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•J M P Attowof the address was tafttatFrnm nut have * to now In pweptoftr Orvaft Ibitton building at Wolver- d» a ga»|Wi»* capsized, the tower Of •>-? •/ .Wi s\-3»ik*. i-. ,* » «• *. •<•«'»# £V" ^ * a «&;***' ,V s*»"sSf t V 1 t ^ ^ ' &•'.*" '*» ^ ^ f ' * Jl ,*> •*• * R * . { * . ! } > ' , 1 > UT­ S' *V«fr - r-;:., ' t' n K/ivV V;i 4 *•* . ^ % /$ $si CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. MR. VOORHEES offered a resolution in the flmate, on the loth tact., expressing disappro­ bation of the plan of perpetuating the bonded 'debt in the Interest of the national banks. Mr. Tan called up and had passed a resolution ask- ta| the 8ecr«tary of the Interior to furnish cooiee of all paper* relating to the transfer of the landgkant of the New Orleans and Vtcksburfrroad. Mr. Voorhees offered a reso­ lution looking to the purchase for a national paxk at the grounds occupied by the Revolu­ tionary «my at Valley Forge. A memorial was presented bom veterans of the Mexican war aaldng for psosiona. Kight hundred and twenty - four bills and Joint resolutions were introduced tm the Bouse. There were numerous proposi­ tions to forfeit unearned land grants, to amend the homestead and pre-emption laws, to limit the rminsgn of silver, to amend the tsrff, to reduoe postage, to dig us--is. anil to improve navigable rivers. Mr. Sumner introduoed a bill to fix passenger rates on the Union had Central Pacific roads at 3 cents par mBe lor first-class travel. Mr. Eosecrans distinguished himself by presenting fifty-three - Ofwfaieh were old mils printed * Y^V * •) • • > ">#• %*- m ^ -*•%' pit* '• *>$ •#» * ,, ' V * K. I ./*15 >•* fi I»j4 "(W* : ?v > ̂ «„ tut&' ssi#: Hi * •*»-»* - v- jlfc . #t*^ r'-1. »*>.«" ' i - n>"Ur „ z 5'^ r , K- apon writing paper. Mr. Springer Introduced a bill amending the Constitution so aa to prohibit •pedal legislation. Mr. Clements brought in a bill to repeal the Internal revenue laws; Mr. Henderson one to establish a board of inter-state commerce commissioners; Mr. Tmihend, one to abolish aaoond-claas postage and reduoe transient newspaper post­ age, and another to authorize the President to prohibit the importation of articles injurious to the public health from countries which, on the same ground, prohibit t e importation of Amer- iean goods; Mr. Thomas, one to divide Illinois Into three Judicial districts; Mr. Ftnerty, one to provide tor the construction of four gun­ boats and three additional cruisers Mr (be navy; Mr. Hobaan, one to limit the disposal oi public lands adapted to agriculture to aitoal settlen under the homestead laws. Mr. OaUdna proposed a constitutional amend­ ment, providing that no State, pub ieor private umuuiiWuiU shotdd deprive cttiaena ot the equal protatttoa of the laws ot abridge the rights of any persons on account of race or color. Mr. McOold Introduced a bill providing that in case of the removal, death, or resignation of Hie President and Vice President, the Secretary of State shall act aa Presi­ dent naUl a -special election shall be held. HUs to easate a postal telegraph system, and to ndaos the postage on letters to 1 cent, were pre- seaiad by afr. Anderson, of Kansas. Among thehfllsmladng to monetary matters was one w. mtraeto repeal the act for the coinage lad 4fcnr Mian, and another by Mb rto remove all taxes on the circulation of Ifeaaksaadto flxtte amount of notes Issued npoa the deposit of bonds. Mr. Hewitt awMada ieaulUtluu SSt the HouSe bring to the asOoa;tk the President the ease of Patrick ODonheO, to the end t at he ascertain whether he (ODasaeU) to a dttcen ot the United States, and. if so, whether he was tried and oonvieted la adBDrdaaoe with the muntelpal laws of Oreat »rMih ind thamquirements of internationsl law. Adopted by aa overwhemlng majority. AttteeaacteMtte aemtbttcaa Seaaton, a let- !.WSR«- •^A-RI'SRSA^J : given, to Mr. Axithcay. r haa to* 'a lotSg time km <bnaslek1bMKmade hto appaaranoe in the fan Mia tfth'test., reoniring assistance to Bvery Seaator rose aa he waa ssau la. Ms. ShRma presented a bill to eaoowraflBS doeer commercial relattoaa with •tiatoa, itossll, aad the Central South American repnbttosL Mr. Ingalls offered a petition foe peastoas for ex-jprttoners of war. At the exec­ utive assrtsa Walter Q. Greaham was oon- flnked as Postmaster General. The Preai- 4aat sea* to a large hatch of nominations, nearly aD of thm recesa appointments. About 900 Mh ware Introdnoed in the House, amonc them thefaUowtag By Mr. Laoey, to totablish a postal savings depewtt aa a braadi of the Post- t; by Mr. Cutcheon, for the bet- H Ion of life and inoperty on Lake . by the toaatracnon of a harbor ,9t rstegfi by lb. Taple, to Polish the dnty on salt; by Mr. Muldrow, to enlarge the powers and Wits ot ths Department of Acricnlture; by Mr. Hawh, to establish a Bureau of Animal Industry asdpes*ea*the importation of diseased cattle aad the.«pmsd.a< nontagiona dlsesses amoni domes lo aabnsls,and also to allow farmers anc ptontoisto seStoaf tohacoo at their own pro auction to other than manufacturers without a speotol tax: by Mr. OTTeO, to prevent the adul- tMatkn eC food and drags; by Mr. Burnes, to admit free of dnty all grades or sugar; also for the relief of land-owners whose uad to de- stroyad by any navigable river; by Mr. Slocum, • MBtor MM relief of Fits John Porter; by fe Kalley, to further limit the oolnageof silver dMSara, and Mr. Smith, another to suspend the ewnsge; by Mr. Boaecrsus. pronoaing a coastt* tender: Mr. Oury, to transfer the Indian bureau A«m the Interior to the War department, and tor the admlsstoa of Arizona as a Htate; by Mr. Baymond, to establish the territory of North Dakota; by Mr. Cairns, to admit Utah aa a fltote; and bv Mi. Hntchins, to provide for the 6 Ntli anient of all legal tender notes of lese than Mr. Robinaon. of New York, offered reaolu- ns inquiring about the purchase of public toads by foreign aobi?men, and asking whether •iiniater Lowell received the title of