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MISCELLANEOUS.

The postotlice department calls atth-
ton to the provisions OF the general posal
union treaty made at Berne, which positively
prohibits the transmission in the mails Of
gold or silver money, jewels or precious ~.
ticles, or any other article whatever liable h
customs duties.
A distressing case Of destitution Va>
discovered the other day in Baltmore,l A
man and his wife, the latter with ha f'fm
ished baby at her breast, were found pos
trated with sickness, and in the same ron
the corpoes of three young children, stared
to death.
The number Of "paying" granyes
Patrons of Industry in the United States is
placed at thirteen thousand six hunded
and ninety,three, With membership of I've
hundred and thrtytwo thousand four ltn.
dred and sixty. The late session OF he
national body at Clrcago was largely prec.
cupied with arrangements for buying ind
selling so as to dispense with middlemen
When the war closed the government
had an immense amount OF rolling stOcl
and other railroad material upon its hands
Instead OF removing it, it was sold to tn
southern railroads on credit, and their il,
debtedness to the government finally reached
more than seven millions of dollars. 1her
were fifty roads so indebted and all but fv
have finally liquidatel their indebtedness
The total amount nowdue, principal and IN
terest, IRON these five is $1,76S $685.. Thisi
certainly good showing.
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Seal.Catching.

The prosecution of the seal fishery of
the coast of Newfoundland involves more
danger and hardships than is generally
known. About three weeks after leav-
ing port, the seals are Struck" and are
frequently found in such numbers as to
blacken the ice for miles around. The
seal hunters leave their vessels either in
punts or by directly jumping on the ice,
according to the ships position. Their
dress usually consists'of a heavy " Guern-
sey frock," hat.peak caps, sou'westers,
heavy pilot-cloth trousers, and oilclosh
overals stuffed into long sea boots. Their
arms are a scalping knife and a long pole
with,a gaff at the end called "bat."
The seal is easily dispatched by single
blow of this rude weapon on the skull.
With the scalping knife the glistening,
oil.laden pelt is removed from the car.
cass, which is left on the ice. The cry
of the seal when approached by its hui
man enemy is most piteous, and bluf
and hardy hunters have been known tC
hesitate before welding the fatal blow
| especially il the pleading seal is guarding
J its young. In that tickle arctic atmos
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THE VOTE OF THE COUNTRY.
OniciaI Figures from All the Statea-Tl.
den's Plurality Over Hayes
2l7,iRI

The following table gives official vote
of the country for president, with return.
ing board figures il Louisiana, South
Carolina and Florida. One county i,
lacking in the returns of Mississippi, and
from one county in Alabama only the
majority declared for Tilden has been
reported. In the caseof Colorado, where
the people did not voEe directly for pres
ident, the vote cast for governor at the
election in October isgiven in the table
No returns are male of the vote fol
Peter Cooper, the grenback candidate
and Green Clay Smith, Prohibitionist, in
large nu nber of states. The figures
show a majority of 1t5,397 for Tilder
over all, and plurality over Hayes Of
247, ,46l, even with the three southern
states of Louisiana, South Carolina, and
Florida deprived of their lawful vote:
for him;
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Female Voting in Utah.

How the women Of Utah conducted
themselves at the last election in that
territory is described az follows by a cor
respondent of the San Francisco Chroni.
Gle:
"The wife of secretary Black, Mrs.
Maxwell, Mrs Ashman, Mrs. Lloyd, Miss
Genevive Hartwell, and several other
Gentle ladies, took an active part in
their respective precincts and cleo
tionered with the polygamous wives Of
the saints. They would argue the point
in this way: why, MIS-. -, Pm
astonished How can you for a mo-
ment think of voting for Cannon? He
has four wives, and, being a woman, you
know he cannot love them all as he
ought. He is brute Take this ticket
and vote for Baskin, man who does not
believe in degrading woman" The
Gentle ladies' turned out in full force,
voted like men and did all their talking
afterwards. The votes of several Nor.
mon women were challenged by Gentle
men, who did so with extreme courtesy
and timidity. The women are perfectly
shocked, and seemed afraid of swearing
to their voting qualifications. Two OF
the wives OF Bishop Wooley were chal-
Hanged, but they swore stoutly enough
to get their votes in"
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England's Leading Editor on America

