dittos of flit acted;. 
FROM WASHINGTON. 
CongrcMNlonal. 
The House considered the Bill to Revive the 
Navigation and Commercial Interests of the 
United States, to which various amendments 
were offered and debated, after which the House- 
refused to order the hjll to he engrossed and 
read a i bird time—a virtual rejection of the bill. 
The hill to reduce taxation by amendments of 
1,10 internal revenue laws was further consid¬ 
ered and amended. Messrs. Logan, Sohenekand 
Slocum were appointed a committee to visit 
West. Point. Objection was made against taking 
up the bill allowing Marshals to appoint women 
as census takers, and it was nut over. Pet itions 
were presented from Cincinnati and Now Vork 
against any increase of duties on smoking to¬ 
bacco or snuff. The repeal or modification of 
the income tux wits debated at great length 
many amendments proposed. Increasing the 
amount of exemption and reducing the ratio of 
percentage, w also a final repeal of the entire 
tax. without coming to any definite result. 
The noticeable features of the doings in the 
Senate are the Introduction of ft hill to oncour- 
ago shipbuilding; the passage of a joint rosolu- 
l">n for extending the time for Constructing a 
railroad from the Si. Grotx River at the wnot I 
sadaga, Alleghany Co., gave birth to a calf late¬ 
ly, which weighed ll!l pounds. 
The corner stone of u monument to Raron 
Steuben was laid In the town of Steuben, Oneida 
Co., on the 1st In.st. Right to ten thousand per¬ 
sons from the surrounding country were pres¬ 
ent. Hon. Horatio Seymour presided and deliv¬ 
ered the memorial address. Addresses wore also 
made by S. Knaptr, Gen. Sigcl, and others. 
The Stable Of Wm. Garrison, corner of 17th St. 
and Broadway, N. V. CSty, was burned on the 
31st ult., with a large number of carriages. Loss 
#35,000; partially insured. A fireman was badly 
burned. 
The hardware store of Burtoo & Martin, In 
Greene, was entered by burglars, the safe blown 
open, and #20,000 stolen. A large number of 
goods was also taken. Powder was used to open 
the safe. No clue to the perpetrators. 
Robert MilJiken, recently city editor of the 
Troy Whig, was killed on the 1st Inst., by falling 
through a railroad bridge in the southern pari 
of that city. 
The new Court of Appeals of Now York will 
be composed as follows;—Chief .Judge, Sanford 
E. Church of Orleans; Associate Judges—Wm. 
F. Allen of Oswego, Martin Grover of Allegany, 
. nr si > « ^ . .. 
Rufus W. Peckham of Albany, Chus. A. Itapallo 
of New York, Charles Andrews of Onondaga, 
and Charles J. Folgor of Ontario. It will tie seen 
that the distribution, as to locality, la very good. 
These Judges hold office for fourteen years, un¬ 
less they sooner reach the age of seventy, and 
have each an annuul salary of #7,000, except the 
cod of Lake Superior to Ray field' C «° r Jud ? 6 ’ who «***"« «.*«, 
traduction of a bill incorporating the Pacific I’noevwho was one of tho most proml- 
Hub-raarlne Company, and to facilitate o le. J 1 n ' burners In tho town of Livonia, was found 
graphic communication betwocn America and 1,11 !'V roadway a mile or more from the 
Asia, an adverse report upon other billsof a si in I- ' ! ' K "' ' v,Ul frl * ,,tl 'd wound* in his head. Ho 
lar character, as also upon bills ratifying treat- rf '™ 0VCf ) t0 n house In the vicinity, and died 
ios with the Creek Nation, t he Stockhridgc and m" 1 u,t ' rt 38 supposed that a horse which 
the Miami Indians. The deficiency Mils were 1 rl °® wa f 11 riv, Ipk took fright and runaway, 
debated, an Item of #1,500,000 for collection of n> , " a ' n 11111 waa fom " 3 a short distance from 
revenue, meeting with much opposition sena w im ‘ Mr ' l3 *e carriage to which he 
ol the Treasury from tho charge of spending ,,, 5 /<J , r ' tl 11 Kl,llrr,ad ,iaK reduced its rates on 
money unnecessarily. The amendments of the Ct *| tJ ° ,,rd ween Albany und Buffalo. The former 
Cotnmittoe on Appropriations wore agreed to 17 C ,° Wa - •• |IK) ; 31 18 now #wj, The Boston and 
and the bill passed; the bill for the relief of 1 „" ,SOn r 2 ,us ,m vc also P ul down their rates. 
