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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-24

from all parts Of the state, like a State
Fair. The passengers being mostly
New Englanders, resolved to have q
muster on the fourth. A military or
ganization was formed, consisting of
twenty-five privates, with regim entail
staff the uniform consisting of fam
ing red shirt, black pants, and the i'm
mense white California hat, which
everybody then wore, ard which NAV
be seen to this day in mining regions.
Mark was chosen brigade Inspector,
but conceived violent antipathy to the
office and obstinately refused to serve.
Protestations and persuasions were of
no avail; his associates might as we'll
have talked to q stone wall; Mark"
was inf1exible, and vowed he would not
participate unless he could be assistant
surgeon. He carried his point, served
with DR.. Stillman on the Colonels
staff, and the muster" went off with
great eclat. We next hear of him
rambling along the Sacramento river
with a party of miners, hunters and
adventures, where, after many failures
to kill "big game" he succeeded in
breaking does back with rifle ball.
RELAXING THE BUSINESS STRAIN.
After much persuasion, Mr.. Hopkins
WAS induced some three years ago TO
lessen the business strain upon his life
to think less Of his desk and more of
the country. 1t was hard struggle,
not without its influence on the spirits
of a man whose pleasure was to be I'M
firing, in what in his case can hardly be
spoken Of as toll. But he made the
change. A house was built for him at
Soda Springs, near the head of the
North Fork Of the American River, and
there he went periodically enjoying the
change of scenery and benefiting by
the mountain air. Mr.. Hopkins was
of a quiet and retiring disposition, not
given much to display The house in
which he lived In this city was very
unpretentious. He, however, determin-
ed two years ago to add to the ornamen-
tation of the city, and there was design
ed for him that great house on the hill,
with its many striking architectural
features, which give it prominence
possessed by none of the other palaces
of our railroad men. The new house is
unfinished. The body of Mr.. Hopkins,
as perhaps would have been his de-
sire, will be brought to the humble
abode he lived in on Suffer street.
Uncle Mark was the name by which
he was familiarlv known all along the
great railroad with which he was identi-
fed. There was that in the manner of
the man which made the appellation
compliment. No official ever found
him unwilling to listen to grievance,
and if the grievance was a just one, it
was remedied. Henever turned deaf
ear to the complaint of the poorest Ia
borer. A hard worker himself, he SYM
pathized with the toiler and moilsr.
+" Uncle Mark was a favorite with
the employees Of the company. His
economical habits helped him to save
more money perhaps than any of his
colleagues Fifteen millions is the esti-
mate of his wealth. He was not Mig
gardly with his money, but he was Of
that class Of g.vers whose benevolence
is distributed without ostentation. He
gave literally for good works, and to
deserving men, but as rule without
publicity. He was married in 1852,
and leaves widow, but no children.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-24
A Great Agricultural Exhibition in
1879.

England has decided to have great
show next year. 1t will be an agricul-
tural exhibition. The expense is esti-
mated at $4,000. The Lord Mayor of
London has appealed to the British
public for the support of the projected
enterprise: it is to be under the auspices
of the Royal Agricultural Society. Ag-
riculture is declining in Great Britain,
and there is some hope that the exhibit
ton may arrest its downward course
The number of cattle, and the acreage
of wheat, and other crops are decreas-
ing, and very nearly one-half the popu-
lation Of the United Kingdom is now
dependent for sustenance upon import
ed food.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-24

VIC ocIIIIOIy VI w yOIIIIlS.
The following promotions have been
made: Maj. James w. Forsyth, 10th
cavalry, to be lieutenant-colonel LIST
cavalry; Lieut.-Col w. i. Elliott, LIST
cavalry, to be colonel Sd cavalry.
THE NEW RESUMPTION BILL.
The senate finance committee this
afternoon completed a substitute for the
house bill which proposed to repeal the
specie resumption act. This substitute
received nearly the unanimous vote in
the committee and will be reported to
the senate tomorrow. 1t provides that
United States legal-tender notes shall be
received at par in exchange for per
cent. bonds; that from and after the 1st
day of next October mot July, as pre-
viously contemplated lega[tender notes
shall be receivable at their face value
for customs, duties and all other dues
to the government, and for all debts ex-
cept where coin payment is stipulated
by contract or statute; and from and
after that date no United States legal
tender notes shall be cancelled or retir-
ed either on account of the issue of
additional national bank currency or
Tor any ether reason or purpose, but
when received by the treasury shall be
paid out at par value in discharge of all
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-24

