A msrATCH from Norfolk, Va., says General 
Sherman's indorsement of N. B. Forrest has 
done more to heal up the “ old wound " than 
nil the peace procl amakions for a hundred 
years. 
Dk. Dollinoeu, on the occasion of the fif¬ 
tieth anniversary of hla professorship, was pre¬ 
sented by the Emperor of Germany with the 
Order of the Red Engle of the second class, 
with the star. Report docs not state Its effect 
upon the doctor. 
Tint farmers' triumph In Wisconsin has in¬ 
duced The Madison Democrat to join The Chi¬ 
cago Times in calling its old friend the Demo¬ 
cratic party the “decayed rump of a putrid 
reminiscence.” 
TORRE is a woman in Iowa, who, although 
possessed of the usual organ of speech, has not 
spoken for five years. Under a state of religious 
infatuation she made an oath that she would 
never speak more, and hits so far kept her 
word. 
The Syracuse Journal thinks th:t the most 
probable candidates for t ho Republican nomi¬ 
nation for the Presidency to succeed Gen. 
Grant are Speaker Blaine, Vice-President Wil¬ 
son, Gen. Butler, and Senators Morton t:;il 
Conkltng. 
Miss Sarah savage, of Portland, wants $5,000 
from her mistress, who injected vitriol into the 
optic as Sarah was peeping through the key 
hole of the parlor door. Sarah has quit the 
peeping business, whether she gets her money 
or not . 
M. Itunr.r.T.xK. an artist, recently dined alone 
in one of the principal restaurants of Paris, at 
a table on which had been placed covers for 13 
persons. He is th® only survivor of a party of 
13 literary men and artists who arranged, 20 
years ago, that, its surviving members should 
dino once a year, and that the places of the 
dead should be conspicuously vacant. Among 
the members were Alfred do Musset, Tbeophile 
Gautier and Count dc Flehae. 
The Russian lady students who some time 
ago had the doors of the Zurich University 
closed upon Them, have at last found an asylum 
In the University at Berne. The Government 
has extended to them the permission to attend 
that institution, provided they are eighteen 
years of age, can furnish a certificate of good 
moral conduct, havo the consent of their pa¬ 
rents or guardians, and pass an acceptable 
examination. This permission has boen framed 
so as to apply to all female students, and not 
merely to the fair Russian fugitives. 
about Spain. She is one of our oldest and 
ablest allies, and behaved splendidly to us dur¬ 
ing the rebellion, refusing to open her ports to 
the confederate cruisers, and never plotting 
through her minister here, like England, 
against, our cause. The Spaniards are a proud, 
peculiar race, and we can not do any good for 
liberty In Cuba by hasty action. Their preju¬ 
dices must be respected; their interests must 
not. lie Invaded; their traditions must lie re¬ 
membered. Things are moving in the right 
way in Madrid. I knov. - this, gentlemen. There 
is a new Spain, and you will both live to see a 
solid Spanish republic there if we can only re¬ 
strain the politicians about. Cuba. That pear 
is ripening, and will fall, as soon as the days of 
the kings in Spain are ended." 
needed for the road, it shall be reported to the 
United States District Court, for the district in 
which such lands shall lie, which Court shall 
appoint three commissioners to assess dam¬ 
ages, &c. The bill further declares the road a 
public highway, and that It shall not be sub¬ 
ject to any restriction by State legislation as 
to rates of fare or freight, or charges of any 
kind except taxes to the same extent as other 
property, nor as to the speed of trains, nor the 
control and management of said road. One 
train at least shall be run daily each way be¬ 
tween Now York and Chicago. The Company 
shall charge for the carriage of through pas¬ 
sengers and freight a rate not exceeding 2'/i 
cents per mile for passengers* In 11 rat-el as* ears, 
wit h an addition not exceeding ono-half cent 
per mllo for palace or sleeping cars, and not 
exceeding 1V4 cents per mile per ton lor pro¬ 
ducts of the soil, forests, or mines, other than 
pro-ions metals, nor more than 2 amts per 
mile per ton for other through freights. Au¬ 
thority I* given to construct branches to Buf¬ 
falo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo, 
Cincinnati, 8t. Louis, and to any other place 
within fifty miles of the main line; also to ex¬ 
tend the main line from Chicago to Omaha. 
