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ANIupoRrANr TnEArY.
By Which the united States Gets the Best
OfGrenI BriIMIn.

OfGrcat BrtthIu.
WASHINGTON, December 3O.-Mt. Tres.
colt, the commissioner on the part OF the
United States to negotiate treaty with
China, has ar rived nt San francisco and
will at once come to Washington, bring.
ing with him the nsw emigration treaty.
A commercial treaty was also negotiated
by this commission, the principal features
OF which, 1t Is said, are highly sdvantag-
eous to the UniGed States. Under this
treaty the Chiuese Government allows all
cotton good, exported from the United
States to that country TO enter at a merely
nominal rate Of duty on the condition that
no opium or nicotine shall be exported
from this couDtry to China.
By this practical removal Of the duty on
cotton goods tie United S!ates is more
than equal corpetitor with England for
this valuable :rade, and the conditions
affixed to this concession by the Chinese
Government in regard TO opium will force
Great Britain to surrender either the
trade in opium, which 10 her Elst Indian
possessions ia q leading industry, or else to
permit the United States to absorb nearly
the whole trade ia cltton g0ods, the
manufacture OF which is also largely car
ried on throughout British India.
The results Of the labors ofthe commits.
sion are regarded by the President and
Secretary OF sac as eminently satisfactory,
and under the operations Of the com
mercial treaty, it is claimed, new and
valuable fisld will be opened up iu the far
Fast for manufacturers OF tle' United
StRIRR
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The present winter weather seems to
.Es, widely extended over the United
States, reaching clear down to Florida,
where the oranges have been frozen, and
covering several OF the Southern States
with q deep coat Of snow. The Sunny
South is not very sunny to-day, and is in
danger OF being frozen "solid." II one
touch OF nature makes the whole world Of
kin, the touch we are now having Of
physical nature should cement the North
and South in pretty close bonds OF fellow.
ship. We trust our Southern friends will
ied the better olit. twill do their soil good
aud improve their climate. Bob Ingersoll
says that civilization Is plant that grows
under the snow. Perhaps that plant
may grow little more luxuriously here
alter on Southern soil. Who knows but
this weather 10 the South has come as a
Providentisl Rdjuact to the Republican
victory OF last month, in order to round it
out, as it were, and mould and assimilate
the moral and physical conditions of the
two sections into greater harmony.
As for this part Of the country, a, indeed
for many other parts oft, the present spell
Of oiwinter is a great blessing. 1t will disen'
feet the land from all malarious influences
and it will go far to assure another
great crop Of wheat next season. 1t il
moreover worth an incalculsble sum to the
farmers 10 o variety OF ways. The stock
eattheir food cIesnly and fully this wealth
er, and thrive as a consequence oi
go doing, and the farmers can do
all their hauling with the greatest ease
and at the least possible expense. All
their surplus stuff will be hauled to mar
ket; all their rail timber will be edstributed
over their farms, and all the manure piles
scattered through the ields-and all done,
too, when nothing else can be done, and
thus they will be able to turn the snow to
valuable account.
The winter ia in every sense q great
boon to the farmer, as 1t is to overy body
else. His soil is improved by it, and his
body aEd mind are likewise improved
These winter evenings are bonanza to his
family for the opportunities they bring ior
two or three hours OF enjoyment around
the cheerful fire. The "Eirls sit and sew, y
but the boys are not called on to "reaI
and mow." Instead Of that they read the
ISTELLIGEScER and other sound literature
to the girls and to the old folks, and thu!
It's that the good seed of Republicanisu
is sown throughout West Virginia thiI
winter weather, to spring up and beal
fruit hundred fold in the next campaign.
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JUDGE COCHRAN gives very encour-
aging account Of the Wheeling 4 Lake
Erie road. He is sanguine that the pres.
eat contract arrangement will result in It's
completion from the lake To the river, and
that some time in 1882 We will see the dis.
tsncs between Huron and Martins Ferry
completely spanned with steel rails, and
that more than one-half Of the distance
will be laid this coming year. He is en-.
thusisstic over the paying prospects OF the
line, on account Of the superior
coal country. that 1t traverses, and his
enthusiasm is evidently shared by the
syndicate OF capitalists who ere backing
the contractor. For s. 600 cash per mile
and the right OF way, and SIS, 600 in
bonds and sl5,O 900 Of stock, the road is to
be and is being built and equipped. This
is the contract, and the syndicate are sat.
i.tied that they have good thing Of 1t on
these terms. The right OF way is being
obtained on very favorable terms, and the
subscriptions to the extent Of $1,000 per
mile seem easy enough to secure. The
special business Of the Judge along the
line has been and will be to secure the
right Of way and these subscriptions. The
people have confidence once more in the
project, and now believe that the year Of
Jubilee has come sure enough.
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DETROIT, December S0.-A young man
named Harry D. Wright, was found dead
in bed this morning, having committed
suicide by taking laudanum. His parents
live in England. He came here about eight
mouths ago from Canada, where he had
lived several years, and had been acting as
bookkeeper. The cause OF the suicide is
believed to be the refusal OF young lady
to carry out an agreement of marriage
with him on account Of his drinking hab.
Its.
John Fullerton, a young farmer oi Rox-
and township, Eaton county, this State,
surrendered himself TO the officers to-day,
saying: "Ikilled q neighbor named Gil.
bert butcher, yesterday" Fullerton claims
that be was assaulted by Dulcher with a
club, aad that in self defense, he struck
him with an axe, disembowelling him.
The last and only gri.t mill in Deerfeld,
Lenawee county, this State, has been
burned. Six hundred bushels Of grain,
owned by Porter & Cannon, was destroyed
The mill had just been thoroughly repair.
ed. Loss, S., 900; insurance, $1,000.
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FROM THE CAPITAL.
nArrIRs or INTEREST DURING THE
CONGRESSIONAL RECESS.
A Destroyer for Grnsshoppers-The Zee
retaryshIp OF the Navy - Revenue
Receipts-Indian visitors fired
or TaIEinE-varioua Other
Matters by Telegraph.
BUREAU BRIEFS.
Army Officers Observation-Disclosures
Case-New Years. dkc., dc.

