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h ii Irf ifiliti af' 11^1 rurir||law4ealci' ijfc-.: s< life THE PAST WEEK, , DOMESTIC NEWS? .. jf*nSwfc V * ^ - JoW P. Phair, reoently iianged in :tettl WHlittUl WOtllUg Mi IMHN t II>IM, and thai Jwsttea A pedaatrii® •ot4m»him, Lavelle, who tteted ia a walking match a% Woowsockat* & £, waa taken U1 en the tndt aaddJedtaafar -v • - {out. ' ' ' . ' •'-r? Christifiti Lester,ofMorristown,N.J., - W 1 ^ffctally shot hia wife and then killed himself. fftfiftM The Philadelphia Common Council decided to send a oommittee to California receive Gen. Grant, and the Assembly of i York ou paaaod a resolution to tender „ j v-vidm the hospitalities of Ik* Btete on fata return. '•* ' . Thm Wmt. ,#l Dr. John S. Parsons, a man of eduea- f |ion and position *k Yankton, D. T.t has been in bonds of iS,0G0 for rubbia* Ihe raaila. 'v|Pe charges Ms Ml to whisky. Advices from al parts of the North- '! ̂ rmi concur as to the probability of Zodfatt • «V> fy &on&litito in that region thlc rammar. j > Prairie fires are ragix^? in the Indian r vi>- #onntry in the vicinity of Fort Stephenson, and .. y, laming intense alarm among the settlers. #1 A tornado swept over the town of > ,ir <OollinBTlll», 111,, CM day last week, deetroying jfereral buildings, wnrooflng and partially r. ̂ Wreoking aomerMM others, killing one person, ^ojnring many more, and half frightening the , entire population ont of their wita. *","The office of the Illinois State Treaa- at Bpringfleld was robbed, a few daya ago, ,r> ?%f » package of #5,000 by two aneak-thievee, "** %feo entered the office ostensibly for the pur- Tftom of getting a f1,000 bill changed. The •. Money WM not missed nntil the sharpers had * l V^ad made good their escape. . f i j . T h e r e i s s t o r e d i n t h e g n r i a d e r a t o n , 1 ,;.4f Chicago 6,876,644 bushels at wliSat, mS.BJS . t Jtashela of corn, 880,13a bushels of oats, 240,947 iheia of rye, and 516,738 boshela of barley, king a total of 10,873,447 bushels, against jj- #04,969 bushels at this period last year. •'A Kansas City (Mo.) dispatch says: '1 1 ^llThe total number of colored immigrants who "" : '%aye arrived in Wyandotte tip to the present is 1,771. Out of this number about 300 are s in that city, dependent upon sabacriptions for ; , f (their aubeietance. The eickneea ia increasing, " lad the committees are becoming tired and 4 , tnanifeet less interest," The law recently passed by th© Ohio /Jj^ielatnre to antherbse the appointment of " ' %omen as notariea pnblic has been declared <' ̂ %nconstitntion ̂ by the Attorney Oeneral m? :̂ »5^Uie State. • • buiX: Dr. George St. Louis, tmder sentence :»^i#f death at Fremont, Neb., committed suicide ^iHfn hia jail, on the eve of huexeoatMn, l^haoi- r ,j%»c jitwfutf through the head. . Th» 8--Uik . At a delegate convention of colored ' '̂ |un of Arkansas, held at little Bock the other 1 flay, reaoluikxis were adopted affirming that, "I'f^aa the 6c3ared dtiaens of Artemms In many ' .'?$$ laaalMee are not allowed th© free enjoyment of ' -t3 K tihair ooutttnttoioai rights, they an desirous of Emigrating to some other State or Territory r! ,5,-phen» the elective franchise oaa be enjoyed . . ̂ Immol̂ ted," and recommending the appoiat- Inent of two colored Commissioners, wider the 81 s3t ffational Emigration Aid Society, to selec^a Suitable Slate or Territory. ' Ex-Congressman Smalls;' df Sonth ^^iparolim, states that the negroes ia that Btate •; i eanght the emigration fever, and are only >;'i»reveiited from staaapeding la Mamm by a vl |ackef money. Den wood B. Hinds utd Isaac D. ^amea engaged in a shooting affray in the _r̂ #treeta of Baltimore the other day, which end- >^yd in the death of James and the wounding of "" binds and & younger brother who was present . and took p&rl in the affray. ' A terrific tornado recently swept Ihrough the lower part of South Carolina, de- ; istroyiug hundreds of houses and killing many people. In the village of Waterbovo more than : j: «.JCKi dwellings and ail the dmnsbes were swept •^yvray. Three-foorths «f the inhabitants are .