MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
FOBEIGN  NOTES, 
The  Grand  Jury  of  New  Orleana  have  found  true 
blllB  agalmrt  J.  F.  Barrett  Jr.,  for  attempting  to 
hrllw  Mate  offlccra.  In  default  of  hall,  Barrett 
was  sent  to  tho  Parish  prison. 
MoUle  Dean,  the  young  woman  shot  by  William 
Cooper  In  HL  Louis,  died  this  afternoon  (Ajirll  21,) 
and  Cooper  Is  In  i.he  hospital  and  expectod  to  die 
any  moment,  it  appears  Cooper  had  paid  ad¬ 
dresses  to  .Mias  Dean  for  some  Ume,  but  of  late  she 
ha<l  attempted  to  break  with  him,  she  being  en¬ 
gaged  to  another  man.  To-day  tkwper  ealKsl  at 
the  house  where  Miss  Dean  Uvwl,  and  she  went 
out  Dito  the  garden  with  him,  but  after  a  few  mo¬ 
ments’  conversation  she  uttfired  a  stTeam  and  ran 
toward  the  hotise.  Cooper  followtsl  and  final  two 
shots,  both  of  which  entered  the  girl's  head,  and 
she  fell  to  Uie  gn)und  mortally  wounded,  cooper 
then  |>ul  the  pistol  to  his  own  head,  and  sent  a 
bullet  through  his  brain. 
The  New  .Jersey  I.eglslature  has  adjourned  idyw 
me.,  Gen.  Hewell,  President  of  the  Senate,  was 
the  recljjlenl  of  eulogistic  resolutions,  as  were 
also  many  of  the  other  oUlfers.  Tho  work  of  the 
ses-slons,  summarized,  Is  an  act  providing  three 
Inspectors  for  the  Stote  Prlsoig  passed  over  the 
Governor’s  veto;  appropriating  tl.CKXj  for  the  Ccn- 
Umnlal  and  $^1,0<mi  for  an  Educational  Exhibition; 
to  dam  the  Delaware  Ulver;  to  authorize  persons 
to  change  their  names;  to  reduce  salaries  of 
State  omcors;  to  reduce  Sheriffs'  fee*  2fi  per  cent.; 
to  make  Decoration  Day  (May  ao)  a  legal  holiday ; 
to  prevent  tho  sale  of  IKiUors  on  election  day ;  a 
commission  to  csDibllsh  the  boundaries  between 
New  Jersey  and  New'  York,  Ac.,  Ac- 
The  Academy  of  sciences  Is  holding  Its  annual 
meeting  in  Washingtou.  Several  papers  of  Inter¬ 
est  have  been  resul,  especially  one  on  the  “  Work 
of  the  Mound  Builders." 
The  testimony  ukcu  secretly  by  the  Select  Com- 
rnlttoe  of  Investigation  of  the  Ermlman’s  Savings 
and  Trust  Company  has  been  made  publle.  The 
Investigation  wa.s  lK*guu  Jan.  17.  The  first  wlt- 
oess  was  ex-P08lmaster-General  Cre.swoll,  one  of 
the  Commissioners  for  closing  the  affairs  of  the 
'  ijompany,  whose  liidebtodn(!ss  was  over  t3,ooo,- 
OfK).  Mr.  Creswell  feared  they  would  not  be  able 
to  realize  moro  than  40  per  cent,  from  the  aswets, 
a  large  amount  of  the  personal  aecuiitles  appear¬ 
ing  to  be  worthleaj. 
Charges  of  arson  against  Col.  Fltebugb,  the 
Doorkeeper  of  the  nou.se  of  Kepresentatlves,  are 
revived,  both  privately  and  D>  print.  Two  Indlct- 
meuW  alleging  arson  were  found  against  him  in 
Kentucky  la  1871.  lie  was,  however,  promptly 
acqultlwl  in  both  cases,  and  gentlemen  of  the 
hlgbiat  respectability  assert  taiat  they  were  got¬ 
ten  up  either  through  malice  or  a  misapprehen¬ 
sion  of  the  facts.  Another  charge  against  the 
colonel  Is  that  of  attempted  bribery  while  he 
Col.  Klt/.hngh  has  sent 
The  Virginia  Kepubllcan  Convention  met  to 
select  delegates  for  the  National  Convention,  and 
expressed  their  choice  for  Blaine  by  a  vote  of  95 
to  13. 