Army OnieeFa helFeu-"huhhAeFh
Case-aew Years. de-, dc.
WAsHlNdroE, December 3O.-Brigadier'
General Randolph; b. Marcy, Inspector
General, and Col. John G. Barnard, Of the
corps of engineers, were to-day placed
upon the retired l!st by the President,
the retirement to da:e from January I'd:
The court martial in the case OF Cadet
Whitaker has been ordered to convene at
West Point Tuesdsy, January 18th. The
following are delSiled for the court:
Brigadier. General F. A. Miles, President
OF the court; Colonel H. A. Morrow, Of
the Twenly-frs. inflntry; Lieutenant
Colonel Pinckpey Lungenbee, oi the First
infantry; Lieutenant ColonelJ. NJ. Bron.
nan, OF the First artillery: Major Lewis
Merrill, of the Seventh cavalry Major E.
B. Summer, OF the Fifth cavalry; Captain
r. 7. Frank, OF the First arLilley; Captain
]. n. Craig, OF the Tenth infantry; Captain
Merrett Barber, OF the Sixteenth infantry;
aud Msjor A. B. Gardner, judge advocates
OF the court.
The customary orders have been Issued
for the officers Of the army and navy at
Washington to pay their respects to the
President on New Years day.
A. S. Logan, linesl descendant OF the
historic Indian chief. has been appointed
to position in the Interior Department
Judge freeman, Assistant Attorney
General for the Postotfi:e Department,
has written to the POstmaster.G General,
taking the ground that private CONNER.
cial papers, filled out in writing, are legal.
ly subject to letter rates OF postage, and
that therefore section 2S2 OF the present
postal regulations allowing such papers as
bills OF lading, invoices, way bills, insur.
ance documents, deeds, circulars and
handbills to pass through the mail as
third clsss matter should be Rnnulled as
contrary 10 law,
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BosroN December S0.-Considerable op-
position has arisen towards the law passed
by the last Legislature imposing tax OF
one half Of one per cent per annum on
the net value or reserve Of all insurance
policies held by residents Of the State.
Contrary to the anticipations Of the origi-
majors OF the measure. it is said that its
effect, unless it may be modified or re.
pealed, will be to close the doors OF every
Massachusetts, life insurance company and
to drive from the State every other compa.
ny doing business here, owing TO the as
sessment OF the new tax. Three or four
companies have announced their iuten-
tion OF Withdrawing their business
from the State. Several other States
under what are termed reciprocal tax lave,
have notified all Massachusetts, companies
doing business in their borders that they
will be required to pay the same tax on
business done there which Massachusetts,
imposed on outside companies. The i'm
mediate result OF continuance Of this
tax will be falling of Of about 10 per
cent in the dividend Of the policy holders.
Several OF the companies will test the con-
stitutionality OF the new law. Such as.
sessments ss have already been paid are
paid under protest,
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oE0RGIA moONsHiXgEs.
senator Brown VIII DO ais Utmost ic
Crush Ont LaWIrsSUeEs.

