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•t) f)!amMa J. VAN 8LYXL. 1-oblbhim. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. PRESIDENT HATES. Thf iMagaiution Ceremonies--The Address ot the President in Full. WASHINGTON, March 5. , A very brilliant audience assembled in the Senate Chamber as early as 10 o'clock to •witness the inaugural ceremonies, the majority being ladies. The diplomatic gallery was entirely filled with members of the diplomatic corps and their wives. At 5 minutes before 12 o'clock the foreign Ministers, dressed in full court dress, entered the chamber, creating something like a sensa- prescribed by the constitution and wise public economy. But at the basis of all prosperity, for that" as well as for every other part of the country, lies the improvement of the intel­ lectual* and moral condition of the people. Uni­ versal suffrage should rest upon universal edu­ cation. T<ar this end a liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by State Government"-, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from the national authority. Let me assure my countrymen of the South­ ern States that it is my earnest desire to regard and promote their truest interests--the inter­ ests of the white and of the colored people, both and equally--and put forth my best ef­ forts in behalf of a civil policy which" will for­ ever wipe out in our political affairs the color line and the distinction between the North and South, to the end that we may have not merely a North or a united South, but a united country. I ask the attention of the public to the para­ mount necessity of reform in our civil service, a reform not merely as to certain abuses and Eractices of so-called official patronage, which ave come to have the sanction of usage in sev­ eral departments of our Government, but a LIVELY TIMES. tk>o. They took seat* oh the right side of the > change of the system of appointment itself--a chamber. Following the diplomatic corps | reform that shall be thorough, radical ami eom- tbe members of the Supreme Court, came tfce memDers of headed by Chief Justice Waite, who were as­ signed seats on the right in/front of the foreign ministers. Judge Davis was among , them, but Justices Clifford and Field were ab­ sent. Judge Davis did not wear the customary robe of black. Precisely at 12 o'clock the President entered the chamber. He walked up the main aisle by the side of ex-President Grant, and took a seat in the space inunedi- atelv in front of the Secretary's desk. The members of the Cabinet, preceded by Secretary Fish, followed, and Were assigned -seats on the left of the President. plete--a return to the principles and practices of the founders of the Government. They neither expected nor desired from public officers any partisan service ; they meant that public officers should owe their whole serv ice to the Govern­ ment and to the people : they meant that the officer should be secure in his tenure as long as his personal character remained untarnished and the performance of hiy duties was satisfac­ tory. They held that appointments to office were not to be made Or expected merely as rewards for partisan services, nor merely on the nomination of members of Congress, as being entitled in any respect to the control of such appointments. The. fact that both {>olit- m , Tr ical parties of the countrv, in declaring their The appearance of President Hayes was the principles prior to the election, gave a promi- signal for loud clapping of hands by the oc­ cupants of the galleries. The spa<oe on the eastern front of the Capi­ tol, where President Hayes delivered his inau­ gural address, was completely packed with people, who were loud in their cheers during the time the President was speaking. A great many thousand people were present--exactly how many cannot be easily estimated. A space of ground of about 1,000 "feet by 300 wide was completely packed with people. I At 1:10 the ceremonies were concluded, and j the procession started on it* return to escort j President Hayes to the White House. | The following is the Inaugural address of I President Hayes in full: j FELLOW-CITIZENS : We have assembled to I repeat the public ceremonial begun by Wash- i ington, observed by all my predecessors, and now a time-honored custom, which marks the | commencement of a new term in the Presiden- I tial office. Called to the duties of this great j trust, I proceed, in compliance with usage, to announce some of the leading principles, on the j subjects that now chiefly engage public atten­ tion. by which it is my desire to be guided in the discharge of those duties. I shall not undertake to lay down irrevocably principles or measures of administration, but rather to speak -of the motives which should animate us, and to suggest oertain important ends to be attained in accordance with our institutions and es­ sential to the welfare of our country. At the outset of the discussions which preceded the recent Presidential election, it seemed to me fitting that I should fully make kuowii my sen­ timents in regard to several of the important •questions which then appeared to de­ mand the consideration , of the country. Following the example, and in part adopt­ ing the language of one of my predeces­ sors, I wish now, when every motive for mis­ representation has passed away, to repeat what was said before the election, trusting that mv countrymen will candidly weigh and under­ stand it, and they will feel assured that the sentiments declared in accepting mv nomina­ tion for the Presidency will be the standard of mv conduct in the path before me. Charged as 1 "now am with the grave and difficult task of carrving them out in the practical administra- tion'of the Government, so far as depends under the constitution and laws on the chief Execu­ tive of the nation, the permanent pacification of the country, uix>n such principles and by such measured as will secure the complete protection of all its citizens in the free enjoyment of all their constitutional rights, is now the one sub­ ject in our public affairs which all thoughtful anr* patriotic citizens regard as of supreme im­ portance. Many of the calamitous effects of the tre­ mendous revolution which has passed over the Southern States still remain. The im­ measurable benefit* which will surely follow, sooner or Liter, the hearty and generous accept­ ance of the legitimate results of that revolution have not yet