̂ ^tomelesa. Fifteen persona were killed and Cy wounded., At Oakley, a station on the :hwegtcrn railroad, all the negro houses "•were leveled and one negro killed, besides many hnR Similar casualties are reported from varions points ia the track of MM . Y « ltornado. fWMeot A Washington telegram to the Obi- Secretary Sherman has issued his circular offering 1150,000,000 of 4-por-ceal J|Qnd* at><of 1 pei%ent above pi •riRti . hp#' agents 0f th® Oovennisat fa placing the The Attorney Oeneral baa afBraaed the decision of the Assistant Attqcpejt for the Post Office Department, that rsgular publications designed primarily for advertiafaia purposes caa not be seni through thetolWH t$iaraisejehargedi «*--f*p-- The entire $150jQ09,QP0 of 4 per cents, have been subecribed for by a,New Yor)| syndioate. Notice ii gfren by the Boctefctfy of the Treswrarr that the Government has no more 4-per-oeni bonds to sell at present, the enor^- mous subscription of the Mew York syndiaate having absorbed all that remained of that issue required for the refunding of redeemable ten- forties. The latter are also all called in. Hei-e- after the refunding #10 certificates will be sold it the Ireasuty and aub-treasuries only, and not in horgar roms than #109 at one time. fei t f i . g |pago Inter Ocean says: "A gentleman travel­ ling with Gen. Grant writes home that the Qen- . «ral says he will not be a candidate for Pmsi IJitt^lent trader any circumstances." '4* 1 The Republican State Central Comf* " knittee of Iowa has issued a call for a Btate - • 't,?|iOonventioBi at Des Hoinee on Wednesday, June ' m HI, to nominate candidate* for Governor, Liea- : ;#enantGo¥enor, of Publie In- . ^^JihructioBg a-iil Judge of the Bupmme (Court ,'TThe basis of i^reaentation is one delegate for , ,.. _ each oounty, snd, in addition thereto, one dele­ gate for -a»sii 200 votes or fraction mm-100 cant for Secretary of Btate last *sar. Tfall wUl -make a total of 772 delegates.. i The official retnrna of the recent t< m4State election in Michigan, though not com- ^lijbiPleto, are sufficiently so as to make oeartain a ^BepuMieaa majority et about 4,000. The to- Yote 80 fwr receivS^ •• Campbell, Bepuhli- to' Justin ©f the Supreme Gouxi, 182,000; ^Shipman, coalition, 128,000. • v j g F o r t h e f i r s t t i m e i n e i g h t e e n y e a r s , >'* the Senate of the United States has a Dsano- J' oraiic President pro torn.. " " ^ The full official returns of the late election in Wisconsin show that Judge Cole, the Republican candidate for Associate Justice of ne Supreme Court, received a majority of '14 33,183 votee. Senator Conklfng is said to have « ^ 1 written a letter formally abandoning his Presi- dential aspirations and favoring Gen. Grant * " -'*tIf •A Democrat has been elected over . a Greenbacker, in the Texas district fonaeriy ' *^ *SP»fentedby th® late Mr. Behlekhe^ Sdjison is out with a letter, i* •which he declares that hi» electric light ia a Mtnpldto suce^e, and cms b@ .famished one-third , the cost of gas. He expects to be able to make the whole thing public within two months. Louisa Wallace, a colored woman ol Washington, D. C,, will he hanged on June for the murder of her efaiUL Tlie Mational Academy of Sdenbes has elected I'rof. Rogers, of Boston, President of the academy, vise Pror, Henry, deceaasid. -- -- ^ • } t t p , FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. : A dispatch from Berlin states that Germany, though entertaining noldea of annex­ ing the Samoen islands, intends to protect Ger­ man interests and prevent the AmerioanB from establishing themselves there, to the detriment of other nations. , ' A Kieff (Bnsaia) correspondent of the St Petersburg Journal gives the following account of a massacre of Nihilist prisoners: " Persons under arrest in the Kieff prison re­ solved some time ago to tunnel under the walls and escape. The scheme was betrayed by one of he oonapirators. The authorities allowed the prisoners to continue the excavation. When the tunnel was com­ pleted, and the prisoners had entered it, one after th® other, intending to come up through the opening beyond the prison precincts, the soldiers previously posted at the opening shot the escaping prisoners as they cune tip. When th® bulk ©f the prisoners, terrified by the noise of the firing, stopped and remained in the tun­ nel, soldiers were sent in from, behind, and the unfortunate wretches, caught between two fiwij, were *11 shot flown. The proceeding aeenjed to give the oflicMa much amusement, and the Director of the JueiT prison was praised and decorated for having acted *tths«6h clever­ ness and decision." An nnsnccessfnl attempt has been made to assasrinato the Car of Eussia, at St Petersburg. While he was taking his morning walk near the palace, four shots were fired at him. The Czar was unhurt The man who fired the shots was arrested by the crowd^ which the firing attracted. ' 4 A dispatch from Afghanistan says a bad feeling is growing against the British among all the tribes interested In the Khyber pass. They complain that the British are acting as though they intended to keep the pass in order to spy out the hill fastnesses. Many striking miners are eaoagrating from England to the United States. * Garibaldi has written a strong eppeal in favor of granting universal suffrage to the Italians. A. dispatch from Capetown, Sonth Africa, says that Cetywayo has sent messengers to Lord Chelmsford with overtures for peace. It is thought, however, this