Authority 1 b also given to construct and oper¬ 
ate a lino of telegraph along the main road and 
branches, and to transmit messages for any 
person. Any material necessary for the con¬ 
struction and cfiulnment of the road and 
PUBLISHER'S SPECIAL NOTICES, 
llow to Do It.-It Is not necessary to ha ve nil 
oar “ documents ” in oracr to farm a club. On the 
contrary, any subscriber, or other renrter of the 
paper who knows Its merits, can go to work at once. 
By showing a number of tbo Rural, and talking to 
frleDds nnd neighbors, almost any one can form u 
club of from ten to fifty, without other assistance. 
We will send all requisite aids, but If not received 
you need not. wait, the.lr arrival and a little Timely 
Effort will Secure you a Valuable Premium, 
December la the Beat Mont It In whleh to form 
clubs, and hence .Y,,w i* the Very 'time forour Agents, 
and nil others disposed to secure “Good Pay for Do¬ 
ing Good”— to help the Hull At, and benefit them- 
selves—to open and posh the Campaign for 1H74. 
Many have already commenced,nnd we trust every 
Club Agent who has not “opened the ball’’will do 
so at once. Our Premiums are so liberal that every 
one forming a i lub will he W ell Rewarded. 
The Cnptaln-Ceneral of Cuba on the 
Virginias Affair. 
Dei - . Jl. Captain-Genera! Jovellar, issued 
the following address to the people of Cuba : 
The moment a treaty is signed between the 
Government of Spain and the United States 
my dul y, although painful it may he, is to com¬ 
ply faithfully with its terms. For this f have 
received final orders. Failure to comply with 
the same would produc- war, and war with a 
great Power w ithout the aid of Spain. In the 
meanwhile, obey the law of necessity and the 
orders of the Government of t he Spanish Re¬ 
public. Lot us deliver up the. Virginius and 
the survivors of her passengers and crew. I 
have faith in the nobleness of your procedures 
in compliance with my word. 
Joaquin Jovellak. 
Club A cents who cannot act for the RruAt. dur¬ 
ing the ensuing year, will confer a special favor by 
inducing some active, wide-awake and influential 
friend to do so—notifying us of the fact. Rxt r i d>»- 
umonts Premium Gists. Show Bills, Ac.,—will be 
sent to all such new Agents, and Indeed to all dis¬ 
posed to do ii Gltlle Good Work for a Large Reward. 
The Dociiments Ready.—Our Show Bill, Pre¬ 
mium List, Ac,,are pew ready, and, together with 
specimens of the piper, will be sent promptly-on 
day of receipt of request to all disposed to form 
chibs or Otherwise aid In extending the circulation 
Of the best combined RURAL, LITERARY and FAM¬ 
ILY WEEKLY. Nr inf for the document*! 
Secretary of War Belknap Married. 
NtCHOt.ARVn.Lie, Ky.. Dec. 11.—' The marriage 
of Gen. William W. Belknap, Secretary of War, 
to Mrs. Amanda T. Bower, took place at. the 
residence of Dr. William Tomlinson, the bride's 
brother, in Horrodsburg, at 8 o’clock this eve¬ 
ning. Bui few Invited guests were present* the 
company consisting only of the bride's relatives 
and a son of Gen. Belknap. The ceremony 
was performed by the Rev. J, s, Venable of 
the Episcopal Church, and the bride was given 
away by the Hon. George H. Pendleton of Ohio. 
Compound Interest for Legal - Tender 
Notes. 
Senator Sumner ha* introduced In the Sen¬ 
ate r bill for the substitution of compound 
interest, for legal-tender notes. He said he was 
for specie payment at. the earliest day, and 
would support any measure to secure that end. 
