roads Indebtedness
The debts Of most of the states, as re-
ported in the annual messages Of their re-
spective governors, are gradually lessening
every year, and the debts of most of the
large cities are steadily on the increase. The
debt Of Philadelphia may be set down as
the unknown quantity" steadily approach
ing some seventy millions, while that of the
city of New York begins the present year,
after dcducting the sinking fund, at little
less than one hundred and twenty millions
Of dollars.
Capt. j. w. Hall, who has just pre-
pared the marine statistics of 1875 places
the number Of lake disasters at $50; the
valuation Of property lost; $1,173,36O; losses
in timber RATS on the lakes, $1o1,0 0O. The
greatest losses during any month was in
September, amounting to $276,O00. The
number OF disasters this year are Az less than
that of 1875. The total number Of deaths
either ON board OF ship or on shore among
the seamen was 155, Of which number 80
were vessels masters, 14were lost b~yfounder-
ed vessels,97 were drowned, 2s died on shore,
IS were killed accidentally, 2 were murdered,
2 committed suicide and / was found dead.
The new tonnage amounts TO 1851 this year,
Q falling off from 1875 Of li,5l7 tons. The
~Iostltonnage amounts to 1000 tons. Finan-
cially, the season Of 1876 was the worst on
record. NFH
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Mexican Border DepreiatiOns.

Official information received shows
hat the reported outrages committed on
American citizens resident in Mexico,
and especially in the vicinity of Mata-
moras, are in the main correct. The
government has now under consider
alton the measures to be taken to secure
the proper redress, and has ordered a
thorough investigation of all the circum-
stances attending these outrages. As
% rs more definite intelligence shall
have been received, the subject will be
promptly taken up for consideration, and
measures instituted to secure proper re-
dress. Tho United States steamer Rio
Bravo and several armed steam launches
are now patrolling the Rio Grande. A
considerable force of United States troops
is also patrollipg the country along the
river above and. below Londo. The
class of outrages lately complained of are,
however, committed on Mexican soil and
therefore cut of the reach of the naval
and military forces.
The president in apeaking OF this sub
ject says in consequence of tbs unsettled
condition Of Mexico, srasrparently there
DeluB no Icgu.SA Orgdiiizcu eOVcinhacHI
to administer the affairs of the country,
that the question of indemnity and re-
dress is a difficult one to deal with. He
seems to think that the disposition OF
those who areat the head Of affairs would
not be untavorable to making ample re
dress andlto put a stop to these arbitrary
proceedings, but their ability to execute
under the present status of affairs ID
doubtful. He said that these troubles
on the Mexican borders were almost CO.
incident with our earliest intercourse
| with the Mexican government, and much
of u diplomatic correspondence has
been on the subject of claims growing
| out of depredations along the border
He believes that these depredations are
melted by lawless persons who have for.
| feited their claims to magnanimity by
their lawless acts of rapine and murder,
Frvm his expression it was inferred that
the main point was the protection of the
lives and property of American citizens
whether on American or Mexican soil.
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Mssy yssr. sso. vkiIs yIe,sses "a
esf~r 4 e-nxsSrment - she Winter Oar.
den tbesfss. View Yssb, n ksrmsd Tie
minor pwft~i In thsdfsnss Ties sspfe>rneed.
One day after sshssrsaI he invited hes V
dinner Al . Broadway restaurant. 10Th
we're hungry and thsy ordsfei . plsstL
hl supply Of lad. When thar app
tit>s were satlsHed, Ftorsnee called Tor
the bill, and 70 bic utter dismsy di~ovs
cred that he had no monsy. In chang
Ing his clothing In the morning, he neg
lected 10 take the money from his db
csrded pantaloons. lie told the rih Of
the az he was In, and ASKED her for a
loan. Mortified and ohagsinsd, she an
swered that all,she had was just sufficient
to ray her fare homo. Then the actor
called the restaurant keeper and told him
the truth about the money. The quick.
" excited man raved and stormed at
Florence, saying that he had resolved
not 10 be- swfndlsd by any one, and that
he should send for the police.
Atthis time short, stoutold gentleman
stepped up TO the proprietor, and firmly
said:
Glow dare you speak TO a gentleman
In the way you have doneY His mis-
take Is a perfectly natural one, and such
as might occur TO any man. i am
ashamed of you'll I'll dine no more In
your house, nor permit my friends to do
so In the future. Here, take thisl" and
the old gentleman took a ffty-dollar
note from q fat wallet and handed 1t to
the discounted landlord, saying, ode
duct the amount Of the young mans bill
and return me the change"
The proprietors apologies were I'M
needed. He handed the old gentleman
SAT. so. and again essayed apologies.