is merely a ruse to obtain information of the movements of the British troops. There has been some severe fighting between the British and Zulus, and the invaders have last heavily. AU the native troops have deserted the British standard. A St. Petersburg dispatch says, that the heads of the secret police are about to resign, having discovered timt liir@e-fourths of the force are in league with the Nihilists. Let­ ters from Keiff etato that between the 8th and 11th insi five attempts at murder wens made against the officials then • The Nihilists abducted the ^overnor of Charkoff, $tMsiat as hostage for lenieacy to' prisoners. "• «•••* The American horse Parole Von the Newmarket handicap, at London, beating Isonomy, Una and three others. Isonomy was the favorite^ and Parole the last ln the betting. A Si. Petersburg dispatch says the name of the would-be assassin of the Czar is Alexander Solovieff. He is a schoolmaster of Targphez, in the Government of Plaskov. He will be tried by the highest criminal tribonala. The belief that the prisoner took poison is er­ roneous, He was severely injnred by the pop- alacSj who would kave killed hia) but for the if-VVM i?ai4iS3& ' i Oeneral^Oev thatWa IS thf tow cvwttac thecoauoals«ion. TTIMMBDMTTWIIR --1 Senate held BO I ton had a caucus which j torongh disoussioa ot1 naarty everyj the conolv ftae Appro, retary I UOSMT by <hm sar o^p Appcopriatton bill. They decided raUwe that th« proper con<tltational grounA to TO-srajwwssaf 5as^<,,,,bru- || ftwr, and up '* act i conMci Mid Ms frisnds «f ,vtl4'% about purityat la* foî otton how 16,(W8nubll<M?f*t*rs ttt tbsVUte «(atwYoikwa(»si|HlMVKtta 1W8. la aceerAance vftb a circular seat out beforehand In the nami of their chief. S.J. Tilden. who afterward did not know anything about it, juat as he does not know any- ssswaator * house. He supposed It was only a question of tine when the.tbxsst to wipe out aU the war uesc­ ares. sad testore fhs old order of Dtinfls, would be fulfilled; but he had felt called upon to raise hia KaBeattofcOr^th* equrts, <w the. Marshals, or any civil posse, or any body of armed men In the exc catfeaaC juitic#. to appear a* the MUS. This, the Bepublicana win uunMp, Is a violation of'tbe etasfltutiot), sad of fheradanfcntal pHaifplel ef clvilUberty, and cannot be tolerate .̂ ( . , Debate an the Army Appropriation bQl wis opeaed in fke Senate on the 14th. The pending question: was on Mr. £ttsine',s amendment prohibit­ ing the appearance within a mile of a polling- place of any person arsQed with a deadly weapon of any kind, ind Mr. BJaffte began Use debate ia a long speech, the first part of which was devoted to ridiculing ths Demo­ cratic supposition of possible intimidation, by the army if »n eSSttlon. In the entiri South tMrt were only 1,156 men--60 to each alHlon of inhabitants. In some Southern states (here were iix*M at all. in North Carolina tbwrs wees W; in South Carolina, 13t<; tn Georgia. J»: in Arkansas. $7; in Alabama. 5»: In toufdlana. 231; and not one in Texas, outside of tha bordejr. Mr. Blaine concluded aa follows: "I 36 not profoss to know. Mr. Ppe»»deat, what the Fw«iteit of tne United States will do when these bills ktm presented to him, #8 I suppose In due course of time they will he. I certainl'r should never speak a solitary worn of disrespect of the Tho British h«ve began m advance movement in Afghanistan. A letter from the United States Con­ sul at Tangiers gives a terrible account of the famine, cholera and typhus fever that have been raging in. Morocco. In the city of Moroc­ co tlte daily deaths from typhus ranged from* 200 to '.J50. 8o great was the starvation and suffering that parents ate their children,, and in other places the delft were dtvdurerf'by the l i v i n g . ' " • ' . t : In Russia, a ukase has been published ordering tlie appointment of a Governor General for six of the most populous districts in Russia, with perfectly ~ despotic"** powers, exceed­ ing those of a &eneral In ' tiliar of war. „The cable reports farther destrtiotive floods in Hungary. j#"1 , s $ Washington correspondent ̂> '! Qiat lhembers of Oougreea have pretty general- given up the hope of any adjournment be- . *; nfc fore the middle of June The opinion is freelj expressed by the Bepuhlkaa members that the session will last at least until July. CONGRESS. The House was busy witlTthe propriation bill on the 19th, the pending axnead- ment being that increasing to fSMUWO tfaa "appro­ priation for contanlltBg and for erwUea^ag con­ tagious diseases among domestic animals. After a long debate the whole subject was stricken from the Mil and the proposition agreed to recommend­ ing that the House refer the whole mat­ ter to the Cbmmittee on Agriculture, with instructions to report promptly. On motion of