Alexander's battalion Of artillery,
twenty-six pieces, and Garnett's, eight
cen, are not included in this return.
Estimating them at the same number
Of men per gun as those reported, gives
1,003 to be added to the total, making it
75,481.
Early in June, 1868, the infantry of
the army was reOrga niZed into three
corps. The First, under Longstreet,
comprised the divisions of McLaws,
Hood and Pickett, and numbered by
the foregoing return 81: 718 officers and
men for duty.
The Second, under Ewel], contained
the divisions of Early, Johnson, and
Rodes, and numbered by the same re-
turn 20,99O officers and men. A. p.
Hills old division was increased by g.
600 men in the brigades of Pettigrew
and J. R. Davis, and divided into two
divisions, commanded by Heth and
Fender, These, with Anderson's divis-
ion, aggregated 22,7O0 officers and men
for duty, and formed the Third Corps,
under A. P. HILL The total effective
infantry strength of Lees army when
the forward movement to Pennsylvania
began was, therefore, q little over IS 900;
Corse's brigade of Pickett's division and
one of Pettigrew's regiments. $500 men
in all were left at Hanover Junc'n. In the
action at Winchester, June Is, Ewell's
corps lost 269 men. Three regim ents,
about ], 100 strong, of Early's division,
were left at Winchester to guard prison
ers and garrison the town. At Win
chester the Second Maryland Battalion
of infantry, 500 men, was added to John
sons division, leaving the effective in
fantry strength of the army when it
crossed the Potomac 1881. The loss
by sickness and desertion was fully
made up by accessions from recruits,
cOnscripts, convalescents, and return Of
furloughed men.
The cavalry loss in action in the
month of June at Beverly Ford, Aide,
and Upperville was 800 men. 1t was
reinforced at Winchester by the First
Maryland Battalion of eight companies
and by Jenkins Brigade, the strength
of which is officially stated by Gen.
Stuart as $500. Imboden's command,
2,l0O effective cavalry and mounted in
fantry, joined the army at Williamsport
The commands Of Mosby and Gilmore,
and a battalion under Col. White, were
also added to Stuarls corps, making the
effective strength of the cavalry full
$1,000, with an ample allowance for
losses from all causes previous to the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-24
Strength Of the Confederate Army at
GETTYSBURG.

Gen. Longstreet. in a recent article in
one of the Northern magazines, attempt
ing to account for the Confederate de-
feat at Gettysburg, asserted that the
Confederate forces only numbered a.
900 men, whereas the Federal army
consisted of nearly 10000. An officer
who has had access to the official docu-
ments thus disposes of Longstreet's
statement, showing that Lee COM
manded S2,3 O4 men at that battle:
To the Editor of the Cincinnati CONNER
cial: The monthly return of the Army
Of Northern Virginia, dated May 81,
1868, on file in the archive office of the
War Department, at Washington, shows
present for duty" officers and men:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-14

