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CRIME. Pomeroy, the Boston Boy-Mur- derer, Attemptis to Esceape. A Plan of His Proposed Operations Found in His Cell. Six Tersons Killed in & Family Quarrel in Alabamn. A Brutal Negro Lynched ot Tukn, Miss, ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE. Dostox, Jaly 21,—An attempt of voung Tomoray, the boy murderer, o cscapo from the Chntlen fitreet Jail, was discovered yestorday. Ilo bad been engaged for some fima In digging out tho bricka around tho windows of his coll by means of a pleco of iron Wach-dish, and i plan was, after getting outsido hin ecll, {o lower himsolf from tho f1on gallery to tho fleor of the rotunda by condy taken from the window-framo. o was to leave tho cell st widnight, as tho watch was being changed, and, presuming that he cousd overcemo il wly apposed him, clear tho Jail buildme and sealo the extorior wall. Letters to his (amily ingzenionaly deveribing hiy plan of operationa were fouud in his cell LYNCH-LAW IN MISSISSIPPI, Nesrnis, July 21—A young lady residing at Tuka, Miss., was Lrutally outraged aod beaten at the depot whila waiting for an cecort at an rarly hour by,n negro hack-rivor named Lewls Thompson, Duriug the struggle she it him on 4o cheelt whieh lud to his eapturo lnst Monday, o was arraigned for trial, and yosterday wen- tanced to the Penitentinry for life. Tho great- ext, oxeitotment eurued npon tho annotncotnent of the verdict, as thn Iady was poor and unpro- toctad, but lighiv estcentod by ail the citizens. Tho excitement culminnted lagt pight 1n & party of dingnined men goibg to the jail and taking Thompson down near the depot and banging tim. This morning the body was cut down by tho Bhernl aud interrad, NEW YORK CRIMINAL ITEMS. NEw Yorg, July 2L.—Tho Ceroner's Tury ro- turned a verdict that James S. Bailey kifled his Tathor In rei-defouro. The Lail of Loader, the allegod perjurer, has beon reduced to $2.500, and i8 expected to be given I()-lnrl":fi Tho ¢glal will probably take plnca in Hopte T, 4 New Youk, Joly 21.—Somo days ago Mrs. Merritt, wifo of Col, Morritt, U, H. A., was on- ticed on board the tug-boat Mike Norton, and groraly outraged. Two men wors to-day arrost- 1t on wukpicion, snd the polico sxpect o gotb tho oth:ers, there being fivo akogoter, MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE, weind Dnayaich to I'he Clicaype Tribune, Davexvour, Iu., June 31.—Iuquirics aro jnst now Leing made hore respacting oue Veter W, Curral, teavehng agont for a St. Loula alavs and quecnrwaro Liouse, who is supposed to have vis- ited Daveupott on his trip to Mississippi towns, which o made in July, 1470. 1io wan supposed to hinvo a large amotnt of monoy, whick ho col- lectod at the time, and lina not” been hoard of siuge. Foul play is suspected. PASSING COUNTERFEIT MONEY. Special Dispated to 1 be Chicago Tribune, Anavavker, July 21.—Ueorge Willizms, ar- rertod for paeeing counterfelt ¥6 bills of tho Cnnton, Iil., Nutional Bank, at Ocotiby, was held for trial by Comwissionor Bloodgood to-day. Tho oxamination of his alleged comnanion, I'hcanns Durnen, for tho ssme offenso, Waa cou- tinued till to-orrew. A DESPERATE FAMILY QUARREL. Moxtaoneny, Aln, July 21,—1t is reportod that a terrible fight occurred in Perdado, Escam- o bia Counly, botween two fpmlluw, atlett and Tyers, fu which six men, conbisting of father and two song on each side, wero engaged. Five of the party wero kuilled outright, while tho sixth sl lust nas o Jead of bucsrbot in his side, which piust causs desth, 1t wan au old fanuly feud, BURGLARY. ecial Disrateh to The Chicnmo Tribune. 1.LE, Wis., July 21.—The bnrglars are stlll prowling around this city, and nearly every night thuy are on tho rampsgo, Ldet night tho remdenca of Willinm Parker was entered, and over 370 eash taken from bis pocket. No arrcuts yot. A PICKP@CKET OAUGHT, Rpeefal Jriapateh tu T'he Chivago Trikune, B1. Pats. July 2l,—Auother pickpocket fol- Towing ilowe's circug wad eatght in tho oot ot Winoun ou 'Tucpday, and was with aifileulty saved frem bolog iyuched by citizens and circus men. TAX-COLLECTOR MURDERED, New OnLiany, July 21,-A. Roditsky, Tax- Collector of Grant Pariah, was murdered in Col- fux by ox-8herilT Jobu B, MeCoy, of Memphis. AN INFANT MURDERED 8Y IT6 FATHER. Philadelphis Tvnea, July 19, A man of 80 years of nge, Patrick Droderick, haslived in the third story of No. 50 South Frout etroot, with his wife, & boy 2 years of ago, und o little girl-babe, of tho ago, on Friday night laxi, of 6 wonths, Toucliug the Lour of mud- gt botween L'ridny snd Haturday, Droderick ciumo homo in a mad and dangorous state of 1u- tosication. After climbing tho slairs to his room lie bogau to abuse his wifs with uttorances shiswelu) Lo ropost, and his maunor wasso violont thet the frightoned wotnan, seizing her boy, tled from the rocat to tho yaid sitaclicd to the houso, When s, Broderick fled from her room slio lefton ber bed fast asloop, lor innocent and Delplees bubo. Bradericl Lad beston tha boy ot D“(‘ly 4 years savuzoly bofore when full of dnink, and fur him she lisd only feor, and with it she had fod, That o would ever wrong her little bnbo, ,the poor, fightened wowan mnevor imagmed. ut aftor onduring fripbttul cursos from tho windew {rom her luul»nub. sho and thio wonzen with hiee vuddenly sow him n&)pcu at tho window with what Jooked like o littlo buudle of clothes, vahich hs hurled with o savage oath out mpon the hud pavoment below, Curiosity led ouo of the women to seo vhat 1t was that fell eo heavily, and then It found that it was tha little babe, with ity - puull crushed and Jittlo, woft linba twisted and mangled by tho torrible fall, lu two bours tho cuild dwod. Whou tho learful deed waas known to the mother, sho burdened tho dork pir of widuight with sgoulzing erics of murder, and thicn tho frightoned villuln Mh\-'pu\l down stairs sudout of tho frout duor, the cowsids of tho house not earing or during to avrest L, Lhero v & fonrful cxcitemout aftorwurds, nnd it the tmait hod been caught at ouce, the wumen of the nuighborhood, sll aronsed by the sereams of tho sginized mothor, would havo, withuut doubt, turs bim to picced, Larly on Baturdey morniug oderick was nrrentod, just after w sleop on Kouth etroct wlmri, as ho wes about taking a drink In_ n tavern in thu noigh- borhood, and takon to the Hocond Diatrict ntation-houso aud locked up, from wlhiunos his was afterward takien to the Coroner's oftico, whora tho inquest on Lis ohild was held, Blrs. Wroderick testiled to the faots marrated sbove, and s youug girl testiled that sho was standing in the yavd when tho babo was thrown out. Tho witnessos all ueard Broderlok ask, with horrible nonchainuge, permission to mako u statement. Aftor wome hesitation the Corouer 1 L that he might do so, witbu tire murderer auid s ¢ 1 came i to gy something to eat and hore was noking thoro, sud 1 wmacked hor i gm nqush aud tore hor wrapper oft—." llere ie Coroner wtermupted tum aud would permit nim to swy uo more. ‘Lhe jury rendered a ver- dict * that Lisele Brodorick cume to her death [rom vivlunce—a fracturo of the skull—received » tho hauds of Lier father, tu being thrown frowm + thirdwstory window,” ~ Lioderick was then omuitted for trisl.” JAWLESSNESB IN. WILLIAMSON CQUNTY, ilkL. Eguptwn P'rese, On last Monday night some beastin human Jorwa fred & Lieavy churgo of bucsshol iuto the 10us0 of MarsLull Crain, ot Crmmvillo, Noither i1, €. vor suy of his faily wore &t home, con- sequently no dumage was done. Fiwd they hown hue serious weaults might Lave followed, ns omo of $he thot siruck the bed on which Mr. 7, usually sleeps, while alliors passed -through be room, Tho whole thing is & mystery 1o Mr, 3. and his fawily. Humo tine last week William Orucher, who by senaislly belloved 10 o a Junatic, attcmpted sn utrage