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. a T?l?^implatG?Farafjam Atr?ir?. .; Havana, December 5 ? A detaeh ruook of 255 soldiers arrived berc to* day from Spain. bIontbbal, December? 'SN?Tne n'um ber of deaths hore the past eleven months are 5,290, of which G6l were from small-pox. This is only for the city proper. Outside the limits there have been 1,029, of whioh 139 were from small-pox. This makes the death rate of Montreal forty-six per 1,000? fifteen per 1,000 more than New York, and twice ss heavy as London, Eng? land. The Star, whim gives the above figures, oalls upon tbe Catholic Roman to advocate vaccination in opposition to the French doctors who opposed it. Boke, December 7.?Another over? flow of the Tiber is approhended. Berlin, December 7.?Bismarck, in the course of his reply to Windhorst, in the Reichstag, said: lam in pos? session of conclusive evidence that the Ecumenical Council wasout short on ac? count of the Franco-Gorman war. Tbe ooanoUM votes would have been very different had tho French been victori? ous, X know, from the very best souraes, that Napoleon was dragged into the war very mudh against his will by Jesuitical influences, be strove hard to resist these influences. At the eleventh hour he determined on peace, and kept Irs resolution half an boar. Ultimately ho was overpowered by per? sons representing the Vatican." Paris, December 7.?It is stated that overtures between AlpbonBo, son of Queen Isabella, und Serrano are progressing. Serrano is offish. Ser? rano's departure North has been post? poned a week. Santander, December 7.?General Calamanoa is at Bilboa, making a strong movement to break tbe Carlist line, whioh prevents reviotualing Pom petuna. The Republican General Loma, with 8,000 men, landed at San Sebas? tian. London, December 7.?The joiners and carpenters on tho Clyde have re? solved not to Bubmit to the proposed redootion of wages. TckBtauhlc-^mtrlcan Matters. LouiaVliiliB, December 4.?Three negroes were taken from the jail at Morgansfleld, Ky., ou Tuesday night, by a band of masked mau, and hanged to a tree near the town. Uniontown, iu the s\me county, was visited by a destructive conflagration some weeks since, and these three negroes had been arrested, oharged with having caused tbe fire. Tboy subsequently oonfessud their orime, giving as an ex? cuse that the proprietor of a distillery, in whioh the fire started, had turned the mother of one of the ncgroee out of the house in whioh she was living. The "regulators" were mounted, and it is thought they oame from Union town. Providence, R X., December 7.? Rev. Dr. David Benedict, widely known as the author of some works on Baptist history, died at Pawtncket, yesterday afternoon, aged ninety-six. He was the oldest member of tbo cor? poration of Brown University. Alhany, N. Y., December 7.?The Court of Appeals reverses tho court below tbat Beeoher has a right to the bill of particulars in Tilden's suit. Nbw York, December 7.?Tbe long? shoremen's strike has virtually ended. The consort saloons were in lull blast last night, tbe proprietors claiming injunction against their molestation by the police. It is stated tbat in consequence of tbe decision of the Court of Appeals, the Beeoher oase must be postponed. A Washington special saye Bristow, in bis report, says tbe sinking fnud is over 92,000,000 behind. The Secretary not only takes strong ground in favor of specie payment, but sots forth a definite plan for reaching tbo name. He recommends the repeal of the legal tender Act at a fixed day to con? tracts hereafter made, except as to of? ficial salaries and ordinary expendi? tures of tho Government under exist* ing appropriations. The Secretary recommends that authority be given for the immediate issue of convertible bonds, bearing a low rate of interest; he asks that a day may bo fixed for tho resumption of specie payment, not more limited than" three years; ut the end of that time, Jtbe Secretary to be authorized to raise gold by selling bonds in ouch amounts as may be? come necessary from time to time to keep the treasury in a condition to re? deem greenbacks as presented. Tho Secretary recommends free banking as part of the plan for the resumption of speoie payment, bi t this branch of the subjiol is not elaborated. It is reoom mended that fractional currency bo re? placed by silver, aud to accomplish this, the Seorotary desires to set all the mints at work coining silver, and as rapidly is it is produced, fractional -------J-.