Uollio White, returned by the President with l )r, «° fl ‘ om Buffalo to Brighton Is now $100. 
his objections, was debated, and'passed over the " ! , ls 3 , m ‘""‘ r3 >' * I3r, i and to New York #90 in- 
Pn-sident’s objections. A johit resolution s *? ° f ThtowilJ good news to the 
pending the mile of certain lands, was consider- dr0VGrs ’ and ,uay PO^ibly result in benefit to 
ed, and an amendment giving actual settlers on co , 1 , 1RllmcrH- 
those lands homestead and pro-omnium rights. , 1,10 I1 o "T <3 of Kll l ),, i-visors of Suffolk county 
w-as rejected. President Grant sent a secret , v °. ted U ' buiId “ _«ounty poor-house, and 
message to the Senate proposing amendmerii* to " ' ' < on t3ie ’ooation at their next meeting, 
the San Domingo treaty, and extending the vc prisoners escaped from the Chemung 
time for the exchange of ratifications to July 1 !' ot "! ,y Jlli3 at Elmirtt >°» <hc28th ult., by knoolt- 
The treaty with the Sandwich Islands was do- down the turnkey and getting possession of 
feate .1 in executive session. Bills were reported th « k,,y »- 
©xUmcling tho time In which punslon uo<3 bounty ™ rn<3ums of the Cattaraugus ltoservatjon 
frauds may be prosecuted; to annul a statute of ?. r,s about Uj R r<J8ent « petition to the Excise 
Now Mexico; unnulling certain acts of Idaho , ™ ° r 1,10 towu ° r Perry rim rg, petiUonlng 
I urritory* The following bills wore reported r, °^ to grant any licoosofi in that town for 
from the Judiciary Committee adversely, mul " ,c “ leof "itoxleating drinks. This is there- 
postponed indefinitely:—Providing for tho sol 81,11 ot tllG Su " 8 of Temperance. Tho following 
Hem on t ol tuiilan claims by n commission • do. ,owns ,n Cattaraugus county have refused to 
daring void any action of u State Legislature as iwani. licensesYorkshire, Prank!inville, Rim- 
to Const Rational amendments after the Heerc- dolph ’ Omiowango, East Otto, Ashford, Napoli, 
i.iry of State has received evidence of their rati- , eftt v «Hoy,and Mansfield, 
fication by three-fourth* of tho States; to en- „,T lu ' E,ovato(1 R«(lwuy, from the Battery to 
aide the Secretary of the Treasury to eolloet Thlrtletti street, buving been thoroughly teste,I 
abandoned property and derelict dues belong j* 8 entire length, and proving sat isfactory, will, 
lug to the United states. Tho bill to abolish t lie 3t la auuounced , now bo opened to the public. 
Franking Privilege went over, and after amend- --♦♦♦-- 
raent the United States District, Court Bill was FROM THE SOUTH 
passed. ^ 
miscellaneous. The Georgia Citizen of the 2<ith ult. savs that 
Red Cloud mid tho other chiefs of I lie hostile froia aI1 over the State, and indeed from all see- 
IndiauN from the plains arrived in Washington tIonfl " r the South, come reports of an unusual 
June 1st, and were officially received by Gen. JO. ‘bought, resulting very disastrously to cotton, 
S. Parker, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Spot- C01 '"' and vegetables. Wheat is generally flour- 
led Tail stated his grievances to Gen. Parker in l83, ing, with promise of an unprecedented yield, 
round terms. He said that our Government Papers from Alabama contain similar accounts, 
does riot fulfill its promises, and that supplies Now Potatoes are selling at Memphis, Tenn., 
promised and money owed was not forthcoming at ,<m '’"bars a barrel; sweel potatoes at two 
ai stated times, and that white men wherever dollar* and a-half a bushel, and Peach Blows at 
i hey could find many buffaloes or gold como to ont> doI| ai- and a-lialf a barrel, 
tin* Indians’land and take the Indians'ponies, OarUflcates of election have been given to H. 
etc, Gen. Parker made a long explanation in K> Ell >’ si >n. as Mayor of Uielnnond, V r a., and to 
reference t,o the difficulties the Indian Bureau the rcst of tbose elected on the Conservative 
had to contend with in obtaining its moneys cdty Uckot. The Ift'pUblloans will contest the 
through 0(1 tigress, and the difficulties a great e,octian before the courts. The Conservative 
Government had in conducting its affairs. He caudldH, ° 8 decline lo accept the offices if it does 
assured Spotted Tali that all tho promises made nof a Pi , otU', on legal investigation, that their 
in ih.. treaties would he observed, that they "lection depend* upon the throwing out ol tho 
should receive their provisions, &c. Ho also vo,e 'T tho precinct from which the ballot-box 
said they must not fight among themselves, one was stolen. They invite their opponents to eon- 
hand with another, nor must they fight against test : "'oeleolion before the courts, and declare 
ilie people of the United states, nor steal their ,,lolr belter that such eviderme of fraud and 
cattle or horses. Spotted Tail said he was glad " regularity exists as will give the Conservative 
that the Great Father was going to treat them ticket 'be legal returns. 
t. Imi took good care not. to say that hi; Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, nephew of the 
would discontinue fighting or horse stealing. drst Napoleon, and son of Jerome Bonaparte 
Alter a suitable rest they are to have a long talk 1111,3 a r «>‘iuer Miss Patterson, died May 29ih, ai 
with the Great Fat lier, the President. The chief* Baltimore, of cancer in the throat, from which 
me accompanied with interpreters, and some of Llt ‘ had sutfered for about eight months. 1 le was 
them with their wivos. in Ins sixty-fourth year. His mother is still liv- 
rhe President has recognized GusInveArn- illa> ur,d i although nearly ninety years old, is 
smek as vice-consul of Portugal at New York ; very iU -' tU0 ' with her mind perfectly clear. 