Lord Rector to ureat Britain. Mil. VAX WVCK offered a resolution in the Senate, on the 13th inst., calling for information as to the amount paid to special attorneys and detectives under this administration. A resolu­ tion was passed directing the Secretary of the Treasury to ehow under what provisions of law the reduction of the public debt has been ef­ fected. Mr. Wilson called np his taint resolution OTOPOMS till »e numbered Art. 16; "ConKress shall have pow­ er, by appropriate legislation, to protect the cit­ izens of the United States in the exercise and enjoyment of their rights, privileges and immu­ nities, and Insure them the equal protection of the laws. Mr. Wilson addressed the Senate in support of the resolution, and, on his motion, tt waa referred to the Judiciary Committee. The f Mouse waa not In session. wii • ~iraBKiurr.' cHn.DTiKN of CharlM PeitZel, of '*'+$' '•**?"" J §oston, ar« dyii!K of hydrophobia, one of the ahildren having been inoculated by being bitten by his brother in big paroxysms. A Hiird child, though not bitten by a dog or ble brother, to also afflicted... .Owing1 to differ­ ence of opinion with his colleagues touching editorial treatment of public questions, Carl 6:hura has severed hie connection with the ew York Evening Mj*t....Five men who •ere out bunting on Niagara river were .- •N,;-drowned by the capsizing of their boat. THE excise law waa rigidly enforced : - V ' S * t •A*hrousrhout New York City Sunday Recent staU'm«nt« in regurd to Mrs. Theodore T ' Tilton have developed the facts that she lives , frith her children in a family in one of the ivm- .,|>est streets in Urooklyn, receives |1,200 per annum from Mr. Tilton, and devotes her time " 4J#a(»nd talents to the study and teaching of ^ : . Inuslc. 4'itq A BALL at the New York residence of H. Tanderbilt was the social event of i H ^ihe season. Two bands were in attendance. • Delmonico served the supper at 12:SO, and t w"|;: I '*|he cotillion began at 1:30 a. m. The decora- « are described as being lavish and beau- - V i - I 1 1 « 1 u ' Bond, at Hillsboro, EL Miss Bond fainted in the court-room aad had to be propped up in an easy chair with pillows. SAN FRANCISCO is convulsed over a sensational tragedy. Charles McLaughlin, a pioneer. President of the Central Gaslight company and a millionaire, was shot and killed b^ Jerome B. Cox, a contractor. The history of the ease Is remarkable. Tne mur­ derer had recovered 9150,000 judgment against McLaughlin no less than live tiasea, but the Supreme Court had in eaoh instance reversed the decision of the lower courts. Tills so embittered Oox that he last spring tried to kill Justice MoKinsley, or the Supreme Court, whom Oox held to account for the numerous backsets to hto litiga­ tion. He demanded 940,000 in settlement of McLaughlin, and, being refused, shot Mc­ Laughlin t bree times. The victim lived but thirty minutes Miss Bmma Bond, in tell­ ing her sad story in a court-room at Hlllaboro, 111., poeitively indentifled John C. Montgom­ ery as one of her assailants. Before her testi­ mony was finished she was attacked by hysteria and carried out by her mother and sister.... Julia Reese and George Bolles, the servants employed by Jacob D. Crouch near Jackson, Mich., were arrested the other day for the butchery perpetrated on the night of Nov. 21. They were taken before a Justice and remanded to jail to await examination Jan. 8. This charge was made by Daniel Holoomb. ... .Gecrge Orr. a boy employed on the farm of M. M. Trimble, near Paola, Kan., killed the aged couple and escaped with what money they had secreted... .Vigilantes in the Niobrara Valley (D. T.> recently lynched five horse and cattle thieves. Four others, now in jail, if not punished by the law, will share the same fate.... Frank James the Missouri bandit, was re­ leased at Kansas City on $3,000 bail, but was immediately rearrested on the charge of killing a bank cashier at Gallatin, in 1868 Hunter, who was recently arrested in Peoria in connection with the murder of Zora Burns, proves to be Thomas P. Russell, the son of a respectable farmer In Macon county. 111. He was set at liberty at Lincoln, and given a small sum of money with which to leave town. THE SOUTFT FotJft quarrelsome persons refused to leave W. H. Fields' still-house, on the Cumberland river, in Kentucky, when Fields shot all four, one dying instantly, another the next day, and the remaining two are mortally hurt. Two MEN were admitted to a dry- goods store in Hot Springs at midnight on the pretense that they wanted material for a shroud. The clerk was instantly forced to produce the key to the safe, and the robbers soon left with $10,000. A Greenville (Miss.) dispatch says "there was a difficulty at a political meeting between colored man named Homer and Frank Montgomery. As usual on such occasions, pistols were drawn and shooting commenced. Sam Finlay (white) was seriously injured. Three negroes were shot. One to dead, one is expected to die, and the other was slightly wounded. A Coroner's jury found that Homer was killed by Montgomery and Finlay. The trouble arose over local polities." A DEPUTY MARSHAL and posse in Ar­ kansas, who were watching a road for an out­ law, fired upon Judge Noisy water and three other Cherokees returning to their homes at night. One hundred buckshot penetrated the Judge's body. A DISPATCH from Columbia, S. C., records the death of Mrs. Preston, the last surviving child of Gen. Wade Hampton, of Revolutionary fame Norris Bell, oolored, was hanged in the jail at Macon, Ga., for the murder of his wife last August. DISTILLERS in Kentucky, to the num­ ber of seventy-live, have formed an associa­ tion to reduoe the production of whisky. The agreement has been signed by men rep­ resenting half the registered capacity of the State. WASHINGTOX. "WASHINGTON telegram: In con­ versation with a prominent Semi tor, Presi­ dent Arthur spoke of the proposed English expedition to the arctic regions as "more of tbto arctic insanity." He said