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RIVERS AND HARBoRs.

The grounds that impelled mo to withhold my sig nature from the bill entitled An act making appro- priations for the construction repair ard tion of certain works rivers and harbors' which became law near the close of your last session prompt me to express the hope that similar will be deemed necessary during the present ses- sion of Congress. Indeed, such measure would be open to serious objection in addition to which was lately urged upon your attention. am informed by the Secretary of War that the greater portion of the for the items specified in that act remains unexpended. Of the new works which it authorized expenses have been pr.ation S210000. The present available balance Is disclosed by the following table:
 Appropriation by act of August 1882 s1s s75 Appropriation by act of June 19 1882. 1o,0Oo co Appropriation for payments to J. B.
 Eads. so4 ooo co Unexpended balance of former appropri-
 ationa l................ 4,73s.2e3 %
 
 Total. $2S, ,791, ,13S co
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Freight Train with Pass. Car leaves Northampton at 4.30, and arrives at westheld at $40 D. m. eE- Time given is New York time In Connecticut, and Boston time In Massachusetts.
 O. A. 9OODNOw, General Superintendent, New Haven, Nov 20, 1882. no2o
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Total. l.................. s17, ,7s

Total. 1928, 791, ,13S GO Less amount drawn from Treasury be-
 tween July l, 1882. and November 30, 1882. 6,O56,1s4 %
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in certain judicial districts for fixing the fees
 THE STAR ROUTE TRIAL.
 In my message of December last referred to pend. ing criminal proceedings growing out Of alleged frauds in what is known the Star route service o the Postoice department and advised you that had enjoined upon the Attorney General and associate counsel to whom the interests of the government 1t entrusted, the duty of prosecuting With the ut most vgor of the law all persons who mghI pc Iouno a me if eecned for the attention of the Supreme Court of the District suited in disagreement of the jury but the cause has been again placed upon the calendar ana VIII ly escape punishment for their offences it ,i not be for lack of dgent and earnest efforts on the part of the prosecution.
 A NATIONAL BANKRUPT LAW. I trust that some agreement may De reached which will speedily enable Congress, with the concurrence of %ae Executive, to afford the commercial communt- < iAe benefits of Q national bankrupt law.
 INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
 The report of the Secretary of the Interior with its % s. s full m spect to Indian affairs, nothing has occurred which l devoted much space in former communication to Congress. l renew the recommendations therein tion the law, aloting land in severaty to such desire it, and making suitable provision for the edu- forcibly maintains, will prove unavalng unless it is broad enough to include all those who able and to intellectual training, but also to instruction in such manual labor and simple industrial arts as can 
 Among other important subjects which are included within the Secretary's report, and which will doubt isss furnish occasion for Congressional action, may be mentioned the neglect of the railroad companies to which large grants of land made by the acts of 1862 and 1864 to take title thereto and their sequent negotiable exemption from local taxation.
 ILLITERACY.
 No of material condition can fail to sg gest inquiries to the moral and intellectual prog ress of the people Tho census returna disclose an alarming state of illiteracy in certain portions of the country where the provision schools is grossly in adequate. It is momentous question for the dec1- sion of Congress whether immediate and substantial aid should not be extended by the general govern ment for supplementing the efforts of private bene and of State and Territorial legislation in be- half of education.
 INTERSTATE COMMERCE..
 The question of interstate commerce has already been the subject of your deliberations. One of the
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INTEh-STAIE The question of interstate commerce has alread. been the subject of your deliberations. One of thu
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During the year there have been organized III na'
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GEN ERAL NOTES