been realized. Difficult and em­ barrassing questions meet us at the threshold of this subject The people of these States are still impoverished, and the inestimable bless­ ing of wise, honest and peaceful local self-gov­ ernment is not fully enjoyed. Whatever differ­ ence of opinion may exist as to the cause of this condition of things, the fact is clear that in the progress of events the time has come when such government is an imperative necessity, required by all the varied interests, public and private, of these States; but it must not be forgotten that only a local government which recognizes and maintains inviolate the rights of all is a true self-government. With respect to the two distinct races whose peculiar relations to each other have brought upon us deplorable complications and perplexi­ ties which exi;rt in these States; it :*nust be a government which guards the interests of both races carefully and equally ; it must be a gov­ ernment which submits loyally and heartily to the constitution and laws--the laws of the na- | tion and the laws of the States themselves--ac- ; cepting and obeying faithfully the whole con­ stitution as it is. Resting upon this sure and substantial found­ ation, that superstructure of beneficent local governments can be built up, and not otherwise. in furtherance of such obedience to the letter and spirit of the constitution, and in behalf of all that its attainment implies, all so-called party interests lose their auparent importance, and party lines may well be permitted to fall into insignificance. The question we have to consider for the im­ mediate welfare of those States of the Union is the question of government, or no government --of social order and all the peaceful industries and the happiness that belongs to it, or a return to barbarism. It is a question in which every citizen of the nation is deeply interested, and with respect to which we ought not to be in a Eartisan sense either Republicans or Democrats, ut fellow-citizens and fellow-men, to whom the interests of a common country and a com­ mon humanity are dear. The sweeping revolution of the entire labor svstern of a large portion of our country, and the advance of 4,000,000 people from a condi­ tion of servitude to that of citizenship, upon an equal footing with their former masters, could not occur without presenting problems of the gravest moment-, to be dealt with by the eman­ cipated race, by their former masters, and by the General Government, the author of the act of emancipation. That it was a wise, just and providential act, fraught with good for all con­ cerned, is now generally conceded throughout the country. That a moral obligation rests upon the National Government to employ its constitutional power and influence to establish the rights of the people whom it has emanci- Kted, and to protect them in the enjoyment of ose rights when they are infringed on or as­ sailed, is also generally admitted. The evils vhieli afflict the Southern States can only be removed or remedied by the united and harmonious effort* of both races, actu­ ated by motives of mutual sympathy and re­ gard, and, while in duty bo and and fully de­ termined to protect the rights of all by every constitutional means at the disposal of my ad­ ministration, I am sincerely anxious to use every legitimate influence in favor of honest and efficient local government, as the true re­ source of those States for thft promotion of the contentment and prosperity of their citi­ zens. In the effort I shall make to acconi- Slish this purpose, I ask the cordial co-opera-ion of all who cherish an interest in the wel­ fare Of the country, trusting that party ties and prejudice o f race will be freely surrendered in behalf of the great purpose to be accom­ plished in the important wrk of the restora­ tion of the South. It is not the political situation alone that merits attention. The ma­ terial development of that section of the coun­ trv has been arrested by tlit social and jxjlitical revolution through which it has passed, and now needs and deserves the considerate care of National Government within the just limits nent place to the subject of the reform of our civil service, recognizing and strongly urging its necessity in terms almost identical in their specific import with those I have here em­ ployed, must btf accepted as a conclusive argu­ ment in behalf of these measures. It must be regarded as the expVession of the united voice and will of the whole country upon this sub­ ject, and both political parties are virtually pledged to give it their unreserved support. The President of the United States, of neces­ sity, owes his election to office to the suffrages and zealous labors of a political party, the members of which cherish with ardor, and re­ gard as of essential importance, the principles of their party organization. But he should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who servos the country best. In furtherance of the reform we seek, and as, in other important respects, a change of great importance, I recommend an amendment to the constitution, prescribing a term of six years for the Presidential office, and forbidding a re­ election. With respect to the financial condition of the country, I shall not attempt an extended his­ tory of the embarrassment and prostration which we have suffered during the past three years. The depression in all our varied com­ mercial and manufacturing interests through­ out the country, which began in September, 1873, still continues. It is verygratifymg, how­ ever, to be able to say that there are indications all around us of a coming change and prosper­ ous times. ^ Upon the currency question, intimately con­ nected as it is with this topic, I may be permit­ ted to repeat the statement made in my letter of acceptance, that in my judgment the feeling of uncertainty inseparabie from an irredeemable paper currency, with its fluctuations of values, is one of the greatest obstacles of a return to prosperous times. The only safe paper currency is one which rests upon a coin basis, and is at all times promptly converted into coin. I adhere to the views heretofore expressed by me in favor of Congressional legislation in be­ half of an early resumption of specio payment, and I am satisfied not only that this is wise, but that the interests, as well as the public senti­ ment, of the country imperatively demand it. Passing from these remarks