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Foreign Notes.

-Cluseret, the Communist General
of 1871, is believed to be in Persia, drill
ing the Shah's troops.
England has among her clergy mil
lionaires and paupers. The Rev. Fran
els Swan, lately deceased, left S1,750,-
600 personally.
Leo XIII. has three brothers. Carl
is SO years old, bed-ridden and apoplec-
tic. Johann is the head of the family !;
the third is an ex-Jesuit and secular
priest. Besides, the Pope has two mar
ried sisters and a nephew, who is a vol
unteer in The Italian army.
Sir John Lubbock is an entomolo-
gist and Lombard Street banker He is
cOmely in presence and charming
lecturer. He is useful member of the
House. of Commons, and the British
public are indebted to him for the Bank
Holiday act He has been known to
watch the little games of bee for nine
hours at a stretch.
"A novelty was at last accounts ex-
tensively sold in Paris streets. 1t was
a picture with four heads, those of
Queen Victoria and the Emperor of
Austria being on the top, and those of
the Gar and Sultan below. BY folding
the picture four times the united heads
formed an ingenious picture of Bis
marck. ..a. .' -'
"A new tenor named SELLER, whom
NJ. Edmond About discovered by acct
dent employed in cafe, has just made
his debut in William Tell at the Paris
Grand Opera. after two years study at
the Conservative. The beauty of his
voice is said to be extraordinary, but he
has still great deal to learn.
Lady ROsebery, says the Jeaotsh
Times, has bluer blood than her hus-
band; her family tree is much more an
cieDt than his. To quote Disraeli, her
ancestors were Princes in the Temple
when Lord Roseberyis ancestors were
savages in the woods. The Jews will
hold that all the advantages of the
Rothschild- Rosebery marriage are on
the ROsebery side of the house.
The towers of the rotunda on the
Exhibition grounds will be the highest
look-outs in Paris. They will contain
lifts, to be worked by hydraulic power,
for the elevation of visitors by hun
dred or two at a time. The view from
the top of them will take in the valley
of the Seine for miles on either side,
and every prominent building in the |
city will be seen. The spire of Notre
Dame will stand out as clearly in the I
plain below as the distant green slopes
of Mendon.
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New Classification of Mail Matter.

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-The House
Committee to-day agreed upon bill for the
classification and rates of postage of mail
matter, which will be reported to the House
on the first opportunity. 1t divides mail
matter into four classes: first, written mat
ter; second, periodical publications under
registration; third, miscellaneous printed
matter; fourth, merchandise. or the first
class, except postal cards and drop letters,
the postage shall be- cents each half ounce,
and on drop letters cents on each half
ounce, including delivery by carriers, and
l cent for each half ounce where there are
no carriers. The second class embraces all
newspapers and periodicals which are is
sued at stated intervals, as frequently
as four times year, and which have
been registered as provided in the bill.
Registered matter is to be examined at the
office of mailing, to discover if it contains
any thing subject to a higher rate of postage,
but this is not to be construed to prohibit
the Insertion of advertisements printed sep
arately, but attached permanently to the
same. One of the conditions on which the
registration privilege is granted is that the
publication is for the dissemination of pub
lie information, and has legitimate sub
scriptiOn list. Publishers of registered
matter may fold within the regular issue a
supplement without extra charge. On all
mail matter of the third class, including
books, transient newspapers, periodicals,
circulars and other matter, wholly in
print, proof sheets, and manuscript copy
accompanying the same, postage shall be
paid at the rate of cent for each > ounces.
Circulars are defined to be printed letter,
which are sent in identical terms to different
persons. Maiable matter of the fourth class
embraces all matter not included in the first
three classes, and is subject to an eXamina
ton and postage charge Of l cent an ounce.
Mailabe matter of the second class shall con-
tain no writing or mark except that desig-
Mating the persons to whom it is sent, time
of subscription, etc. 1t is provided that
publishers and dealers in registered matter
may inclose in the publication bills and or
ders for subscription. The Postmaster Gem
eral may prescribe the manner of wrapping
and securing for the mails, so that the
contents may be withdrawn for eX-
animation. Publications registered,
one copy to each actual subscriber in the
county where the same are printed in whole
or in part, shall 90 free through the mails, !
but the same shall not be delivered at letter
carrier offices. The bill further provides for |
envelopes and for postal cards to |
cost cents, to be forwarded and returned: |
also a double letter envelope. The fee for |
registering matter of the second class is |
fixed at 81 year, for which a certificate is |
given. Publications thus registered, when |
sent from the publisher or news agent to ac- /
tual subscribers, shall be charged postage at |
the rate of cents a pound, such postage to |
be prepaid as now required by law.
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School and Church.