THE Fairbanks family of St. Johnsbury
VT, has given 100000 more to the acade-
my in that place.
In the Office of the treasurer of Virginia
the clerks are nine years behind in the
work of posting accounts.
JULIEN F. SCOTT, who was drown ed
while fording Emory river, in Georg ia,
was the original of Mark Twain's Colon ell
Sellers.
CHEF Bushyhead, of the Cherokee ma
tory by sportsmen from Kansas and
Missouri.
FoR neglecting to pay an occupation
tax of $40 per month, one hundred law
yers, doctors, ETC., of Leavenworth, were
arrested.
VIM. CUNNINGHAM, manager of the
recently married TO May Caroline, a sister
of Fanny Davenport, at The Little
Church Around the Corner"
IT is rumored in Milwaukee that the
Northwestern road is negotiating for the
purchase of the Marquette, Houehton
and Ontonagon, which has proven valu-
able auxiliary.
A DRAFT for $25 900 was recently re-
turned from the desd-letter office to a
bank in Wall street, n. Y. Nearly a
year ago it was sent across the Atlantic,
instructed TO Belfast, England.
THE Boston light infantry gave the
greatest ball on record in that city the
other night, in building which covers
nine acres. The orchestra comprised one
hundred pieces, and the decorations were
highly elaborate.
THE pews in the Madison Avenue Con-
gregational church at New York, of which
the new pastor is DIR. Newman, were sold
by auction. Gen. Grant and his son each
took pews at 81 900, and Russell Sage se-
cured one at $500.
THE senate of New Jersey chose James
G.. Youngblood presId ent In the house,
where party strength is nearly even, two
democratic members became enraged and
cast blank votes for two hours, causing
riotous scenes.
In the proceedings to oust Murphey and
McCord from the control of the Sentinel,
of Milwaukee, Judge Pulling, OF Oshkosh,
has issued an injunction against the hold
ing of the annual election until all
troubles are egally and amicably settled.
AN OK team from Ma nitoba. with goods
valued at $4,000, was plundered at the
foot of the Pembina mountains by Amer
lean Indians. A second team was sent
out about Christmas. and the owner was
murdered by savages on this side OF the
boundary line.
As penalty for declining to be vacci-
mated on the arm, Emma Abbot was de-
tanned in st. Louis the other day, 70 re-
ceive the attention of a couple OF surgeons.
whose efforts enabled her 10 leave for Lou
isviile the same evening.
JAY GOULD, who has for some days
been trying TO make an honest COLLAR in
Chicago. took the interviewers into his
confidence, and gave himself completely
away. His hatred of such moAopolies as
the Union stock yards is very great, and
he will soon establish rival institution
in the southern suburbs, at a cost of 49,,
100000.
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FOREIGN.

THE property-defense fund promoted by
the lord mayor of London has swollen to
$4,000.
THE imperial rescript produced deep
sensation in Berlin. The press of Vienna
condemn the decree.
By the upsetting of carriage General
Garibaldi was severely bruised about the
head and limbs.
GERMANY has demanded of Holland
facilities for the navigation of the Rhine
and the protection of German fisheries.
A MAN believed to be Vanderstein who
robbed the Hatton garden postoffice, in
London. of large amount of iewelry, has
been arrested at Bangor, Eng.
THE German government intends to pla-
card the rescript in all parts of the coun-
try, and Bismarck will cut off debate by
the liberals by submitting the document
to the reichstag
THE ladies' land league of Dublin, an
nounce that nearly G100 has been received
from the general fund since the last meet
ing, and e42S for the relief of prisoners
families.
THE khediv- of Egypt has been notified
that England and France, which placed
him On the throne, are determined to
maintain his authority against any at
tempts to create disorder.
The British cabinet refuses to recog-
nize the claims of the United States to ex-
ercise entire control over the Panama ca
nal as consistent with international law.
The pope declined to fill up certain
blanks for the census, but member of
his household stated that five hundred per-
sons reside in the Vatican, one-third of
whom are females.
THE Brazilian government has made
consignmcnts of coffee to Montreal to show
the difference of their product with the
poorer qualities which middle-men claim
as of Brazilian growth
THE London Ddily .Neqrs says that Eng
land can never agree TO allow the Sue
rainty of the United States over the entire
western hemisphere, which would be con-
coded by an American protectorate over
the Panama canal.
The emergency committee at Dublin
placed a messenger on the mail train with
bag OF wrIts to be delivered at police
stations in West Meath, Galway, Mayo
and Roscommon. A gang in the car
seized and destroyed the papers.
SECRETARY FRELINGHUYsEN has re-
ceived from the American charge daft
flares at ST. Petersburg a cablegram an
nouncing that, of the survivors of the
Jeanette, Danenhower and five of the
crew arrived at Zakutsk December IL, and
Melville and Long and the crew of the
first cutter have not been foun !.
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TELEGRAPHfl1
Condensed tor Convenient and
Ready Reading
WASHINGTON