upon the condi­ tion of our own country to consider our rela­ tions with other lands, we are reminded by in­ ternational complications abroad, threatening the peace of Europe, that our traditional rule of non-interference in affairs of foreign nations has proved of great value in past times, and ought to be strictly observed. The policy inaugurated by my honored pre- decessor--Gen. Grant--of submitting to arbi­ tration grave questions in dispute between our­ selves and foreign powers points to a new and incomparably best instrumentality for the pres­ ervation of peace, and will, as I believe, be­ come a beneficent example of the course to be pursued in similar emergencies by other nations. If, unhappily, questions of difference should at any time, during the period of my adminis­ tration, arise between the United States and any foreign Government, it will certainly be my dis­ position and my hope to aid in their settlement in the same peaceful and honorable way, thus securing to our country the great blessings of peace and mutual good offices with all nations of the world. Fellow-citizens, we have reached the close of a political coutest marked with the excitement which usually attends the contests between great politicai parties whose members espouse and advocate with earnest faith their respective creeds. T? 3 circumstances were, perhaps, in no respect extraordinary save in the UosehCofl and the consequent uncertainty of the result. For the first time in the history of the country it has been deemed best, in view of ,|Jie peculiar circumstances of the case, that the objections and questions in dispute with reference to the counting of the electoral votes should be re­ ferred to the decision of a tribunal appointed for this purpose. That tribunal, established by law for this sole purpose, its members, all of them, of long-established reputation for in­ tegrity and intelligence, and, with the ex­ ception of those who are also members of the Supreme Juefciarv. chosen equally from both political parties, its deliberations enlightened bv the research and the arguments of able counsel, was entitled to the fullest confidence of the American people. Its decis­ ions have been patiently waited for and ac­ cepted as legally conclusive by the general judgment of the public. For the present, opin­ ion will widely vary as to the wisdom of the several conclusions announced bv that tribunal. This is to be anticipated in every instance where matters of dispute are made the subject of arbitration under the forms of law. Human judgment is never unerring, and is rarely re­ garded as otherwise than wrong by the unsuc­ cessful party in the contest. The fact that two great political parties have in this way settled a dispute in regard to which good men .differ as to the law, no less than as to the proper course to be pursued in solving questions in controversy, is an occasion for general re­ joicing. Upon one point there is entire una­ nimity in public sentiment -- that conflicting claims to the Presidency must be amicably and peaceably adjusted, and that when so adjusted the general acquiescence of the nation ought surely to follow. It has been reserved for a government of the people, where the right of suffrage is universal, to give to the world the first example in history of a great nation, in the midst of a struggle of opposing parties for power, hushing its party tumults to yield the issue of the contest to ad­ justment according to the forms of law. Looking for the guidance of that divine hand by which the destinies of nations and individ­ uals are shaped, I call upon you. Senators, Representatives, Judges, fellow-citizens, here and everywhere, to unite with me in an earnest effort to secure to our country the blessing, not only of material prosperity, but of justice, peace and union--a union depending not upon the constraints of force, but upon the loving devotion of a free people--so that all things mav be so ordered and settled upon the best and surest foundation, that peace and happi­ ness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations. Boisterous Debate in the House of Repre­ sentatives on the Vermont Case. » A resolution was offered by Mr. Poppleton that the House would refuse to proceed further with the electoral count unless the Senate pro­ duced the Aldrich certificate from Vermont, alleged to be in the hands of Vice President Ferry. Mr. Wood maintained that the resolution was out of order. Mr. Caulfield agreed that noth­ ing was in order but to proceed to the con­ sideration of the objections, unless there was an impediment in the way of such considera­ tion. Such .an impediment had arisen. The gentleman from Illinois (Springer) had yester­ day offered an objection which had been ac­ companied by a certificate, and the Vice Presi­ dent had refused to open that certificate. A resolution which had been offered simply asked that the Senate be notified that the House would be ready to receive that body in joint session for the purpose of opening that certificate. Mr. Hendee, of Vermont, called attention to the fact that the Clerk of the Court, to whom the second certificate was delivered, was a Democrat. Mr. Hooker argued against the point of or­ der, stating that the real question was whether the certificates from Vermont were single or dual in then- character ; if they were dual, the point of order did not apply, and it was the duty of the President of the Senate to open and submit the package presented to him yes­ terday. Mr.' Reagan supported the point of order, and argued against the resolution, as proposing a new question which had not been presented to the joint meeting of the two houses. He ex­ pressed his great regret that where his side of the House had good, and valid, and substantial objection* to tlie electoral count, »iiv oth@r ob- jections which could not command 'the respect of the party or of the country had been made. After some further discussion, the Speaker said: " With my l>est respect for all parties concerned, the Chair considers that a great mistake and wrong was committed yesterday in the joint session of the two houses, in this, that the presiding officer refused to receive, even for opening, rending and information, a package which had all the surroundings of an authentic pajwr in respect to an electoral vote of the State of Vermont. The Chair does not think that in any aspect of this case he would be called upon to rule that the