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yay only, congress having reduced the

way only, congress having reduced the
compensation last year. The messenger
from New York is John Jacob Astor, who
hasn't called for his compensation.
A DISPATCH of the 18th inst, from Wash
ington says: The report that Justice
Hunt condition is critical and that his
mind is entirely gone is Incorrect This
is the condition Of Justice Clifford, not
Justice Hunt. The latter's health has
greatly improved of late, and he has learn
ed to write with his left hand since his
right one was paralyzed.
The president has nominated Judge
William b. Woods, Of Georgia, to be as
sociate justice of the United States su-
preme court, vice Justice Strong, resigned.
Mr.. Woods is now United States ccrcuit
Judge for the fifth circuit, comprising Ala
bama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missis-
ippi and Texas. He was appointed from
Alabama, but is native of Ohio.
The president nominated Eugene
Schuyler, Of New York. to be charge DAT
faires and consul general at Bucharest; w.
f. Peddrick, of Pennsylvania, to be secre-
tary of the French claims commission.
United States consul-John Farrel, of
New York, to be consul at Bristol; David
A. Mckinley, of California, to be consul
at Honolulu, and Theodore Canisius, Of
Illinois, to be consul at Gelstemande.
TIE president has assigaed Brevet
Major General O. O. Howard to the de-
partment of West Point; Brigadier Gen
eral G. c. Augur to the department of
Texas; Brevet Brigadier General Henry
J. Hunt to the department of the south:
Brevet Brigadier General r. S. Macken-
zie to a new department comprising Ar
kansas, Louisiana, and Indian Territory
Major General John NJ. SchoEeld to the
new military division of the gulf, and
Brgadier General N. a. Miles to the de-
partment of the Columbia
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From the Capital.

SENATOR'S CoNKLING and Lamar appear
ed in the senate Dec. 22d, for the first
time this session. Mr.. Lamar says he is
entirely restored to bis usual health.
The secretary of the navy has decided
to issue an order establishing the training
fleet headquarters at Coasters Harbor Is
land, in Narragansett Bay.
TIE president has uamed Teo. f. Sin
giser, OF Pennsylvania, to be secretary of
Idaho and Edward ?. Champion of Michi-
gan to be receiver of public moneys at
Deadwood, Dakota.
The senate committee on public build
ings and grounds recommends the passage
of bill providing for an appropriation
of $25O,O9O for the immediate rebuilding
of the United States Custom House at
Pensacola. The new building is to ac-
commodate the United States courts, post
Office, etc.
Sen. PENDLEroN's bill regulating civil
service provides for competitive examina-
tions for appointments, except of the high
est and lowest employees, and for the pro.
motion on grounds of merit and seniority
in service.
The senate, in executive session, con-
frmed the following nominations: Wolf
gang Schaehe of Ohio, United States mar
shall for the western district of Michigan;
Z. 3. Turner, of Texas, United States dis
trict judge for the western district of Tex
as; F. n. Schurtleh,, collector of customs
for the district OF Willamette, Oregon.
The department of agriculture says Of
the condition of cotton that there is de-
cline in the return of December l, as COM
pared with that received November l.
The continuance of rain and very cold
weather in November lowered the estimate
of the states bordering on the Mississippi
river.
THOSE who sought positions in their
several states rs messenger TO Washington
for the electoral colleges evince great dis.
appointment at receiving from the treas.
ury mileage of twenty-five cents for One
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Murder.

Some one has observed that man
seldom commits his first murder after
the age of twenty-eight years, but that
if he begins to murder before that age,
he is liable to go on doing SO indefinite
ly. This seems to show that the I'M
pulsiveness of youth is needed to pre-
cipitate criminals into making a MUIR
derous essay, but that, having made
it, they discover it to be not SO horrible
as they had been taught to suppose.
If it were otherwise, surely no man
would be so unlikely as to kill another
as he had already done SO at some past
time. His experience of its effects
would be stronger deterrent of ignor-
ance of one who had never tried it.
Granting, then, that even the murder
er who begins to murder with a mo-
tive, learns to like trade, what is there
to prevent Lis ultimately cultivating it
on its own merits? A great many mur-
ders-far more than is generally sup
posed-are committed every year, the
authors of which are never discovered.