Richard  Kenyon,  a'ax  Collector  of  the  town  of 
Amboy,  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  has  absconded  with 
between  12,000  and  |8,ooo. 
The  Short  rr  of  Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y.,  has  offered  a 
reward  of  |2(to  for  the  arrest  of  John  E.  McNamara, 
who  shot  and  killed  Ellen  M.  Calllnan  at  the  Ar¬ 
cade  Hotel  on  Saturday. 
The  late  A.  T.  Stewart  was  burled  on  Thursday, 
April  4ih.  Ills  marble  paLiCc  was  thronged  ^vlth 
friends  and  others  with  no  higher  motlve-s  than 
curiosity.  Tho  remains  rested  on  a  catafalque  In 
the  main  ban,  which  was  comimsed,  apparently 
of  moss  roses,  miles,  camellias  Ac.  A  beautiful 
floral  cross  four  feet  high  stood  at  the  heart  of  the 
casket.  The  floral  display  was  niagntflccnt,  and 
Is  said  to  have  cost  $10,000.  lie  was  burled  in  the 
family  vault  In  St.  Mark’s  churchyard  after  a  very 
Impressive  service.  Bo  great  was  tho  crowd  bc/th 
at  the  house  and  at  the  church,  that  numbers  who 
held  tickets  of  admlslon  were  <!ven  unable  to  get  to 
the  ushers  to  presoul  them.  Mr.  Stewart  was  Dfirn 
Oct.  12, 1H0.3.  In  Ills  will  he  bequeat  ned  the  bulk 
of  Ills  jiroperty  to  his  wife,  but  suitably  provides 
for  numerous  relations  of  bis  wife  and  other 
friends.  The  most  conspicuous  legacy  was  that 
to  Judge  Hilton,  his  contlrtentlal  adviser  and 
friend,  who  reeel vi?d  one  million  dollars.  Judge 
If.  ha.s since  paid  this  sum  back  to  Mrs.  fl.  In  con¬ 
sideration  of  her  Interest  in  the  business  other 
late  husband  and  the  Arm  will  continue  to  do 
bulsness  under  the  name  of  A.  T.  Stowart  A  Co.^ 
the  partners  being  Henry  Hilton  and  Wm.  Libby. 
Beware  of  a  set  of  rascals  calling  themselves 
Hayes,  Arlington  A  Go.  and  who  purport  to  act  as 
agents  for  the  Centennial  Committee.  They  are 
scheming  to  induce  Innocent  country  girls  to  go 
to  I'hllatielphl.a,  through  the  medium  of  a  circular 
In  which  It  Is  promised  that  expenses  shall  be 
paid  and  renumerailve  employment  In  the  cen¬ 
tennial  Exhibition  furnished.  Tho  girls  arc 
advised  not  lo  consult  their  parents,  but  to  keep 
the  offer  a  sfjcret. 
PUBLISHER’S  SPEOIAL  NOTIOES. 
Tdb  three  Northern  Powers,  Russia,  Prussia  and 
Austria  have  agreed  to  leave  the  Ea.slern  question 
as  It  Is  tor  the  present,  meanwhile  It  Is  rumored 
that  Montenegro  lias  declared  war  against  Tu  rkey. 
The  Moscow  Gazetto  says  the  Turkish  soldiers 
have  not  bemi  paid,  and  are  selling  cartridges  to 
the  Insurgents  tor  bread. 
Tliere  Is  trouble  between  the  L'.  S.  (Jovernment 
and  England  on  account  ot  the  forger  Winslow. 
Both  couut.ries  through  their  State  Diqiariment 
liilorpret  tho  Extnidlllon  Treaty  differently. 
Meanwhile  Winslow  languishes  on  the  delicacies 
of  the  season. 
Anol  her  forger  Wm.  E.  Gray  Is  demanded  from 
the  British  Government,  Gray  has  relieved  the  N. 
Y.  Stock  E,xchange  of  a  considerable  amount  of 
money. 
The  plague  has  again  broken  out  In  Asiatic 
1’urkey  with  disastrous  effects. 
iqficcn  pllgrlin.s  were  drowned  while  crossing 
tlie  river  Vienne  near  Parsac,  France. 
