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GENERAL REVIEW. 
It is gratifying to be able to minounce that 
the Prince of Wales is not only alive but grow¬ 
ing better at this writing, Dec. loth. The Lon¬ 
don news dispensers were too hasty in consign¬ 
ing him to the obituary columns last week_ 
Senator Trumbull has endeavored to have a 
committee appointed to overhaul all the public 
oflieers and office holders, with a view to correct¬ 
ing abuses. The majority of the Itepubliemi 
Senators, however, looking upon the movement 
as uufriendlv to Grant, have refused to acqui¬ 
esce in it. They have, however, agreed to the 
appointment of another oommUtccof retrench¬ 
ment, otherwise made up. Tills divergence of 
opinion in Republican Oiroles—Senators Alcorn, 
Fenton, Logan. Patterson, Robertson, Sehurz, , 
Sumner, Upton, West, and Wilson voted along 
with Mr. Trumbull — has been the event of the 
week at Washington — The Russian Prince 
continues to lie received with marked atten¬ 
tions— Connolly remains in Jail; Garvey, the 
Ring plasterer, is reported to have returned to 
New York, with a view to turning State’s evi¬ 
dence. Mayor Hall having refused to resign, 
may ho removed as soon as the Legislature meets. 
— Attorney-General Ackerman has Dually re¬ 
tired from I tie Cabinet, being compelled to do 
so by the President. He is succeeded by ox- 
Senator Williams of Oregon. Secretary Fish 
still remains, though his resignation is daily ex¬ 
pected. 
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DOMESTIC NEWS. 
A story is in circulation to the effect that 
Connolly offered 1,000,000 at the time of hisar- 
rost, to escape prosecution, and that. Commo¬ 
dore Garrison attempted to carryout the nego¬ 
tiation with Charles O’Connor, Deputy-Attor¬ 
ney-General. The latter objected mid i'|jo pros¬ 
ecution will go forward. Connolly la still in jail. 
The trial of the Sixth Ward (Brooklyn) elec¬ 
tion inspectors lor ballot box stu lling, hasemled 
in the disagreement of the j ur — eleven being 
for conviction and one oppose 1 . It is charged 
that undue influence was brought to bear on 
the dissenting juror. 
<)l ilie60,050 shares of Erie stock claimed by 
Heath k Raphael, 17,20™ shares have been do- 
p os I led with Commissioner While, the master 
appointed by Judge. Ulatchford, lo bo delivered 
tu Heath & Raphael's counsel. The remaining 
shares are claimed by Fisk and Gould, and will 
await the decision of a motion made berore 
Judge Ulatchford on behalf of Fisk and Gould 
not to include these shares in the delivery. 
New York City mid Vicinity. 
Two of the jury in the Black Friday ease have 
testified to having been approached with offers 
of bribes If they would secure u disagreement 
in favor of Fisk and others. 
The Police Hoard rescinded its action nud 
granted permission to the Internationals to 
parade Sunday, Dec. 17th. 
H asliingion. 
The Senate has confirmed the nominations of 
John W. Douglass, to be Commissioner of In¬ 
ternal Revenue; Chester A. Arthur, to be Col¬ 
lector nf New York; Geo. Bancroft,to be En¬ 
voy Ext inordinary ami Minister Plenipotentiary 
to ilie German Empire; Frederick Watts of 
Pennsylvania as Commissioner of Agriculture; 
Francis A. Walker of Massachusetts as Commit 
Blotter of Indian Affairs. 
A pe tition against woman suffrage, signed hy 
3,000 ol the- most respectable women of the 
country, has been scut to Washington for pre¬ 
sentation to Congress. 
Mr. Akormnn having resigned his office us At- 
torney-Gcnoial, the President yesterday uomi- 
miled cx-^enuior Williams, of Oregon! lo the 
vacant office. Tim Senate in executive session 
at once confirmed the nomination. 
it is reported that Attorney-General Akormnn 
will bo appointed to the vacant Judgeship of the 
United States Court of Florida. 
officers for the investigation of the question of 
wages and the hours of labor, tiie division of tlia 
joint proDts of labor and capital between the la¬ 
borer and tlie capitalist, and the social, ednea- 
: tional and sanitary condition oi the laboring 
classes of the United States. Mr. float- contend¬ 
ed that, something must be done to Quell the 
t rising dl&cpntent of the laboring classes, or, like 
European countries, we too shull soon be on the 
- brink of a revolution. 