resentatives to Conference, ana oy si,o il'"y
of London the succession was set'ie" "p0D
Prince Christian Scarcely had thls ciiui'oi ",
tbe peace of Northern Europe been signeu AM,
scaled. when the two Western Powers eh'etco
into an alliance with the Porte ostensiDiy lor
Continental ends. and Austria incurred the eli
nifty of Russia by holding alOof in the inter
est of Europe. The Treaty of London, the
blood and treasure wasted in the Crlmea, anu
the Treaty of Paris, which was signed Withlh
twelyemonth of the International EXhlDl-
tion. were offerings made to the Old ldoiS
which the European States had wOr-
Skinned for half century. But
q generation of diplOmatists and intriguers had
arisen that had no reverence for the oid IRA
ditions of European accord In loo4' 1--WE,
great States that had signed the treaty Oh
London invaded Denmark. France ana hus-
sia refused to join Great Britain IN enforcing
the treaty law of Europe, and the Danish
monarchy was dismembered. Then the treaty
breakers ouarrelled over the spOils, ana
Prussia crushed her rival at Sadowa.
The Duchies were absorbed, Hanover was an
neXed and the German confederation was OF
ganized under the leadership OF PruSSia'
Austria, after losing an Italian province IN
1859, surrendered another ins 1866 and was
shorn of her supremacy in Germany. SO 1t
happened that when the International Exhibi-
ton of 1867 was opened in Paris, the Treaty
of London had been torn up and the map OF
the Continent had been recast without the
sanction of the neutral Powers and in defiance
of treaty law.
At that very moment Napoleon I'LL, who had
received two provinces for his services in the
Italian campaign was intriguing to secure the
left bank of the Rhine in return for neutral
ity which had been so convenient to Prussia
during the war with Austria, and when he
ascertaincd that he had been duped and was
to have nothing, he dragged France into a
war which she was ill-prepared to undertake.
Instead of acquiring the Rhenish provinces he
flung away AlSace and Lorraine and lost his
own throne For enforcing the neutrality of
the Powers and REFRESHING the uneasiness OF
Austria, Russia was allowed to cancel the re-
strictiyc clause of the Treaty Of Paris. The
treaty that was hastily patched up at London
in 1871 has now practically been torn into
shrcds, and the map Of SOUTHEASTERN Europe,
like that of Central Europe, has been changed
from end to end. One Power, it is true, lays
stress upon treaty obligations, and makes
vague threats OF enforcing them but so feebly is
Great Britain supported by her neighbors that
she is practically isolated. If she goes to war,
she will he the champion of British rather
than European interests. What changes have
been wrought by quarter century of
diplomacy 1t is q new Europe. There is q
good Russian, good German, a good Aus
TRAN on the stage, but there is only one actor
who assumes to be . good European-and even
the Briton wears thin mask.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-14
JnOer 10 ADVERTISEMENTS.

ATTACHMENT 30 F00,-6th column.
ROARb AND Is0OMs-3d P0ge-Oth cOlUinL
BUslNlss NOTiCks-iM PdOe-lst column.
COkPORA ALTON NOTICEs-6M PdOe-6th column
DfVmEND NoTiCE--7h PGOe-Gih column.
DRY GOODS 30 PGGe-5th cOumn.
EURoPEAN ADvERTIsEMESTs-7h PGge-6h column
FINANCAL--7H Page-6th column.
FURNuUEE-6M FdQc-6th column
UEfP WANrED-.d Pdge-ita column.
HORsEs. CARRIAGES. &C.-Gh Pd0s-3d column,
HoUsEs AID FARMS WANTED Gth IHqe -Oth colhnh'
ICE CRTAM-Gh PdJc-3d column.
ISsTHrCuoN-6M Paqe-2d ana 81 columns
Law sCHOOIs-GM PGgc-3d column. -, -,
LECTURES AND MEErNGs-Gh f99T-oth ooiu'"A
IEGAL NOIICE4-Gh Fa0e-6th column.
IosT AND FoTSI-G On Pdgc-3d column m -,
HAEuly AND SLATE NANTEtS-6h Fd0f-blu co'uh'"'
MAEETAGF- ANb DEATHs-jh Page-6th column n,
HIscrfI 1NgoUs-3d PdJs-3d column; o~ I"ge-
9th and Gih columns. al. -,
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RTAY EsTATE FOX SALT ITY-6b Pdge-oih cOluIIn' ;
BRooKI YN-6M IGge-Jtb column; touNIEh-
Page-5th column AUCTION sALEs-6W Fa0e-o'h
column.
stIEs ny AucrIoN-6b Page 9th column
SPECIAL NuTiCfs-Jn Pdge-Gth column.
SFTT ATOMS WAITED NAIEs-3d Pdgc-4ih coihhlh
FEMNEs-3d PGgs-3d and ith columns a.,
sTEANBoATs AND RAILROADS -6h IGGc-3d ana 4'h
EtnTns OcFAN-35 PaOe-2d and 81 columns
RUuutR BotRD-31 PdGe-4th, 9th aud 6th columns
IEACHTRs-Gh Prgr-3' column
TO LET-CTY PRoFERTY-6h Pd0e-6th column; CouN-
TRY-GM Pdgc-6th column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-14
GENERAL NOTES.

