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VOLUME XXIV. ST. LOUIS. SATURDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 20, 1876. NUMBER' 26 I'-EAIREGAHD OX SHE ISM AX.

IMPROVEMENTS. first mm. Twenty-Third Annual Statement OF THE Covenant Mutiial Life Insurance Copef Of St, Louis, January 1, 1876, No lelicine Hiven! Except in those cases where on examination, it may be found necessary to prescribe certain Blood Remedies, which combined with my peculiar Magnetic operation, accelerate a perfect and radical care. LAST MUM. 4z HP.

HVE. 3 if, im; Liabilities. Unpaid losses awaiting Unpaid dividends Iieinsurance jeserve, Americaa With interest at 4)tf per cent. Surplus WHISKY. Assets.

Laaos on real estate $309,661 19 Loans on stocks and bonds 3,000 00 Stocks and bonds owned by Co 21,210 03 Keal estate owned by Co 14,345 09 Cash in office and deposited in bank 19,934 34 Premium notes and loans V4 Office furniture, Ac 52 'merest due and acerued 14 iieierreu premiums ana premiums in course of eollecuon, less cost of collecting. 35,735 88 03 OFFICE, E. WILKERSOX, President A. F. SHAPLEIGH, Tice-Prest.

ALFRED CARR. Secretary! H. C. Manager of Agencies. DRTDEN A UUYDKN, Attorneys.

IKS. llOlKiKN AND MTJDD, Medical Officers. New Buildings on Washington Avenue. Standing near the entrance ot tiie great bridge that spans the Mississippi, looking west, a stranger can not fail to be impressed with the stately rows that rear their stone and iron fronts on either side clear up to Eighth street. Even our own citizens are surprised at the.thange that has taken place in two years, and wilt be still more gratified when they learn of the improvements in prospective.

Manv hoped ibat the vacant lot west of hotel would be built up uniform with the hotel, but Mrs. L. Y. S. Ames has seen lit to order a different style of building, and we can only describe it" as it is to be.

Masons are now laying the foundation walls, and by September next a niaguitieeut live-story iron front building will rear its grand proportions alongside the Lindell Hotel. The new building will be of the Venetian gothie style of architecture, with a lrontage ot ninety feet oa Washington avenue, aud extend north one hundred aud twenty-five feet on Seventh street. The first story will be arranged with plate glass indows and doors for three stores, each thirty leet wide. The columns will be engaged pilasters with spandrels and above. The windows of the trout ill have painted arches, formed by moulded architraves, resting upon columns with handsomely carved capitals, the columns beings iu three quarter relief with pilasters behind.

giving a great depth lroin the column to the glass ot the window, thus improving the appearance ot the trout. The tilth story windows will be of similar det-ign. with square heads, ith the cornice which will be very high, tint top of the building being uniform in height with the Lindell hotel. The first story ill be 18 1-2 feet in height, the secnd IS l- the third 10 1-2 and the fourth and fifth 15 l-'J feet. The Seveuth street side will be of t.riek with stone courses.

The architect, Mr. H. CJ. Isaacs, has designed and erected some of the finest buildings in St. Louis, and promises that this one shall be one of the handsomest in our city.

The iron front is being prepared by Messrs. Sliickle. Harrison and Coiupuiv, of St. Louis. The brick and stone work will be done by Messrs.

li. F. Stotleineyer of St. Louis. On ihe southwest corner of Seventh street and Washington avf nue.

Gerard B. Allen. has almost finished a live-story iron trout building that is an ornament'-to the street. The corner store will be occupied by H. T.

Simon fe Gregory. The acsiit space between the new stores on the northwest corner of Fifth street and Washington avenue and Sam'i C. Davis Co.s building, is being filled with a five-story iron front that "will le quite handsome. It is to be hoped that Messrs. Dodd.

Brown Co. will soon tear down tins old buildings on the southeast corner of Fifth street and Washington avenue and erect a building on the site. They were the tirst to lead off ill the race of improvement, and should not stop half way. A KICK LITTLE GAME. One of the Last Acts of the Defunct City Conncll A in Scale Tickets Which Panned Out aKev Hundreds.

A nice little game has Ix'tn Iri'oug'it to light which will shed another ray on the now Mayor and adniiiitra- live On justice ef the defunct Council, the last meeting of tiie late council, just before that liody ceased to eou-the destiny and shape the enis this great city. an ordinance and irol of was the passed, very quietly, increasing price of scale tickets from live ten cents. ago tins lull was up before the council, but a respectalde vote eoeid rot be secured, so it was laid on the table, from which it was hoped it would never be taken. Some of the members ot" that body, however.with an eye to business, kept careful watch on the bill, as as shown l.y taking it up just before the council dissolved, and. by a graceful mt-l ocuvre.

put it through by reading the title li ne, shrewdly leaving out the reading ol the body of the bili. On the day following it passage, a friend of Mr. Overstolz so we are informed by a gentleman who 1ns occasion to use many scale tickets called at the collector's ollice and purchased live thou-, and ol'the tickets. The clerk thought the demand inordinate, but said nothing, except, "You must be going to get up a corner in scale tickets." To this tiie gentleman made some evasive r-ly. and on the next day he returned I'L-sin and purchased live thousand more.

This a too much for the clerk, who asked What can be your reason for buviiig so iimiiy scale tickets has the council increased tiie price The gentkrcaii replied that be didn't know, but that perhaps they would. The strangest part of the affiir lies in the fact so we are i informed that the oidinanec as not published in the piocer-dings of the day following tiie pas-sae ot the bill, and hence it was inipos.si-ble ior the clerk to know that he was selling tickets at half price. The deputy collector was first to learn of the action of the council, and on the third day notified Jhe clerks of the advance. The affair is not yet completed, and will ii be until after the mayoralty contest is (ittermined, and a hope is entertained that thK shrewd investment by a shrewd voting loan ill not prove so lucrative in the end. BERNARD J.REILLY.

Brought Before the Register on an Attachment He proves a Stubborn Witness, so his Case Is Postponed. Yesterday afternoon Judge Treat issued an attachment for Berntrd J. to bring him before Begister Eaton, to compel hint to tell something about his bank-lupt affairs. The United States Marshal arrested Beiily, but afterwards released him. Britton Hill entering as security ou his bond lor his appearance belore the register this morning at 10 o'clock.