Mr.. Walter, Of the London Times, has
had the interviewer after him to get his
impressions of the United States. This is
what the London correspondent of the
Liverpool Mercury says:
"Mr. Walter, Of the Times, has re-
turned to England with very pleasant
impressions OF the United States. He
told one OF the people who interviewed
him that the centennial was the best
exhibition which had been held. He
was amazed at generosity of the rail.
way companies in carrying him every.
where gratuitously, and at the infatua
ton of the country, which, after having
by its exhibition called all the world tc
compete withit, sill maintained protec
tive duties. He had admirable oppor
tunities of witnessing the contest for thu
presidency, and came to the conclusion
that it cost more to make a president
than to keep prince. Some one wa,
bold enough to ask him if he had seer
any rivals of the Times, to which he re
piled with a smile and shake of tn,
] head"
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phere, and when the body of the seal is
long distance from the vessel, the hunt
ers are often benighted when storms
arise and open channel in the ice which
separates them from their craft Some
times the vessel has to bear away for
safety, and many of the crew perish from
cold and hunger unless luckily picked up
by some other vessel. At other times,
when the ice grows weak, they remain
for hours together immersed to the
knees, or perhaps to the middle of the
body, on frail cakes ice. If they should
survive this dreadful torture and be res.
cued the evil of frost.burn
and at the close of the homeward voyage
their limbs are at the mercy of the sur
geon's knife,-H, Louis RcpuJlicaa.
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The Ahable Man.

A mother and babe were among the
passengers at the Central depot yester-
dav. She had the child carefully wrap.
ned up, and this fact, perhaps, attracted
the attention of a big fellow with three
story overcoat and rusty satchel in his
hand. Sitting down beside her he
remarked; ,
"Cold weather for such little people,
isn't it?'
She family nodded.
Does lie seem 10 feel 1t much" con-
tinued the man.
She shook her head. IL
as Il a healthy child!' he ASKED
seeming greatly interested. .. ,,o.p
"He' was up to few momene;;d 'ESi h.,
she snapped out, "but I'm aIraId h,T1 have ave-
smellei 20 much whiskey thaI nc y - "
the the deiirium trem,us before night g11..a or,
The man got right up and la.I. wa.Isu .ssn os,
of the room, and was 1iterwaFdin n.sses sxes
buying cloves and cinnamon'--A'"'"
Free Pres.
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AMERICAN JUsTICE.-The Paris
Figaro says In the United States
recently case of highway robbery was
on trial before a Judge. The robber and
his victim were confronted, when the
following scene took place: Judge to
the victim-"How much money did you
lose?" Victim-"Two thousand dol.
lars Judge-"How came you to have
50 much money on your person" Vic
tint was going to buy cotton"
Judge (shrugging his shoulders ITO
buy cotton with the market as it is ?
You must have been mad" Tothe rob-
ber-"What did you do with the $4,000
YOU stole from this man." Robber-"I
bought pork" Judge with benignant
smile)-"Your head was level pork is
bound to go up" To the victim
"should you not blush to see how much
more worthy ofthe favors of fortune thai
man is than YOURSELF"
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MEXICAN NEWS.
The IGIcseas Finally, Fully FsfnbIi shed
over Our Revolutionary
NeighbOr.

The Igleseas government is established
at Queretaro. The states of Guanajuato,
Queretaro, Aguas, Calientes Zacatecas,
Durango, San Luis Potosi, Jalisco, Cal
inia, Sonora, SinalOa and Tabasco lecog-
nize Igleseas. The states of Mexico,
Hidalgo, Puebla, Vera Cruz and OaXaca
are occupied by Diaz troops. lgleseas
has about 10000 gOod troops, while Diaz
has about $4,000 of every grade, but he
is we'll provided with artillery, in which
Iyleseas is deficient. On the 9th instant
5000 troops with 90 field howitzers and
10 riAed cannon left Mexico for Quere-
tarO.
Igleseas has about 1000 troops in Quere-
tarO, with 6 pieces of artillery. This
force is sufficient to garrison the place,
which is Strong and easily held. Both
parties are anxious to be recognized by
the United States government. Gen
Diaz was to leave on the 10th for the
army, and confer his authority of actinG
president upon the celebrated Indian
chief, Mendez. Gen. Mejia has beel
banished from the country by Diaz
Everybody is anxiously awaiting turl
in affairs.
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a SONG OF PEACE.
NY joaquin MILLER

