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‘THE TRANSVAAL. Its Annexation by the Government of Great Britain. A Treacherous Vielation of 14 Rritisk Treatyfwith the African Repablic. Pratest, Proclamation, and Farewell-Spesoh of President Burggrs, To the Editor of The Tridune, CoxstLATE GENERAL OF THR ORARGE FRER' State, PmitApELRUIA, July 2, 1877.—I sm pleased to send you, in common with a few oth- ot leading papers, the Inclosed printed atate- ment of tho * proteat,” * prbelamation,” and “speech ™ of President Burgers, of tho Trans-, vanl or South-African Republic, relative to the foreble aonexation of that young Repnblic by Great Britain, s e This matter has recently been received from private rources, and, the Transvaal belng of the fame nationality, es well as a alster-Republic to, e Orange Free State, In 8outh Afries, I shall csteem it a pleasure it you will placo the truo state of affalrs hofore the people of the Great Tepublic of the United Btates of America, through the columns of your valuable paper. T am, slr, very respectfully yours, Cuanres W, Rier, Cnnunl'flmmnl Orange Froe Stata. . SOUTII AFRICAN REFUDLIC. My ear i pat My sonl 18 sick, with e’vMy u;f.‘a 'r'ec:'ort Of wrong and ontrage with which oarth [a filled. —Coirper. ‘The protest of Prestlent Burgers on the day of tne occupation of his Capital, and also his proclamation on the day following, are what might have been expected from this talented and culturcd Christian gentleman. Asis well known, be s o young clergyman of the Dutch Reformed Church, and an cloquent preacher fa. both the ITolland and the English languages. ‘This, we believe, {s tho first instance on record of anation secking adjustment of sach Aiffi- culties otherwise than by tho wholcesle murder of war. We belleve the God of Natlons will smile on this effort to walk in the path of thos Princo of Peace. We hope England’s Christian® Queen will hecd this protest, without walting lo|rI u{ionnln‘ International Arbitration to bo catled The action of 8hepstonce Is In nndoubted vio- Intlon of Britain's solemn treaty with this sister Republic. The movement of the troops Into tuc territory of the Transvaal was ono of base treachery,—being done under cover of moving to the vicinity uuler proféssion of fricndly in- tent, viz: to ald in sceuring right from a Chicl who has been one of the. most murderous and Uloody persccutors of Clirlatians, Instead, how- cver, the Dritish wero co-operating with this eavago. Then, when the Hepublie bad con- nered 8 peace, and recured the same by treaty, the troops are quickly thrown in, and the Drit- ish flug unfurlel over s people still strong enough, in a falr fight, to have hung tho Judas who kisscd to betray, If thoy had undertaken to do so. _The fBuc proclamations of Shepatone tndkeate that # was determined in London, in the ?remdhnz October, to usurp this territory by ceaft, If powlble; hy force, if neces- eary. There is o rcason $0 .belleve, also, that tho key to this actiou wana the determlna- . tion to rob this people of their gold flelds, and to compel them to trade with British merchants and manufactnrers, even though the Centennial Tiad taught them they could ssve many wmlll- ons'n year by trade with the United States. Qur own working clusses have much favolved in ihin last polnt. This action prevents our wmer- chants aid manufacturers from sccuring, what in turn would be ewployment, togivd reliel frown want and crime in our own borders. TFIHOTEST. PreTORIA, April 11, 1877.—\WnERDas, I Thomas Franculs Borxors, Stato Presiaent ot the Bouth African Repuhlic, have roceived a dis- {m (dated the Oth Inst.) from her British {ajosty’s SPMM Commisaloner, 8ir Theophilns Blicpstone, informing me that Lis Exccllency has resolved, in the namo of her Mn]cu.{'l Gov- ernment, to briog the Bouth African Republie &y anuncxation under the autnority of the British Crown; und Wneneas, I bavenot tho power to draw the oword with good guccess for the defenss of the Independence of (hia Stato agninst guch a sups- rior power as that of England; and, woreover, teel totally disinclined, i canslderalion of th welfare of the whol6 of South Africa, to tnvolvo its white fububitauts In a dlsastrous war by any hostile aclion on _my part, without havinz em- .« luyed beforckand all tneans Lo secure therighta of the peoplo in & peaceful way; So I do hereby, in the name aud b nmlmrlt‘yI of tho Government and the people of the Sout! African Republie, solemuly protest against the Intendud auncxation. Ufven under my hand, and under the scal of the Btate, at the Gavernment Ollice at Pretorta, on thisthe 11tk day of Aprll, In the year 1877, PROCLAMATION, Oonnnnunllouu\’l‘nmnu. April 12, 18T7.—Wuziras, Her Majcaty's 8pecial Com- wissloner, Sir ‘Theophllus Shepstone, - bus thought fit, in spite af my solemn protcat cn- tered yesterday ugalnst his Excelleocy's’ Inten- tion, communfcated tome by misslve, dated Oth of April, 1o carry out that futention, and has to- dny proclalmcd the autbority of her Britaonic Majeaty's Government over the South African Republic; und Wirngas, The Government has decided to snbmit rnvhlnnnlly under protest, for the pur- pose of, fn the meantime, sending to Burope and America s deputation, i the persons of Messrs. N.J, I Kruger and E. P, Jorissen, for Lhe purposs of defending the right of the pro- ple. and for endeavoring to arrivo at a peaceable Bolution %’g}o mnlu.ri_rh: B e _Now, ure, I, Thomas Francols Burger State President of the South African Repul lla hercby on behalfand by advice of the Executive, command all ofliclals, burghers, and inhabitanta tu abstain from every word and every act of violcuce by which the work of the deputation lufl{ be fruiticas. And I exhort all burglers und inhabitants to nsslst in malntalofog the de- dlston of the Government, and in thurn:iurvn- tion of order and the prevention of bloodsbed. Tuoxas funaxns, - State Iresident, THR PREJIDENT'S PARBWELL-3FRECH, Rhortly after the proclamations were reag, most of the offlclals assembled in the VolKs- ruadszaal, whero Lis Honor tho Prestaent ad- dresaed thern, {n a state of great emotlon, very nearly fu the l«)llowlmi worda: ¥ Gentlemen, ofliciala of the South African llflnubllc. you aro no strangers in the land, You also know what the Governient haoa resolved to do. Wa bow only to the superfor power, Wo submit be- cause we cannot successfully draw tho swonl szainst that superior power, because by dolug g0 we would only pluuge the country into deeper miscrics and” disasters, We have rue solved to sppeal to England hersell, and, 1if wo im no redress there, then wo Wil scek the riendty fntervention of other Powers that bave acknowledged our judependence, I have called you togrihicr to make” one request to you. Contliue to occupy your offices 1 abeyance of the result of this sppeal, No other uath of oftice will be demanded from, yoa, and you cau evntinue to serve under thd oath once bworn to the Republie. I hiave pledged mny word for you, sad I know I can depend upon you that_you will not disappoint_ e, Ferve'the new Qovernment with the same hon- esty and fdehty with which you bave served our (overnment, for by that you will serve the people. I am leaving uiy oftice under protest on bebair ot wyself, of the Governmeut, of the oilicluls, of the Volkersad, and of the people. Grantie, therefore,thisonsfavor: that youserve the people s0 lon, and rodeem the pledgu that 1 have given for you, I thank you'fur the filelity which you Liave shown e In your posts usoflicials. [ leave my olll wnuhthownnlul; that 1 huve not offended any one of you willfully, and, 1f [ buve perhaps done so from wenkucu,f sk you to forgive we. Mr. Consul of Belgium, you are the only regteseutative of a foreigu Power present here to-dsy, You koow what Lias nappeued bere to-duy, wud you know also what Lus caused this event, and, of course, you will communicste everytblng Lo your Govern- ment. [ thank vour Goverumend, your Klnf, Juur people, uad yourscll, fus tie Lrotherly Land olfered by Beletum to thls youthful Re- public. Be you my spokesinan to your King und people, and tell them that, alithough the Goverument be altered, yet the people remnains., Meanwhile, I request you, 3ir. Consul, thut you sewain bere at your pust until the rusult of tue vrotest shall e known, Aud vow, geotlemen, for the nowent 1 leave the scene. 