lir. Haskell, the appropriation for investigating the habits of th» eottoa-wonn snd ether injurious insects wss placed under the con­ trol o£ the Entomological Commiasion. Mr. Bragg moved to strike out all provision for the Southern j. Claims Commission, and to insert a clause repealing there has been, speculation here and there on both aides as to what he wouid do, it seems to me that the dead heroes of the Onion vronld tise from their graves if he should consent to be intimidated and outriiged in hi® proper constitutional power by threats like these, Al} the war measures of Abraham Lincoln are to be wiped out. Bay lead­ ing Democrat*. The "Bourbons of France busied themselves. I believe, after the restoration in removing every trace of Napoleon's power and grandeur, even chiseling tha " N" from public monuments raised t° perpetuate his glory, but the dead man's hand from St. Helena reached out and destroyed them ia their pride and ia their glory. And I tell the Senators on the other side of this chamber, I tell the Demo­ cratic party North and South, South in the lead and North following, thai this slow, unmovlng iugerof scorn from the tomb of the martyred President from tho prairies of Illinois will wither and deetxoy them, " I hough dead he speaketh." When you present these bills with these threats to a living -.President who bore the commission of Abraham Lincoln, and who served with honor in the army of the Union which Lincoln restored and preserved, I can think only of ontfappropriate response from his lips or his pen. n should say to you with all the swm he- fitting hii'Stetion: r l la thy servant a dog that he should do this thing? n Mr. Wallace, ia reply to Mr. Blaine, said the bill makes ne threat to deny supplies. Let us look at this subject of coercion. The President, Senate, and House are independent, each in its sphere. Each possesses a negative upon the other. The Senate and House each has Mi absolute r»*o upon the other, while that of the Executive is w.n'fed. If the Senate re­ fuses to pass a House bill because of objection­ able matter, and makes its removal a condition ot its passage, it coerces the House to that extent, It has this right. It I® not revolutionary. It exer­ cises its constitutional right to judge of the meas­ ure. SMs right is vital; tho check invaluable. The same is true of tho Executive negative upon the Legislative power. If the Executive dis­ sents, and, on reconsideration there are not two-thieds, the Legislative branch may de­ cline to act. It has this right or it has no iodependeaee of action. It alone for it- self must jadge of. the fitness, necessity, and eonBtitatfomaity ot the mtSstwe propoeea. It cannot coerce the Executive, nor can the Executive coerce It. Each is responsible to the people for its conclusions and actions, and must act iu full view of thit tribunal. If the Legislative branch could be coerced to act in this mode, tha will of the majority would be controlled by the minority. The patronage of an unscrupulous President and minority could dictate legis­ lation. No such purpose is intend ed by the constitutional negatisup-- In the House, Mr. Ladd, of Maine, attemptednPin- troduce a financial bill, but Mr. Conger, of Michi­ gan, and other Bepubheans objected, and caused so much discussion and delay in the proceedings that the morning hour expired before this or toy other Inaaolal measure could be brought before th« House. OP ** 15th, the Secretary, before reading the journal, read a note from Vice President Wheeler, stating that the dangerous illness of hie sister had called him •jray from Washington, and It would be necessary for the Senate to elect a President pro tem. Mr, Bayard offered the following: "Resolved, That, in the absence of the Vloe President, A. G. Thurman be and he is hereby chosen Presidentof the Senate pro tem." Mr. A ntliony moved to substitute the name of Thomas W. Ferry. Disagreed to--yeas, 18; nays, 28--and the resolution passed; Mr. Thurman was conducted to the chair by Mr. Ferry, the tormer remarking, on the way thither. "Turn about is fair play." Mr. Thurman, on taking the chair, said: " Senators, it is only necessary for me to say. In fewest possible words, that I sincerely thank you for this mark of your confidence." The Army Appropriation bill was taken up, and Mr. Logan addressed the Sen­ ate. He thought the question now be­ fore that body more Important than &uv other that had arisen since 1861, when the same sentiments which prompted the present legislation were ex­ pressed by many of the same men who are now uttering them, and led to war. He denounced the proposed legislation as bad in itself, and aa beinar attempted by unparliamentary practices. Mr, Beck followed Mr. Logan. He said the ypeinQcracy was w^rnel of an appeal to Ciesar. The^r intend to appeal to the people before Crnsar comes, before the Rubicon is crossed, and the cry is, " Alea jacta est." It is to prevent Caesar from oomfng that they desire the soldiers to be taken from the polls. As to the -small number of troops east of Omaha, spoken of by the gentleman from Maine t Blaine), Mr. Beck said when it waa> determined that Louisiana should be carried by foroe, 4,SU9 men were sent there. It was easy to concentrate troops when necessary for such a purpose. When this law waa passed there were no John Davenports and such peopls to take command of the army.