JUNE 40 
ews of ll)C Week. 
Death of Garibaldi.— On Friday last, at 
Rome, Italy, the venerable Garibaldi passed 
a wav at the age of seventy-five years. A 
heroic figure in the history of his country, a 
high minded patriot and true lover of his 
countrymen he held a position of unchal¬ 
lenged pre-eminence In tbeir affections; and 
they lay him to rest with a feeling that a 
good friend was gone. But he was more than a 
friend to his own land. Twice he nearly lost 
his life in fighting for the independence of 
Uruguay, and at the advanced age of sixty- 
three he gladly offered bis sword to proud 
France in her fatal contest with the German 
hoots. Ever has the name of Garabaldi been 
the watchword for revolution from a galling 
despotism whether in Spain or Portugal, in 
Poland or in Servia, and thus he had gained 
a strong hold on the public heart. His ca¬ 
reer was an adventurous one; blame and 
praise were both his lot; seutiment and pat¬ 
riotic impulse, not study and reflection, con¬ 
trolled him ;uusullied by dishonor: ambitious 
for the welfare of his countrymen, in many 
respects his public life was worthy of imita¬ 
tion in that it was devoted to the betterment 
of his country, rather than to personal ends. 
He hated despotism and cursed oppression, 
and was the embodiment of all the longings 
and the hopes of his followers for a free and 
united Italy, and, being such, his memory 
will not die. 
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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday. June 3, 1882. 
There were nearly six thousand persons 
landed at Castle Garden on the 31st day of 
May The Anchora, from Glasgow, landed 841 
immigrants ; the Ohio, from Bremen, hud 1,282 
in the steerage; the India, from Hamburg, 
brought 492; the St. Laurent, from Havre, 
contributed 304; the Denmark, from London, 
deuarked 456; the State of Nevada, from 
Glasgow, added 653; the Batavia, from Liv¬ 
erpool, assisted with 054, and the Hapsburg 
from Bremen, with 1,252. The figures for 
the month of May, shuw a floodtide of immi¬ 
gration which has never before been ap¬ 
proached in the history of the country. The 
aggregate conies within 10,000 of be'ng an 
even 100,000, the exact figures being 90,019 
steerage passengers. This is more for this 
single month by several thousands than the 
immigr ation for several entire years. For in¬ 
stance, in 1876 the year’s figures were 75,035; 
in 1877, only 63,855; in 1878, only 79,801, and 
in 1875 the figures for the twelve mouths ex¬ 
ceeded those for last month by 9,000. The 
nearest approach to the total for last month 
was in May, 1881, when there were landed at 
Castle Garden 76,791 persons, but even this is 
13,228 less than last month’s. Thus far this 
year the excess of immigrants over the first 
five months of last year—as shown at Castle 
Garden—is 46,332; the total for January, Feb¬ 
ruary, March, April and May, of 1881, being 
182,082 us compared with 228,404 for the same 
period this year. 
Decoration Day was more generally ob¬ 
served this year than ever before. In nearly 
every city and hamlet flowers were strewn 
upon the graves of the soldier-dead, and other 
appropriate services were held. In this city 
the parade previous to the decoration of graves 
by the several G. A. R. Posts, was the lioest 
ever held. It was reviewed by President 
Arthur, Generals Grant and Hancock, Secre 
tary of War Lincoln, and other notables. The 
evening services were held in the Academy of 
Music, at which time Col “ Bob” Ingersoll 
delivered an oration. A poem by William 
Winter, written for the occasion, was also 
read. A large majority of the business houses 
and all the government buildings were closed. 
Throughout the West, the observance of Dec¬ 
oration Day was very universal. At Cleve¬ 
land, the Rev. Dr. Twitchell delivered an 
oration in front of the vault where the late 
President Garfield’s remains lie, and the Maen- 
nerchor Congress of Chicago, which went 
there for the purpose, sang three anthems 
composed for the occasion. Garfield’s casket 
and the vault containing it were covered with 
flowers. 
The annual festival of the New England 
Women Suffrage Association was held May 
31, in Boston, covers being laid for 400, and 
every seat was occupied. Mrs. J ulia W ard 
Howe presided. 
The census office has issued a bulletin show¬ 
ing that by the census of 1880 the number of 
persons in the United States was 50,155,783; 
the area in square miles, 2,900,170; the num¬ 
ber of families. 9,945,916; the number of dwel¬ 
lings, 8,955,812; the number of persons to the 
square mile, 17,29, the number of families to a 
square mile, 3 43; the number of dwellings to 
a square mile, 8.02; acres to a person, 37 01; 
acres to a family, 18(5.62; persons to a dwelling, 
5.60, and persons to a family, 5.04. The area 
in land is surface only and exclusive of the 
Indian territory and tracts of unorganized 
territory, aggregating 69,830 square miles. 