1 wish you Giod's richest blessing, Furcwell, B t 0 yourselves, to tho people, and to the Gdvern- tent? Mr. 8wart pdefly addresied his Hooor in a few words of furewell, uttering the hope that the day way soun come when we would again welcome b as head of the State, He then bafldul to his Houor the keyof the Government ilice, s Honor eald: “ Here Is the key of our o Iband it over to the superior power, atd thercby gnive It nto the hands of God, who will st the” proper time deliver it o the right wau, §ovder {uu-lt is my last order—deliver 34 o the chict ol the new Government, and con- VEYECN: Ta fErse e THE"CITICAGO "TRIBUNE: R N daet “yoorsclves worthily na men and officera. Farewell.” ‘The sceno had made a deep tmpression on all proeent, and all who witnessed Yt were creatly moved, Al the ofMciala fn Pretorta have since decided to remain in ofllce. il THE TEMPERANCE AGITATION. . To the Editor of The Tribune. Cmicago, July 3.—By the published letter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Tnn Tasuns of last-Baturday, I sco that they have wisely accepted the Idea held out in your cditorials recently on the anbjcot of “Closing the Baloons on Bunday.” Your ideas on this subject have been gencrally accepted as the true aolutfon of the matter in hand, and b only remains pow that not only Ta TRinuNE, but oll other mediums of public sentiment, sbould Do used to tnfluence, not cocree, the raloon- kecpers to accede this most reasamable of all requeats, to close their saloons on Sanday. The Women's Christian Temperance Union is only an organization eomposcd of a very few ladies. Wives, sisters, and daughters of the' best men in this city, for years past they have Isbored In Lower Farwell Hall an hour eachk day to lhelp the poor, miserable men, mostly of the hunmer order, to keep from the low grog-shops whero much bl ram {s eold, that robs them of thelr brains, and thore of them who have famblics have boen robbed of thelr dafly bresd and clothing, and many of flrem are sad objects of charity. Well, these Indies have (lono thisclass of men ard] women much wood ; how tuch, no onc in the world will ever tell. Bas outsido'of theso meotings there are thousands of men that have not heard of tha ‘“‘temperance cause,” men who work all day and epend thelr evenings in the beer-rooms and salouns, beeause they find there brighiter light and moro novelty for. thelr weary life. It wonid bos lon that would be happy Indeed if we conld but have the saloon with the Leer-room left ont, brit as great citics pay no apcctal attention to the best inter- est of “their people soclally, mxl private capital 8 s0 absorbed in ‘tho proinotion of making money ‘' only, we have uo such places parendingsooms, talking-rooms, or af shelter In wiuter where men an womedn wonld be zlad to spend thulr evonings. In sunmer wo have_our parks, andthey are full; m&rvchtmk and they do very much “good to children and women, but if'the city woald ouly give them “music in the {mks," and that frequently, & rars cliange would be observed in tho lessening of the long roll of petty crimen. Now, as wo can't haye all these relic Iu\of, wenk, and temptedsmen and women who netead go to the raloons and drink rum, lue us ask the saloon-kecper to close his shop on Sun- day, and thus throw tho poor famllies moro to- for the gether, and thaa do them a world of good. 1 am sure, Mr. Baloon-Keeper, Lhis s aot much for you to and you will not Joss any trade by fit, and you and' all {:m- own fuuily and surroundiogs will hotter off for the help, for it will Le really o great help vou will give, Lo a large masa of the poople who don’t know Low to kecp away from your bars, You, tho most of you at feast, will not give s poor Jevn a drink . you think he hes bad enough. Wedl, just say this: Doys, you have been drinking al the “weck, and we nust bave a *‘rest’” on Runday; you have had eno! far one week; come in Monday, and wo will begin over agnin. Mr. Baloou-Keeper, If you only knew how inany women are "»chlm: with weary eyes to sce you snnounce through Tnx Taigvx® thal a weetlvg hns been Leld e‘cll’ ihe saloon-keopers at whkh 1t was resolv that we, {n deferenco Lo the general good of mankind, closc the bar on Buwday, you would be only too gind todoit, snd this Lavo many resl prayers go up for you as a reward for a geal hn%m conferred. Trusting tv the manliness that I know s yet tobe fonoid in the brenst of the most of the an- loon-keepers, I fecl sure that this movement will result In voluntsry actlon to the desired cadxt'n Wiio Has Beex Tmmoven Tms MiLL. ———— CHICAGO AS A SUMMER RESORT, Atdany Prewing Journal, Tus Ciicaco TAIBUKE has discovered a new sunmer resort, and kindly sharcs 1ts knowledge with the world at large. Tho namo of the ro- sort could never be guessed by the most accom- plishel and “experienced guesser; no, not,cven 11 ho was atlowed a thousand years for‘hu task. For Tux CmicAc0 TRIBUNN'S new summer re- sort 1s—Clicago! Now really, Mr, Mcdill, this won't do. This Is pusldng love of home boyond “ tho vanishing polots of human intelligence.” Chicago is o-, capltal placo for tho display of energy and en- torprise, and thoscataylug qualitics upon which flood anl flame make noimpression. Itisnot to Lo surpasscil as a grancry, or a muver of crops, or asn stage for the display of the skill of ‘the Red-Btockings when engaged in a baso- ball contest with other astockings, 1t Is among tlic first of rallrond centres, and the very firss Is teaching 8t. Louls to know her proper ylace. When it comes to live stock, 1t points to the O'Leary cow, and proudly asks the world to pro- duce a costlier animal. , In thoarticlo of Long Jobn Wentworth it stands without @ rival. Bu while consldering all this, with tho utmoat cheer- fulness, tho country must fnslst that Chi L] not W bo regarded as a summner resort, It s as Rood us any city in the Contlnent as a pointof startiug for & smnmer resort, but more than that caunot rightly bo dadmed for It in this pay- ticular. True, It has ts mineral waters, but it has them In bottles, and both The wae ter nud the bottles come from Saratoga. As for sca beaches and aca-bresiicrs, even Mr. Medill, If he §s tho falr man we take him to be, must admit that Chi is not furnished with such sutrsctions. o bo sure her druggists advertisc sca salt at twenty-five cents a pack- e, {hn Ikt mml be Tlmn.lml u;n m;n luhl merest suake-shifs.ani o poor apolowy for Branch, Watch Hill, or cwpnrpt? 9 el But, nevertheless, Tuz Cuicaco TRmMUNE declares that Chlcago 1s the most ravishing of summer resorts, and, rising to the helght of sudacity, It suggests that hereafter an extra scaslon ‘'of Congreas be beld sunually inthe sum- mer, and that ft b _held in Chicago. It the propositionstrikes Congress as it ouuht tostrike 18, 1t will show Its sense of the indignity offered it by takiug an early opportunity to lish the ent(ro Btate of I!linols. Chicago a summer re- sort! Youmight aswell try, Mr. Medill, to- talk up Coney Island us o winter resort. spect- your limitations and don’t be preposter- ous, Bt. Louls aud *Cincinnati papers pleaso copy. GRAND PRAIRIE, ARK, To the Editor &f The Triduna, AxBoY, Arkansas Co., Ark., Juns 23.