-- The House passed the Senate bill for the construe, tion of a refrigerating ship for the disinfection of vessels and cargoes. Mr. Chalmers, of Mississippi, arose to a personal explanation, and caused to be read extracts from newspapers reciting the old charges of cruelty and massacre of colored people at the battle of Fort Pillow, and connecting him (Chalmers) with the. same. Mr. Chalmers asked for the appointment ot a special committee of seven, a majority of which shall be composed of BepubRcans, to investigate the truth of the state­ ments made. The resolution was, on the sugges­ tion of Gen. Garfield, postponed for the pres­ ent. The House then went into commit­ tee of the whole on the Legislative bill, the pending question being on Mr. ijragg's motion to insert a clause repealing the law creating the Southern Claims Commisaion. After considerable debate the amendment WM defeated--yeas, 60; nays, 113. A bill was offered by Mr. P« La Matyr providing for the substitution of United States Isgal-tender paper money for national-bank notes. i Mr. Beck concluded his remarka on the Ap- ^propriation bill on the 16th. He read the resolu. tion heretofore offered by Mr. Hoar denouncing the alleged Democratic programme ae unconstitu­ tional and revolutionary, and then said the Demo­ crats were not proposing either to coerce the Pres­ ident or to prevent the President' from coercing then. Nor were they setting up revolutionary measures or endeavoring to pass acts which would deprive the President from using the army for constitut onsl purposes. All they proposed to do, as would be aeen by die »ixth section of the bill, was to say to the Presi­ dent he should not recall the troops from the frontier, or where they wero placed to prevent an lnyssion from abroad, to be used merely for politi­ cal purposes. Mr. Beck retorted upon the Re­ publicans tho ehee-gei ot revolutionary action by referring to the law of HW, which, he laid, was so framed that acts of by Circuit Court of the United States null and void were sustaiaed un- less two-thirds of the Judges of the Supreme •uould Agree in pronouncing them n&coxi- 1 u l v * *Uo referred 4o th© manner in which the Thirteenth isieuduic'iit* sbolishing BiBvery, wu ratified, as affording another example of MepuUican revolution. He quoted numer­ ous precedents to show that it was not unusual to attach legislation ©a general appropriation plus. Among them it was seen that.. the law relating to Supervisors wad Deputy Mmhale was enacted on an Appropriation bill by a Republican Congress, twad tl»t the libra to ft vrake amendment, which aaasdled the prtfttvira repawntagvoe* a state whose people would always ,he, found .In the van of any move­ ment necessary for the defense ot t«ue re­ publican principles.----H* House completed the money parte of the Legislative bill, and entered upon the potfHcaJ discussion. Mr. Lewis opened the debate with a legal argument against the Election laws. He denied that' the South was solid for any illegal or unconstitutional Snrpose, or out of antagonism to the North. The outhern people needed help and sympathy too much for mat. The Senate continued the discussion of the Army bill on the 17th. Mr. Voorhees said tha pro­ tection of the ballot-box had been wrested from the proper local officers, and given to corrupt Federal officials. The spirit that dictated this law waa die- trust of the people and their capacity for self-gov­ ernment under free elections. The whole power of the constitution was thus perverted. The people would resent this insulting tyranny when the facts should be clearly presented to them, and & righteous sense of Tesi.Ufi.aeo would spring up in their breasts. He hoped the poopia would read this law until it should bocome an abhorrence to the public mind. There was no American who was not liable to arrest for no other reason than that exist­ ing in the mind of a Supervisor or Deputy Marshal, thufe placing every person's liberty at the p>ercy or party malice or hate. Every ruffian acting in such capacity was to determine a man's righto at the polls. Mr. Voorhees said that it was a satire on free government to say that suffrage should be exercised at the point