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iht <Pt$«tr]t ftatmkalCT. X TAIf BLTK*, Txrmumcm. dSpfBT, IIXINOffll mews CONDENSED. 31 Tap toWn-honae of Norwich, Ct, has been _*|I«froyed by fire. Several of the inmatu per- i the flames The woman's suffrage movement is looming op again In Masaaghu- jn t̂a the Upper House of the Legislature of that State having, by a rote of eighteen to tea, the female-eaffk-age amendment to the - ftoMtU _____ TBCS ^PTKflHC» ^ ! ftmpux. members of the Chicago whisky jingl inchnfing A. €. Heaing, Jacob Rohm, and portion of the crookwl distillers, have pleaded -*#|jnilty to the soft impeachment. Sentences v. ^have been deferred until all the pending ,pviiiaky-fimad oaees been disposed of-- " Springfield, 111., has been visited by a disas- troos conflagration. Bairn's Opera-house and 1.', , , i hree adjoining bosineas honses were burned, nvolving a lose of about $170,000. E.1J» Menritt, ©f Gen. Sheridan s staff, ,,^^o has jagfc returned to Chicago from an es- ibedittau to the Red Cloud agency, says there is n s> -fjocnQ gold in the Black Hifls, bnt not enough »jiaopport one-half the people who are ahwady there. Gen, Merritt thinks the coming spring • '̂VriB. find many of those who h»,ve gone to the ^^^ fiillB prostrated by exposore Mid diseases and -Jtitteriuly starved to death. If they are fortu- enongh to live through the winter, they •tflrcannofc move, for the snow is deep OB the „ ground, the streams are frozen hard, and the • ""'̂ 'frnly running water found is upon the surface Hm«X>f the ice, which will not break until June. THS distillery of Dickinson, Abel A Co., one " i)-»v®f ^ "crooked" ones of Chicago, has been ,v^l*i)©Menmed by the United States District Court, ':WM forfeited to the Government... .The St * • IJOUIB police the other day made a raid on all V , «£he poUcy shops in Hie city, and seized all the tickets and other property belonging to thelot- ^ ' tery businose.,. .Richard D. Curry, an Omaha w- -colored gambler, has been convicted of aasault- , ,t |ng with intent to Mil Edward Rose water, editor '• of the Omaha Sm and sentenced to four years -*• > • |D the Penitentiary. HON. WK. B. Galdwsu* one of the oldest . ,,.$namberi of the Cincinnati her, died in that i^rrfity "a8t wee'* ®e ytm on Supreme Bench <bf Ohio for many years, and was a lawyer of is <treatability....At Salt Lake, Utah, the other K j$ay, John Wiggins was sentenced to be shot l^une 23 for the murder of John Kramer, the prisoner choosing this mode of death in pref- . -m twreno» to hanging or decapitation. . SOUTH. CHABLKSTOK, EL C„ has been ecouiged by a I ̂ disastrous conflagration. The fire broke out .^1 in the morning, at the corner of King street (^|jand Sogers' alle JB. No water being in the „ • laeighborhood, and the wind blowing a gale ,<8'from the southeast, the flames spread with in- '] «sreditable rapidity The fire raged for eight I glJioura, and only stopped for the want of ma- ' serial. Heartrending scenes were witnessed •*? daring the progress of the flames, and, to add tm#o tlwranfueionfwnds of negro robbers sacked every house to which they could gain admit- tance. Hundreds of persons were rendered w; fiosaeleas and penniless. "Hie loss is estimated $500,000, with very little insurance.,. .The rsr lrecent snowstorm extended itself aver nearly -f 4*he entire southern section of our country, and . /was the heaviest visitation of the kind that the " " k\ddest Inhabitant can recall. At Cairo the snow HM iourveen mcnee deep, and at Memphis, and ^/.points tether south, it waa ten and twelve inches on a level. WASHINGTON. Ttfamemfeen of Congress are beooning '* fclannetfatthe Increasing sieknese of Bepre- •' eentatjvv.s and the condition of the hall. A mieal caperi has examined the condition of . , the Ypfttilaoor- of the House, He foond that while 50,000 cuMc feet of air are required for health, the hmli is at present supplied with tfvfton e ^ ITa11/v*V^ nnn A# who some time ago stole f40,000 from the ' • *tieasury, has been convicted. e>?s THW Senate Committee on Privileges and jS(|Elections have began its investigation of the . tpharges brought against Senator Spenoer, of .' Alabama, that he secured his election by cor­ rupt means. Ex-Senator Matt Carpenter is l< f5®ounsel for Spencer A Washington dispatch , .,J»ys Maj, Bluford Wilson, Solicitor of the Treas- #J'%ry, and Washburn, Chief of the Secret Service, .