—Many readers of your paper are Jooking for homes fn tha West and South. Calling thalr attention to this beautiful country may hg a favor to many. Qrand Pralrle, In the Btate of Arkansas, is bounded on the east by White River, which fs navigable for steamers st all times of the year; on the south and west by the Arkanesas River, which Is navigable to Fort Bmlth; on the north by the Memphis & Little Rock Rallroad. Thera are many ulands of timber, ranging from 200 to 50U acres, scattercd In all parts of the prairle, which make the scenery beautiful. We have a fue climate,—no extreiucs of heat or cold. All kinds of stock are ralscd, with but little expense, The soll 15 adavted 0 rubsing all tho cercat ?mlm, and frult, Btute lands can bo bougnt or from 50 cents to §1.25 per acre. ‘The voun- try ia tast settling by peonle from all the North- ern States, No colored peoplo are here. The ‘Town of Amboy s just belng laid off Hnjthe cen- tre of a large trade, and {5 destined 0 b place of some importance. The Company are giving lots to all who will improve thesame. Threa or four stores would do well here,—all kinds of trage, A good tHourfng-mill Is In great nesd licre now. Land ¢can be had ia its vicinity for 81 per acre. People havo only to cowe and sce 10 Lo convinced tnat this country offers the best inducement to those seeking chesp homes in a new coyutry of auy now open for settiement. ‘There (} considerable land which can be home- steadud at 814 for 160 mcres; swaller tracts in proportiou. s TRAVELER. e ——— CITY DIRECTORY STATISTICS, To the Editor of Ths Tribuns, Cuicado, July 4.—Io the new Chicago City Directory several pages are nsed giving statis- tics to show Chicazo's general greatness, and particularly ta vuwmerical and commercial su- perlority over 8t. Lous, her rival on the Missis- olppl. It has been sald s lic well told and stuck to Is as good as tho truth. I think, if tho Chi- cago Directary man is wurkiuyg upon that princi- i, 1t would bu to bis Intercet to take a fuw les- soas before proceeding much further jn bis great wourk. 1 will wentlow but oue of the many re- marksble statemeuts this distinguished tgurer puts forth. Iu the comparative lists of the number of houses engaied (o eack live of busl- vess do the twa eities Chicago 13 credited with forty-three wholesale dry-groods Louscs, sud Bt. Louls seventeen, [ t] ublisher will give publicly 8 }ist uf wholcsale dry-goods Brins do- Ing busluess fn Chilcago, from which be gets bis ccl‘gkmwa forty-three to seventecn, be will sur- prise 3 A Four reox 1B Wesz Eunol‘r:{l Bripoa. ALONG THE CREEK. The Manneérs and Customs of the tnhabitants of that Section. The Boarding-Mouse and the Saloonese Summering on the Steps. North and northwesterly from the business centre of Chicago les a territory which, thoagh fzcan be reached fn twenty minutea walking, Is practically a terra Incognita totens of thonsands!| of Chicagoane. Itisaland of fll-paved streels and fll-assortcd sidewalke, n land where the planing-miil and the lumber-yard etrive for su- premacy with the tannery, tho cosl-yard, and the factory; while avove all else, black, foul, and villainous, the rank offense of the North Tranch smeclls to Heaven. The houndarics of this jand are not more regularly defined than thoe of the Kingdom of Abyesinia, and ft is vaguely spoken of as “along the creck.”” The dwellings of the aborigines of this atretch of country are with fow exceptions one and two story frama buildings. A charming treegularity in the matter of street levels adds an element of plcturesquenesa to the vicw, whilo at the eame tine it has a tendency to somewhat impedo locomotion, 1Ile whose linca have been caat in pleasant placea Is the man who dwelleth upon a corner lot. Inthe majority of casesthis favored individual had lis cholco of entering his touse from either the hascment or the recond-story wirdow,—all without the trouble of rolug "f," atairs he has only to decide which atreet he will -Eprmh his dwelling from. It ts belicved that the germ of agrest discovery, destined ulti- mately to entirely revolutionize domestic archi- tecture, ks contained In this simple fact, and rome enthusiasts holdthat by a very stight modi- fleation of this plan o six-story hotel could be constructed In which all the bed-roorus showld be upon the parlor floor. THX MANNER3 AND CUSTOMS OF THE DNJABI- TANTS aro a never-fafling source of {ntereet to the few travelers who have visited this reglon. Although the population Is large it s uncvenly distribut- ed, and great patehes of deseit country inter- vene. These, [y hnpbg alternation” In the seasons, are rendered doubly useful to the youth of the land who play ball in them in the sum- mer and skate over them in the winter. Gener- osity being ont of the most prominent virtnes e Inhabitants, they lavish thelr household treasurcs tn tho shapc of nshes, hoop-skirte, braken crockery, dead eats, and dilapidated kot~ uefl on llwlro unate uy;olaawora ol thcfie clflct?. o people appear to be grogarions I hnhll.s“;mg to r?gez:lnln e:',emcc%:lr\mnnml somuch that they delicht in fling up their houses with the younger members of thelr respective tribes, {0 whom they tako a friendly interest, imperfectly compensated by a bebdom- tax or asscasment, known in tho_ vernac- ular as “board-LilL," which Is collected by tho Lead of the family, Ruversing tho custom of most civilized pations, the headship of tho houschold is vested in the wotnen, their hus- bands belng Nitlo considerel. Tho wHe 18 ad- dresscd by ber boarders 1a Mrs. Smith or Mra, Moriarty, ns toe cnac may be; her hushand Helng famitlarly termed Bill or Patrick. 8ha it s who scea to the collection of the weekly tax, the providing of the vommissariat department, and the Fcnm:l fiovummen: of the family. Iler will Is law, and she exerciscs a more or Jcas maternal supervision over her lodgers, The husband ocvuples the poaition of n Kiug-consort, haviog no voice fo the government, which s & mild despotiam, tho executiye being permancnt, Tho occupations of the men are varied, but as a rule thoy are industrious and devoted to labar of an o ary charscter. Many work In the lumber-yurds and wmills which sarround thelr dweltings, many more in the railrood shops and in down-town fuctorics. Others handlo coal, bufld houses, and dig ditches. . TUT THE PRINCIFAL KATIVE INDUSTRY {8 saloon-keeping. The avernge saloon of the country is an unpretestious - edifice, dif- fering ™ yery slightly from the sesldencos which surround it Curiously _enough, this intercst (s almoat entiroly In the hauda of rome foar or five familics, the O’Bricns and Kcllys_represcnting the IIbernil snd the Schmidts and Hermanns the Toeutonle race. Also, there aro a few Jannsena and Olsons, un- de to bo desconded from the sea-klinzs of old, who ravaged the cossta of Britain and Gaul, and whose sdventurous galicys gronnded in Labrador harbors fivo centurics before Chrla- topher Columbus sighted tho »* stfll vexed Bermoothes.