action of the presiding officer of the joint convention yester­ day was wrong. He does not think he possesses the power, nor does he believe, in a technical sense, that the action of the joint convention I„ ; • il • T* .... -• N can be reviewed in this House in the manner proposed, and yet there is. above all, a fact on which this matter rests. The fact is, whether this House should have possession of this pa­ per. To that extent, and to that extent only, the Chair thinks that the resolution of the gen­ tleman from Dlinois (Caulfield) is in order. While the Speaker was delivering this opin­ ion. there was a subsidence of the uproar, which had been increasing little by little during the day, but as soon as he had got through the noise and confusion began to prevail again, and in a short time the storm had increased to a gale. The central point of it was the question whether before the two hours' discussion com­ menced the President of the Senate should be called upon to send back to the House the pack­ ages produced yesterday by Mr. Hewitt and submitted with Mr. Springer s objections to the count. The Sj>eaker did all that was in his power to get the House into the regular chan­ nel of business, and he refused to entertain an appeal from his ruling. His resoluteness lashed the opposing elements into a fury. Springer, O'Brien, Caulfield, Sparks, and I'opplo- ton, were all addressing the Speaker at once, and worrying him and the House with all sorts of questions and objections. They were suddenly joined bv Beebe, of New York, who, in the most excited manner, protested against the action of the Speaker, and who, in order to make himself still more conspicu­ ous, jumped upon his desk, and from there gesticulated wildly, shouting at the top of his" voice expressions which, in the uproar ana ex­ citement, were entirely unintelligible at the re­ porter's desk. At this time every member on the Democratic side, and nearly every one on the Republican side, was on his feet. The storm, however, was entirely confined to the Democratic side of the chamber, the Repub­ licans merely participating as spectators. The galleries were crowded to their utmost capacity, and so were the spaces at the back of the outer row of seats, and from these, as well as fr,om desks of members, came murmurs and loud hisses as this wild scene was enacted. The Sergeant-at-Arms, with his mace of office, aj>- jx'ared in the most disorderly parts of the as­ semblage, and Mr. Beebe stepped down from his elevated position and addressed the Speaker in a more moderate tone, from his own place. Then the spaces behind the outer row of desks were cleared. By degrees the storm lulled, and, although there were some lesser re­ newals of it, the Speaker managed at about 2 o'clock to launch the Hons*' fairly into the two-hours' discussion on the Vermont objec­ tions. The debate was opened by Mr. Popple­ ton, who soon yielded to enable Mr. Hewitt, of New York, to relate how he came into possession of the package produced bv him yesterday, and how he had In-* seen it in the possession of the Secretary of the Senate, who stated • '•Vat.it wa« tl.o private property oi Mr. Ferry, and that he proposed as a friend of Mr. Ferry to retain it. After a good deal of colloquy in regard to what had become of the paper, a messenger from the Senate came into the hall and ten­ dered the package to Hewitt, who refused to re­ ceive it, and thereupon aimounced the fact to the House. No immediate action was taken in the matter. The young lad who carried the package retained it in his possession, and took a seat awaiting the action of the House, and the discussion proceeded, Mr. Hendee explaining that the case of Vermont was only a minor form of the case in Oregon, the exception being that in Oregon Cronin had the certificate of the Governor, while Aldrich, the person claiming to be an elector in the Vermont case, had not, but acted entirely on his own motion. The members who participated in the discus­ sion were Messrs. Joyce. Hendee, Denison, Poppleton, Monroe, Hooker, Money, Wilson (W. Va.), Marsh, Haymond and Levy. Mr. Garfield read a letter from Mr. Gorham, Secretary of the Senate, saying that he had put the package puq)orting to be the second cer­ tificate in his pocket, as the package looked like a private communication, but,being admonished that his reception of it might be construed as the reception of it by l»resident Ferry, he took it from iiis pocket and placed it on the desk, and since tnat time he had not seen the package. Mr. Hewitt remarked that the package had been brought to him by a messenger from the Senate, who would not tell from whom he re­ ceived it. The Speaker asked Mr. Garfield to suspend his remarks till order was restored. Mr. Garfield--I will wait till Ajax and the other chiefs have quieted their troubles. [Af­ ter a pause. ] There is no pretense or claim that under any law the President of the Senate ought to receive a paper under such circum­ stances. There is no signature on the back of the paper authenticating it. For aught that we know it is another mock certificate. If any­ body has been deceived by the pretense that we ought to have a paper opened in this House coming in such a roundabout, unauthorized way. let all such pretenses be cleared away, and let them vote with the knowledge of the fact that a vote for the resolution is simply a vote to prevent a count, and to bring us into anarchy. Mr. Stone, who was one of the tellers, stated that he saw the Secretary of the Senate throw tlu package under the desk, and among the rubbish ; that he (Stone) immediately wrote a the President of the Senate had any power to do anything except to keep order, and to do •what had been committed to him under the Electorallaw, and all knew that this was the very question that lay at the foundation of all debates on the subject From the be­ ginning of the session it had been maintained by the Republicans that the President of the Senate could count the votes, and on that they had stirred up the coun- try and subsidized the press, had procured legal opinions, and what haa they come to at last? The Senate itself had in solemn debate repudi­ ated the doctrine as not worth one moment's consideration, and the President of the United states, in a solemn message to Congress, de­ clared that never in the history of the Govern­ ment had the President of the Senate assumed to decide any question. That official did now assume to decide this question whether or not that was a return t"be opened bv him. If the members of the House consented to that, let them look to tlie^future. ObMa principiis was the rule of prudence and the rule of law. The Commons of England, had gained the liberties of the English people, which had made the Anglo-Saxon race the glory of the earth, by standing on the smallest question that concerned their liberties. 