Beilly appearcd promptly at the hour, and to an examination by the counsel of his Counsel on both sides took the occasion to refer to past troubles which were finally arranged and outward good feeling was manifest. During the examination Beilly refused to answer any questions hich were propounded to shed fight os, tiieeiooktd estate, reserving the ahsw-er lor another time. When it was found ihat nothing could Le got out of him. further examination was postponed uniil Mach 7lh, al p. m.

In the meantime Bielly yrojuised to irive all the assistance in his power to his a' sigtiee to settle the estate -w could bfl definitely determined how ro.vteh he xuH pay on every dollar of his Uidebtedarss, KIRKWOOD. A Si 11s pie, But Valuable Invention. Our Icilow townsman. Capt. John Singie-ccH, has recently invented and perfected a "lon.e institution" which may well take position in every family as companion to sewing and vvashincr.

and all other machine' labor, time awl niohevT It'u fcr sawing wood. which very huportaut work it proposes to undertake at the rate of half a Cv rt! uer hour, and so easily, too. that your "sntiiir boy" can any time take the job in ijand and lhi'nk it not much more than a little fun! machine is simple, strong, occupies but little space, needs but the pladrg ef the wood iu 'he 'busV which is a peirnauent part of the machine turu-ing sn easv little crank, and the "music" clones The saw is not a rotary, but a regular old-fashioned wood-saw. which ratties away as lively as if it meant business all the time: and its plaee in the machine is where it do sut continually threaten the quick taking off of a hand, as does the furious ro-taty when at its work. Capt.

Siugietou Ua aiieadysold several of the machines in advance of their manufacture, and there is very little doubt that the invention will be a splendid success. It is not very expensive, and will pay for itself in a comparatively short time. One of the Smith Family la Trouble. Pinith alias Smithey. a gcntlemaa beaiiDg a very tattered reputation in police circles, was hauled in by a policeman this morning on a charge of burglary and larceny.

He (Smith and not the. policeman) as" detected in the act of forcing an entrance to the oflice ol D. P. Bichardson where, had he been given time and opportunity, he would have captured the sum ot S-'Ji-O. As it is he is out that amount, and stands a splendid chance of going to Jefferson Citv.

Judge Treat and Babcock. The report, contained in a morning paper that Judge Treat called 021 Gen. Babeoek the evening on which the verdict of acquittal was returned, is a fabrication. Judge Treat never saw Babcock a lies he left tha court rconi. Coni ictins the nertl'frotn His Oivi irtoirs A Snntfiern General's Opinion on the Memoirist.

New Orleans, Feb. 15, 137o. My Dear Sir I regret to find from your letter of inquiry that Gen. Sherman seeks to establish one of those violations of the rules of civilized warfare which characterized his campaia throucjh Georiria anil South Carolina by the easily-reputed slander to which jsou call my attention, namely, that in his employment of Confederate prisoners during that campaign t'j search for and dig up torpedoes, he acted "only in retaliation" for like employment of Federal prisoners by Confederate commanders an assertion reckless eveu for Gen. Sherman, whose heedlessness of what he writes and speaks was notorious before the appearance of his Memoirs.

I myself can recall no occasion when Federal prisoners were or could have been employed as alleged by that General, even had it been legitimate anduot a shocking inhumanity to do so that is to say, I don't believe Gen. Sherman can specify, with date, any place that came into the possession of the Confederates during the war where torpedoes were planted, which they had to remove either by resort to tiie use of Federal prU-oneisorany other means. Taere certainly was never such a place or occasion in the department which I commanded. I recollect distinctly, however, learning, immediately after the fall of Savau-uuh, that (ku. Sherman himself hal put Confederate prisoners to this extraordinary use in his approach to that city, as also after the capture of Fort McAllister, and I thereupon made, through my chief of start', Col.

G. W. Brent, a requisition on our commissary of prisoners of war, Gen. Winder, for a detachment of Federal prisoners, to be employed in retaliation should the occasion occur. I further recollect that (Jen.

Winder answered that under his instructions from the Confederate War Department he could not comply also, that, in his belief, prisoners could not rightfully be so employed. Tliat Gen. Sherman, as I had heard, at the time did so employ hi prisoners slant's of record at page vol. of his Memoirs "On the sth (December, 1 Sol), as I rode along I found the coliunu turned out of the main road marching through the lieids. Close by one of the corners of the fence was a group of men standins aiotmd a handsome young ollieer whose fot Lad been blown to pieces by a torpedo planted in the road: he told me that he was ridins along with the rest of his biignde stall' of the Seventeenth Corps, when a torpedo, trodden on by his horse, had exploded, killing the horse tuhl literally blowing off all the flesh fr in one of his legs.

I saw the terrible ound. and made inquiry int tli" laeis. There had been no resistance at that point, nothing to Aw wanting oi" the danger: the rebels had planted s-inch shells in the road, v. itli friction matches to explode tiiem trodden on. This was not war but murder, and it nude me verv anjriy.

I immediately ordered a lot of icbei prisoners to be orousht from tiie provost iruard with picks and spades, made them march in close order aiong the road so as to expiode or discover and dig them up. They begged hard, but I reiterated the order, aa.l otild hardly help laughing at their stopping so gingerly along the road, where as supposed sunken torpedoes miUt at each step, but they found Uo other until near Fort McAllister." Here we have his own confession that I pushed a mass of unarmed men, pris- iters of war, ahead of his column to i xpiode torpedoes which he apprehend- placed in the approaches to a foriiiiod position, his ability to any which he greatly doubted, as ty be seen from his Memoirs. He (iocs not there pretend that heact-d in retaliation at all, but because, for-Mioth, he was angry that one of his oiii- ors iiad tx en badly wounded by a tor-I do which had been planted in his path, 'without giving warning of danger." Surely his own narrative, with its pain-f levity, as bad a hu to th ail'air as Gen. Slier-nan's worst enemies could wish. For my own part, from tim day of the capitulation of l'ort Sumter in when, in order to save a brave soldier ami his command from all unnecessary humiliation, I allowed Maj.