™ ‘When Hans or Larry tires of wheeling the barrow or shouldering the hod, he knocks the lower rooms of his dwelling into one, afd hires a pool-tablo with chattcl-tnortgare accompani- ment, puts in tarco kegs of beer (suppiled on credit), two dirty packs of cards, a fow rough tables® and chelm, and o framed and glazed motto to the 6ffect that Y Poor Trust is dead.” Larry, whos luvaria- bly & patriot with a thorough but somewhat - defined hatred of the bloody S8axon, adorns the wall with & bird's-cye viow of tho Lakes of Kil- larnev, supplewen In extremo cases with portrait Sm €1 on the snot by our special artiat) of Brian Boru at the battle of Clontart Hans, on the other hand, fills in with a coupte of rep- rescntatives of & German Bacchus in o lon coat spaugled with tinsel, his brow adornc with vinc-leaves and his sinister flst mllnE upon & barrel of beer, 1f Hans be of extraond] narily patriotic temlenclesg(icrmunla, perched somewhat nncomfortably off top of a hill over- looking the Rhine, kecps her watch over the pligrims who yisit the shrine of Gambrinus. DURING THE DAY-TIMN but little business is transacted by Messrs. Schimidt and O'Brien. It is st night thut they dis- nso the amber uid snd rake In ducats, (hen the tables are drawn up, the cands pro- duced, and tho beer orderod. Ireland’s favorite entertalnment (s scven-up or ouchre, Ger- mm{h’lndnl:u in “peuuclo” or “eixty-six,” and children of tho frozen North play somo interminable game of which only the fuitiated can keep truck, Deer fs tho staple fluid con- aumed, but an extremely villainous article of in- toxirating propertics, and bearing about the same relation to whisky as cllr milk does to the actual gmdllrto( the cow, ly occasionally Im- bibed, In such cases o row usually follows, re- sulting in & Aght snd sn indiscriminate flourish- ing of whntever weapon of offenso may firvt pro- scot itsell. In certaln instances s redaction of tho surplus populstion cnsues, alfording the neighbors un opportunity for wryln]]zmom ong of thelr pecullur religlous cvn!l,nmla, own a8 WAKE.! 3 The primal necessarics for s wake arc one e, one dozen candles, an cqual number of pop-bottles In which to place said candies, an unlimited supply of ardent spirits, and as many men and wotnen as can possibly be crowded into nroom twelve feet by ten. “Condilions being favorable and s dctent plich of grlef having been reached, the chances are about even that mora raw material for mourzing over will be produced before the close of the proceedin, i the But b must not be understood that al populace devote thelr evenings to the raloous, At this scasop of the year, when tha eveninges are lung and plossant, whole familles gather upon the front “steps of thelr respective resi- dences, which answer for a parlor besfde en]oly- 1y the faestimablo advant: of allowing the free winds of heaven to cool” the heated Lrows of the toil-worn. Here s i} 4 BPECIMEN PARTY, ey on tha top step {ml behold Mike Malone, pom- jnal proprietor of the boanding-bouse, convdhing amicably with Patrick SBhea, one of his fellow- workmen and a sharer, fn the home-comforts of the manslon, and two or three other gentlemen of the sume nutionality, all of whog are smok- ug vigorously, Mlss Malone, ared 14, d fine bouncing lass st that, is conducting tion on first Erlndnh‘.l with the youugest sud swartest-looking of the boarders, “ which," as Mrs M. says, “*Le (s a carpenter by bis trade and a very dacent young mau from me own town in the County Tipperary.” Jusenlle represcnta tives of the Malone fainlly, runging fu sge from B to 12 years, play In an adjoluing gutter. Miss ‘Theodosia, aged 3, 18 en]uy% the Juxury of & ride on the kuee of a° good-tempercd young fellow, whose whlskers she pulls unmereitully; white the ;onngui hope of the family (the tineat boy of 6 wonths in four blocks,) is enjoy- fug his supper and the plessures of soclety company Wwith his mamma and some lady. fricnds a few, doors off. Nor imust the agéd melmulhrr e forgotten. Bhe, too, has her ittle circle of acqualutauces, and it i3 pleasant to sce tho respect with which they treat her gray balrs, To the old lady an hour un the stcus in the cool of tnu evening, her old black pipe in ber mouth, and half & duzen fridhds to say, **God save ye, Mrs. O'Toole,” and appluud ber anclent storfes, furnish & real pleasure. May sho live loog to enjoy it. o ———— CHARLESTON IN THE FIELD. To ths Edutor of The Tribune, Coagrcearox, lil, July 8.—A rousing meet- icg of our citizens was held to-night to tuke steps to secure the location of the Illinofs Eust- .orn Insune Asylym at this place. A committee of seven of our most prominent and intluentlal itizeus was appoluted to correspond with the Cowwissivners aud explain to them why the Asylums should bLe built here. Our citizens think, ynd we are satisfled dlat if the Comniis- sloners will give us a visit and & falr hwlng that we can couviuce thew, that Churleston the cleanest, best watpred, best drained, and healthlest city ju Eastern Illjucls, which are a tew reasons why we should have the Asylum. We Lave eatercd the lists as a cowpetitor for thts fustitution, and think we can olfer moro taducements than any af our rivela, Wark on the rallroad from here fo Danville will be re- Lo 3 sumed In a few dags. —— CURRENT OPINION. Presidenp Iayos is moving guisdly yot firmiy on this whole ruhbject of Clvn-fervice Ro- form. Eachstep ks 'a rtep In_advance, and no one ixof more importance tham the oue just taken.— The Independent. It instead of & vagno resolution approv- Ing Finyea' Bonthern poliey one had been offered declaring thet the policy of miitary Intervention in the State Governmenta of the outh bad failed of its parpase, and that the me bas come for it to cause, we donot if thers would have been any strong opposition ta it in the Towa Convention.— Quacinnali Gazelle (Rep.). ¢ It may bo that Jowa, with her immenns Tepnblicsn majority, can affora to tnrn the eold shonlder to & Republican Administration. and give honpitality o the macally propoeaito pay off the public ereditor with silver cnin_worth 00 centa on the dollar; but it ta doubtfulif the party in the country at large can stand up under a gencral :xliinpfl,en of that line of policy.—iiertford Post, p. ). It waa the merost necident that fonnd Mr. Tackard, of Lonlelznn, a8 Des Moines at the time of the Repubiican Conventiontliore, Me. Packanl inon a 8shing ®xcurnjon, and romebody told him it was o nice placo to ah overin Tawa. Dat tho fishing dan't scem fo have been so good as It was cracked up toge, for we ean't learn thirt Mr. Pack- ard cancht anything, 81l he heiped to atir np the waters, and made It rmpoesiblo for the Presideant to catch anything, which was doubtleas the noxt beat thing far Mr. Packanl.: The flinateions Loulsi- anlan's Aahtng tHip will not,' however, end with® Jows, 1le inout of business just now, and has oo objection to making 8 summer of #t. On the 1st of August he will doubtless make It eonsvenient to throw hia live in Olilo, where fahing will be nearly a4 good as it bas been in Jows. And four weekn Iater he may boh in the vicinity of Harnsenre, in thin Btate. At that time of the year there wili bo reananably goail fishing along tho Susquehanna for those wbao nise tho right kind of bait, nnd when Mr. Packard throws a tine In Pennsylvania he will have the company of those sxperienced fishermon— Cameron, Mackey, Krrett, and Quay. A talented party like this srght 1o eatch eomething, and it ts nltogether likely thoy wonld. \We think Me. Pack- ard will find more angling taicnt and quite as pond flahing in Penneylvanla as hodound in lowa. —PAll- adetphla Tvmes (Ind.). Mr. Shorman, in hid French letter, as #umtes that # would be dishoorable for Congress to pay the bonds fasned_under the law of 1850 In any other money than that which s recolred for them. Tben it was dishonorable, and 18 sill dis- Tonorshle, to pay the 5-20°s In gold, when not b dollar of geld was recelved for thom. * And I It 18 dishouorable to pay the new bonds in a coin lens valnabho than was tecoived far thom, i it not eynally dishonoratle upon the partof the hone Juiders to_demand pay u @ coin mors valush than they gavo for them? When we talk of fai neas and bonor we muat Iy down rnles that Tiork, both wiaye. Al the bondn purchased nner the lsw of 1470 ‘woro bongbt nnder a law which mada the oM silver dollar & logal-tonder to any monnt If tho Eyndicate had tendored sach dollars ¥ fuifliment of thelr contract the Govern- ment would have been bound to aceept the lendor. Floy aid not pay In sllver, becanse, np 10 167, the silver doline was _worth more, in brillon, than 8 dollar In gold, Thoy pald fof the bonds in the chesper of the two jogal-tender eoina, und now thoy domand that the Goverament whall pay thein Dack in the dearer. 