In the Senate,Thursday, Dec.11th,a memorial 
. was presented, complaining tiiat Venezuela had 
seized certain steamships belonging to citizens 
of the United States. A petition was also pro- 
1 Rented against women’s suffrage. A lull toeqnal- 
i izo the pay of eight hour men wus refen ed to the 
. Finance Committee. There was a lengthy dc- 
, bare an Trumbull's amendment to Morton’s res¬ 
olution lor a retrenchment committee. It was 
defeated by a vote of 24 to 35. The Senate then, 
after an executive session, adjourned till Dee. 
18. In tiie House, a resolution was introduced 
calling upon thfc Sect-etai y ol t hoTreasury tu fur- 
nista that body with a statement showing the ex- 
pensesof the collection of customs in the United 
States, Including the salaries and fee* of flic of- 
< llclala engaged therein, with the separate ex¬ 
penses ol the purls of Now York, Boston, Phila¬ 
delphia. New Orleans, Baltimore and Sim Fran¬ 
cisco, for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1871. 
The Apportionment bill was also taken up and 
passed. 
Political. 
At tliemunicipal elect Ions in Massachusetts, 
December 11. Wm. Gaston was re-elected Mayor 
of Boston by nearly 3.700 majority. The vote 
stood, lor Gaston (Democratic mid Citizen can¬ 
didate), 9,830; for Newton Talbot (Rep.). 0,157. 
George F. Vcrry, the Citizens'candidate, was 
elected Mayor of Worcester by a vole of 8,511 to 
1,423 for Gt-orgc Crompton, ihe regular Republi¬ 
can candltate. 
WijJiam II. Kent (Rep.) was elected Mayor of 
Charleston almost without opposition. 
J. G. Peabody (ltep.) was elected Mayor of 
Lowell, Mass., by 427 majority. 
Dec. 8 , Newton Booth was inaugurated Gov- 
ermn of California. His Inaugural address fa¬ 
vors Congressional action to restrain Chinese 
immigration, but giving the Chinese full pro¬ 
tection against mob violence, and permitting 
them lo testify In the courts. 
The official return of the vote in N. Y. State 
gives Hilton Scribner (Rep,) for Secretary of 
State, 18,007 majority. ^ 
The hill to repeal the law in Wyoming giving 
women the right of suffrage, lias passed the 
House, the Governor’s veto notwithstanding. 
Dec. 13, the Executive Commit leo of tin: Now 
York State Council of Political Reform met at 
Albany and adopted resolutions declaring that 
reoent official robberies in New York have east 
a blot on republican government, nud demand- 
in;, mi restitution of the plunder and the speedy 
punishment of the guilty. 
Tlie California Republican Legislative caucus 
has nominated Represent) ve A. A. Sargent for , 
United States Senator. 
The New Hampshire Democratic Stute Con. 
volition met at Concord, Doc. 13. The platform 
of resiilutinns declares the party pledged to the , 
protection of the rights of every citizen in ac¬ 
cordance with the fundamental laws; npposi, 
lion to corruption in ail departments ot Munici¬ 
pal, State, and National Government; a tariff 
that raises money for the necessary expenses of 
the Federal Governnt?‘nt, not for tho benefit of 
monopolists; and denouncing the establishment 1 
of martial law in the South as unconstitutional 1 
and atrocious. James A. Weston was renoml- ' 
nated for Governor. 
fiuigrcss. 