Hobert An derson the same terms offered before the attack, and to salute his flat; with fifty guns and go forth with colors Hying and drums beating, taking off company and ate property, dow to the clwse of the war, I always favored and practised the most "liberal treatment of prisoners. At tiie same time, however, I the policy of riiid and prompt retaliation, at all'cost, for every clear infraction of the settled laws of war; for history shows it to be the only effectual method of recalling an enemy from courses. Washington never hesitated to apply this painful remedy du-ling our Revolutionary war. I am yours most truly, G. T.

Beacrkgakd, of England Statement. I.omxiv, Feb. i'). Amount of bullion made into the Bank of England, 20,000 pounds. BLANK BOOKS.

i mitt "T.T-fliaTit ordering Tilflnk f.ocks can iind en extensive slock to select from, or have their books made to order at low figures by IWcKITTRICK ft Statiiers, Lithographers and Printer 31K nnd IS N. Third Street. BEARD Manufacturers of Fire and Burglar-Proof Safes, P.nnk Locks, Bank Vaults, Vault Doors, anil 920 X. Second Street. Salesroom removed to 302 Xorl.u FonrtU Sf Where wc will t(j and cii'-tCinets.

rAMED-TifO good hostlers. Apply immediately at No. lsus ranklm ave. TVAIL ST. CAUM ATITKES.

AbtEYV HOOK, 4S pages, containing 14 engraved illustrations, with information for stock speculators price, cloth covers, 10 cts. paper covers, free, bv mail. TCM BRIDGE Bankers and Brokers, 4 Wall New York. J. D.

JOHNSON. II. B. WILSON JOHNS ON WILSON, Attorneys at IJiw. RflOMS NOS.

2, 4, 6 AND 8. TEMPLE HOLDING, 1'U'TH AND WAL- NLT STKEETS. ST. LOUIS, 3lO. Prompt attention given to all civil business in the State and United States Courts MARTHA WASIIIXCJrOX WIGS FOR asq uerados ical Fcr Rent Sale.

lirairi, Curl, Maek, Ete. J. DABCEIi 531 OUfc Street. 3 IFL 3VC- CONGRESSIONAL. House.

Washington, Feb. 20. Houe met to-day for general debate only, Eden in chair. House was addressed by Mr. Kiddle in favor of the repeal of the resumption SPAIX.

About the Last Ditch for the Carllst Cause. MADitin. Feb. 26. It is officially announced that eight Carlist battalions have refused to lire upon Koyalists.

After a conflict between officers and men, the force was disbanded, and surrendered in parties at Toloso yesterday. The Carlists are soliciting amnesty by the thousand. A dispatch from the Koyalist General Martinez Campos announces that nine battalions have surrendered at l'ampeluna. It is generally believed that a complete break-up of the remaining Carlist force is imminent. The war is regarded as virtually ended.

PHILADELPHIA. Dental Couvention Civil Rights BUI Stilt. ruiLADKi.i'HiA, Feb. 20. Tha thirtieth annual commencement of the Philadelphia dental college was held last evening, and the degree of D.

I), was conferred upon forty-four graduates. Fields Cook, a colored clergyman of Alextmdiia, has brought suit against Upton S. Newcomer, of the Binirham house, here, lor violation of the civil rights bill, in refusing a room to Mr. Cook on the night of January is, on account of his coior. Defendant was held to bail for trial.

Kansas Legislature. Tci'kka, Feb. 20. The senate this morning passed a new common school law, eradicating the word "white." In the house a bill was passed to protect silk growers. The house non-concurred in the senate amendment to the apportionment bill.

The House did not adjourn at noon, but while iik st members were at dinner a bill regulating cities of the second class was i ad, and it is a lcntrthy bill, aud miikes the ollice of marshal and attorney Appointive. The appropriation bills will come up this afternoon. Died. NiwVoiiif, Feb. 20.

Pierre M. Ir- ing, known to the public elderly as the biographer, ai'd in some sense the literary executor of his uncle, Washingt in Irvintr, tiled yesterday, in the 71th year of his age. Kiver Telegrams. C.wno, 111., Feb. Sain lliown, Louis, 2 a.

ui. City of Chester, Memphis, f. a. in. Departed: (iii-n-coe, New Orleans, miduight; T.

T. Hill-man, Nashville, 4 a. m. Clear and at m. l'm-iinifiii, Feb.

20. Kiver 5 feet 4 1-2 inches and falling very Weather ciear and pleasant. Knslbli Four-oar Crew lo Visit America. London, Feb. 20.

Hubert Watson Boyd has completed negotiations for the four-oared crew to go to America th" coining regatta season. The crew will be composed sss follows: bow; W. Nicholc-on, Kobert Chambers and Boyd himself, strokes. Boyd has challenged any crew in K.ng-land to row over the championship course on the Thames or Tine. If this challenge is not accepted he will assume the title of champion.

Thofour will then proceed to America as the representative English crew. Another Frand. Snnxcrii ri), Feb. 20. Milton D.

Milton, late teller of the First National bank of Westtleld, is held in heavy lxdids for embezzlement forgety on two drafts for 6 and He attempted to negotiate them at St. Louis and Denver, getting Si'00 at a bank in the latter place. LONDON. Slurderers Remanded to Prison. Etc.

London, Feb. 20. John Buskin has been elected to state professorship of line arts at ixford University. The six Creeks and live others or the crew of the ship Lennie, charged with ihe murder of Captaiu Haltield, were arraigned, this morning and remanded to prison. In Bankruptcy.

Nkw Vokk, Feb. 20. On the lsth of Hccciubcr last, petition in bankruptcy was hied against Duncan, Sherman A by creditors. On the 2tth of the same month an injunction aud stay of proceedings were obtained by Mexico end other creditors. To-day Judge Blatchford decided to dissolve all injunctions aud dismiss ail proceedings except those In bankruptcy.

Probablliies. Washington, February 20. In Tennessee aud Ohio valley falling barometer: warmer, southeast winds: increasing cloudiness, possibly followed by rain. In the Upper Mississidpi and Lower Missouri valleys, falling barometer; warmer, southerly winds aud cloudy weather, followed by colder northerly winds and rising barometer. For the Lake Legion, increasing northeast winds; stationary or lower temperature; cloudy weather, and rain or snow, and rising, followed by a falling barometer.