M. R. Keene, us consul of the Argentine Rcpub- -♦♦♦-- 
Coiisul^fThe^^^lhmRt^^lic^^iigoi^Me? FR0M WEST. 
tImScmteTSTn!of T ”f NG, ' thwGatern . Woinan Suffrage Assoein- 
Jntenial Revenue for the First Distriei of Vi.- m ! f 6 ? 1 1,1 S0 “ l0 " at Cbteago. Speeches 
ginia; J. Jules Bossier to ho Receiver of Public o' , mn ' ». ,y G,lea n * Stom»in* of Detroit. Miss 
Moneys at Natchitoches, La eboeea Mott of Chicago, Miss Anthony, Miss 
ILiol.- Iioiii At laa .. T.. i „t 
about #25.0(10, mostly covered by insurance. A 
daughter of Patrick Myrick, aged seventeen, 
kindling firowith kerosene, waa so badly burned 
that she ran not recover. 
Tho vote throughout Minnesota, on the propo¬ 
sition to pledge the State lands for the payment, 
of railroad bond*, was very light. About forty 
towns heard from give for it 5,000 votes against 
2,000. The proposition is undoubtedly passed by 
a large majority. 
Tho Democrats of Ohio made the following 
nominations for StateOfliccrsatColumbus, Juno 
1 st:—For Secretary of State-Wm. Heislcy; Su¬ 
preme Judge It A. Harrison; Comptroller of 
the Treasury—John II. Heaton ; Member of the 
Board of Public Works-Wm. Spencer. 
The State Temperance Convention made a 
separate nomination tho same day. as follows: 
For Secretary of State-Jay Odell; for Supreme 
Judge-Gideon T. Stewart; for Comptroller— 
Thomas Kdmundsou. 
An oil train on the Atlantic and Great. West¬ 
ern Railway took tiro recently, while approach¬ 
ing Cleveland. The flames wore communicated 
to the railroad bridges over the Cuyahoga River 
and Ohio Canal, and destroyed them. A frame 
building occupied by the Kriiehes Crane Manu¬ 
facturing Company as a machine shop was 
damaged # 20 , 000 ; probably covered by insurance. 
The Indians made a mid on the stage route 
from Bryan, W. T., to Soulh Pass op the 29 !h 
Pit*, and mu off ten head of homes at Rig Sandy 
Station, and wounded one muu named John 
Comes, All the stock between there ami South 
Pass is supposed to he gone. The count ry is full 
of Indians, known to be Arrapabnus and Sioux. 
Government is to indemnify owner* by paying 
taOpei- huud. Slaves who have fought in the 
Spanish service, and all over sixty five years of 
age, are to bo immediately set free. The pro¬ 
posed law is favorably received in the Cortes. 
Advices from the west coast of Africa report 
that a party of missionaries, consisting of Mr. 
and Mrs. Itamseyea aud Mr. Knohe and attend¬ 
ants, have been captured by the Asiamtecs and 
taken into the interior. 
Tim assassin of Prince d’Arenburg has been 
sentenced to fifteen years in themlm-sand exiled 
to Siberia for the remainder of his life. 
hi the House of Commons the Benefice bill, 
preventing the sole of presentations to a church 
living, has been passed. The House negatived 
throughout the country and a very good supply 
ot amis and munition there appears to have 
Ix-eu an entire a Vise nee of anything like a general 
I'Imh or concert of action and no provision made 
1 0 fcerl or garrison an army. The whole has re¬ 
sulted in the death of less than a dozen men, 
the wounding of others and placing the leaders 
assuming command under arrest by the United 
States authorities. 
Twelve prisoners in Jail at Wheeling, W. V'a 
succeeded on the 31st, ult.. In locking the (amily 
of the Jailor in a cell while food was being eon- 
\ cjed to them and all escaped. Four have been 
captured. One prisoner indicted for murder 
refusing to Join them gave the alarm. 
n motion for an Inquirv into doSaS ^ from ,h( ' "“ 6tG111 ^ " 3 Mexico re- 
Tho President of Liberia appointed Walter Die n!o^ pr< ? 3rn?S6 ol ,lK ‘ VcKR rebellion against 
Good collector and post-mastm- at Palmas.' „„,i '• , ' ,ir " G » 1 - ?ega now has a fleet 
FROM NEW ENGLAND. 
