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NEWS ITEMS. What 1m Doing In the Old World nnd the New. Commodore Vanderbilt, whose death is announced. was born near S npleton. Staten Island, May 27, 1791. At the ago of sixteen lie bought a boat with which he plied between the island and New York, and at eighteen he owned two boats and was captain of a third. At nineteen he married, and at twenty-three was free from debt and was worth. ?9,000. He was identified with the leading steamboat interests of the country until railroads began to take ilu-ir place, and then he became the leading M>iiit of the Hudson liiver and Central roads, lie died very wealthy. He lived a most active business life. It was a peculiarity of his that he invested little money in real estate. The steamboat was his hobby as long as that was p olitable, and then he took up the railroad when the day of steamboating was over. William Windom was re-elected United States senator by the Legislature of Minnesota James G. Blaine was elected by the Maine Legislature for tlio short term in the United States Senate, and also for the full term of six years. beginning March 1.1^77 Over one hundred prisoners at the Ohio penitentiary were made sick, with symptoms indicative of poison, the cause being impure baking powders used by the cooks of the building In the United States court at Yankton. 1>. T., John McCall. convicted nf the murder of " Wild Bill." was sentenced by Chief Justice Shannon to be hanged on the llrst of March Massachusetts during the past year reduced her State debt $336,000. In 1875, bv large expenditures for public improvements, the debt was largely increased .. .In the Mansfield (.Pa.) coal district three thousand miners are on a strike The State debt of Maine is $5,129,107. The governor estimates that a tax of three and one-fourth mills on the dollar will be all that will be necessary to meet the current excises this year United States vessels patrol the Bio Grande to prevent outrages by the Mexican authorities The late Commodore Yanderbilt was in active business life from sixteen to eighty-two, a )>eriod of sixty-six years. The State debt of Pennsylvania is $22,805.021.58 Six thousand men are at work cutting ice in the Hudson river The three richest men in the United States?Astor, Stewart and Yanderbilt?have died within lift ecu months. The Methodist church at Antwerp, N. Y., was totally destroyed by lire. Loss, ?20,000; iu?urar.ce. 61*5,000....The Democratic committee of Maine passed resolutions declaring that (iov. Tildeu is elected President, and thut all attempts to defeat him. by counting in a minority candidate, be opposed by every legal and constitutional remedy." The supreme court of Massachusetts has" decided, in a case growing out of an Israelite keeping open store on Sunday, that the Hebrews must be hold ameuablo to tlie laws regulating il.e Sabbath An exIr'iin u-im nnir tlmuillnn Ohiri but 110 'orious casualties are reported E. W. Major suffered capital punishment at Concord, N. H., for the murder of his wife. He died easily. It is also supposed he poisoned Lis s ster-iu-law Four .men were Heriously if not fatally injured near Marietta, Ohio, by the explosion of a porta1 le boiler An extradition treaty between pain and the United States has been signed Gen. Hampton said, in reference to Judge Mac-key's interview with Gov. Hayes, that Mackey was not authorized to r; oak for him on the Democracy of South Carolina. He believes that Tilden was fairly elected, and that.the peiple do-ire a peaceful constitutiounl flotation of the question An explosion occurred at J">u;vmt's powder mills near Wilmington. I>el., demolishing <>ne of the buildings and killing a Frenchman, who was an employee Chas. II. Fletcher, president of a Western railroad company, while sick in hi"? friend Brown's house was' carefully nursed by Miss Brown, a sister, whom the scoundrel induced to leave home with him on his recovery. The grand jury indicted him l'<>r seduction, and called Brown and the young lady as witnesses, j On Brown entertug the courtroom ho was con- i fronted by Fletcher, %nd'drawing a revolver j shot the "stdncer dead Mrs. Egbert, a | sister of the late C mmodore Vanderbilt, died 1 within a few hours of her brother. The Ohio Legislature adopted a resolution ! calling on the railroad commissioner for infor- I inntion as to what condition the Ashtabula j bridge was in when last inspected by him, and j when such inspection occurred. The cause of j the disaster is to be fully investigated An | intensely strong effort "is being made by the j Mormon loaders to have Utah admitted as a State of the Union As twenty-four of the i foreign countries made presents of their Cen- j tennial exhibits to this government, an effort is , being made to nave a permanent exhibition of j them The money package containing ?11,- j 000, which was stolen from tlio United States i treasury some time since, has been returned, j with but -300 missing. A clerk in the cash- ! room named Fro 1. A. Winslow was the culprit, i .. .. The drought on the Pacific coast continues unbroken. For the first time since the American settlement December lus passed without a drop of rain !ho steamship Amerupie. from Havre for Now York, ran j ashore at Seabright, ue;r I.ong Branch, N. J., i in a dense fog. while in charge of a pilot, j Three sailors were d.owno l by the overturning of their boat while endeavoring to gain the shore to procure help. The life saving crow rescued the passengers and balance of the steamer's hands Gen. Diaz has ordered a ; new election in Mexico for tho presidency, but has excluded Mejii Igle.-ias and all members of Ihe former Juarez and Lerdo governments I from running for office Commodore Vanderbilt was buried at New Dorp, State:) Island, i in n very unostentatious manner. At the meeting of the Indiana Democrats , to consider the jto'.itical situation, resolutions i were adopted setting forth that a conspiracy existed to falsify the votes of the people anS impose npou them a President and Vice-President wlipui they had not elected : declaring , that if the vote was justly declared in Florida 1 end Louisiana it would elect Tiiden and Hendricks, and protesting against the action of the j returning boards of those States: declaring "it is the duty of a just and efficient government to prevent the intimidation of its voters and to restrain and punish all lawless persons ; who would molest these voters or interfere j with the freedom of elections, but the offenders , should only be punished, and those whose right i have been disturbed should not suffer disfranchisement for the acts of such offend- j crs." The Democrats of Ohio, who met the same day to consider the same matter, adopted similar resolutions. Some of these were as follows: That while clear in the conviction that Samuel J. Tiiden and Thomas A. j Hendricks have received not only a large majority of the popular vote but a ma- : jority of the electoral vote, and arc therefore elected President and Vice-President, we yet declare that any decision made by the Senate and House of Kcpre seiitatives will be cheerfully acquiesced in by the wick- people, and that any j attempt to inaugurate a President cimply upon ihe proclamation i-f the president of tie- Senate : will be an act of usurpation that will be resisted i by the people to the la >t extremity, even should tint extremity Ik- an appeal to arms. That the i inauguration a>> President of a candidate rejected bv the people and counted in by fraud is revolution, and if acquiesced in. fatal t^ republican government. That the National Demo-*, eratic committee Iv requested