The  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Amlers,  France 
has  announced  the  death  of  A.  T.  Blcwart  by 
public  band  bills  the  doccased  being  gi-atcfiUly 
remembered  on  accoqul  ot  his  cbarttles  to  that 
phicc  In  1870. 
Another  revolution  In  Hnytl.  Txirquet  and 
Hamean  have  been  shot  and  President  Dominque 
left  J’orGau-I'iTnce  for  St.  Thomas,  dangerously 
wounded.  The  people  have  called  upon  Gen. 
Canal  the  leader  of  the  revolutloncry  forces  to 
come  to  Porl-au-lbinco  and  assume  the  control  of 
the  Government. 
It  IH  said  tho  Czar  will  retire  to  Yalta,  a  spot  on 
the  ijoutheastorn  coast  of  the  Crimen,  Instead 
ot  to  MalUi  as  fonncrly  announced. 
Rumor  ha.H  If  that  Dlhraell's  speech  o/nvipo.v  of 
the  Queen's  new  tllh?  has  somewhat  Incoisi^d  the 
UuHsluu  Bear,  and  T  hat  episode  in  addition  to  the 
fancied  Hllghts  put  upon  the  Czar’s  daughter,  the 
Duchess  of  Edinburgh,  ha-s  crcatoil  more  than  a 
hyperborliui  coolness.  The  Duchess  ha.s  returned 
to  Russia,  and  It.  la  not  Improbable  tliul  this  Is  the 
bcglulng  of  a  ;separatlou  from  her  husband  that 
will  be  Huai  and  iiompleto. 
(iucen  Isabcdla  and  tiueen  Christina  will  soon 
return  to  Bpain  and  occupy  the  Palace  of  Arau- 
juc/.,  so  say  prominent  members  of  ttie  Modcrado 
party. 
A  teb^ram  dated  mldnlglit  .\pril  21st.,  reports 
that  a  large  lire  has  broken  out,  In  (ilaagow,  Scot¬ 
land.  An  entire  square  on  one  ol  the  principle 
stTcels  has  been  consumed,  and  the  otllce  of  the 
Glasgow  Herald  Is  threatened.  The  lire  engines 
seem  to  be  powerless  to  stoj)  the  eoullagratlon. 
Ex- President  Ignacio  Gonzalez  of  ban  to  Domin¬ 
go  has  taken  up  his  resldenoo  at  Santiago  de 
Cuba. 
Senor  RubI,  tbe  Royal  CommLssloner,  will  sail 
for  New  York  to  morrow,  on  his  return  to  Spain. 
The  Segundo  Cabo  will  probably  toko  Uio  Held 
agaln.slUie  rebels  lu  a  few  days.  Ex-President 
Ignardo  Gonzjiiez,  of  San  Domingo,  has  taken  up 
hlH  resldcuce  at  Santiago  de  Cuba. 
Mr.  Mapleson,  accompfinled  by  MRe.  Kattl 
Lanuer,  latoly  vlsltod  LlveriKtol  for  ihe  purpose  of 
selecting  a  number  of  children  to  study  dancing 
In  a  ballel-stOiool  on  the  Continental  principle. 
.Yftor  a  caioHil  examlmiUou  of  some  two  hundred 
children  by  Mile.  Lanner,  on  tbe  stage  of  the 
Alexandra  Theulrc,  some  fourteen  or3lxt.oeu  were 
chosen  u>  he  drafted  to  the  bullet-school,  which 
will  be  opened  in  Loudon,  In  connccUon  with  .Mr. 
Mapleson’s  new  Opera  House.  In  addltlun  to  be¬ 
ing  taugnt  tlm  Iprofosslon  of  “dancing,”  the 
pupils  will  be  educated,  clothed  and  jirovkted  for 
In  thcD  old  age.  By  the  time  the  new  opera 
house  la  opened  Mr.  Mapleson  expects  to  have 
about  fifty  yoiuig  eoryhees  ready  for  dutj\ 
Owing  to  the  prevaienco  of  a  contagious  disease 
among  cattle  la  many  parts  of  Europe,  the  Domin¬ 
ion  Government  has  Issued  an  order  prohibiting 
tbe  importation  of  live  stiKik  from  Europe,  except 
at  Halifax.  St.  John  and  Quebec,  where  arrivals 
will  be  subjected  to  a  ilgld  quarantine. 