The Hon. Jesse Ii. Moore is an ex-Brigadier'
General. az ex-member Of Congress, IN ex-pensioh
agent and an ex friend of President Grant; and now
he likely 20 be an exMethodist preacher AT recent
meeting the members of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church, Of Decatur Ill., he startled his hearers by stat
ing that for twenty years be had been preaching
doctrine that he had neverbeeyed and thereupOn' no
asked for the prayers OF the congregation.
General Grants visit to England has given
rise TO singular lawsuit The corporation of sunder
land entertained him when he was In the North, ana
charged the ratepayers with the expenses OF speca
traln the ringing OF bells, and the music OF bands
When it was there the bill to be paid; ana "
was straightway charged to the Borough Fund. somo
acute ratepayer objected TO the payment oil the OK
penses OF the Borough Fund on the ground ths' inc
money collected WAS directed by the statute TO DC sp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-14

by count of empty bottles; but when it came to
cigars it was not SO easy. The empty boxes
with their labels and stamps were not
conclusive. He knew that the trade
abOunded in so many tricks OF counter
feiting, etc, that no dependence could be
placed on such tests There was no way then
to reach the truth except by an examination
of the "stumps." Ordinarily such an exhml-
nation would be impracticable, but this Con-
gress is so surrounded with "experts" upon
every known subject that it is quite likely he
had only to step into the lobby and call Tor
IN expert in cigar stumps to find the difficulty
removed. That doubtless, is the way the
fraud was discovered. BY it Mr.. Morrison saved
SIS TO the Treasury. We cannot too highly
commend his economical spirit and his noble de-
yolion 10 the cause of truth and justice. a
country that would rather spend 800 on
experts than lose 50 on bad cigars Will not
suffer his zeal to go unrewardcd
As to the approving the bill after this
correction had been made, Mr. Morrison
says, by way of cxplanition-for he knows
there are people unreasonable enough to
Object to the items-that he himself
made point against 1t; which he well
time and not having had a taste of the
lunch. Bnt he says, eff / hadn't allowed
the bill. it would have come ont of the
"pOckets Of members, or the Sergeant at
Arms, and at last / let it pass" That settles
all cayilllng on that point. For we take II
tha6 no friend of free institutions expects II
committee of this Democratic Congress, ana
an investigating committee at that, to pay for
their own champagne. cigars and "Old Stag'
OF course it wOuld be absurd. 1t would de-
tract from, indeed almost destroy, the pleasure
of the picnic, if any such rule as that were
recognized. An investigating committee must
necessarily have something to investigate
This committee had serious doubts whether
they should find anything to investigate III
Louisiana, and 50 it was not unnatural for
them to take along few things to investigate
on the way with cork-screw. 1t was the duty
of the Government to furnish these things; the
mistake about it was that the committee went
through the lunch in the absence OF Mr. Nor
risnn. They should have waited for him
and let all hands have far start. B'it
! there's nothing mean about Morrison. lie
audited and approved the bill though he
did not drink a drop OF the champagne or
cold Stag" Approved il! Or course he ana.
Why, if he hadn't, the committee would
have had to pay it themselves. Could greater
outrage be concciycd2 And then he saved
IS for the Governments. We congratulate
him. Aud we congratulate his party.
1t is the great act OF the session. And
by and by when the Muse of History
calls off the roll of investigating committees
of This Congress, and asks the chairmcn for
the record, after all the rest have come for
ward and with downcast eyes confessed they
have accomplished nothing, Morrison can step
proudly out, when his committee il called,
and III response to the question, What have
"you done !' make answer high" Saved IS
4" on groceI's bill for bad cigars" And the
Muse will say,
" At last, score one"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-14
TIE NEVIS THIS MORNING.