to call a national Democratic convention, to moet at Washington on the twelfth of February, 1877. i iiu i >i u capital uisiriouieu in me uetjuvsn in the will of tin; late Commodore Vanderl-ilt is j abont seventeen million dollars. All but a very ! kiii til portion of this sum goes to relatives, six daughters getting half a million each, one four^ hundred thousand dollars and one threo linn- ; dred thousand. All of the daughters are married ladies or widows. One grandson re- ! ceives live million four hundred thousand dollars, hoddes other * bequests, and three others : two millions each. These are William II. Van- j derbilt's children. The widow of the deceased receives seven hundred thousand dollars, with the house in Washington place and the valuable statuary, of v.hich the commodore was a great I'. lmirer. during her lifetime, and all the rest "f the liousehold good-t and plate absolutely, Dr. .Tared Liiir.lv. on" of tl? family physicians, receives forty thousanddollars, and the It';v. Dr. Dee.11s has a remembrance of twenty thousand dollars. With the exception of the seventeen : millions consumed in these bequests, the whole of the commodore's vast fortune descends to , his favorite son, Willi.m 11. Yanderbilt. Its amount is not known, llatnor places it as high as liftv or siifv millions. It is lioteworthv that all lmt two thousand of the shares of the railroads known as tho "Vanderbilt roads" bo-j uU'jathed in the will are given to Mr. William H. Vanderbilt's sons. Eighty-two thousand shares of the Central and Hudson River and twenty-two thousand shares of the Harlem are thus distributed; but they of courso remain under Mr. William H. Vanderbilt's control. Tho commodore is supposed to have owned a large majority of tho stock of both these roads, so that his son will hold the controlling power in the corporations. The pas^engor ?.nd mail cars of a train went over a twenty-foot j;mh.inkmcut near East \Y.:l!in','ford, Yt., and a number of the passengerj were severely injured. A broken r:.il was the causa Diirng a thi-k fog the Boston steamer Seminole cut down tho steamer Montgomery, from New York for Havana, when off Cape May. he Montgomery sunk immediate- . ly, carrying d->wu with h?r tho second ofticer, four of the crow and eight Spanish passengers who had not time to escape from their rooms. The other parties on board wore rescued by tho Seminole The weight of snow on the' roof of tho railwav freight house at Springfield, Mass., crushed thr ush, killing one man and severely injuring several Burglars hired a room in a York building and during Sunday cut through an eightoen-inch brick wall and entered Moss Br-is.' pawnshop, which thoy succeeded in robbing of *'4.000 worth of jewelry I before they were discovered. hey made good j their escape Tim first vessel of the ltus- i inn fleet about to visit our waters has fir lived at Clnrleston. S. C. The Grand Duke Alexis is to follow in command of his vessel Loui-i- | ana, like South Carolina, had a double inauguration of governor ', both being sworn in with | the usnal ceremonies and without serious dis- I turbances. Gov. Packard was inaugurated in j the hall of the Home of Representatives, and ' GoV Nicholls in Lafayette square. Both governments will make a strong effort to be recog, niztd. The trustees of the Lick estate, San Francisco, have come to an amicable settlement with John H. Lick, a natural son of the deceased philanthropist, by which they pay him the sum of >533.000. out of which he pays the other contestants .$'72,(100 James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Ihrald, and young May. who, a few days before, had assaulted Bennett in New York city, fought a bloodless duel on the Miry-land and Delaware line, and near a kuiaII village. Three shots with pistols were exchanged between the parties, and then they shook hands and thus settled their troubles. It is believed by many that their pistols were not loaded, the seconds of both parties carrying on a little farce, as it was well known that Bennett and May and their seconds were liable to criminal prosecution under the laws of New York and Maryland The safe in the post-oftice at l'ort Jervis. N. Y.. was blown open by burglars and robbed of $j0 in money and a number of registered letters.. . .The Legislature of Tennessee elected ex Gov. Isham G. Harris (Deni.) to serve the long term?The captain of the steamer Montgomery, which was sunk by the Seminole, exonerates the officers of the latter vessel from all blame, and says that I owing to the heavy fog he mistook the Seminole ! for a schooner and acted accordingly. When the mistake was discovered it was too late to rectify it It is claimed that Wm. H. Vanderbilt will arrange witli the heirs to liis father's estate so that the commodore's will shall not be contested. It will take ?4.000,000 to settle this arrangement Tho sale of the pews in j Plymouth church for the ensuing year realized rIS. 121.50. In 1S7(5 the sum was 503,683 : in 1?7">. ?70.310.50 : in ls74, -?50,430 The Ohio Legislature has appointed a committee to j investigate the cause of the Ashtabula bridge | horror Tho boiler of George Bonner's I sawmill at Atntin, Mich., exploded, causing the I instant death of three workmen in the mill. ! The cause of the explosion is unknown .. | Attorney-General Taft made a report to the Uuitt ed States Congress, relative to affairs in the j South, in which he said that evidence came to the President that there was intimidation and violence in South Carolina during the late clecI tion, and it was necessary to send troops there, 1 not to interfere with the rights of the people, but t ) make it safe for people to vote. He says the troops were sent ondemand of the governor | of the State, and not to have sent them would J have been a denial of the Constitutional right | of the governor and i>eople of the State. i The Xicholls government in Louisiana on the : day after the double inauguration obtained posI session of all the police stations and court houses. ; The Packard government held and occupied I the State house, which was barricaded. On : this day the Xicholls militia, numbering 5,000 I men and fully armed, were reviewed and made j a parade, being loudly cheered on the route. I The excitement in the city was up to fever heat, j Gen. Auger, iu charge of the United States j troops, kept his command on duty prepared for any einergencv which might arise, aud was instructed bv the secretary of war to preserve ! peace and' prevent the organization of uuauj thorize.l bodies of armed men. The smallpox is moving southward in MatiiI toba and not a single uninfected house exists in I Ginili. Big island, whore the Icelanders set! tied, has also become infected Seven p.\sj scngers were injured by the overturning < >f .1 1 passenger c:ir which had jumped the track bej tween Richmond and Louisville Wreckers I misplaced a rail on the Peiisacola (Florida) rail! road, in consequence of which a lireman wan ! fatally injured and tho engineer slightly hurt. I Tho South street Presbyterian church at Morristown. X. J., was destroyed by fire caught | from the furnace pipe. Loss, jsoiooo ; insurance, ?25,000 The silver payments from the treasury from April 20, lb7G. up to the sixth instant, were 2<'>,07f?.i'33.3S. Tho amount of fractional currency destroyed in that time was 515.701.542.30. The amount paid 011 currency obligations and for checks was ?10,371,303 Benj. F. Prescott was nominated for governor by the New Hampshire Republicans in convention New gokl diggings have been discovered on Wood river, Wyoming Territory, where the miners make $10 a day Smallpox is on the increase in London, and nmcli anxiety is manifested by the authorities... .Forged checks to the nniouut of .?5'-',000 were successfully palmed off by men in Alabama in exchange for cotton. The checks were drawn on the First National bank of Boston Tho report of New York's bank commissioner shows th* re- : sources of the banks to have been $'10",75'J,6-i4 at the last return?being over seven million d<>]- , lars less than at the same date tho previous . year The secretary of the treasury has j issued a call for the presentation of ?10,000,000 j of live-twenty bonds of 1865. May and November issue, for redemption. *7,000,000 are coupon and i 3,000,000 registered. UNITED STATES CONGRESS. zr;~ Mr. I>aus (Dcm.), of West Virginia, presented a petition of merehnnts, bankers and others iu favor of an amicable settlement of the Presidential contest. Deferred to the special committee appointed to consider that subject. 