This fact. if taken in connection with
the facilities toward discovery which
motives supply, is all but inexplicable,
but as soon as we entertain the possi-
bility of their having been committed
without a motive, it becomes COM
prehe The Spectator.
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CablcgralnS.

\ CoNrLAGEAr1oN at Bangoon, in Bur
nah, Dec. 81, caused damage estimated at
$l3,000,O0O The fire-engines completely
broke down.
A ROME dispatch of Dec. 10th says: In
view of the approaching attack on Lima
Peru, the Chilian government has ac-
quainted the Italian charge d'aGdi1es at
Santiago with the measures taken for the
protection of foreign residents.
A REPUBLIC has been organized at Held
elburg, in Africa, by the Beers, who num-
Der i 1000, and a detachment OF colonial
troops has been sent to the scene of the re-
volt. 1t is thought in London that VOL
seley will be dispatched thither with a
British army.
\ DUBLIN cablegram of Dsc. l6 states
that at the Cork asszes John Powers, of a
party Of armed men who forcibly entered
a house from which tenants had been
evicted near Tralee, County Kerry, i'll the
night about a fortnight ago, and slit the
ars of the occupant, a bailitf has been ac-
quilted, although identified by the pros
ecutOr.
A PARIS dispatch of Dec. 10th states
that the funeral of Madame Thiers, was
" lli6SSCu ny IcSpSCIlul SIoNu L hS
hearse and coffin were buried under 4
crown of flowers and immortelles. All the
leading members of the two chambers were
present. The ministery followed imme-
diatcly behind the coffin. Gambetta and
Buffet were conspicuous IN the process
sion.
ST.. PETERSBURG adviccs of Dec, Is say
the rlmOr current some weeks ago of the
transfer Of the Cars authority to coun-
Gil under the presidency Of the czarewitch
is renewed with this addition, that the
marriage of the Princess Dolgorouki with
the car will be declared legal, she re-
ceiving the title of Duchess Of Holstein-
Gotlor and her children to be princes and
princesses of that title. The czar and
family will retire to Iivadia, he remain
ing emperor in name, the actual authority,
however residing in the czarewitch.
\ LONDON Times dispatch of the 10th
inst, from Cork says: VIM. Bence Jones,
an Englishman and large land owner resid-
ing OF Lissi,are, county Cork. writes to the
Times that he has expended e25 900 on
the improvement of his property and has
hitherto enjoyed good relations with his
tenants. but because he refuses to accept
the Gritfith's valuation his tenants have
been deferred Dy threats from paying tnelr
rent. He is threatened that his grave
will be dug opposite his door; his laborers
are compelled to leave him and none dare
buy his produce because when it is sent to
market ii is surrounded by bowling mob.
A correspondent of the Times at Cork says
when Jones, Tuesday, tried to ship 50 head
of cattle and sheep to Bristol for sale a
number Of large shippers informed the
steamship company that they would cease
their dealings with it if the cattle were
shipped and the company consequently
refused to take the cattle as also did the
Clyde shipping company. Finally the drov
ers refused to tend the cattle, which after
straying through the streets were finally
driven by the police to the Great Southern
railroad and that company forwarded them
to Dublin by train, in spite of the efforts
of the Boycotters to prevent the company
from supplying the train.
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Criminal.

WILLIAM q. BRADLEY, postmaster at
Fren eton, Ky, cOniesses having robbed
his Office of $4,000.
EHHART ENGLEE, Of Cassville, Wis,
who was recently discharged from the in
sane asylum at Madison, has hanged HIM
self.
CHARLES A. BURT. brewer and malt
ster OF Albany, shot and killed his mistress
and then committed suicide.
ASr. LOUIS confidence man, pursued by
a policeman, attempted to cross the big
bridge on the railroad track, but fell
through and was drowned.
MARKS Of a bloody tragedy were visible
on the ice at Goat Island, above Niagara
falls, on Saturday morning, the victim be-
ing passed over the cataract
ALYNCu1NG party of thirty men is out
near La lara, New Mexico. searching for
Charles Bonssill. who killed two Mexicans
and wounded two more N an atfray about
a lady.
JouS G.. ARMSTRONG, a farmer of Car
roIlton. ILL.,, quarreled with his brother
Clinton Yesterday about buggy trade,
t;,e latter struck the former with wagon
yoke, killing him instantly.