1f gold had bern depreciated fnstead of allvor, Mr, Bberman would have been found supporting thelr demand for silvor by the same argimants be now ares 1o support tholr do- msud for gold.—Knnsas City Timea (Dem. ). Those Northern“Domocrats and Demo- ertic papers who rlily and mirchlovously con- tinue s mere partisan warfare against Hayes, and refaze him credit whero he deavrven it, woald do mueh botter at once to Join Lhe Blaines, Camerons, w, and othor Hadical malcontonts. They forget 1hat the country stands above party, and that ss long an layes docs right ho dosofyes the support of svory hotiest aud lierty.loviny cltiren, whather he calls himself a Domocrat or o lepnh- lMcan. Tlayes bas tuken the Federal chains tho Sonthern people. eral military, and rom 1le bas withdrawn Lo Fed- given them sclf-movernment ognio, &nd thereby “destroved at une blow tho sule, capital of the Chandiers, Blanes, Cam- erons, Hutlers, ond the rest of those' tyran- ulcal, bloody-shirt swingers, 1io done moce than ‘Tilden with” tho best Intentions could have sccamplisbied, u;n.-:llllf with nn unfriendiv Senate to contend with. In fact, ho has closca therehy the war, —and tho conntry, for the first tima since 1801, {n again ot peace, Lot our Northern Domocrats underatand that In tho mext Conyress Roathern brains will bo actively at work. Tha old imbecility and passivo resistafica plley for tho last fftcen years of the Northern emocrats will no langer be the gnide of the Dem- ocracy, Nor will any crazy Inflatlon humbug, the acmall éapital of sonie emisl{ Democratic leadars, or rather blockheads, bo again permitted to Hft up jt fnano head in tbo councila of the pariy. (Al theto things will be tnade fmposaible, for Southern men have the upper hand in_every 'Democratic cancus, and thoy will dictate what shall be thgisauca of tha party,— Washington (D. C.) Sentinel (Dem. ). A wrrnefondcni of the Cincinnati Com- merdal (Ind. Rop.), trl\'ellnuhvmlqh the North- ern conntics of Onfo, writes about Gen, Garfleli an follows: **The Garflold movement fa the livelioat lmlllh‘ll manipulaton in this quarter of the Ktato, n short, wherever*you go on tho Weslern Jeservo yun eanhot go sl of tho Gardeld movemont. Ark who 18 be the eandidate for Giovernor— * Don't know; haven't«heard much sald about it; understand thero was a ring worklnfl to nominate Governor, ‘but didn't suppose it could succeed—but for Benator it's Garfleld.* Ask, Who is ikely to represcnt your county fn the Logialaturo?'— Well, Qarfeld's nan s £o-and-Sos 1 suppors go.' Ask, Who wiil be your Benator? man that s In favor of (Giarfield. . Trumbull Conoty Convention met the other day, and clectod dolegates to tha Stata Conven- tion. Tho State Conventlon doean’t exactly nomi- nate for Senator,*but it turns ont & curtous colnei- dence that the dulegates are all undarstood to be Garficld men. The Conventlon pronoscd the Hon. 1. B, Perkins for Governor, swhich. strangely enongh, as Oarflield and Perkins aro both from this Congressional Diatrict, {s sald by the knowing ones to mean Gorfleld again. 1 etoppod an hour between trains at Cleveland. hour waa long ‘enough to find out that both the Itepnblican pavers there, though agrecing in few matters, especially 84 to candldates, aro for Uarficld for Senator, tinch an oatbreak for a new man for Benator, be- fore the Benator-elect for a fractional torm of only iwo yoars has yot taken his seat, might scta stu- dent in tho natiiral history of political growtls to & specta) investigation, ™ The *‘machine” fellows shonld remember that ‘when Hayes took the oath of offico the Republican party was not bathod all over in a flood of glorlous victory. 14 was evident {bat snother périod of thes, old Senate Ring that bepralsed »il of comings, and used him for individual taro the country uver to the Democratic party for forty years. 'The astonixhment of the old ring- sters, when they found that 1laycs rmeant (o keep the promlscs made In his Jotter of acceptance, was extremo. ‘The horror of the old Benate King was dreadful, Chandler and Cameron rushed to Phila- delphia to give Grant a send-off to Europe withs momination for a third - torm. Morton, aftera let- ter in which he occupled thres columns in saywig Hayes wu{d not help himaelf, bounded away to Orewol ‘onkling, lofty with his own awfulness, rot mall for Kogland, ‘Juu to thank the Eogush for their hoapftality to (irant, who brougbt the Kepublican party to the guticrs of gnef by his peenllar sod sinlster favoris- iams. If lisyes can mot rally to the help of tho Republican J\lrly the better clasacs of cltizens, Qlsgustod and anude resentful by the rings and wmschioes which were the ruiing forcas ender Grant, the party cas bo tucked away In the grave- yard ?rewed for the political organisms that bave completed their destiny. —llayes ccased to jarrlson State-llouses, 1 wasan indispensable stop, and we suppose ilaino will hurl bis thunders upan him for not in some wysteriots way aveng- iog Andersonville. If Grant did not punleh South. eru political; murderers, how is ellayes to do 11 (rant yave up Mlsalssippl and Alubama to the Democrats. who were provided with shotgun argu- wenta, and he knew, and sald, the Htats-licuse reisons could not bo rwaintgined in Boath Caro- na sud Louisiana. ~Why, then, how! st llaycs fur whst be has dune? Presldent Grant sarren- rant's short- n, woald dercd Missinsippi to the sholzon rebels. Why did not that greas rallroad lawyer, Bon Wade, burst ‘with indignation st that tmel—Cinclinati Cowme Biercial (dnds Kep.). Growing out of the practice which the Prosident proposes towtop, lua great ovil, —pationsl in It pearing. Norls it of recent origin, It has been growing; for thirty years, and is uot peculge 1o uny party, although the enormons eztnsion bl Government has made it worss duringthe last elght cars than over bofore. In practice, the Custom. Tioass herc, for so fong s thiae (hat few remembor when't waa not 50, has been **run " by a factlon in the interest of uronylnpowuut ‘asbington, and to get control uf it bas been the proof and alm of ascondency In State politica. Levics upon office- oldurs, beginning with the plump checks of hikh station and coding with the percentage on the small xalary of letter-carriers, bave been the funds of general cawpalyns; the Prestdent has been jected Lo belung to dad case for tha pariy ing !h. conntry; officeboiders hava bees he bead of commiltecs, from highest Lo lowest; they have or- ganized and managed conventiond, Iraming the latforms, naming the candidates for ottice, con- olll ry detail, and being the working' polit- from top o buttom. A vast, complex, snd effcctive machiner thus been ated, baving practically the power of sclf- ropulvion and sclf-perpetnation; tho machine Las Becbie a reality, —a ruling force sgiinat which ali discusaion of reform scemudeto be incfuctoal Tyranny though it ls, the compictest triumph of it i that thera bas beén so listle recognition of its exlutence. ks 820 we remarked that genvine re- stow-1ouse mast bogin with perma- nenlly dissevenng it from politicsl urganlzalione. In like maunerit {s cortaln that ou the broadur fcld there caunot be Civil-Service reform until thia pro- 0scd new departure becomod real. 1f party acrve ces and ‘induunce,’ iostead of penuual Htacss, continue to be the ?