SECRETARY FoLGER has called in $20,-
O00,0 in extended bonds, on which in
terest will cease March 10.
CAPTAIN EADs commands the strongest
lobby at Washington, which was organ
lied in the interest of the Tehuantepec
ship railway.
The bill before congress to enable ma
tional banks to extend their corporate ex-
istence is strongly Endorsed by Comptrol-
Ter Knox, and will be favorably reported
by the house banking committee.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR bias nominated
Samuel G. Parks, of New Mexico. TO be
associate justice in Wyoming, and Joseph
Bell, of New York, to be associate justice
in New Mexico.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR sent alexander ii.
Stephens a handsome basket OF flowers,
with his congratulations on his attaining
his SEVENTEEN birthday. Miss Nellie Ar
thur gave a dinner party to number OF
young friends.
TIE agent of the Mescalero Indians is
on his way to Washington to secure re-
duction Of the reservation TO twenty-five
square miles, cutting off the mineral
lands, with which the reds are satisfied.
IT is rumored in Washington that Min
lister Bingham will return from Japan, to
make room for John Russell Young, and
run for congress from Ohio; that ex- Sen
ator Sargent is to be secretary of the inte-
rior, and William E. Chandler, secretary
of the navy.
II his report to the department of Da-
kota, General Terry admits that the Indi-
an outlook in northern Montana is unfa-
vorable. The buffalo are rapidly dimiD-
ishing, the savages raid on the herds of
cattle, aud the ranchmen are organizing
forces for protection.
THERE is excellent reason to predict that
the president will make no more cabinet
nominations this winter. The delay is
expected t. prove fatal to the aspirants of
ex-senator Sargent. Nominations 10 the
various vacant foreign missions will be
sent in next week.
A COMMITTEE OF the house has taken up
the bills presented by physicians and
others for services rendered to the late
president. Mr.. Springer will insist that
all claimants must waive any demand
against the Garfield estate, and that the
accounts be treated in purely business
way.
In the house, Mr.. Bayne introduced a
bill to sweep away all the bank taxes, and
Mr.. Browne measure for the issue and
exchange of fractional treasury notes. An
appropriation of $40, 900 for work on the
census was passed. Mr.. Brown offered a
resolution calling on the secretary of the
interior for statement of the amount an
nually required for pensions during the
next quarter century,
GEORGE ScovILLE has refused to send
any more meals to Guiteau, or to furnish
him any more letters. All the relatives
realize that the assassin is en- route to the
gallows. John w. Guiteau thinks that
the Jury will, on two hours deliberation,
sentence his brother to death, sane or in
sane, the expert testimony having been
very strong against him, and the pressure
of public opinion being irresistible. John
further expressed the opinion that the
prisoner is an idiot, born without ordi-
nary common sense.
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FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