^ijfcave goae to Montre^ to endeavor to secure the return of Marsh. CONGRESS MAS FHKKAUDO WOOD has just had narrow escape from s painful death. There was an abecess in his throat which threatened *- to close the windpipe before it broke, and the •; • Washington surgeons had despaired of reach- • •. pg The eminent surgeon, Dr. Sayre, of Mew York, was sent for. and immediately under- • • *ipak the extremely dangerous task of ' lancing • the abscess from the inside of the throat, near • the carotid artery. The operation was suc­ cessful. but Wood will necessarily be an ivalid j,r^Jor from sis monthc to a year. PBESTOENX GBAITT having guaraateci the WIT* it be that his memory k unlike that of the ma­ jority of men. He oosld remember tha* he wa» oaiwhil to destroy every shred of paper which eottld show s dbeot oonneotion with the late Seoretaiy of War, butheoould not remember thtf slightest detail, or evto the subject-matter off the mosl important oonvwsations with Gen. BeHmsp Mamh admitted his testUwrnv before the Olymer Oommittee with one inoOnsxderable exoeption. That exception was an in­ complete phrase which was omitted from the printed report.,. .The Presi­ dent has nominated to the Senate Hon. John A. Bentley, of Wisconsin, for United States CmmifBrifflfwr of Penajons, vice MoGlll, who resigns on acoount of the inadequacy of the salary Mrs. Ifyra dark Gaines hasonce more reoovend judgment in the United States Supreme Court in her suit for the vast estates in and around New Orleans to wliieh she lays TUt deatk ef MM. Cari Brtimx kk announced. She died in New York city of puerperal fever, two «Uj" jrfvfng W*th to » child. > HON, RICHARD H. DANA has reoonsidered his determination to appear before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs to answer the charge of literary piracy urged against him as ground for the rejection of his nomination to be Minister to Great Britain. A LETTER from the Black Hills, printed in a St Paul paper, Bays the extravagant reports sent to Eastern and Western papers about the immense yield of gold we immense fraud*. The writer says that since his stay in the hills he has visited almost all the le&ding gulches, and has not yet seen a pay streak or a place where foed-ro<fc-ha« l>een readied. Ho s&ya there is undoubtedly gold, but poor men's dig­ gings are scarce, and if gold is to be taken out it will take capital to do it. There sure about 2,500 men in the hills, and more are arriving daily,. while many disgusted pilgrims have turned their- faces nomewtwd. EDWIK BOOTH'S theaixioai tonr through the South was remarkably successful. He was greeted with ovations everywhere, Mr. Booth will fill a series of Western engagements, open­ ing iii Chicago, at MeViekef'e Theater, o« the 6th of April Five States have now totally abolished the death penalty, viz.: Maixie, Rhode Island, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa. THE National Counoil of the Order of Sover­ eigns of Industry was in session at Cleveland last week. Eleven States were represented. The reports of the officers make a favorable exhibit of the affairs and prospeots of the order. POLITICAL. A WASHINGTON telegram states that at a caucus of the Republican Senators the other day, there was a general " interchange of viewB respecting the general policy that should be adopted in regara to the large reductions made or contemplated by the House of Representa­ tives in the customary annual appropriations. After a long discussion ou the subject, it was unanimously agreed, as the sense of the caucus, that the necessary efficiency of the civil service would be seriously impaired if a sweep­ ing reduction be mad© in all its branches by the application of the reported policy of the House committees to cut down nearly all salaries 10 per cent., and the force employed 20 per cent., and also that the action of the House in pro­ posing to abolish a number of our missions to South America, end reduce the salaries of fbe principal ministers in Europe, is unwise and ly of fresh khitatMO- _ penona «i- UM reporters' na*y be «d- debeU), the re­ offend a ,ent in th® force Into (be HOUM a air for the supply Of W0 _ tation to pxoluae from fee cept th<we who have ttM.Mii and diplomatic galleries,! rai'«*d oa eaids of SMatbefa. port was recommitted.. resolution toiMfctte the Dintrlct of Ootost&a. MONDAY, March 90.--tfenpte,--Wright rose to a personal explanation. It was for the purpose of denying » Mwapaper report tSrt he had in hia ««r Government. ($160,000) id The the bill pro- Nation in regulating ident Ho rice a private «ecre< ....The bill to m __ for feeding the Sioux Senate spent some time In Tiding for an agreement with tfcs regard to the Back Hills, and lit' the mode of oouttUng the votes $2 action waa taken on either meant*. Home.--Banning and Bajler 'presentcd the peti­ tions of various distillers at Kentucky, Indi­ ana, and Illinoia, rrntaeHng agtfMit*aDy change in the preaent plan of collectings taxA The moat iiuportant feature of the House twnneedingfi was the introduction by Atkine (Tena,)"of a bill repeal­ ing the Resumption Act, aooomganiet! by a mo- <» *u£- i audi. WMm the biii. iiifc motion was rejected--yeas, two-thirds in the affirmative. vote In detail: TEAM. Wort, Franklin, Fuller, floodn. Goodwin. Gunier, ' " Hamilton (Ind.)