of the bay­ onet. kJr. Teller followed Mr. Voorhees. He said the Democratic cry seemed to be for free ballot. All the frauds on the ballot for the last thirty years, he said, emanated with, or had been to the advantage of, the Democratic party. He cited the frauds in Kansas in 1863 and 1854, In Louisiana in 18#4, and in New York city in 1898. He did not desire to misrepresent the South, but would only state the facts in regard to that section which, in his opinion, made Federal supervi­ sion necessary to a fair election. He then reviewed at a considerable length the testimony taken before the committee of which he was Chairman, and declared that even white Demo* crate in good standing testified to lawlessness and intimidation at the elections to prevent colored people from voting M they desired in Louisiana and South Carolina. Debate was also continued IU the Mouse on the political amendments to the Legislative Appropriation bill. Mr. Kelley spoke first. While disclaiming partisanship and deprecat­ ing inflammatory speechee.he warned the Democrats that If they adjourned because of a veto, snd permit­ ted our light-houses to go out on our coaBts, and neglected to enact necessary measures, they wonld make the North as solid as It was from 1861 to -1865. He said9 too, that the South wonld not be solid in the event of a -violation of the const!tuttoA, and that tho two Greenbockers irom the South, which prevented it from being sob4 now, were only the forerunners of the break in the solid South which would result from the execution of the present Democratic programme. Mr. Carlisle, of Kentucky, made a strong legal argument for the Democratie Side In favor of the constitutionality Of the Democratic position, and in conclusion said: Disclaiming any intention to make appeals to passion; dis­ claiming any intention to exoits partisan feelings or to distract the judgment of people's representa­ tives on this very exciting question, I say to the gentleman on the other side, not my spirit of arroganoe, but with all the deliberation and earn- estpess which the giavlty that this great subject demands, that these lawa must be repealed, and that this power of the Executive to control the elec­ tion of the people's representatives must be taken away. Messrs. Bandolph, of New Jersey, and Groome, of Maryland (Democrats) addressed flie Senate on fhe 18th in support of ibe political amendments to the Army bill.---In the House, fhe Legislative Appropriation bill being under dis- oAssion, Mr. McKinley (Republican),of Ohio, spoke In opposition to the proposed repeal of the general Election laws. He denounced the leg­ islation as m bold snd wanton attempt to Wipe from the law every protection of She ballot- box,'tad to surrender it into 'the unholy bands of hired "repeaters" and ballot-box stuiTers at the North, and of tissue-ballot-cheats at the South. Mr. Barrowg iRepublican), of Michigan, was the next speaker. He said that if gentlemen on the other side were really anxious to preserve peace and the purity of elections, they would be the last to attempt to tear down the Only remaining na­ tional fortress reared for that purpose, Did, they desira an honest registration? These laws provided it. Did they want a pure ballot* These lawa secured it. Did they want a fair count? These laws insured it. Did they want true re­ turns! These laws enjoined it. Did they want peace and oraer at the polls ? These laws com­ manded it. There was nothing in those lawa that was a terror to any man save one who had committed or was meditating an attack on the purity of elections. Mr. Coffroth (Democrat), of Indiana, said that an honest election and a fair election, where the voter could deposit his vote untrammeled and unawed. was the palladium of American liberty. The teaching of statesmen, from the earliest history down until the Republican party had come into power, had been an unbroken declara­ tion that the Federal power bad no authority to interfere in elections, but that each State should regulate the manner of holding its elections. He maintained that: the ballot was the weapon with which & freeman was to protect his personal liberty and his civil rights. The gentle­ man from Ohio (Garfield) had sounded tho war toc­ sin and waved the "bloody shirt," and the whole camp had danced. On hearing the bitter denuncia­ tion from the other tide, be had ventured to look over there, and be had been delighted to see that his Republican friends were not actually enraged, but were as peaceful and pleas­ ant in appearance as a May morning. Mr. Dickey (Democrat), of Ohio, said the issue was squarely made, the parties were squarely divided, and the question waa whether these ob­ jectionable lawe should be repealed. To thai quasi tion the Democratic party here snd the