Advices  from  Panama  states  that  Nlcarauga  and 
Costa  Rica  are  settling  tnelr  quiu-rel  amicably. 
The  armies  of  Guatemala  and  ban  balvudor  were 
at  last  accounts  near  each  other  at  Justlapa.  The 
former  has  8,000  and  the  latter  o.ihW  men. 
In  Honduras  there  has  been  a  battle  at  Los 
Naranjos  between  the  Salvadorla  n  allies  at  Lelva, 
the  deposed  Prestdent,  and  the  troops  of  Gen. 
Medina,  the  revolutionary  president.  The  latter 
was  completely  defeated,  and  Gen.  Medina  him¬ 
self  died  a  few  days  later.  The  disturbances, 
hoAvever,  contmue.  The  Guatamala  troops,  who 
have  also  Intervened  In  UondU'as,  have  pro¬ 
claimed  Marcos  A.  Soto,  a  llondurlan  by  birth, 
President  ol  the  Republic,  President  Lelva,  after 
defeating  Medina,  re-escabllshed  Uls  own  govern¬ 
ment  in  Comayagja.  A  revolt  In  favor  of  Soto  at 
Amapoa  was  quelled. 
In  Peru  a  school  of  mines  Is  to  be  established  to 
give  an  impetus  to  the  Immense  raining  interests 
of  the  Republic. 
Col.  Ensique  Lara  Is  appointed  Secretary  to  the 
Peruvian  Legation  lu  London. 
The  Peruvian  Government  having  bought  the 
nitrate  establishments  for  $1.5,000,000,  It  was  to  pay 
the  Interest  due  on  that  sum  on  April  i,  in  bills  on 
London.  TheprinclpaJ  Is  to  be  paid  within  two 
years. 
A  telegram  published  In  The  Pioneer,  Calcutta, 
announces  that  17  persons  implicated  In  the 
murder  of  Mr.  Margary  of  the  English  expedition 
will  be  executed  at  Bhamo,  Burmah,  May  6,  In 
the  presence  of  the  British  escort. 
According  to  advices  irom  Mexico  to  tho  I3th 
Inst,  the  revolution  continued  In  Sonora  and  blna- 
loa.  Gen.  AJatorre  ivas  defeated  in  attempting  to 
take  the  city  of  Oaxaca.  Gen.  Lobeza,  at  the  head 
of  1,500  troops,  had  occupied  Chalehlcomula,  in  the 
The  Bnritl  Is  n  verycuod  prosont  to  Mtid  to  • 
f.ri<!n(l,an(l  It  plftimaatly  remindg  tho  recipient  of  the 
donor  flfty-two  times  a  year— this  year  flfty-three 
time*.  Any  »ui>i>cribtr  can  '•end  It  to  a  relative  or 
friend,  a«  a  present,  at  our  lowest  club  rale— only 
Holiday  Presenl*  will  be  plenty  this  year  amouK 
our  Airent-Frlmids  and  others  who  form  clubs  for 
Ku/tAL.  Our  list  comprises  many  urtlcles  appropri¬ 
ate  for  prosonti.  Indooe  a  few  of  your  friends  to 
take  tho  Jiural,  and  thus  secure  a  Premium. 
OfUccrH  «il  Agricultural  booloties  and  Clubs, 
OranKes,  Ac.,  can.  If  they  will,  raiiterliilly  aid  In 
augmcntluu  the  circulation  of  the  RUJtAn.  Hcores 
of  such  are  iilready  formliqc  clubs;  bow  many  others 
will  kindly  do  likewise? 
Renew  early  If  you  would  secure  the  uninter¬ 
rupted  ooutluuanco  of  the  Huhai*  to  your  address, 
and  pray  don't  forget  to  ask  friends  to  Join  you  In 
sending  fur  tho  Klfty-three  Numbers  which  wo  shall 
publish  during  1876. _ 
Hack  Niiiiibcrii  ol  this  Venr  (from  Jan.  1) 
can  be  furnished  to  all  new  suhscrlbers,  but  we  shall 
not  send  them  hereafter  unless  specially  reqnosled. 