Mr. George W. Hotchkiss, secretary of tbe 
committee for the relief of the sufferers by 
the Michigan fires, reports that the donations 
by Chicago in cash amounted to 834,797, and 
810,000 worth of goods. The grain and seeds 
furnished have prospered, and a magnificent 
crop is promised, that will enable the poor 
people whose homes were laid desolate to care 
for themselves hereafter. The last remit*ance 
of $3,300from Chicago will fully provide for 
the last want expressed, seed buckwheat, to 
enable the sufferers to put in a crop which is 
to them the most important one. 
The expenses of the recent Music Festival 
in Chicago are roughly stated as follows: 
Soloists, $13,000; Theodore Thomas. $5,000, be¬ 
sides $750 for extra rehearsals; Materna, $3,- 
334 and expenses, which indicates that her 
compensation for the three festivals iu New 
York, Cincinnati and Chicago was $10,- 
000 and expenses. Orchestra, $4,000; music, 
$2,000; alterations in building, $9,000; ad 
vertising, $6,000. Campanini received $3,- 
000 for his services. 
Labor strikes have been numerous the past 
week. In Chicago about 2,500 iron and steel 
workers stopped work. At Pittsburgh, Pa., 
the furnace fires a re out and the iron and roll¬ 
ing-mills are closed. The following mills are 
out in the Pittsburgh district: Top Mill, 750 
men, with a weekly pay roll of $7,500; Bel¬ 
mont, GOO men, $7,500; Riverside, 950 men, 
$11,500; La Belle,420 men,$6,000; Binwood,700 
men,$7,700; Loughlin.400 men, $5,1)00; Etna, 400 
men, $4,500; Bellair iron Works, 550, $6,500. 
At St. Louis similar troubles have arisen; at 
Cincinnati 2.000 men are out of employment, 
and iu Cleveland, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, 
Louisville, Springfield, strikes have been inau¬ 
gurated. This seems to be the most extensive 
strike in the iron business this couutry has 
ever known. 
The reduction of the national deb:. for May 
was $10,375,441. The total reduction for the 
fiscal year ending with this mouth will be not 
far from $150,000,000. • 
Tho General Assembly of Rhode Island ha< 
appropriated $10,000 for an equestrian statue 
of Gen. Burnside, to be erected iu Providence, 
provided $20,000 is raised by subscription. It 
also appropriates $7,500 for a statue of Com¬ 
modore Perry, to be erected at Newport. 
On Wednesday last nearly 900 Sw edes were 
landed at Castle Garden from tbe different 
European steamers. All these are bound for 
Minnesota, where they will live ou farms. On 
tbe same day 50 millers arrived from Ham 
burg in the steamer Ohio, and the St, Laurent 
had on board 30 silk weavers from Lyous. 
The latter will be employed in Eastern silk 
factories. The millers were bound for the 
West. 
Ten Kickapoo Indians living on a reservation 
in Atchison county, Kansas, were naturalized 
by the United States Court at Topeka, recent¬ 
ly, and are now full American citizens under 
the recent act of Congress. 
A law which recently passed the Ohio State 
Legislature and known as the Pond liquor 
law, was designed for the regulation of the 
liquor traffic, and contains provisions for the 
taxation of all persons engaged in the business 
after a given date. A stringent bond is re¬ 
quired, and a specific excise imposed upon 
liquor selling establishments, which are classi¬ 
fied tor the purpose. But the Constitution of 
Ohio provides that “ no license shall hereafter 
be granted iu this State, but the General 
Assembly may by law provide against evils 
resulting therefrom.” The objection made to 
the Pond law was that the tax to which it 
sought to subject the liquor dealers was really 
a license, and therefore forbidden by the Con¬ 
stitution. This objection has been sustained 
by the Supreme Court, by a decision in which 
all the Judges but one concur. 
Treasury Department statistics continue to 
show that the balance of trade has turned 
strongly against this country. The difference 
between the commercial situation now and 
that of a year ago is most marked. The ex¬ 
cess of imports over exports for the month of 
April was $8,686,522, whereas for that mouth 
of 1881 there was an excess of exports of $11,- 
706,001. Iu the months previous to - April 
our exports and imports about balanced, so 
that the total excess of imports for the four 
months is $S, 934,874. The excess of exports 
for the same period of last year was $84,834, 
039. As was to have been expected, this 
great cnange in the commercial situation has 
established a drain upon our stock of the 
precious metals. In April the shipment of 
coin in excess of receipts from abroad was $1,- 
754,625, whereas in the same month last year 
the excess of receipts was $14,084 540. Dur¬ 
ing four months of the present year the ex¬ 
cess of shipments was $13,349,628 as against 
an excess of receipts for tbe same period of 
last year of $34,350,314. Our silver coinage 
remains with us, and the drain falls on gold. 