The rivers will continue slowlv falling. Cautionary signals are ordered for Grand Haven and Milwau- kee. SIARKETS BY TELSGUAPlf. New York Bond Market. Feb.

55. Gold Sixes of 1SS1 123.JltV,. Coupons 123 'i a 1-23 li Five-twenties of lsos, 117 sll'Ti. new issue Five twenties erf 17 1J1 li sales. Five twenties of sales.

Ten forties, Coupons ll. New fives 11? sales. Currency sixes 135.V3127.V-Missouri sixes 103; sales. New York. New York, Feb.

26. Flour quiet Ohio shipping $4 S3 35 25 trade brands S3 5056 50; St. Louis low Jj 00fi.2j; straight 50 25Sii 50; choice XX, $7 OO3S 00; family, JS 00s9 50. Wheat quiet, steady; No. 2 Chicago and Milwaukee spiing, lal 2C; winter, good to prime, $1 20al i5.

Corn quiet; mixed Western, best price for prime dry, G93 72c; new 59301 'c. Oatsquiet; 45j52c; No. 2 Chicago, 47PJHC. Pork quiet, 23 5022 00. lard quiet; liVc Whiskey quiet at $110.

Cotton quiet and firm; middling uplands, 12VC Liverpool. Feb. 2l. Cotton quite Sales bales; Uplands tpot 6 Orleans f-pot fi'id. Bread-ttuffs market quiet.

Flour22521s. Winter wheat 93 Sdfilos. Spring wheat, 7a lOdals lOd; California av, Hs lOdslOs Id. California club, 10a 3d 108 9d. Corn: old 2i Gds'293.

New, 27s 4273 fid. Cheese (Wa. Oats 3'iol Cd. Pork Sis 6d. Beef 92a fi l.

Bacon L. C. SI. 32s. Uacoa S.

C. 54s. Lard: American good it fine, per hundred weight, at Liverpool, 59 (id. Tallow: American fine, per hundred weight, at Liverpool, 44s. Tallow: pure yellow clear, per hundred weight, at London.

47s 01. Receipts of coin for the past three day at Liverpool, ll.GOO quai'leia. JS.05S 12 3,106 li 627,344 09 24,74 1 1663,693 03 513 OLIVE STREET OPERA GLASSES. CLEARANCE SALE OF Fine Opera Glasses, AT PRICES LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE SOLD IN' ST. LOUIS.

BLATTNER ADAM, Optician, 320 N. Fourth ftt. QOIXIN'SYTLLE A INDIANA BLACKSMITH COAL, KO. 14 NORTH FT FT IT 8TRKKT- AUCTIONS- Heed, Clarke Faulkner, GENERAL AUCTIONEERS, Cor. Sixth and Locust 8t.

St. Lonls. Mo NO MORE C01L-0IL EXPLOSION'S USE BOOLSEX A R.VUMEIt'S Patent Snperior Fi re-Kiudler The cheapest and latest in the market. PRICE, ONE DOLLAR PER HUNDRED. Seud orders to IIY.

IHI MKR. E. Cor. Thirteenth and Jefferson Sta. liood A irf nt wnnti'ii.

TOST Satur.lay, Feb. 1:, 1 S7t, a black chat-J claiae watch, with silver IrimmiuKs and liionofrram .1." A liberal reward will be paid for return of same to PETEH O'lve slrcel. SCARFS, TIKS. OLOVKS, SHIRT-MAKERS, 4tf Walnut s'rect (opposite fiouthfrn -teli, t. Louis, Mo.

Al! kuidi of In iernear lli.sde to order. FINANCIAL. 1IUI) WADE. successor to liudd. Son A B22 (li ve street.

Financial agents for Eastern and local Moneys to loan on t. Co'iis re.il e-tate in anv sum's at percent, and lowest rales. Funds advanced for butldiuz purposes, agencv for lie uni oi real estate and financial of ali is MONEY TO LOAN. VK HAVE ON nAN.o A hirire amount of money to loin on city a rut county iivopertr, or Coiritncrcial paoer. MATTHEWS 4 WHITTAiiEB, 'ill Ouve street.

MON'ICY TO LOAN. I HAVE EAsTEKN' FUNDS TO LOAN Oi real estate security in this city, in buhi of and over at lowest rates. HEN. FAUKAU, 417 tAMUEL A. GAVLOR9, STOCK AND BOND 507 Olive street.

Ten per cent, investment securities lor sale. Lnnd warrants wanted. Texas Land Scrip for sale am) seoumxG. COOK IJISOTIIESJS, The jrreat and orijrinal Chemical D-e'i and Scourers, having locatel at No. lo Noith street, near Chestnut.

Gents' coatj, j-ants and vests are dyed, cleasned and neailv repaired, i made to look as well as new. If they tail to please you, no charge will be made. Ladies' siik and woolen shawls and dresses of ever--description are dyed, cleansed and restore to their original pristine perfection. Persons re-iidniR out of St. Louis will send to us bv ex presB.

Address, COOK liUTHEtiS, 105 N. Sirth sT-eet. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. DUST1 rOAM! and I Adverture on Four Continents and many Seas. Mysteries of the Orient.

220 Engraviiiss. Priprht, wittv, entertaining. Toe most attractive book out. In every respect first-rate. It sells rapidly, pays splendidly! Ai.ENl's WTEI).

Write at once for descriptive cir-i ulirs Slid terms, to ANCHOR PL'BLIsIIIXli Tr-'O Pine street, St. Uiuis, Mo. "cheap lands IN THE GREAT JsOFTIf EST i The Little Pork and Fort Smith Hailway Company is seiinifr at exceptionally low prices aii2 on terms to suit purchasers, over One Acres of their mHirniflcent jrrant, on either side and within twcniy miles of tlieir road. Admirably suUed for production of corn, cotton, grain, fv2a fruits, and al! other Northern crops. are mild, permitting oat-door labor lor eleven inor.tha.

Soil fert.ie beyond prece-fedent. No grasshoppers, no drouglit. Spe eial in lucemcnts for estaiiitshment "of manu-faci ories. For rircu'ar address W. D.

SI, VCK, Land Commissioner, Little Kock, Arkan3is, tt 4) A DAY at home. Aeents wanted. J. Outfit and terms free. TRUE A Augusta, Maine.