Monday, Dee. 11 , In Hie Senate, Mr. Sum¬ 
ner, at liis own request, was relieved of the 
Chiiirinairship of the Committee on Privileges 
anil Elections. Mr. Sumner introduced a bill to 
nbo/i&h tlie Itovonue Department. The bill pro¬ 
vides that all internal dulies, except those de- 
iivol from the sale and use of stamps, shall lie 
abolished on and after July I, nexl, and dint the 
duty on spirits be increased to eighty cents a 
gallon on the first of January next. Mr Scott 
introduced abiil relative to contumacious wit¬ 
nesses befure Congress Committees, making 
i heir relusai to tesuty punishable by lines and 
imprisonment, Mr. Trumbull made a strong 
speech in favor of reform in the civil service, 
pointing out the evils of die present system. 
In the House, Mr. Banks, from the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, introuueed a bill to carry 
out the provisions ol the Washington Treaty 
A large number of bills and resolutions were 
also presented. 
Tuesday, Dec. 12, in the Senate, die resolution 
of the House to adjourn from Dec. 21 to Jan. 8 , 
was concurred in. Several bills were intro-' 
dueod. 
In the House, Mr. Dawfes offered a resolution, 
which was adopted, directing an investigation 
into the management of the various Executive 
Departments. Mr. Banks, from the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, reported a bill appropriating 
$250,000 for the expenses of the Tribunal of 
Arbitration at Geneva under die Washington 
Treaty, 
Wednesday, Dec. 13, Senator Trumbull’s reso¬ 
lution was deliberated upon by the ndmiuist ra- 
t-iun Senators, in caucus, the result being an 
agreement that a Committee on Retrenchment 
be appointed the some as other eoinni ittees, thus 
shirking the threatened investigation on a side 
i-site. When the Senate met, Mr. Aiitlumy of¬ 
fered (lie resolution agreed upon ns a substitute 
for Mr. Trumbull's, and after a most interesting 
debate the Senate adjourned without reaching 
a vote. 
in die House of Representatives, on the 13th, 
Mr. Hour, from the Committee on Education 
and Labor, reported a bill to uppoint certain 
The Ku-Kltix. 
In the Ku-KJnx trials at Columbia, S.C., Dee. 
8 tb, four of the prisoners, viz.. Porter, Childers, 
Murphy and Montgomery, pleaded guilty to the 
charge of conspiring to deprive the citizens of 
their right to voto. 
In the Ru-k^jix trials at Columbia, S. C., 
Deo. 13th, a witness confessed that he was a 
member nt an organization which he said was 
formed in 1868 for self-delenso nner to prevent 
incendiarism. Tlio town of Yorkvllle was 
threatened with destruction by the negroes, and 
many houses had already boon burned, Thodo- 
iense produced witnesses to show die urgent 
need of an organization for defensive purposes. 
II nil rou tra, 
A number of Western railroad officers met in 
St. Louis, Dec. 12th, to modify the evils of the 
railroad-pass system. 
Financial. 
la the Tennessee Legislature the Senate has 
agreed to the House proposition to iix tlie rate 
of State taxation at fol ly cents. The present 
rate is sixty eeuts, which lias barely paid the 
expenses of the State Government. 
Failures. 
Dec. 12, the Ocean Bank, New York, 
which was the victim of a very heavy robbery 
about two years ago, suspended. The bauk 
never wholly x-ecovered from the prostration 
caused by its heavy loss, and lias been in a pre¬ 
carious condition fora year past. Its deficiency 
amounts to over $500,000. Various rumors of 
the mismanagement of the fund* of the Bank 
are afloat, but none have been verified. 
The Eighth National Bank and the Union 
Square Bank have followed in the wake of the 
Ocean National, and both suspended Dec. 13ih. 
Tweed is reported to have been officially con¬ 
nected with both banks. Their suspension has 
caused much excitement in commercial circles. 
Wm. H. Callendex-, the Bank Examiner, is 
charged with gross neglect ot duty in connec¬ 
tion with these banks. 
Dec. 12, three failures were officially an¬ 
nounced at the Cotton Exchange, New York, 
namely: William P. Wright & Co., Adolphus C. 
Schaefer k Co., and J. Leaycraft. These fail¬ 
ures resulted from tlie inability of the dealers 
to fulfill their contracts iu consequence of the 
sudden advance in the market, because of short 
receipts and fears of a short crop. 