-. HUUUWHIUjBUi beginning with the smallest denomi? nation. The Secretary also asks that coining gold be made as froe in the United States as it is in London, in order to prevent exportation of bullion for coinage. Tho Secretary does not regard the Treasury Department as the proper place for the adjudication of cotton eases, These are, for tho most part, of a complicated character, and require the taking of mnoh evidence and judicial investigation. He, there? fore, recommends that all cotton oases bo withdrawn ut onoe from tho juris? diction of the treasury and turned over to the courts. Great economy is reoommonded in expenditures for pub? lic buildings. The Seoretary recom? mends th it Congress go over tbo ap? propriations and eutimatcs for these works with great care, with a view to reducing some and wholly suspending ctters. He recommends that all va? rieties of Government notes, bonds and stamps be done exclusively at tho Treasury Department. Concerning internal revenue, the Secretary recom? mends tbat the tax be taken off bank oheuks, watohe?, ooametios and drugs, aud to* meet this loss that an additional tax of ten cents per gallon be imposed on -whiskey. -This will rnito n revenue a little greater than is now received from the articles enumerated. The practical working of -putting tea and coffee ob the free list has beeu fully examined by the Treasury Depart? ment. Carefully prepared table? of prices in foreign markots and prices to customers for a period bubicquent to taking off tho tax, show that while there was a decrease in revenue on this account, the romoval of tho tax simply addod to tho prico in foreign markets, and has not bonefitted con? sumers here in tho least. The Secre? tary recommends the restoration uf this tax. Washington, Deoember 7?1 P. M. ?The Senate and House are quite full. Tbe usual oommitteei were appointed, when the President was informed of their readiness to hear from him. The President, in his mesaage, says: Our relations with all tho foreign pow? ers are friendly and without disturb? ance, though there is an unsettled question with Venezuela, which has not yet paid tbe awards of tho joiut commission under tbe convention of 186C. Congress, it will be recollected, strongly expressed its souse ou this subject in February, 187.1 Tho Pre? sident, in his message of last Decem? ber, paid: ."There was reason to be? lieve the hesitancy of that Republic iu recognizing tbe claims sprung iu part at least from real difficulty in discharg? ing them in conneotion with its obli? gations to other governments, and, therefore, the expediency of further forbearance on the part of oor Go? vernment was believed to be worthy of the consideration of Congress." Iu addition to Venezuela, ws have unset questions with Spain, growing out of tho affair of tho Virginias and other griovieus transactions on tho part of the Spanish anthorities iu connection with evonts in Cuba. Tbe magnitude of the oflencos has not been reduoed since the President's previous message a year ago. As this unsettled condi? tion of affairs in Cuba cannot long aontinue, it may become necessary for other nations, with our own, to inter? fere to terminate tbo insurrection which has so long prevailed, the Spa? nish Government having unsuccess? fully attempted to suppress it. In the meantime, the commerce of all coun? tries, and especially that of the United States, suffers; the flags oi the ?nitod | States and England having been in? sulted. Tho President, in a conversa? tion, although be does not state the faot in his message, says the United States purchase about eighty per cent, of Cuban exports, and therefore the duties paid by American citizens con? stitute to this extent in helping Spain to continue the war against tbd insur? gents. The President had hoped that by