‘ulmmubn for oftice, if zeal- ous party work, rathier 1ban performauce of oficial dutios, conlinues w be the title to isosslon, of coursa thoss dutfve will coutivue to 8l the subordi- pate place iu the winds of Guveruwent ewployes, and we shall never Eul Clvil-Borvicd reforny, tadugh wo talk of it without ceasing. The pronuncla- menty of Mr. Hayes, therefure, sounds tuo key- note of reforum; and that It has causcd s fluttering 14 wiost aturul, for the diseased spot (4 slwaye the oue tender to the slizhtvet touch.”’—XNew York Chrowdcle (Buskucss pupir). SOMMERCIAL. The '*Fonrth " was generally obaerved ne a closo holidey in commercinl circles, and there were nn «cbanger of note in guotatlona, Freight room was taken the prevfons day for ahaut 230,000 b corn, and that markat was firmer Taceday, Augost clos- ing at ¢8%e, with July nominal at 475¢c. GRAIN IN ATORE. The fallowing are the footings of the official re- port of the grain {n storo In thi city onthe even- Ing of Satorday last and corresponding dates: Julg 2, Juns 2%, July 8, Wheot— 1877, I®T Yy !. Ho, 2red... veens 2,470 2470 8017 No. 3winter... 2 4,232 L170 Rejected wii L2 8,000 1,0m2 7,480 T2 TR 20 [ A3 S Re e 0. 1N . W, 16,808 REA 17708 0. 3N, W. apting.. . 118,814 RA.402 BW7.912 « 017,303 877,238 1,008,059 BL04 1inoor Wi tors, 3,007,307 ba. Theno figures show a decreasc daring Inst weak of £0,033 bu wheat, 320,707 ba corn, 17,267 bu oata, 44,022 bu barley, and 38,018 ba rye, The sbove-noted quantitles of Northwestern wheat inclaile 1,000 bu No. 1 Miuncsotasnd 62, - 054 bu No, 2 do. The following table exhibits the atock.of gmin | n Poorla on the dates named, a8 roported by the Eecratary of the Doard of Trade: June 3, Jumexy, Julys, 1877, I8TR. 1877, i) W uod 4,65 , RG oL8ue 2,314 7, ATE 1,238 FLOVISIONS, ‘The propoeal to make snmmer provisions *‘reg- ular® for delivery on contracts, provided they sre cpt and packed according to rule, 11 objectedl to by rome partics In the trade as too sweeplug a changs. ‘They admit that It ia advisadlo to extond the time . daring which regular provisions may bo preparod, but aot4o Include tho entire year, Thero 14 no doubt that-preacnt processes ste adequate to the cnrlng of product outalds of the four *‘winter** months, viz., November, Docembgr, January,and February, but it isapen to doubt that provirions cut during tha extrome Leal of summer should be deliverable on contencts, which Involve the Idea of storing for fntare uae, and not neces- rarily that of speedy consumnption. It fa posalble that an extension of the time from Sept. 1 to Aptil 1, making the rognlar neason seven montha in- slead of fonr, wonld ba fonnd to meet the viows of all parties in the trade, and prove to be bettor than wonld be oxicnslon through the whole yesr. The scason mipht aven be msilo totncinde April, glving eizht months, or two-thirds of tha yaar, #stho time dunng which regular provisions may bo pro. pared for the merket. The prodnct of tho other fonr or five months would probobly be emailer in volumie than now If sucha chango were made, and le casily disposced of to go direct to tho comsumer, THR RULES AGAINST CORNERS IN PLODUCH, To the Ediior of The Tritune. o s late articloin yoor paperyou seemed to favor the present Board of Trado rule against corners. They bave been more-or losa popular, bat a year and hnlf's experience withthom has de- veloped on evil much greator than tho one they at- temptod to remedy. Tho spetalative trade is of vast linportance, and adds waterially to tho aver- ago pricoof gratm, It Is desrablo to haves fatr proportion of short sellers, but they shonld not be given tho preturcnce over those operating for bigher prices, Chicago has become tho greatest grain wmarket in the world, and oar fluctnatlons have greater infloence on prices elewhers than any other market. Thiabemng o praln and provision producing country, bualuces of cvery kind, tho valuo of property, and_ the prowperity of tho couutry gencrally, are ditectly intorested In good crops and ligh prices; and the Chiesgo Doard of Trade, boing the fountalnthead of the graln and proviion trade, should do all that is possiblo to advance the Iatter. Undor the antl-corner mle tho opposite s the case, Wo hava becomo thp most bearlsh market in the Unitod States, and tho leader in every ducline, with our pricea rela. tively tho lowest. It {s a singularfact that tne 1argest part of the speculators always operate only on one alde; they aro constitutionally either haars or balls, And al=o that those of bearish tendencies arc far the most numerous, This should be taken nto consideration in judging of this matter, as votcs wero less lnfluenced by the good of the trade, #nd moro by personal intorest and inclinatlon, than generaily supposed. In pasaing these rules ayainet corpors we throw sy & valuablo 1ncal advantage, and one that was and is Indispen- sable o offsct the discrunination which competl- tion forcen the rallroada to mnko against Chicago, 1 do not mean the temporary higher pricos causod )y su occastonal corner, but the fear of them which wae always before us and which oxporience bas proved to be a necessary resteaint upon the t0o numerons and two powarfiil short sellers. Those operating for higher prices, though always the sinallest In number, bave the greatest losdto carry, an they hava o hold most of th cash gruin aad bo lang to theahorts also; and experience nndortha rule fs making such men wmore and more fearfnl and leas disposed 10 act. No matter how little grain thore may bo bere, the beara can mow safely sell as many milting bashicln na they can ralse margins fo d whilo thow decrying othir peoplc’s Yoporty, are made at tha Anal setticntont superior & tho sc holders of the graln, ‘There can he no small stocks hare under the rule, 'Tho af supply sud demand ia vartlally snnatled by it; thio supoly s alwava Iarge, and ualy limited by the viows of thoso whowe natural tendencica are in conflict with the best Intorest of the country. Tloldera of property that s more or lcss scarco havearight to the increascd firmness and price which that circnmstance gives, Tho reason given for passing these rules was that the markef was otherw much uudor the contro) of capltal- 1sts,—first in running up a fictitions prico, and af- torwards Ly maing tho oash proparty to depross prices in operations on the short side, The latter s as much io thelr powur and practice now aw beforo; the rule doed not in- terfers in case of purely local depression, but din- ev only againat bighlr prices. With such ks of corn as wo had for a K passage of tho rulo our market coul much In advanclag ita, price, but under the rule it was tiat and lifeless, Tho late decline of H3c In wheal was done under the leadership of this mar- ket. Thero waa a wido shipping marcin to Livar- pool and New York nlso, but our market lod of in a decline caused by the persistent sates of the bears, frecly mado Jo the'faco of small and g siocke. Wheat has of late beon in_ Miiwsukeo than hers, and ara buylng 1" thero higher yet Chicazo miilers #nd brln‘hll bers by the cargo for milling, This state of thinge can only be explained by the fact that under our rulus the e mythical stocks of the besrs deprens prices bere'below whay consumers through ecarcity are driven 1o pay. This 100 higher price in Milwaukeo fs sbout