3Ir. Wallace (Dein.), of Pennsylvania, presided a similar petition of bankers, merchants and others of Columbia, Pu. Same reference. The bill of Mr. Wright (Rep.), of Iowa, to establish a court fur the trial of contested election cases was referred to the select committee appointed to devise means for tlie amicable ! settlement of the Presidential contest. The question of the privacy of telegraphic i dispatches was discussed, being called up on iiie resolution submitted by the committee on privileges and flections, declaring that Willianj M. Turner is in duty bound, under his oath, to answer the questions propounded to him by t'10 committee in regard to the transmission of telegraphic messages through his office at Jacksonville, Oregon, and that lie cannot excuse himself from answering the same by reason of his official connection with the Western Union Telegraph Company as the manager of their office at Jacksonville. Oregon. After discussion the Senate, by a vote of thirty-three to three, passed the resolution. The Senate thus, by a large majority, declares that the telegraph company . must answer questions propounded to them. Mr. Sherman (Hep.), 01 Oliio, presented a petition of prominent business men and citizens of Cincinnati, members of both political parties, asking an amicablo settlement of the Presidential contest. After debate the resolution declaring that the telegraph manager Turner was bound to answer questions propounded to him. whs adopted ? yeas, thirty-live; nays, throe?the negative votes being cast by Mcosrs. Bnniside, B&ruum and Eaton. Mr. Booth (Hep. i, of California, submitted a concurrent resolution prescribing miles for the counting of the votes lor President and VicePresidt \ which provido that it shall be the right of any member of the Senate or House of | Representative*, when assembled in joint convention to count the electoral vote, to object to any certificate: itjm.ii which objection the president /? <> Urn. of the Senate shall rule, and an appeal may then be taken from such decision, when the two bodies fliall separate and decide whether the ruling of the chair shall be affirmed. In case of a disagreement, an appeal can be taken to the supreme court, and the contested vote shall be decided in accordance with the decision of said court. The justices of the supreme court, in deciding such contests, may receive in ovidenco the proceedings of any State otlicer or board 01 Mate omi'ere, ami ropiw ui Congressional" committees; ordered to bo printed. The Senate passed without a division the resolution reported from the committee on privileges anil elections, instructing the president pro I*"hi. of the Senate t> issue Jii^ warrant for the aiT-st of Enos liunyou, of the !irm of Martin ?V Hunvon. bankers anil brokers of Wall street. New Yi>r!i, and have him brought to the bar of , the Keir tv, to sho.v cause why he should not be punished for contempt in refusing to answer questions propounded to him by the committee as to who ordered the check of ?8,000 in favor of Ludd il; Hush, of Portland. Oregon. In discussing the resolutions submitted by Mr. Wallace (Bern.), of Peiin-ylvania, in regard to the count of the electoral vote, Mr. Sherman (H?-j .), of Ohio, spoke at length in regard to Louisiana, claiming that the evidence before the returning board in that State justified the board in throwing out r t "i ns from certain polling pi. ;es on account of the violence and intimidation which prevailed. Mr. Bo.'y (Bern.), of Missouri, in reply, said the effort made was to wrench from the people of Louisiana the free vote which they gave for Mr. lilden. House. Mr. Willis (Bern.), of New York, presented a memorial of bankers, merchants and citizens of New York city, praying for a peaceful solution of the electoral cjuestion. Referred. .Mr. Hewitt, of Alabama, from the committee on invalid pensions, reported a bill granting pennons t" certain soldiers and sailors of the Mexiean^Florida and Black Hawk wars, end certain widows of deceased soldiers and sailors of the Fame. Mr. ileagan (Bern.). of Texas, moved to strike out the fifth section of the bill, which exeludes from its bencilt i tlio.'e who are laboring under political disabilities. He argued that the bill should be broad and charitable in its provisions. Mr. Rusk (Hop.), of Wisconsin, opposed the motion as one, the effect of which would be to ,T.-.<*v.r..nn finvk n nensioner of the crov ornment. The motion was rejected, and the bill parsed. The bill allows a pension of i8 a month to* all who served sixty days in the Moxicnn w.-r, or thirty days in tlio Florida or Black Ilawk war, and to their surviving widows unmarried Mr. E. W. Barnes the New Orleans manager of tho Western Union Telegraph Company, was before tho bar of tho Houso, and was asked what excu?o he had to o.Tcr for tho failure to produce before the House committee sitting at New Orleans telegrams callod for in the sul>pujna served on him. lie replied that his an wer had Icon prepared by his conn; el. Tho matter was referred to the Judiciary committee, and tbe sergeant-at-arms was directed to retain Mr. Barn.es in custody. Bills introduced : By Mr. Chittenden (Rep.), of Now York?For payin|%ie legal tender dobt | in harmony with justice and tlio pledged faith of the government, By Mr. liriglit (Dem.), of ! Tennessee?For the free coinage of silver clol- j ' j lars and making the same a legal tender. By Mr. Hunter (Hep.), of Indiana?To authorize and equip an expedition to the Arctic sens. By j Mr. Kehr (Dem.), of Missouri?For the further 1 redemption of legal tender United States notes. Mr. Willis (Dem.), of New York, offered a ! | resolution i:>struetimr the committee on the i privileges, powers and duties of the House, in : counting the Presidential vote to ascertain ! ! whether any votes were given at the recent , election contrary to the prohibition contained in the first section of the second article of the ' Constitution, forbidding United States officials j to be appointed electors, and what ought to be ' done with them, and whether any and what provision ought to be made for securing a faithful j observance in the future of such section ; also ; to inquire into any facts affecting the fairness or the legality of any electoral votes certilied to i have been cast at such election, with power to i j send for persona and papers. Adopted without ' j a division. ^ A resolution inquiring iuto the disposition of : j United State? troops was lost by a vote of 130 ! to 83?not two-thirds. j Mr. Mills (Dem.), of Texas, moved to suspend the rales and adopt the following: Jiesolml, That tbe maintenance inviolate of ; the rights of States, and especially the right of , ofif-li Kfntj. ht nrrW nnrl font nil