GEo MCNEAL, of Butler, Michigan,
who shot the lad Burch, 10 years Of age,
while hunting rabbits in the woods the
dav before Thanksgiving, has been arrest
ed for murder.
CADET WHITAKER has applied to pres
| ident Hayes for trial by court-martlal:
Whitaker asserts that he is innocent OF
every charge against him. The president
has taken the matter under advisement.
TIVE butchery of Bessie Moore, in Texas,
by Abe Rothschild, has not been forgotten
by the public. At the commencement OF
the trial at Jefferson, on the 18th lnst.'
only two jurors were obtained from a
special venire of sixty.
EDWARD LONG. colored, was hanged at
Jackson, Tenn, on the 18th inst, for the
murder of Sit Rogers, a negro, last June
Long fully confessed his crime, and de,
clared that Rogers ghost had pursued
him relentlessly ever since the Tragedy
-Four thousand persons witnessed the
execution.
ADy1cEs from the Indian Territory, say
that two full blood Indians went to the
house of Elias Nc Weigh, in Euta9la on
Tuesday, and after accepting the the m nos,
pitalities of Nc Weigh, shot and killed
him and chopped hired man named
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THE electric light has just been intro
duced by the Boston & Albany compa-
ny, not only for lighting its large pass
enger station in Boston, but also its
freight house, engine house and switch
ing yard. Two electric lights suspend
ed in the yard from high poles are
foundto greatly facilitate the night work
CT switch tenders and train men. Six
lights are used in the passenger station,
and the whole number to be used about
buildings and tracks is 32, supplied by
two Brush machines. The experiment
thus far is said to be entirely satisfactory,
the light being much superior to that be-
fore obtained from gas. AS to the COM
parative cost we hope to here from ere
long. 1t has long seemed probable that
electricity would soon come into extend
Ell use at our great railway termini.
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\ CHILIAN fleet Of eighteen vessels
attacked and captured the Peruvian
town of Pisco, on Nav. 10, and burned
the rolling stock Of a railroad belong
ing to British capitalists. The Peru
vians lost $50 men and the Chilians
400. A force of 10000 then landed
from a fleet, and took up its line of
march through Yea valley for Lima, a
distance of 12G miles. The Peruvlans
have sen cut three divisions to check
the invaders. The Chillan fleet will
return to africa for reinforcements,
which will be landed at a point nearer
Lima.
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ADJOURNED I'LL Monday.
FRIDAY Dec I7.-Ho,tse. The house held
short session the private calendar. Several
private bills passed, and the house adjourned un-
til Monday.
MONDAY. Dec, 2o.-Se"ute-The vote by
which the senate disagreed to the adjournment
resolution, was reconsidered-ycas 81, NAYS q.
Senator EdmundS moved to amend 60 as to ad-
journ from Dec. 2' to jan. 8, instead of from
Dee, % to January ). The resolution was agreed
to. SO to rs.
MONDAY, Dec, 90 Hoesc.-Bills and resolu-
tions were introduced and referred rs follows:
By Mr. Dunn, providing that lands in the Indian
tinguished; and which are unoccupied by Indians
are public lands of the United States, and. are
hereby declared subject to settlement under the
homestead and pre-emption laws. By
Mr.. Morton, for the repeal of the tax
Mr.. Price, under the direction of the committee
| on banking and currency moved to suspend rules
and pass the following bill:
Be 1t enacted, etc., That section 34l3 of the re-
vised statutes be repealed that: from and after
the passage Of this act stamp shall be necessary
on any check such as is named in said section
3413.
The speaker made the following committee ap-
pontments: Mckinley to the committee on ways
and means: Conger to the committee on rules;
Taylor of Ohio, to the committee on judiciary.
ne speaker also announced tue appointment OF
Wellborn Scoville and Brown as visitors to the
naval ACADEMY. Several leaves of absence were
granted but +. Wood gave notice he would OBJ
ject to further leaves. Bills passed under sus-
pension of the rules as follows: To establish an
assay office in St. Louis. To enlarge and pro-
tect the San Antonio arsenel. To provide suita-
BILE pedestal for the monument erected to the late
Admiral Farragut in Washington.
TUESDAY Dec. 2l--Senote-In the senate the
vice president submitted letter from the secre-
tary of the interior, inclosing communication
from the commissioner of pensions, setting forth
the necessity of additional appropriation for pay
ment of pensions during the current fiscal year.