DOMESTIC" Sewing Machines. Liberal Terms of Exchange for Mncliines of Every Description. "DOUEMIC" VMLR WSUIQXS. The best Pattern" made. Send 5 cents for Catalogue.

Addrees, DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINECO. WActsrs New York. ASTONISHING 'Yet forty da jg, snd N'irerah shall be overthrown." Future events proDhecied by rules in DF.if-nek's 1'kopiiktiC Book. Fortunes foretold in the ups and dow ns of prices for ll.e next twenty years: the future judged by the past. What years to make money on pig-iron, hogs, corn, provisions, cotton, and when we will have he next panic, what year hard time3 will end and business revive again.

Every farmer, manufacturer, legitimate trader and specula tor hould have this book to know the future, as to avoid Ioks and be successful. Sent to anv mime, post paid, for $1. Address SAMUEL BEN Eli, Bainbridge, ltoss County, O. Q77 PER WEEK GUARANTEED TO I Agents, male and Female, in their i-wii loialitv. Terms and Outtit Free.

Ad-dress I'. O. V1CKEKY A Augusta, Maine. JliE CHICAGO LEDGER A $3.00 Taper Tor $1.30. It ie RB good and larger than the New York Ledger.

Always an Illustrated Serial Story. A new Story commences about Feb. 1. One venr, postage paid, for $1.50. Samples sent.

Address, THE LEDGLR, Chicago, 111 c-if Per day at home. 0JTO worth $1 free. Portland. Maine. Samples Sunson A 'T JSYCHOMAN'i OH SOUL CHARM 1NG." How either sex may fascinate or gain the love and affections of any person 1 Ley choose, instantly.

This art all can pos-m hs, free, by mail, for 25 cents; together with a Marriage Guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dreams, Hints to ladies. etc. l.ooO.OOO sold. Aiiueer ok. Addrcaa T.

W1LLLV5I Or. O.Dodge Phelps OF NEW YORK, Practical Physician for Chronic Diseases, Late of Philadelphia. Chicago, St. Louis, Cin-oinmati, Hartford, Springfield, Bostoa and Baltimore, has engaged THE TEMPLE, Cor. Fifth and Walnut, St.

Louis. Where he will publicly heal the sick free of charge, "without money and without price," from 10 a. m. until 12 in. ETEBT SATURDAY.

He has also TAKEN PARLORS AT THE L1NDELL HOTEL, where all who are able and willing to pay ma; come, from 12 ui. till 8 p.m. every day. The public are invited to witness these wonderful cures performed in th hall. No surgical operations performed! Chronic diseases Cured! Acute Paia Instantly Re lieved! The Lame Walk! The Biind See The Deaf Hear! Over 100,000 Patients Treat ed in Ten Years.

The Doctor's practice is mostly diseases of a chronic nature, and cases giveiwup asn. curable. Although a graduate of a medical university, his method of treatment is pecular to himself, though there have been men in all ages who have had the same Magnetic Power over the dii-ease3of the body and mind. Some call it the "Gift of Healing," yet few have possessed it to such an extent over nearly ail diseases and persons. It is life and vitality passed from a strong healthy body to a weak one, that restores the lost or unequal circulation of the vital orervous fluid.

So powerful is this influcnce.tliat. persons who have snf fered from diseases which have been pronounced incurable, and to whom medicine has been administered ith no good effect, have been restored to health in an incredible short space ol time. It will rot restore a lost member of the body, or perform other impossibilities, but it will always relieve pain, from whatever cause. The practice is based on the most strict principles ot science there is nothing miraculous or supernatural about it, it is in harn.ony with all natural laws. By tms treat ineni, it takes but a few minuted for inveterate cases of almost any curable chronic disease; and so sure is tne effect that but few itiseases require a sec ond trout incut, except Deafness, llii.ken Hones, Dislocation, Bad Curvature of the Tumors.

Tiie diseases which vied most readily to the curative agency of ihis iaethud. as practiced bv me are Dyspepsia, Constipation, Asthma, Angina Pectoris, ChiU'osi-, l.os of Voice, Ilhcumalic Gout, Liver Disease, ail kin is of Sexual Weakness, Diabetes, lleadaeiie, Nervous irritatian of the Urain. Hrouehitis, Catarrh, Disease of the Heail, Eruptive, di-eases. Convulsions. Hysteria, Neuralgia, Thrash, Congestion of Spleen, Irritation of Stoinaeji, Diseases of Kidneys, Ch'eraaon and Displace cent of the Morbid Appetite, W'aket'ul-ness.

Ger Debituv, eak Nervous Depressii Dilliculi Ilreatlnng, Willi pain ia the Lungs, Weak and Sore Eyes of every de M'ription, Noise in the Ilea s. barges from ihe Ears, Cancers, Tumors, Tape-worm. Piles, Stuttering, etc. The Doctor ha-, in connection with his peculiar treatment, discovered a for that terribie Disease, Fits, and p.trlicui.u'-ly invites those ailUcted tiie Spasms. Paralysis, Consumption and Drops-' are the most slow and uncertain Willi tins treatment.

Patients aKIa ted with these have rarely been restored they are, however, always" benetittcd. when dependent r.pon destruction of tympanum, Total B.indness. dependent upon paralysis of opt.c nerve, are in uiosti asrs. incuravJc. Uea he AHitlavits.

N. B. No cases arc published except by permission. lilMAKKAIiLK CURE. This to certify that I not spoken one word above a wiiuper si tseien years ao last I came to the rooms of Dr.

o. Dodge Phelps, at the Trumbull House, in the city of Hartford, when, by one treatment, not exceeding one minute, bv the Doctor, my voi-e whs rest ore. t. MRS. "ROBERT A.

MITCHKI.I.. Hartf.rd. We, the undersigned. 'itizena of llartioro, hcin peroonaliy acijuaiiiied wiui afrs. Alii; h-eil, hereby certify that the above statements are true.

John Hbbar-1. Samuel 1. Batler, No. Pj iCck street ilenrv V. Richnioud, street George Mtrickiand, Main Noah M.

Itio'ley, 71 Albany avenue; H. Bartlett, proprietor House. This is to certify that I have not spoken a loud word for two years and live montns, until went to the American House, in the city of Boston, and was operated on by Dr. o. Didge when without medicine or instrument he restored lny voice in les than one minute.