When In the street Florence handed
his benefactor his professional card and
address, adding that he should certainly
reimburse him. The old gentleman's In
dignatien quickly passed away, and be-
ginning TO smile, he said:
"That's all right, young man I've
been trying to pass that counterfeit
bank note I'll day"
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GEN. Eaton, the commissioner of edu-
cstion, says In his annual report that
only one state, Delaware, and three ter.
ritories, the Indian, New Mexico and
Wyoming, do not report their school
population. In the other thirty-six
states and eight territories there were
l4,007 SCI children by their several laws
entitled to instruction. All the states,
either by actual count on BY estimate,
report pupils enrolled in the public
school system, giving 6 total Of S,756,657.
The commissioner sayss mot gratifying
sact often noticeable Is the interest, skin
and energy with which evils, old and
new, sre encountered The great ffee-
dom Of thought and action encourages
truth in ms encounter with eva. and all
are at liberty % follow the wisest course.
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THE BURNING | N
Thousands of Dollars Damage and Hum
dreds Of Men Out OF W0rk-The Fire
SffIl Burning.

The Philadelphia Times says the fire
which broke out in the Lykens Valley
mines is said to have originated through
the carelessness of one of the miners, who
threw a spark from a lamp which he was
trimming aside carelessly. In less than
eight hours time the fire had spread over
an area of over five hundred yards in the
shaft, which was speedily filed with
fire, gas and smoke, suffocating eighty or
eighty-fve valuable mules before they
could be rescued. Adjoining the burn
ing mine and directly connected with it
is an abandoned slope, which has always
contained more or less quantities of
strong gas. This matter fed the flames
of the first mine and caused them to
spread with fearful velocity in every d.
rection, till up to this hour eleven p.
n.y. it is safe to say about two and a
quarter miles of subterranean fire Is rag
ing. Operations have been suspended
altogether, the miners and other en-
ployes fleeing in horror fIom the shafts.
THE MOUNTAIN A CRATER.
Over and above this burning mass the
earth il opening in long seams, crumbling
and forming immense pits, from which
smoke and steam and sulphurous gases
issue as from the crater of a volcano.
The men employed to combat the de-
structive element are e~ndeavoring, but
vainly, it seems, to confine the flames
and keep them below water-level, and
for this purpose the channel of Bear
creek, a considerable stream, has been di-
rected into the burning mine, 20 far
| with little apparent effect. Men versed
in the topography of the mines contend
| that the underground conlagration can
not be got under; that it must be per
mitted to rage until its fury is exhausted
for want of fuel.
APANIc PREVAILING.
A regular panic exist among the bust.
ness men and coal operators and the
| eight hundred miners that will be thrown
out of work. Like most other calamities,
| the loss will fall on those who cannot
we'll bear it. The fact that 30 many men
heads of families, n thrown out of en-
| ployment in mid-winter is truly lamenta-
| BILE. About se~venty-fve per cent. Of
the property owned at the villages Of
Wiconisco and Lykens isowned by work
ingmen, employees of these mines. for
years, but many have nothing to sustain
themselves and families but their daily
labor.
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IN seesv1<oxe wih M Fsoytscrs n
Ne i&s< ssrsLon IL Me- "Ou1t sathyvis
IND ths eon~sruesiontsf We jsttIes, " \
ssf~ct<d that Ne Warrant ~ Ne setss
tsfy ~ wsr upyn I'm ~cfstsSy ~ M
treasury viii ~ paid 3 captain Esds IA
Ave per rent. bcnds, which The sct o.
grant authorizes the secretary " The
Treasury N Issue fv that rurpo~e, "un.
les the congress of tho United Htst<'
shall have previously provided for TIE
payment Of The sRms BY the nece~afy
appropriations OF money" AZ no sp
preparation Of money hes been made and
Will not nov b made, the bonds should
DO issued, and no doubt will be-, "a the
whole matter IL now In the hands Of the
secretary Of war, alone.
A navigable depth Of twenty feet, With
out regard 10 depth Of channel, has long
been secured by means OF the j%etties, 1
fun year In advance Of the time limited
In the grant. The channel Is broad,
straight and open, 20 that vessels may
sail IN without a pilot. A remarkable
illustration Of the value Of the ~jetties, ~
a harbor and road stead, in time Of
rough weather, was seen while the mem
bers Of the congressional committee were
at Port Eads a few days ago. The
steamship Rappahannock, having been
caught out in astorm, sighted the %jettics,
and had already put into her furnaces
the last pound Of coal. She was without
sails and must have been wrecked had
she not getsafely into the jetties without
finding a bar. General Hurlbut certi-
fes this fact to the secretary of wal -
having occurred under his own observa-
ton.