Wright & Co., place their indebtedness at 
$39,000, and arc ready to compound at 50 cents 
on the dollar. They expect to settle their af¬ 
fairs and continue business in a short time. 
Schaefer & Co., and Mr. Leaycraft have failed 
for considerable amounts, but declare them¬ 
selves unable to stale the sum of their obliga¬ 
tions. 
Disasters, Are. 
Information lias been received that a party 
of emigrants, seventeen iu number, were frozen 
to death during the recent cold weather, in Sa- 
lino county, Nebraska. 
December 11 , a locomotive oxx the Illinois Cen- J 
if tral Railroad exploded, near Centralia, Ill. 
a Houck, engineer, Brewington, fireman, and 
t- Keen, brukernan, were killed. The engine was 
i- demolished. 
g The ship F&nqul was recently wrecked on the 
I- coast of Cape Breton. All hands were lost. 
o Fires. 
Df.c. 8 , a fire in Rockville, Ind., destroyed a 
number of buildings, causing a loss of over 
$50,000; insured. 
Dee. 12, a fire occurred at Honcsdale, Pa., do- 
stroying about $50,000 worth of property. The 
5 hardware store of Hartley & Rogers. Home's 
flour store, Brady’s drug store and Scott’s shoo 
* store were destroyed; ail covered by insurance. 
Doc. 9, Dr. Chiplcy’s private lunatic asylum, 
near Lexington, Ky., was burned. Loss. $ 20 , 000 . 
The rolling mill of McKnighl & Co., at Bir- 
s mlngham, Penn., was burned recently. Loss, 
’ $ 120 , 000 ; fully insured. 
Deo. 13, tho Oak Pail Company’s factory in 
Belmont, N. Y. f was burned. Loss $10,090. 
Murphy k Lockhart's building, Jeffersonville, 
• Texas, was burned Dec. 13. Loss, $ 100 , 000 ; 1 n- 
1 siiranoe, $56,000. 
Dee. 13, the Franklin and Hope Mills of Pater¬ 
son, N, J., were destroyed by fire, thrawing a 
considerable number of persons out of employ¬ 
ment. 
Crimes. 
’The trial of Mrs. Wharton, nt Annapolis, 
Md., for t he murder of Gen. Ketch inn, is con¬ 
tinuing. Testimony has been given by the ex¬ 
perts wiio made an analysis of the stomach of 
tlie deceased. A BnltimOre apothecary has tes¬ 
tified to selling Mrs. Wharton two kinds of 
poison. 
George Bolts, the murder of “Pet" Halstead, 
at Newark, N. J., has been reprieved by Gov. 
Randolph, and lusexecution delayed until Jan¬ 
uary 26. 
Jacob Lnuenbiirg, the murderer of Miss Myers 
at Sing Sing-, lms been acquitted on tlie ground 
of insanity. 
The trial of Miner, the most notorious conn- j 
terfeiter iu the country, is in progress in New I 
York city. Witnesses have testified to seeing [ 
Miner sell thousands of dollars of counterfeit 
money, and in one ease he offered to sell coun¬ 
terfeit plates. The secret service detectives 
have worked the matter up most .admirably, mid [ 
it is through (heir adroitness that t.Js convict- I 
ing testimony lias been secured. 
John Pettit and Izzy Lazarus convicted of 
registering illegally in Now York city, have 
beeu sentenced, the former to two and a-lialf 
years and the latter to one year's imprisonment. 
Madam Burns was sentenced, December 12, 
in New York, to seven years imprisonment for 
procuring the death of Mary Russell by per¬ 
forming an abortion. 
Gov. Hoffman has reprieved Gemahle and 
Kelly, sentenced to bo hanged Deeembcr21, uu- 
til January 12. 
December 12. Dr. Medlieott, convicted of the 
murder of Mr. Rutter, at. Lawrence, Kansas, was 
sentenced to bo bunged January 26. 
In the United States Circuit. Court, Dec. 12, R. 
Hayes Mitchell of York was arraigned, under 
the Ku-Klux law, on a charge of conspiracy. 
The Jury consists of t wo whites and ten blacks. 