that while he was willing that everything that could be done for the relief of Greely and his party should be done, he would prefer that a whaling crew should be sent Instead of a big Government expedition. He thought that after Greely was brought back there would never be an­ other sent by tbto Government to the arctic regions. "They are cruel, inhuman, and use­ less," said the President, "and public opinion is right in its decision that they have been more the work of misguided enthusiasts than the judgment of practical men." JOHN C. DORK, of Chicago, is in Washington in the interest of the Hennepin canal, and hopes to form an alliance with the friends of Mississippi levees which will se­ cure a victory for both. THE first movement toward an in- quiry into the action of the Government with respect to the land-grant roads has been made in the Senate. That body has adopted a resolution calling upon the Secretary of the Interior for the papers in the matter of the New Orleans and Pacific road. POLITICAL. THE election in Boston gave Martin, the Republican and Cittoens* candidate for Mayor, 27,051, against 25,753 for O'Brien, Democrat. THE National Republican committee met at Washington on the 18th Inst. Ex-Sen­ ator Chaffee, of Colorado, was chosen tempo­ rary Chairman, and Senator Sabin, of Minne­ sota, was elected permanent Chairman. It was resolved that the National convention be held Tuesday, June 3, and on the fourth bal­ lot Chicago was selected as the place of meet­ ing. A proposition by Senator Frye to give increased representation to the Republican States of the North was voted down. CWNKBAU THE December report of the Agri­ cultural Department at Washington states that the returns of corn production are more conservative than in October and November, from injury to soft corn by the warm, moist weather north of the 40th parallel. Corn that has been cribbed is in a worse condition than for many years, lite proportion of unmer­ chantable corn is therefore large. The final estimate Of the quantity produced will fall a few mill one short of the indications of previous returns, or twenty-three bushels per acre. This estimate I elates only to quantity, and makes no discount for in­ ferior quality, which seriously Increases the practical shortage. Looses from packing in masses or injury to soft corn from mild and wet weather are treated as after-harvest con­ siderations. An Investigation will be made as to the extent of euch injury. Wheat--The aggregate slightly exceeds *00,000,0^0 bushels. Oats--The crop is about 4 per cent, larger than last year, and exceeds !>00,000,000 bushels. The yield of rye and barley is little less than in 1882. Buckwheat is reduced more than one-third. Returns from the South point to a cotton crop of about 8,000,000 bales. It is possible the cotton movement of the year may pass that limit. The Union Pacific, Chicago, Kock Island and Pacific and Chicago, Milwaukee and 8t. Paul railroads have formed an agreement for twenty-five years to divide the through busi­ ness between Ogden and Chicago. It is con­ sidered one of the most important railroad contracts for many years. By it the Iowa pool is at an end, and, though other Western roads, it is said, are at liberty to enter the alliance, the three roads chiefly concerned plainly have the bulge so strong that the rest canuot probably get in oil satisfactory terms, and the result, as forecast, will lie a damag­ ing war on nearly all sorts of Western busi­ ness, involving breaks in the Colorado pool and possibly the Northwestern and South­ western traffic associations. AN immense bonanza of copper and ADDITIONAL NEWS. Lincoln was blown down, ships M *?RJSS3"U *ISJSFIN£ _ wraiHIwratKlldwickwas de- the monuments in a cemetery were toppled over. Thirteen per­ sons were killed In the st rents in various towns. ... .Englishmenare just now pouring out more thaw the ordinary quantity of wrath on the head of Farnell. At the recent Irish ban­ quet the usual toast to the Queen was omit­ ted. This has horrified all England. ADVICES from Hue, the capital of Annam, confirm the correctness of the re­ port that Hlephma, the King of Annam, is dead, aad that he was murdered by secret | enemies acting in the capacity of servants in the royal household. The death of Hlephma has caused a tremendous sensa­ tion in China, and has aroused the Annam- ese and Tonqulnese to indignation Buckshot Forster has been compelled to fol­ low the advice of Joseph Chamberlain, and now proposes to extend to Ireland the pro­ visions of the Franchise bill Another London stock-jobbing firm has failed. Ab* bot, Page & Co. are reported to have £160,- 000 in liabilities, with an utterly unknown amount of assets, which are believed to be %¥•. if, M MINNEAPOLIS reports the erection of 3,539 dwellings and 681 stores and factories during the year, which, with the Improve­ ments m progress, will require over $12,000,- 000... .The fifth day of the trial at Hillsboro, 111., of. the men charged with the outrage on Miss Emma Bond was devoted chiefly to hear­ ing the testimony of Lawrence Keinlein, an uncle of one of the parties indicted, in which ho swore to several damaging admissions made by John C. Montgomery just after the crime. The opinion was freely expressed that Heinlein could tell more if he chose, and that he had been induced by threats to withhold the most damning of the confessions made to him. THE Russian Nihilists continue to display a blind devotion worthy of a better cause. One fanatic, named Kutchkoff, es­ caped from prison at Charkow, but returned to free his companions. He was seized by the guards, whereupon he shot a gendarme and then himself Henri Martin, the his­ torian. and Pierre Richard da la Prade. the poet, died recently in Paiis The freight steamer Duke was wrecked off the English coast, and < her crew of twenty-one all drowned. Two NEGROES broke into a subsist­ ence shanty in the midst of an Italian camp of railroad laborers, near Newburg, Pa. Upon this the Italian