- UMitV >T , IU ITII- mi . .. . * -- -- *VM j %j\f 
‘ Treasury to collect thirtieth street, buving been thoroughly tested 
ierelict dues belong- !; 8 . 0nt ‘ r0 1, ‘" gth ' and proving satisfactory, will, 
Tho bill to abolish the la auuouilcod ’ n(nv be opened to the public. 
ver, and nfier a mend- ---— 
istrict; Court Bill was FROM THE SOUTH. 
r - 
® ou *» The Georgia Citizen of the 2(ith ult. says that 
r Chiefs of l lie hostile f ro,n a " over the State, and indeed from all see- 
rived in Washington til,na " r the South, come reports of an unusual 
f received by Gen. F„ d, ouglir, resulting very disastrously to cotton, 
Indian Affairs. Spot- co ™»*" ld vegetables. Wheat, is generally flour- 
08 to Gen. Parker in '*Jiing, with promise of an unprecedented yield, 
ut. our Government I apers from Alabama contain similar accounts, 
os, and thill supplies New potatoes are selling at Memphis, Tenn., 
was not forthcoming at ten dtd, ars a barrel; sweel tiotatoes at two 
vbite men wherever dollars and a-fialf a bushel, and Peach Blows at j 
Iocs or gold come to ono do33fu ’ and a-half a barrel, 
the Indians' ponies, Certificates of election have been given to H. 
long explanation in K. Lllyson, as Mayor of Richmond, V t h., and to 
i llie Indian Bureau ,3,e les ' those elected on the Conservative 
btalning its moneys c3ty ri ol«et. The trt’publlcims will contest the 
difficulties a great elocti,> “ bof 0 rc the courts. The Conservative 
ting its affairs. He candidates decline to accept, tha offices if it does 
I the promises made not a l'l ,oa, '< legal investigation, that their 
Jbserved, that t hey "lection depend* upon the throwing out of the 
iaions, &c. Ho also V0<1 ‘ ,,r 13,0 precinct from which the ballot-box 
ong themselves, one '"'HR stolen. They invite their opponents to eon- 
■t they fight against 11 1 ho election before t he courts, and declare 
atos. mu* steal their ! 3lcir 3jo3l ' ;r 'bat such evidence of fraud and 
ail said he was glad irregularity exists a* will give the Conservative 
:oing to treat them tiekeL the. legal returns, 
not. to say that lie . • l ' , rome Napoleon Bonaparte, nephew of the 
or horse stealing. 33rst Napoleon, and son of Jerome Bonaparte 
i! to have a long talk 1111,3 a ,ornu ' 1 ' Miss Patterson, died May 29th, at 
resident. The chief* Baltimore, of cancer in the throat, from which 
ireters, and some of be 3l " d Buffered for about eight mon'.Ji*. j !,• was 
in Ids sixty-fourth year. His mother is still liv- 
nized GnsUivoArn- iu * i ' 1,n ' 3 ’ although nearly nluety years old, is 
ugal at New York; ' eiy acDvo, with her mind perfectly clear. 
a Argentine Rcpub- -- 
from the west. 
, Tr,E General Assembly of Rhode Island met 
, 0,1 t,le ; B8t ult„ and organized by the election of 
i Republican officers. The votes lor general pf- 
. ,icers were counted, and tho elect ion proclaimed 
ffom the State House balcony. Hon. Henry B. 
Anthony was nominated for re-election to the 
, United States Senate, receiving on the first bal¬ 
lot 64 votes In JO for all others. After complet¬ 
ing the election of civil officers, the Assembly 
adjourned until the 13th of June. * 
The Central cotton mills in East Providence, 
R. I., owned by Win. Boyd, and opera ted by Gen. 
Olney Arnold, were burned on the 30th uft, Total 
insurance, #30,900. which will cover i lm loss. 
The cont ract*between the Maine Central Rail¬ 
road mid Port laud and Kennebec Railroad have 
been ratified by the Maine Central Railroad. 
The directors voted to take immediate steps to 
extend the road Into Portland from Danville. 
The Sherman Steel Works, Buck sport. Me,, 
have been in operation for nearly a month, ex¬ 
perimenting upon .Sherman's new method of 
making steel, with great success. As the public 
are not admitted, wo arc at present unable to 
give full details. The works are fitted up in a 
very complete manner, at great cost, and there 
is every prospect that the investment will prove 
a paying one. 
Finis have been raging in the woods in Aroos¬ 
took county, Me., in several place*. The village 
at Fort. Fairfield narrowly escaped destruetiou 
from tho lire which swept down upon il like an 
avalanche. Every man, woman and child were 
obliged to fight the devouring flames to keep 
them at. bay, aflrt fortunately succeeded in pre¬ 
venting {the destruction of building* by the ut¬ 
most exertions. Fires also raged about tho v il¬ 
lage of Caribou. 
'Tlie Legislature of New Hampshire convened 
J une 1st. Only Seven Senators six Republicans 
ami one Democrat had boon elected by l he 
people. They organized by choosing Nathaniel 
Gordon President, The House re-elected Samuel 
M. Wheeler, Republican, Speaker. The Labor 
Reformers east fifteen votes, all against Mr, 
Wheeler. Tho minor officers of last year were 
i e-clocted in both Houses. The House filled the 
live vacant Sonatorships with Uve republicans. 