The additional amount required is about SlS,-
100000. The vice president appointed Senators
Pendleton and Davis to fill vacancies on the civil
service committee. Adjourned.
TUESDAY Dec. 2l--,Sendte.-In the house Mr.
Robeson introduced the following Resotred
| That the two houses will assemble in the chamber
| of the house of representatives. on the second day
in February 1881, ut IL o'clock, and the president
of the senate shall be the presiding officer; that
two persons shall be appointed tellers on the part
of the senate and two on the part of the house Of
representatives to make list of the votes as they
shall be declared; that the result be delivered to
the president of the senate, who shall announce
the state of the vote and the persons elected, to
! the two houses assembled as aforesaid, which an
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American incomes.
L. NJ. Coan, in Harper's Magazine

There is no table Of the average dur
alton of fortunes; but the statistics of
business failures in the country since
1866 show that the average yearly fail
ures ranged from l in 1853 in the year
1871 to i in rs in 1876. How many busi-
ness men in a thousand fail, once or
more, during their business lifetime, I
can not learn. The proportion used to
be estimated, for New England lat 81 per
cent. That is probably too high a fig
ure for the business of to-day, conduct
ed as it is on much shorter credits
than formerly. But the proportion of
traders who fail is probable not lower
than Is per cent of the whole number.
How many of our people live upon
their invested means? In 1866 our in
come-tax returns showed III 900 in
comes of $500 per year and over, and
100000 incomes of less than $500.
But these were not incomes from capi-
tai; they were mostly earnings or wa
ges. Probably not one in a hundred Of
these smaller incomes and not over 10
per cent of the incomes over $500 re-
presented the interest upon invest
ments. In France, ten years later the
census returned no less than 100000
people, renters, who live entirely upon
their invested means. In 1877 $780,
600 people-one fifth of the popula-
tion-were enrolled as rentes-holders
or savings-banks depositors; but it
must be added that the savings banks
do not often fail in France, and that
sooner or later they are apl to fail with
us. Most of these deposits are small
ones. But no less than 1900, 600 of the
French can say with Petrarch, Parvo
sed apta mihi: 1T is little enough, but it
will do for me-"
Thus, in spite of the resources of the
country, in spite of the almost univer-
sal search for wealth, and in spite of
the fact that we have a great many
rich men at any given time, we still
do not have large class of permanent
ly rich men; we do not even have,
like the French, a large class of per-
sons who have a permanent though
small competence. The rich Ameri-
cans wealth is extremely volatile; in
nine cases out OF ten it is fairy gold. !"
The old land owners from the chief
exception to the rule, especially in our
large cities, where the increase of val
ues has been great.
But if our class Of permanently
wealthy people is small, so also is our
class of destitute people. We are for
tunate in having few of the very rich or
very poor, in having no such inn
rnense and harmful Inequality of for
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Wood is $2Oa a Cord and Water 5 Cents
aGallOn.
Nlrninia (Nayl Enternrisa
Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise.


Candelaria is without doubt the
toughest and most uncomfortable min
ing camp in Nevada. The houses,
what there are of them, are poorly
built, and the cold wind that has been
blowing for the past few days goes
through them as easily as it would
through sieve. A great many peo
pie still live in tents. Wood costs $40
a cord and is scarce and poor at that.
1t takes capitalist to keep a fire go.
ing here. Water retails at 5 cents a
gallon and is hauled in wagons from
Columbus-eight miles. This water is
not very good, being impregnated with
alkali, but the average Candelarian
doesn't care.much for that, the ma Or
ity of them preferring beer, which, by
the way, is sold at the rate of bit a
drink in many of the saloons. The
whisky is of good quality, so you can
see that we are not altogether without
the blessings of civilization. At Atpresent
the camp is enlivened by the presence
of lot of Belville people, who are
here attending the preliminary ex-
animation of Child Brummett, who
killed Billy Bell in Belleville last
Thursday. The killing occurred in
front of the Belleville Hotel on Thurs
day evening. Bell went to the faro
game, where Child was dealing, Wednes-
day night, and put s. on the layout.
Child said: II don't want to play for
you," "Bell said: II have been after
you for three years, and will get you
yet. I would like to have six bits a
dozen for whipping such fellows as you.