camp attacked a negro camp from which the thieves had issued, and a battle followed. The Italians fought with shotguns and the negroes with clubs and stones. Four of the blacks were wounded, one fatally, and their side was compelled to abandon the ground. DEVI JAMES, a Choctaw Indian, con­ victed last November of the murder of James Fulsoin, was shot at Scullyville Court-House, Indian Territory, in accordance with Choctaw law. James sat upon a blanket. The Sheriff held one hand nn(i.a deputy another. An­ other deputy took position Ave paces distant, with a Colt's revolver, deliberately aimed, and shot the murderer through the heart. He died in two minutes. Burt Ellis, a negro murderer, was handed at Shelby, N.C.; Enoch Brown, also cc lored, was executed for murder at Halifax, N. C.; Pleasant Hall, another ne­ gro murderer, was strung up at Holling Fork, Miss.; and Juan Dtiran, a Mexican, paid the extreme penalty of the law at Fort Davis, Texas, for the murder of a Chinaman.... During the Democratic primary elections in New Orleans trouble arose at a poll "on the corner of Monroe ahd St. Bernard streets, where forty shots were firel. Capt. M. J. Forticr, Gus Renaud and Edward Mason were killed, and Sheriff Brewster and ten others were wounded. The Sheriff and three of his deputies were looked up. THE United States consul at Bremen has forwarded to the 8tate Department a copy of a letter sent to Bismarck by the Chamber of Commerce, protesting against the continued exclusion of American pork 'products, and showing that a retaliatory dvfty upon German stockings would cause a loss of nearly $5,( 01),000 per annum. IT has been definitly Fettled that the American Catholic Hierarchy will meet in Baltimore next November Thei% were 240 failures in the United States last week, but 73 per cent, were those of traders with less than $5,090 capital. A JOINT resolution was introduced in the House, on the 14th inst., by Mr. Hoblitzell, re­ questing the President to issue a proclamation for the commemoration of the centennial anni­ versary of Washington's surrender of his com­ mission, Dec. 24. Mr. Horr a^ked leave to offer *a resolution calling the attention of the Presl- <tent to the recent riots at Danville, Va., but mr. Morrison objected. Mr. Cox desired to in­ troduce a joint resolution to repeal the test oath, but Mr. Horr objected. There was no session of Senate the! i on the 14th. The Imported Coachman. One thing that we have to import is the high-toned coachman. He is a nobby fellow, who knows how to fan tails, pull manes, trim fetlocks and polish hoofs. He has his assistants, and disdains to labor. He draws from $05 to *100 per month, and perquisites. He walks about the stable in a lordly way, seeing that things are done right­ ly. He comes out with his gloves on, mounts the box, and has the reins handed to him. His clothes are as handsome and fit as well as those of his employer, and his style is immense. This sort of thing does not grow in thia country. It must be imported.--New York Sun. THE MABKET. NEW YORK. BEEVES Hoo* FLOITK--Superfine I WHEAT--No. a Chicago.... No. 2 Red Conx--No. 1 O.ITS--No. 2. POBK--Mess....- LABD CHICAGO." BELVES--Goo'1 to Fancy Steer*.. Common to Fair. Med.um to Fair HOOK FLOUK -.'amy White Winter Ex (>v,o<l IO Clioice Spr'g Ex WHEAT--No. 2 Spring No. 2 Red Winter. Coax--No. 2 OAW--NO. x RY.-- NO. 2 liAKI EY--\o 2 BUTTER--Cnoice Creamery Eutis--I'refh. 1'OBK--Mesa LABD MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. A COBN--No. 2 OATH--No. 2 Rre--No. 2 BAKLKV--No 2............ 1'OBK--Mesa ." LABD sr. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red. COBN--Mixed OATH-No. 2 . : . . . . . . . RYE POKK--Mess LABD CINCINNA'IL WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBN OATS RY^. I 7.25 . 4. SO . 3.60 1.0A @ 8 25 ® 5.75 & 6.60 @ 1.06M I.UH& 114)4 67J$(ti) .695* & .41)6 @16.00 & .o»v& 14.75 .00 7.50 4.25 4.25 4.50 5.25 4.76 THE NEW of Hie Senatoti, ft&d llMtfr Termii Eipire. A Cmpkto ltd «T the Home «T Kep- x re*eatBtlreg. foe Senate of the United States consists of seventy-six members and the House of 825. The membership of the Senate Is com­ plete. In the House there are two vacancies; one in the Second district of Mississippi, causod by the refusal of Van H. Manning to present his certificate for the seat which is contested by James B. Chalmers; the other in the Seventh district of Virginia, caused by the appointment of Representative-elect Paul to a Judgeship. The following is a com­ plete roll of the membership of the .new Con­ gress: SENATE. 1885. James L. Pngh, D. 1889. J. T. Morgan, D. ARKANSAS. 1886. J. D. Walker, D. 1889. A. H. Garland, D. CALIFORNIA. 1885. J. T. Farley, D. 1887. John F. Miller, B. COLORADO. 1885. N. P. Hill, R. 1889. Thos. M. Bowen.R CONNECTICUT. 1886. O. H. Piatt, K 1887. J. R. Hawley, R. DELAWARE. 1887. Thoe. F.Bayard.D. 1889. Eli Haulsbury, D. FLORIDA. 1885. Wilkinson Call, D. 1887. Chas. W. Jones, D. GEORGIA. 1885. J. E. Browc, D. 1889. A. H. Colquitt, D. HAIXOIB. 1885. John A. Logan, R. 1889. S. M. Cullozn, R. INDIANA. 1886. D. W. Voorhees, D 1887. Bcnj. Harrison, R IOWA. 1885. W. B. Allison, R. 1889. Jas. F. Wilson, R KANSAS. 1885. J. J. Ingalls, R. 1889. P. B. Plum, R. KENTUCKY. 1885. J. S. Williams, D. 1889. James B. Beck, D. LOUISIANA. 1885. B. F. Jonas, D. 1889. R. L. Gibson, D. MAINE. 1887. Eugene Hale, R. 1889. Wm. I'. Frye, R. MARYLAND 1885. J. B. Groome,D. 1887. A. P. Gorman, D. MASSACHUSETTS. 1887. Henry L. Dawes, R. 1889. George F. Hoar, R. MICHIGAN. 1887. OmarD. Conger, R 1889. T. W. Palmer, R. MINNBSOTA. 1887. S. J.R. McMillan, R. 1889. D.M. Sabin, R 1887. J. Z. George, D. 1889. L. Q. C. Lamar, D. MISSOURI. 1886 George O. Vest, D. 1887. F. M. Cockrell, D. NEBRASKA. 1887. C. C. Van Wyck, R. 1889. C. F -Manderaon,R NKVADA. 1885. J. P. Jones, B. 1887. James O. Fair, D. NEW HAMPSHIRE. 1885. H. W. Btslr, & 1889. Austin F.5 Pike, R. NEW JKBSkT. 1887. Win. J. Sewell, R. 1889. J.R.McPherson, D. NEW TOBK. 1885. E. G. Lapham, R. 1887. Warner Miller, R. NORTH CAROLINA. 