Two suits against Marshall Murray for illegal 
arrests In 1864 have been removed into tlie 1 
United States Courts and the trials will shortly 1 
tako place. , 
Dee. 12 , Patrick Kcirt^V, of LfttlemuflRass., f 
shot his wife and himself, in the presence of his [ 
four young children. , 
The firaml Duke. 
Disc. 10, llie Grand Duke Alexis visited Low- ' 
ell, and was entertained at a grand banquet, at | 
which Dr. Holmes read » poem and James Rus¬ 
sel Lowell delivered a speech. Tlie Duke ro- r 
malned in Boston visiting various places of in- c 
terest. until Dec. 14, when he departed to cou- J: 
tlnue his tour through Canada to the West. t 
Obituaries. ;i 
The Rev. Dr. Edward Y. Higbee, aged 70, n 
for many years past minister at Trinity Clmpel, 3 
New York City, was found dead lu his room, 51 
Dec. 10. Ho died of apoplexy. p 
Geo. B, Foote, a Poled Dutchess Co. stock- p 
breeder, died in Poughkeepsie Dee. il. He was 
the owner ot the trot Ung horses Matnbl'ino and [ 
champion, and was well l^narn throughout the 71 
State. His death was caused by a dose of horse 
medicine taken by mistake. $ 
The Rev. Dr. Gardiner of the Catholic Cat he- * 
dial, Brooklyn, died at bis residence Dec. 12. lie 
was educated at llie American College in Rome, 
and has for several years been a prominent cler- 
gyrnan iu Brooklyn. r.’ 
. its wantof clemency toward the convicted Com- 
i munists, but the majority of the Assembly pro- 
3 J tested violently against the reception of the 
i document, and it was returned to the mover. 
' j Thero is a report that France will soon re¬ 
nounce her commercial ireaty with Belgium. 
There is n complete disagreement, between 
| President ’liners and the Orleans Princes ro- 
, epee ting the rights of the latter to their 6 eats in 
the National Assembly. 
Dec. 13th, seven persons were injured by a 
collision on the Northern Railroad of France. 
Russia. 
The Knights of the Order of St. George, 
founded by the Empress Catherine on the 7 t.h of 
December, 1769. celebrated their anniversary on 
Thursday, the 7th just., at St. Petersburg. In 
the evening, a grand banquet was given, at. 
which tlie Cznr and the first, dignitaries of the 
] Empire were present- The Czar offered a toast 
1 to the health of the Emperor of Germany, Ho 
hoped the Intimate friendship which existed be¬ 
tween that monarch and himself would last as 
long ns they lived, and be carried down to fu¬ 
ture generations by their successors. 
The Grand Duke’s elder brother, the Cznro- 
witz Alexander,became Involved in a “private 
and social’'quarrel, a few days since, with the 
Prince de Reuss, Minister of the German Em- 
I pire to Russia. Bot h lost their tempers, nnd the 
j Czarowitz struck the ambassador. 
Germany. 
A BILL is before the Lower Diet, at Berlin, 
for tlie reduction of taxation. 
Dec. 11 , ihe Plenipotentiaries of France and 
Germany signed an additional Peace Conven¬ 
tion. 
Spain. 
At the municipal elections throughout Spain, 
Dee. lOl.h, the Republicans triumphantly elect¬ 
ed Uicif candidates in 23 of the 48 capitals of 
pros inecs and iu 43 -mailer towns. 
There is a rumor that, a Ministerial crisisisnp- 
pioaching. and that a dissolution of tlie Cortes 
is imminent. 
India, 
A dispatch from Bombay, Dec. 11th, states 
that the cholera is raging with great fatality 
: among tlie natives of Lucknow and vicinity. 
Central America. 
A CONFERENCE of representatives of Guato- 1 
mala. San Salvador and Honduras is to be held 
in December, to discussa project for the forma¬ 
tion of a Central American Confederation, 
Canada. 
Dec. 7, Lleut^-Gpv. Howland formally open- ( 
ed the Ontario Legislature. 