8o the House of Representatives should not give up one jot or tittle of it* rights. It was the duty of the President of the Senate when that paper was before him to submit the ques­ tion (if he had any doubt about it) to the two houses, and the only remedy now was to invite hun back to open the paper "in the presence of both houses. If there were two returns from Vermont they should go to the Electoral Com­ mission. He appealed to the members to deal with the question not as Democrats or Repub­ licans. but as guardians of the rights of the House in the electoral count. In reply to a question by Mr. Cate, he said that there was no time fixed by law in which a certificatemust be tiled. Mr. Hoar--Is there not a source fixed by law through which these returns shall come? Mr. Field--It is not fixed by law. You m<5n. you Judges, have decided that the law cannoi contravene the constitution, nor can Congress make a law that biuds the States. Congress could not do it, and has not done it. It passed the law of 1792 that certificates should be sent in by the first Wednesday in February, and, if not, the Secretary of State should send for them. He could send for them anytime before the two houses met. That is the iaw if it was not repealed by this Electoral Commission law, which declares that all certificates and papers purporting to be certificates which shall have been received shall l>e opened. I have answered the objection that this certificate has not Ixseu received, because it ought to have been re­ ceived. In point of fact, it was re­ ceived in your present. It was deliv­ ered Ijy the member from New York (Hewitt) to the President of the Senate. Was it for him to reject it ? A re the representatives of the people to submit to that ? Are the Re- ?>ublicans to submit to it ? If you do, look for 881. Let this House put down its heel at once and forever on the doctrine that the President of the Senate is anything more than the pre­ siding officer; the gnardian of these creden­ tials until they are oj>ened, and that it is his duty to open them and submit to the two Houses every question that shall arise. The debate being closed, a*tl the question being on the resolution offered by Mr. Popple­ ton. Mr. Knott moved the following amend­ ment : Jii'Holv&i, That this Hous« requires that the pack­ age tendered by the member from New York (Hewitt) to the President of the Senate iu the pres­ ence of the two bouses yesterday, and purporting to be a certificate of the electoral votes for President and Vice President from the State of Vermont, shall be opened by the President of the Senate in the pres­ ence of the two houses, and, if found to be such a certificate, the same shall l>e submitted together with the certificate read in the presence of the two houses to the Klectoral Commission for its judgment and decision, and that the Senate !>e requested to make a like order requiring the President of the Senate to open such package in the presence of the two houses, and that until such order l>e made the Hotise will not be ready to meet the Senate and proceed with the count of electoral votes. As the vote progressed on this resolution, aud as there was an apparent prospect of its having a majority in its favor, the most intense excitement prevailed tliroughout the hall. Finnlly the vote .was announced as yeas, 116 ; liayH, 148. Mr. Mills, of Texas, offered the following : WHKHKAS, On the. 7th of Noveml>er, 1876, an elec­ tion was held iu the several States for electors for President and Vice President, at which the election of a majority of said electors favorable to the elec­ tion Of Samuel J. Tilden for President, and Thomas A. Hendricks for Vice President, were duly and con­ stitutionally elected; and WHKHKAS, The returns of said election in the Statea of Louisiana and Florida were duly made to officers in said States whose duty it was under the law to aggregate the votes and certify the names of electors ; and WHEKKAS, Said Returning Officers willfully, cor­ ruptly, and fraudulently suppressed the votes of those electors who were duly and legally elect­ ed, and falsely and fraudulently certified the elec­ tion of persons who were defeated at the ballot-box ; and WHKREAS, The Governors of said States falsely and fraudulently gave certificates of election to said per­ sons who were defeated, and refused them to those persons who were elected ; and WHEKKAS, Said false and fraudulent certificates were referred to a commission to investigate and re­ port to Congress the true and constitutional electoral votes of said States ; and WHEKKAS, Said commission refused to investigate the question as to who were the true constitutional electors chosen by the qualified voters of said States ; and WHKRKAS, It appears in the count of the electoral votes in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives that on account of said frauds in wuppr^sfing the true votes and certifying false votes, Samuel J. Tildi-n, although having received a ma­ jority of the electoral votes cast at the ballot-boxes in the several States, has not a majority in said Joint count of all the electors appointed in accord­ ance with the terms of the Constitution ; and WHKIIEAS, Rutherford IT. Haveo HA- i not received a majority of the constitutional electors duly and legally appointed, and the contingency provided for by the constitution having hapi>ened when it be­ comes the duty of the House of Representatives to proceed Immediately to the election of President of the United States for the ensuing four years; therefore, llexolvtd. By the House of Representatives, That said House proceed immediately, in obedience to the constitution, to choose a President from the persons having the highest number of votes, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as President. Mr. Mills made a speech in favor of his reso­ lution, in which he characterized the repre­ sentatives of the American people as cowering in the dust. The people, he said, dare main­ tain their rights, but the people's representa­ tives dare not do so. Their fathers, if they could look down upon them from heaven, would be ashamed to see them cowering before a des­ ist who only commanded an army of about 18,000 men, one-half of whom sympathized with the Democratic party. Mr. Blackburn said : To-day is Friday. On that dav the Savior of the world suffered cruci­ fixion between two thieves.. On this Friday constitutional government, judicial honesty, fair dealing and decency suffer crucifixion among a number of thieves. It was on that day tnat this Presidential fraud received his nomination at the hands of a party convention. It was on that day, as it recurred, that every determination reached by the blistered, perjured miscreants who constitute a majority of this commission has been promulgated. It is on that day that vou propose to consummate your iniquity, but the people will at length rise to punish even, perhaps iu Jilood, the perpetrators of all the scoundrehsm and villainy of this pro­ ceeding. Mr. Williams, of Wisconsin, replied to Black­ burn, saving that there was no day more fitting than hangman's day, and no horn- more fitting than that at which graveyards yawn, for the gibbeting to death of the bastard party of po­ litical reform which had vexed the eyes of good men for the last twelve months. ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. sides donating $50,000 to aid needy mei liere. Only locomotive engineers ere ©1 gible for membership, and at a death 1 family receives $3,000 cash. Twin Dolls on Their Travels. A pair of dolls, tied confidingly to­ gether around the neck, were recently received at the St. John, N. B., poet-, office. They bore the following inscrip­ tion : PASS THKK AI.ONO. This youthful pair would like to roam, ̂ Cross burning plain and ocean foots, To rest beneath the Banyan tree And gaze into the sparkling sea; To scale the dizzy mountain's height, Of burning craters catch a sight; To the chilly icebergs rpesSc; Mid Indian homes new pleasures seek. Then speed them on their distant way, Stop not by night nor rest by day Till, having gone the wide world o'er, They seek their prairie home once more. PEORIA, IU., Jan. 11, 18T7. The twins bore the postmarks of the following offices: Washington, Bos­ ton, Bnngor and Boston railroad postal car, Bangor and Vanceboro postal car, Vanceboro and St. John postal car, and St. John. After having been interviewed by the postoffice clerks here, the twin® were confided to the depths of a mail bag, and sent off by 'way of the Interco­ lonial for Halifax, thence by Allan steamer to the mother country.--Toronto \ Globe. An Incident of the Commission. Scene : United States Supreme Court room, while Senator Howe was speak- mg on the Louisiana case. Mrs. Tyler, widow of President Tyler, who occupies a. seat next to Mrs. Howe, says to a lady friend on her left: " O, my gracious ! when will that tiresome old man get through ?" Mrs. Senator Howe (who is unknown to Mrs. Tyler), sharply : " There is no law to compel people to remain if they don't like it." Lady friend af Mrs. Tyler (loud enough to'be heard by Mrs. Httwe) : " That lady evidently doesn't know that she was speaking to the widow of President Tyler. Mrs. Eugene Hale (who sat on the left of the last speaker, and loud enough to be heard by Mrs. Tyler, to a lady friend): "And Mrs. Tyler probably is not aware that the lady on her right is the wife, of Senator Howe." Here the curtain fell.-- Wash­ ington Star. Life lusnrant* In Ohio. The people of Ohio paid $4,796,232 in premiums last year to the life insurance companies doing business in that State. | Of this sum all but $381,422 was paid to ' foreign companies. In Ohio there are i two State and forty-six foreign eom- | panies. The Cincinnati Gazette accepts I as correct the estimate of experts that of these only twelve are sound. It calcu- note to Mr. Hewitt and that Hewitt and he had a conversation during which he saw the Secre­ tary take the package from under the desk and put it in his pocket. The discussion was closed by Mr. Field, who expressed his deep regret that the dav haa been consumed in an attempt to rectify tlie mistake of the President of tlio Senate, an egregious mistake which the dignity ana. self-respect of the House compelled it to rectify if possible. He A VIRGINIA. hunter says he saw about 700,000 ducks settle on a pond. They were wedged closely together. He tired l>oth barrels of liis gun into them. They flew away, leaving no dead ones in the j would not go into any question about the vote water; but, as soon as the flock spread \ of ^erinont. Aether wa* good or bad, or out a little, dead ducks loosened and fell whether thw pflper wae of any va,nf>" ^ Uiat until he picked up enough to fill twenty- nine barrels. Hon a Blind Woman Threads a Needle. Among the patients who sought treat­ ment at Dr. Chisohn's free eye and ear dispensary yesterday were two sisters, one 84 and tlie other 80 years of age, who lived together for mutual support. The younger is totally blind, and yet she does the family sewing. She retains such del­ icacy of touch that she can thread an or­ dinary-sized needle with ease, and even a fine one after a few efforts. Having cut off square the end of the thread, she holds it fixed between her fingers and brings the eye of the needle up to it, and paper was of any value. All Uiat 0ffcen the first trial passes the end of we knew was that a question had arisen res]M*ct- . . , . , * ing it, which the Provident of the Senate had j thread through the. eye. J assumed to decido'for himself. Ho denied that 1 owW. THURSDAY, March 1.--SENATE.--Kehoe'n U0 limiting labor contracts of Penitentiary Commis­ sioners to fifty convicts to one occupation was or­ dered printed... .Mr. Riddle offered a bill to anfend the law relating to foreign insurance companies. HOUSE.--Mr. Wells moved to suspend the rules in order to allow him to introduce a series of resolu­ tions relating to the investigation by the Printing Committee of the working of the State printing contract, and recommending that the investigation cease. Lost The bill appropriating $50,00)) to complete the Douglas monument was ordered to third reading without objection.... Mr. Mooneyham called up the motion to reconsider the Rowett Park investigation resolution. Mr. Wentworth moved to lay it upon the table. Lost-- yeas, 6H; nays, 74 .. The House took a recess till 2 p. m., when the motion to reconsider was again taken up. A long debate fol­ lowed, participated in by Messrs. Williams, Neal of Coles, Morris and Rowett, in favor of investigation, and Robinson of Fulton, Truesdell, Hopkins and Pinney, opposing it. Mr. Westfall moved the previous question, which was carried. The roll was called on the main question-- the reconsideration of the vote--which resulted as follows: Yeas, 63; nays, 72. FRIDAY, March 2.