Those  who  desire  cun  begin  wltb  any  number,  how¬ 
ever.  _  _ 
The  Best  Pnper,  and  the  Best  Premiums  to 
Agents, Is  our  motto.  We  Ignore  Chromos  and  all 
other  theiip  colored  pictures,  preferring  to  put  onr 
money  tn  the  paper,  and  In  Hrerolums  to  Agents. 
Melect  Your  l’rciiilum».—  All  persons  entitled 
to  Premiums  will  please  designate  what  they  prefer 
and  notify  us  how  and  where  to  forward— whether 
by  Freight  or  Kxpross- if  articles  are  not  mailable. 
Act  ns  Agentl-Keador.lf  thereis  no  agent  tor 
theltuiiAi.  lu  your  locality  please  become  one  by 
terming  a  club.  It  will  pnv. 
Itook  out  for  tbesfi  fellows ! 
The  House  will  probably  pass  the  bill  transfer¬ 
ring  the  Indian  Bureau  to  tbe  War  Department  by 
a  large  majority. 
Exploded The  story  about  Bristow  being 
offered  $40,000  to  resign  the  District  Atlomeyslili) 
for  Kentucky. 
Ex-Attorney  General  Williams  appeared  before 
the  Committee  on  Expenditures  In  the  Depart¬ 
ment  of  Justice  and  tesllfled  to  the  payment  to 
John  1.  Davenport,  present  United  Stalos  Com¬ 
missioner  in  New  Y'ork,  out  of  the  Secret  aerrioe 
Fund,  $.30,000  for  election  purposes.  He  also  testl- 
fled  that  these  jiaymcnto  were  made  at  tho  order 
of  the  President.  But  further  Investigation  adds 
that  the  mone.v  was  u.sed  to  prevent  Illegal 
registration  and  Mr.  Davenport,  claims  that  he  ex¬ 
pended  $25,000  ot  his  private  mono’s  to  the  sanjg^ 
end.  More  light  on  the  subject  Is  expected. 
The  impoftchmenL  proceedings  against  Ex.  Sec. 
Belknap  are  in  statu  qtio.  Nothing  accomplished 
bc.sldee  orglnazlnatlon  of  the  High  court. 
Laborers  are  out  on  a  strike  at  Rondout,  N.  \\ 
and  have  created  such  serious  disturbance  that 
tbe  luUltary  have  been  sent  for.  Tho  steamboat 
PltMton  having  gone  to  Saugertles  for  troops  she 
was  prevented  from  making  a  landing  hy  the 
mob,  and  bad  to  return  to  Rondout. 
Immense  damage  lias  been  done  by  the  over¬ 
flow  of  tho  Missouri  to  railroad  and  other  property. 
Two  miles  of  track  of  the  'Qunlcy  and  St.  Louis 
Railroad  and  one  hundred  yai-ds  of  the  track  of 
the  Toledo,  Wabash  and  Western  Railroad  are 
under  water.  Trains  have  been  abandoned  on  the 
latter  routo.  The  Quincy,  Missouri,  Pacific  and 
8L  Louis,  Kansas  fdty  and  Northern  Railroad  are 
still  under  water  for  miles.  A  few  miles  above 
Hannibal  the  river  Is  fully  twenty  miles  wide,  and 
Just  below  It  Is  fltteen  miles  wldi;.  All  the  low¬ 
lands  are  overflowed. 
The  Missouri  river  Is  higher  at  Burlington,  Iowa, 
than  in  the  great  flood  of  1858,  being  fully  eight 
mtiea  wide. 
The  barges  L.  T.  Baker  and  D.  A.  McDonald 
were  sunk  In  Hie  river  at  Keokuk  the  20th  Inst,  by 
HOME  NEWS  PABAGRAPH8, 
A  cimmLAH  letter,  signed  by  Wm.  Cullen  Bry- 
.ant,  Carl  Seburz  and  others,  calling  for  a  confer¬ 
ence  to  discuss  the  advisability  of  forming  a 
“  third  parly,"  has  niipeared  In  print.  It  appeats 
to  those  who  are  dlssatlsned  with  the  present 
state  of  political  alfah’s. 
Mr.  t.'harles  O’Conor,  tbe  eminent  lawyer,  has 
addressed  tbe  Bar  .Association,  replying  to  the 
charges  against  him  and  under  inveatlgatlon  by 
tlmt  body :  opinions  differ  as  to  Ills  success  In 
moclittg  them. 