upon Mrs, Gambel, Uyitg in Kighe Mile Roejuct, while lu the fuld at work, in presence t ber ohildren, one a gixl wome 18 year 1115 CINCAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JULY a9 ey 1875, i old, suother a littla boy of 7, who, Tiltlaan he was, gachared a eudgel, and manfally defend- ed his ‘mother. Upon raceipt of the news. M, Gembel, who was Liarvesting gono distance from homo, gathersd hin hot-gun, went to Crucher's hiome, and called him out. _ Inetead of coming, ho fllm}m] up aud said, ** I nevardoue it,” aud touk to his lieals, followed by o load of shot from Gambel's sot-gun. Crucher wan arreated, and ia now In jail await- ing actlan of tho conrts, And tho only quéation is :l'hlmtmr o will find acoommodations at Anua or oliet. Some time Iast week o wolfish individual monntod upon a Texan pony, with a Jariat ane blanket and othior evidences of ** wooding if," passed ihrough the west part of thin county, wanitesting o proferonco for by-roade. called at tiio houso of Mr. 11ill, and in tlio abzenco of Mr. Hill modo nome’ impraper advances to s very cetimable Iady, which wero properly and very promptly resented, Mr. Hill soon camo hoino, and, learning tho facte, took for his companion n s navy wix,” amd started in purauit, overtak- ing him at Dig Mudds bottom. Ashiey, ns tho wolfish gout gave his name, manifeating yreat respect for Mr. Il companion, accompnnicd him to Cartersitle. whore "Squire Carter took the matter in hond, and chargod the traveler 325 for Dis b roprietios, A8 hio failod to have the nee- cpsnry funds, bis horso and outfit wero left in prwn, whero thoy wero at last accounts, their owner havieg taken himself to parts unknown, ABOU’]‘!” ASTRONOMY, The Professor in His Glory, M. Quad in the New York Graphic, T eaw nud heard him as I was going home tho other evening. A big telescopo was pointing hoavenward from tbo public ajquare, and bo stuod besido it and thoughtfully inguired : 1y [t possiblo, gentlemon, that you do not eare to view the boautiful works of Nature abovo iho enrth 7 Can it be true that mou of your fn- tellectual appearance will sordidly chng to 10 ceuta ratlior than take 8 lonk through this tol- cscope and bring the beadties of heavon withiu 13 miles of your osea?" hm appeal was too tnuch for one youag man to resist, e was a tall young man with & long face, high choel-bones, and anxious lok. He luoked nt tho 10 cents and thou at tho teloscopo, hemitated for a single wstant, and took Lis soat on the stool. “]fero is n young man who prefera to fonet his roul with sciontitio knrm-lmrga athor than become o sordid. grasping, avaricious capitalist,” rotnarked the aatronomer, as he srranged the jn- strument, ** Fall back, you people who profer the paltey sum of 10 conts to & view of the gates of paradise, and give this noblo young man plonty of room " The noble young man removed his hiat, placed bis eyo to tho instrnment, A cloth waa thrown over his hend, and the netranamer continued : * Beliold the bright star of Venus! A sight of thig star is worth n thousand dollans to any msn who profora education to monoy.” There was an inatant of deep silence, and thica the young man exclaimed ¢ +* By gosh!" 1stood benind him and knew that the tolo- ecopo pointed at the fifth storyof a building neruss tho square, where a davco was in prog- roun, *All of thom indulge in exclamations of ad- miration a3 they view tho beauties and wystcries of nature,” romarked tha astronomer. ** Young mon, tell the erowd what you seo.™ “I neo a feller hugging s mrll” was the fi:m“Y-‘ 1eply—*‘durved If thero ian't a dozen of om!” * And yot," continued tho astronomer, * thero sro sordid wretches in this crowd who hang to 10 ceuts in proference to abaerving such sightsas thews in othiereal paco. Vouus is milliona of miles away, and yot by moans of this telescope, aud by puying 10 cents, this intollectunl yonug man {8 enabled to obsorve tho inkabitanta of that for-off world bugging esch other just as uuturally as thoy do in this I" ‘I'ho Instrument was wheeled around to bear on the tower of enginc-houka No. 7, fivo blocks away, and tho astrouomer continued : #Behold tho beauties and tho wondors of Baturn ! This star, to tho unked oyo, appoars uo larger than o ellvor half-dollar, and yot for the yaltry sum of 10 centa this noble young man is placed within ono mulo of it! Iy Jorousnlom and coons!" murmured the young man a4 ho alapped lis leg. “Toll mo what {ou aco, my friond.” #1geo two fellows in o emall room, smoking clgnlm and playing ouchrol™ was tho prompt reply. ** Haturn ls 80,000,000 of tniloa from tuls town,” continued the nutronomer, **and 7ot thae (oslge nificant sum of 10 conts has onabled this proe gressivo iuung man to learn for himself that the culential beingy nn‘]]uy thomselves protty much os we do in this world.” I yontura to say that thero 15 not & mau in thiy crowd who over know beforo that the mbnbitants of Saturn knew auything about euchiro or bad cigar factories, Tho wstrumont waa changed ngain, and as tho intorost of tho crowd increased, and the people beguu to pross noaror, tho Professor said : * Now_ behold tho plauot Mars, tho socond Jargest nlanct in the heavens, It is 75,401,351 milen from here, and appears to tho naked oye to bo nothing more than a bright star, and yet 1ot this young mau tell you what ho seea.” 1Inlf & milo up tho atrect In tho top story of o bliz building was an evening achool, | Tha tele- scopo got tho range of ono of tha windows, and tho young man almost leaped trom the stool as hio shouted,. * Hokey to alligators! s 1t hins boen saserted by collego aatronomers {lat the planet of Mars is not inhabited,” ro- mnrked tho Professor in qulst, cuiting tones. " Home of them, puffed up with thofr arrogancoe, havo eatled me a swindler, nnd Lave abused this iustrument, which was constructed for me by order of the lato Kmperor Napoloon at a cost of &75,000, but let thin obeorving young man tell you what Lo sces." * *Whetstones and whifotress 1™ oxclaimed tho younk man. “Uell them—tell them, my young friend, whot u soo,” urged the astranomer, “T'hero's o feller nitting on a bonch beside gir), I saw him pluch her car, and she hit him with a book. Daru my buttous, but she's all- fired purty.” L “ Gentlomen, Iam no blow-lard,” sald the Profossor in husky tones; I do not want to nay what this tolencops can do. You have the word of one of your follow-townsmen, and [ do not boliove that any of you will dispulo him. I have boon called a swindter, gontlomon, bocauso I go around thy country tearing uway froiun astronoiny tho veil of mystery with~ which so-callod I'ro- fonsors, drawing heavy salarios, nook to cover it. For tho ridiculous yuin of 1) eontn I am giving tho public more astronomical kuowledge in half an liour thau any eollege 1'rofessor can givo you in six months, & demoustrate to you that tho tanat of Mars is not only inhabited by lumun ings, but by beautiful girls with rod hair, sud by stvlish yoing mon weariug tho bost kiud of store-clothes, 3 Onco more ho whooled the nstrument around. This time it got the range of tho upper story of s tenoment-houso on tho hill. The young mau and searcoly taken s glance through tho tubo whou he yelled out s (droat guns | But what planet is this 2 " * You are now looking at Uranus,” replied tho Profossor, * Uranua is 97,002,304 miles distant from the carth, and yet I warrant thst it docun't n‘mcnr over BU rods sway to you. Will you be kind unoan. my friend, to tell this crowd what you sea 7 “ Givelt tohim ! Whaok hlmback! @ain, old woman) " shouted tho young man, slapping one leg and then the other. * Bpeak up, my friond. What do you see? » Wty it] Gothim by tho bairnow! 1l bet fifty to one that she'll Mok ] "™ *Wan't you be kind enough, allay the curlonity of your frienda “Whoop! thats It; uow she's got him: purtiost family flght T ever saw #" cried tho m‘.