He reached it in tho afternoon, and a
few hours later the children them
selves arrived, in state, with banners,
and coifveyed in a covered hay-wagon
and four.
Joy bells were rung in the neigh
boring town, and in the farmer’s
brown house the happiest family on
tbe continent thanked God that
night.
Emancipation in Brazil. —lt is
reported that the Emperor of Brazil,
in his opening speech to the Cham
bers, much to the surpriso of his
people, has advised tbe emancipation
of the slaves. In 1867 there were in
Brazil 1,400,000 slaves, aud their lib
eration would bo a most important
epoch in the history of their country,
and iho world. Freedom to all in
the United States. Kuasia and Brazil,
would be a great work for one gen
eration.
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General Amnesty. —A Washing
ton dispatch to tho Times says the
prospect for any general amnesty is
very slight. The committees m each
having charge of the subject have
bills prepared, but the feeling in
Congress against making a general
law, and the want of time to get it
through, render it very probable that
it will go over to the next sossion.
*jyCensus taking has been known
to exist since tbe first days of the
Solon Constitution, going back some
six hundred years before the birth of
Christ, and that in the Mosaic times,
an accuracy of system had been at
tained in obtaining censns returns
but little inferior to the present
method.
U. S. Revenue. —Receipts of inter
nal revenue for the current year to
date, are $155,000,000, indicating that
tbe Commissioner’s estimate of $175,-
000,000 will be reached by tbe end
of June.
Germany have landed at New York
since the Ist of January, nearly all
of whom have West.