^ IjPtpaya, 108; not •Xbl Miowing iathe •Si... A^noworth, /uidemon, Ashe, Atkins, Baker (Ind.)t Banning, Blackburn, Bland. aiotitit, Boon#, Br&ciford, Bright, Brown (Ky.), Harris (Oa.). Harriis (Va,), Harriisoa, Hartbridga,' Har««ja, Haymond, <». O.), Burchard (Wia,),Haj«, Cabenl, Hereford, Caldwell (Ala.), Hewitt (Ala.)» Caldwf>U('reun<),Holnian, unpolitic, It was there: Senate Committee on pass upon each item of bilk separately, and currence only in those «epfi.r»te examination, are with the continnaaoeof Ik® agreed that the priations should in the various ramend con- which, after eompafcible lit® efficiency. Campbell, Cannon, Cate, • Caul field, Clarke (Bjr.). Clark (Sta), Clym«, Cochrane, Cook, Cowan, X) o Bolt, Debrell, Douglas, BurhaK Kden» - Egbe^ „ ' Ellin, Evans, Faulkner, Fornojr, Bagby. Bagley, G, A., Bagley, G. H., Baker (M. Y.), Ballou; Banks, Barnxlm, Bass, Beebe, Blaine. Blair, Bliss, Bradley, Brown (Kan.), Burchard (111.) CaswelL Chittenden, Conger, Cox, Crapoy Cutler, DenisOU, Dunndl, Durand, Eamea, Ely, farwall, Foster, Freeman, Frost, Frye, Oar field, HaU, Hopkins, House, Hunter, Hunton, Hurd, Hymen, Jenokes, Jones, Jones (Ky.), Kelley, Knott, ps (Mo.) vensou. Vo'rhea, (Oi), , (N. C.), addell, Landem (bid.), Wetter (Vs.), Xiewis, Xjnde, MoFarland, . McMahon, " Mtlliken, •, , Moxgan, Nesi, New, -ft, VATS. Hendee, Henkle, Hewitt (N. Y.), Hoar, Hoge, Hooker, Hubbell, Hurlbut, Joyce, Kehr, Kimball, WsBace (Pa.), (Mo.), Iiorne, (Ind.), (Ala,}, o«mg-i|(». BoMAns (pa.), ESSSv, Jchuniaker, Veelye, Singleton, ti&Pa.), Strait, fteuger, itowell, Landers (Oonn), Tarbox! Lapham, Thampeon, Leavenworth, Luttrcll, UX& MoOrary, MoDilL Metcw, Miller, Morey, Monroe, > * Morrison, Nash, Norton, O'Brien, £sget ftyne, Fierce, Piper, Plaisted, Potter, ^ pifiHH MarBh «.n4 his wife hiimunity from prose- .. .jGiitio»>, ths jmr returned ta Washington the V mother day for the purpose of telling all they -jnknow about Belknap, poet-traderehips ana wilier matters of interest... .The Treasury I»e» )>ai'tment received last week from San Francisco fourteen tons (500,000) of silver, to be set sside in of the silver redemption of the fractional currency. Hie House Pension Committee has decided recommend the transfer of the Pension Bit- amu to the control of the War Department .Ex-Senator Stewart, was before the House Committee ou Foreign Affairs, last week, and , „ g*ve his explanation of his connection with the 1 Kmma loine w counsel for James E. Lyon. : He cxmtridieted Lyon's story, as told to the _,; committee some time ago, in nearly every particular Treasurer. New has r . finally decided to resign, on account • , . ' pressure of private business.... • J. B. Evans, the post-trader at Fort Sill, was Deforetlifa ammitteeon Expenditures of the ^P^rts^ent, the other day, and detailed • circumstances surrounding his obtaining mranssicn from af&tsh to remain at Fort Sill. . It was & matter of neceseitv with him, he said, to oorne to termu with Marsh. Becretary Bel- < knaptold Evans he had promised Marsh a place, j, and Marsh had selected Fort Bill. . Evans saw - i ^"w+L*0 t?pearfc?i ̂ understand all about ™ .?e we,ltto ̂ ew York with Marnh, wnere & written contract was oiimnH wa^f..WT?;mtro?ulced to the Secretary ef \Va"r by Gen. Bice, of lewa, and paid him $1,000 , for the introduction. He thought thfo .. was enough, ttough Rice wanted 500 Bespectmg what has befn said about the re- " cent .correspondence.. of the Attoruev-L*«iW«i *, wth Dktrict Attorney Dyer, intended'to reflect upon Gen. Babcock. ne (Babcock) mak< s and ^ anthonzee the publication of the following « stetemeas; UI found a copy of the letter Ivint open upon lnv desk at the Executive mansion I do not know ho w or by whom it came there' • It was without any envelope or direction to . anybody. It wsa not marked official or conti- » dentisL There wa» nothing to show that it w <s intended for the President, and he informs me ' that he noser saw it. The copy appears to have been made in the Attorner-g^nei-al'ii C oftioe. Finding this oopy open and without j, direction upon my desk, I presumed it was put there for my inspection and une, and acoord- ' ingly I placed it m tlTe hands of my counsel for I su#h action as iiiiey smgki. ihmk proper in re­ gard to it." THE witness Marsh, about whom there has •' tieen such & hubbub, waa before t*<© House Ju- •s diciarv Committee again the other day,, and re> • re&eated bis testimony atrainst Belknap. H 3 t made profession that be de^u-ed to state th a entire truth, without reserve. His testimon,- * |r»« not consistent with his pmfearion, twice i fe. ? • • Wherever such reductions can be made the Republican majority ©f the Senate will vote for iiJWUJ, uuii> »..»