The venerable Ira Pcrley, retired Chief Justice, 
is a member of the Lower House. 
A route has boon surveyed and located for the 
proposed dummy railroad from Worcester, 
Mass., to Shrewsbury, which has lately been 
chartered. The town of Shrewsbury is author¬ 
ized to Invest two and a-half per cent, of it* < 
valuation in the road, and it i* said that, a mn- - 
jority of the voters are in favor of it. A commit- , 
tee estimates that, the engine can lie run for 
e ««wu collector and post-master at Palmas, and 
tin- people there, to whom the appointment was 
distasteful, threaten Recession if he is confirmed 
.- Tho new telegraph cable from Falmouth to 
- Malta has been successfully laid to Lisbon. 
1 I lie wealthiest sect ion of Constantinople has 
r been laid waste by a fire which destroyed over 
l> fifty building*. The fire was not arrested unt il 
- the troops were turned out and buildings be- 
s yond the fire, hut in the direction in which it. 
was spreading, were blowrrup. 
5 Dispatches from Athens state that the investi- 
i gat Ion into the late massacre by Greek brigand* 
' "ic English travelers is progressing. The 
i Court of Inquiry Is in ^i-ssion everyday. Ex- 
i Prime Minister Santzos has been summoned be¬ 
fore tho Court and subjected toa rigid examina¬ 
tion as t<t his own course and the action of the 
Government before amt after the tragedy. The 
last surviving mem her of the hand of brigands 
who perpetrated the slaughter has been cap¬ 
tured. 
From Constantinople comes news of a fright¬ 
ful butchery of Jews by Greek Christiana in 
Bonmelia, a province of the Turkish Empire in 
the south of Europe, The spirit of religious 
bigotry ami runctieisin hoe borne it* dire fruit. 
On the 29th ult,. the Christian populace by a 
preconcerted plan invaded the houses of all the 
Jews and those unable to escape were massacred 
in cold blood. Tho fleeing Israelites were pur¬ 
sued through the town by an armed mob and 
murdered wherever caught. Men, women, and 
children were ruthlessly slain. The fury ol the 
populace only exhausted itself for want of 
victims. 
The reigning Prince Is absent from the pro¬ 
vince. anil advantage was lakeu of this to com¬ 
plete the total extermination of all Jews from 
Die province. Prince Charles is hurrying home, 
and energetic measures will at once bo taken by 
the Sultan to suppress this religion* emmte. 
Meanwhile the fury of the mob continues nn- 
ftbfifed. 
The agents of Mazzini are very active in the 
neighborhood of Genoa. There is reason to be¬ 
lieve that a seditious movement of considerable , 
extent is on loot, and the government is taking , 
all needful precautions. 
The G 'Oxcttc (fr« Trlhuiiaux says officially that < 
only twelve among the prisoner* arrested for , 
complicity in the regicide plot will bo brought J 
before the High Court, Tho others will he <lis- , 
charged. 
It. is reported that the Prince Imperial will 
soon be affianced. 
A marriage is arranged between tho Archduke 1 
Albert of Austria, and the daughter of the ex- ) 
King of Hanover. g 
The 3d of next, August, the hundredth anni¬ 
versary of the birth of King Frederick William t 
of Prussia, will be celebrated with much pomp, e 
His Majesty the present King has ordered the li 
great monumonl to Frederic William 111. at a 
Berlin to be uncovered on that day. 
of vessels equipped, and when the rainy season 
set* in ho will begin operations. The cotton 
crop is a total failure. 
Cuban matters exhibit little change, and re¬ 
ports are conflicting. A son of President Ces- 
pedcs has been captured, as lms the band who 
killed the seven wood cm tors near Puerto Prin¬ 
cipe. Of these captives Do Kudus ordered the 
execution of seven in retaliation for the death 
of the wood cutters. General Cavada has or¬ 
dered tltc destruction of plantations in (he 
Camaguey district, and large numbers have been 
burned. It Is positively assorted that President 
Cespedos is trying to escape to t ho United Stales, 
hut is prevented by his partisans. Insurrec¬ 
tionists are reported as asking for pardon in 
great numbers. The troops had a skirmish re¬ 
cently with a band of rebels near Managua 
The insurgents have killed five volunteers and 
one Spanish soldier m Monte Alto, near Paltnil- 
las. Planters mid others are holding private 
meetings in Havana, ut which they discuss the 
proposed abolition of slavery. The last steamer 
winch sailed for Cadiz took out a number of 
memorials and other documents on the subject 
to be laid before the Cabinet and the Cortes. 
I he Cubans recently captured and burned a 
. panmh schooner. The captain, crew and pas¬ 
sengers were killed. The rainy season has set in 
in Culm nml tin? yollou' fevor appeared, j^roatiy 
U> Die const ernatlon of tho Spaniards. 