“&g man as he moved baock sud clappoed his ey The Drofessor covered up the instrument ulowly and carefully, pioked up aud unlovked a snteliwl which iad bion lylng near Lis foot, snd theu softly smd ¢ B3+ Gentlemen, we willpause lwul for & moment. When a man tolls you sitor this hat tho plauct of Baturn 1 not inlisbited, tell him thst yon know better,—that it is not only {ubawmted, but that tho married conples up thore bavo family fights tho ssma 8 on tils mundane wphete. In about ten winutes I will bo resdy again to ex- K"‘“ the wonders aud beautics of the sparklin; pavans to suoh of you as prefer a mnfluu dnfi lars’ worth of ecisutiflo knowledge to 10 centy in vilo dross, Moauwbile promit me to call your attention to my velobrated toothsclie drops,— the luu{y perfeot rewedy yet invented for nchfug teoth," And yot I bava overy rosson ta belleva that the lrofessor was sarncat, bonest, and sinoeru. - Chitld Killed by n Roostors Gudaden (8 1a.) Tirnea, On Thureday a child of Mr, A. Langloy, who Hves 2 wilew from town, while playiug in the yard was attacked by a rooster aud waa knocked Hlown and spurred saveral times in the face und hasd befors the mother could resoueit. Iir, Ewlug, who was called in, found thst ono stroke of the mpur had penetrated tho braiu, The little aufferor—18 mounths old—lingored in great sgony until Baturday wotmog, when death came Lo jis rulief. Dy, Ewing vays that durlug » practive of over twenty years ho tever met with or hoard of such & oaud bofore, and it iy perbaps the first in tho history of the world. g, friond, to | A DEMOGRATIC CIRCULAR. | Sagoe Advico to the Old Heads of the Party. How They Can Utilize the Young Men, the Grangers, and the Newspapers. And Yot Reiain for Themselvbs the Bnlk of {ho Oflicial Spolls, 8. Louis Giode-Democrat. A printed copy of the following clrenlar has been eent to as from Toxas, with the arsuranco that it has Leen liberally distributed in that Stato: CIRCULATL ATNICTLY COXFIDENTIAL~~3 0N TR FICLUMTR UKE OF TR PRIYON 10 WHOM TRANAMILTED—ADDITIONAL INKIRUCTIONA FOR THE GUIDANCE OF TUR TNNLR CINCLY: OF THE DEMOURATIC PANTY OF TEXAR~-TRE- FAIED AND ADDHKEMED DY A BELEOT COMMITTRE THEREOY, JUNE 1), 1N, Ainco the tnaue of the ortginal ret of printed ** Forma with Accompanying Inetrnetions,” for ihe gnldanco f our atamg-apeakers and editora, very groat changed Navo taken oo clianges, together with tho disturbed condition of the poliifeal clemeuta in anr Biate, have remierrd It nocesaary that those ad- difional Sumtructioon wiould bo prepared and pri- vately clrenfated. Your Commifteo has oxe ecated {ha alicate fask of proparing them, nftor full and repeatd confernnces aud Bob a Mo contldential correspondence, 1t {4 awaro that theso Inntructions aro not ns complete it conld wikh ; but, environed as your Commitiee I8 by uncartaln fnt dications and_well-grounded doubts, 1 han not felt at 1 liberty to go furtlier that it han hescln, 8t leant for tho present. It f# not unlikely thnt events yet tu trauapire may mako it a duty, at koo future day, to put forth & fow supplemnentnl inatruchons, In that case they will be prepared snd transmitted with the e cars and circummpection, and throuad ihe eamo charinels by ieann of swhich thero whl receivo tho reatricted ciren- Tatlon which pridenco hus dictated aod experience has ahown (o be proper. Boya hiavo sprung Into manhood sinco the War who havo not bieen traed tnour party drill, aid who oro apt to liold 1t too rigorons for their undisciptiuod and independent habita and tastes, Grangos have Leen organized throughout most, if not all, of the rural districts, Though constituted chlefly 'of our people, their organization Lins made them to reallzo fu @ dimy and confured way theie Rtrength, and bas awakened in them a vaxue impulso to set u for themaclves, Dealdes, onr preasca nre 5o mittaerols and ko poorly conducted that very many— indeed, n majority of them—aro uo0s self-nustaining. Buch as qet 1o Government patranage have becoms malcoutent, snd in a few inatances niutinous, As upon out youth, the Grangers, and our preescs (togethor, perhups, with tho great Tailway corpora- tlous), otir prospects for succcas 11 m great measiro depend, apecial notice must b dovoted to esch of tlicse elemonts of political puwer, QUR YOUSNG ASPIRANTA. Due caro must bo taken, by overy moans and on all uitable occanfony, to insidivusly inatili into the miuda af our young men the importance of having the prio- vipal ofiiees in every town and county, ss well sa in tho Bats gavernment, Alled by men of experience, who aropractically couversant with ihe maungoment of oflice, -+ Where our youug men Bre restioss and ame Ditious, means tust by used to keep thom from bo- coming too muoch dissatlsflel, They muet bo em- ployed In somo way—aruiwed and ilattered—but not protnted too koon, and eforo they,by working well in the harnoen, have esmed u claim to bo pradually ad- vatwrd, Meanwhiiv, they may be mado Sceretarica of pablic mcetugs, They inay bo put (but always as a Iuority) on Committoss, They 1nay bo sent, with snitablo elderly sen to guidy ood controd them, un delegates to_county, district, nud even Btata Cone ventions, ~Above all, they must ba afforded amplo opportunitles to speak in public, Indeed, {f pube lemeetings ara not held often enough to givo all an. oppuitunity o spesk, county schoolhouso nud county storo for grocery meetSnys wist bo_called, and our young sapirants uiuat be divided out and havo their cxpenses paidl, 80 us to give every one 8 chance, ‘Tho Auccens of thin wode of procediirs baa been do- moenstrated in this Stale In o Cougrossional clection hehl atter the Wars when, on tho Saturday preceding the vlection, each youlig ofator (who got 43 for 80 do- in) 6y oka at oma school-house' oF crosa-roads sloro Where o few peoplo coubd bo found acaembled,—tho candidites, a8 & matter of courwe, fuoting 1o billa, Our youths must be thorougliy habituated 0 party arill, “Thiey must be made to havo a well-grouuded convictlon that our sustems in onc of rewards and pin~ “ahments ; thut the duaciplina and vaujes of our party o vier e ek at miught saih Smpmts. Abovo all thioy 1kt Do kept busy, 1¢ they are nut, thero exivta o viewnt of yower fmors dangerous th us, I loit Ile, they might in s Abort tmo ind out thetr strength und'forni combinations, They could doubtiees et tho Urangera and the Itadicals to Lick them, sud that swould belug about the defeab of our old Azl tracd Iuen,—onit nomitices, Oreat coution, ss woll as the profoundest sscrecy, must bo uned fu giving effeet to tho foreguing puggen tione, We repeats OGP youug men muss bo ocenpled, tisttared, aud to some exient (If niced br) rewarded, I order to keep then couteuted in that subjsotion whiicli s their proper place. 