The New York State Legislature adjourned 
sine die on Friday last. During the session Peoria, Ill.: The prospects for grain crops 
there were introduced in the Assembly 1,222 are somewhat better thau last week, damage 
bills, and in the Senate 735. making the whole from frost is not as severe as at first reported, 
number introduced 1,957. The number passed . St. Louis, Mo.: The river is rising 
was about 800. In the Assembly 200 bills 
were left in the order of third reading, while 
in the Senate only two remained on the desk. 
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, on 
tbe 1st of .June, discharged 1,400 men along 
the line of the road between Philadelphia aud 
Pittsburgh on account of the great falling off 
in traffic, 
A passenger train on the Chicago, Burling¬ 
ton and Quincy railroad struck a broken rail 
near Fredericksville, Ill., Friday, overturning 
three coaches, aud causing a general wreck. 
Over thirty passengers were injured. No 
lives were lost. 
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about the house and do many pie.ces of work, 
and is a continual testimony before me of the 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
The following items of agricultural news are 
condensed from telegrams received here with¬ 
in the last 24 hours: Portland, Me: The 
weather is more favorable for farming opera¬ 
tions. Boston, Mass: Wool market every¬ 
where strong. Arrivals of new clip at sea¬ 
board very light for time of year; old stock 
all cleared out or concentrated in strong 
hands, so position favors sellers. Manufac¬ 
turers buying cautiously. “ Bear” arguments 
are based on poor trade, unsettled labor. Re¬ 
cent Supreme Court decision remitting 50c. 
per pound duty heretofore collected on hosiery 
and fancy knit goods in ad lition to 35 per 
cent ad valorem , will it is believed lead to a 
curtailment in the home manufacture of 
these goods, and consequently to a less de¬ 
mand for the wool used in them. Shearing 
is about to begiu in the fine-wool disl riots. 
Prices promise to open fully as high as last 
year. Negotiations for new unwashed wools 
are slow owing to the extreme views of sellers 
in the interior..... 
Philadelphia, Pa.: Wool stronger owing 
to scarcity; but demand is not active. New 
clip coming forward slowly. Grain dull for 
export, aud prices have declined on favorable 
crop prospects; but there are some fears of a 
squeeze before the old crop deal is over. 
Dairy produce steady but inactive. Farm 
produce in good demand: potatoes scarce and 
higher. Textile mills running only half lime 
on coarse cotton goods; but generally busy on 
high-class goods. General outlook clouded by 
labor troubles all through the State. 
Louisville, Ky.—Growing wheat is endan¬ 
gered by continued rains. A rank growth of 
straw bus been produced, and many fields 
have been beaten down. Cool, dry weather 
alone from this date will make a crop. Corn 
has a fair stand, but considerable replanting 
is in progress. B trley crop good and ready 
to harvest. Oats look well; but straw growth 
too heavy. Leaf tobacco market brisk: sales 
for past month 6,900 hogsheads. Present 
stocks iu warehouse 11,250 hogsheads. A full 
acreage of the weed is being planted... . 
Chicago, 111 : Provisions weak under heavy 
receipts. Receipts for May were 546,000 head, 
or 78,000 more than for May last y ear. The 
shipments were 91,000 more than for May last 
year. Cattle have declined 25c. per hundred 
on choice, and 75c. on Texans. The grain 
markets were weak until Thursday. The fact 
that June deliveries were not as large as an 
ticipated made them a little strouger. The 
receipts of breadstuffs were 00,978 barrels 
flour, 115,523 bushels wheat, 2.010,213 bushels 
corn, 514,678 bushels oats, 21,755 bushels rye 
and 40,064 bushels barley. The shipments 
were 45,127 barrels flour, 138 360 bushels wheat, 
1,110,555 bushels corn, 385,481 bushels oats, 
34,721 bushels rye and 80,248 bushels barley. 
Latest 
dates, 
busli. 
Wbeat. 9,427.789 
Com.. 9.294 191) 
Oats. 2,204,975 
Rye.. 1,017,931 
Barley. ... 180,00? 
Preeed’ff CorV.p’d’, 
week, week 1881 
bush. bush. 
9,891,224 14,9*0.921 
H.KWOJ 9,822,828 
l,H9fi,b73 4,589,330 
999,119 327.327 
189,lOl 513,092 
A decrease within the week is thus shown 
in tbe aggregate visible supply of wheat of as 
much as 466,426 bushels, while iu that of corn 
an increase is noted of 1,133,041 bushels, and 
in that of oats a gain also of 368,297 bushels. 
Of wheat a reduction is indicated of 250,394 
bushels, with an increase in corn of 271,287 
bushels, in the aggregate accumulation at the 
five principal Atlantic ports. 
and some farms are already submerged.... 