There dwells in the vicinity nf East Saginaw, 
Mich., tile oldest Indian chief living, probably, 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Tite Miner’s Journal reports the quantity of 
ooal shipped for the week ending May 28th, as 
33,587 tons, against 1,001 tons for Urn correspond¬ 
ing week last year. Also, that the excess of coal 
in market July 3,1S70. over that ol same date 
lor 1869, will lie 1 , 102 , 761 , even if the Schuylkill 
D.'l t*l i if tlm lilh.i .-I. :. _i At. . ■ • • . a. * 
and the highest in rank, named Nay-ko-cho-gu! 
or Rock in the water. He owns a section of land 
at llie head of Sheboygan Creek, in Saginaw 
county, and several sections ,d Indian reserve 
lands between the river* An Gres and futile, 
which embrace good pine binds. IDs biography 
Is closely connected with the history of the Hng- 
inuw Valley, and lie Is the connecting link be¬ 
tween the savage past- and the civilized present, 
lor lie was the friend mid comrade of General 
< uss t who mude the ccJolmi(.«*d treaty between 
his race mid the l.iiitcd Stales Government, arid 
who presented him with a splendid river-mount¬ 
ed rifle, which he highly prizes and carries to 
this day, the old chief being still a keen .sports¬ 
man. IBs decorations, which ho won in the 
service of his country on various battlefields, 
particularly in the Tecumseh wars, hi* erect 
figure, straight as an arrow, his venerable np- 
pcarauoe, a,ld his high rank, all attest to the 
bravery of the man. But he is more than brave 
—his life box been an example to his people. His 
character for honesty and sobriety has stamped 
him as no common man. He ha* never lasted 
liquor in hi* life, and all bb relatives have 
shunned it by his influence and advice. 
A Scandinavian preacher in Illinois occupies 
three hours in the delivery of a sernmu. ih> 
eently his congregation passed a resolution that 
lie should close his sermons at one o'clock, but 
at his urgent, solicitation it was extended to i wo. 
1 hei e i- short ly to arrive in Paris a dwarf, aged 
about fifty-five years, having a beard reaching 
to his feet, hut With only one arm, and a com¬ 
pletely bald head. Ho possesses 2,000,000 francs, 
which he is willing to share with any young girl 
about twenty yeans old, who to pretty and good 
tempered. 
All the preliminaries lor the International 
rowing match at Lachlne, Canada, have been 
arranged. The race is to come off on the 15th of 
part of the Shamokln and the Lehigh Navigation 8e ' J ' ,!, uber. 
Gom party’s collieries remains idle for the ensuing 11 a O u uduct is to be built for the purpose of 
weeks. Strikes are expected in some of the s,, l‘P , >' i »K Vienna with water from the Styriun 
mince, while in other* work was continued by 3 ’ 8 ' 
Tm: Syracuse standard is responsible for the 
following.- “The snow drift* lay on tfi, lulls i„ 
> piifford. I'or fi tty-1 wo year* the snow lias lain 
in Sight until J une. Three years ago, on th,* <?th 
of June, the drift was about a lutlf-mlje lorn-- 
and .me year ago t wo men were there and found’ 
snow on the 4th of July, h, a hollow where the 
wind had blown Hie leaves over it.” 
B- S. Johnson's card office, H. D. Best’s dwel¬ 
ling, Mr. Hopper’s dwelling, aud two or three 
stables were destroyed by tire, at Hudson, Mav 
29th. Involving a lossnf about #19,000; fully 0 <>v 
cred by insurance. The lire is attributed to in- 
cendfarisin. 
A large plate of glass in tho front, of the pori- 
ofiice at Rochester, was broken on the night of 
the 39th ult., with a stone, by 6ome person, who 
stole all I he letters, several hundred in number 
awaiting delivery by the carriers. Many of the 
letter* Were for business men. bankers, &c. No 
clue has been obtained to the thief. Sorneof t he 
letter* have since been recovered unopened- 
The Van Rensselaer estate, known as the Gov 
cniit un farm, situated on theHudson, has passed 
into the possession of Cyrus YV. Field, the mice 
being- #120,000. 
A cow belonging to Mr. Dow C. Smith of Cas- 
mtghLss, to bo Assessor of , • T ”f N ° rthwestern Woman Suffrage Associa- I a >»'n’oidor(*d dress, affording a striking contrast 
the First Distn. i vi, 10,1 ias boen ,n 8088,0,1 at Chicago. Speeches ' v3,b u * y,3lor “warthy and untidy occupants, 
to bo Receiver of Pubm' „ e ,‘ e ,,lud ® ,iy 01 le * a st<?l)bi "» of Detroit. Miss a "' 1 miBin F < he quest ion as to tin legitimacy ol 
s I .. Rebecca Mutt, ot Chicago. Miss Anthony, Miss itsoonocctfou with audit aeompuity. 