The grass Is green on Bunker Hill.
The water sweet In BrlndywlUc;
The world sleeps In the scabbard still,
The farmer Keeps his tOcks and vine;
Then, who would mar the scene to-day,
With yaunt VI battlefield or irayr.
The brave com liitsi In regiments
Ten thousand sabres In the sun
The ricks replace the battle tents,
The hammered tassels toss and run,
The ncighing steei, the bugles blast,
These De but stories OF the past.
The earth has healed her wounded breast.
The cannons plow the field no more
The heroee rest Oh let them rest,
In peace along the peaceful shore
They fought Tor peace, for peace they fell
They sleep In peace, and all is well.
The fields forget the battles fought,
The trenches wave in golden grain
Shall we neglect the lesson taught
And tear the wounds agape again
Sweet Mother Nature, nurse the land
And heal her wounds with gentle hand.
10! pace on earth, 10! flock and fold.
Lol rich abundance, fat increase,
An valleys clad in sheen OF gold
Oh, rise and sing a song Of peace
For Thescus roams the land no more,
And Janus rests wish rusted door,
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Desperate WOrking.men In PcnnSyl.
Vania.

\ Scranton (Pa.) letter says; The
miners and laborers of the coal regions
are now passing through the severest
winter they have ever experienced.
Thousands of them are without money,
food or substantial clothing, with no
work and no credit-nothing but starva.
tion staring them in the face. Many of
the mines have beer closed foT the win
ter, and those af the Delaware and Hud-
son company are working only half time,
aitording the workmen scarcely enough
to keep them in the necessaries of life.
The trackmen and other laborers of the
same company have been reduced to
elghty.tive cents per day, and also put
on half time, which yields them less than
two dollars and fifty cents per week, on
which many of them have to support
large families. And when there are
thousands of Others who are anxious to
work for this pittance, their sutierings
canseasily be imagined. The force of
mechanics at the Delaware, Lackawana
and Western company's shops in this
city was again reduced last saturday,
thus swelling the already large army of
the unemployed. Trouble is feared in
this city something is not done to give
them employment, as the men whose
families are feeling the pangs of hunger
are getting desperate.
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The Distance tOtIIe Sun.

Light, which travels with amazing
velocity, required eight minutes to
reach the earth. Sound would require
fourteen years to travel from the sun to
the earth, 50 that five saw an explosion
at its surface it would be fourteen years
before we could hear il. But it we
could place a rod of iron from
the earth to the sun and then strike it
with hammer on one end the sound would
reach the opposite end in about eleven
months. But perhaps the most sing ular
illustration of the suns distance was
drawn from the human economy. SEN
aatiOn took a certain time to travel to
the nerve centres, and il we could imag-
inc a human infant with an arm long
enough to reach the sun it would take
one hundred and City years for the sen.
sation to reach him after burning his
fingers; in other words, he would be
dead several years before the sensation
of burning could reach him. The sun:
distance was so inconceivable that it was
only by making such comparisons that
we could form any idea of it at all
Professor IouRg's Lecture.
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eight hundred and ten more are In course
of construction. The necessary measures
have also been taken, IL is added, for giving
assistance of every kind to the necessitous
The convent of the Sisters of provi'
dence at st. Elizabeth, near Joliet, in the
province or Quebec, was burned to the
ground on the night of the 2Sth. All that
could be done for persons inside was to hurry
them out. The nuns, as well as the children,
had sonly time to save themselves with
out clothes. There were iorty.eight
boarders in the convent. Thirteen persons
perished in the flames.
A dispatch from Constantinople to the
Pail Mall Gazette states that Midhat Pasha,
the newly appointed grand vidcr in Il con-
versaton with the marquis Of Salisbury,
said the Turks have decided to accept no
terms giving exclusive administration to
Bulgaria, Bosnia or Herzegovina. We in.
tend, he said, giving large reforms to our
subjects, even TO the Turks, who, with you,
don't count Europe asks us to cut our
throats. We must trouble Europe to do
il for us il they are to be cut We come
here a small number. If we go away we go
as we come, leaving England to cover the
graves of those left behind.
The Pail Mall Gazette, in a leading
article says the kilograms on the eastern
question are eminently misleading, and
warns its readers not to believe the dis
patches about the British ambassador--Sir
Henry Elllot--returning, the marquis of
Saiisbury's ultmatum, and the departure of
the English fleet from Turkish waters. Sir
Henry Elliott will leave Comtantinope,
when the conference is ended, for a period
of rest. Bsika bay is no place for large
and heavy ships at this season. The mar.
quis OF Satisbury's business with the sultan
yesterday was not to present proposals of
conference as an ultimatum. 1t is likely
enough that his lordship told the sultan that
the rejection Of the Conference proposals
would put an end to all discussion, and
should war ensue he must not expect word
or act of support from the British govern
ment, but between a declaration of that
kind and the presentation of a Threatening
ultimatum there is a wide difference. The
talk of an arrangement between Russia and
England goes great deal too far If il is held
to signify that England will impose the Rus
sian demands on the Porte. For the sake OF
peace we may wish to see the proposals ac-
cepted. Ii they are refused we shall rot
quarrel with the Porte, but will watch the ont
come of its refusal with a steady view to he
protection OF our own position in the word.
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Centennial Receipts of the Pennsylya.
MIA Road.