JO5F.IMI A. TUCK.FR. Lvnn. Feb. 21, 1S70.

Commonwealth of Massaehusetta Essex, s.s February 21,170 Personally appeared Ihe above named Joseph A. Tin ker, an 1 subscribed and made that the above certificate ia true. Before me, N. IXGALLS, Justice of the A Springfield lady hears a sermon preached for the first time in thii ty-theee years. Mis.

Samuel Puiington, No. 3 Hancock avenue dent thiitv-three years used a uni: et fifteen years; one week ago receive -1 treatment, and last Sabbath attended iinj diFei cHfchurchcs, and heard the sermon tor wic fliet tunc su tin IJallimore TestiinOuials. Baltimore, 30, 1S73. This i to certify that, in the past eleven months, I have been atflicted wdh entire loss of voice. Having used various remedies without apparently receiving any benefit, I wa-s bv a friend to put myself under the tiei lmeii; of Di.

Doim.k Ph ki.hs, and am hi'i pv state that after the second treatment, without uiedicineor instrument. mv voi is linlv restored. Further information ill i.e most cheerfully given to anv who ma MRS. HORACE AHBOTT. Residence, Oak Hili.

Dear Sir Mrs. Abbott still retains her voice since vour treat men I as well as ever it wtu4, and her general health has been much improved. HORACE ARlSOl'T. Baltimore, January 0, liA. P.

TMioitE, ebruary 23, ls74. lm. n. lioin.k Dear ir: I beg to return my siuccie thanks for your attention to and care' of n.v daughter Rebecca, who has suffered from Epileptic Fits and swelling of the Chest for four vears. I am happy to say that since she hns been under your treatment she has become another person.

she can noweat, drink and sleep well, and could not do either previous to vour treatment. 1 can oiieertuily advise all suffering from this dread disease to place themselves under your treatment. Very truly yours, SAM' r.XZ?.', 1 Wrlsh street. -22 1ST t. SPINAL I'll rill LTT-A ToilnJ US-able to sit down for ifiret Tears, cured in Five Davs This ia to certify that my daughter Enima has been afflicted: with what the best phvsicians of Baltimore pronounced Disease oi the Spine.

The condition of the spine was such that she has not sat down for nearly three years. At church the was obliged to "or. one foot, and rest with the other knee upon the 6oat, and the same at her meals. If the desired rest, she was obfiged to lay down, she has been under the treatment of several prominent plivsiciansof thiscity, without derivnig any benefit. On the 13th of the present month.

I pat her under the treatment of Dr. O. DofHiB PHEt.rs, now at Barman's Hotel, and am happy to state that, in five days from the commencement of the Doctor's treatment, she is able to sit in anv position, which she hns not done before in nearly three years, and is, to all appearances, well. Further information will be cheerfully given by calling at my residence, ZK Hanoyer street, Baltimore. LOUIS KlIIN.

ASTHMA Colonel Dayis, of No. 3 Pine street New York, cured of Asthma by three treatments and one bottle of Bixb Powder. SFK.CAL WEAKNESS DR. O. DwDOE Phei rs Dear Sir: To vou Iowc a life of gratitude.

The sufferings 1 haw passedthrough beggar description. The oeration and the remedy you gave me have effectually done their work. All that headache, wakefulness, pain in all parts of the body, forgetfulness, melancholy, dimness of sight, giddiness, and, to crown all, mental despondency, are gone, and I am a new man. I only pray that all who have erred in youth may come under my 14 Tremont street, Rochester, N. T.

m-Lettcrs of inquiry are fre.iuent. I cannot tell as to the probability of success until I see the patienL Letters of mquuy must con- Paueins will pav in proportion to property. No Charge will he made for becond tieat-meut, when it is found necessary. CONSULTATION FREE. For recent cases in the city, see daily papers also, call at hall, where I heal the sick publicly and tree of chate fur Ui, fiitt lea free, ALL IS LOVELY.

BABCOCK CONDOLES M'DONALD AND M'KEE. A Strange Note Passed Man. by a Strange Everything was very quiet around the United States Circuit Court this moruiug at noon, not a single soul except a deputy clerk teing visible. At 10 o'clock Judge Dillon convened court only to adjourn it until March 20, when the McKee case will be taken up again on a motion for a new trial. The enly whiskey news obtainable now is on the streets among people airing their opinions.

One item escaped publication bv some unaccountable means, viz. The visit of Judge Krum and General Babcock to the jail yesterday to confer with General John McDonald. The interview did not last long and no one knows what passed between the parties. Circumstances seemed to show that Babcock took an direction ate leave of all the late whiskey conspirators on the night after bis acquittal, and on yesterday. Another item worthy "of mention, as it is very generally circulated, i the report that McKee paid for the services of HerwigN band to serenade Hancock.

Well, let us admit that there is nothing in these circumstances, still "they make excellent reading," as Dyer said of the crooked dispatches. Another of perhaps insignificant pretention to consideration, is this fact During the progress of he Babeoek. trial and a day or two after Mr. Shannon, of Pike county, one of the February panel of jurors, had stated that a strange gentleman had offered him to hang the Babeoek jury, a nicely.dressed man, bnt with a whole mash-tub of spirits fermnitiHg insiilo of him, apnlied at the door for admission. Of course was refused, as were all applicants without passes.

Upos lieing refused he drew a paper fit i hi bis pocket and handed it to the door-keeper; believing the paper to he a pass, the doorkeeper opened and read the It was addressed "To the Judge," aud on the inside was ritten he following:" I ear Judge: Will you please Set me have iHO or services I have rendered you in Babcock's ease. You know what I have done. It will put me on rav feet. (Signed) W. BitAZKr.r." The note was handed to Judge.

Krum. who. after reading it said: "Tell the gen-tl man that 1 have no time to attend to thU or "to see the or language io that effect. It is not known to what the note was addressed, neither is Brazell known; we only give the circumstance as we heard it, leaving our readers to place their own construction on its significance, if it hat any. It may have been that the note as thrust into the man's hand and told that it a a pass, simply to create a nsation.

hence we do not seek to place an uncharitable construction ou its meaning. Uncongenial Spirits. This was divorce day in Circuit Court No o. Selena Buggies was separated from Bichard M. Bugtles, and granted the custody of the childreu.