«< the Gsj&taiiJ, liiiltoola gOOu reasons can be shown for concurrence in any recommendation of the House touching a mat­ ter of importance, lit# issue will "be met with unyielding firmness," A SHORT time since the President sent to the United States Senate the' nam® of Mr. B. P. Derickson to to Collector of Internal Revenue for tine Ktesfc BMnok (Chicago) district. - ©n- Monday he retailed the name of Mr. Derickson and substituted that of Joel D. Harvey. The Senate has confirmed the nomination. THE New York Kepubiican state Convention, for the appointment of delegates to the Na­ tional Convention, was held at Syracuse last week. George Dawson presided. A resolution was adopted instructing the delegates to Cin­ cinnati to vote for Roaeo© Conkling for Presi­ dent. The platform declares for hard money The Democracy of Pennsylvania held their convention at Lancaster on the same day. In their platform they declare for general am­ nesty, demand the repeal of the Resumption act. and favor "such steps for the resumption of specie payments as will most surely and speedily reach that result without destroying the business interests of the country." The delegates to Bt. Louis were left uninstructed. Amotion to instruct for Judge Black was voted down. FOBEIOH. THE announcement that Japan and Corea were about to go to war was premature. A treaty of peace has been concluded between the two countries. A PARIS cablegram gives brief particulars of a shocking railway calamity near Lattertacb, Franco. A passenger train, while crossing the river 111, was prccipitatcd into the rapid cur­ rent by the giving way of the budge." There toBiesuiiiu iKiilj oir fifty people oa board, every one of whom perished The great manurac- Xhofnburglu •"owneend (Pa.), ikmorton, <». Y-), e(S.C.), arrwj, " eeler, Itehonse, tin 17 like, illar d, Uliama (N. Y.), illiama, A. 8. rittlsms' (Wis.), niUams (Del.), Fffliams, W. B. (Mich.), Pilson (Iowa), ITood (Pa.)--108 tnring city of Manchester, England, has had a destructive conflagration, A block of ship­ ping warehouses was consumed, entailing a loss of two or three millions oi dollars. KINO ALFOHZO of Spain made his entry into Madrid on the 20th of March, at the head of 25,000 troops. Three days festivities fol­ lowed, and everybody in the city, Carlist sym­ pathizers excepted, was happy and Jolly The number of slaves la Brazil, according to recent official returns, to 1,409,448....Vesu­ vius is belching lire again,.. ,The Italian Min­ istry has been- tonaced, and a new Cabinet ap­ pointed. ». Air armistice of twelve days' duration has been agreed upon by the Turks and Heraego- vinians The French Governmental budget for 1877 estimates the revenue at .£534,400,000, and the expenditures at 4:533.400,000. No in­ crease of taxation is proposed... .The return of peace in Spain has caused the issue of a de­ cree establishing a relief fuuu for iijvum uuu wounded soldiers, and for the families of those killed dining the war. One year's service is remitted for all men now in the army... .The Galveston jVews prints a special dispatch re­ ceived from, Eio Grande City, stating that news was received that the Mexican forces had been badly defeated by the revolutionists, with the loss * of 1,500 men and all their artillery and wagons. THERE was a snow-storm in Rome and other portions of Southern Europe on the 20th of March. This is extraordinary, more so even than the foot of snow which fell in Tennessee on the same day. , Hamilton (W.J.), Powell, _ Hancock, Pratt, Hardenbergh, Randall, llathom, . Reagan, TOSDAT, March SI. -- Senate^- Cameron (Wis.) presented a joint resolution of the Wiscon­ sin Legislature against bridging the Mississippi river Petitions were presented by Wright, Lo­ gan, Dawes, Cooper, Sherman, Dorsey, Ohristiancy, Ingalle, Windom and others, from Good T&iplars and other temperance organisations in their eev prohibiting the use of liquors anamllg^lfc officials of the civil, military and naval service.... Allison, from the Committee jon Appropriations, reported oaca ixlc cn• uuij »r *'•.*. the that the Senate adhere to its amendments and ask for a committee of conference. Agreed to, and Allison, I/)gan and Wallace were appointed as such committee on the part of the Senate.... The Senate again debated, without action, the hill prescribing the mode of limiting the Presidential vote... Executive Session.--The Foreign Relations Committee reported back the nomination of Rich­ ard H. Dana, Jr., to be Minister to England, with the recommendation that it be not confirmed. It was placed on the calendar with the adverse report for future consideration. House.--Bright offered a re'solution, instructing the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department to inquire Into the management and disposition of the captured and abandoned prop­ erty. Adopted Jones (Ky.), from the Com­ mittee on Railroads and Canals, reported a bill to authorize the Washington, Cincinnati and St. Louis railroad to construct a narrow-gauge railroad from tide water to St. Louie and Chicago. Recommitted.... Caulfield, from the eame committee, reported a bill making it a misdemeanor for any person in the employ of the United States to solicit or contribute funds for election purposes, or to canvass in any election in any State, county, or district in the United States. Blaine offered an ameuuineat to iHCsude Seualorts, Repre­ sentatives, and Delegates in Congress, and to add the words, " And contribution of money or other valuable things as herein