its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment ex- ; i cliiBivcly, in essential to the balance of power ou j ; which the perfection and endurance of r?ur ' political fabric depends ; and wo denounce t ic j lawless invasion, by armed force, of the soil of i any State or Territory, no matter under what i I pretext, as among the gravest of crimes. The ; i resolution was defeated oy 107 yeas to S2 nays? j not two-thirds. j j Mr. White (Rep.), of Kentucky, asked leave j ; to offer a resolution reciting that fears are en- i j tertained lest there shall not be a peaceful set- I | tlement of the Presidential question, and de - during that any attempt to prejudice and ex- ' i cite the public mind in advance of a decision j j by the authority provided by the Constitution [ | id unwise, unpatriotic, and full of danger, and it is the duty of all good citizens to peacefully | ! and faithfully abide by the results reached in ! ! accordance with the Constitution. Objection \ : made. A resolution to arrest Mr. Orton, of the West- I j era Union Telegraph Company, and bring him ' before the House for contempt was adopted by a ! | vote of 15S yeas to 33 nays. Mr. Whittborne (Dcm.), of Tennessee, chair' tnnn of the committee on naval affairs, reported j : the l/ill authorizing the formation of a mixed i ! committee to inquire and report as to the fu- i 1 'ure naval policy of the United States. Made i special order for the twenty-third hint. The Crop Returns. The December reports of the agricul1 tmal department of the United States ; ; says that almost the only complaint about : the apple crop is that its superabiuid- j ; ance has greatly diminished its market j , value. The December returns indicate that ! the average in winter wheat has been in- i ' creased about five per cent, over that ' of the previous year. The small area j shown in the New England State.? is ! fully maintained, and some additions | were expected to be made after our reJ turns were sent in, as in s:mie counties i it is customary to delay sowing this grain | until just before freezing. All of the | ! Middle States return au average equal to that of the last year except- New York, : which loses eight per cent. The South ; ) Atlantic coast States report a considerable increase, a small deficiency in Georj gia being overcome by a marked inI crease in North Carolina and South Carolina. The Gulf States, Alabama and i Mississippi report an increase which j counterbalance the decline in Texas, i Florida and Louisiana grow but insigni! ficant crops. The inland Southern States i all report au increased acreage. North 1 of the Ohio river, Michigan and Wiscon- : sin report a decrease of wheat acreage, but the other States report increased breadths, enlarging the acreage of this section about three per cent. West of ( the Mississippi river, Missouri enlarges ] her acreage at least one-third, Kansas, i one-eighth, and Nebraska nearly one- j half. The Pacific States also report a large increase. The condition of the ( crop appears from the returns to be i about ton per cent, above the acreage on i the whole. 1 The average of winter rye iu 1870 does not materially differ from tlmt of 1875. The Electoral Vote. The United States House committee on ] the counting of the electoral vote lias de- ] eided to sit iu secret session and to with- < hold any publication of its proceedings 1 until later in the session, or until the committee has reached something like a unanimous sentiment, it wiil not meet the Snate committee in joint session until it is prepared to act definitely. Cor- j respoiulence has passed between its chair- ] man, Mr. Payne, and the chairman of the ' Senate committee, Mr. Edmunds, on the 1 subject of a joint conference, but the ' House committee wishes to reach a plan of action and decide upon a policy independently of the Senate committee and consistent with the duty it owes the ( House of Representatives before it shall i take part iu a joint session of t!ic two committees. . 1 - ,i i A Conscientious IMumfoer. A gentleman living in Boston has dis- i covered a remarkable plumber, who i richly deserves such u fame as he may j obtain in a newspaper paragraph. One j Sunday morning this gentleman aforesaid found his water pipe frozen. After two hours' unsuccessful work ho went forth and secured a plumber, who was I able to obviate the difficulty. The citizen wished to settle at once, but the plumber refused any pay, stating that 1 lie could not refuse such it call on Sun- : day, as delay often caused damage, but , he could not conscientiously accept i money for work done or. Sunday. Sailly in Need. A few days ago u Binglmmton (X. Y.) butcher ftnv a man tu!;e u< quarter of : mutton from a hook outeide the shop ; and quietly walk away with it. The butcher followed the thief to a wretched , tenement, and after some hesitation pushed open the door. The whole family were eating the mutton raw. The thief said that he was unable to get work, and was compelled to take whatever came in his way in order to keep his family from starving to death. Tin* butcher had no heart to unrest the fellow. Indians Slauuhtehed.?The Gulves- | ton Xctctt has a letter from Fort Worth I which says: M. M. Brannan, of this 1 place, has just arrived from a frontier trip, and brought with him an Indian's , outfit. He says thnt he and three buffalo hunters surprised a thieving band of five Comauches on the Colorado, about seventy miles from Concho, ami killed them all. They slipped up on tliem while cooking, and killed all but one the first round, and finished him with a sec i UIIU YUUUJ. The Burxed Bodies.?Careful examination of (he bodies of tlioae killed in the Lake Shore railroad disaster, at the morgue in Ashtabula, was made by two fix the physicians of the place, and it was decided that there were, in several instances, parts of different bodies in the name eoilin. I>i one instance there were portions of three different bodies, all supposed t > have belonged to one person. By separating these additional bjdies, six were found. Russian war vessels in the Caspian are hereafter to use pctrol-mm instead of coal. Experiments with tho new fuel have proved so satisfactory that within a few weeks the furnaccs of seven vessels w 11 have been altered to suit the material. TTIz-.^Mo line <1 -,-rtiinrr 1<u7-r nnrnivl Xftll ralgia I>iniple. Her mother found it on n medicine bottle and v.as charmed with it. At our request Cragin & Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., liiivo prr:.i':> <] to send any of our renders, gratis (on receipt of fifteen cents to pay postage) a sample of Dobbins' Electric Soap to try. Send at once. . Taking Babies to Church. The late Jedediali Bushnell, pastor of the Congregational church at Cornwall, Vt., one of the wisest and best of men, on an occasion of some disturbance made by the crying of an infant, paused in his sermon to say: "Mothers, don't stay away from the house of God because you have no one* to leave your babies with. Bring them with you, and if they cry now and then it will not distress or discompose mo half as much as to see your places vacant." A War Story. The Savannah (Ga.) Xcirn says: Everybody has heard of the Georgian named Godwin, who received thirteen bullets in his clothing during the war, vet was unhurt. Mr. John M. F. Er win, of Greenwood, Fin., says this is a fact, compared with which the Georgian's adventure was a trifle : A Florida lieutenant at Petersburg, in 18Gi, got seventeen bullet holes through his coat ;:i one day, yet was unhurt. He was going to the rear, quick time, coat folded under his arm, when a sharpshooter went for him. Good