1t through negleet, over-discipling, or bad manngo- ment of auy sort, they should break looae and uet up for tlomselves, tiey would bo lust to we forever, Tloy would nton lcarn to denounce us as “ old fogite," * clironie examplcs of persoverance in puranit of ofiiéo under difflenttion,™ and political * dead-beate,” and would_probably got’ cumulative voting provided for tu vur new Constitution, They would 4o us moro ilamago than ull otbier political oryaitzations combined, Tndeed, all otbure would probably taky grout pleasuro in playing bt thels Lunde, ‘THR GUANOERS, An to tho Grangere, they urs such a stupid, one-ide sot that, If left to thomselves, wo should Tot have miuch to fear from them, They fondly imngino that they can Lo farmers, and, ut the samo timo, their uwil commou earsors, merchants, azd faotors, No duubt they cane=try, It 3 quite cortain that we sball nob permit (et L be their own politiciaus, Through our pople whia have warked iuto thuir orgauization wo ought ecostly to control them. In sby avent wo must fiatter and conclliate tuom, us Gov, Cokoand Judge Ireland, tho Chairiman of our Btate Commitiee, have done, o as, if posaible, (o provent fhom frowm s rorting themselyes saa distinct political powrer, Bo for s ey bo prudent and as circumstenos may war- rout, they shuuld Lo teeated 88 OUF youRg MiGD,—na Delug 1o stato of pupilage, The finpenetrablo dull~ non of thelr leaders tinpels them to baig on to tho ukirts of our public men, snd 1o tako on pride {n bo- iug pormitted to asnocfato with them, o long s they continty Lo do ko, We nxo safe, My appearing to defer 10 thotn, and £IVIng A few crumba of *ofice 10 0100 of Uselr number. (laking caro at the same time to havo it widely known), wo_can scarce fail Lo routinu o man- ago them, ax wo have dome horctoforo, S, they muet be manipulated gently with tho most practiced il s wateied closely—for © ey will bear walche ng.t Tho fuct that odr frisnd Throckmorton got tho Grangers of Norihern Toxas 1o petition Congress@a wubeidizo Lis rullrosd, bas demonstrated that tho or- ganization can be madd fo do whatuver ls destred, Bo #iden, wur raliroad frionda cun b relied on, and a0 ound to ald us as occasion may require lu kevping the Grangera i thelr proper place—in the fleld. 11, after all, wo nhould not bo ableto prevent soma of them frai getting cleated, we, Lave inen ready to tako them in baml on thelr arrival at tho Capital, who have the tact and talent to mavago theni without thelr sustecting that they uro controlled, 0TI NEWHPAVERS, How our preasos can bo best mado to barmonize and 1o keop to thelr nominal work, 1s s most diMicult prob- o, _Our wliturs ate, 1y enira), weady, andare, o almoat overy {nstaiice, © on the make.” Bomo may be quictod by promised; othura may bo intimddated ' by o Turly jaah; and a fuw, who aro so independent tinanclslly tist we caunol get aloug without them, vill bava o bo Kept up to tha, miark Ly tho use o money. Ench-press wmust be dealt with as circom- stouvod indicata to be advisablo, Where thara aro sov- ershlu a town or city, cacli one may be, to cortaln cxtent, cajuled aud playod ogalust the others, and thus all niay be mads subservicnt at but w trifing costy Whore an opportunity offers, fown, county, aud Stato patronage musk Lo divided wo Tt eucl press guts Lometbing, sud dovs not becomo whoily dise atfocted. v Our editors 1t abave ll, baware of figuree, Gov, Coke'w Indfacretion i putting such Dyures in Lis gen- cral memauges a4 any school-Loy can add together olight to e o warning Lo all of us, A littlo tiguring would bring upot us & Tax-Payers Uonvention, A dlscrect silencs as to our Hiate fuanoes, cavored, by auy sort of eilitorial utterauces catculatod to divert atlentivn from our diminished revenue aud increased public debty— fron our.salo of gold bondu at s Lowvy discount for reenbucky, —ts partioulurly recommonded, ‘Lhe safur Courea for dur editory o piiruus is to continuo to deal in plabitudes, and to pérecvers in making a judlcious une 0f putln, Oup party W used to tis, sud, whare its traditions ar followed, iy aure L be wstlatied, 1t may aluo bo woll tO wuggont tu gur oditors mot ta coutfuue to mako ek of (e phruso ! local sell-governe tueut,® for wo are opposed (0 that in Btates (liko Mix- wivsippd, for asawple) in which our party fa fn s b nority, ' ey should follow tio vaan s of Gor. Cuke and substituty for {t te more indeiinite expression v # good goverutout," 5 GENEUAL NEMATKH, It yhiould uever be leff oub of our constderation tha ' wonre tostcceed—and to muccosd wo aro deture mined—it wust bo cliely by meaus of drill, uoluding 1 that term tho tual appliances of pubdig speaking, barbocuus, promiucs, Inthmiiation, sud last, but nob loaat, bad whisky, Our party dritl shoyld he enforced aa far us muy bo prudent, bub 13 will not be sdvivabls, 1u districts o woich wo are ot sure we havus large msjority, to send wround Commillec-uiey to sall oo every voler i advance to atate bow b will vote, pud, takait down in writlug, B Lold & practice is not ju. diclous fu certafn reglona, Tudeed, it may resct, and insiead of Snlimidating, cause conceried acilon gaiust “ Dur loading objecta for thy preaeut smw to sucure Lhe eloction of such candidates as wo of the inner clrule provid that our cunuty sad district cunveutious abull nowitnaty, and to bnby out a wajority in favor of Ao Coustitutional Conveutiup—for Wb i plauk in wur |-IlLloru|( T Lo dyfelted in thesy particulsts when tho Rad- Ll biavo o candidato fu the Reld, would 1o ulter rali 10 us, ‘tio swkward condition of tue csovas, owniug 1o oug opponeuts’ Boldiug off, hoa put us 1n 8 very efite feal 13, Thix 18 sapecialiy tho caso Whew wo note o wdroit aud unprocedsdted atyls of their operas ous, 1u tho most swmiable maunce coucelvable, they ary contiuually undertsining sud makiug sport of us (fu- Qividually) aud our party beslies. They tuke grea pains 10 call sitentlon to the fact fhat, whenover wy bave succecded, tby rauk sod dle Geh Jittla or uothing ; tuat, su lu wusriue vrizcs, wits 1un tho apoils aro clivtly allutted (9 thy ofaery, ' Thuy Lulilly rejlaret thas the samo spt of Dessocrato lead- ers—fur tho nioet part lawyers and politiclaus—have beld oticvs, civil or mulitary, or Lolb, under all surts of gorernments, whethet [n peace or war, aud bave all hetie nocured good 1laces for mest of Shelr rels- tlons, connectfons, and baugers.on. Thoy anseringly tnquiro of tuatic volers whether wa and onrs lia¥e not already ro continnounly sacrificeid privata tuteres! to the piblie gaoi as to miske it unfaic to require ua to do #0 i1 the future—all the ime, ‘We hiave with 5o little concern heard It hinted tlat Aheir atrixers are makicg out accurate liats of 1w 03 our relatives, atc.,, olc,, sotting forth in taimia; na Whiat 0ffieta (and hnder what. governments) each of us linve boldl, aud what v.cro the emolunicnis, as well an whiat ¢ jobs and contracts,” sa they sre plearcd to style thm, we mnd ours Lva managed from time to 1tne to get hold of, and what each was wotth, 1t in even intimated, that they aro also geising up fabular atatemenis showlng whal officcs each of us af now trsing to capture, mad the moneg-valie 1 Thiesr incendiaty prpors may bo sprilng upots us ab any ttme. ‘I Arst intellecta ameng i azo Atudying by night and by day, and are_consulting tognther 10 agccttain tho best mmodo of tneeting thesn new devices of the cuemy, but have uot yet aetiind upon & programme tn accordance with which wo must sct, Houce, for the When (hoy shall have present, we connsel sitence, ol ahall bo sdviscd of arrired 8t & eanclusion, it a8 above stated, nnd our loading _presses, whieh are just now feeling fueir = way, ex- porimanially © mud st ravidom, - will tadlests it with eautlon, though wilh suMlicient distinetiveness, It In siready determdned, bowever, that wo are o nf‘" tho civil ?n-by 10 “tack-pay ? sud all ofber dead inandsd and that wo mitint nover ceano {0 keop posted, and to'canvass adroitly, warily, and with all diligence, Wo cannot forbear fatimating that onr regular elec- tlonovring funds raleea by asscasments arc sometinios used without due regard ta sconomy by fnvesting them in oxpensive whinky, This iaa mistake, An {nferior article, which oy castly bo possed off s firat-rate, i the sort which our people are fo, and our funds should not Lis wasted In buying anything teiter, Ters nons who will drink any meen amownt of liquor arn not eritical a8 o its quality, if 1t only be not doliclont 1n strenati, Our proapects nre, on tho wholo, good, The vinil of ex-Preaidont Jeflervon Davie Las produced a betler offcct than was anticipated, but 1418 deemed beal that he ahould e oniy supplled with money, and should not be indneed to removs fo thin Btata: for in that avont s would get electnd to tha Unitd Htates Senale, sud that would bIight the sspirations of (00 maGy of our promiusnt