Twcnty-ttvelivcs were lost on the Nova Scotia 
coast <1 u ri ug the gales. , 
Cuba. I 
Spain will send to Cuba, this month, four bat- 1 
talionsof troopsfrom the regular army of Spain, 
besides the 10,000 re-enforcements which are to 
follow within one year. ’ 
for river and harbor improvements. $3,945,900. 
/vnJ! educ, e 1 m 1 purine: the years 1870-71 in tlie 
expenses of the Department, was $17,655,675 40 
;? w as i8n ' re ' is •" - 
It has been absolutely necessarv to retain 
of P* the_gnny in those States east 
of !fn M !, S a S f pr " w ty , 0111 were engaged in tlie war 
*? b j 5 ,H l0 . n ' Numerous applications for 
tloops, to ntd m the enforcement of the law 
were received from United States Marshals, offi- 
ems or Internal Revenue and State officials; ur¬ 
gent. appeals for assistance crowded m from 
pnvate citizens, and it soon became evident that 
Jte U,ityof th £ P eo PlP demanded the con¬ 
tinued presence of the regular forces. 
The Interior Department. 
Secretary Delano in his report says flint tlie 
humane and peaceful Indian polio* which has 
or o,fvT, n 011 tr V 1,1 T nv ” y 0i "' ll!1 ' produced 
, ' esuI .' 8 - During the Inst year the 
Indians have raised about $ 10 , 000.(100 worth of 
Thf ' Secretary thinks that cclu- 
l ation should lie made compulsory among t ho 
Indians, nnd that an Indian territorial gnvern- 
TW» S i« U d '‘‘‘O'KWh zed. During the year 10.- 
6 tlh.dl. acres 01 the public hind- have j.. ,ii.s- 
nna ‘he receipts of the Genual Land 
re: V ; h ^’ 1 nof " lv three millions ot .lol- 
During tlie year 12,950 patents Imve been 
IrV. . ’ , hl * hundred and thirty-four widows of 
Revolutionary soldiers are still drawing pen- 
Bions-n decrease ot ninety-three -in, o last year. 
expenditures of the pension inircau 
for the last > ear were $33,077,383.63. The Sccre- 
mij says the census reports, in full, will be 
vnriVaw ^’'nng the winter; lie i eeoiiiiiieiids 
clmnge.s III the present jaw. $90,000 is 
rwa.--ilI ' ’ngiess to repair and enlarge the 
Capitol buildings at Washington. 
The Navy Depart incur. 
si,a™ e v!.'' V Robeson reports that the fruited 
fn,, ,? > V ’ V ",? lvr ‘Wisists nt 170 ships of all 
classes and tn all conditions. These me e.ileui.u- 
‘''my, when j it eon, nth,. j,,„ service, 
J,3.Kt gun.-, exclusive nt howitzers and mull 
eanonndes. Of t he 1*0fillips on the mu v 1 i-t 29 
aie sailing Bin«>s and the remainder side-wheel 
steamers oi'sail mg vessels with uuxiliat y screws- 
5„ are monitors, only one of which is now in 
commission, the balance being laid up; 13 me 
oil the stocks, never having been completed and 
launched, ihe expenditures since the last re- 
pori amount to *19,265,240. 
I TEST. 
GOV’T DEPARTMENT EEP0ETS, 
P0EEIGN NEWS. 
Great Britain. 
A strike of tlie telegraph operators, which 
soon became general throughout England, be¬ 
gun December 8 th, in Liverpool, and occasioned 
serious inconvenience to the public. December 
12 tb the sti-iko began to break up. 
Twenty-eight women have been matriculated 
in the University ot Edinburgh duriug the pres¬ 
ent term. 
Tlie steamship Nina, from New York to Car¬ 
diff, lias been abandoned nt sea. Her crew were 
saved by 1 lie steamship Aleppo, from Boston, 
and lanced at Liverpool. 
Lord Chief-Justice Cockburn has gone to 
Geneva to attend the preliminary meeting of 
tlie Board of Arbitrators appointed under the 
Treaty of Washington. 
The cable dispatch received as wo went to 
press last week, announcing the death of the 
Prince of Wales, was premat ure. Dec. loth he 
was better and strong hopes of his recovery 
were entertained. 