We understand that the Pennsylvania
railroad company, in net cash receipts
for the year 1876 estimating the month
of December), is at least one and a quar-
ter million of dollars in excess of the net
cash receipt in 1875. We see it stated
that the officers of the company have
been engaged since the close Of the CEN
tennial exhibition in endeavoring to as
certain their business on the great six
months transportation campaign. 1t is
estimated that the entire number of pas
sengers carried during u ese six months
exceeds 3,500,000 and to accommodate
this multitude 22,542 trains, composed
of 144, ,264 cars, were dispatched. Dur.
ing May the passengers are placed at
100000, and during the following three
summer months at 100000. The
greatest days receipts came in on the
24th of October, when ,48,700 persons
were transported over the road and fifty
eight thousand dollars were received for
tickets. The company had to employ
over 5000 attendants, and was compelled
to borrow cars from other lines, many of
which have been but just returned. Dur
ing the six months of the centennial
season, closing November 10th, 1876,
nearly 5000, 900 passengers were carried
by the Erie railway without single ac-
cident or injury, or the loss of piece of
baggage. Philadelphia Ledger.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WAsuIEGTOS, ID. &, Dec, 23d. 1877


DEPARTMENT or STATE, |
WASHINGTON, d. G, Dec, 23d, 1876.
Sir--Referrng to your note of 9th of
October ultimo, and to my reply of the
30th of the month, and to your note of
November Goth, in which you did me
the honor to inform me of the issuing of
an order in London for the arrest OF
three criminals who had been previously
discharged by her majesty's government,
and who had been the subject of the
late correspondence on the question of
eXtradition, | have the honor to in
form you that further information
has been received of the arrest of
Brent, and of his surrender by her
majesty's government to the person au.
thorized to receive and convey him to
the United States.
1t is understood that Winslow and
Gray, the two other fugitives for whom
warrants were also issued, have escaped
from or are concealed in Great Britain
and cannot be found. The representa-
tive of the United States in London has
informed me of the sincere desire of her
majesty's government to cause their ar
rest, which, however, it has not been
possible to effect. Under these circum-
stances, |, and in accordance with
statements contained in my note of the
Both of October last to the president,
will now be ready to respond to any
acquisitions which may be made on the
part of her majesty's government under
the 10th article of the treaty of 1912,
and will hereafter make similar requisi.
tions upon her majesty's government,
as heretofore, under the treaty, and will
again regard the treaty in full ioree, sub
jectto the right reserved to either party
to terminate The same pursuant to the
the 1lth article thereof.
] have great satisfaction in conveying
to you this information, and in being
able to state that no obstacles now exist
in delivering to justice fugitives and
criminals under the treaty of lS42 until
such time as the two governments may
be enabled to perfect and form more
comprehensive arrangements.
/ have the honor to be, with the high
est consideration, sir, your obedient
servant, HAMILTON FISH.
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III night we were sitting out of doors