There are 100000 scholars and
23l, 600 teachers in the public schools
of this country.
Mrs. G.. M. Perkins has been or
dained to the ministry in West Concord,
Vt. Her husband preached the ordina-
ton sermon.
OF the Al girls who applied for ad-
mission to the new Boston Latin School
only one was rejected at the examina-
ton.
The Rev. c. r. Henderson, Baptist,
of Terre Haute, Ind, has resigned be-
cause he can not indorse the doctrine of
eternal punishment.
A practical writer suggests that
women should be educated by their
fathers and husbands to know the value
of money and how to take care of prop
erty.
The Peabody educational fund, de-
voted to educational purposes in the
South, which in 1876 yielded an income
of 100000, has produced only 100000
for 1877, and promises yet smaller
sum for 1873. Depreciation of real
estate is the cause.
The Massachusetts, Society for the
University Education of Women mean
to raise $40, 900 to found a professOrship
in Boston University, Which shall be
given to some woman lit for the place.
Of the quota of 20 young men sent
out by the Cherokee Nation to be edu-
Gated, four are at the Park High School,
Tuskegee, Ala. One is a full-blooded
Indian; the others are of mixed blood.
Their expenses are paid by the United
States, by warrants drawn directly on
the United States b-Treasury.
Professor Alexander HOgg, of the
Texas Agricultural and Medical College,
proposes that the Government should
appropriate a certain amount of public
lands in each State for the maintenance
of higher educational institutions for
women.
The London World says: "The
education of women in this country
and the remark is true to some extent
of Europe generally-is under bondage
to a mass of foolish tradition; and one
of the first measures toward its reform
would be the reduction of what are
called accomplishments to their legiti
mate proportions"
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EAST AND SOUTHEAST.

Judge Blatchford, of the United States
! District Court at New York, has given de-
/ cision in the suit of the United States against
eXGov. Samuel J. Tilden, to recover some
/ Sl50,O00 income tax, alleged to be due the
! Government by defendant. The question at
/ issue was whether the United States was
/ bound by the action OF its agent, the As
SCISSOR, in fixing the amount of taxable in
| come of defendant, who failed to make any
/ return himself, but paid the tax as
sessed, together with the per cent.
penalty attached. The Court holds, virtu-
ally, that the Government was not bound by
the action of the United States Assessor as
its agent, and that Mr.. Tilden was required
to make, himself, the return of his income,
which he had not done. The case is now to
proceed to trial by jury on the question of
the amount of income of Mr.. Tilden during
the years in which he made no return him
self. 1t is said that Mr.. Tilden will appeal
the case TO the United States Supreme Court.
Dexter McCreary and Fortune Bush, col
ored, were hanged at Barnwell Court house,
S. c., on the 22d, for the murder Of stephen
Enicks, his wife and two children. After
killing the parents, the murderers fl red the
dwelling and the children burned to death.
The suspension of the Sixpenny Savings
Bank, New York, is announced, with de-
ficiency Of about 100000.
Thomas p. Fisher was hanged at Mauch
Chunk, Pa, on the 2Sth, for completely in
the murder Of Morgan Powell, a mining
boss, in December, 1871. The murder was
committed by order of the Mollie Maguires,
Of which order Fisher was a member.
Samuel Goodwin, colored, was hanged at
Live Oak, Fla, on the 9th, in the presence
of 1900 people, for the murder of a colored
man last May. He died without struggle.
At Eastville, Northampton County, Va,
on the 2Sth, Sidney Pitts and A. p. Thomas
fought with pistols, to settle dispute. Two
rounds were fired by each, and as they stood
only six feet apart, Pitts was killed and
Thomas received ball in the head which
was thought would undoubtedly end his ex-
istence.
The Maryland House has, by vote Of 46
10 Is, adopted Montgomery Blair's resolu- |
ton instructing the Attorney General of the |
State to exhibit bill to the Supreme Court |
OF the United States in behalf Of the State |
of Maryland, praying said court TO revise |
the decision of the Electoral Commission .
and declare Tilden and Hendricks legally
elected.
Madame Restell, who for ovor 30 years
has been infamous for her criminal practice
in New York City, by means Of which she
had amassed an immense fortune, on the 1st
committed suicide by cutting her throat
With earviug-knife in the bathroom of
her well known palace on Fifth Avenue. /
She had recently been indicted in the Grim
nal Court, and was extremely apprebensive
4 the result of her trial.
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Science and Industry.