He thought our currency artificial rather than 
natural. It. could not. travel abroad. The only 
remedy is to make our currency cosmopolitan, 
that it may be aided by the currency of the 
world. He thought Wall street in its worst 
orgies and in its saloons of speculation, which 
were so many hells, was quickened in health 
by our national policy. He would make our 
currency as good as gold, and the gold of the 
world would come to our assistance. Inflation 
was death to business; contraction was the 
proper remedy. The bill he offered received 
the encouragement of prominent financiers 
and business men. It had been approved by 
thp Boston Board of Trade and leading news¬ 
papers* of the East and West. The substitution 
proposed by ids bill was in the nature of con¬ 
traction, but without t aking a dollar from the 
people; money would become more plentiful, 
and the present enormous rates of interest 
would fall to a normal condition. Interest 
would cease to ho oppressive, and money would 
flow in regular channels of business. The ag¬ 
ricultural, manufacturing, and commercial in¬ 
terests would receive new life. The ruling 
price of agricultural products is fixed by for¬ 
eign markets, and while the farmer receives 
but little more now for his products than be 
did i on years ago, he has to pay from 50 to 75 
per cent, higher for boots and shoes and other 
necessary articles. The present disordered 
currency owed its origin to Congress. The 
exigency of war has ceased now, and Congress 
should improve our financial condition. 
Better than Ever! —Our AgenGFrlcntl? can 
untidy promise that Moore’s Rural for 1874 will be 
better than ever before. See leading article on this 
page, and “don’t forget to remember" that we 
MEAN BUSINESS. 
CURRENT TOPICS, 
Mormon Converts Backsliding. 
Several parties of Mormon converts who 
emigrated from Europe last summer have, 
wit bin the last few weeks, returned disappoint¬ 
ed and disgusted. Twelve or fifteen in one 
comp ny go back In a day or two, and others 
are prepared to follow. 
Death of Prof. Louts Agassix. 
[See Portrait on Pago 400.] 
Our readers have known that this eminent 
scientist has been lit. lie died at his home in 
Cambridge, Mass., at 10.15 Sunday evening, Dec. 
14. All of our readers know who he is. We have 
no space to give tt com pend of tho great 
amount of scient ific work he has accomplished, 
although it is a matter of record, and we could 
fill columns with the details, and yet give no 
adequate idea of the influence he has exercised 
in the way of stimulating and directing scien¬ 
tific investigation. He was born at Motlers, 
Switzerland, May 28, 1807. and was. therefore, 
nearly (i* years or age. He studied in his earlier 
years in some of the best, schools in Europe 
with a vie\7 of being a physician. He had done 
scientific work which attracted the world’s at¬ 
tention before he come to ihis country in 18-ifl, 
the next year accepting the Chair of Zoology 
and Geology - at Harvard, with which inslitu- 
tiou he has since been connected. 
Prof. Agassiz was simple In dress and mode 
of living. His figure was somewhat under the 
medium hight. Ills massive head,slightly In¬ 
clined forward, rested mi a thick-set and sturdy 
frame. The natural expression of his face was 
that of cordiality and good humor. His large 
eyes of bluish-gray were ever ready to brighten 
with kindly interest when a student was seeking 
information or telling of what might, perhaps, 
be a new discovery. 
Senator Carpenter Vice-President Pro Tem. 
Vice-President Wilson having found it 
necessary to go south for his health, the Sen¬ 
ate, last Thursday elected Senator Mat. Car¬ 
penter of Wisconsin Vice-President pro torn. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS 
BRIEF NEWS PARAGRAPHS 
New Yoke, Monday, Dec. 15,1873. 