CAPT. DILLON, who was Logan's chief of
artillery during the Atlanta campaign,
died of smallpox at Lone Rock, Wis.
FIRE damaged the fur stock of GILES
pie, Mead & Co., OF Toronto. 10000, and
the furniture factory of Brown d Bliss, in
New York, to an equal amount.
THE Westminster Presbyterian church
at Baltimore, was damaged 800. 900 by FIRE.
The Mount Allison male academy. at
Sackville, n. B.. was destroyed by fire, the
loss being $4,000.
AT Knife Falls, Mimi, Joseph Posey
and his two children were burned to death
in their cabin, in the night.
A LOSS of S35, 900 was incurred at Rush
Vile, Ill. by the burning of several stores
on the public square.
PETER MANKINs, who had been demo-
crat and Baptist for Ill years and a
fraction. closed his career at Washington,
Ark, last week.
On the Virginia avenue crossing. at In
dianapolis, Wabash freight train
crashed into street-car. A Sister of
Providence was killed, and DIR. James H.
Bozell had both feet badly crushed. The
car-driver was arrested for criminal neg
ligenoe.
Dr. III. A. kRYCK, who was found dead
on hand-csr at Grand Island. Neb., took
out life insurance of $25 600 last June in
the Continental of Connecticut.
w. II. POWELL, Cincinnati halter, has
made an assignment to Howard Douglas,
to cover liabilities OF $4,000.
An earthquake in the district of Kan.
chow, China, caused the loss of $50 lives.
The British consular agent at Chiukiup
was robbed and threatened with death by
the natives.
An explosion in the Lehigh Co.'S coal
mine, near Lonsford, Pa, occurred while
200 men were at work in the mine. One
chute and portion of the gangway were
DESTROYED, and the heart caved in. Nine
men were injured, some fatally.
AN explosion in the drug store OF 0s-
borne & Mccarthy, at Denver, fred the
building and destroyed two stocks of
goods. John Townsend was killed by
falling wall. The loss is estimated at
5000, 600, which is fully covered by insur-
ance.
JOSEPH KRUMMER, a Young boy who
ran one OF the elevators at the j. |. Case
pillow factory, at Racine, Wis, was caught
between the elevator and one OF the floors
of the building, about 6 o'clock, on the Sd
inst, and crushed TO death. The coroner's
verdict. was in accordance with the facts.
WM. GILL. farmer residing 20 miles
from Sioux Falls, Dakota, found his wife
lying in an unconscious condition near the
house with her skull crushed in, blood
oozing from her nose and mouth. and her
body otherwise terribly mangled. She
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SPAIN is having built in England sew
eral iron ships for her naval fleet.
The company which built for her some
time ago an iron cruiser has recently
launched second after the same de-
sign. The length of these ships is 30
feet, and their tons burden 1899; the
armament being three six-inch four-ton
breech-loading Armstrong guns. They
belong to a type of fast, unarmored
cruisers, now largely used in the Eu-
ropean navies, which are employed on
distant stations in times of peace, and
in times of war are well adapted to the
protection of mercantile marines. At
the royal eock-yards in Spain other
vessels of similar design are being
bui1f
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In is now stated on apparently good
authority that when the returns are all
in from the different ports of the United
States, the whole volume Of immigrants
to this country for the year 1881 will
reach the unprecedented number of
100000 souls. This embraces the entire
arrivals at all ports, though the large
majority of course were landed at New
York. In 1876 there arrived in New
York but 68, 2G4; in 1877, 81, $50, and in
1879 it rose to 135.070, reaching 327 81
in 1880, and 443, 681 in 1881. The re-
turns from the other American ports
for the year just closed will show the
total number of Immigrants to be 700,-
OAO
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died three hours after being discovered.
1t is supposed that in endeavoring to stop
a runaway team she was struck and dashed
to the ground, and run over by the horses.
She leaves four small children,
Two young men, Andrew Gunderson,
Scandinavian, end. Fred Matter. Ger
man, IL and 2k years old respectively.
while skating across the head Of Lake
Pepin, fell into an air-hole and were
drowned. Two small boys who saw them
state that they had hold of each others
hands while going through the ice. They
were found at a depth of twenty feet,
about forty yards from the shore. There
home is in Isabella, Pierce county, Wis.
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That the Constitution is wrecked