The Bi n ish Foreign Office has sent instruct¬ 
ions tn all its agents abroad to investigate the 
organization of the various branches of the In¬ 
termit ioiml Society in the countries to which 
they are respectively accredited, aud report to 
llie Government. 
France. 
Titfjie is little doubt that the lull providing 
for the removal of the seat of Government has 
a majority of the Chamber in iis favor. 
Deo. 8 , the session of the Assembly was very 
turbulent. A vote of urgency was demanded 
Upon the question of the future form of govern¬ 
ment of France, and was refused. A bill was 
presented annulling the decree confiscating the 
t lie property of the Orleans Princes. Tlie Cham¬ 
ber was subsequently the scene of angry recrim¬ 
inations between tin- members of the Right and 
Left. M, Rovier asked leave to present a reso¬ 
lution censuring the Committee of Pardons for 
The TrciiMiry Department. 
Hecretakv Bout well says, in Ids report, the 
revenues and receipts show the time tins ar¬ 
rived when a considerable reduction in taxes 
can lie made, and yet leave fifty millions annu¬ 
ally for the reduction of tlie debt, including tlie 
sinking fund H> ndUnta-v 1 .. (lie oomlutiou 
that tln-ntinunl payineiii should not be lessUxnn 
fifty millions. It is practicable, he thinks, to 
dispense with all internal revenue but Dm, de¬ 
rived from stamps, spirits, tobacco and mult li¬ 
quors. These will fimnsli one hundred and ten 
millions; a reduction oi sixteen millions. The 
reduction of customs revenue should be within 
twenty millions. 
Thu Secretary urges that the salaries of heads 
of Departments uo Increased , reviews the 
Operation of negotiating the new loan ; and re¬ 
commend* ttvu granting of subsidies to tlrst- 
Olnss iron ocean steamers. The net. receipts for 
thoflseal year ending June 30, 1871. wero *383. 
323,944.89; the expenditures for the Mime period 
Were $292,177,188.25. The receipts for the first 
quarter of the present fiscal year, were 107.198.- 
374.60; expenditures for the same period, SS3,- 
903,382.92. The estimated receipts for the* re¬ 
maining three-quarters of tlie year, ure $258.- 
000.fi,HI; estimated expenditures' for the same 
period, $209,600,000. 
These estimates show u balance applicable to 
Die pay meat of the principal of the public debt 
for the liscnl year ending June 30, 1872, of $71.- 
794.991.68, 
The estimates for the fiscal year 1872-73, arc 
$359.000.000; expenditures for t tie sumo period. 
$301,705,030.99. 
Post Office Deimrtiuenf. 
Tlie ordinary raven no of the Department for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, were *20,- 
037,015.45, and the expenditures $24,390,104.08. 
Tlie increase of revenue over receipts of 1871). 
$1)6,401.33. 1 
rite number of complaints of missing lett ers 
during Die year is 4,000. Of registered letters 
only 2*8 have been reported as actually lost. 
The total number nf letters exchanged during 
the year with foreign countries, was 20,295,998, 
nu increase ol 1,933,620 over the number rouort- 
I Od for 1870. 
The lree-dt'livery system Ims been in opera¬ 
tion during the year in fifty-two of Die princi¬ 
pal cities; aud there were delivered 112,612,693 
mail letters, 27,145*780local Jettex-s, and 32,610,353 
newspapers. The whole number of employees 
in the Department is 43,954. The whole number 
of letters received nt tlie dead letter office during 
the year was 4.104.748, of which 1,704,082 were ie- 
raailed to Die writers. 
The whole number of money order offices at 
present in operation, is 2,452. The number of 
domestic money orders issued during the year 
was 2,151,794, to the value of $12,164,148.03; the 
amount of commissions paid by the public to 
postmasters lor the issue nf 1 hose was $205,286.15. 
This shows an increase over 1870, in orders issued 
and paid, ot 234-5 per cent., nml in tho amount 
of fees received, of 25 .t per cent. The total 
profits accruing to the Department, from the 
money order system, since its establishment in 
No”.. ]864, have beeu $337,419.86. 