Advice. When yon go to New York chock your bagpage for the Grand Central Hotel. The rooms are large, airy and elegantly furnished ; the table unexceptionable, and when you leave the bill is made at $2.50 and ?3 per day?prices having ueen reduced from per day. It is the largest hotel in New York. Come Now and Let Us Reason Together. Why do people ho frequently flay to Dr. Pierce: " I suppose your Golden Medical Dis'nvm em-pa pvervtliinff ?" Because it has been wore ii'ioprcu uy u pivrbv yuic?mm iu three?nnd the third one received the unanimous vote of the committee. The fourth proposition, which is the most important of all. will he voted upon at the next meeting of the committee, and it will probably be adopted by a party vote. It reaffirms the doctrines of the THE ESTEY ORGAN. The Instrument, the Makers, and the Manufactory at i Brattleboro', Vt. I j ! THE INSTKOIENT. Few people in the civilizcd world to-day, among those who are interested in music and the forms of musical expression, havo not heard of the Estey Organ, and smaller still is tiie number of those who do not, after practical acquaintance with the superior merits of that noble instrument, cheerfully concede the proud claim of its makers, that THE ESTEY ORGAN LEADS THE WORLD. The foremost musicians of Europe and j America hasten to join their testimony to that j of professional and amateur organists and j instrumentalists, of all degrees of proficiency , and celebrity, and all with remarkablo unani- j mity aflirm that no reed organs, of whatever J manufacture, native or foreign, can possibly { compare with those from tho house of Messrs. ' Estey A Co. in power, toue, workmanship and i style. Such a position and reputation can only i be gained legitimately. Mushroom mamifac- j turers that grow up in a night and flaunt their [ waros in the face of tho public, gaudy and impudontly, may seem to flourish for a time; but their prosperity is a lie, as their pretensions aro a cheat. The sure success that crowns honesty, industry, probity and thoroughness is slow of growth ; but when it comes it is stead- 1 tho practice of knavish charlatans to manufacture worthless nostrums and attempt to dupe the ignorant and credulous bv recommending them to cure every form of disease. To sueh an extent has this been practiced that it is no wonder that many have acquired prejudices against all advertised remedies. But Dr. Pierce does not advertise his standard preparations as " cure-alls," does not claim that tlioy will perform miraclen, but simply publishes tlie fact that they have been developed as specilics for cortain forms of disease for which he recom- j mends them, after having tested tlieir oflicacy in many hundred cases with the most gratifying I success. It is a fact known to every well in- j formed physician that many single "remedies j possess several different properties. Quinine, for instance, has a tonic quality, which suggests its use incases of debility ; an anti-peri- | odic. by which it is efficacious "in ague ; and a febrifuge property, which renders it efficacious in cases of fever." The result of its administra- | tion will also vary with the quantity given and I tho circumstances under wbich it is employed, j So, likewise, the Golden Medical Discovery pos- | Hcsses* both pectoral and alterative, or blood- j cleansing properties of the highest order. Bv reason of these two prominent properties it cures two classes of diseases. First, those of tho respiratory organs, as throat, bronchial and lung affections, chronic coughs and asthma, and second, diseases of the blood and glandular system, in which affections all skillful pliysiciai.8 employ alteratives, as in cases o'f blotches, eruptions, ulcers, swellings, tumors, abscesses j and in torpor of the liver or " biliousness." While its use is, by its combination of proper- j ties, suggested in cases of pulmonary coiismn])- i tion, yet you need not take it expecting it will cure von If your lungs are half consumed, nor | because it is reconunendec'. as a blood medicine ! would its proprietor advise you to take it ex- j pecting it to cure cancer. It will not perform i miracles, but it will cure many grave forma of disease. Catarrh, unless checked in the early j utages, leads to dangerous diseases of the throat | Mid lungs. Taken when tho symptoms lirst appear, Sanford's Badical Cure for Catarrh is j instantly effective. Liver Complaint. Id this diKease Wistar's Balsam has un- < doubtedly proved more ellicacious tliau any j remedy hitherto employed ; and in numeroun i iiiHtaiiOL-s where patients had endured long I ind severe suffering, without receiving the least benelit from various remedies, and when J mercury has been reported to in vain, the use i Df the Balsam has restored the live r to a healthy iction, and in many instances effected permanent cures, after every known remedy had failed to produce the desired effect. From Wm. C. Potter, Waterford, N. Y. i " A few years since I was so severely attacked j ivith liver complaint as to bo entirely unable to' ittend to my business. I consulted with the j best physicians in our place, but they gave me I no relief. After suffering for more than a year, | being confined to the house much of the time, I ( procured a bottle of Wjstak'n Balsam of Wild } L'hkkuv, and before I had used one-half of it I . ivas able to resumo my business as usuai." , Fifty cents and $1 a* bottle. Sold by all drug- j ,'ists. * Death's Door Stands Wide Open I For tho?e who suffer a cough to "run on " until the lungs separate, or the windpipe and the bronchial tubes become hopelessly diseased ; but for all who resort to Hale's Honey of Horelionnd and Tar in the early stages there is iui- j mediate relief, and the absolute certainty of a ' permanent cure. Hold by all druggists. Pike's Toothache Drops cure in oue minute, j We received a very pleasant letter of j thanks from our old friend Kendall, sinco his j return home, for a bottle of Johnson's Anodyne I Liniment which we gave him, and which hp i jays has entirely cured him of the troublesome \ mid dangerous cough he had when here. On the death of one of England's most Eminent physicians, all his effects were sold by miction, and among other things was a sealed package marked "Advice to Physicians," which brought a great price. The purchaser, on opening the packet, read as follows: " Keep the ' ""f flu. tmivf.U fiiion and the feet warm." i [f physic i? necessary, use l'arson's Purgative J'ills ; they are the most scientifically prepared pill that has appeared in the la-t hundred years. Good Advice.?If there is nuy of our readers who doubt the wonderful curative effects of Durang's Rheumatic Remedy, let them write to any prominent person in Washington city, where "it is manufactured, aud they will learn that it will d? even more than is claimed fer it. Sold by nil retail druggists, and at wholesale in all large cities. Price, tfl. There can bo 110 mistake about it, " Matchless " plug tobacco takes the lead. Old fine cut cltewors say it gives letter satisfaction and is cheaper than hue cut. You cannot be imposed upon, as each plug has the words " Matchless P. T. Co." 011 a wood tag. Try it onco and you will always two it. Manufactured by the Pioneer Tobacco Company, New York. Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam, the great New England cure for coughs, colds and consumption. Cutler Bros. A Co.'s, Boston, only genuine. See advertisement of James' Bitters. The Markets. nkw Tornr. Ueef Cattle?Native 0 ,V(S> 11',' Teias aud Cherokee.... 07M$ OH1., Milch Cows 43 00 <m75).n Hogs?Live 00 Vi Dressed 07!*r<? G8J6 Sheep 0.r> (d 07 j I.:unl<s Ofi}?