what {t should have been as comparod with other maz- kets, and at least Bc of it s sbout tho measure of the Increased local confidence and power this rulo givesonr beats. The **Lyon coraer ' isalwayacited asarcuson why the present rule should be retalned. Thaj comer was diferent in a very {mportant foa- tore from any ever run before, ~ Alter succesafully cornerning whest 1u the first half of Auguat, the parties undertook 1o include the lsst bulf also, and hold it st thelr fancy price all that tim€, which was iwmpossible, Comers, 1o sace comful, must be of short duration, and with the exception of the o above wentioncd have been of little if any damage to the try t large, and though not specisily desirable, of them did an lmportsut” service in holding _tI relatively t00 numerous bears in check. Without thess rulos prices would sverage higher than they do as compared with other mat- kets, cnough so to offset t of the railroad dis- crimioatlon azalnes us. ero losing thie busl- ness by but & wmall difference, less than when it waa first turned from us, 88 the lower rales now ha teerltory fumerous elforts are bue {og madvin the courts by partics who bave sus« tuined losscs (o the so-called **optivn ' trade to belittie this busioess by asserting fuat it was oply gambling tuat differences only wers cxpected o be The comer ruly seuus to sustaln this view of | under cortain circuwstances the buyer is fore o sccept or luly Day tho difference only, though b may be anxlous Lo receive tho property 10 811 his order. Otberwlseithan this thera Bnoclass of contracts ware sure of beiwg dlled. The property will bo delivercd at the maturily of the_coptract unicss prevgnted by tho buyers' sales, With the 1ces of consiguwents wo ars also lorioy theag fu- turo coutract orders, s the country ehippers natarally scnd their ofders where they sund thulr graln sod bave thelr marginy. Esstora warkets covel theso ordery, and arv cxenting themselves to get tho buslucss frowm ve. We have sdvantages over them fo our cush syetem and low cnarges, but we csngoy bupu to retala the business 1f wu loay the conaytnmenta. The gnod of car trade and The city reqnites that we rive vers encourape: ment and favor to those who woald ‘advzace nnd Tsustain prices, R. M, M. Tot o . T ROTD e CATTLR—Thers was considershle stir in the estife 6t during the forencon, and the emafl suppiy on (the offerings did not exceed 2,000 head) was readily disposcd of, Pricen were frm afl around, and for guod 10 cholce quatitien & shade Wgher than on Mondsy, of 8 X@¥e higher than on Friday and Ratur- day last. Texas and loan gram catde made up the duik of the supply, and were principally at the low range of $2.7041.75. Good nativs steers soid &t £4.5085.25, and & few cholce were taken al higher fig- ures, At to'clock the yanls' were closed to bustness ‘The following trausactions were noted il e na the limited wapply would admil of{ and was firm st an averaxs mivance ot Mr! 1C0 ths, common 1o prime light welrhts scliln, at §4.654.75, and poor tn QIIOI'A“Q heaty at 34,706, rm ce.(No. Av. Price, 45....1kd $5.00 3.2 4 s0ld wnd tfie market cinsed A An. Dri i A Ao, Trice, Vo, 4,200 04,85 [ 2. i Sl c"u.) s in anail demand ot z..-;;c:u rioo 2 Smiall demand a i 1hs for poor to cholee e Krades. RAST LIBERTY. FAST LInerty, Pa., Julv 4.—CATTLE=Receipts to- day, 1,460 head, all through stock but one car; tatsl 10T two days. 3.790 head, OF 117 cars tirouih and 22 ears yard Dply’ Rood and mArket active at ricen slind aird neariy wll sold: bet, €8, 235 medlum 85,705,751 common to 4. 25@3.00, Hons—Itecelptn to-day 8, 745 head: total for two days 0,001 Torkers, B4 BO1.801 I’h"m::)&:l‘la 910533, Hirexp—iecelpts to-day, 200 hesd; 1or two ds 10,000 selling $4. 136d- o i, ALo. ‘Dure . Ruryave, July 4.—CATriieitecelpts 170, for the woek 7,156 saica 20 carst pricos encrally uaebangeds 25 cars nnsotd. Bitkzr axu Laxna—Recel, 200 total for the shade in advances ;g:h’n‘fluu;m»d‘fi‘n-nd"x KM 10, mveraging 81@ Tiba, 6.0, ¥oraging 65 6 carm Sommos 2.050; total _for the week, 8 660; U T e Torkers, mm’: 1o et ll.l few chiolce beavy, 4. .10; 4 heavy nisol ThatTix 4., :A;.‘"“‘(' -Falrl th pote e mlh SR B¢t recelpta, 1,470; 1,8m, 3 ‘ Joan—Modern o8 8 rhade i oricen eslery TURTKeL TECeInts, 5040k TANRS 4igdc) recalpta, 8,573, TOREIGN QUOTATIONS. Toxnax, July 4.—Consols, 0444, money and account. United States bonds, 1947, 100)6. TWiaots Central, 2. Tanin, July 4. —Reotes, 1071 83c. Amountof bullion gunc lato the bank on balaneo to- day, £167,0%0. . ¢ Livarroot, July 4.—Cortox—Easlert not quotably lowar; malca Gf 0 day 8,000 hules, (BCludiog 1,000 for apecufation and Sxport and 5 1) Amarican, Cib Lajt—~32n for beat American, LN o, July 4, ~[ERVINKD PETROLEUM—10}d LixsrEw Ore—~278 5l — PETROLEUM. CLEVELAND, 0., July 4. —PATROLECM—Market steady; manoard white, 110 degrees test, 1ic. MARINE. REAPING TITEM IN. ‘The Winslows by foreclosure haye agal. session of l:::l"ny“'mlh’flfl. Belkirk, !lllla 'l:‘:l‘l‘l 2:‘ ‘with the exception of ons-elgnth loferest In the In Bamod versel, owiied by her miaster, CApE. Jonce. Th enenal snor 1t ot Kgere, of Horhestars 1o wwner, M. 1o o cator, 181 fortinate thnt Mcars, Vo "Naker Fathier unfor t ure siiouid be obiied w part with s Woodrutt and Tharl sons, atter paylug Sk on ihe former ant 816,000 HUSHR (io, balt roves dikasitona (6 oo WCl-kaow AL the tin 0 the wall-known BiFm n tho end. ~/ingula Courier. ‘Tho manner In which tho Mesars. Winslow are gothering in craft wonld Indicate that they are #00n to have n monopoly of vessels, and that may ucconnt for their rilucunu in coterlog into the pooling plan. DOMINTON CANAL TOLLS, An ordor hos been {xsned by his Honor, the Depnty of the Governor-General in Couucll, that on and alter the 1st duy of July noxt (inst.), tho tolls and daea raguired to bopaid by- the awnors or masters of stenm vessels navigating the several canals of the Dominfon bo amended ns follo: 8t Luwreice Bincion by Cant 'a Lockn 0 At . The owners and masters of salling vossels would bo rejoiced to aue A2 order reducing the tolis ontho canala for tholr carcicrs also, — Zoroalo Globe. bty AN AMENDMENT. Ats meeting of vessel-owners held Batarday at Bay City, an antendment to the proposed agrue- ment for laylng up vessols was adopted to the effect that cach voseel shall bo lald up under the supervision of its owner or agent, lostcad of a committea, Tho amendment will be immediately submitied to those towhom the original agree. ment was scnt, and the subjest will' o further considerod st 8 moeting Lo be huld Satorday naext, TITR TOURTH ON THH DOCKS. Probably the dulleat part of - Chicago yesterday was that sround tho lomber markol. All tho changlerics, lumber offices, and other places of business wers closed, with tho exception of the tug offices. Tho cxcursion steamners served to en- Itven tho river and docks whero they landed. ey TIIE CANAL. Rauvazront, Ill., July 4,—Cloared--Benecs, Hoary, 03,002 It lumber: Hercules, Uenrys B0, 254 {( lul::bcr. 2,250 lath; Hescue, Otiaws, 35,721 ft umber, NAVIGATION NOTTS. CHicaco.