--SENATE.--Mr. Kehoe's bill 210, to revise the law in relation to township Organiz­ ation, was passed by a two-thirds vote--yeas, 35; nays, A The bill introduced, some time since, by Mr. Robinson, of Cook, relating to the Cook County Commissioners, and which had been pocketed.by the commtttee to which it was 1-eferred, was resurrected to-day, and re-introduced. \ HOUSE --Bills we,re introduced: By Mr. Sexton to^festraii# persons not attorneys from" practicing bc- foreV^uj/tiVes of the Peace: by Mr. Smith, of San- ; gamon, amending Township law.anthoriztng County > Boards to divide towns of 20,000 inhabitants in elec- I tion districts for election of assistant supervisors { j by Mr. Heed, for closing up insuraie*e companies j which make false returns; by Mr. i McCreery, authorizing incorjKirated towns and villages to organize as townships j by Mr. Connelly, to repeal the Registry law; ; by Mr. Matthews, providing for the assessment of ' property and collection of taxes A resolution by ! ^tr. Fonlx uder. requesting the Retrenchment Com- i " 1 of the House to report a bill abolishing the i •use Commission, lies over until Tuesday, j . . i. bill 12.1*, known as Goodrich's Coal- | miner's bill, ameuding the present law and making j it more restrictive, requiring additional shafts for I escape and safety in case, of accident, with other : provisions in the direction of additional protection , to miners, was passed, 85 to 13 ' Mr. Matthews offered a resolution directed to our Representatives in Congress,reciting that Illinois had ; paid over $193,000,000 in revenue to the General (iov- i ernment in thirteen years, and asking that when I further appropriations shall Is1 umde for improve- ; ...euts and levees on the Mississippi river, a fair ! share of the same be apportioned to Illinois. ! Adopted The. bill to abolish State normal uni- : versities and repeal all laws relating thereto was re- ' ported back with recommendations to print. > SATURDAY, March 3.--SENATE.--Mr. M&ybome , introduced a bill, relating to amending the charters j of insurance companies, providing that any existing ; stock or mntual fire insurance company of this • State, and any company organized under this act, • having a capital of at least #100,000, may, without ' increasing its capital at any time within two years ; from the termination of its charter, after giving due notice, extend the term of its original char- ter to the time specified in the twenty-ttfth > section of the act, a copy of such ameuded char- ! ter to bo filed in the office of the State Auditor [ Mr. Bash's bill in relation to bets, wagers and pools : provides that any person who shall use any room or ' building, or part or parts thereof, for the registering i of bets or wagers, or for selling pools oil contests of skill or endurance, or on the result of any election, or for any other purpose, or any person, or persons, who shall rent or lease the same tor such pur­ poses, shall, on conviction thereof, be im­ prisoned for a term of one year, or pay a fine of $2,000, or both, as the court may direct;... | i„i „ xv .1 •<„ Mr. Hamilton presented a petition from the So- ' l̂ tes that there are about thirty eOHjl- ciety of Friends in Pntnam county, praying for the j panies collecting money for insurance abolition of capital punishment....Mr Hnnvn | that not jU8ure- The amount of introduced a bill for the organization of township Insurance companies All the bills of the Senate and House bills on their flrst reading were read, after which the Senate adjourned. HOUSK.--Not in session. MONDAY, March 5.--SENATE.--Pursuant to adjournment the 8enate met at 10 a. m., but, no j quorum being present, a recess was ordered until i 2 p. m. At that hour the Senate met, but without < quorum, and adjourned. j HOUSK.--The same occurred in the House. j TUESDAY, March 5.--SENATE.--Mr. Robinson, of Cook, offered a resolution asking Congress to pro­ pose an amendment to the constitution of the ?United States to provide for the election of President and Vice President by popular vote. Laid over.... Mr. McClellan offered a resolution asking Congress to provide by law that suits against insurance com­ panies shall not be transferred from State courts to Federal courts... .Order of bills on second reading was then taken up Bills were introduced: Providing a mode of admission to the Insane Hos­ pital ; to amend the Revenue law; for the erection of additional buildings for the Jacksonville Insane Hospital; authorizing the county boards to remove obstructions from water-courses ; concerning hedge fences ; for loan associations to loan money among their own members; to provide for idiots. HOUSK.--The resolution of Mr. Fosbender in re­ gard to the State House Commissioners came up on special order. FOr this the substitute of Mr. Arm­ strong was presented. This substitute, which was adopted, recites the various steps in the progress of building the new State House, and concludes as fol­ lows : " Jirxolreti, That the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds be requested to inquire into the expediency of abolishing said Board of State House Commissioners, and requiring all the books, vouchers, and other papers in their possession to be delivered to the Auditor of Htaje, and all property of the State now held by them to be transferred to the custody aud charge of the Secretary of State, where by law it is now placed, and that the said committee report by bill or otherwise.".... Several bills having l>een intuduc. d providing for the refunding and registration of municipal indebt­ edness, the Re venue Committee reported a substi­ tute for all of them. Its intention is to allow the consolidation and refunding of all outstanding in­ debtedness of any municipal corporation, aud the registration of the same, with the object thereby of reducing the rate of interest and making more favorable settlements with the holders of HUch municipal indebtedness The House then took up the order of second read­ ing of bills... Bills were introduced : To amend the form of acknowledging mortgages ; relating to re­ funding of county and eity debt; concerning con­ demnation of private property; fixing the term of the Penitentiary Commissioners at two years; for protection of bank depositors. WEDNESDAY, March 7.