1885. Z. P. Vance, D. 1889. M. W. Ransom, D. OHIO. 1885. G.H. Pendleton,D. 1887. John Sherman, R. OREGON. 1883. J. H. Slater, D. 1889, Jos. N. Dolph, R. PENNSYLVANIA. 1885. J. D. Cameron, R. 1887. JohnL Mitchell, R RHODE ISLAND. 1887. N. W. Aldrich, R 1889. H. B. Anthony, R. SOUTH CAROLINA. 1885. Wade Hampton, D 1889. M. C. Butler, D. TENNESSEE. 1887. H. E. Jackson, D. 1889. Isham G. Harris,D TEXAS 1887. Sam'l B. Maxey, D 1889. Richard Coke, D. VERMONT. 1885. J. S. Morrill, R. 1887. G.F. Edmunds, R. VIRGINIA. 1887. Wm. Mahone.R + 1889. H. ILRiddleberger, R t WEST VIRGINIA. 1887. J. N. Camden, D. 1889. John E. Kenna, D. WISCONSIN. 1885. Antrim Cameron,R. 1887. Philetus Sawyer,R Republicans, 40; Democrats, 36. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ALABAMA. 5. Thomas Williams, D. C. G. W. Hewett, D. 7. Wm. H. Forney, D. 8. Luke Pryor, D. 1. James T. Jones, D. 2. H. A. Herbert, D. 3. William C. Oates.D. 4. Charles M. Shelly, D. ARKANSAS. •C.R. Breckinridge, D. 13. John H. Rogers, D. 1. Poindexter Dunn, D. 4. Sarau.:rW. Peel, D. % James K. Jones, D. I CALIFORNIA, •Chas. A. Sumner, D.I 2. J. H. Bndd, D. •John R. Glascock, D. 3. Barclay Henly, D. 1 V.8. Rosecrans, D. I 4. P. B. Tully, D. COLORADO. 1. James B. Belford, R CONNECTICUT. 1. Wm. W. Eaton, D.l 3. JohnT. Waite, R X C. L. Mitchell, D. I 4. E. W. Seymour, D. DELAWARE. „ 1. Charles B. Lore, D. ^ , FLORIDA. 1. REM. Davidson,D. I 2. H. Bisbee, Jr., R. GEORGIA. •Thos. Hardman, D. L John C. Nlcholls, D. X Henry G. Turner, D. 3. Charles F. Crisp, D. 4. Hugh Buchanan. D. ILLH 1. B. W. Dunham, R X Jno. F. Fineity,Ind. 3. George R. Davis, R. 4. George E. Adams,R. 6. Reuben Elwood, R. 6. Robert Jt, Hitt, R. 7. T. J. HMderson, R. 8. WilUanvCullen, It 9. Lewis K. Payson, R la N.E.WrtrtWngton, D Jtm > > INDIANA. e. N: J. Hammond, D. 6. Jas H. Blount, D. 7. J. C. Clements, D. 8. Seaborn Reese, D. 9. Allen D. Candler, D. rois. 11. Wm. H. Neece. D. 12. James W. Riggs, D. 15. Wm. M. Springer, D. 14. J. H. Rowell, D. is. Jos. G. Cannon, R. 16. Aaron Shaw, D. 17. Sam'l W.MouIton,D. 18. Wm. R. Morrlson.D. 19. R. W.Townshend,D. 20. John R Thomas, R. 8. John E. Lamb, D. 9. Thos B. Ward, D. 10. Thos. J. Wood, D. 11. Geo. W. Steele, R 12. Robert Lowry, D. 13. Wm. H. Calkins, R 7. John A. Kasson, R. & Wm. P. Hepburn, R. 9. W. H. M. Pusey, D. 10. A. J. Holmes, R. 11. Isaac S. Struble, R. 1. J. A. Anderson, R. 2. D. C. Haskell, R. 3. Thomas Ryan, R. 1. John J. Kleiner, D. 2. Thomas R Cobb, D. 3. S. M. Stockslager, D. 4. Wm. S. Holman,D. 6. C. C. Mason, D. %. Thos. M. Browne, R 7. Stanton J. Peelle, R IOWA. L Moses A. McCoid.R 2l Jere H. Murphy, D. 3. D. B. Henderson, R. 4. L.H. Weller, D. 6. James Wilson, R 6. John C. Cook, D. G. KANSAS. •E. N. Morrill, R •Lewis Han back, R •Samuel R Peters.R. •B. W. Perkins, R. L Oscar Turner, I. D. I 7. J. 8. C. Black burn,IX 2. James F. Clay. D. I 8. P B Thompson,jr. ,D. 5. John E. Halsell, D. I 9. W.W. Culoertson.R 4. T. A. Robertson, D. 110. John D. White, R 6. Albert S. Willis, D. 111. F. D. Wolford, D. C. John G. Carlisle, D.l LOUISIANA. L Carleton Hunt, D. I 4. N. C. Blanchard, D. % E. John Ellis, D. 6. J. Floyd King, B. 3. Wm. P. Kellogg, R. I 6. Edward T. Lewis,D. MAINE. •Thomas B. Reed.RI •Chaa. A. Bon telle, R. •Nelson Dlngley, R I •SethL. MUliken,R, MARYLAND. 1. G. W. Covington, D.l 4. J. V. L. Findlay, D. 2. J. F. C. Talhott, D. 6. Hart. B. Holton, R. 3. F. S. Hoblitzell, D. I 6. L. E. McComas, R MASSACHUSETTS. 1. Robt. T. Davis, R. I 7. Eben F. Stone, R. 2. John D. Lontr, R 8. Wm. A. Russell, R a A A. Raney, R. 9. Theo. Lyman, R 4. Patrick A. Collins, D.I10. Wm. W. Rice, R 5. Leopold Morse, D. 111. Wm. Whiting, R 4. H. B. Loverlng, D. 112. Geo. D. Robinson,R. MICHIGAN. 1. Wm. C. Maybury, D.l 7. Ezra C. Carleton, D. 2. N. B. Eldredge, D. 8. Ron well G. Horr, R 8. Edward S. Lacey, RI 9. B. M. CutcheOn, R. 4. Geo. L. Yaple, D. 10. H. H. Hatch, R. 6. Julius Houseman, D. 11. Kdw. Brettung, R. 6. Edw. B. Winans, D.l MINNESOTA. L Milo White, It. 14. W. D. Washburn, R . J. B. W akefleld, R. 5. Knute Nelson, R 8. Horace B. Strait, R| MISSISSIPPI. 1. H. L. Muldrow, D. 15. Otho R Singleton, D. 2. Contested. 6. H. S. Van Eaton, D. 3. E. S. Jeffords, D. - 17. E. Barkadale, D. . H. D. Money, D. I MISSOURI. & 8.3.1 @ 6.25 @ 5.50 ifS 5.50 & 5.50 5.50 .9W< .98 & 1.00 .59 <& .60 .35 @ .36 .58 & .59 .31 <3 .33 .25 m .27 12.50 @13.75 .08^® .09£ 1. Wm. W. Hatch, D. 2. A. M. Alexander, D. 8. Alex. M. Dockery, D. 4. Jamee N. Burnes, D. 6. Alex. Graves. D. «. John Cos grove, D. 7. A. H. Buckner, D. 8. John J. O'Neill, D. 9. J. O. Broadhead, D. 10. Martin L. Clardy, D. 11. R. P. Bland, D. 12. Chas. H. Morgan, D. 13. Robt. W. Ryan, D. 14. L. H. Davis, D. 7. Isaac N. *vwaa,R 9. A! BSRSSSJL' 10. Wm. Mutchter, D. 11. John B. Storm. D. IX D. W. Connelly, D. 18. C. M. Brumm, G.-R. i. Henry J, lffilsr. & BLAMV. tl 1 Jopsthan Chaoe,R J.Hemphill,D. 1. Samuel a J>Tw 4. John TKNNK88EE. 1. An#. H.Pettibone.R. X L. C. Honk, R 3- O e a C . D i b b n i u , D . , 4. Benton McMmS, D.l 9. Rloe A Pierce, D. 6. Richard Warner, D.lio. Casey Young, D. TEXAS. ESSEX. 8. John M. Taylor, D. L Charles Stewart, P. X John H. Reagan, D. i D IIIS'SSSSFA11 . _ VERMONT. 1. John W. Stewart, R i Luke P. Poland, B. VIRGINIA, 7. T. P. Ochiltree, R. 8. J. F. Miller, D. 9. Roger Q. Mills, B. 10. John Hancock, D. 11. a W. P. Lanham.D. 5. George C. Cabell, D.. 6. J. R. Tucker, D. 7. Vacancy. 8. John 8. Barbour, D. 9. Henry S. Bowen, R •John 8. Wine, Rt 1. Robert M. Mayo, R. X Harry Llbbv, R. 3. George D. Wise, D. 4. B. 8. Hooper, R.t WEST VIRGINIA. 1. Nathan Goff, Jr., R 13. Chas. P. 8nyder, D. X William L. Wilson, D. 14. Eustace Gibson, D. WISCONSIN. 