1fE night we were sitting out of doors
in he moonlight, unusually silent, al
mos Asad. Suddenly some one-a hectic
looking man, with gentle lovely face
saidlm low tone: "Did you ever
thir&of the beautiful lesson the stars
teach hme 2" We gave n vague, apsreci-
atiyS murmur, but some soulless clod
said No; what is it ?" "How to
wink; he answered, in sad, sweet
Nvoica
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A Remarkable Meteor.

The most remarkable meteor observed
in recent years passed over Kansas, Mis-
ouri, Illinois and Indiana on Friday
night at $50, going northeastward. AT
Bloomington the aerolite presented a
disk three times the apparent size of the
full moon, At all places reported from,
the roar caused by the passage of this
great mass of matter through the dense
atmosphere of the earth was alarmingly
audible, and the tremendous friction to
which the surface parts were subject
caused continuous superficial disin-
tegration, with accompanying explos-
ions, filling the air with multifarious
points of light tinged with every hue,
and presenting a very beautiful phe-
nomenOn. At Mendoza and Garrett, in
Illinois, the inhabitants were mystifed
by sudden illumination of the atmos,
phere, accompanied, in the latter place
by detonation louder aud sharper thar
an ordinary cannon. In neither Of these
places was the meteor visible, which
would show Gas their zenith was the
most highly illuminated) that the
strangers altitude was still above the
prevailing clouds, and its momentum
sufficient to carry it across the continent
although, suffering a constant deteriora
tion in size, it attracted lar less attention
from the denizens Of the eastern states
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THE WEST.

The Bremaker-Moore paper manufac-
turing company, the burning of whose prop.
erty at Laurel, Indiana, is announced from
Cincinnati, is Louisville firm, and esti'
mates its loss at one hundred and five thou
sand dollars, with an insurance of cne.hali
in twenty.nine different companies.
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THE EAST.

The Vermont legislature has enacted a
Jaw providing that every saloon, restaurant,
grocery, cellar, shop, billlard-room, bar.
room, and every drinking place or room
used as place OF public resort where in.
toxicating drink is unlawfully sold or kept
for sale, shall be declared public nuisance.
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The Democratic Majority in the Next
House.

Mr., $. NJ. Shaw, of the Cooperstown
journal, writes to the World as follows
"Will you be so kind as to publish a
brief article on the next congress, giving
the number of democratic and republi-
can congressman holding certificates of
election thereto? There is anxiety to
know whether with the 'counted-in' re-
publican the democrats can retain control
of the house."
The following table answers Mr.. Shaw's
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question

New Hampshire elects her three rep
resentatives in the spring of 1877. At
the election of congressman of 1879 the
democrats carried the first and third dis
tricts, but last month all three gave re-
publican majorities, Sl5, 1889 and SIS
respectively. Allowing all thrCeof them
to the republicans, the democrats will
have majority Of three, which iscnough
to secure the organization OF the house.
In the two Florida districts, and the
fourth and sixth Louisiana, the demo-
cratic candidates received majorities, but
were counted outby the returning boards
In Colorado the republican candidate
claims that the election for both terms in
October was valid. In the fourth Cali
fornia one footing gives Pacheo (Rep.)
one majority; another elects Wigginton
(Dem. by one. There will be close
contest over the third Massachusetts,.
These we think the only districts where
changes will be made, as in other cases
as those of Metcalf (Rep.) in the third
Missouri, and lIertzell (Dem. in the
eighteenth Illinois, the onus on the con-
testants is heavy. The next house is
therefore safely democratic by "from
twelve totwenty majority" )" as the World
originally predicted.-Ncc York IJorH
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FISH FINISHES HIS FIGHT.
In which He Rather Gets the Retter or
Her Mnjeaty's DiplOInats-Thc
Closing Letter.

The following is the concluding letter
in the correspondence transmitted to
the house, on the subject of extradi-
tion between the United States and
Great Britain:
SECRETARY FISH TO SIR EDwAED
THORNTON.