(ni O7'o Cotton?Middling lU.S(a 13'e Flour?Western?Good :o Choice.... 7 83 (>i 8 75 Slate?Good to Choice ; 05 (it, fi 10 Wheat?lied Western 1 -10 (<5 14 No. 2 Milwaukee 1 44 (ft, 1 4!> Itye?State 90 (M "3 lUrley?State 75 <A 8> Jiarley Malt 80 @ 1 35 lliirhwlu nt VIMrtft 95 O.itB?Mixed WcBtern 47 j Corn?Mixed Wtv tern..... 57 @ 61 : Hay, per o.vvt 50 (4 1" Straw?per cwt 55 (S, 85 ! Hops 76'h?13($28 .75'k 10 15 i 1'orlt?Mess 18 50 f?.'18 75 j Lur.l?City Steam 11 11 ?? | Fish?MackerJ, No. 1, new 18 00 (if.20 00 | " No. 2, new 0 .'.0 (?jl0 00 Dry Coil, per cwt 5."0 (H? 0 25 , Herring, Sealed, per box lfi Mi IS Petroleum?Crude 18 @18 Refined, 27 | Wool?California Fleece 18 (H, 31 Texas " 1-i (St 27 Australian " 38 (<fl 41 Butter?state 20 (?> 37 Western?Choire 3? (4 3S Westeru?Good to Prime... 30 (if 35 Western?Firkins 14 (i 1* Cliereo?State Fictory 08 (S> 15 State Skimmed 05 <<A 07 j Weat er u 08 (<? 14 Egga?State and P^uus.vJvania 38 @ 38 BUFFALO. Flour 5 25 fifc 0 75 ) Wheat?No. 1 Milwaukee 1 43 |J 1 42 j Corn?Mixed 58 @ 5> i Oats 3'i <g 3fl | Ity>> 85 '<S> PS I Hurley 71 fit, 02 ] Barley Malt 1 00 @ 110 | Philadelphia. B^ef Cattle?Extra f'ft <$ C7 ! Sheoi) 0t}?(& 05V I Hog*?Dressed 08*3@ I Flour?Pennsylvania Extra 7 <><? (2\ 0 25 j Wheat?Red Western 1 40 @1 15 Hye 70 (fi> 70 Corn?Yellow 85 W> 57 Mixed 57 (4 57 Oats?Mixed 3> <Vj> 35 Petroleum?Crude 1 16 Refined, 27 | WATKItTOWS, MA88. J Beef Cattle?Poor to Choice 4 25 ? 8 25 . Sheep 2 05 T? fi 2") Lambs '135 @ 6 2i THE PRESIDENTIAL COUNT. Important Action by the Uoumc Hpccinl Coal* mittcc. | The following is nn accurate statement , of the action thus far taken by the spe; cial committee appointed to inquire into | the powers, privileges and duties of the j House of Representatives in the count| ing of the electoral votes for President ! and Vice-President. | The committee has held three meetings. At the second meeting Mr. Tuck' er, of Virginia, presented a series of propositions, in form substantially as l follows: i First? The power to count the eloc; toral votes is not conferred by the Conj stitution upon the president of the ; Senate. Second?That the power to count the ; electoral votes is conferred by the Constitution upon the Senate and House of Representatives. i Third?That, in the execution of the ' power to count the electoral votes, the j House of Representatives is, at least, coi ordinate and equal with the Senate. Fourth?That in the counting of the I electoral vote no vote can be counted j against the judgment and assent of the 1 House of Representatives. I These propositions were discussed by ! ?1.? mill nlvilifv llfis ! been shown by several of the members. | Two of the Republican members, Mr. j Burchard of Illinois and Mr. McDill of i Iowa, took ground in favor of the rights j of the president of the Senate to count ! the electoral votes. Mr. Seelve of Massachusetts, the other Republican member, held that, as the i committee was appointed to consider the j function of the House of Representatives 111 counting the electoral vote, it was no ! part of its duty to pass upon the power j of the president of the Senate. He held j that the method of counting the electoral I votes should be determined by a law | passed by Congress. Mr. Seelye subi mitted the following as a substitute for | Mr. Tuckcr's propositions: Jtcsolvcd, That it is the privilege of I the House of Representatives to attend | with the Senate when the electoral votes t are opened, to appoint tellers, who, in connection with tellers appointed by the Seuate, shall register and compute this vote, and to object for any reason which it deems proper to the reception of any electoral vote. That it is in the power nt +l.*i ffnnBP nf "Rnnrpspiifniivps. with the concurrence of the Senate, to reject any electoral vote which maybe contrary to law. That it is the duty of the House of Representatives to accept every properly certified electoral vote which the two houses do not agree to reject as contrary to law. That the privileges, the powers, and the dulioH of the House of Representatives in counting the votes for President and Vice-President of the United States are no more and no less than those of the Senate. At a late meeting of the committee, Mr. Burchard moved to amend Mr. Tucker's proposition by affirming that the president of the Senate had the power to count the vote. This was negatived. The four propositions of Mr. Seelye were next voted upon, and the committee stood four to three against the motion, the Republican members all voting for it. The committee next voted upon the first three of Mr. Tucker's propositions seriatim. The two first fast and honorable to the ena. mo aisiey | Organs liavo achieved thin success gradually, i through years of Hturdy toil, patient experi- j ineiit, tireless watchfulness and unvarying j promptitude in additions and improvement*. j Thirty yearn ago the primitive prototvpo of : the present magnificent instrument was made. I Place the two side by side and read the history ! of a generation of industry and invention, j Thirty years ago only tho wealthy could afford to possess musical instruments of any sort, and thousands of churches were destitute of the charm of instrumental music in thoir worship. To-day tho humblest home may liavo its fireside organ, to lend sweet attraction to the home circle, and the feeblest church or Sabbath school a beautiful instrument, to givo voice and earnestness to its pious praise. This happy change is due to the Estey Organ more than to any other one cause. Tho constant and undoviati'ng aim of its makers lias been to produce a perfect reed instrument that should bo within the reach of tho popular purso in price. Every mechanical appliance that human ingenuity could deviso and human patience perfect has been brought to boar upon this end. Trustworthy oxperienco from all cjuarters lias lavished its ripest fruit unstintedly to promote this object. Tho materials used have been rigidly subjected to every possiblo test that could in any way conduce to their adaptability and durability. " What is tho result at the end of thirty years? The lowest priced pipe organs that aro worth buying cost $1,500. Messrs. Estey & Co. furnish for from $200 to $300 a reed organ so admirably balanced in tone and power that twothirds of" the congregation in an ordinary small oimnnan if n ninn nrpnil if it wr.H UlllUUa nuiuu ouj/jn/uw ?v > |-.|/w ? ? ... concealed from view. A really Rood piano from a reliable maker cannot bo bought for leas than 8400 to $500. An Estoy Organ, suited to the capacity and requirements of nuy family, may bo purchased for $150 or 5200, and a thoroughly good ono for $70. This in practical philanthropy, of a quality as refreshing as it is rare. This is something worth working aud waiting for ; and it is peculiarly gratifying io know that all concerned?maker, seller, buyer and performor ?reap an equitable sharo of the benefits of a residt so truly bencficent. That which conserves the public welfare promotes private interest. Good wino needs no bush. Honesty pays best. Messrs. Estey & Co. have proved the* truth of these aphorisms, and in an age of shams have demonstrated that solid merit is the true touchstono of success. Nino thousand organs were turnod ont there last year and sent to every quarter of the globe, in irioro than ono instance supplanting entirely the instruments of European makers in the old world These organs represented a business of over one million dollars f twenty-second joint rule, that the House alone has the power to reject the vote of a State. The stand to be taken by the Democratic members upon this proposition is indicative of the purpose of the Democratic leaders of the House, which is to insist strongly upon the highest power which has ever been exercised, by the House over the electoral votes. Johnnie, on being remonstrated with for coasting on the sidewalk and making it dangerous to pedestrians, said : " 'Tis no worse for 1 folks ' than for the boys; they have to walk up with their sleds, don't they ?" Sulphur Soap eradicates All Local Skin Diseases; p~r.