prohibited by any Senator, itepresentative, or Delegate in Congress while he is a candidate for Congress shall, in addi­ tion to the penalties herein prescribed, operate n<i a disqualification to his holding his seat." Amend­ ments were also offered by Keagau, Hewitt of Ala­ bama, and Brown of Kentucky, which are to be considered when the bill nest comes up The House went into Committee of the Whole, Cox in the obftiff on the legislative and Judicial Appropriation bill Speeches were made by Hubbell against the Morrison Tariff bill, and by Foster, of Ohio, a member of ttie Appropriation Committee, in criticism of the reductions proposed in the Legislative Appro­ priation bill, claiming that they are of HO sweeping a character as seriously to impair the effective work­ ing of the various departments of the Government. Holman defended the bill, and declared that the committee in preparing it had but one object in view, and that was to make all proper and necessary reductions consistent with efficiency, and thst no personal or partisan consideration bad been dis­ played in the action of the committee.- WEDNESDAY, March22.--Senate.--'The Senate proceedings were very tame, the better portion of the session having been consumed in discussing the bill to regulate the mode of counting the Presi­ dential vote. Ko action was taken on the bill. House.--Rice, from the Committee on Invalid Pen­ sions, reported a bill providing that all pensions on account of death wounds received or wounds con­ tracted in the service of the United States sinos March 4, 1871, shall commence from the date of the death or discharge and for the payment of the arrears of the pension.... The House took up the Judiciary Committee's bill prohibiting contributions to elec­ tion funds by officers of the United States Govern­ ment, the question being on the amendment of­ fered by Blaine to extend the application of the bill to Senators, Representatives and Delegates In Con­ gress. a lengthy debate ensued, and several amend­ ments offered and adopted. The bill was finally passed--yeas 173, nays 8. ' FORTY"FOURTH COS«BL?9& THURSDAY, March 16.--8enate.-~Winfftto in­ troduced a bill to establish the Territory of Pem­ bina-- A resolution was adopted calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of the annual product of gold and f ilvor in the United Staten from 1845 to 1873, the amount in other parts of the world for the same period, and an Estimate of the amount in thin country at the present time.... The bill to regulate the counting of votes for Presi­ dent and. Vice-President was discussed by Chris- •lad J"ohMtonailiU' Mort<JU' Irelinghuyatai, Howe Hov*e.--The HOOK adopted the resolution calling upon the Attorney-general tor all totters and papers relating to the removal of Judge Belford, of iViV u.^e HouHedevoU'dHowe time,in Com- rann! V wi!°le, to the consideration ef the bill to tht T encjr:lUtrhe ̂ *«<i Engraving ti™ ft?h !w lJ<'P*rtmeht. Young, from U*e Sub-coz»mitiee ou Ventilation of the HOUM* made report to the effect that it «M impossible to AUSTIMJ, an Alabama negro, planned to poison the family of his employer in Eastern Shore. He put arsenic in ft water tank from which they usually drank. Soon afterward he ate dinner with them, and all were at once taken ill. The poisoned water, contrary to his ex­ pectations, had been used in cooking. He confessed his crime and died, but the others recovered. THE American Senate is the baldest- headed body of men on earth--or in the heavens above or the waters beneath, for that matter. Abaft the eyes of each Senator there is a wide expanse of un­ cultivated area.--sterile and bare. Sena­ tor John Gordon's brown head is the one grateful oasis in the weary desert of white skulls.--Letter in Atlanta Courier. FASSnitt EV1KT*. THX House Committee on Territories has agreed to report favorably on the Oklahoma bill to establish a Territorial covemment in the Indian country, and is now engaged in perfecting the details of the scheme. IN England, it is proposed to form a committee for the collection of subscrip­ tions to the complete works of Wut Whitman, whose poverty excites much more active sympathy among literary people abroad wan at home. THS Prinoe of Wales, having to his own satisfaction, doubtless, carried out the programme in India laid out for Mm by the wise men who sit in oouiicil with his royal mother, is now on Ms way home. A great deal of money has been spent and a vast amount of tom-foolery gone through with to very little purpose. THROUGHOUT Louisiana at present a remarkable natural curiosity is to be seen. On manv orange trees is ripe fruit of last year s growth (which is now most deliciously sweet), partly-grown green oranges from blossoms of early winter, and fresh blossoms which have now appeared aft the proper period. Such a thing was never before seen in that part of the country. JEKKMIAH S. BI^ACKJ of Pennsylvania, James B, Beck, of Kentucky, and Chas. J. Je&kins, of Georgia, have been