tbe meeting of Congress the pre? sent negotiations with Spain would have been onded, bat in this he has been disappointed. He, therefore, says littlo or nothing about the in? demnity ponding the negotiations, but at some future time will present the subject to the special consideration of Congress. Tho position of the Presi? dent on the financial question is posi? tively os follows: Notwithstanding for? mer speculations of those who r.fjokr without authority, he desires und will recommend the resumption of specie payments at the earliest pruoticuble day, but he does not believe this can be reach ej as soon as the first of Janu? ary, 187G. He does not name any day, leaving Congress to devise in ms to secure this desired end, it beiug the duty of Congress to do so. The legal tender clause of tho Currency Act should be repealed, to take eff >ot a- to contraots made after tho day fixed by liw for its repeal; power should b'u given to the Seoretary of tho Treuenry to obtain gold from and after tbo date I fixed for the resumption of specie nay- j moots, by the issuanco of boudn; in I addition to this, tbe revenues of the Government should bo iu excess of j expenditures, to suppoi t the resump? tion; greater economy should be prac- j ticed iu nil departments of the Go-j vcrnment, aud, if necessary, the cus- i toms uud internal revenue laws should j bo chauged in order to secure a larger amount of revenue. With the return of specio payments backing should bo free. Tue bill-holders should conti one to bo protected us at present, under tho banking law. There should bo uu limitation to tho volume of curreucy, as tbe community itself should deter? mine what amount is required for business transactions. Instead of leaving it to tho Executive, the Secre? tary of the fraasurj and Congress should fix the limit. It would bo the duty of Cougross, however, to make regulations regarding free banks of issue, and to state the conditions on which they can bo organized und transact business; the legislation to be in accordance with the new order of things; or, in other words, the resump? tion of specio payments. There should bo no monopoly by fixing the amount of issue. He recommends that Con? gress do not interfere with tho pre? sent Currency Aot, passed during the lust session, unless to amend it so us to conform with a plan for the resump? tion of specie, payments. Tho Presi? dent will make no recommendation on I tho subject of internal improvements | by tho General Government, but will merely refer to the fact that Cougre.su j haB already appointed a committee: on transportation routes to the sea-1 board, which has already made its re-1 port, and will givo further information from moro recent investigations. The President dovotes much space to af? fairs in Arkansas, giving the reasons why ho declined to intorfero in tho recent difficulties: in that State, and he adverts to the facts narrated in his special message, to Congress in Febru? ary, 1873, relative to Louisiana, in which he said be had bo specific re? commendation to make ou tho subject, but i! there were any practical means of removing these difficulties by legis? lation, then be earnestly requested that the question miglt be taked up a*? that secsiOn of Congress. He was extremely anxious to avoid any pre tenco of undue interference in State aT'iir*, and if Coogrosu differed with him as to what ought to be done, he requested its immediate decision to that effect, otherwise he should feel obliged, as far as he could, by tbe ex? ercise of legitimate authority, to put an end to tho nubappy controversy winch disturbed tbe pence nod pros? trated tho bn-dne.