_Minneapolis, Minn.: Weather bright but 
cold during the week, but favorable for small 
grain crops. Wheat iu better condition than 
at this time last year. Corn backward, much 
of it is just planted; with good weather in 
July and August a good crop will be raised. 
Farmeri! generally in good spirits in view of 
present prospects. Wheat maioly out of pro¬ 
ducers’ hands. Receipts for the week 240,000 
bushels. Immigration to the Northwest still 
“booming.” Basis there for existence will 
depend ou next crop; if good, collections will 
beeasy; otherwise there will be a serious set¬ 
back in tbe newly settled country. Most of 
the new-comers now have money enough to 
pay as they go... 
Baltimore, Md.: Cotton market dull and 
weak, with prices lower. Demand for wool 
fair, and better prices offering; receipts mod¬ 
erate. Prices for cattle on the decline. 
Richmond, Va.: Condition of crops highly 
encouraging for the future of business gener¬ 
ally. Norfolk, Va.: Truckers are now 
reaping a harvest; large shipments are made 
and remunerative prices obtained. Steamers 
and cars are loading daily for points north 
and west. This branch of industry i3 attract¬ 
ing a good deal of capital. This season is the 
most satisfactory for years. Colton knitting- 
factory very prosperous, sending out large 
orders. Agricultural iron and plow works 
running full time; so are the flour mills, which 
are paying well. Wilmington, Del.: 
Weather warmer aud crops are being re¬ 
planted. Provisions and grain firm........ 
Savannah, Ga.: Cotton market quiet; re¬ 
ceipts slim. The Arkwright cotton factory 
is running 8,000 spindles and employs 94 hands, 
turning out annually 800,000 pounds of yarns 
and warps.AUGUSTA. Ga. : All the 
cotton factories are running on full time at 
present, but tbe demand for goods is light, 
and stocks are accumulating. Flour mills 
running day aud night with orders ahead, 
especially for moal, for which there is great 
demand. Memphis, Tenn. : A cotton 
mill just completed has begun operations. 
Nashville, Tenn. : Cotton market without 
animation but prices are unchanged. Wool 
closes easier. Live stock market unchanged 
except for fine shipping cattle which are 
higher. Horse aud mule market stagnant. 
Old cotton factories in a prosperous condition, 
new concerns getting speedily uuder way.... 
Vennorsays: The geueral outlook for the 
weather of the Summer season in southern 
and southwestern sections is improving, owing 
to tho continuance of very windy weather in 
northern and western sections of Canada and 
tho United States. But a “windy Spring 
makes a severe Autumntherefore the out¬ 
look for the Autumn of 1883 is increasing in 
severity. My theory of “ weather relation¬ 
ships” is working just now in a telling man¬ 
ner all over the Northern Hemisphere, and I 
feel much greater confidence in predicting the 
periods of the more marked disturbances. 
Hence, I herewith reiterate my previous state¬ 
ments respecting “a very cold and stormy 
Autumn” and early setting in of extreme se¬ 
verity with heavy' snowfalls, this reaching to 
remote southerly points. We are likely to ex¬ 
perience one of the coldest periods in a long 
term of years during the early part of the 
Winter of 18S2-3, but tbe cold will come in 
u lump, and Ihe latter half of Ibe Winter is 
likely to be mild aud open, with an advanced 
Spring.In view of the great scarcity and 
high prices of breadstuff?, as noted editorially 
by us last week. Spain has suspended all duties 
on foreign cereals for the remainder of the 
year. That country is obtaining supplies of 
Indian wheat in tbe English markets. 
The delightful climate of California has its 
disadvantages, and among these one of the 
most serious is the strong and chilling winds 
that blow from the ocean at some points along 
the coast. What makes this particularly im¬ 
portant is the fact that the soil is often culti¬ 
vated to the very verge of the beach, where 
vegetation, grain, and fruit that would other¬ 
wise flourish luxuriantly, feel the winds 
keenly'. It is now proposed to remedy this 
evil by planting dense rows of hardy trees 
along the coast to form a barrier against the 
winds. That would also serve the useful end 
of helping to fix the shifting sands. It is 
more than likely that in course of time the 
coast of California will present the novel 
specatcle of unbroken woodland extending 
along the very edge of the ocean for hundred 
of miles..... 
From the monthly statements of the Wash¬ 
ington Agricultural Bureau it appears that 
the exports of wheat for the ten months end¬ 
ing April 30. were 85,330,207 bushels, against 
129,853,406 bushels in the corresponding period 
of 1880-81. Of wheat and flour (latter reduced 
to bushels) the total export during the same 
i periods was 159.857,007 bushels in 1881-3, 
against 107,550,391 bushels in ten months of 