public men, 1t 13 chicering to uole (hat since the blscks have bean mado to understand that Liad we not got up the War, tliey would be sinves still, anid since we haye brought tho right preswuro to henr upon them i eountive where they ara fu dectded minority, tuey oither do not voto at all, ur elzo wo get & fair proportton uf their votes, Tu the present canvass, It overy other rosonrca shoutd £ail, wo feeh annured 1lng wo cans awd Wil trineap by means of the Judicious and anfliclent_une of momney, Our resteorporations, aud particularly our ralleosd companles, have got from us larger subsidios fn land than the Radicals and our own fofks combined weto herntofore able o give them in snoncy, In tha very teeth of tho constitntional provision that “ Tazatlun shinll be equal and uniform thtdughont the Blate," anr fonrteenth Legialature undertook to exompt fzom all taxstion for iwonty-five yoars thelr onormous land. grant t ona of théso compunles, If o sre prosrod, our railway companics will bave to como (o the rescue, To give freo paskes to our ofice-liolder, editore, and stump-speakenw, 18 not enough, Wo must uake themn {un wsiter how unwilling they may he) como down with their cash, They are yet in our powar, With the material aid which they aro bound to supply, we cannob fail. INDIAN TERRITORY. The Consolidnted Agency of the Civil= ized 'Eribes. Apecial Correapondence of The Chicao Teibune. Muskooke, Creck Nation, I. ‘T, July 16— By autbority of an act of Congress passed ab 1ta last sesslon, TILE CONSOLIDATED AGENCY of tho Chorokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chicka- sawe, and Sowminoles, was lovated during tho preseut weok. It is tho intoution of the Gov- omment to expend about 810,000 for tho orec~ tion of sultablo buildings for the Agent (which aro now under coutract), In pursuanco of tho treaty of 1866 with the Crooks, A model farm of 640 aorea will bo sttached theroto, and put under fouce, broken, and improved, to demonnatrate to tho Indians tho principles of modorn and correct farming. Tho sito nelooted for tho buildings has beon finally dotor- mined on, and {sabout 3 miles from this polnt, ou Prospect Hill,—almost & mountain,—well studded with timber, surrounded by high ranges of bills, intersporsed with prolrio and woodlands, and commanding a view of a broad expanno of country. Tho location ia healthful; the lands aro fertilo ; oxcollont sprivgs of pureand sweet water aro abundbnt; and, in fact, a more beantifal and convenient point cannot bo found in the Torrltory, It i8 tho oxprossod purposo of tho onterpriving citizena of Muskozco to erect at once, st their: own expouss, a auitablo ofiico in town for tho transaction of the business of the' Agency and the convenlence of the:Agent, who atands, desorvedly high with thom as woll as others. As I advised you por tolegraph, tho INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL AND MEORANIOAL HOUIETY of tho Torritory met hore on the afternoon of yeeterday, Tho fBllowing pamed gontlemen woro cloctad officors for the ensuing year:; Presl- dont, Joln A. Foremsn ; Vice-Presidont, W. II. Porrymon ; Troasurer, N. B. Moore ; Becretary, Joshus Rosa, In conformity with a rosolution passed at tho seseion of tho Graud Council st Okmulgoe in May, it wsa douded to hold the fair at this place, that tho time of commencoment should be the 14th of Boptembor, and its duration four days, It is dosignod to mako it tho finest exbibition over held nmong tho Indians, It will attzact the nttontion of the wholo conntry, aud will uudoubtedly bo an in- torosting as well as in some respocts a curious spoctaclo. Tho Bocloty's Becrotary, Joshua Roay, Xuq., Informed me that tho five civilixed tribes will moke a fine display of biooded borsos, ponios, oxen, steers, cows, shieep, hogs, turkeys, chiokens, eto., and also sgricultural imploments, farm and garden products, vottou, ate.” Thore will bo a floral dopartment, in chargo of tho ladies (white ond Indisn), snd anexnibition of somo of tha choicest flowora from Flora's domain may bs confidently looked for. Thero will bo premiums offored for blooded horsos and the beat spoci- mons of domostic sulmals of all kinds, wagous, baruous, plows, saddles, boots and shoos, chairs, brooms, cottou iu bale, flour in sack, corn-meal, wheat, corn, oats, garden-scods, fruits (includ- iug grapes from vineage), slc,; and—inark this—there will also be o vrewium paid for tho hest osunys of scholars from the Indiau lligh Hchools 1 As stated in a formor lettor, glving on account of the Grand Council's procoedings, thero were roprescutod ot shat Council twventy-nine tribes, umong whom waro'tho Kiows, Comanche, Choy- onne, and Arapahoo, Whon tho rosolution for thin Internationdl Fair waa broughs before tho @rand Counoil, ita nature and purposs were fully axplainod to all the reprosontatives of THE WILD THRINEH i (na woll a8 to tho others), sud tholr willinggss to attond when it should bo opeued way wada map- ifost. v special iuvitation, Maj. Ingalls, of 1bis Ageney, attended tho moeting of tEu ard of Dircctors of this Bogiety, hold yesterday, and gave utteranco to the conylction tiat tho attond- nuce of tho wild tribes would rosalt Iu grost good to them, and suggeeted that now and wpeoial invitatious bae ‘went to such of tho wild tribes a8 could be induced to ut- tond. As mu ovidenco of that oficer's thorough eamncstuoas, ho personally of- fered, through the Diroctors, a premium of £25 to the wild tribe which would exhibit the largost and beut colleatiou of articles of their own manufsoture. And lot me say, right here, that tho Board -of Directors aro especiaily do- sirous of paylng & premium for any meritorious pleco of work exocuted by & tyembor or momboers ot any wild tribe that may bo sent ur broughit to tho Falr, At the olose of tha Felr, M, Ingslls will make an effort to securg: & colleotion of In- ian salice for pur goming Contenpial at Philar daiphis ; sud he will updoubtedly obtain and forward mome rare Indjan cysiqe{tios for ex- Libitien. The Grand Councll at Okmulges, that ad- journed in May last, will meot in adjourned wension at the same placs o the 1ut_of Hoptem- ber next, and will term|nate its doliborations jn time for its mambers to attend tha Interuational Agrioultural axd Mechanical Vair, XDUCATIONAL. To-dsy, the annual Uommencement of the Cherokee Orpbaus’ Asyluts, under tho patronage of tho Cheroke Governmeut, will tako place at Tahloqualy, u;?c-mm of that nation: and, ut Tullshasace Mlssion (In thig natiog, Crovk), the Mannal Labor Bohool (the Rev. Mr. -Hoburtaon, Priucipal, sasisted by fiva teachers, srd number- ing B0 woholara——i0 boys aud 4l gislseall une tiven), will hold itu closing ezozalses. 1 wau showp xecently, by s formor Ageot of tLe Utes, an sccount that was made out ih a Lavd- wowe, legillo, sud uniforus hand, by ovp of that fribawhio, lees than threo yeara Was une of tho wildost indians on tho "piatud; Le now speaks our lsuguage waily, sl reads, wntes, sud ci- Dhors vory well. This rosult wes socomplished by careful uuahin'j. atablishies the facs thud st Igast wome of tiese * warda of tho ustian rm- vess the eloments of progreas, aud ¢au ba traiper fur gargors of urafuliivss udor cumpotent foachs o, p F\o hove bad mome heavy ralnfally recently, sud their good gffoct upon vegetatioy, a8 woll aa upon the peopls. who Legan to manitest ugn- of despondency, is very noticeabls, . 