I ' '_ Peckham, Miss Ballou, Judge Wait, aud others, Trof, W. II. Clark, President of ti l0 Massachu- 
A constitution for the governmeht of the Abso- Agricultural College, will deliver the ad- 
NEW YORK STATE. Ciatum was adopted, and M. Adolo Hnxlettuol dl ’ e8sw ' the next annual fair of the liousalonio 
- Michigan elected President* The following reso- Agricultural Society, at Great Barrington, Mass. 
vd is responsible for the 3ut,nu Was adopted; in September next. 
drifts Jay ott the lulls in Rrmlvetl, That we are in favor of an amend- . 1 h esevere frost, recently, damaged the cran- 
> year* the snow Inn lain !. ncnt t P. tlle »-‘»nriitnt.ion ol the United States ^' r r ‘ y ul GapoOod, Mass., to the amount of 
, , , lGCogmziiig and declaring the right of women #lt>0,000. 
100 5 cars «ff°» tlm 6th to exercise the electivo lratiehise ou Uii-u telmi -♦♦♦__ 
tbout a half-mile long; with tUl other citizens. aaciU8eoii ^ualterms 
MnThoffi^ 1 ",' d roU ? d A tGreiMo ,a,| t and hail storm ha* occurred in a FOREIGN NEWS. 
Gina hollow where the portion of Alamakee Co., Iowa. Building* were v™„, . 
* ovar *'• blown down, trees uprooted and cattle and ima-a t; i U, , Nn m . ore 3,118 ,,wn heal’d from the Kng- 
•ffice. U. D. Best’s dwcl- killed. There were rumors or the lr».*« of several lisl ‘ ?“ ,Jt r L 1 f os 3n 3,10 Bands of the Spanish hri- 
'XX‘2 1:™,“ “2“ ". v “:. “w wiii b„ obUfui w d„ n.o'i,. SS'“r"? 
| eight dollars a flay, including fuel and help. 
The City Council of Lowell, Mass., voted, on 
Tuesday evening lust, to appropriate the sum of 
#4,000 for tho celebration of the Fourth of July 
next. This j* the largest, stun ever appropriated 
for the celebration by that city. 
The descendants of Roger Clapp mid all ot hers 
bearing the name or descended from l lie family, 
will have a grand ro-unlcm at. Northampton, 
Mass.,on the 24th ol' August next. A festival 
will lake place on the Agricultural Fair Grounds. 
Rev. A. Huntington Clapp ol' Now York will de¬ 
liver the address. Tim occasion promise* to bo 
one of groat interest. 
A band of gypsies passed through the town of 
North Bridgewater, Mass., n low days bluet!, and 
among them was a rair-lmlred child in u rich 
embroidered dress, aff ording a striking contrast 
with it* other swarthy and untidy occupants. 
And raising the question as to tin. legitimacy of 
it* connection with such a company, 
Trot. W. II. Clark, President of tin.- Massachu¬ 
setts Agricultural College, will deliver the ad¬ 
dress at the next annual fair of the Uouaatonic 
Agricultural Society, at Great Barrington, .Mass., 
in September next. 
Tlie severe frost, recently, damaged the cran¬ 
berry crop ol Cape Cod, Mass., to the amount of 
$150,000. 
agn mnent, at lower rates. No change la price 
will be made for June. 
A destructive fire which begun lit tho woods, 
is lay.in.ir on tin* Ntfruen.iy River, (Juuuda.* cover- 
ing tui area of live miles wide by thirty miles 
long. Five hundred families, numbering 4,500 
persons, are reduced to destitution, while six 
grown persons and two children were burned to 
death. Tho wharf at Ha-Ha Bay and several 
churches were destroyed. 
Count von Bismarck has made proposals to 
Dm great powers that t hey take Joint act ion for 
Die suppression ot piracy in the Chinese waters 
Tim Governments of Great Britain and the 
United States signified their acceptance of Die 
proposition. 
r TB® s,li l> Marianne was seen in distress May 
du, on the Indian Ocean. Twenty-one of her 
crew had died of starvation, and tho remainder 
were in a dying condition. 
J lie revenue cutter Chase, which has been out 
<>t commission for some time, has been ordered 
r,,r ' Ladie*. j have in my family a 
\\ 1 1 color & Wilson sewing machine, that lias 
been in ulmoHt daily use for tho past ton (10) 
years, mid not a thing has ever been done in tho 
way ol repairing; not a screw loose, or any part 
of it. out of order in all thut time. It, has been 
nsod in making coats, vests an.l pants, of the 
thickest woolen goods, besides doing all kinds 
o) family sowing-, aud is now, this day, the best 
machine work l ever saw.— Gilbekt Puatt, OW 
baufjroalc , ('nun. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
GOLD MEDAL THRESHING MACHINE. 
Manufactured by M. HARDER, Oobleskilt, N. Y. 
See advertisement in last number el this paper. 
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THE ADVANCE. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Nothing more has been heard from the Eng- 
licll _ • . J, • ... 
planting over again. 
Three inches of snow fell at Virginia City, 
Nev., May 30Di, The storm commenced with a 
west wind, On the 29th the wind was high, with 
occasional showers. 
t he owneisi of largo Mexican grants in North¬ 
ern V aiil'ornia, in order to encourage Itntntgra- 
Don have thrown 50,000 acres of fluid in Shasta 
> 0,1 ,3 '° Une of the California Railroad, 
into the market at per acre. 