—Quite & large ficet of veasols arrived yeaterday....The barbor Jooked gay yesterday, bunting fiying from & forest of masts....Comth dore Cox was *‘uverlastingly ™ putting the Ben Drake throngh yestorday....1f July 4 wonld con- ¢ Unua for & fcw days the owners of the excuralon steamers would ba extremely hsppy....The do- mand for canal achooners is unusnally good; aod there are but few offerod. Otuxn Pourd,—The schr Ban Diego clearsd from Bafalo light for Detroit, to wait for better rates, «oo-A cargo of desls was sbippad from Buffa in bona on the canal-boat Oregon, to New Yorl Monday....The achr City of Ureen Ba. from Quebec for_the cosst of Scoiland on :.hn 2; b ult....The water fn Oconto Iiiver s st a pects for 8 good loz e Onv of the largest losds of iron ore was that by the schr Scoti, 1,485 tons from Escanaba, which ar- rived Batarday....The ‘‘grasshopper”™ transfer olovator came near killing four men st Boffalo, Mouday....The schr George W. Davis, of Toledo, jost enough of hee canvas on tho lsst'trip o Duf- ... The Illinois & ‘canals works had a pullin; urday, but one had on ~more steam than agreed nran. .. Buflalo papers re- rt tho sale uf the tug Tim Doyle by Mesars. An- ereon Ilarnctie to James W, lnlnxl!:m. af Chatham, Ont., for 32, gohd. Bhela 0 be used in the Lichine Causl, whers Mr. 1L, has contract. The Doylo left for Port Colborne Batur- day morning....The stmar Commodore snd tho schr Miauwi paid their respectato one anathicr on the 8t, Claie Flats last week, the red badiy demoralized bufwark. seasun thus far, st Toledo, will comparo very favorably with tiiat of olher years....Tho Northern ‘Transportation Cumpany's propellory carry paa. P from Ogdeusburg to Duluth, and zoturn, for Tha dlstance for tha round’ trip 18 3, 000 miles, making the fare one cent per mile, faclud- ing board and lodlog. e —— FRUIT PROTECTION. To the Editor of The Tyibuna, Caicico, July 4.—~Mr, H. T. Wills, tn his communication published {n your paper of the 1st lnst., calls the attention of the transporta- tiou companies and others to the importance of providing s meana of protecting frult and other sluiflar perfshable articles from the effects of low temperatures Quring their transportatiop in winter. Mr. Wills sectos not to be sware of the fact that the car which will successfully resist intluence of high temperatures tn summer will likewlse realst the influcuce of low temperature in wiuter. A carcsn be s0 constructed that it will resist the trost of the coldest weather for fiftecn, twenty, or cven forty days, and that without the use of any heating spparatus what- ever during toe thne, " A car body properly con- structed aud insolated wif réfcrence to pre- venting the interchange of temperature between the.inside wnd the outside of the same, will Yruosport the most delicate fruits duriog the caldest weather in winter witbhout danger from frost. The Insulation could be made so perfect 14 to prevent suy probabllity of freezing witbin thotar<chamber, o mattér bow intense tho ¢uld on the outslde, X INDORSING Dr.RADWAY'SR.R. R, REMEDIES After Urlng Thom for Reveral Yoarn. Naw Yomx, Jan.4, 1677.—DeAR Rin: Haring for tev- ers fsed your medicines, dountinely AL grwt, hut fter experiencing their efficacy with coafidence. [tianoiewanieamre than o 0 shanksully 0w ledie Th0 Advantaze we linwe derived from the The pills are revorted to 28 nftan A ocras) and always with the doaired effect, The Lirady camot be beterr deserihod than it is by fts apoly the tnnent frearienciy and freo b Hitw Da. finding tha promised **reifef. nedy’ P it Swar. RADWAY'S READY RELIEF Cures the Worst Pains In from Oneto Twenty Minntes, INOT ONEBE EFHOUR After reating this sdvertissment need any one cufter from pain, BADWA TS RIEADT WAL FOIt KVELY PAIN. 1t wasibe e and 11 A CUIR The Only Pain Remedy it nstantly atops the most ;E:El:am’%l‘:?slr:’.canmc:‘rju gfi‘fi"ui‘:?-f'm&?e‘? b ; : i prasdn o Semn, Wl:;y"tll“fll bl L o o _FTION ONR TO TWRNTY NINUTES, No matter how vinlent or excrmclating the RHFUSIATIC, Bod-Radon. Infirm,Crippied, Neuralgic, or proatrated with diseazs may suffer, RADWAY'S READY RELIEF ‘WILL APFORD INSTANT EABE, Infammation of the Kidneys, 1nflammation of the Dladder, Inflammation of the Bowels, Congeation ot the Lungs. Bore Throat, Diffioult Breathing, Falpitation of tho Hoart, Hystericn, Oroup, Diphtheria, Catarrh, Influonea, s Headache, Toothache, Nouralgia, Rhoumatism, Cold Chills, Ague Caills, . Chilblains, and Frost Bites, The application of tha READY T aryarinEnete {ha pain oF dlmmnygflm: fid 4] "Fllriy (0 atxty drops {n alf & tumbi il trent dlckners of pain Frof (oimroFou ey 5% {batter han French Branuy or Bitters na s siimujant. FEVER AND AGUE. FEVER AND AGUE cured for 60 arornodisl sgent In thin Il):hl I';|rnl vfl??c‘fimrxa:\':rm e and il ntn.p Mainrions, hillous scarler, Tephall, ‘ellow, il otlicy Fevers (sfiln VAT "’ CAIADWATS HEADY RELIEE Flity camis per bottle, HEALTH! BEATY! Btrong sind pure Tich Mond—Incrense of Flrah “Webintcliar Skinand Deautl(a Complexlon recare] DR. RADWAY'S . Sarsaparillian Resolvent hnm:dnl"lll'lln l_r'!l::ltol':mll!(:l!'l‘"‘mrfiumt nil ql:l'rk sorapid are iiergocs ting SFUhla cruly woudertul focdicine, var - e T oTee Every Day an Increase in Flosh and Welght 1s Scen and Felt, he o, Fifty canta THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, Fivery drop of the Sarsaparilifan Ttesolvent communt- Pt i 8ud fuices of the sy atew, the vigar of Hik the wastea of the body with hew and Bcrafula, SyTutlliK, Cansumption, € Ulcors in the Throat, Mouin, Tun Qirndsaud otaer paridof the s, ©10u8 Dlicharar o, fur it proyaree sonnd e enld Erystpelas, ‘Acinn, D Woni L the Fleih, ihor Chiocts i trs i and all wastcs df Ui’ 1120 prinviyle, are within curntive ruige of tis wondee of ndern cnemistry, d 8 Feie dnyw i will iwova 13 any peeson using It fuF hCF of Thuao forms of discase It Pulent power to cura rattent, dally heayming reduced by the wastes ompostiinn that are contininlly hrogressing. 10 srresthing these witatea, &0a repulns tie moio with new material inade from healthy bload—nnd Ui the Sursapariitian will and does sccire~a cire 18 crs taing for when oncy L of puritieation, uud s them, 12 the anu_dec cene Temedy cominonocs {18 work coda I AlIRISRINE o 1o of wastes, [ta Yepalrs will be rapid, aod g U!:l‘z will feel htmaell I'»l’\"!t’ef. "l':.l gkd"flldn,fl“\‘; ior, appeiito Improviog, Ad fsah and. welght lox Not only does the Sarsaparilitan Hvsolvent oxcel all vomedia} “agonts Tn-tho turs of Chronte, Berofulons Conwtitatioual, and Skindissases, butts i o only pos- Kidney and Bladder Complaints, Finary and Womb Diseass. G ipbage ot Water, Lncantiuones e Oomen Brianta Disase, Albuminuria, snd in all cases where brick-dast doposita, or the wator is thick, cloud ;f:‘u‘s with subatances l1ke tie whilo of an or thi 8 white slik, llr"&!r‘ I8 & worbid, das L bilious sppear- aud white bone-dust deposita, and when there §s. Biniing seamlia” Fheh Tuata waier riekio, ) ‘scnial] Of L1 back and alosy tha Jotis.. i) palain Tumor of Twolvo Years’ Growth ' Cured by Radway’s Rosolvent Jbs & Jare had Overiaa Tumor In the ik .. Bo help or it Bing (hat was reroms: 1t Ve s ied, but nothing heiped me. I saw your fie: [ but “had n':).r‘:lk;tdln.l&!'l x Lottien of tha ftesuivent and une hox of Radway'e Pl butides or gour itesdy Heliet; and 'L':"{'. S e ol Lumor 1o be scon or feit, and I focl better, amiarter, ani 6 for twelve years. wakla tho lork aido. o the bowels bver i R o] e T writs il 10 you fur the benufit of oth . Dublian 10 1 you chodes. o CEARNAN BN AR APF. PRICE, - - 81 Per Bottle. AN IMPORTANT LETTER. AXx AnBoR. Mich., Apri 1875, ~Dw. r— TR ir it Gaen ekioses o Feaml e o ating V'fils, aad also uals, eady itelict ahout oo Jear for ovarian {umurs 6a tho alnouen, which tha o azIGe0t Dlysiciags. Of our Mecieal Collego pro: SOy Vere lika know an n tree. My wetubt When | ‘conimienced with JUar Temedlee, Gad andtyentytour baiiieaof pits. we @ tedicines 1) . Pl LR A MR8, 0. KRAPP, Another Letter from Mrs. C, Krapt, Da, RADWAT—RINd Bir: 1 take the liberty to address rou . My health 1 greatly iniproved by Jobr eitcinda Tiirss Cof" 1hs tumin J:".’.&m‘f' o i} U Tourth s nearly 6. 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