Receipts.—The receipts of the principal kinds of 
produce for the past week are «** follows: 
Dried Fruits, pkss. Av; Cotton, bales. ..... 33,100 
Kgfts, bbls. 0,208 Hop*, boles... 965 
Flour, bbls. 74,000 Peanut.-, ta g*. 438 
Wheat, bash . 459,5’C.Cut meat*, pkgs... 20,095 
Corn, bUHk . 147,599 Pork, bbi -. M.m 
Oats, bash.. 1,6.5m Beet, pkt-...,.. l.liO 
Rve. bush. 6,7*0 L«r*l, pk.us. 13,5 0 
Bailey, bush. 9,850 Rutter, pkgr. “7 100 
Mall, bush. 4,700 Cheese, i.tag -. 43,100 
Beans, bush. 7.350 Wool, bale:*. 517 
Com meal, bbls.... 3,900 Grass seed, bush... 148 
Corn meal, bags... 2,770 Dressed Hogs. No.. — 
lleans nnd Pen*. Exports of beans, past week, 
670 bbls.; of peas, ffSt hush. Receipt.'are extremely 
liberal, out tne market is well supported by a steady 
trade for medium*, with extra parcels or that grade 
a trifle better than ut ”ur last. There is also a good 
demand for morrows, but$2.70 is extreme, ivu beans 
are not in Iipm y stock, and pih Iran 
Kidney beans, both white and red. haven more regu¬ 
lar call than usual, and they are readily placed at 
nur quotations. Canadian peas show m. oppressive 
supply, and quotation:- am steady. Green pens nave 
no large outlet and must be choice to bring onr ex¬ 
treme, even for small business. Southern B. E. peas 
unchanged. 
The quotation* arc : For now mediums. f2.15fj2.C0 
forprime.aod fl.90®2.00for otherareflos: prlraenuu-- 
rowfats. iJ.i'Xh/,2.75: othei grades, 82.40,'.’3.')}: prime »ea 
toeuns, $2.40fi/J.5O: do. fair lota down to 82.15ce2.30; 
kidney, red.I-L.X k3i 3.75; kldnay white.f2.50St2.9O. Peas, 
new Canadian. In bbls.. $1.3 D: do., in bulk. il.(K 
Green, now, $1.506i/1.80; Old, $1.40&l,jjL Southern B. 
Troubles In Texas. 
A Galveston dispatch dated Dec. 10 says: 
The Indians attacked three men 75 mile.* from 
San Antonio and mortally wounded one of 
them. George Bell. A boy was alio shot in the 
leg, and a Mexican had his arms pinned to his 
side with an arrow. The Indians drove off 75 
horses. The Indians, in ilie recent raid on tho 
Nueces River, killed 24 persons, mostly sheep 
herders. A son of Mr. Gray of Santiago Itanche 
was also killed. “ Buck ” Graves, in command 
of a party of citizens from Corpus Christ!, is In 
pursuit of them. Thirty Indians attacked 
Relll’s Ranehe and captured 38 horses. No 
person wa* killed. The Indians presupposed 
to be Co munches. They came upon two Mexi¬ 
cans. one of whom jumped into a well to save 
himself, and they caught the other, stripped 
him, and threw him into the same well. At 
another ranclie, where 13 herders were drying 
sheep, the Indians Killed seven men and hung 
them to trees. The fate of the other six is not 
known. _ 
Transportation In Congress. 
Senator Logan has introduced a bill to pro¬ 
vide for cheap and permanent transportation 
for persons and freight between New York and 
Chicago. He said as there would probably be 
some question as to the power of Congress to 
enact this law, he would ask that the bill be 
referred to tho Judiciary Committee, and it 
was so ordered. The bill mimes Messrs. James 
Wilson, Lewis E. Parsons, Joseph II. Chad¬ 
wick, G. Dawson Coleman, Benjamin F. Allen, 
Abner Taylor, James Aiken, Leonard Swett, 
Marshal Bazalne Condemned to Death. 
Last week we referred to the life of Marshal 
Bazatne. Since our last issue he has been con¬ 
demned to death, and to lie degraded from his 
rank as Marshal before execution. But the 
Court united in a plea for mercy to President 
MacMahon, who has commuted his sentence to 
twenty years seclusion and to degradation from 
rank without the formalities which usually at¬ 
tend such degradation. The Berlin press regard 
the verdict of the Court as the result of politi¬ 
cal intrigues, and censures the conduct of tho 
Duke d’Aumale. Bazaine asserts his inno¬ 
cence, and intimates the same cause which the 
Berlin press gives. He refused to make any 
pica for mercy, and trusts to time to vindicate 
his honor and name. 
Secretary Stanton on Spain. 
Peculiarly significant do the following 
words appear at this juncture:—In Mr. For¬ 
ney’s “Anecdotes of Public Men,” we find the 
following words, spoken by Secretary Stanton, 
not long before his death, to Mr. Forney and 
Gen. Sickles;—“We must make no mistake 