--Holyoke, Mass, makes nearly hal
the fine writing-paper of the country.
There are 10 cotton factories in
South Carolina running $500 spindleS
and l 400 looms. .s.
The New York Bulletin says large
contracts for quinine have recently been
made in the American market, under
stood to be for the Russian Government
On this account the price has rapidly
advanced.
--Twenty-seven States now receive
from the United States Fish Commits
sioner, fsh-eggs for Matching in their
respective waters. About 4, 600, 900 eggs
of California salmon were distributed
by the Commissioners last October.
About 80 States have received their
standards setting forth the metric sys-
tenn of weights and measures, which is
now being introduced. These stand
ards are to be placed on exhibition in
some public place, accessible for refer
ence
Virginia and Tennessee last year
went far ahead of North Carolina,
which has long headed the list, as pro-
ducers of peanuts. The estimated fall
ing off this year in the three States, IS
So, 900 bushels, or more than one-third
of good crop. -.
"A big job of bridge building has just
been done by the Pennsylvania Railroad,
which replaced its burned bridge over
the Raritan River at New Brunswick, II.
j., with new structure over 900 feet
long, in 127 hours; 500 men were en-
plOyed, and it cost $4,000. r.c.-...
Hardened glass, about which there
was such great expectations, has one
rather uncomfortable quality. 1t goes
on ''bust" occasionally. Without any
warning, articles made from toughened
glass explode with a report like pistol
and this little habit will doubtless in
terfere somewhat with its usefulness.
"A comparatively new and prospect
lively profitable use is made by DR..
Moragne, on the st. Johns River, Flori-
da, of the millions of orange blossoms
which annually drop from the trees and
are left to decay He distils from them
orange flower water, which ladies pro-
nounce superior to the generality of tOi-
let perfumes arf
At a village in the Duchy of Mas
sau, process has been invented by
which the common nettle (UrtricG do
tc0tl is worked in the same manner as
hemp. The fibers obtained are as fine
as silk, while they yield nothing to hemp
ibres as regards durability. A eonsid-
cradle area has now been planted with
nettles. II
One of the growing fashions in
Paris and Vienna is pneumatic clocks.
Air is compressed into central reser-
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Appropriations for Western Rivers,

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 1.-The House
Committee on Commerce to-day completed
the river and harbOr appropriation bill,
maintaining liberal provisions for improve
ments in all parts of the country. The to-
tai amount required by the original esti-
mates Of the War Department. was over Sl5,
900 900 The revised estimates were less than
81, OOO. 900, which was the amount apprOpri-
ated in 1876, that being the last spprOpria-
ton made. The present bill apprOpriates
between S7,000,000 aud SS,0OO,OOO.
Western improvements geta large increase
over 1876. The Missouri River then got only
Ste, 900 The committee now proposes
S270,O 900: while the Mississippi then received
only about S400,O0O but now gets over ST.
100000.
The committee makes separate provisions
for the Missouri River, which has not been
done heretofore. Following are the items
for the Missouri River: Removal of snags
and wrecks from the river, $1,000; survey
Of river from its month to Sioux City, $780,
600: improvements of the river above the
mouth of the Yellowstone, $4,000; I'M
provement at Atchison, $1,000; improve
ment at St. Joe, $4,000; improvement at
Nebraska City, $4,000; improvement ut
Omaha, $4,000; total, $270,OOO.
Other items are as follows: For remOv-
ing the raft in Red River and closing Jones
Bayou, S24 900; INSTRUCTIONS 10 the rise ana
fall of the Mississippi, $4,000; removing
snags and wrecks from the Lower Mis-
siSsippi and Arkansas, $4,000; improve
ment of the Arkansas, opposite Fort Smith,
$4,000; improvement Of the Mississippi,
between the mouths of the Ohio and
Illinois Rivers, $4,000. Out of this amount
the three following sums are to be taken:
Dickey Island, $4,000; Kaskaskia Bend,
$4,000; improvements between the mouths
of the Missouri and Illinois Rivers, S2O,OOO;
improvement Of the Mississippi from st.
Paul to the Des Moines Rapids, S25O,0OO;
improvement from the Des MOines Rapids
to the mouth of the Ohio, 100000; remov-
ng snags from the Illinois to st. Paul S4l,-
800: Mississippi River opposite Dubuque,
$4,000; Des Moines Rapids Canal, etc, S95,-
600; Rock Island Rapids, $4,000; Rush
chute and harbOr, $4,000; at TT. Madison,
$1,000; Cahokia chute at st. Louis, 900;
river at Memphis, $4,000; river at Vicks-
burg, $4,000: mouths of the Mississippi,
500, 900: river at Galena, $50, 600.
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THE LOST EURYDICE.