Mr.  Moody  has  brought  bis  labors  lu  New  York 
to  a  close.  The  mecUngs  have  been  remarkable 
as  w  ell  by  the  work  ilcnc  a.s  by  the  enormous  at¬ 
tendance.  Thousands  ha  ve  been  tiu-ned  away  at 
a  Blngl'.'  inecUng.  Mr.  M .  proposes  to  raise  $l25,n(Ki 
as  a  fund  to  be  loft  in  competent  bands  to  CbU- 
tlnue  the  ivork  so  nobly  begun. 
oen.  Macdonald  and  W.  0.  Avery,  the  “  whiskey 
ring”  thieves,  have  received  their  sentences  of 
throe  and  two  years.  rospccUvely,  In  the  peniten¬ 
tiary  at  Jefferson  City,  Mo. 
Tho  Grand  Jury  at  Washington  have  Indicted 
Gen.  Babcock,  Richard  Harrington,  late  Assist. 
District  Attorney ;  H.  c.  Whitley,  late  Chief  of 
Secret  Service ;  J.  C.  Nettleshlp,  a  late  Govern¬ 
ment  dcteciJve;  Thos.  P.  Somerville,  a  dtsreputa- 
ble  New  York  lawyer;  George  E.  Miles,  a  profes¬ 
sional  cracksman,  and  WUllam  Benton,  a-  house¬ 
breaker  and  thief.  The  wltnetwcs  upon  which 
the  Indictments  were  found  are ,  A.  B.  Nuwcomb. 
Chief  ol  Police  Ulchiii'ds,  Albert  Cunz,  0.  D.  Madge, 
Josbua  Parker,  E.  C.  Banflcld,  Michael  Ilaj’S,  H. 
C.  Whitley,  aud  Columbus  Alexander. 
President  Grant  has  vetoed  the  bill  reducing  tbe 
salary  ot  the  President  from  $50,000  to  $25,000  per 
annmn.  if  the  bill  became  a  law.  It  could  not,  in 
any  event,  affect  the  pay  of  the  present  incum¬ 
bent  of  the  While  House. 
Dom  Pedro  II.  de  Alcantara,  Emperor  of  Braz.ll. 
arrived  In  New  York  haiimr  Saturday,  April  15,  on 
the  steamer  HevcUus,  landed  without  display  at 
Martin’s  stores  lu  Brooklyn  early  lu  the  afternoon, 
and  was  conveyed  to  the  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel  in 
this  City.  The  Government  steamer  Alert,  bear¬ 
ing  Secretaries  Fish,  Tuft  and  Robeson,  and  other 
offlclals,  went  down  the  Bay  to  meet  the  Emperor, 
and  the  Cabinet.  Minsters  boarded  the  Hevellus lor 
the  purpose  of  inviting  Dom  Pedro  to  accompany 
them  to  the  e.lty.  The  Emperor  received  them 
cordially,  but  declined  to  leave  his  own  steamer, 
and  tho  reception  parly  were  compelled  to  return 
to  tho  Clkv  without  their  intended  guest.  The 
result  Of  this  acHon  of  i.he  Emperor  was  that  the 
Alert  received  the  salutes  from  the  forts  and  pass¬ 
ing  vessels,  intended  Ibf  the  imperial  party,  while 
the  lleveUus  with  Dora  Pedro  on  board,  qtileuy 
passed  unnoticed  up  the  East  River  to  her  usual 
landing-place.  In  the  evening  the  Emperor 
attended  the  theater,  and  later  was  serenaded  at 
the  hotel  under  the  auspices  of  a  committee  rep¬ 
resenting  the  merchants,  bankers  and  other 
citizens  Interested  In  his  reception.  Aboutl  o’clock 
he  was  driven  down  towm  and  visited  one  of  the 
newspaper  offices,  to  see  tho  operation  of  the 
presses  and  other  InteresUng  portions  of  the  pro¬ 
cess  or  making  a  newspaper.  During  his  stay  he 
has  worked  at  slght-seelug  with  a  fervor  Incom- 
patlhle  with  comfort.  Rising  at  6  a.  m.,  he  would 
start  out  aud  not  return  perhaps  until  midnlghL 
He  is  now  on  Uls  way  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  aud 
wUl  return  to  be  present  at  the  opening  of  the 
Centennial  and  leave  lor  Eiu’opo  about  July  12. 
lived  in  Texas  last  year, 
for  official  documents  and  other  proofs  which  he 
claims  win  establish  bis  Innocence  of  the  Uuputod 
crimes,  and,  if  necessary,  he  will  wsk  for  the  tuii- 
'Ml  luTesUgatlon  by  a  rommlttoe  of  the  House. 