Louisa was untied from Bobert S. Gouldeu. The bans which united John and attic Brown were severed on the application of the husband. Five other equally unhappy couples applied for a separation, but the court sutlers the seals to remain unbroken for a lime vet. Cowrt Custom.

"The Dispatch has information th-tt Be is and Uraser called on General Baeeoek after the trial and were cordially received. Well, what of same can be said of Judge reat. limes. Pshaw that's only court custom. Yesterday I'abeoek cUed upon General John at the county jail, and embraced him heartily.

Court custom again, we sar. Matrimonial. euneacay. reoruary 3lr. Jolai stickfort; an enterprising book and new.

itealer with Mr. (i. A. Zeller, Is south I'oarin street, was married to jiiss Ituenzi. St.

Xavier's chureht, cor- 1 ct Ninth and Christy avenue. Il1s.3a.iay friends will congratulate him. A Matrimonial Matter. Justice Peter Powers wound ttpMwweei by doing the handsome in the Uutle lave match between Charles Ilirck Mis: Theresa Becker. He gave the ha.py couple is blessing, Muilery penned ihe certificate in his best stvle, and that all.

Chailotte Ciishtiiaas Grave. 1 lie Boston 1 rausenpt says "Those who were most intiaiately acquainted, with Miss Cushman state tha-t she oftei expressed a desire to be buried as near the place of her liiirtb as circumstaiv.es wouiu pejmu. wita tins view she visited Mount Aalrurn during the latter part and inspecttd a number and iOxnbs then for sale. Cemetery of 1S71, of lots, Several oi these occupy very prominent portions of the cemetery, and arc surrounded with costly monuments; but nous seemed to suit the simple taste of Miss Cushman. and she remarked to one of the attendants, "They are all grand, but haven't yon a lot for sale where cite could obtain an unobstructed view of She was informed that there were a few lots for sale back of the tower, whereupon she said, ell, let us look at them." While Lbe lady and the official were on their way to the place dotdgnated the graves of some of her once warmest- Jricnds were passed, und at each she paused for a moment and related some pleasant Memories connected with their livts.

Falm avenue, situated at the eastern side of the grounds, was reached, and standing upon a little eminence, Miss Cushman exciaimefL, "Thifc I a delightful spot; sec, yonder lies dear old Boston. The lot "is numbered 4.23C, and was at once purchased and orders given by her to have it properly cared for. Last she again visited the plac? ia company with a party of other ladies, aud nppcarcd to be greatly pleased with the selection she had made. Though the lot is quite a distance from the central part of Mount Auburn, its location is strikingly beautiful, being within full view of the city and overlooking the widest part of Charles river. Wbat a Man Kndnred.

The Worcester Spy tells this extraordinary story "A Taunton man of forty-six has had a checkered career. He has been shipwrecked once, narrowly escaped baking in a railroad accident, has been run away with times innumerable as shot in the neck at Gettysburg, had a taste of the horrors of Libby Prison, fell overboard from a whaler, and, before being picked up, left two fingers in the mouth of a shark drcfted twice, had the right arm broken in two places during the New York riot, stood on a barrel with a halter around his neck, in an Alabama town at the outbreak of the rebellion, from sunrise to sunset: in was crushed under a falling building during a Caliiornia earthquake, and as without food or driuk nearly tifty hours, and, when homeward bound from the mines ot the White Biue region, narrowly escaped lynching through a mistake in person. Amid all, he preserves his equanimity, and refuses to believe that luck is against liu." Babeoek to te Cleared by Military Farce. Next Wivsky Trial to Be Mr. Munn's, if You Please.

Scene al the Whitc-KotntQ- Rrjoielug Over the Ac-- qniltar of Babv WHAT COL. FRED. NAY.1. Grant and Bristow: Feb. 2fii-Now that Gen.

Babcock has been acquitted by the civil jury, said an army officer lie will at once demand a military court of inquiry. Armv otticers hold that such a court martial will, as a matter of course, be at once demanded by Gen. Baucock and granted him, as a matter of justice and a matter of course, as soou as ha de mands it. The whiskey prosecutions at St. Loui close, so far as can be ascertained here, with the ne-it trial, that or Munn.

Itr Chicago and Milwaukee the trials begin, ou the 7th of March, to which tima they were adjourned. HOW 11' W.V Itr.CFIVF.Il IX TIIE SFSTATK. Hie news of Babcock's acquittal has- matte a great sensation here to-nigUt. It reached the Senate about it adjourned. and sni'eael quickly among the anil, is the theme of conversation at the hotels all over the citv.

The veterans on the Republican side of the Senate received it with smiles of satisfaction, while some of the more youthful and enthusiastic admirers of the adaiiiiis--tration exclaimed, "Good for Babcock! I am glad he is acquitted." AT TIIE WHITE IIOCSK. As soon as the verdict was reeehed at the White House Colonel Fred Grant started fur Willard's to sec a fiicud wht. was interested in tie case. "Yes, it is good news," was hw reply to congratulations. "I knew all tin-time that Babcock was innocent, and -1 knew ihat the only way he could be convicted would be through a conspiracy." Col.

Grant spoke of the combination against Babcock as powerful aud uure-h nting, and he said that for a while h-w as fearful it would convijt him. It i-reriaikable this eveniutr. how man lie ads Gen. Babcock has', to 1 ise up out of the eartlu The unanimity of public They sceiu. ia his favor is the subject of general re- aiark.

It re uicds one if the day.after election. But there are a few ofihe who insist iint tiie jur was packed. I'tflSTOW AN! lttANX Very naiarally thecJv-ctof lite actintt-tal upon tne relations of President (isstut and Secraiary Bristovr mad 3 soirt of squel ta the" news from St. Loais in the and talk about, The rretitic-jt has victory ecjtuglt far the present in the acquittal of his private fet rt-tjffy, and ir. the if he is cred-Hed wLil go-ad sens enough not to resent tin prosrcutiou of Gen.

Babcock. It-is asserted from the Treasury that ihere wlil le ao delay iu pusaiug the trial of ail oilier cases. Some leauitgrepuilj.caa senators are rt ported as having, said this evening lat Bristol" woul certainly U- compelled to lave the cabinet, mis of them having, it Js alleged, used, these word with great Apart from tutsw iuiU'screet hoi heads are the quiet oWi-rvcrF. of the situation, who point out the extreme follv both the Yresidest and General Bristow woujJ be guilty of. were they to quarrel at tils tim or at any time' in advance, of the Hepabiiou National Convention.