A British Training-ship Goes Down With
Over 800 Persons on Board-Only Two
Survivors.
LONDON, March 25.-The terrible storm
which swept over Great Britain yesterday
was the cause Ofthe most appalling calamity
OF late years, one that will east gloom over
the entire civilized world. The British frig-
ate Eurydice, which has been serving as
naval training-ship, capsiZed off the south
ern coast of the Isle of Wight, while the
storm was ut its height. This loss has already
created the greatest CONSERVATION in Eng
land, and intense eagerness is shown by peo-
pie of all classes to learn the
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.
The loss of life is reported to be 800. The
storm which was the cause of this calamity
manifested itself first during the early part
of last week. Last Friday it broke furious
ly over the British Islands, and since then
it has ragged almost necessarily. Yes
terday n sudden hurricane swept over
London, devastating tornado OF
wind, that tore through the streets,
sweeping every thing before il. The inhab-
itants were Obliged to remain indoors, and
those who ventured out soon returned with
as little delay rs possible. The sweep of the
wind extended far and wide. All of the
British Islands were visited by il. The
mildnesS and beauty Of early spring, with
which the weather seemed TO be impreg-
u
to the icy blasts Of winter. The storm was
exceedingly heavy, and was accompanied by
falls of snow and rain. The sea ran very
1 high, and the ships sailing near the ports
made haste to reach places of safety. At
I Liverpool the cold was intense last Friday,
and increased until Sunday morning, when
a heavy fall of snow set in. In the evening
the snow came down emf masse, and at the
same time the most unusual and eXtraOr-
I. binary phenomena took place. While blind
ing sheets OfsnOw were driving through the
I streets, impeied by resistleSs winds, the
Opaque dome Of heaven was illuminated by
deep flashes Of vivid lightning, which
were Immediately succeeded by re-
veTberating peals of thunder. The
scene beggars description. All who
saw it declare that they never witnessed a
more wonderful spectacle. 1t was during
this time, at 4:3O yesterday, that the disaster
TO the Eurydice occurred. The vessel was
last seen passing Ventnor, with all sail set,
in the midst Of the storm, which suddenly
struck her, when she capsized and disap-
peaTed. Less than an hour afterward the
wind calmed, and flood of sunshine fell
over the sea. Nothing could be seen of the
wreck, however, but few stray planks and
boxes. The ship had sunk, carrying down
with her all on board. Only five survivors
were picked up, but only two of these are
alive. There is no doubt that all the rest
have been lost. Several steamers are now at
the scene of the disaster. but nothing yet has
been discovered. The fated ship was classed
as sixth rate, carrying four guns, and Of 921
tons burden. She was under command Of
Capt. Marcus II. Hare, and was on her home
ward bound voyage from Bermuda.
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The Question OF Resumption.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March ga report
has been submitted TO the House Committee
on Banking and Currency by the subcOm-
mittee, consisting of Messrs. Chittenden
and Ewing, which recently visited New York
City for the purpose of ascertaining the
present condition of the Sub-Treasury in
that city, with regard to the amount of gold
held there, belonging to the United States
Government and to others, and with view Of
comforting with certain financial gentlemen
with regard to the practicability Of the pro-
posed resumption of specie payments on
January LIST next. The following are the
substantial points of the report: The bank
ers were of the opinion that resumption at
the earliest practicable moment was not
only consistent with the public welfare,
but was OF the greatest Importance to the
best prosperity of the country; also, that
resumption on the LIST Of January, 1879,
might be made practicable and safe if
adequate measures should be adopted, but
all who expressed themselves on the subject
were agreed that the plans of the Secretary
of the Treasury were inadequate, and that If
he should make an attempt to resume on the
/ It of January under such circumstances as
were likely to exist at that time, the attempt
would most probably fail. They were of the
opinion also that the reconciliation of sill
yer had seriously interfered with the prOba-
bilities of resumption at the time fixed.
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ITEMS GE INTEREST.
Personal and Literary