Democratic party throughout the nation aneweiM, '• Yesl" The constitution required it, the freedom, ol elec­ tions and the liberties of the people demanded It. 4 HOWN-JBA8T WELCOME. A s«n of Maine who went West in early youth, and has there attained wealth and an honorable position, re­ turned last summer to visit his old home. At the village store he saw an old man whom he had known in his younger days. He accosted him, bnt was not recognized. "Sp you don't re­ member me," he said; "I am John R "You!" exclaimed the old man, "yon dont mean to tell me that you are John R----f "I certainly am," said the visitor, shaking him by the hand, "and I'm very glad to see you again." "Well," persisted the old man,. "I never did! To think that this is you. They tell me that you've grown awful rich, John." John admitted that he. bad "saved something." " And they say yoti're the President of a railroad and get a big salary." Again John had to admit that rumor spoke truth. Tm glad on it, John I I'm glad on it, n^y boy I It beats all what sarcumstances and cheek will do for a man." BOYB. The line of conduct chosen by a boy during the five years from 16 to 20 will, in almost every instance, deter­ mine his character for life. As he is then careful or careless, pn*dent or im­ prudent, industrious or indolent, truth­ ful or dissimulating, intelligent or igno­ rant, temperate or dissolute, so will he be in after years, and it needs no prophet to cast his horoaoop* or oalcnlajto his chances. < i/ * v - • i . y : * » . FRESH TOVIC8. i, 4-: '..v V. ' ' 4 *• g .: rwmrn H. jmMmpsor fees to j|{lpllmself llhl'demandil of and »rs iipd his aunts* fWJpisa unit all luxation are '«^MMUve. INFORMATION has been received at tho Btate Department that the Portuguese Government has prohibited the impor­ tation of swine-flesh from the United States. This course has been taken in conformity with a report ol the Portu­ guese Board of Health demoerning the prevalence of trichina? in American hogs. ' ' THE Superintendent of the neitt oen- sus--who also superintended the last- is in "Washington, and is said to be about to commence the work of organ­ izing his bureau. He promises a more prompt completion of the census work than has been attempted heretofore in this country---an improvement for which, it must be admitted, there is great need. • THE ease of the State of Virginia against the United States Judge of that district has been postponed until the next term of the Supreme Court, the Attorney General of the State desiring that the hearing shall be before the full bench. The case involves the power of the Federal Judge to interfere with the constitution of juries on the "color line" in the State courts. RUSSIA* Nihilists are as unscrupulous as they are audacious. It would be dif­ ficult to imagine anything more savage than the following letter sent to Baron Drentolon, who escaped assassination a short time ago: "We know that you do not fear death; but we also know that there isin this world a person whom you love passionately. It is your daughter. The committee have, there­ fore, deoMed to ldll her in your stead.** A MURDERER under sentence of death in the jail at Chambersburg, Pa., has been endeavoring to cheat the gallows under circumstances of peculiar diffi­ culty. Unable to obtain any of the ways or means commonly used by sui­ cides, he pierced the veins in his legs and arms with a piece of wire taken from a broom-handle. At last accounts he was alive, but likely to die in spite of the strenuous efforts of the authorities Wi*T* UN* ft* the hangman, j f «* AN extraordinary story of family re­ construction comes from Tannerville, Ga., where a young woman married an old widower, but soon found herself in love with his son, who was about her own ago. The matter was fully dis­ cussed by the trio, and all agreed that it would be better for her to become the wife of the son. The transfer was ami­ cably made by means of a divorce. Since then the old man has married his ex-wife's mother, and the re-arranged familj is harmonious and hapj>y. DUN, BARLOW & Co.'s figures bf'the failures in the United States, for the first quarter of 1879, show the number to be 2,524, with liabilities of $43,112,- 605. These figures indicate a decrease in failures of 831 in number during the quarter, OR a falling off of 35 per cent, as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year. ln the amount of liabilities, however, there is a much greater reduction, the failures for the last three months being only slightly in excess of one-half in amount of those for a similar period of 1878, and con­ siderably less than those for 1877. " Miss JUKA EVELINA SMITH* di Glas­ tonbury, Ot., the ouly survivor of the Smith sisters, celebrated for their re­ sistance to taxation without