-s of Louisiana by the recognition and support of that government which was recog uized and upheld by the courts of the State. It seemed advisable that he should stale what course ho should feel bound to pursue in refer? ence to tbe matter iu tho ovoot of no action being taken by the Congress at that time, but subject to any satisfac? tory arrangement that might be made by the parties to the controversy, and which of all things was the most de? sirable. It would be bis duty, so far as it might be necessary for him to act, to adhere to the Government therefore recognized by him. The Pre? sident again submits this question to j Congress, and will continue to act in he has heretofore acted relativ? to the af- ? fairs of Louisiana, unless otherwise! controlled by Congress. The Presi-j dent reiterates his confidence in the i Indian peace policy; if adhered to, he ! says, will produce additional beneficial results, and ultimately free the fron? tier of Indian depredations. He al? ludes to tho civil service reform, say? ing it has been as closely adhered to | as the opposition tnuuifesled against it permitted. Its results have been bene? ficial, elevating the capacity and touo of the appointments iu the several de? partments of the Government; but it would be impossible to continue the reform without the direct support of Congress, sanctioned by the people. The President alludes to the reports of the beads of the several departments which accompany tbe message, and calls attention to their respective re? commendations. He again recom? mends the passage of a law establish? ing a court for tbe adjudication of i claims of aliens against tho Govern? ment, a bill for this purpose having been iutroduccd by Judge Lawrence at the previous session of Congress. He does not allude to Utah affairs, the subject being left open for future con? sideration, lie calls attention to the fact that Chinese immigrants coutinue to be brought to this country under the condition of slaves, according to contract, and also women whoso char? acter is such us to demoralize the com? munities in which they are located, lie invites legislation on this subject, saying it will be his pleasure as welt as duty to enforce any law ou the subject. The President, in fnrlber conversation, ) said that he bad three vacant judge ships to fill, namely, in Alabama, Ar? kansas and Louisiana. It was probable that he might be successful iu selecting a suitable appointee for Alabama from that State, but as to tho other States there was more difficulty, and he might, therefore, be forced to appoint persons not now resident in them. As to Ar? kansas, those best fitted for the pluce were either in favor of the Garland government or desired its total over j throw. An officer of the army or navy, j be said, would be appointed to look j after the comfort of the King of the Hawniinu Idandfi and suite. Luring their sojourn in Washington they will j bo located at a hotel, the Government i paying tho expenses, aud tho President i will entertain the King at a State diu- J ner, in addition to courtesies to be ex I tended to him by tho Secretary of State. I This will bo the first visit of a king to Washington. in the Senate, I ho bill for better ' government of the District of Colnm-1 j bin, reported lo-day by Senator Mer? rill, of Maine, from tbe joint select comm. too appointed for that purpose j by Congress, last session, provides that j j a department shall bo created in the Govei.itnont of the United States, to be J called the Department of the District! of Columbia, und that it shall have a corporate capacity. It is to bo headed by a board of three Regents, to bo uppointod by tho Preoidout aud con? firmed by tho Senate, and to bu re? moved by tho President at nny time for cause. Tho first board are to be {appointed for terms of sis, four and j two years, respectively; thereafter, tbo term to bo six years; their salary will he 84,5'JU each per annum; they are entitled to appoint and to have power to remove for cause, subordinate boards or superintendents of health, police, excise, street cleaning, public build? ings and firo departments, and also three members of a Board of Educa? tion, which shall contain three other members, elected by tbe voters of the District of Columbia.nud to bo presided over by tbo United Slates Commis? sioner of E luoation. who shall bo ex officio a member. The public works of tno District are to bo in charge of an | army engineer, detailed by tho Presi [ dent for thrco years, und Ihn Hoard of District L'nblio Buildings will bo hea l od by tho United States Superintend out of Public Buildings. Tho powers and duties of all these