8. THE GOLD-PREMIUM, How It Can Bo Roduced, through s Reduction of the DBusiness-De- mand for Gold. Collect Three-Fourths of ho Customs- Dutles in United Statos Notes and Inferest=Coupons, A Step Towards Speclos’aymorith, To the ¥iitor of The Chicgo Tribune : Cmicaao, July 21,—Tho Hecrotary of tho Troasury, in bis report of Dae. 7, 1874, and cov- oring tho fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1974, states that tho recolpta from customsa for Lhiat period wero, in round numbors, £163,000,000; and that payments for intarost on the pablic dobt for the eama time woro 2107,000,000, —making 56,000,000 mora coln roceived than waa necessary to meot tho intorost. ‘I'ho samo roport statos that more or less of this surplus of gold-recoipta over intorest-obli gations having been wold from timo to time, thore was rocelved into tho Treasury, as “premium on kales of coin,” tho sum of €5,037,665,22 for tho samo period of time, ond- ing Juno 30, 1874, This roport also shaws that our oxports of coin nnd bullion for the samo fiscal year wero £66,630,405, winlo our imports were £24,464,900, —making tho oxcess of exports ovor imports for that time $38,175,400 of coin nud bullion, Tho promium on gold shows its price in the market, and tha prico Is bssed on the demand forit. ‘ho domand i8 of two clasnos.—that arising from speculation, ond that from the legitimate ~requirements of - busirioss. The spoculative domand is, in fact, based mostly on the businens-demand y a0 much ao, indoed, that, but for the buainess-demand, thera wouldbe vory Tittle speculative demand for gold; and, thoro- fote, 46 the extont we reduco the obo to that, or » greater oxtont, we reduco that founded on it. Tho busincss-domand for gold, as shown by tho report of the Sceretary of tho Treasury, as above, wns For fmport dintlen, ...+ iouen s ... ..$163,000,000 ¥or excors of coln and biliion exporta e mportn (or for balance of forolgn trade), in Tound numby vavesraeinensianss 08,000,000 Making tha total bustncss-demand for gold = to be. $201,000,000 Now, the question to ok onrsolvea iy this: Can wo roducs this business-demand for gold at all? 1f we can do this, then wo can raduce the premizm on gold; othorwiss we cannot reduce this premivm, ‘[he second Item of £35,000,030 ean ho affected only by an improvement in cur foreign trade. 1t wa import less of forelgn goods, or oxport moro rolatively of our own products, oxcept bullfon, theu, of conrso, thia gold-balance will bo leeu; but, as such improvement can come only from o profitable and hoalthy activity in our national industrios, wa will dismisa shis itom {rom our.cousideration far the prosent, Of tho othor itom of $163,000,000, it is ap- parout that 256,000,000, or so much thoroof as waa sold to produce the ahove **premium on wales of coin,” was coliected unneccssarily,— and, we may add, wrongfully and unwisely. It is cortatuly wrony to compel importers to Ro into tho market aud purchase $58,000,000 of gold, elmply that it may be put iuto tho National Troasury, and thonco to bo aola by the Govern- ment upon tho market, and perhaps to the same parties from whom the importors had pur- chased it. It is equally unwiso to forca a colloction of gold boyond tho amonnt noeded to pay tho inter- est on tho public debt. It makes au incroasod demand for gold to this oxtent, and incroages or sustaing the promium on gold. Then the ear- plus gold thus unwisely accumulated must bo sold,—putting the Governwment in tho foolish and dlsoraditable position of deorying tho' valuo of s own paper. To woll this surplua gold, tho Hocretaty of the Treasury virtually huts it up at auation, The gold is not cried oral- y from **the block * by our auctiou-Troasurer ; bat, with deceptive diguity, ho advortises for written bids,—the purpurt of Lis advortisoments being, that whoover will pay in United Bintes notes tlie highest premiumn for tho gold sball have it ; nud, thongh nnrunriux to soll gold at & promium, tho Ureasury is, i fuct, buyiug United Btatos notss at o discount. ® The offor really is o buy the obligations of tho Guvorament from such “holdors thercol as wilt sell thom at tho rentest ** shave *; atd this sarplus gold, ao used Luying Unitod Sinics notes, produced dis- couuts, made fu this shinmeful way, smonnting to the abovo sum of €5,037,065.43, und which tho Becrotary ealls very erroueously *‘promium ou sales of coin,” In'plain words, this last sum is the price, to & cont, Lhut the American pooplete- ceived, for tho year ending tho 30tb of June, 1674, on account of the prostitution of their na- tioual crodit! . 1t seewa piain flat this $66,000,000 might bet- tor have boeu received at onco (row tha import- ers In Unitod Btates notes ; snd it appears con- olusively that, thus far i this oxamiuation, ouly two-thirds Lo threo-fourthn ot our iimport-duties noed to be paid in gold 1n order to be sure of & auln'{clnut sum to pay the intorest ou tho public obt. Aud now, taking the $50,000,000 from tho $103,000,000, wo Liayo 107,000,000 that myst Lo gnm in gold, or ifs equivalent, upon custom- uties, to pravide for the payment of intorest. Buat, it anything can be used that, for this pur- pose, ia we good aa gold, then, of conrwe, wo neod not oolloct tho gold, ‘Tho ude to be made of tho gold is to pay Intercat-coupons. Thon lot us rocoive thoso interest-coppons them- salves, iustend of gold, on qustom-dutics, and wo will have somcthing sven better than gold for thispurpose, Wo now acoumulatermillious of gold, aud lt les idio fu the Trossury, awaiting tho maturity of tho iuterost-coupous, sud making loss of mx to niug months in intorost on tho aums thus held. Regoive tho coupons, at thoir 1a0e, on cuatom-dutics, siz (o nina mounths before thetr maturiy, and thu loss of interest on thom, arigiug from propaymant, wonld equal only that now wmadp on the gold bold to pay thom when due. ‘Iholr use for customs-dutios would be bettor llnuxuhl, becauno the crodit of the Government would bo streugihiencd by tha payment of ita in- torest bofore tusturitys sud beoauss of its ef- foot, alav, in loworing tha prominm ou reld. ‘Iho lowa of futerest on tho gold held for mantha ju the Treasury for interost-paymonts la absolute ; but the loas arisiug _from the prepsy- mout of coupous wwy ba said to ba ouly uam- insl, sluce the ,bonoflalsl effook of puch prepsyments upou our pational credit, sud qonsaquently on tho genoral busitced of the oounlry, is a valusble consldoration equal to, if Rot greater ¢han, the noinal loss. 1t uecms oyidont, then, that Ll entira customa may be _unfaly sud sdysntagoqusly collected in Uu(ud Atates notes and jnteresi-coupdus, in the proportion of about oue-third of tha former to wo-this ds of tha Iatter ; but, tu provide & wnod- cyate utack of gold fof suy contingent Jemands, aud, in particulsr, for the paymeut of the proba Dbly emall emount of coupous that might nat be piesaniod beforo waturity in payment of cui- tos, sud which wmust Lo puid in gold at the Froasury whay due, it juay be well to collegt im- port-dutios in thoproporiion of About ong-fourth ald, one-fourth Uuited Hiatoa pojes, aud two- fourths Intereat-goupous. . Then, gutimating lsu the axcosy of exportd of colu and bullion aver Im{mru of tho samo, the uplup-lgniand for gold would atand as fol- jowsd § Oustoma pald with {nteroatscoupons, Gustoma pald with Untted titates notos Gugtomn patd whtlh goldayeennsranre, Making tola] of GHAIE wyevpeessrens AQy\ excenh of oxporis over imports of coln a0 BUllivD,eueeersnene + 33,000,000 Making aa before. . +vaees £201,000,000 Bul, of thess $201,000,000, only $78,000,000 are iu gold, whilo' €128,000,000 are in coupons aud notes;—tbus making the demand for Kold only about two-fifthe of “whas it ls uow[ sioce the coupons aud notos (shown to bo, to the oxs tout proposcd, better thun gold for thoso pay- monts) moet the dewsud for tho remainiog throo-Hifthe, Ihis buelness-demand fouold msy alto b desiguated s 8 merchandiso-domand ; for ml‘u s now bonght and sold maluly ss merchandise, Now, cut off threa-fiftha of this morchandiso. demand for gold, and {4 it not certaip that three-tifths of the pramiow ou gold would fall away b Infaot, tho fall iy tho prewmiym would be 1ore than thres-fifthe, X Cat off ;Pm.nmu af the demmud for iron, whieat,. of cluth, and would uot theso articles of morchandive fall in paics carly and largely? The dopreciation would bo indesd greater propors tionally than the decreans in the domand, be- causn of tho foara of tho owners of such prop. erty that, it thoy rhould contlnuo to hold i, their losses would bo still greater, Tha huyers of iron, whoat. and cloth, wonld decronto aud 1o sotlorn wonld increasn in numbar ; aud the prices of these artialea wonld aome down rapidly, amt [n a proportion greator than tho docrease of natural domand. Ho it would bo with gold. The men holding gold woild ssek to sell, krowing that tlio prominm most come down; awd buyors of . gold would dofer their pur- chason, hoping to obtain it nt n fesn promivm. 