Crush ont LnWIrssUeEs.
WASHINGTON, December 30 The action
Of Senator Brown, of Georgia, in calling
upon the Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue and assuring him of his hearty sym.
pathy and cooperation In tho etlrts be-
ing made to put down the illicit dis'illerf
OF his State is the subject OF extended
comment among members OF the Admin
lstrRti0n.
A prominent official stated last night
that the course adopted by Senator Brown
would materially strengthen the hands OF
the Government in its attempts to deal
with this extended aud growing evil, and
was in sharp contrast with the action OF
many prominent Southern representa-
tives, who, while here In Washington,
had spoken and legislated against
illicit distillation, but when at home
among their constituents had not hesttnt-
ed to denounce the Government and its
officers for executing law which in CON
gress they had supported With their votes.
aud many oil the more rigorous feature OF
which were In the shape OF amendments
offered and passed by Senator'S and Rep
resentatives from that section; that It was
this covert sy ympathy which had rendered
It almost impossible to break up the
''moonshiners" OF North Carolina and
Northern Georgia, and msde IL lie and
death battle for the officers Of the revenue
to even pass through portions Of these
states In the execution OF their duties.
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the NEWS ~ BRIEF.
Home and Foreign Matters OF I'm.
portance.

Hems and Foreign Matter. OF Im.
portance.
The Dowager Grand Duchess OF Neck.
lenburg Streiltz died at New Streiltz yes
terday.
The Dutch Government is about to sp.
peal to the farmers Of the British Nation in
iavor Of the independence OF Transvasl.
One Of the most disastrous foods 10 re-.
ported in Derhyshire. Several hundred
hands have been thrown out Of employ.
ment at Derby by the flooding OF the cot
ton mills.
Tewfik Pasha, who has been appointed
Turkish Minister oil Finance, Ia the same
officer who was employed in buying arms
aud ammunition in the United States for
the Turkish Government.
The fire last evening In the Mason
Depot, Tenn, destroyed the store and
dwelling OF ]. Watkins. Loss $4,000.
Insurance S4 800. The saloon OF R. Drury
was also burned. Loss 5000. Uninsured.
A Milwaukee special says: A large
number Of the leading LAWYERS here sign.
ed petition 10 have Judge Cooley, oil
Mich, appointed to succeed Justice
Swsyne in the United States Supreme
Court.
Captain. General Blanco is not to leave
Cuba. The government has ordered the
abandonment OF the prosecution OF all the
political cases connected with the insuI.
rection now pending before the military
courts.
Tevitk Pasha, Turkish artillery officer,
was recently appointed MiuistenEof Fl
nance, and the financial administration oil
Turkey Is now entirely controlled by
military men, and all the available re-
sources OF the country are devoted to
military preparations.
A Russian Imperial decree Is published
reducing the import duty on salt and in.
creasing that on foreign goods, imposing 9
tax on trade guilds and doubling storage
dues on merchandise deposited in Coy
ernmsnt warehouses. The decree will
take effect the 18th oI January next.
A collision occurred on the Canada
Southern road near Welland yesterday be-
tween way freight and through passen
ger train, badly damaging the engine oi
the passenger and the rear car Of the
freight train, and badly scAlding John
Bennington aud breaking the arm Of Thos
Carey, the fireman OF the freight train.
The Porte ia about to address circular
to the Powers containing conditions, thu
acceptance OF which It is believed car
alone avert q conflict between Turkey aut
Greece. The Porte Is trying TO obtain
the consent oil the Powers TO q new con
ference on the Greek question, In which
Turkey and Greece shall participate
Germany declares the proposal iuSppor
tune,
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CHICAGO, December 9O-The water
pipes in the United States commissary
building burs. this evening, and q store Of
provisions, worth sum Of money, are
said to be in jeopardy. No Government
officer who has access to the building has
as yet appeared. An estimate Of the loss
cannot be made tonight.
The inter OcSan's Paris, ILL.,, special says;
Mrs. Sarah Young, one Of the Oldest resi-.
dents OF this city, met fearful death yes
terday morning. Her clothes catching
frs from stove, aud before help could
reach her the lower part OF her body was
burned 70 Cinder. She was 81 years old.
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THINGS THURSDAY.
MATTERS IN ALI QUARTERS OF THE
CIVILIZED WORLD.
Some Commercial Reports for the Clos.
ing Year-RaiIroad Aeeidents-Vis.
itors to Gar1eId-The ohio Sen.
atorship-w whisky at Gin.
eInnati--other Matters.
HENRY HELD
For Murderous Assault Upon Or. VIII
sehooioy.