\ianently beautifies the Complexion, Prevents and Hemsdies Rheumatism and Godt, Heals Sores and Injuries of the Cuticle, and is a Reliable Disinfectant. Tlus popular and inexpensive remedy accomplishes the same results as costly Sulphur Baths, since it permanently be moves eruptions and Irritations of the 8kin. Complexion al blemishes are 'always obviated by it3 use, and;t renders the cuticle wondrously fair and smooth. Sores, Sprains, Bruises, Scalds, Bums and Cuts are speedily healed by it, and it prevents and remedies Gout and Rheumatism. It remotes Dandruff, strengthens the roots of the Hair, and pn '?rves its youthful color. As a Disinfectant of Clothing and Linen used in the sick room, and as a Protection against Contagious Diseases itisunequaled. Physicians emphatically endorse it. Prices, 25 and 50 Cents per Cake, Per Box, (3 Cakes,) 60c and $1 20 N. 0. There is economy In buying the larjecakei. Sold by all Druggist*. " Hill's Hair and WhUker Dye," Il'nck or. Brown, 50c, ly N. CB1TTBHT0M. Prop'r, 1 Sirth Ai. IV. i*rif "fc V JEn*Hv mn?le with onr Stencil and NJLV /i^l Hi X Koy Chock Outfit. UlrcnJnrs tree. <1 V .V \hthhh Staffohd. 105 Pulton St., NewrYorlt. AilftallOC adaysurc m.vlei?y Airnumii.uk |T> Cr?vol??, I'ii'liire and Cbronto Car.li. 1!:<? v.i ^ L - ?"">> *5. >enf p MB... Il'iwlr /n-tS.J.H. BIjVKllRO'iSNONS, roSTMN VA?. C'harlcsluwii, ilagj. SMOKY / cured, fuel saved, and limit increasflTTTIVTVDVOf 9,1 b* "Pl'lyin* th" Spiral Draff LrllDiXi JCj X Q) Send stamp for circular (vr.tli tc*fi tnonial.i) to Henry Colford, 726 fviniqm St., Fhila.. t'a. NEW WILLCOX & GIBUS AUTOMATE Iuvemion!and|fi^f7^| producing yffBf \# M/ff Antomatic M rvclous Tonolonand Results. Indicator. Trtdt M?rlt la bug Fr ?r 'rerj machine. SILENT SEWING MACHINE. 8end Postal Card for Ulnstratcd Price List, &c. Willcox & Gibbs S. M. Co., (Cor. Bond St.) 658 Broadway, New York. th ^ A FEW TE! Scientific men, inventors and manufacture Estcv establishment and unanimously pronounc preheusive system. Recommendations, such as of money making and money spending man, are may bo bought for a .song. At the present time nials which tho Estey Organs have called fort cannot he gainsaid?the voice of the masters in as human endeavor and human fruition, that 011 [From RICHARD WAGNER, The tone of tho Estey Organ is very bear ure. My great friend, Franz Liszt, is also char [From MME. ESSIPOFF ' I have often had the opportunity to heai and Warsaw and was perfectly charmed with tl can he produced, with such purity and precisic similar to a fine church organ." [From HERR RUBENSTEIN, Direct the Musical Soc ' It gives me great pleasure to give due pr splendid Organs. The tone of these instrun advantage of pleasing and captivating the ear. they aro of solid workmanship and of the mos extraordinary success in Russia." [From CAMILLE DE SAINT SAEN the Madeleine ' I have played upon the Organs of Moss quality of tone, which comes very near that o player." ' [From PAULINE LUCCA, t | "I havo heard the beautiful Cottago Org was astonished at tbe full, noble and sweet torn the Pipo Organ?a quality which I have 11 harmonium." Aix-la-Chateli.e, Feb. 9th. 1S7G. [From OLE BULL, the " After having played and examined the 0 firm that they are the host substitute for the Pij that the smaller ones are very appropriate meuded. Copenh.voen, Nov., 1875. " After having used and heard the above Or above statement, and say in addition that tho to: " Fred. Bull, Director of Music. [From FRANZ ABT, tho World Reno' the Swallows Hoi " The Est*- Organs deserve tho highest ad tone as for their easy, delicate touch and solid passed by anything I have ever seen." [From PROF. W. HOWARD DOAI Director, Ci " For purity and beauty of tone, for variet; 11 prefer tho Estey Organ to any I have seen." A /IfUfTPQ Wanted, male and female, steady i f? VXJjll X O employment, business honorable f\ and pleasant. Good Salary, sales, and Expenses paid by the ECIjIPSK Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. A f* CUT <7Investigate the merits of The Ilia* A HI r II I d tratedWeekly before determining MMhll upon your work this fall and winter. The combination for this season surpasses anything heretofore attempted. Terms sent froo. Address, . iiihAR- OLUOAa A CO., 14 Warren St, New York. Electricity la lilfe, As supplied by Paolls Belts, {SrflKly^ ?jj^curcs Rheamatlsm. ProstraIff MatmmaQ^9t tion.Debllltr. sndall ChronSlfS^CiiAlN ,n<i Nervous Diseases. Circulars fr?e, P. J.WHITE, 27 Bond Street, Kew Tork. 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A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS. set- we want 300 more first-class sewinc machine acents. and 500 MEN OF ENERCY AND ABILITYTO LEARN THE BUSI NESS OF 8ELLINQ SEWING MACHINES.COMPENSATION LIBERAL,BUT VARYING ACCORDiNCTO ABILITY, CHAR ' ACTER AND QUALIFICATIONS OF THE ACENT. FOR PARTICULARS, ADDRESS Wilson Sowing Macilne Co., CMcaio, 827 h S29 BE0AJWA7. Mow Tort, o; Qriim U. A GREAT OFFER FOR THE HOLIDAYS I l/t^r h^w.e8/or Ior in'tillmeBUu than jyer before oflcre<l i? New York, WATERS' SB"?/ rwi?j!" cAli? r j ''laconni (a TtarJier*, Xini*<*r>, price. 'HORACE iv'ATEW SC?fc'sONH m*1,!!.1 SwVre6, !1^ ?eal,rs'40 Easl HAG'TS WANTED FOR HISTORY & I Unteni EXHIBITION It contains 330 fine on graT trigs of buildinM and i.eenea in tho Great Exhibition, and is the only authentio and c^plete history published. It treats of the grand building. wonderful exhibits, curiosities. EJ5 etc Very cheap and sells at sight. One Agent sold 48 copies in one day. -Send for our extra terras to Agents and a full C0.. Philadelphia, Pa. a tthitav Unreliable and worthless boolcs on tjAU AJLUJM. tlio Exhibition are being circulated. I),, not Iiu docoived. Soo that the book you buy contains ' *T I fiotfBi nml !H() lino ?ngrav?njja. 1877" Music Books for 1877 THE SALUTATION! A Capital Book for Choirs, Singing Classes and Musical Conventions. In this fine book will be found tlio newest and beet Snored Music by L. O. EMERSO.V Good Singing School Course, with abundant excellent material 'or practice, including n numbor of Glees, also Tunes in all the Meters, and a large number of tine An thorn?. Should be in the hands of every Choir member. 81.38, or 812.00 per Doz. THE ENCORE, By L. O. EMERSON, has the same Singing Schoo' Courno as that in the Salctatiok, but with a mncl larger number of Glees, rendering it a Gle? Book. Als< a fair number of Sacred Tunes. 73 Cts., or 87.50 per D07Eithor book mailed, post-free, for Retail Price. OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. C. II. DITSON & CO., 711 Broadway, New York. J. E. DITSON ?fc CO*., Successors to Lke <Sc Walkkii, I'hIJa. STIMONIALS. s rs from nil parta of the world have visited the ^ e it unsurpassed in perfection of detail and com- ? flood the country for every conceivable invention a g cheap enough. Many that sound and read well 8 !, therefore, it is in order to quote a few testimo- ^ h, that are a te.it of value and approval which a o music bearing witness to that fine truism, as old j, ly true merit achieves true success : ? a ~ ' v v _ .. I the Composer, par .Excellence, j t itiful and noble, and given me the greatest pleas- ? mod and delighted with them." a a the Wonderful Pianist.] t and play on tho Ester Organs in St. Petersburg . leir full, sympathetic tone. On no other organs j, >n, the choir-liko sound in the lower registers so o I e l! or of the Imperial Conservatory and li iety at Moscow.] J aiso to Messieurs J. Estey A Co. for their really c lents is full, noble and charming and has tho jj To those artistic qualities must be added that ; t elegant finish, and I doubt not their having an t r a i rS, Composer, Pianist and Organist of I Church, Paris.] * rs. Estey & Co., and been charmed with their 1 f a Pipe Organ, and the resources it gives to the j t ( he Celebrated Prima Donna.] \ ans of Messrs. Estev A Co., of Brattleboro', and ! 