1o short, the noiversal and Innxora- le “Inw of supply and demand "—an uniform in its oporations, And au certain in Ita rosults, as the law of terreatrial gravitation—would affect gold an it does all othar proporty ; and thua the gokl- premium wonld decressa bayond the proportion- aldacronse of the demand for gold B0 that the robable and afmost certain rynult wiuld be, bat Unitod Btated notos woold advanco moro than thres-fifths of the way towardw ‘par, aud norhaps, from this aiding cause, come very near to that phiht. : 1 would now revert to the cxceas of exports over Importa of "eoln and bulllon,” shown to bnve bewn $39,176,499 for the time siatod, and which T havo treated ss n businoss-demnnd af- fecting tho gold-premitm: and would suggest that tho **coin " part of this excoes ia really on- 1y *bulllon,” since all coin is so regarded in the scttloment of balancon betwoon nationd: and, furthor, that this ontire “oxcess,” while it {8 “*bulllon,” 18 afso purely morchandise, In thin Hight, it 18 & produot of our labor, and wa have simply oxported a sucplos of our mine-products, rathor than agricultural or othor producta. Our atock of gold and silver hss not boon dintinisbed, but it bas Inoreasad notwithstauding tho oxpotiation. On this point, I wonld snbmit tlie following from the roportof the Diroctor of the Mint, dated Oot, 13, 1874, sud for the fiscal your ond- fug June 80, 18743 Acronling to the official reports of fbe Troasurer of (1o United fitates and Comptrolior of the Currency, ihiere wera Lield hy tho Treasury and National lanks, . at the closo of tho fiacal your euding June 00, 1873 TN €00, 00 s eaxsonanizose verere 0§ OB,38,804.40 Eatimated amount of coin in Pacilcs Coant States and Territorios at that e e 55 covs 20,000,000,00 And 4 tiio handa of ‘hankers and peopio OlAOWHET0, v naseresrann e 0,000,000.00 Total speclo, fAiscal yosr 1872773, .. Add to tuix two yeais product of United Ktatos mines, at §70,000,000. Imporis of cain #ud bullion yoars. 80449 140,000,000.00 49,098,348.00 15,080,207.40 Dedct amount exported during twn years endiug June 30, 1874, ... + 161,208,970.00 “Tola) estimated stock, June30, 1814, 81 The above estimsla showa & ysin In bullion, in the laat two fincal years, of snd tho stock of specls lo Lo In roforonco to this gnotation, I would eny, lot it not bo fogotton that, though we export more * coin ond bullion " than wa import, sull we produce tho precious motals so Inrgely that our stock of specio is conatantly increasing, 1f our peopla ehould properly apprecinto this fact, it woitld croate & confidenco that would certainly aid groatly m reducing the promium on goid. Bnt the important tiffug to do 18 to receive intorost-couponns befoe thctr naturity, aud United Hintes noted, on customs-duties, Lo tho extent that s aafo and profitable, whatever that extont may be. I think that the oxtent indicar- ed above wauld bo found to bo right i and I am confident that a law authorizing dutles to bo ro paid wonld at onco ba followed by an imporinnt decline in the gold-promium, aed’ that it opora-* tion for one yoar, or two years,at moat, would bring gold vory uoarly, if niot quite, to Xm]l;. £na. i SANTA ANNA. An Interviow ‘with the Old Eloro—Iiis Lresent Apponrance—iiis Lnthusis num Over Old<Fimo Explolts. Tho following Interoating account of an inter- vlew with old Sautn Anva is given in tho Vidette, of Mobilg, by “ D, H. R.": Yrobably mo lifo of tha presont century, if written otit, would prosent & moro checkored, sonsational Ynga thau that of Santa Anna, As- sociated as it 8 with overy ovent n tho history of our Ropublio, it is filled also with privato and personal experionces waich sound like the ox- sggerations of fietion, It hian boen filled with honors and adversitios, and now, at the ripe old ago of T8, tho possoesor looks over it all and would faln bo youug ogain, 1t was about tho your 1836 that “Banta Anua's absoluto political power was broken. Hiuce tbon, with the oxcep- tion of kome unimportant part in the French ln- tervention, his Jife has beon comparatively quiet. Happeniug p fow, months sinco to be fn tho City of Mezico, aud lparaing 3hat tho ald hero waa then spandlug 4 fow weoks in huy oity homo, 1 detormined, it pogsiblo, to grakify my feclings of Intereat In his romanic career by seourjog an interviow. Owing to & mutual fooling of distike oxisting belween Banta Auna and tho Mexiean pooplo, the formor lolds himsolf in groat ra- sorve. 118 rooms ara opan to but & fow, and it is no easy mattor to gain an sudienco. Toward faroignora Lo ta not vo surly, and it j8 gonernlly much sanler for & stranger to gain Lis privato parlors than for g nstive citizan. . . . Wo hardly had time to cast a hasty glanco sbout us bnfora a side door oponsd and Baots Anus himeolf steppod futo tho room. His private Boecrotary, Col. Noso, presentod us, and, aftor shaking honds sud makiug a fow common= placo remarks to each one of us, he motioned toward the ohajrs, and we all movod over and sat down, My surpriso at the appearsnco of tite old Geversd was shared by my companion. In- stend of tho gray-haired old man that we had oxpected to sos, su upright, lOllet? figuro stood bofore us. s form waenot ydb bowed down by tho weight af yoars, and Lty cool, black, fisaliing oyes told thay cho fires of early life wero not yot nil spent, Inoredible as it msy scem, Hants Anna's balr laa not you turned gray; and his +face uas a kindly, liopoful espression, strangely at varianco with the wide-sproad ideas of his o{mmntnr, 1o wears no beard of any kind, and §s_as emooth-facod ss m woman, Ii taling ho s much troubled by s bad-fitting sov of falso tootl, which. fdll . fromn fho rllnla' aud o {u slightly déat.” It was in mov+ ng across tho room aud seating himself ou the vofs, hiowover, that the inflrmities of hia ago showed thamsolves mast conspicuous, ik false Isg éroubled bim, aud I thouglt ho showed a disposition to hids it, for after soating himsolf very cayofully, ko throw it out directly bofore m aud coverod it with the loft. o sat up- riglt, nor did lie loan baok or chauge his posi- tion tho whola hour that we woro with him. Sants Aobs s sllm buill, about 5 feot: 10 in height, and lu bis younger dsys must havo beon » Lsndsomo man—ay ho {s at-prosont s fino- looking old gentloman. 1fe is talkative and nocial—loven tu recount Lis awn exploits, aud saoms to live at preson altogother in the mut. Ho kpows that the futura holds nothjog for him, conmequontly he takes very little intorost in the ?uulng gvonts of the day. "Liodid nat svan know he name of the President of tha United Ktatos. aud paked sovoral Jittle quostions about our af- fairs that almbst any &chiool-boy would be capa- DLl of answoring. Alter soino goneral iuquiries bout his health, the effect of tifu rocent raius on hin disenss (Lo jy.troubled with catarrh), aud his pra?nctu for ‘flnmn tho suwmor, tomething was safd that ledlilm off on tho yery tiack wo had boon hoping for, vis,, bimsalf and hlsown exploita, An ho found Mimsele driftig off thirty, forty, and oyen fifty years uta the paat, bis ol JuIm straightoned up, Lis oycs shouo fiko thowo of u boy, and ho soemed to be Jiving it all over again. In Juurlhlhg tho avents of f & contury ago, we were astoulshed to noto the acouracy with which he gavo tho minutest vuunu&m Lvery data and {ucident seemned to bo 88 froah In lus :mfmory as thougl it wera ap pvent of the day ofore. 