The auxiliary works at the head of the
pass-fourteen miles from the jetties-
are, with the aid of three dredgeboats,
producing q fine, broad channel through
the obstinate bar at that point. Already
there are more than nineteen feet clear
in the channel there at low water which
is now seventy feet in width. The
dredges are new rapidly cutting it down
to twenty-four feet, and with fhs first
rise in the river the pass will be thrown
open to commerce. Vessels of twenty
feet draught may then enter this
port with safety.
The jetties are an accomplished tact,
and deep water has been obtained
Nep Orleans Times.
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HMr. vambery, the famous Hungari-
an traveller, may Be believed, Turkey has
thrown double-sixes at last In the matter
Of a sultan, and at the moment when she
most needs such a piece Of good luck.
The young Abdul Hamid, according to
Mr.. Vambery, is everything that his Inn
mediate predecessors were not. He has
dismissed one hundred Of the servants
about the palace and sent them into the
army, and by cutting down the civil list
he has compelled his kinsmen and
the great dienitsries 10 follow his
example. He has selected = the tutor
Of his childen Ali eauvi Edsndi . real
Turkish reformer, who was -bull-dozed'
by Abdul Aziz for advocating great
democratic changes in the public admin
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v~anderbilt's win.

The will Of the late commodore Cor
nelius Vanderbilt w~asopened.and read at
the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Thorne, in the presence of the family.
Five hundred thousand dollars, with the
family mansion, statuary, furniture,
plate, two carriages, etc, were LEFT TO his
wife. The bulk Of his estate Is left to
his eldest son. After liberal cndow.
ments to his relatives, several minor be-
stnwals are made, among them twenty
Ave thousand dollars to Rev. Dr.. Deems,
Of the Church of the Strangers. The
will Is dated January 9, 1875, with q
codicil dated June 30th, Of the same
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In the SIX months from July inst e
December 81, 80,64s,000 postal card
were sold, an increase ofabout $1,000, 00l
over the amount cold during the same
period the previous year. 1t is estimated
that the sales for the current year will
amount to 175, 900, 900, against 10000.
900 sold last year. Postal cards hs~e
been in use now only four yean. The
sales fof the first year we're 81, 000, 900.
The present year. the 9Th of their his
tory, general Barber expects to sell three
times as many. The increase this year
is 90 great that the department viii be
compelled to ask for an additional sp-
preparation TO supply the demand.
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Tbs whole amount of money raised
for the poor women and children, widowed
and orphaned by the Brooklyn fire, amount
ed to a little over $4,000.
A plot for the escape of the Mollie
Maguires confined in Jail at Pottsville, Pa,
has been frustrated. James Boyle and Hugh
Mcl1hee, under sentence of death, had made
exsehsive preparations for escape, the former
having already raised the flooring under his
bed.
New York World: The decision of
the Massachusetts, supreme court, that Is
realities residing in the state must be held
amenab-e to its laws regulating Sabbath OBJ
s~ervarce, is without a doubt legal. Hebrew
citizens find themselves at a disadvantage in
these matters, being compelled by conscience
to keep one Sabbath, and by Law or custom
to observe another.
Hannah Elberling, Exquimaux Joo's
wife, who was here with Capt. Hall, our in.
trepid arctic explorer, on the occasion d
his last visit home, died on the s1st Of De
cember at Croton, Conn, whore she I'D 70
sided for several years past. Hannah had
learned TO speak English nusntly, and WA
much esteemed by her n~eighbors, though
she never could bring herself 10 the full en-
ioyment. Of the Friday evening ~sewins-cir
cles in which abe wa expscisd to move.
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A GREAT BRpeE--0ne Of the finest
engineering STRUCTURES Of it, hind IN the
world Is the swing bridge over the 1yne,
AZ Newcastle, the construction OF whicS
has lust been completed after eiehtyears'
labor. The bridge h described ~ Of
EXTRAORDINARY strength, both In the
masonry and in the Immense iron sup
entructure, and is the largest and most
imposing work Of the kind in England.
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Ithas just transpired that Jacob Behne,
q Young well-todo farmer, living In Colum-
bia county, Illinois, who died very suddenly
New YEARS. day, was poisoned BY his wife,
whom he msrried NJ years ago and with
whom hssivedsunhappily. Mrs. Behne Is
snder arrest snd much excitement prevails
in The ecununity.
Jeseph DsBell, Of Nodawsy county,
No. xhlls vidtinga relative near Fleming
busr, become insane . few night since. and,
revolver in had, forced his way into the
bedroom Of Misses Amanda Hughes sud
Fanny Fleming. The young ladies escaped
through q back door, and in their night
clothes ran through the snow toa n~eishbor's
a half mile awsy. DeBell attempted to fol
low. but Was captured aud put under guard
% await transportation home