representa­ tion and their translation ot the Bible, was married recently to Amos G. Parker, of New Hampshire. Both bride and groom are in their 87th year. Mrs. Parker is the only one of the five sis­ ters who parried. They were daugh­ ters of an eccentric clergyman of Glas­ tonbury, the Rev. Zephaniah H. Smith, jrho niuxled |hem respectively JHancy Zepluna,, O/rinthiil S*cretia» I»aurilla Aleroyla, Julia Evelina and Abby Ha- dassah. Hancy Zephina died in 1871, aft tlie age of 84, ©f whooping-cough. ̂Oil| afternoon late m January or mrly in February last, wMle Peter S&ell, of Milwaukee, lay stretched upon thf floor of his boarding-hou ̂ for a nap, a dog, which happened to be in the rooqit discovered a scratch on his (Sneld's) nose and licked it, Snell mean- j while raising no objection to the pro­ ceeding,̂ he "with othere formerly be­ lieved in the curative properties of the saliva of a canine. The scratch healed and was soon forgotten. A few days ago Snell was seized with unmistakable symptoms of hydrophobia. Physicians were summoned and he wtus treated for that bad malady, but their skill could not save the doomed man, and he died in tfapjuMt horrible A CASK of a good deal of interest to telegraph men and the general publie kits been on teM in the United States District Court at Columbus, Ohio. It was presented in the form of aa applica­ tion made by the Western Union Tele­ graph Company|jfc£* i»jil»etion to Prever%|j*e A|wtic and Pacific Tele­ graph €o«kp«iy l-om placing its wires on the Bfdt|pot« and Ohio Railroad Odmpan^s pii|ps, under a contract, with that corporation, the poles being already used by the Western Union. The de­ cision of the knotty points involved in this case was finally referred to the Su­ preme Court of the United Stfctes. THE omission to invite Mr. Gladstone to the marriage of the Duke of Con- naught is made the subject of much comment in English society. He is personally disliked by the Queen,, and both the Prince and Piihcess of Wales share her antipathy; but something was due to his eminent position. He has been forty-seven years in the House of Commons, and it is forty-five years since he first served the crown, having filled the highest office of state under four Premiers--Sir Robert Peel, Lord Aberdeen, Lord Palmers ton and Earl -Rwmll. He is, moreover, the only liv­ ing mm Whp b#e^r îfr jB»ye Lord Beaconsfield. . ~ NEVADA newspapers announce fnait vast numbers of grasshopper eggs are incubating in the Sierra valley. A spadeful of soil is represented to have contained hundreds of thousands ̂ of eggs deposited in clusters. The farm­ ers have not turned a furrow this spring, knowing that with these pests in the soil their work would be fruitless of result. Grain crops will only foster the scourge, while to let the ground re­ main idle may starve the insects Into emigrating. Fears are expressed that they may sweep down upon the fertile valleys of California, but whether they can cross mountains of such altitude aa the Sierras is doubtful. tii! '•i "V- - : ' \ " t / (: .">*1 IN an interview with a New York re­ porter, Mr. Edison declares his electric light to be a complete success. He pos­ itively asserts that the light can be made three times * cheaper H>an gas. "I mean," he says, "that I caa get t|iree - times as much light for three times less money to both parties." The attempt to prevent his obtaining a patent in England failed. He is now getting a new set of patents in all for­ eign countries. He thinks that, inside of two months, if nothing interferes, he will make the whole thing public. Ue can now get a light equal to thirty can­ dles from a lamp that would at first give a light of only two and a half candles. PRINC* WALDEMAR, the thir$ of the German Crown Prince, who died not long ago, was ill only three days. His disease was diphtheria, complicated by a sudden oppression of the hear! * It was at 3 in the morning that the doc­ tors told his father that he might retire to rest as there was no imminent dan* ger. As he left the sick-room the young Waldemar opened his eyes and said in English, "Good-night," which were the last words he uttered. Half an hour afterward he lifted his head from his pillow, immediately sank down again, and was no more. It is related that the White Lady, whose, visits ,̂ al­ ways precede the death of some member of the royal family of Germany, was seen on the eve of the young Prince's death by a soldier on guard at the castle. ' WHILE two Russian artillerymen were removing from among the ruins of Sebastopol a bomb, which had lain there lor nearly a quarter of a century, it-ex­ ploded, and badly wounded both. .') , Hi THE MARKETS. 7.7/ raw YO&K. SESVKi...... Hoos... CoTxotri.,..i ' 11* FLOCK--Superfine. 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