1. John Winans. D. 16. Richard Guenther, R 2. D. H. Sumner, D. 7. G. M. Woodward, D. 8. William T. Price, R. 9. I. Stephenson, R 8. Burr W. Jones, D. 4. Peter V. Denster, D. 5. Joseph Rankin, D. Republicans, 126; Democrats, 197; Independ­ ent, l; vacancies, X •Elected on ticket at large. , tMahoneites; will act with Republicans , Jfe=r- -- --i-- :a " . v. ^/APPROPRIATIONS. Folger'T Animal The Secretary of the Treasury has trans­ mitted to Congress his estimates of appropri­ ations for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1885. The amount estimated to be required for all expenses of the Government is $288,- 125,305, which is $22,323,282 less than the aggregate appropriations of the present fiscal year, and $57,151,857 less than the sum called for in the estimates submitted last year. The appropriations for the present fiscal year, Including deficiencies and miscellane­ ous, were $305,448,587. The estimates upon which those appropriations were based called for $340,280,162. The estimates sub­ mitted by Secretary Folger are divided as follows: Civil establishment $ 22,045,663 Foreign intercourse 1.569,601 Military establishment 27,136,152 Naval establishment 22,747,751 Indian affairs 8,466,810 Pensions 40,000,000 Public works,....., 17,760,214 Postal service. 2,958,112 Miscellaneous..^....-. 23,293,965 Permanent annual appropriations 115,147,037 Estimates in all the above cases, except pensions, foreign intercourse, and permanent annual appropriations, are for larger sums than those appropriated for the present fiscal year. The appropriation for pensions the present year amounted to $86,576,281; foreign intercourse, $2,177,984; permanent annual appropriations, $117,529,521. Some of the estimates which show an increase over the amounts appropriated last year are as follows; Increase. Military establishment. 1,615,055 Naval establishment 6,767,314 Indian affairs 2,427,423 Public works........ 11,789,363 Postal service........-.".... 2,942,087 Miscellaneous;..... ." 1,16X217 The increase in the estimates for the naval establishment is due to the provisions for completing the steel cruisers, monitors and dispatch boat. The Increase in the estimates i for public works is owing principally to the item of $8,025,500 for improving rivers and harbors. The increase in the estimates for public buildings is from $1,591,800 to $3,647,- 967. The increase in the estimates for postal service is to cover a deficiency in the reve­ nues. The estimates for rivers and harbors are as follows; Mississippi river, $17,500; gauging the waters of the lower Mississippi and its tributaries, $5,000; gauging the waters of the Columbia river. $3,000; improving rivers and harbors (to be expended in such works as are authorized by Congress), $8,000,000. .-V:?1' CHICATIO CHOSBH.^ The" Baltaul Oonventian to Bi Held in the (tardea Frje»G •f RepreMatatlMi the Totes of Delegate*. POSTAL TELEGRAPH^ Provisions of Congressman Anderson's Meagnre. [Washington Telegram.] Representative Anderson, of Kansas, has revised the Postal-Telegraph bill Introduced by him at the last session and again Intro* duced it in the House. By its provisions the Postmaster-General Is authorized to con­ struct, maintain and operate three main lines of telegraph, the northern line to extend from Bangor, Me., to St. Paul, the central line from New York to Topeka, and the southern from Baltimore to San Antonio. The north­ ern main line will be 1,720 and the branches 1,661 miles, a total of 8,381; central line, 1,437 and branches 978, a total of 2,415; the southern line 1,890, branches 1,418, a total of 8,314; grand total, 9,110 miles. At a maxi­ mum cost of $400 per mile the cost is $3,614,- 000. It is provided that ail teiepraph lines which since 1865 have been or shall be con­ structed by the Secretary of War for the use of the army shall be, when no longer needed for military purposes, transferred to the Postmaster-Genera! for the use of the postal telegraph and be part thereof; also, where a Junction can be made with the wires of any railroad or telegraph oompany which has re­ ceived a grant of public lands, or bonds, or credit of the United States, the Postmaster- General may in his discretion cause the con­ nection of the postal telegraph therewith, and alt postal-telegraph messages may be transmitted ovejr said wires at Government rates and in the manner prescribed by law. The bill provides for the issuance by the Secretary of the Treasury of $6,000,000 in 8 per cent, bonds of $100 each, redeemable at option in ten years, not to run more than thirty years, to be offered for sale in the open market at New York, the proceeds of the sale to be applied to the construction and equip­ ment of the postal telegraph by the Post­ master General, who shall hold a sufficient reserve of said bonds as a surplus over the cost of construction as may l>e necessary to meet the interest for five years. Ample pro­ vision is niade for the redemption of the bonds, the capital thereof to be reimbursed by the profits, and all fiscal details are prop­ erly arranged in consonance with the rules of the Treasury Department. The local of­ fices are to be under the control of the Post­ master, and stations are to be established only in Government postofflces. LAPSED UNO GRANTS. .96 .57 .33 .54 .62 14.50 8.75 .91 .58 •f>7 64 (£14.75 l4> 9.25 i"^ BOSTON dispatch says the /jrlouces- | gold is reported ft have been found one mile «*« . ' »er fishing schooners Rutherford B. Hayes i north of Padmore, in the Rocky mountains, »* .f#*W%nd Witch are now given up as lost, swelling on the British side of the line. î$i» .risiti|he number of wrecked ve-hels to seven and | VOREIOM. •*-».« AMID cries of "War!" and "Onto • ' • ' • j U n e t y - o n c M r s . e x - S e n a t o r ( h r i s t i a n o y at Brooklyn- N- v., of Blight's disease. Pekin!" the French Chamber passed the Ton- T THE WEST. quin appropriation. Although there was FOB several davs a strange vountr ™uch nol8e on the 8ide of the majority, no .. . „ K ; less than 206 members opposed the bill in a VT -ijji Tpt# hid boMi dUliog At the residoaccof Mrs. j total votd of 52I. The Marquis Tseng tftt* - iGarfield, seeking' an interview with the widow j egraphed Ferry's speech verbatim to Pekln. 1.01U3 1.02?$ .49 & .60 .38 & .