--SENATE.--Bills were introduced : By Mr. Buehler, authorizing the South Park Commissioners-to exclude any adjoining tract, by Mr. Bash, relating to the taking of private prop­ erty for public use; by Mr. Hoerner, making railroad companies responsible for the maintenance of employes injured while in the employ of the com­ pany by no carelessness of their own.... Mr. Archer introduced a resolution that after the 14th inst.no new bills be introduced except from committees, and then only on subjects properly before the committee for consideration. Laid over....The Fish bill was ordered to a third reading. An amendment was adopted prohibiting the use of the seine, except in navigable waters. No other material change was made.. . Mr. Whiting's resolution for the State assumption of municipal indebtedness was made the special order for the 15th inst The remainder of the morning hour of the Senate was spent in con­ sidering the bill to organize a Board of Pardons. HOUSK.--After the reading of the journal the Election bills were taken up -- Easton asked to have the rules suspended so as to progress an emergency bill, which to l>e of use should go to the Governor by Friday. The House suspended the rules. Mr. Easton then moved that Senator Ke­ hoe's bill, for holding general elections for city of­ ficers on the flrst Tuesday of April of each vear, be . read a second time. Mr. Mc­ kinley offered a substitute making the time the third Tuesday. The substitute was rejected and the original bill ordered to a third reading Following this the accompaniment, Sen­ ate bill No. 210,providing for conducting the election, was also progressed to a third reading... The reso­ lution of Mr. Taylor, of Kankakee, for the abolition of the office of State Agent of Swamp Lands, was ! considered in special order The bill for submit­ ting to the people an appropriation of $700,000 to complete the new State House gave rise to a heated discussion. Messrs. Hopkins, Truesdell, Arm­ strong and Harrington made vigorous addresses against the measure, when Mr. Reavell • was the only one to speak in its favor. The tenor of the attacks all seemed to take about this shape : The people hid beeu deceived by the statements made by the Commissioners, who years ago said that j only $800,000 were nseded to complete the work en­ tire : that that had been given freely, and here comes a demand for as much more. Unless the swallowing up of thf f'e sums could be fully explained, aud the I bond for additional land assured beyond a contin- j gency, it would be useless to i>ass this bill or any j other on the subject, for not a cent would be forth- j coming. £js j policies in force Dec. 31, 1875, waa $144,001,377. All these explosive com­ panies have the certificate of the State Superintendent of Insuronoe that they are good. Too Much Legislature. The people of Georgia are awakening to the fact that they are afflicted with too much Legislature, and it is proposed to amend the State law so that four Sena­ tors and eight Representatives only shall be elected from each Congressional dis­ trict, making a total of 84 members, in both houses--a reduction of about 50 per cent. IT is a question whether the hage obelisk given by the Egyptian Govern­ ment to England will lie removed to the Thames embankment or broken up for building purposes. The answer should I be prompt if the monument is to be saved. Its heiroglyphics are in only tol­ erable preservation, but they are of the best period. A leading shipping firm o Alexandria offer to put it up upon the Thames embankment for £10,000. . The obelisk in the Place de la Concorde, at Paris, cost eight times that sum. A RENOWNED clergyman lately preached rather a long sermon from the text, " Thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting. After the congregation had listened nbout an hour, some began to get wcaiy and went out; others Boon followed, greatly to the annoyance of the minister. Another person started, whereupon the parson stopped in his sermon, and said, "Tliat's right, gentle­ men; as fast as you are weighed pass ©ut." NEUILLY and the neighboring parts of Paris have, during the past month or two, been puzzled by ferial music, which was at laBt found to proceed from carrier pigeons, being reared and trained at the military pigeon house, in the "Jardin d'Accfimatation." As they will in future be expected to fly very long distances, become exhausted, and then probably be attacked by other birds, extremely thin and light bells • have been attached to their necks, which, it is behoved, will scare assailants. Two YOUNG men in Cooke county, Tenn., stele a girl apiece and were leav­ ing the vicinity, when the girls' fathers came upon them with revolvers, and took their daughters from them. The kidnap­ pers immediately opened fire upon the parents, who replied in like manner Some twenty shots were exchanged, when the Sheriff appeared and arrested the boys. STATE SENATOR FRANK STEWART has introduced a bill into the Nevada Legis­ lature for the prevention of cruelty to women. It provides that women-beatera shall be tied to a stone post erected for the purpose, wearing a placard on their breasts marked "Woman-beater," or " Wife-beater," as the case maybe, and further punished by imprisonment and time. A NEW YORK editor insists that a Bos ton man, who has a window garden three feet long and fifteen inches wide, says it is time to whitewash your hoe-handles, trim your clothes-lines, transpltait your eo.'il-aeuttles, and bury your grind-stone to prevent it from freezing. Yearling calves should be shod, and heirs' nails paired at once. IT was at a party, and another fellow had marched off triumphantly with his girl. 41 That's the way," said he, sadly; it isn't merit that wins in this world, THE Brotherhood of Engineers was formed thirteen years ago. It now em­ braces 189 subdivisions and 12,000 regu- | lar members in all parts of the United . it's brass watch -chains and paste dia- States and Canada. It provides for the inonds and dyed mustaches. * And he widows and children of dead brethren, 1 swallowed down his Adam s apple fully and since its organization has expended i three times before it would st:iy, such more than 91 ,000,000 in this work, be- i was his grief.