subordinate of fleers, and those, also of tho regents, ! arc minutely specified, defined and I limited, and tho same general priuoi- i pie of rigid responsibility runs through-1 out the bill, which is very voluminous, i consisting of eighty printed pages, di- j vidod Into fiftccu chapters. Tho power to make, alter or abrogate local ordi? nances, is confided exclusively to tbe Board of Regents, and no officers are to be elected by tbe people except three members of the Board of Educa? tion, as above stated. Tbo bill fixes two per cent, as the rate of taxation, v hieb, ?ball be yu all tbe real and per* 1 actual property owntd by individuate! or corporations in the District. Tbe valuation for pnrpos. s of taxation is to be made by three assessors, ap? pointed by the Board of Regents, and' is to ba that just valuation which would be recognized as ap? pro emautbetwet n debtor and creditor. All taxos are to bo payable to tbe Uoited States Collector of Internal Revenue, uud to be paid by bim into tbe United States Treasury. All other revenues or rartuics of the District to tie collected ami deposited iu tbe Federal Treumry in tbe saino way; all vouchers and bills ol expenses of every deseriptiou are to be uudited in the United States Treasury, and all war? rants for nay tuen t of monies on no-' count of the District -dial be subject to the Second Comptroller of the United States Treasury. Tbe bill provides explicitly that no expenditure or lia j bility ahull be iur-nried by or for tho District of Columbia thut has not beou appropriated for by Congress, and no payments for tho District shall he made ont of the treasury, except in conformity with appropriations of Cougress. The bill linally provides for ?* revision and modification of all laws of the United Stutes which re? late especially to this District. I>i the House, 238 of 301 membois are present. Three now members were aeated?('bittenden and Slnll, of New York, aud Carpenter, bailing from Sonth Of roll nu. Phelps asked unani? mous couseul to introduce a bill re? pealing the uevspuper gag law. Hale, of Now York, objected. The Irrn-' dent's message wio read aud liateued to with unusual ultentiou. Gar?eld, j from thuCommitteoou Appropriations, reported tho Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation Hill, which wan made tbe special order for Tues? day uext. Hale, of Maine, from the same Committee, reported the Naval Appropriation Ulli, which wub made tho special order for Wednesday next. Wheeler?Army Appropriation liill? made special order for Thursday next. 1 Loughridga?Indian Appropriation I Hill?made the special order for Fri? day next. Starkweather?I'ortillca tiou Bill?'special order for Tuesday, 22J December. The amount appro? priated by t'ne.-e several bills is us fol? lows Legislative, 8106,343; Navy, 10,070,000; Armv. 27,201,010; lu ?laau?, 1,801,507; fortifications, 850,00. Tyner, of Indiana, reported bill op- j propriating 85*0,000 for the purchase ol tcnles for tbo use of the Post Office De- j partment, in executing the law requir? ing pre-payment of postage on news | papers. Cox. of New York, wanted tu offer an amendment excepting from the opsratiou of the law cases where sub? scriptions wore taken prior tu the 1st of Jannary, 1875, and ullowiug post ago in these cases to be paid ut tlr place of destination. Tyner decliued to allow tho amendment to be offered or spoken to by Cox, who intimated that in the next House he would leave more privileged;to which Tynor replied thut he would not be there to see. I Laughter. ] The bill was then pu-sed Cox tboreupou introduced a bill tu carry out the object indicated by him, and it was ti ferred to the Post Office Committee. .Phelps, of N. J., gave notice that ho would, next Monday, if he got the floor, move to suspend the rules and pass the bill which he sought to introduce and pass to day, to repeal the press gag law. The House then, ut 3 o'clock, adjourned. WASIilNOtON, December 7. -The Board of Audit report th* debt of the District at $19,500,000 Tue U uird ol Commissioners claim as-els from various sources, which will make the actual liability ubout $14,000,000. Vice-President