« .54 i<« .54)i 14.00 <<(14.50 .09 1.04 @ 1.05)6 .6U'<i«* .Mfe .35)6 , .60 i«S .61 PORK--Mess 14.00 <$14.75 LABD TOLKDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBN v..' OATS- NO. 2 DETROIT. FLOUR ..V.V....... •. WHEAT--NO. 1 White Coax--No. 2 OATS--Mix :d POBK--MCSH INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red 1.01 COBN--NO. 2. .64 OATS--Mixed .' .31 EAST LIBERTY, PA. CATTLE--Rest 6.23 Fair. 6.60 Common 4.60 HOGS 4.75 Hhuct ','j i,va!. .08><j« .09 1.03?£(<4 1.0ft .17 (41 .68 .94 0 .35 4.60 & 5.75 1.04 @ 1.(15 .64 «S .57 .33 1X25 4013.00 @ 1.02 0 .56 & .88 @ 6.51 6.25 6.25 6.00 © i NEBRASKA. L A. J. Weaver, R. 3. E. K. Valentine, R. 3. James Laird, R I NKVADA. 1. Geo. W. Cassidy, D.l NBW HAMPSHIBK. 1. M. A. Haynes, R I 2. Ossian Ray, K NEW JERSEY. 1. Thos. M. Ferrell, D. 5. W. W. Phelps. R. e. W. H. F. Fiedler, D. 7. Wm. MeAdoo, D. X J. Hart Brewer, k 3. John Kean. Jr., R. i. Ben). F. Howey, R NBW TOBX. *H. W. Slocum. D. 1. Perry Belmont, D. X W. K. Robinson, D. tL Darwin R James, R 4. Felix Campbell, 1) 5. Nicholas Mnller, D. 6. Samuel 8. Cox, D. 7. Wm. I)oi :4ii»lmer. D. 8. John J. A damp, D. 9. John Hardy, 1>. 10. Abram 8. Hewitt, D. 11. Orlando B.Potter,D. 12. Waldo Hutcblno, D. 17. H. O. Burleigh, B. 18. Fred A. Johnson, R. 19. A. X. Parker, R. 20. Edward Wem pie, 1>. 21. George W. Ray, R 22. Chns. R Hkinutir, R IX ,T. Thoe. Spriggs, D. 24. N. W. Nutting, R. 25. Frank Hincock, R 26. Sereno E. Payne, R '27. J. W. Wadf<worth,lt. 2«. 8. C. Millard. R 29. JohnArnot.D. 13. John H. Ketcham, R.I30. H. S. Oreenleaf, D. 14. Lewis Beach, D. 131. Robert S. Btevens.D. 16. J. H. Baglcv, Jr., DJ82. Wm. F. Rogers, D. 16. T. J. Van Alstyne, D.l33. FrancisB.Brewer,R NORTH CAROLINA. *R. T. Dennett, D. 1. Thomas S.Kktnner.D. 2. James E. O'Hara, 11. 3. Wharton J. Green, D. 4. William R Cox, D. OHIO. 1. John F. Follett,D. 2. I. M. Jordan, D. 8. R M. Murray, D. 4. Ben;). F.LcFevre, D. 6. Geo. E. S<>nev, D. 6. Wm. I). Hill. b. 1. Henry L. Morey, R •. J. W. Keifer, R S. Alfred M. ScilflJ). C. Clement Dowd, D. 7. Tyro York, R. Kobert C. Vance, D. IX Alphonso Hart, R 13. Geo. R Converse, D. 14. Geo. W. Geddes, D. 15. A. J. Warner, D. 16. Bcriali Wilkins, D. 17. Jos. D. Taylor, R 18. W. McKinley, Jr.. R 19. Etra B. Taylor, R. 9. Jas. H. Hobin^on, R!20. David R. l'aiire, D. 16. Frank H. Hwrd, D.121. Martin A. Foran, D. 11. J. W. McCoimick.RI ORBOOK. 1. Kelvin C. George, R.! PENNSYLVANIA. . m. F. Elliot, D. 1. H. H. Bineham, R S. Chas. O'Neill, R 3. Bam'l J. Itendall, D. 4. Wm. 1). Kclley, R 5. Alfred C. Harmer.R f 'M-B- Everhart, R. 20. k/G. 14. SarnlV. Dan, R 15. George A. Post, D. 10. Wm. W. Brown, R. 17. J. M. Campbell, R, 18. L. E. Atkinson. R. 19. Wm. A. D] Bills to Forfeit Them to the Govern­ ment. Judge Parson, of Illinois, has Introduced in the House bills to forfeit the following lapsed and unearned land grants: The land grant to tho Texas Pacific rail­ road, involving 1,500,000 acres*. Oregon Cen­ tral (Portland to Astoria) railroad, 1,180,000 acres; New Orleans and Jackson railroad, Involving 1,000,000 acres, estimated; Ely* ton & Beards Bluff railroad, 800,000 acres, estimated; Iron Mountain and Arkansas railroad, 1,300,000 acres, esti­ mated; Memphis and Charleston rail­ road, 800,000 aoies, estimated; Savannah and Albany railroad, 1,200,000 acres, estimated; Gulf and Ship Island, and Tuscaloosa and Mobile 652,800 acr< n, and Mobile and New Or­ leans, involving 1,'H'SUHK) a ros, estimated; Ontonagon and State Liiuo, involving 142,430; Oregon and California and California and Oregon ralroads, unpatented lands, 4,16»,307; certain lands of MftNortb- ern Pacific (Wallula to Portland, etU(5,501,- 000; Mobile and Girard, 482,121; certain lands Of the Atlantic and Pacific east of Albuquer­ que, N. M.. and west of Mojave, Cal., unpat­ ented lands, about 1,500,000. Also a b 11 to croate a Court of Appeals (the bill introduced by Senator Davis in the Sea- ate and Mr. Payson in the House in the For» ty-seventh Congress). And a bill for an amendment to the Constitution to permit the President to veto items in a general appro­ priation bill. The National Republican committee con­ vened at the Arlington hotel, in Wash­ ington, on Wednesday, Dae. 18, and was called to order by John A. Martin, Secretary. W. E. Chandler nominated ex-Senator Chaffee, of Colorado, temporary presiding oflicer, and he was elected unanimously. D. M. Sabin, of Minnesota, was nominated by Rlkins for permanent President, and elect­ ed by acclamation. On the first ballot for the place of holding the convention the result was as follows: Chicago, 14; Cincinnati, IS; Indianapolis, 4; Philadelphia, 8; Saratoga 8. The second bal­ lot resulted as follows: Chicago, 17; Cincin­ nati, 17; Indian--nils. 0; Philadelphia, 0; Sar­ atoga, 0; and t^Bhird: Cincinnati, 21; Chi­ cago, 20; SaratoP£4;Philadelphia, 1; Indian­ apolis, 0. On the fourth ballot Chicago was decided as the place for holding the conven­ tion, the result being hailed with cheers. Senator Frye on presenting his plan for a new basis of representation, earlier in the day, supported it with a vigorous speech. He said it presented a subject which demanded honest and conscientious attention. When any gentleman made a proposition to change the form of the National Convention every fnan who was a candidate for President, or ^Irho had one, immediately eniff/jd at it. He denied that he offered the new plan in favor Of the interests of Mr. Blaine and In opposi­ tion to the interests of Mr. Arthur. He had not a candidate, and, so help him God, he never again would have one. Mr. Frye then Quoted statistics to show that the representa­ tion from the Southern States, which were anti-Republican, was nearly as large as that from States which were surely Republican, and argued that his proposition was in the interest of absolute justice, which the Na­ tional Committee could not afford to deny. Mr. Forbes (Massachusetts) briefly sup­ ported the proposition submitted by Mr. Frye, stating that the country would criti­ cise the