The Press., 1885-05-07

Should the British government decide nthe event of war with Russia to place n the fieltT the whole of the regular troops 1t present in the three kingdoms, exclusive of the reserves, leaving for garrison duty | he militia and volunteers, they will have 1t their disposal force of about 90, O00 men, and 10,500 horses. These troopsl comprise eighteen regiments of cavalry, | representing 10000 men and (, ,000 horses ,hirty-one batteries of royal horse artillery, }. 360 men and 1 200 horses tffrty-hye batteries of field artillery, 6,0O0 men Fand l ]. GOO horses | 3thirty-fonr batteries of gar rison artillery, $500 men; twenty-one of royal engineers, exclusive of the telegraph battalion, 2,500 men T and fifty eight regiments of infantry, about S5. 600 men. Tn addition to the volunteers and militia available for garrison duty there is large force. of volunteer cavalry, known as the Yeornanry, consisting prin- cipally of farmers, the members of which supply their own horses This body num- bers +, ,000 officers and men.
 {. As long as 1t was necessary for the gov ern1nent to prove the celebration of .the$al- leged pol lygamons inafriage the Mormon apostle, bishop, or elder tas the case might bel could snap his fingers at the law. Ihei HEn dow wpne4t House kept it's secrets vel, and fIie marriages celebrated there wei not made q matter of recofd-at any rate, of known and accessible record. But those old times of security are past. The Edmunds act provides that if any man 11 ln the territory lives with more than one wo- man in the marital relation he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean and on conviction shall be punished by . fine for not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than six months o1 by both, , in the discretion of the court. This pro vision is spreading panic through the high places of ssZion." All recent prose ecutions have been brought under 1t, and the ln- dicted .'saints' plead guilty, one after the other, and take their sentences. They have no choice and no escape
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 Dispatches from 1ientsin state that ithe dispute between China and Russia regard ing the frontier of Manchooria has become acute, owing to the non-arrival of the Rus sian members of the Delimitation Com
 mission and the constant postponement ot the date of their arrival at the place ot
 meeting to settle the boundary. The
 Chinese commissioners have been ready
 for several months to begin the work oi
 delimitation, and the failure of the Rus
 sian commissioners to meet them has caused the Chinese government to feal that the same course pursued by Russls respecting the Afghan frontier will be fol lowed in this case. Now that the difficult l ty with France in relation to Tonduin has been settled, China has become mort courageous, and has demanded that Rus
 sia fulfil her part of the agreement whlct l led to the appointment of the commission
 It is said that China has also intimatet 1 that she is prepared to enforce her claims
 in regard to the frontier of Manchooria l The Chinese allege that the Russians hay been constantly encroaching Chimes l territory since the Ignatief agreement, i 1860. 3tU sH :itls l54..a ay Norwich Bulletin The large numbe l of able editorials concerning Grants If prepared last month have probably a Ibeen carefully pigeon-holed by this time : The general appears delighted to sit at hi t-desk again and ge on withth his book-work
 and the public are no less pleased. On of the many reasons why his restoration ,, so greatly desired is that he may comm: to paper portion of his valuable store ( !. reininiscence and opinion of the stirrin events in which he has been such a r, markable figure. If, as is hoped, | should so far recover as to enjoy a ne i. and considerable lease of life and healtl an exchange thinks that the hypot} esis will deserve medical consideratio : whether the Cancer has not been rt
 lieved and partially cured by the ulcer
 eff this shall be found probable, the lrr' sistible inquiry will arise whether simils alterations cannot be artifcially induced { remedy for cancer. Many of the analt
 gies of medical practice, including tn , whole doctrine of recession of disease an
 metastasis, and even of counter irritants , running issues, blisters, innoculation, va , cination, and many of the old standar
 remedies, involve principles which woul justify such an hypothesis.
 , General Irwin McDowell, whose deat
 at 66 is announced from California, was
 command of tlIe union army at the bait : of Bull Run. The angry criticism of h ability-and even of his patriotism-o ! that memorable occasion, were short-livet His patriotispa, like his military capacit,
 was soon shown to be above question } He was thorough soldier, as his who r life attested and his services on the ba tle-felds of Virginia, from the outbreak { the war till its last year-when within sl l. or eight months of Its close he was sent California of devoted and impor : ont character. General MeDowell scene 7 fated to be misrepreselfted and misunde 7 stood. He drank nothing stronger tha t milk, but with excitement his face woul flush and his speech grow thick; so ov' , the whole country it was telegraphed tn
 this lifelong water-drinker was drunk
 Bull Run." One of the most hospitab 7 of men. he could with dificultyrecall fac 3 and names-serio deficiencies that cause him frequent embarrassment; and tn :. led numberless people to fancy themselly intentionally sighted.
 i. Waterbury Republican That the col z gress [of chueches which assemblies ne, . week at Hartford will be of great impor ' ance is beyond question but we predi 8 for the succeeding congress, whenever # may assemble, greater things; for the fir congress will not only be an inspiration , it will be teacher. By tt the horizon T. Christian experience will be enlarged, ar s the church, before it assemblies again, ( 1T it is bound to assemble) will apprehe1
 the meanings of fellowship and union as ], never apprehended them before. Ne z minds will be drawn into the naoyemen r demominational intercourse will be swee