Wilson i^ in the Cliair. Probabilities?For the South At? lantic and Galf Stat s, generally clear weather, and North or WeM winds will prevail, with rising li.nometer and lower temperature East of the Missis? sippi River. For the Middle Stabs, New England and lower lake region, cloudy uud coltler weather, with ureufl of light snow, North or \Nest winds aud risiuc barometer. For 1'ecues.scu aud tho Oiiio .'all y, clearing weather aud light, variable .v?u D. No decided rise of temperature an I rising burn tnetcr East uf ihe (Vucral Mississippi Iii vor. CllAunibtt'os, December 7. -Arrived ?Steamship Champion, New York. Nkw Oki.bans, December 7.?The following is a special to the liid'rlitt. \ iCKsiii'iic, Deco noer .?2 1'. M.-? Our citizens were nailed under arms ut 3 A. M. The negroes advanced on the city iu three columns and commenced an attack on the ('berry street out? skirts. They were ilriveu back, with a loss of four killed and u number wonnded; one cili/.en was slightly wounded. The negroes are now ad? vancing ou the Warreulou road, and uuother conflict is :n uucularily ex? pected. The fulSowiug telegram has been re oeived: ??F.moi;?'- llB.\l)tjUAt;Tl?i:.s, Jacks in, Miss., December 7.?To Major K. /'. Plait, Adjutant General Department Gulf', JNVji Orleans: A.ij i taut General Hacker reports to (lov. Ames, from Vicksbnrg, by telegraph, that ? riot and lighting begin .it 9 o'clock this morning; thut the militia uro powerless to maintain order; mobs have possession of ihe Sheritt's !?er-'?,.'. and hold the Court llottio with armed force. The extent id the ijg!iiin,i not yet known. (Signed) AR I'll 1 Ii W. AI LYN. Captain Sixteenth Infantry. l*clegru oli11? i.nuiuirieut i iirpurl4. ConUMniA, December 7.?Sales of cotton 84 bales- middling 18.V<(jj; 13;'*^. Market easy. jNtw Youx, December 7.?Noon.? Cotton easier aud nominal; sales 243 ? uplands 14-^; Orleans 15 Futures opened easier: Jannary 14 2.1 52, 14\'; Fobrua*? 13 M0. '.5 3 32; March 15 13-32.15 7-16; April ISM 16?,153^; May 15 1?-1G, 16. Flour, esia iod wheat quiet nod steady. ; Pork'qulet? mess 20.95. Lard firm?steam 13 11-16. Mouey3}?. Gold 11 Exchange? long 4 88?i short 4.901?. 7 P. M.?Cotton net receipts C21; gross 5.614. Fatures closed steady; sales 17,'JUO: December 14 5-16. 11 11-32; January 14 21-32. 14 11-16; February 15 1-32; March 15 11-32, 15*8'; April 15 11-16; May 15 13 32. 116; Juno 165 16; Jaly 160-16.1619 32. Cotton quiet; sales 280, at H^'@14;?. Southern flour quiot. Wheat quiet, firm, moderuto export and limited homo inquiry?1.19@1.37. Corn dull ?88(>tt95. Coffee, rice aud sugar quiet and unchanged. Pork dull ,umi nominal?21.00. Lard heavy and de? cidedly lower?prime steam 13).;. Whiskey lower?1.02. Freights steady ?cotton steam %. Money in good demand?3}{.'@4. Sterling quiet. Gold dull?Governments dnll uud lower. States quiet und dull. Nh.wOm.KANs, December 7.?Cotton demand good, at lower rates?middling ll1^; net receipts 13,610; gross 15,337; exports to Great Britain 593; Franae 2,009; continent 7,286; channel 2,568; ooastwise 2,267; sales 4,500. Savannah, December 7.?Cotton dull?middling 14; low middling 13)*; good ordinary 13; net receipts 6,279; Kros? 6,288; exports ooastwise 5,814; sales 1,757. Wilmington. December 7.?Cotton lower?middling 13;"'a'; low middling 13;'*; good ordinary 13; net receipts ?U3; exports to Great Britain 613; coastwise 1,23.); sales 37. Memphis, Uecomber 7.?Cotton dull aud irregular?middling 11; low middling 13^(^13^; good ordinary 13." a (a. 13'-.,'; net receipts 1,978; ship? ments 4.7U6; sales 1,200. MouiLE, December 7.-Cotton easier?middling 11; low middling J-'.'-i ". good ordinary 13.'4'; net receipts 6,873; exports to Fiance 1,825; coast? wise 1.987; sales 2,000. Ouableston, December 7.?Cotton hoavy and buyers offering lower?mid? dling 14; low middling VST;l\ good or? dinary 13,3a'; net receipts 4,907; ex? ports ooitBtwise 2,502; sales 1,000. At'oCSTA, December 7.?Cotton dull and declining?middling 13^J; low middling la??; good ordinary 13 ; nut receipts 1,630; sales 1,649 | Cincinnati, December 7.?Flour quiet aud unchanged. Corn firm?72 (o>75. Pork dull?20.50. Lard dull und lower?steam 13. Bacon only limited jobbing demand. Whitikuy firm and very scarce?96 I St. Louis, December 7. ? Flour ac? tive, firm and uuehanged. Corn easy ?No. 2 mixed 68(0,68'... Whiskey qui^t?93. Fork dull, nominally lower ? 