1io gave us an sccount of the early Ropub- 1lean niovement in Mexico § spoke of his part in the war with u?nlu. when tho igoarsut people werg i ous for o Hepublio without Laving any 1ded of what the word meant. " did nob kuow what n Ropublie was myself,” ho said, * but the mara I sried to reason with tho pwylo. tho Juuder they aried * Viva Is Republica!’ so we all wap$ off 1 ssarch of ano.” . 11 gavo a0 acuouut of the ovorthrow of Itur- bideand his unhappy death, and told vome Ntile jncidonts of personal tuterviews which ho him- selt uad bad wish tho unforfunste young Lm- peror. He spoks of Vera Cruz, duseribed some horriblo scpnes which ho had witnessed there wheu thd torribla vomito was ragiug and the atreats and plazas were filled " with doad mon. I was in Lopes that e would say somothiog of Toxas or the Mexican war, but the old diplomat sloored cloar of such doubtful contributora to his fame sud only aliudod assually to the United Biatow. He spoke of the tinjo when ha was tha guest of Andrew Jeckdon s tha While House, snd the old fetlow laughed aa Lie’recalled some little om- bairassments in which his inability to epeak English hisd placad bim. For over an hour the old man rau on from topic to toplo with scarcely an interruptipp, sud thou it grew po dark in the room that we oanld acarcely 460 bis face, and wo rosa to go. Ho absorbed ‘had 1 become in my unusus! surroundings, with the ahadows creep- fug ovor tho rovm and tho old 1au sitting thero like the spirit of a long-lost age that the movo- wmeut to go dm&n startled mo. &t“\vlu w;ll:hl fopling approacuiug Lo yaverange 190 1] uign' ud which was extendod to me, g Fet bt v o it Banta Auna, tho hero of my uchool-boy droaus. Radway's Ready Reliel CURES THE WORST PAINS In fiom One to Treaty Minateg - .NOT OfiE HOUR After reading thie Advertisement need any oy ° aqflcr with pain, 13 A CURE FOR EVERY PAIN 11 was the first and is the That instantly stope the most exernelating pa K infiammatione, ‘4 cures Songesllons, Sl R ga owalx, or alliar o oue appication, e e Ry Rhewnatie, Hed-riddon, Infirm, Crippled, Nar ralgie, or prottratad with dlsoase may slse, Radway’'s Ready Reliet WILL AFFORD INSTANT EASE, | 1 Inflammation of the Ktdnays, Inflnmm; ] ot tho Biaddor, Taammation of the Howr ols, Mumg:-. Congestion of the Lunfiu. ore Throat, DiMMcult roathing, Palpitation of _tho Ieart, i I]{!flgricn. Uroup, Diphtheria, O~ Toofiinslit, Nowraigin: Shonmmatt » Nouralgia, onmatism, . Cold'Chills, Agdo Chills, ' Nn matter how violent ar exornoiating tho paln, by Nro Tho anplioation of tho Ready Tialint tn th parta whtre (be pain oF dLiculey oslats wilt adord s apd comfort. g Twoni hall 8 tumbler of wator will, in s foy mps, Bprains, Bour Stomact, 1uarte uen, Stck Hoadnshe, Dincehos, Dysontory, Cholie, Wiod a (o fowelr, ..]umr Intorual pains, - ADW raralars atiould alwaya car ttlo o ",’f"',ff.‘é:‘.!“,f:’"'fi""?"‘:' .Ah?:mdm ety vent s easor pains from chas ter. Eortar tian French firandy or Bictors sa & athiraanc. ' * FEVER AND AGUE. Tovar and Ague aurod for fifty cant H temedial agent. in tho world Tt 9i1f S m?f?,':‘.‘.‘a'.‘t‘ > nmi Alhnlhclr m.lm(‘”l“x"d';‘”,’l“l"‘l‘c“ml lfl'lmlll, yel and nther fovers (aldod by Rudway's Dift o) Hyenr S woivelior” Ky et por bottler LAKH 3 e, Sold by Druy HEALTH! BEAUTY! | Buzong aud pura rich blaod . § H irana and pure ety blood . increase of flsth snd weltte ‘ aad boautful comploxion w | | 1 | DR, RADWAY’ | SARSAPARILIAN RESOLVENT /' Has wado the most astonis! sapid » ng onres, o quick, » gen thio body andorgoos ' | nce o . I Farhul medicino, thay 0 Evory Day an Increass in-Flesh and Weight b - Seen and Falt, THE GREAT B1.00D PURIFIEL Frogy drop of cates throogh fho binud, sweat, arind, and othor falds aud julcosof tho systens, tha vikor of ' life, for i fojair the Wastes of tha body with no Betofule, syplillls, ennsumption, u thy throat l’ml‘lh. tumary, Bodes lo the oilior’ parta of tha ' aaiem, sor0 charges {rom {lig cars, and the wo ascs, oeuptions, fover suros, wca rhouth, owyainclas, dcho, biaok apo tumors eaeore T tho wotub, and® il waakeuise an vafnrul dhcbargos, night awaats, lose of sperm sid il wasten of tho life prinelpie, aro wilhtn tho ouratiyo rrss of this wondor of modorn chomistry, and a fow dags’ un WiTl provo to Any borton tsiuy It ‘for oitBor disese 4 potgat powar to onre thou, 1f tho patlent, deily bhecoming reduced by thowastes decompositiva’ stiat Te ouudaunlly progroeniog, re conta arrotiu thavy wastos, end e 1o mms ith et iaatoria(mads ffom Ledithy blood,-snd inisth arsapariliian will and doos eeonrs,—a gura is coriatay Tor wion onco this rompdy commonres lia work of pirik enilnn, and snceoeds i Uiminishing, e lots nf wisley o yopalen i Ve rapi, i ovacy dar o atiant o) - oc] Nimeolf growlng bolter aud strgngor, {ho tool gontig botior, ayvotlto Tabrovine, nd flekh and wels) Fcroneing S NGTo doen the arapuriian, Nesolvant, ort o Toine nte L thoatiro pf Chrate: Horaral:n Tt fonat, i BKIn dlsoascs, Bt 1o 8 U0 Galy b Urocure fpr | Kidney.and Bladder Complaints, Urinary and Womb Disoasos, Gravol, ' Dlabutas, Drop stoppugo of water, incontinenas of uriny, Bright's o sase, atbuininaria, Ao sl ognos whore 1tigre atu ridk: dustdenonite or the waiue g thick, el i substancos [lko tho whita of an vEg or hid silk, or thoro i s morbid, dark,’ lhluuu Py While hone-dust depowits, atid when thony Hurning sousstion whun vassing wator, and ol the aok and along tho lains, the Sarsaparillian Rosolvant %ammu:& I8 Lo only par Tumor of Twelyo Yenrs’ (irowth Cured by . Rudway’s Renolvenis Jirvenvy, Masy., Julr 18, 160, ¥ iy had ovaxfan Susir (o (ho mai } pwats . T sad Boweler” Afl the ductora said " thora was wu hip 1t 20 1 triod evorything tiat was secompiended, tuf wid: 1% ing tolped wo. 7t st yuuk Rosolpuat, and” dougal| | would tey it bug no llLlh in it bossuso Ihsd st | for twalve yoars. 1 taok alx hattlos of (e Romilredt nd e box of Hadway's Pille and twa bottios of gudt 2 }iuni Rallaf, ll‘d thard fs not a slgn of tumor lnbel«‘ . or tolt, nflxl‘lna botior, smartor, and happier (hio Yo yuars, 0 Worsh tuinur wi tho i Bavo ort g / e e Yo cat Gt I 1 o sy | SEANN A BV RNATE. Prico, &1 f)‘r bottla, 5 AN IMPORTANT LETTER. | XDMIII?HI' entloman and rasident of Cinclond! i l Froms ., 1 0 k Dibiiaburs (nuunont the Usitag ratos, ° ct. 11, 186 NEW YOI, o Du, RanwAT-DEAR Sm: l; loduced by & seunt gy Lo the muflola, 1o take s briof aistenert e o migeelr, Jrur povay 20 buan alfeo {th oo Toubie G158 Lisadte i ! e : hanlww alt'satd was a pros u anination of thie ot st uinediss, Aud 80106 four mon Phiiadeljuila Safurday Enonts gllested an & peryon whi had foog b boen, wand right off anc plaflls. Resolvant, Jtoady Jol g DR. RADWAY’S Regulating Pills parfootly taatoless, ‘clagantly_oosted with swesh ty, hen. Bepfsphb biln s, ML repp s i Mes Vel el to -Lu:!g'wfi'm".nu':; Poreis Vir ol ) GODALAIGG 0O WerouTy, miagrals, or deined droge. be following symptoms rosultias #0 LTy S ffetan Smpiams seshst 50 Uunstipation, laward Pilas Fullness of the Blood Head, Asiditylof th Blamach, Nauses, Heartbus 2 ' Fud Fullooss of Wolai fa'(bs Bioiiach e wun-.unhln&um‘munn- n the Bib ot B8 T Eru) P i g gl , Flutd 0 84 1] Loart, Choking of H e Mot b iy S iy i ieed, 1 Vollowuest tho Bl ny-lndn ey Chnaty Lis! e ovee ol LA A e 1w areics 1 | [ Price 3 aust bos. bl ‘w rugilate, Read “False and 'I‘rpc." Send Iefte te WADWAY & 0o, Now Warranutn, Now Yorks “Latorimation warta thouss¥ * will be sent you.

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