1 0 of these instruments, which roscmblos so much \ icver found in any other American organ or t t 1 Great Violin Virtuoso.] s ottagc Organs of J. Estov & Co., I can fully con- [ )e Organs in smaller churches and in schools, and o for family uso and should be highly recom- c J. H. NEBELONG, Organist." f V gnn.s, in our late concerts, vee fully concur in the " no is very beautiful, round and effective. il OLE BULL " > ' n P wned Composer and Author of "When neward Fly," etc.] a miration, as well for their beautiful, sympathetic j! I, elegant construction. 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Curm PilM, Bcrofula and Erysipelaa like mafic. They are made of Valerian, Mandrake. Cramp ^rk. Golden 8ejU, Ktc. Wholesale and FUta.il by WAX/rER ADAMS, 108 J"bn Street, N. Y., and by Drumriats. Pnce, gl. M. 3. JAMES. M. P., Proprietor, BroolQyn, N. Y. PIMPLES, BLOTCHES, And Eruptions on the Face, So common and so mortifying to persona of either sex, tuiekty and permanently cured, leaving the slan fair and imonth. Address with stamp. <;ARL MRXPRIC'KS. M. P.. Attoubta. MAIKK. " IT SELLS AT SIGHT." FRANK LESLIE'S ESTOBICAL BO ?OF THE? CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION Is the only complete Pictorial History of the Centennial published. A mimmoth p.tnonmi, 1 ,OlM>large engraving*, m inv of them being li'4 by %)finches. Agent* Wan'i'?l. Address, Agency Department. frank LiiSLiE's publishing Aouse. 537 Pearl Street, Now York. y. y. y. u. No. 3. TXTHBN WRITING TO ADVERTISER*, IT please say thnt yoa??wiU? udvrrtuemcnt la thi* paper. THK ESTEY ORGAN. Ppflfr nrfffln xvVuVh Ipavps thft rr.ftnnfs/v ory, from the little Cottage Gem, with its fonr ctavo manual and single set of forty-eighteeds, to the Double Bank Pedal Organ, with even full sets of reeds and sixteen stops, bear ho uniform stamp of entire faithfuineu in annufacture. No need to puff such wares ad iauseum, with flaming advertisements like a inack medicine ; no need to push their sales by lieapeninj? the price. A simple statement of act 18 their best recommendation. They are r perfect as human ingenuity, care and skill an make them, and are sola at the lowest ; irice consistent with a fair profit Whenever Qiprovements are possible they are adopted at race, whether in workshop, machinery or instrument. Under 6nch circumstances, it ceases o be a wonder that the sale of the Jstey Organ is increasing with Buch apidity, both at home and abroad; and hat enlarged facilities for its production are aleady necessary, although the Estey establishnent hr.H been for years the largest reed organ nanufactory in the world. Nine thousand rgans were turned out last year. These organs . upresented a business of over one million dolors ! 8uch figures are more eloquent in festiiiony of worth than the most flowery and skillully worded sentences. THE .MAKERS. The firm of J. Estey <fc Co. is made up of fr. Jacob Estey, his son, Julius J. Estey, and .is son-in-law, "Levi K. Fuller. Mr. Estey, enior, is the veteran reed organ maker of imerica, if not of tho world. He begun the usiness in Brattleboro', thirty years ago, in a ingle room, with six workmen, and has make is way constantly forward, in spite of more dissters and drawbacks than often attend such nterprises. This fact i3 due to the man himolf. He has made himself, through force of lonesty, energy, shrewdness and perseverance. 'loddiiig on and on, smiling at disasters by fire lil'j P?kurtlnfi?1v ft.11 bstaeles, with indomitable faith in himself and lis work, he lias reached a very proud place mong his fellows, while still in the prime of a lalo and vigorous manhood. His executive bility is great. He knows every detail of the aat business and'Svatches its daily progress nth a nmrvelfliWs approach to omnipresence. Jut, however absorbed he may be in this direeion, he has never neglected his highest duties nd privileges as a citizen. Always foremost 11 everything conducive to the public welfare,' * ctively interested in affairs or church. State nd society, his influence has been wide and ;ood and "the cordial esteem he has earned so lonorably waits impatientlv for a fitting opporunity to do him honor in kind. The younger members of the Cm, who have ?en active partners for a dccade of years, had ?en trained in the business under tlie tuition f tbojr senior for some time previous, and the lartnerahip only served to concentrate their nergies. They are young men of sterling tatural ability, and seem to have been particuirly well fitted for the positions assigned them, dr. Julius Estey is at (lie head of the countingoom and supervises the mathematical intricaiesof the immense business with a clear-headd facility tliat might well bo considered a ynonym for uniform correctness. Thecountng-room of a manufactory is where its heart oats. Health there means strong and ovular pulsation through all th? veins and irteries of workshop and storehouse. Mr. Fuller s at the head of the mechanics of the concern, lis native talent, stimulated by a thorough nechanical training, has been invaluable and inlispensable in the Ion" and uninterrupted solos of experiments ana inventions which, unler his ready and intelligent guidance, have >een combined in the complete whole known as * ?' ' ^ TV.41. nvft no isstey urgan. iwiu iumu bu>.^u...uu >qually with their older, in the van of every noveraont that tends to promote the public vealth and prosperity ; as reliable, progressive, aithful ana entnusiastic in all such matters as n their personal affairs. Character stamps heso men as it does their manufactures. Posijvc merit is the underlying principle of their incces.". TIIE MANUFACTORY. The Estey Organ manufactory is well worth i visit to any interested in mechau'cal and art irogress. Tho works arc situated 0:1 an elevand plateau, overlooking a considerable portion if tn<T village of Brattieboro'. They consist of iglit main slate covered factories, which are orty feet apart, three stories high, one hundred iH-t long, and from thirty to thirtv-eight feet ride. Near by is a gas house, viheh supplies iot only tho factories, but some portions of the illage.'with illuminating gas of excellent quali a t rv ? n :y. A steam uru cugme, iwicu u. jjoicv, i kept constantly ready for use and may be 1 ruined at a moment's notice by a drilled comany of th# workmen. A perfect system of ^ peaking tubes and electric bells establishes intantanoous communication between the office nd all parts of the premises. Over five hunred workmen are employed, and every care is iken to p.ecuro for them health, comfort and ifctr, as well as a perfect and economical orking of the establishment. Many of tho ttle rooms occupiod by the tunera are made harmingly cozy with pictures and flowers, armged to suit the taste of the occupants. Tho heerful hum of machinery mingles with tho hirpinj? of thousands of reeds, arid sends forth not disoordant song of industry which pene ates many of the pleasant homes of the work len.