EOr huruefoub AHAhuit upon DF. VIII
kehooioy.
sTEubESvILLE, December 80.
Special Dispatch to the InsllISeHcer.
The preliminary examination Of james
B. Henry, in the Alexander muss oil
Christmas eve, was concluded this morn.
ing, Justice Bright holding him over to
the next term OF the Common Pleas Court
in the sum Of $500, to answer to charge
OF assault with intent to kill. DR.. Schooley
has been placed under 81 900 bond for his
appearance. We understood this morning
that Buckingham was much worse, bat
have heard nothing later, the intense
north poleishness OF the atmosphere keep.
ing the country folks at home. The sensa,
,ion expected yesterday was not devel.
oped, although it was touched upon, and
there can be no d.ubt but that there ia
something OF that sort at the bottom oil the
trouble. Sufficient has been developed to
warrant that conclusion, but not enough
to allow OF their publication. ALwYS.
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Contemplated Removal OF the Chicago
ChAmber Of Commerce.

CHICAGO, December S0.-A ballot was
taken by the Board Of Trade, this morn.
ing, on the proposition Of the directors to
move the Chamber OF Commerce into a
new building to be erected on the vacant
lots just south OF the Grand Pacific Hotel,
resulting in an overwhelming majority in
favor OF the proposition. 1t Is very prob.
able that immediate steps will be taken
looking toward the construction OF the
building and settling some legal Difficult.
ties said to be in tho way, but the new
building will probably not be ready for
occupancy for nearly two years.
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A nl.slnr ,lnn,s Body round.

sr. LOUIS, December S0.-Bepi. Miller
of this city, mysteriously disappeared from
East St. Louis last Monday and he being
known to have considerable money on his
person suspicious OF robbery and murder
were aroused and the police made 9
vigorous search for him. To-day his dead
body was found buried in the snow at the
outlkirts OF East ST. Louis. The circum-
stances indicate he got drunk and troze to
death.
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unrortnnsta nennn Y,,.els.

DUNDEE, December 30.-The British
steamer Garnet, of this port, was wrecked
in the North sea during gale of the 18th
inst, and all hands, numbering seventeen,
petished.
British steamer Montgomery Shere, from
Cardiff, bound to Singapore via Suez Canal ,
has been lost with her crew Of thirty
men on the coast Of Sontugal.
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HALIFAX, N. S., December S0.-The
schooner W. a. Brookfsld, from Port
Midway for Boston, December 4th and moi
since heard from, had a crew Of Eve per
sons, three brothers named Robert HIATT,
single, G. HIATT, married. D. HIATT, cook,
single, Thomas Smith and Barton Maryatt,
seamen, unmarried, Alfred Mitchell and
James Manthorn, Of Mil Village, and
Samuel Verge and Daniel Crowley, oi
Port Midway, all married, were passen'
gers.
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CHEYENNE, WYo., December SO.-This
morning the east bound emmigrsnt train
on the Union Pacific railroad parted near
Lodge Pole Station, Neb., and one portion
collidipg. eight cars were wrecked and
Ave passengers hurt, none fatally. The
east bouud express train on the same road
collided with the water train this morning,
near Rock Springs, Wyo. Both engines
were demolished but no passengers were
hurt. The engineer and fireman escaped
with slight injuries.
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RRASh BUkR
And some Other Prominent Gentlemen
visit Garfield.