Henry Struck, indicted at Chicago for an as- 
>uuit with a deadly weapon with intent to kill 
Henry Coburn, was tried and acquitted tis not 
guilty. 
Several fires occurred nt Chicago on the 30tfl 
ult., destroying dwelling*; also the large pack¬ 
ing house of G. S. Hubbard & Co., with a loss of 
nncholy lesson from Greece, has given orders 
that no attack shall be made on the freebooters, 
and that every precaution must be taken to 
prevent a massacre of the prisoners. 
The French High Court ol' Justice has begun 
tlie trials of the individuals implicated in the 
Plot to assassinate the Emperor. The number of 
the accused is seven ty-thfee. 
The Ecumenical Council is still engaged in the 
discussion of the infallibility proposition, ami 
the advocates of the dogma are marshalling the 
members of their party, preparatory to a vote. 
Gradual emancipation is to be the policy of 
Spain towards the negroes, instead of sudden 
-and total abolition. It is proposed that children 
born slaves since 1KG8 shall be free, and ail those 
born after the promulgation of Die deercc shall 
be unconditionally free. In the former ease the 
v.. wujooobiuu ior some nine. Has been ordered xxus ADVANCE. 
By ,laj Btieretury ol Die Treasury to he put in - 
readiness ana proceed to Ogdensfan - nendino- 1 nisexcellent paper, which Uknhv Ward Bkkch- 
the present Fenian disturbances, for the mn” v^.r ’a "hV sla 1 ,,tl3nK rftirl >' on the highest ground 
pose of protecting tflo m-nno-iv ,,r I0ao3,ed By religion* journals in America,” is 
citizens 'riie offi^.rl of H^ ra? y American offered to the public lor one dollar, from June to 
ai f ,,, , 1 the Chase are Captain January next. To all who would bo glad to try Tuk 
Meiiwuy, lira! Lieutenant Collius, aud Second Auvxncb an excellent opportunity is thus offered. 
Lieutenant Cornell. la another column may he found the publisher’s 
A regatta lor the yachts of all nations will announcement. Let no one overlook R. 
take place on tlie 22nd of June for the Prince of -- 
Males Prize Cup. The yachts are to start from WE WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION 
ot i oitlami, where they will round Die Sham- •imictih 1S70. SemlastiimptoL.BAKKii ism Nine 
Mos, and return hack of Dm Isle of Wight, and »*' a St - Ha ^lo, N. y„ ami get a printed pamphlet 
outside Nab Lightship to Hyde Pier. containing a amp of farm, plan or buildings, ,<cc. 
It is announced that BQrghum grows well in r* "* " r " n ..—— 
Wellington Territory, from which an excellent TWT a 1 ? tt TT'Tt 
article* ot sirup i* made. iTi/iNttlED. 
Tlie Boston excursionists arrived in San Fran- - — = 
cisco, June I, and had a most enthusiast le recen- Fhyvi.ei: -FOWLER.-On Wednesday, June 1st, hy 
tion, expressing themselves deliirhtmi ,„in ,. Rev. Jensov . HAimis, W.m. j. Kowi.kh, editor 
’ “ m luei.iscac.H auighlcd with the Rochester Express, and -Miss Jirj.ix A. Kowlek of 
L rip» I J ittston4. 
Decoration day was very generally observed -— r- » 
rooni’ofm’ 111 lllt ' °° un } vy ' not onl -V by the late ^ntickestino a no Vai.i uu.b.-’I’Uc Ui„ A i. Ni:w- 
coinpiuiiou* m arms of the honored dead, hut by i ^oitK Kit is puhliriiing a series of slci!tr:iieH of emi. 
a spontaneous floral oviDnn v„- ,h a , nent liorticuRui'lsts from tin* pen of k. r. Ki.i.m-ivp 
Miiitiioi.i ovation by the whole people, which arc a marked featureofihut mdde paper. Tho 
library displays, orations, poems, &c., were a number -it May nth contains tier tirth sio ic-ii tm. 
very general feature ol' Dm memorial tribute ?“W wt u<?ln « ; K,HN J - Tuojia*, one of nature's 
tliroutfhouL u. country. * MM ' \ aSliSiriKKSSi.t 
TUc ,-ccen, luvaoluu „t Cnuda by tho Foulttn, , 
has proven an ill advised and badly managed rounding*!. These sketches are possessed m smffi 
affair. Y\ ;lh large numbers of warm adherents I 
lNTICWESTINO A Mi Vxi.l AHI.B.—Tile Ri ll AI, NkW- 
vokkkh is ptihliriiing a series of sketches of enii- 
nent bortieultui-isls from Die pen of K, R, Ei i.iopt 
which urea markeil featureof lliutnoble paper. The 
numhor .if May Dili contains the tlflli skcteli the 
subject being John -J. 1 ’HOMas. one of nature's 
noblemen, and a man who, like bow MM;, has 