FoRrlGV.-President MacMahon sent a tele
gram CONCENTRATING the Emperor William on
his escape from assassination. Go Count
Schouvaloff has arrived at St. Peters
burg 49, The Servians have occupied Sophia.
g. Public subscriptions for volunteer fleet "
are to be collected in Russia.
CoNGREss.-In the Senate yesterday, bin in re-
laton TO disseminating small silver coinage was
passed: the Postal bill was taken up, and various
amendments for an increase of important items were
agreed to- the bill for a contract for carrying tho
Brazilian mail was offered an amendment; Mr.
Edmunds made a point of order against it, and Mr..
Blame Mr.. Ferry MIR. Beck and Others spoke in be-
half Of the amendment; Mr.. Bailey opposed any
Brazilian contract; the Senate adjourned without
final action. == In the House. Mr. Potter Of New
York, offered resolution for investigation of al
legged election frauds in Florida aud Louisiana by
Republicans; MI Congcr, Mr.. Hale and Mr.. Garfield
made points Of order against the resolution, which,
five in number, were overruled by the Speaker; an
appeal was taken from che ruling. and the Demo-
Gratis laid the appeal on the table by 12S to 1OS Mr.
Uale then offered an amendment proposing to
broaden the Investigation; Mr.. Potter refused to
allow il TO be received; long debate followed, and
Mr. Potter sin refusing, the Republicans hllbus-
tered and prevented action; the House adjourned
without reaching vote.
DoNFsTIC-Mr. SchleIcher, of Texas, has bill
which proposes 10 increase the National debt
$4,000. COO for the sake OF putting up lot Of
public buildings - The Treasury Department
has ordered the seizure of the books of all the dis
tileries In Cincinnati. == Professor Henry Is
dead. =-- Governor Robinson vetoed the Super
intendent Of Public Works BILL and a large number
Of items in the Supply bill the Biennial Sessions
bill was killed IN the State Senate. == Ten
Broeck again ran, aud won a victory at Lexing-
ton, Nv.
CITY AND SUBUEBAN.--Much interest was shown
in the stock Exchange election yesterday. BraytOB
Ives was unanimously elected President, and
Moses A. Whcclock was defeated for Chairman
.- General Thomas 5 Dakn died suddenly.
=- Clark Il. Griggs, dealer in railway supplies,
failed for over 100000. - The Rev.
George Il. Vosbnrgh. of jersey City, was tried
on a charge Of poisoning his wife. == The Hid
Assembly District Republican Association had
a stormy meeting. - Further testimony was
taken in the conspiracy trial of Benjamin Noyes.
= Gold 1OOl2, 1OOi2, 1OO's. Gold value OF the
iegatcnder dollar at the close $3.50 cents. Stocks
generally dull, but feverish, closing irregular.
THE WEtTHFR.-TmBUSE local observations in
dictate fair and cool weather, followed by warmth
and increasing cloudiness. Thermometer yesterday,
90, 54o 49,.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-14
TIE ADULLAMIrES IN NEW-EYGLAND.

TUE AUILL1HifEO IN MN U LHNU.
When Eastern men embrace the ideas of
the so-called National or Greenback party, 1T
is time to ask what influence is at work. In
New England, Ncw-YOrk, and New-Jcrsey,
the State organizations of both political
parties have generally held sound views
on the money question, and the election
of a man like Butler by the Republi-
cans, or Phelps, of Connecticut, by the
Democrats, has been properly regarded as
anomalous. In part because the two par
ties did not oppose each other on the
financial topics, and therefore did little
or nothing to inform voters and guide pub
lie opinion, there has been some room
for heresies to grow, bat it might have been
supposed that the soil was uncOngenial. These
are States of large accumulated capital, by
which teeming industry is sustained. They
are, above all, the saving States, having more
than one deposit in some savings bank to
every family. They are prominently the
bond holding States, and in these the banking
system has thrived, and been more popular
than in any other part of the country.
Yet it is stated, apparently with reason,
that in Name and some other Eastern
States great progress is being made by
q party which aims to destroy the National
banking system, to suppress all bank circula-
ton, to tax United States bonds and to pay
them in legal-tender paper; to repeal the Re-
sumption Act, issue such paper in unlimited
amount, and make 1t legal-tender for GUS
toms duties and the payment of all other
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-14

laid in an early grave. After passing the
Assembly and being favorably reported in the
Senate, it has been defeated there by vote
of two to one. The argument chiefly used
against it was that the cities would suffer II
the Legislature was not frequently in session.
whereas the fact IS that the cities suffer chiefly
while the Legislature is in session.