And some Other Prominent Gentlemen
visit Garfield.
CLEVELAND, December S0.-senator Don
Cameron arrived in the city yesterday
morning in special car over the Clevs.
land & Pittsburgh road. He was accom-.
panied by Mr.. Charles E. Smith and Mr..
F. A. Burr, editor Of the Philadelphia
Pres, aud Mr.. George G. Gorham, editor
Of tho Washington Republican, The entire
party went down to Mentor on o special
car at l O'Clock, and spent several hours
with the President.elect.
10 the evening Senator Cameron attend.
ed the reception at the Union club rooms,
The party leave to-day for the East.
Senator KiIkwood also arrived yester.
day but not with the Cameron party, and
will visit General Garfield to-day.
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CISclSNArt, December SO.-This after.
noon books were opened and stock to the
amount OF three hundred thousand dol.
lars WAS subscribed in a few minutes for
The formation of company TO introduce
!Maxlm's electric light in Cincinnati, Cow
inStou aud Newport. Its purpose IL to in.
tEoduce the light in manufactures aud
other places where steam power Is used,
ana ultimately In private houses BY pro.
SIdlnG engines for the generators at con.
venient points.
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ST. LOUIS, December SO.-Maj. G. i.
MAhan, OF the Indian Department, ar.
rived here to-day from the Colorado River
Indian Agency, enroute to Washington.
He SAYS there Is no doubt OF the death Of
YictotiS, the Apache chief. Maj. Mahsn
saw the he'iamous warriors wife atSan Car
log, and she was in mourning, and had cut
of her hair, q sure sign that her husband
Ia dead.
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Pou0HKEEPsIE, December so.- The
evening train on the Rhinebeck / Con-
necticut Railroad ran on a broken rail
three miles east OF Rhinebeck this after
noon. Ten empty coal cars, mail car and
passenger car were hurled down a twenty
feet embankment. The mail car took fire
and half OF the nail banks we're destroy.
ed. s. l.. Magoon was cut in the head and
badly injured in the hip and shoulders.
Fred Cotling, mail agent, was struck in
the breast, but not fatally hurt. John
Donahue and one or two others were
slightly injured.
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DETROIT, December sO.-Tbe Post and
Tribune will contain tomorrow an annual
statement OF the produce of this city for
the past year. The receipts of the leading
items have been as follows: Flour, 341, ,1s7
barrels; wheat, $3.50 900 bushels; corn,
42S 900 bushels; oats, $4,000 bushels
barley, 800 600 bushels; butter, 2,045, ,00O
pounds; cheese, 53S,000 pounds; wool,
OS0, 600 pounds.
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Changes In the s. Y "Sun" Editorial
staff

NV York, December 3O.-C. S. Lord,
iorteu years connected with the Sun, and
among the best known and most brilliant
men on the New York press, succeeds
Ballard Smith as managing editor of the
Sun and takeI charge tomorrow.
From severe illness OF two years ago
Mr.. Smith has never recovered, and his
physician insists on period Of complete
rest. Since Mr.. Smith was given the city
editorship OF the Louisville C0urtey.J Journal,
lessthan aye.raite leaving college, having
taken position aS reporter at once alter
graduating, he has held executive posi-.
tons successively as managing editor OF
the Courter Journal, editor OF the Louisville
LSdger, CITY editor aud managing editor Of
the New York World, and managing editor
Of the Sun.
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CHICAGO, December So.-An Inter. 0oson
Fon Du Lac, Wis, special says: An
eldealy woman named Titler died yester'
day under peculiar circumstances. She
was suffering from pneumonia, and a
warm fat-iron was ordered to be put on
her chest.
Her drunken husband heated the iron
so hot that it burned through the cavity
Of her chest, and she expired in the
greatest agony.
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WASHINGTON, December 29.-The re-
ceipts from the internal revenue to-day
were 1884, ,S67, aud from custo ms Sl63. .O54.
Checks amounting to Sl.B70, 900 were re.
mitted today from the Treasury Depart
msnt on account Of the redemption loan
OF skies Of 1880.
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ro Wondsr Thr,,re rIretl.

wAsaISGrOS, D. O., December SO.-The
Cheyenne River aud Lowpr Brule Sioux,
who wero to hold another conference Ct
the Interior Department to- day, concern.
Ing tha proposed railroad rights Of way
through their reservation, sent word from
their hotel to The DspGrtm snt this morn.
thought they would be sufficiently rested
tomorrow.
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Cauen. on Elsetoral co.n,.

WASHINGTON, December SO.-It is con.
templated by several Of the Democrats
nov in the city to call party caucus after
the holidays. At this caucus It will be
decided whether to insist upon the con
struction Of the Constitution as proposed
in the MOrgan rule, or to abandon further
discussion end allow the count to proceed
In tho Old.lashioned way. Undoubtedly
the old way will prevail.