selected by the States of Maryland and Virginia to settle the long-fltanding boundary dis­ pute between them. They will sit in Washington, commencing m April, and the examination of the case, with the hearing of witnesses, is expected to oc­ cupy about three months. MR. SHBBMAN, of Ohio, has introduced in the Unite.I States Senate a bill to limit the jtmsdiiction of the heads of depart­ ments in the allowance of claims. It pro­ vides that no claim against the United States in any executive department, after being finally considered and rejected by the head of that department, shall be sub­ sequently considered or allowed in whole or in part by the head of that depart­ ment, but, if presented again, may be referred to the Court of OWms. It also prohibits consideration and allowance by departments of any claim that occurred more than two years before its presenta­ tion, providing that such claims must be referred to the Court of Claims, if within the limits prescribed. THREE military expeditions are now in motion for the Wind river and Big Horn region, west of the Black Hills, in Wyoming Territory, where, it is known, the hostile Sioux Indians and their allies are concentrating for the purpose of a general war against the whites. General Crook and Colonel Reynolds, at the head of ten companies of cavalry, are moving northwesterly from Fort Fetterman, in Wyoming, while General Custer, with cavalry, is simultaneously moving south- westwardly from Bismarck, Dakota, and another cavalry force is moving south­ east war dly from Fort Ellis, in Montana. The three expeditions will " operate, and, if necessary, consolidate against the common enemy. Some Moody work is expected. OM> rracle Daniel Drew has followed the custom of the time, and joined the innumerable caravan of bankrupts. Mr. Drew has been one of the largest, and also one of th© most unscrupulous opera­ tors in Wall street for many years. He is enMktod do little or no sjnMpathy in Ms financial" troubles---certainly not to so much as Ms creditors, for lie never settled Ms contracts until he was forced to do BO. iiib practices have frequently been as reprehensible <and demoralizing as those of the man who presides over a faro-table. The gross amount of his liabilities, secured and unsecured, is stated at $1,500,000. It is doubtful whether his contributions of $250,000 to the Drew Theological Seminary at Madi­ son, N. J., and $100,000 to the Wesleyan University at Middleton, Ct., will hold, though they are secured by mortgages on his farms. THE Egyptian army, which has just gained an important victory over the Abyssinians, consists of about 15,000 in­ fantry and a few hundred cavaliy, with troops of camels and mules, and three batteries of artillery. The nominal com­ mander-in-chief, Ratib Pasha, rendered himself noted in the time of the late Said Pasha by attempting suicide because he had been publicly insulted by his august master. Gen. Loring, who is really in comm&nd, is a Hortli Carolinian, who, fought bravely in the Mexican War, and lost an arm in the assault on Da Belen gate. He held the rank of lieutenant- colonel in the regular army prior to the civil war, in which he was on the Con­ federate side. He is still in the prime of life, and has been largely instrumen­ tal in reorganizing the Egyptian army. Gen. Loring is accompanied by several American officers, including Cols. Dye, Field, Derrick, Major Lsoas, Oapt. Por­ ter, and Dr. Wilson. The officers of the expedition are all of the Caucasian race. The soldiers are mainly Arabs. Prince Hassan, who was present at the recent battle, is the Khedive's third son. He was educated at Oxford, and studied military science at Berlin. d The Abyssin­ ians under King John are supposed to number about 80,000, half of whom are said to be armed with modern weapons. The Black Hills Excitement. A recent letter from Cheyenne says : " Every day during the last week, about 100 persons have left there f^r the Hills; and, judging from the present appear­ ance, the daily number next week will be about double. Great misapprehen­ sion prevails as to the method of trans­ portation from here. Some fancy that twenty-dollar fare means a regular ride from here. Now, the methods of going from here to the Hills are : First, one can have his baggage conveyed to Cus­ ter City at $7 per 100 pounds, and has the privilege of walking after the wagon; and, of the many ways of conveyance, this seems to be the most satisfactory. A perfect understanding prevails be­ tween the parties, and no bickerings arise on the road, as there do among some of the others who make contracts to ride part of the way, and to have 100 pounds of baggage tmnsported for $15 to $22. When teams and men get tired on the road, it is to be inferred what troubles can wise as to when the proper time to ride or walk comes. Some peo­ ple buy teams and outfit themselves ; others undertake the journey on horse­ back ; and some make a bold dash for the gold world on foot, with their bag* gage on their backs. " The eieiUmiest here sometimes is awful. It is quite a study to note the «<!