19.75(0.20.00. Lard dull?13. Lodisvili.b, December 7.?Flour unchauged. Corn 70@75. Pork quiet and unchauged. Bacon, none iu mar? ket. Lard 11'... Whiskey OS. London, December 7 ?Consols 9,'.i (tf,9\;. Erie 25. Street 9-16 below bank. Pakim, December 7.--lteules 02f. 75 ?.. Livkup.;oIj, December 7 ? 3 P. M.? Cotton easier; prices declined a frac? tion?uplands 7}.'.fn 7;'u'; Orleana 8frr) 8'u ; sales 7,000 American; 12,000 ex? port; cotton to arrive 1-1G cheaper; saies basis middling uplands, nothing below good ordinary, shipped Novem? ber, December or January, 7 716; nothing below low middling, shipped December, January or February, 7.'^ ($7 9 16; sales basis middling Orleans, nothing below good ordinary, shipped December or January, 7*?. Noras Bkttei: than Coin.?Cun ! kind heaven bestow on a human hoing i any gift more profitable than 11 line j voice? Christine Nilssou received for I one performance iu opera while iu New j Voik city, the enormous sum ol $3.500. Max Strukosch, Nilssou's ma I nuger, paid 10 ihat distinguished ludy ? fur her singing in the United Stutos, I ino sum of $380.000. And at a unuti u-a1 concert, giveu iu tho L'ostou Music I Hall, the receipts taken by Strukosch j were 33,000, of which sum Mile. Nils j son received ?2,000 as her share of the ! profits und 31,000 as her salary. This 1 division loft a balance of 35,000 to the I manager to pay tbe rest of the cum j piny, with transportation und expenses 1 of all kinds, after which he ha I to I skirmish for his profits, i Uiuir.i: ru.vx Life Insukance.?By I the expendituio ot a small amount bt? I lore tue 29th of Dsccnibur. iu assisting tue Masonic Belief Association, of Norfolk, Va., to complete their Tcm j pie, you may obtain a fortuuo without j being required to wait for u term of years, or compel your family to wait j for your death, as would bo tho cus?? in i lifo insurance. The Grand Gift Cou 1 cert, -at which 6,000 prizes will be div i tribute.I, will bo conducted by sumo of the best citizens of Norfolk, uud there j will be a prize in every ten tickets. i'he drawing will positively take place ! on tho 29til of December. Send for j tickets to IJ.eury V. Moore, Sec'y, Nor? folk, V.l., or an authorized Agent of I the Association. j How it WoitK.s. ? t'ho doctrine of ; minority representation seems to be j growing iu fuvor wherever tits' d. 1 Thin* iu Illinois, where the e-xporinn ut j was looked upon rather doubtfully by Hie U> pubbc.ins. it appears that ut the late ( lection that party was saved by j it from lostug Ibo representation iu j t!io Legislature tln-y wore ontitled to. j Of the 153 members of tho Illinois : House of Representatives tbe Republi? cans f-hcter) 69 and the combined op .position 81, while- had thoro been no I miuority representation tho Reptibli j cans would have elected but 54 und tbo j opposition 99. Two children in Marlboro were burned to death on Friday last Referring to the new daily atari**} in Now-York recently, the Arcadian wafts us this apioy gale: We congratulate the pablio upon the appearance of a new comic papor?the Republic. The beat joke it has got off yet was its opinion that Mr. Beeoher's enemies would like to eee him "immured in uolitary confinement for life with Til ton and 'a mutual friend.' " A youngster who was called upon by the visiting oommittee in a Chicago public school to read a certain para? graph from his reading book whioh commoceed with a quotation from the "Bard of Avon." after whioh was the abbreviation, ''Sited:*.," astonished hw hearers by shooting out: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Shucks!" George D. Prentice once remarked of James B. Clay, when he was selling the wood from the house of his illus? trious father for walking oanes: "Tho Tarpeian Bock is now a cabbage gar? den, the palace of the Casars a ropo walk, the Roman forum a cattle market, and Ashland the borne of James B. Clay." At the explosion in Paris, a