But after tsatiious verrons, say tlie cbseivpis. He Wasn't There. The bnby who wasn't at the Fair as at the Bostoflice iu his liHle- buggy yesterday, says the Free Press. Hi was a baby with snag-teeth, yellow hair, white eyes, and an ugly kick to his A pedestrian tried to pat him on the nose, and the young generation struck at him and howled disconsolately. A bootblack pinched bis foot, ami the baby kicked right and left and made, the covers fly.

"ife wasn't at the fair, was he?" Inquired one Ol the boys as the molaer came out. "I iriicss lie wasn't not much, sue answered. "lie was home minding 'its business." "Then he didn't get a golden eagle?" "He didn't get nothing," she suaooeil, "I don't put 0,5 px Mbllion for UO golden eagles, or golden geesf', tr soltkn anything else." "But he'd have taken the A. 1, O. IC, XXX premium if you'd had him there," persisted the boy.

"He's just as good as he is handsome," she replied, as she tucked the clothes down. "I've been told over and over again that he is the handsomest baby in Detroit." "Would you sell hiinr" seriously inquired the "bow "Sell him? Why, what would you dw with a baby?" "I'd paint his nose, dye his hair, whittle out some good teeth for him, trim his ears down, and then sell him for a tobacco sign," whispered the boy. This is why a woman was yesterday seen chasing a boy around the post-office square, always just near enough get in a kick, but always just an instant too late to hit the spot. When a policeman stopped her she had both hands clinched, her eyes flashed fire, her teeth were hard shut, and she gasped "Take my house and lot, but let mo get hold of that boy!" Itussian News. Sr.

l'KiKitsnrnn, February 2L The C.olos urges the incorporation of Kho-kand with Bnssia under the name of the government of Ferghana. It is believed at Kohodjent that after the recent battle at Asake, all Busslau prisoners in the bauds of the insurgents were lnatsacreed at Margilla. Steamer Arrived. Sn Francisco, Feb. 2.

Arrived: The Pacific mail steamer City of Sydney, New York via, Panama. WEDDING CARDS Favors for the German, BALL PROGRAMMES, STATION ERY. 8CHAER, SAXTOX, ENGRAVERS, piF.VF.XTH AT OLIVE STS. Fine Dress Shirts TO ORDER $2 $3 50, $4 each 3few French and English SHIRTINGS, JUST RECEIVED. W.

JAMBS, 4,0 OLIVE STREET. Books, Periodicals, FINE STATIONERY, SCHOOL BOOKS, Current New Publiea-tions, Etc. 308 OLIVK STREET. WILLIE H. (JRAY.

'Midlives and Professional Xurses. SI'KCIAL conre in St. Louis Homeopathic Medical College commences M.ireh 2, A jly to P. K. MimiUK, M.

Morj.m stree' 4ioaniiis. Dyeing Ilepairinir. nKl.M)KKI.VN.S I'e orks, Chestnut. L't lies' silk aii I woollen goods dyed and dunned. Gentienipn now -is the ri i.r in Tour clothing and have litem cleaned, 'iye-l and repaired feo as to looli a.

c.m-1 an njw. Entile aatisfic-tion given in a.l wrk doue here, or no pay required. 1 1 1 A I 11 CELEBRATED Sugar Cured Hams I law baa our trade mark branded i a on the Bide. LOOK 1 Olt JVow ISearij for the Trade. N-OTICE IS IIEIlKP.Y tllVEN THATLET-ters testamentary on the estate of -liattl M' dean, turner, ilereajed, were granted 4the undersigned executrix bv tue Probate it of si LoiuBe.iu:y, the 7tU day of Febi -7').

All persona haiius" claims agaimt said estate are required to exiiihit ta-; same to the undersigned tor a lowance within one year alter the ite of sai letters, or may lie oieeliided from any oencli! of said filiate; and il flue.i claims be not evlnbiiel within Two years from the date of this auon, they.wi:! bob-rever b'med. MART ANN Evcntr. of MeClean, decease I. V. Aitomey.

T. Ketirr.arv ICE OFTHE UNION" DEPOT ConipHiiy, of "Si. J.oui -t. honn, 1, fT. The annual meeting of the stock -tiuideia in the I'nion Icpot Comoany of St.

l.ouij, for tiie election of teven inrectord to feiTC for one yesr, will bo held at the orlicj of the company TuPHilay, the 7th iy of Muicli, 1-7j, aL 11 o'clock in. .1 M. THOMI'ii IV, SppV J. V. ADAMS Coininission Mcvehants, liOOJI 10, CIIAHIIEIK OF C03IMEKCE.

CORRESPONDENTS Mtl'OIiJI H'K, ADAMS i KEKS1IAW SlllwanUee. Sjipcial a'tenlion p.iid to option tralini; in f-l. I.iitm, Ctucapo and Milwaukee Markets. Aeeoiinifl renderct and dtO'erences panl the iay of factiiement in aliove markel3. Accp-t iUle aecuriiv received as margin Corres-Vonden solicited.

SI. 51. a. J. MOOK.

FLESH MOOK, House, Sign nul Onianu utal rainters, KO.ulG THIKD ST. on a Spccinliy. Particular attention given to Graining and Maiblmg. TIIO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE .1 Building Company: Please take notice thai a meeting of the t-tockhold-n will be held at the Company's otlice, street, M. March lt.

at 'J o'i Idi p. for the purpose of considering he propoition of the company and cloHini; in aiiairn, ami io consider anv other MopoMlM.n thai may cmc before such K. i.KAV. President. MOUNTAIN I'l-esnlemv St.

l.ouis. Notice of l.ieetmn. A meeting hoi, erse.f Iron Mo, am I V'-v 111 oiy of E-i. J. Oil, on lucfdnv the seventh March nest the hlur of Uvelve'c noon, at which time an exhibit of the affairs and 'we'; Wi" -t( .1 anil hi the hours twelve and three cock p.

m. an election will be hel.l thirteen directors of said Company to Verve tile in 3 3 i St.