*wssiott of oountcaaxsse with which evtoy item of inielUgmoe from the Hills is received. It is beginnfaw fb be oon- sidered levitjr to tsBc of $b& Hills. The nan of baamew always Says Ous­ ter C% or BiB Gfito but nmm Black Hills." Veritable Babes la the Weed* Two small children, sons of Mr. Gub- aer, aged respectively three and five Tears, and a onild aged five years, son of Mr. Smith, wandered f rom their homes last Wednesday evening, Rtrt iosl mitM woods, and were no* found until Thurs­ day morning. Shortly after the disap­ pearance of the children a large crowd collected and began to scour the woods in all directions. The search was con­ tinued without cessation during the whole night. made its welcome appearance, but brought no trace or tid­ ings of the little wanderers. At one time about one hundred persons were engaged in the search. Thursday forenoon, about ten o'clock, Mr. Gubser's voungest child was found. The little fellow was lying on his back, chilled to numbness, and perfectly helpless. A little dog belong­ ing to Mr. Smith had followed the chil­ dren off. The faithful creature was found lyiug on top of the child, Mid endeavor­ ing to keep its Mttle master warm. It seems remarkable that instinct should have taugbfc the dumb brute so much, for had it not been for the warmth de­ rived from the dog's body the child would inevitably have perished with cold, Search was continued for the other missing children, and they were found about two hundred yards from the youngest child. Both were lying clown, clasped in each other's embrace,' almost frozen. Snow begara to fall rapidly about twelve o'clock Wednesday night, and continued to descend witbout inter- uption until s-"Tae time after the finding of the missing .?n<*. The night was dark and windy and extremely cold, and it is really a matter of wonder that the little truants did not perish before morning. It is thought they could not have sur­ vived more than two hours longer, when they were fortunately discovered. Luck­ ily they were comfortably clad, or else they would have died from exposure to the pitiless storm.--Portland Ore- gonian. Pleasures of Life In Texas. Galveston News: "A named Adams went into the store of Mr. Ander­ son, at Savoy, one day last week, and, raising a difficulty with him, threw a four-pound weight at him, but fortu­ nately missed him. Anderson then threw a four-pound weight at Adams, and, striking him on the head, killed hini. Weighty arguments.*' Dallas Herald .* " At Bolivar, Denton county, Wednesday morning, coming from b, parly, Mr. Askey wished to ac­ company Miss Miller home. Her broth­ er objected, and Askey went on ahead, procured a shot-gun, and shot Miller through the neck, killing him instantly. No excitement over it, as Miller was considered a bad man. Askey was plowing: to-day," Jefferson Times: "On Wednesday, while Probate Judge Bancroft, of Tex- arkanas was arguing some trivial case before Squire Bush„ in that city, som§ hard words ensued between the parties. Bush stepped from Ms desk, saying, " I adjourn this court to give you a 1L * at th» same time fnocMng 1 down. After he got up, he repeated the blow, knocking him over a bench. Ban­ croft drew knife and cut? Biv?h twice once in the face, from forehead to chin, the other time in the stomach. It is thought he cannot recover." Would It Be Any Harm I It is leap year, and if a tidy girl with red cheeks feels a palpitation of the heart for some worthy young man, would it be any harm for her to call upon Ms father speak about the weather, the bad roads, the hard times and the bad state of so­ ciety, and then remark: " Mr. Quincy, I have an affection for your son George, and I think I could soon learn to love him." Quincy would look at her from the corner of his eye, and she would con­ tinue: "I can wash, bake, cut over clothes, sew, play the piano, manage a servant, do embroidery, sing, speak good gram mar and mako a home happy." ' Quinoy would look from the ©oriioisof liis/ether eye, r.nd she would go»ri: . "I hear that he is home mghu/, is saving, well educated, sensible, has no bad Labits, and is just the kind of hus­ band I want. I don't expect any money with him, but will do my share of work, planning and saving to help him secure a home and a bank book. With your permission I should like to pay my ad­ dresses to him." Mr. Quincy would tell her to go ahead, if he was a sensible man, and would there be anything wrong about it?