Gov.  Kellogg  has  left.  New  Orloana  for  Washing¬ 
ton  via  Mobile. 
There  will  be  five  State  tionveniloms  this  week 
to  choose  delegates  to  the  National  tJonvenUous. 
On  Wednesday  tho  Massachusetts  Republicans, 
tbe  New  York  Democrats,  the  Ciilltornla  Republi¬ 
cans,  and  tbe  Oregon  Democrats  meet,  aud  on 
Thursday  the  Arkansas  Republicans  meet.  The 
Utica  convention  will  be  very  likely  to  send  a 
solid  Tllden  delegation,  while  the  Massachusetts 
Republicans  will  send  an  unplcdgetl  delegation, 
divided  between  Blaine  and  Bristow,  wltb  the 
odds  probably  In  favor  of  tho  latter.  There  are  no 
Indications  as  to  what  tho  other  Conventions  will 
do  lu  respect  to  candidates. 
Mr.  August  Belmont  of  New  York  has  oonsented 
to  open  Ills  gallery  of  paintings— one  of  the  fliiest 
private  collections  In  the  city— throughout  the 
day,  on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  of  this  week,  for 
tho  benent  of  the  Women’s  Centennial  Union. 
This  Is  a  rare  opportunity  aud  will  be  eagerly  em¬ 
braced.  The  ladles  will  place  an  agent  at  the  door 
to  sell  tickets,  and  they  can  also  bo  procured  of 
any  ot  the  memliers  of  the  Committee. 
The  St.  Lawrence  River  Is  clear  of  ice  alxive 
victoria  Bridge,  but  Is  flllod  with  ice  plied  In 
masses  Immediately  opposite  and  below.  The 
Islands  at  Bouchevllle  and  near  the  harbor  are 
great  obstacles  to  retard  its  dlssappcarance.  The 
water  has  been  drawn  from  the  canal  In  ordisr 
to  make  repairs. 
Dom  Pedro  Is  progressing  gaily  across  the  Con¬ 
tinent,  and  not  wlHiout  comfort  withal.  The  Erie 
Hallway  placed  a  special  and  gorgeous  “hotel 
train  ”  at  his  disposal  for  which  he  pays  like  an 
Emperor,  (at  Ws  especial  request,)  we  are  more 
than  ever  Impressed  that  the  Dom  Is  a  man  of 
sense  by  Ibis  selection  of  a  route  to  the  tVest  and 
It  will  be  solely  due  to  want  of  appetite  If  the 
Irrepressible  Pullman  does  not  feed  him  “  like  a 
Prince.” 
James  O'Donnoll  was  shot  at  through  the  win¬ 
dow  of  hla  residence  In  Pottsvllle,  Pa. 
An  Associated  Press  dispatch  from  St.  Louis 
states  tliAt  an  old  Treasury  clerk  Is  to  testify  be¬ 
fore  the  Committee  on  E-xpendltures  in  tbe  Treas¬ 
ury  Department  to  an  astounding  system  of  fraud 
In  the  Treasury.  The  dispatch  says  that  this 
clerk,  G^rge  Prender  by  name,  now  Signal  Ser¬ 
geant  at  St,  Louts,  claims  that  the  debt  state¬ 
ments  have  been  tampered  with ;  that  cash  has 
often  been  reported  on  hand  when  the  Govern¬ 
ment  was  actually  borrowing  money  for  cuiTent 
expenses ;  that  money  was  lent  from  the  Treasury 
to  favorites  and  loaned  back  at  a  good  Interest, 
and  that  money  and  bonds  reported  canceled 
and  destroyed  were  not  destroyed,  but  that  a 
large  portion  of  the  redeemed  paper  was  divided 
among  a  Ring.  Prender  further  states  that  he  in¬ 
formed  Mr.  Spinner  and  Mr.  Boutwell  and  others 
of  the  circumstances. 