By periodically recurring attacks of malaria if
they are not arrested, is fact too amply proven
by the haggard looks, worn frames and nervous
debility Of those who have felt the malign influ-
ence for any length of time to admit of reasona-
BILE doubt. To temporize with the disease is to
incur physical evils soon felt and very serious.
The pleasant and safe specific. Hostetter's Stom-
aeh Bitters, roots out the disease and prevents its
return, and is also a curative for the facilitating
effects of dyspepsia as well as for irregularity OF
the bowels and kidneys, and for rheumatism. 1t
restores diminished nervous energy, and is geR-
eral appetizer and cheering corrective. Bilious
symptoms are removed by it, and constipation,
hatulence, heartburn, and other indicia Of de-
rangement Of the organs of assimilation and Sc
erection, are overcome by it, with their cause.
Convincing and abundant testimony esta blishes
the above facts
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A WRITER describes Christmas din
ner at a country house, near Richmond,
Va, during the war: The four gentle
man were in uniform, and the three
ladies were in homespun. They had
for dinners $500 ham, and the last
turkey on the plantation, valued S175.
with 800 worth of cabbage, potatoes
and hominy. Corn-bread was served,
made of meal at $50 bushel and salt
at 81 a pound. The dessert was black
molasses at $50 a gallon, and after one
cup of tea-real tea, worth 500 a
pound, treasured for the occasion as a
surprise, and not sassafras-there was
coffee at discretion, made from sweet
potatoes cut into little squares, toasted
and ground down.
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FROM recent reports by cable, 1t
seems that some of the royal persona
ees are not allowed to sleep serenely in
their graves after they are dead, and it
cannot be said of all of them that after
Tfe's fitful fever they sleep WELL" I'm
perial body-snatching has broken out
in Paris. it is said, and there are ghouls
who want to get possession of the re-
mains of the late Napoleon III. A
knowledge of this fact has greatly add
ed TO the sorrows and troubles of the
ex-Empress Eugene, who must now
forget. as well as she can, the untimely
fate of her only son in Zululand, and
see that the grave of her husband is
properly guarded at Chiselhurst.
The excitement in Paris has reached
England, and there it has created a
manic over the security of the royal
dead. Special watchers have been sent
to guard the mausoleum OF Prince
Albert, and extra police have been sent
to Westminster Abbey. There is lit
orally shaking among the dry bones
of the imperial dead.
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with impressive effect from the first
chapter of the epistle of James, 18th to
10th verses inclusive as follows:
''Let no man say when he is tenn pied
4 am tempted of God for God cannot
be tempted of evil, neither tempted He
any man, but every man is tempted
when he is driven away by his own lust
and enticed therein. When lust hath
conceived it bringeth forth sin, and sin
when it is finished bringeth forth DEATH"
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Ex-PREsIDENT HAYES is spending
much of his time reading over the
scrap-books made by one of his clerks
who, during his four years of the Pres
idency, spent his entire time In reading
the newspapers and clipping out every
thing that was said about the President
and his family, good, bad, and indiffer-
ent These scrap-books fill large Ii
brary, and are a feature of curious in
terest. Mr.. HAYES is reported to enjoy
the reading of them very much.
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A Canada paper says that Mr.
Nelson, of Chicago, shot an elk at
Moose Jaw creek recently whose car
cass when dressed weighed $50 pounds.
The antlers were feet 8 inches from
the base to tips and 4 feet 8 inches
apart at the top. The two protruding
prongs over the eyes measures IA
inches long. 1t is said to be the largest
elk shot in the northwest.
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IT is stated that the total of the
various fees agreed upon by the physi-
clans who were in attendance upon
President Garfield amounts to $4,000.
DIR. Bliss share is put at $4,000; Drs.
Agnew and Hamilton, $25, 900 each; DR..
Reyburn, $1,000, and DIR. Boynton and
Mrs. Edison, 81 600 each.
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CONGRESS became alarmed about the
prevalence of smallpox in 1928,
and in February of that winter passed
an act which would hardly be possible
of execution now. The president was
authorized to appoint an agent to es-
tablish magazine of genuine vaccine
matter, and to supply it through the
postoffice to all applicants. Every
postmaster of the country was informed
of the law, and, to cover transmissions
of the vaccine matter and correspon-
dence concerning it, the agent of the
government and all postmasters were
authorized to use a frank. This prac-
teal extension of tender paternalism
was not attended with such results as
were hoped. The act remained IN ex-
istenoe many years, but at no time was
general advantage taken of its provi-
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@ WILKINSON. Probriefoys.

A HUGE new new sailing ship, the
Garfield, has been launched at Belfast,
Ireland, for the White Star Line, for
the Australia and California trade.
She is steel covered. registers 1920
tons, and is the largest sail vessel
ahOat.
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MoTHER's DoN'T KSow.-How many children
are punished for being uncouth. wilful and indif-
ferent to instructions rewards simply because
they are cut Of health An intelligent hady said
Of child Of this kind: +" Mothers should know
that if they would give the little ones m 1derats
doses of Hop Bitters for two three weeks the
children would be all parent could desire.T
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This es innate shows that il viii be necessary for
this legislature to provide the Of $500, 900,
and would recommend that the amount is rea-
souable and proper.
CONTINGENT FUND.
The balance TO the credit of the governors con-
tingent fund on January /, 1882, was $6lO.06, and
the expenditures from this fund during the year
were ST. 3i3.4s. IN view of the condition Of this
find at the present time and the possible demands
upon it the present year, / reco mmend that the
sum Of two thousand dollars be appropriated
thereto at this session.
CHARITABLE AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
At the last session of the legislature. law was