You think you are a fighter because
you licked a drunk in Austin" The
next day they passed each other and
didn't speak. At o'clock in the even
ing Child was walking up to the hotel
from Jackson's. Bell came up from
the other corner of the street. Child
got to the porch fore or five feet ahead
Of Billy. Child had taken two or three
steps on the sidewalk, and Billy had
one boot on the sidewalk in the act of
stepping up when Child turned and
shot him in the neck. The ball went
through the collar button-hole of the
shirt, and was taken out from the
shoulder blade at the back. Pick
Handle Gulch is the name of the real
mining town of the section, being To-
Gated in the ravine directly below the
mines.
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. No less than 352 regular passenger
trans arrive at and depart from
Chicago every twenty-four hours, as we
find by counting up from the time table.
This gives an average of nearly fifteen
every hour, day and night, but as be-
tween midnight and 6 A. NJ passenger
trains are practically suspended, the
average for the remaining Is hours
would be nearly twenty trains per hour,
Or one almost every three minutes.
This, of course, does not include the
numerous freight trains and the innum-
cradle movements of switch engines
from yard to yard and from road to
road.
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OLD DANIEL WEBSTER.
His Career After 1914 A---His Creates
Law Case.

His Career After 1S44---His Greatest
Law Case.
November Atlantic.
Daniel Webster continued to pass
his winters at Washington after he left
the department Of state, attending to
his large practice before the supreme
court. He had been coldly received on
his return to Massachusetts,, after hay
ing been the recognized premier Of
John Tylers' administration, and he
spoke to a friend, with some bitterness
of some of the "solid men of Boston"
as "sixty day fellows with their three
days grace" In his minds eye he
doubtless saw some of them wonder
ing whether certain promissory notes
upon which they had put their names
would be paid bv them. Nor would
he admit that because Of the pecuniary
aid given, he was modestiy to retire in
to the rear rank and let wealthy
cotton spinner stand foremost among
the wings of Massachusetts.
The most important case conducted
by Mr.. Webster was an action brought
by the heirs of Stephen Girard, to re-
cover his bequest for the establish
ment and maintenance of college.
Mr.. Webster took the broad ground
that the plan eff education at the Grand
college was derogotory to the Christian
religion, contrary to sound morals, and
subversive Of law. Hespoke for three
days, but he could not answer the ar
guments Of Messrs. Binney and Ser
geant, the ablest lawers of ofPhiladelphia,
who defended the bequest and gained
the suit. Mr.. Justice Story, in deliver
ing the opinion ofthe court said that
the case had been "argued with
great learning and ability"
Mr.. Webster entertained a great
many visitors, and his demeanor in
his own house was delightful. Natur-
ally generous and hospitable, he
welcomed his guests "like fine old
English gentlemen" had for each a
pleasant word, or a reminiscence of the
past. Sitting at the head of his, table.
Mr. Webster always carved the princi-
pal dishes with dexterity Of an anato-
mist, seasoning the repast with witt
cisms, anecdotes, and quotations.
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tunes as we see in mordern England.
Our i'll fortune is this, that our class of
moderate completeness is also small;
that so few Of us, in spite of our oppor-
tunitles and our labors, have seized the
good ofeven small assured compet-
ence. The land is full of people who
have not, on the other hand, and who
are ont likely to have, any assure,
competence, however moderate, but
who have nothing to expect but labor
to the end. That is, indeed, the ap-
pointed human lot for the majority in
any community; but need it be, in a
country or resources like this, so
nearly the UNIVERSAL lot? Might not many
of us avoid it by greater care for a
moderate competence, a lessened ami
ton for fortunes?
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READERS will remember the an
nouncement Of several days ago that
an old lady named Huddleston, living
near Richmond, Ind, had lost $500 and
that her nephew, q young boy, who
disappeared at the time was III aturally
supposed to be the thief. Orders were
telegraphed for his arrest. a day or
two ago the old lady chanced upon an
old stocking in an old bureau and there
found her $500, having removed 1t
from the customary place and forgot
ten all about it.
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SECRETARY FOSTER has returned to
Dublin, and there will be no more cabl-
net councils until after Christmas.
IlIo auonn is said to favor the crushing
of disorder by military force. The
Irish gentry are arming with revolvers,
and the military authorities ave col
lected camp requisites and pr visions
at convenient points. The Second bat
talon of the rifle brigade, expected
home from Malta, is ordered to land at
Queenstown.