--De­ troit Free Press. " From the State House to a Prison Cell. Josephus Sooy, Jr., late treasurer o New Jersey, was arraigned for sentence in Trenton, the other day, for the em­ bezzlement of $47, 000. Chief Justice Beasley said: "The fact of your being here at thin time, convicted of such a crime, is a shock not only to the court but to the community. Your offense was one never before committed by an official in this State so high in office as yourself. Th© court feels a certain amount of sympathy with every man ar­ raigned at this oar. Still, in looking at your case, we can see no extenuating circumstances. You were surrounded with friends of high position, and should not have been overcome by temptation. The sentence of the court is that you be confined in the State prison for a term of three years, and thence until costs are paid.' Sooy was overcome, and sank into the prisoner's box. He is sixty-eight years of age. The general impression is that he has been a tool in the hands of cer­ tain Philadelphia sharpers, who have se­ cured the greater part of the money. THE father of all newspapers is the venerable Pekin Gazette, which is over 1,000 years old. It is a ten-page paper, with a yellow cover ; has no stories, no "ads," no marriage or death notices, no editorials, no subscribers. It simply contains the official notices of the Gov­ ernment. v •' TUB larger half of the women in the Russian capital are dependent upon their own exertions* • A PHENOMENON. K^ardlonry Abnormal <k ' VMM. The San Francisco Morning Call has a long acoount of a ttmfffkabla hitman . , Phenomenon disoovwed in that city. B For some time, according to the OaUr f*; them haw been rumors oi a strange ab- I normal development of vision on the FIT part of a lad named Johnny Palmer, wh» tl wsidee with his pwentein South Sar. Francisco. The boy Is abort minB year® -TasMSaa: On the evening of the 12th pSDaoember ' last the boy was in had, Ju l̂fZmme reason the curtains of an adjoii&w win­ dow had been removed, His^fcenta were seated in another room, when sud­ denly they heard the child uMer » er* and, hastening in, beheld hinTsittifi# up in bed gazing intently at the moon, which was shining full in his face. He • imagined it to bp abont 900 w|a dis­ tant, and co u®'distinguish objero 1 on it with perfect distinctness. These facts, becoming known to the California col­ lege ef sciences, a committee composed of Drs. Bryant, Gadbury, and Goldson sought the youth for the pra-pone of testing his powers. They jfonuad tW nothing had been overstated, andjthat this extraordinary vision was possessed by the lad. He described what he saw, and Ms description before the committee- '1 agreed substantially with that made on previous occasions to private paft$es. He completely overturned the theory of the " inhabitabiiity " of the motm by declaring that he saw moving objects upon its surface, and minutely described them. The committee conclude .from what the boy states that there are living beings on that luminary,- but that.they greatly differ in form from any living thing on this planet. When full-grown the "Lunarian" is Shaped somewhat like a chariot wheel, with four spokes converging at. the center or axle. They move by rolling round and round, and travel as swiftly as an eagle. The chil­ dren appear to be shaped like a pump­ kin or orange, finally losing tfieir rotundity and assuming the form of a wheel alluded to. The surface of the moon is all hill and hollow; no is visible, nor are there any volcanoes, and no other species of living thing seems to exist upon it. The commifctee turned the ' boy's attention to the planet Venus, '1>ut he could discover nothing in that direc­ tion. The learned savans at once sur­ mised that the cause of his failure here was the fact that the focus of the -ejres was fixed 240,000 miles, while the least distance of Venus from the earth is 24,293,000 miles. It was, therefore, im­ possible for him to discover anytbin||on the surface of the latter with distinct­ ness. The reporter of the Call, after hearing the facts stated, hunted up the boy. and arranged a meeting at the residenoa of J. P. Morrow, of Ban .Fmncisoo, who has a large telescope finely mounted. The boy took a glance through this at Mars, and burst out into a ecream of delight, describing mountains ,̂ seas, rivers, cities, its inhabitants, and many other wonder­ ful sights. The story has a decidedly fishy flavor, and IB given for whai&is worth. \ New Hampshire's Queer tioreraineiit. It is a curiously antiquated and com- Elicated form of Statej»yernment ave down in ifew 'xtrapslure, ine lower branch of the Legislature is a mass meeting in dimensions, having 365 mem­ bers, while the Senate, with its twelve members, is like a revisory committee to correct the action o| the House. Every town with 150 voters has a representa­ tive, and many towns that do not come anywhere near this minimum get one by special act. For every 800 "ratable polls" an additional member is allowed, and a ratable poll is every man over twenty-one %hom the selectmen can find in a town a week after election, whether he be a voter or not. Each town is a little republic, and seeks to obtain as large a representation as possible in the general court. The result of this effort, is to increase the size of tiie House, while the Senate remains fixed by constitu­ tional limitation. 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