Miss braddon has finished her thir-
ty-frst novel.
Mrs. Darlington is stout, benevO-
lent-looking old gent.
Paul de Cassagnac is said to have
fought more than so duels.
Will Carleton, the farm ballad"
poet, owns a meat-market at Adrian,
Mich.
Mrs. Helen Hunt Jacks n's new
volume, "Bits of Travel at Home"
covers California and Colorado.
Father Hyacinthe has obtained per
mission to deliver some lectures in Paris
during the Exhibition.
1t is reported that the Baroness
Burdett Coutts is bent upon establish
ing weekly journal of literature, science
and art. r...
The responsible editor of the Paris
Journal de Ia Commune has been sen
fenced to a years Imprisonment and a
fine of 5000 francs. The trial was by
jury.
jules Verne is one of the most sue
cessful story writers, in the pecuniary
sense, living. His works are translated
into every European language, and he
seems to have been clever enough to Sc
cure paying arrangements. ....
Mrs Joseph Harrison has present
ed to the United States Government .
large collection of paintings illustrating
the life and habits of North American
Indians. The collection is one made
many years ago by George Catlin.
Mrs Gilbert Haven, of Maiden.
Mass, the mother of Bishop Haven, OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church, cele-
brated the Goth anniversary of her birth
day recently. She is the daughter of a
revolutionary soldier who was with
Washington at Valley Forge. ..
Mr.. Tennyson is working upon an
| historical drama which will complete
the trilogy of dramas upon the great
and memorable characters and events in
English history, which he originally
contemplated, "Queen Mary" and
Harold -" having already appeared.
President Andrews of Marietta 90. J
College, has discovered that David Ev.
erett, who edited Marietta newspaper
in 1918, was the author of the familiar
lines beginning:
/ You'd scarce expect one of my age
To speak in public on the stage.
There is just issued in London {
book on the "Poetry of America" con
tanning selections from one hundred
American poets, from 1776 to 1876, will
an Introductory review of colonial poet
ry, and some specimens of negro melo-
dy, prepared by w. j. Linton. The
frontispiece is portrait of Walt Whit
| man.
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Odds and Ends.

The first house-ly Of the season is
perfect copy of the old insect, full
weight and of standard sauciness.-Chi-
cGgo Journal. a.
The fat girl of Iowa is dead. She
measured seven feet around the waist,
and was never completely hugged.-N.
o. PicqyuHe.
The dulciphone is the latest inven-
ton. When held to the ear it converts
the remark of mother-in-law into a
delicious four-part song without words.
-'' How to make a Sunday-school in
teresting" was treated of at the recent
convention at Schagticoke- The most
effective way thus far discovered is to
have free festival every quarterly.
Y. Commercial. -l.l.- ga
Poor George! He was first in war,
first in peace and first in the hearts of
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The Proposed Metric System.

WASHINGTON, March 29.-The bill intro
duced in the House to-day by Mr.. Stephens
authorizes the use OF modified metric sys-
TEN, and the continued use of any system
now permitted BY law is not prohibited, the
true intent and meaning of the act being
not to enforce any particular system, but to
provide fOrpublic convenience by adaptation
TO its circumstances and eXigencies.
The following are the metric tables as pro-
posed by the bill:
Measures of length-100 hairs make a nail,
100 nails make a meter, 1000 meters make a
kilO.
Measures fsurface-10,000 square meters
make great acre.
Measures of bulk and capacity-100 drops
make spoon, 100 spoons make quart, 100
quarts make a cask. t't-
Measures of weight-101 seeds make a
corn, 100 cOrns make nut, 100 nuts make
bi-pound or pip, 1000 pips make a ton.