priest showed great heroism by going into the fire to help wounded persons out. He was badly burned, and when the surgeons were attending to bis hurts, a reporter asked for his name. Ha said: "Write only?a priest." The liberty of the press in Austria is very well illustrated by the experi? ence of the Politik, a daily paper pub? lished in Prague, which was stopped sixty-nine times in the course of last summer. The Calcutta Government is satis? fied that Nana Sahib has not been taken. Thus another "claimant" ia disposed of, and, in this ease, much to the disappointment of the English. Mr. Kelly, banker, a very promi? nent and wealthy citizen of Columbus, Qa., committed suicide on the 5th De? cember, by shooting himself through the bead with a pistol. The Biohmond Enquirer has a plan for keeping the Democratic party in power. The party is to give every girl in the laud a sewing machine, and a feller. Hawley & Bitter, proprietors of tho Reading, Pa., Eagle, were on Satur? day fined $1.000 for the libel on Mr. Ross, of which they were recently convicted. Gen. Dot, the American dwarf who recently died in Paris, resta in a ooffin not much larger than a cigar box. I They thought it hardly worth while to I cremate him. I The foreign governments are evi I dentiy about to imitate "Old Proba bilities." At least some of the papers are talking about the new creation of a I laudstarm by Prnssia. President Grant's brother has been appointed military trader for the post* I on the Upper Missouri. Orville L. Grant thus secures one of the richest placers in the whole Indian country. The Democrat, at .Maysville, Ky., I announces the marriage of James Leg jgett, of Buokskull, to Sally Drinkard, of Buckshort. The woolen trade is not lively La New York. They tried to tat? a d*o of Tweed out of bond last week, bet failed. A bnilding belonging to Mr. Preston Blaekwell at Tucker's Pond, S. C, be? tween Augusta and Calboun's Mills, was burned Tuesday night last. Giu-honse burning is reported in different portions of the State of Geor? gia?much of it incendiary. A clerk in the foreign department of Drcxel A Co., backers. Philadelphia, is a defaulter in 320,000. Mrs. Goodale, of Peqaonio, Conn., is 100 years old. Good ale keeps well. OBITUARY. Died, at Broad liiver Bridge, on the TUi instant, Ii (JET TOLEN, salt of Mi. and Mrs. Adam Bull. Wanted, Agents, Male and Female, TO sell Pictures evorywhera. 14,000 re? tailed by one. Another writes: "I can make more money ia this buainess than 1 can on a f 10 000 farm, all stooked." WHITNEY A (JO., Norwich, Conu. Deo 3 3mo Richland Rifle Club. A TITA"!) tho regular monthly meriting i\. t?r tho Club, TrflS (Tuesday) EVEN lNii, st lliberoiau Hall, at 8 o'clock. Mem hnr* will come prepared to airings theur quarterly duos. By order: ' WINTHROP WILLIAMS. D.-c 8 I Rocretary. Be Warned in Time. A LL persona TRESPASSING upon mr ;x premises, or interfering with my property, as was done on Saturday night, will be dealt with aooordiug co law. Tea dollars reward ia offered, with proof to con - vict, for the apprehension of the parties wbo removed my gate and committed other nuisances on my promisee on the night of December 5, between tho hours of 6 and It 1?. M. WINTHROP WILLIAMS. Dee S 3 Attention Families. ? ?? r\ PACKAGES of atriotly Choice Doable ?U OH' Edge OOSHEN BUTTER. I l'ackigos oontaiu 10, 15 and 20 pounds ! each. Pnt up cxproasty for family use and guaranteed of superior qnality, just re? ceived from the danios direct, aod tor a tin ut dairy prices. The atiention of families la requested to Um abovo. D. C. PEIXOTTO A BONS, i Doc 8*2 Commission Merchants. Fresh and Heavy Arrivals! OF seasonable goods in tho FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERY line: 1 Extra Smoked TONGUES, BEEF,HAMS, ; SHOULDERS, Fulton Market BEEr*. CHEESE -Edam, I ioo Apple and Primo I Dairy. I Oil ACKERS- Lemon, Walnut, Tea, Corn I hill. Cream, A-v, Ac. ntee and oriap. ! RAISING, CURKANT8, PRUNES, FIGS, ! WAl.NU PS, Pecans, Almonda, Minco Meat. CANNED GOODS in profaeion, together with the- thousand et oeterat whioh go to mako up our rtne stock. Call early and often. D?oS GEORGF SYMMERH- '