Postmaster-General Ores well advocates tlie 
adoption in this country of the postal telegraph I 
system, aud again recommends the abolition of 
tlie franking privilege. 
The lurerxinl Revenue Bitrexin. 
Tlie reports of the Commissioner tR Internal 
Reveauestates rluit the aggregate receipts from 
all sources, exclusive ot the direct tax upon 
lands and 1 lie duly upon Die circulation and de¬ 
posits "f the National banks, were for the fiscal 
year of 1871. $144,011,176.24, The estimate nf re¬ 
ceipts Lor the current fiscal yeav, under the 
pye> , nl law, is $ 125,fiOO;(XK)- 'Total number of 
distilleries registered during the fiscal yem- was 
8,1,92. Receipts from Spirits during thuyeac were 
$40,281,848. Tnlal receipts from tohnoeo lor the 
fiSt'iiI >'ar Avero $33,578,097.18, showing a gain (if 
$ 2 , 22 . 8.1911 over tho pun ions year. Total produc¬ 
tion for the year was $105.8.2*,948 pounds. Not¬ 
withstanding Die revenues fpr tobacco is from 
mouth to month, Die Commissioner is forced to 
the conclusion that much tobacco has escaped 
taxation through the second use of stumps, 
counterfeit stamps, &c. 
The War Department. 
The Secretary ot War in his report says, Die 
tntiil expenditures for the fiscal year endi.i® 
June 30,1871, were about $40,000,000, including, 
s THK PRINCE of wales recovering. 
r London, Dee. 15, 3 P. M.- His Royal High¬ 
ness continues in a tranquil stale, and slowly 
but. steadily improves. The danger is so tar Ics- 
_ sened that a message Ims been telegraphed to 
j tiie Princess Victoria at, Herlin, countermanding 
the summons Sent to her to come to Sandring¬ 
ham. Quite n sensation Inis been produced by 
the refusal of certain extreme Ritualists to say 
prayers for t he Prim e’s recovery iu Die absence 
• cf orders from then Bislmp. 
retrenchment. 
1 Washington, Dec. 15. The Republican Scnn- 
tors are iu caucus to-day on Mr. Trumbull’s 
proposition in oonneoUou with the Committee 
cm lie trench men c* 
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Wmeh No. 111 ?, Stem Winder-bearing Trade 
Marie “ Frederic Atherton k Co., .Marion, N. J.” 
—manufactured by United States Watch Co., 
lias beeu curried by mo fifteen months; its total 
variation from mean time being only an aver¬ 
age of two-thirds ol a second per day.—li. F. 
Phelps, Conductor N. J, Cen. it. R. 
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benutfly the skin should always be very careful 
to use nothing but the very best preparations 
Geo. w. lUnin's “ Bloom of Youth" has beeu 
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every Instance given entire satisfaction. For 
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everywhere. Depot, 5 Gold street, N. Y. 
Example for Hie Ladle*.—Mx-s. Mary It. Hub¬ 
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fronts, equal to 886,122 feet of scum. At twenty 
Stitches to tho inch, tills would give 212.669,280 
stitches, an average of 798,891 per day, 88.6)2 per 
hour, ami 1,477 per minute, or sixty limeaas fast 
as hand-sewing. Sixty years in otto! Her nnt- 
clnne has run three years by steam and three by 
loot-power without repair, and is as good as 
when buuglit# 
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THE MARKETS. 
MONEY AND TEADE AFFAIRS. 
New York, Saturday, December 16 , 1871 . 
Walt. Street has been excited this week by Bank 
failuxes and a " lock up” in Greenbacks—the latter 
resorted to by some of the wealthy Hears in the 
Stock market to deprive the other party of Bulla 
from the tree use ot Bank balance.'., thus producing 
an artificial scarcity and dearness of Money. Three 
Ranks have railed—the Ocean, Union Square and 
Eighth National, connected with the late Tammany 
Ring and bolstered for a long time by the Bank Ex¬ 
aminer, Mr. Callendek, who loses his place in con¬ 
sequence of the development. These failures led 
to various rumors against other Banks,on Thursday, 
which were soon quieted, however. , 