party if it refused to inaugurate re­ form in the organization of the convention. When the committee reassembled at 7 p. m. discussion began over a point of order which had been raised that as the committee had in Feruary last agreed upon a basis of repre­ sentation it could not now again change that plan. Secretary Chandler spoke against the point of order, holding that the committee had the power to change the basis. Senator Logan denied that the committee possessed the power; the National convention only had such power. Mr. Chandler, continuing, appealed to the members from the South and from the Territories to vote for the Frye plan, arguing that it was demanded by the sentiment of Republicans in Republican States. Gen. Bradley (Kentucky) favored the posi­ tion taken by Senator Logan. In reply to a taunt that the South could not give a single electoral vote to the Republican candidate, he said that If the Republican party of the North had given to the South the care and attention that it gave to the doubtful States North the South would furnish electoral votes. It had given lives for the good of the party. ' Dr. Hicks (Florida) said there were grave­ yards miles long in the South filled with mur­ dered Republicans. Mr. Pierce (Hhode Isl­ and) was sorry to see the debate take such a wide course, and feared if it was reported in the newspapers it would del:ght the Bour­ bons of the country. The South had given us a President in 1876. He did not favor de­ parting from the present plan. After fur­ ther expressions of opinion from various membersof the committee, Mr. Magee (Penn­ sylvania) moved, and Mr. Reynolds seconded the motion, to refer Senator Frye's plan to the next National Republican Convention. The vote on this motion, by States, result­ ed as follows: Yeas--Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Rhode Island, Connecticut, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Iowa, West Virginia, Indiana, Idaho, Illinois, New Mexico, Louisiana, Utah, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri. Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon --25. Nays--Alabama, California, Delaware, Ken­ tucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi­ gan, Washington Territory, New Jersey, Ohio, "f-'ehnessee, Vermont, Wisconsin, Arizona, Da­ kota, Wyoming, New Hampshire--18. ,, On motion of Secretary Chandler, It 9ras resolved that this committee viewt with regiet and indignation the recent attempts to suppress human rights and destroy .free suffrage and an honest counting of ballots in the various Statat by methods at war with humanity and civil­ ization. Against the prevalence of such methods the Republican party stands sacredly pledged, and we extend our sympathy to all the sufferers from such inhumanities, and pledge our earnest and unconditional co­ operation and the right hand of our fellow­ ship to all men and all organizations, what­ ever may have been their past political action, who now unreservedly commit them­ selves to organized efforts to secure free education, free suffrage and the protection of life and property to all citizens, without regard to their race dr color, political opin­ ions or votes. The followiug call was then adopted: A national convention will meet at Chicago on Tuesday, June 3,1844, at 12 noon, for the nomi­ nation of candidates to be supported for Presi­ dent and Vice President at the next election. The Republican electors of the several States and all other voters, without regard to past political differences, who are in favor of elevat­ ing and dignifying American labor, protecting and extending home industries, giving free pop­ ular education to the masses ot the people, se­ curing free suffrage and an honest counting of ballots, effectually protecting all human rights in every Motion of our common country, and who desire to promote friendly feeling and permanent harmony throughout the land by maintaining a National Government pledged to these objects and principles, are cordially invited to send from each State four delegates at large, from each Congres­ sional District two delegates, and for eaoh Rep­ resentative at large two delegates, to the conven­ tion. The delegates at large shall be chosen by popular delegate State conventions, called on not less than twenty days' published notice, and held not more than sixty days before the time fixed for the meeting of the National convention. The Republicans of the various Congressional dis­ tricts shall have the option of electing their del­ egates at seperate popular delegate conventions, called on similar notice, and hud in the districts at any time within the fifteen days next prior to the meeting of the 8tate conven­ tions, or by subdivisions of the State conventions into district conven- t ons, and such delegates shall be chosen in the latter method if not elected previous to the meeting of the State conventions. All district delegates shall be accredited by the officers of such district conventions. Two delegates ahall be allowed from each Territory and from the District of Columbia, similarly choser. Notices of contest shall be given to the National committee, accompanied by full printed state- ,fnents of the grounds of contest, which shall also be made public; and preference in the brder of hearing and determining contests shall be given by the convention according to the date-< of the reception of such notices and state­ ments by the National committee. The committee then adjourned to meet in Chicago, May 31, 1881. THE FALSE PROPHET. Who He Is, Anil Whence He Came. El Mahdi, the false prophet, was originally a ship-carpenter at Songola, on the Nile. He had only a rudimentary education, and after a time became a public reader of the Koran. He had, or pretended to have the same visions as Mahommed, but did not openly proclaim himself as the Prophet until France and England agreed to help Egypt put down the slave-trade in the Soudan, when he rose in re­ volt and called upon the faithful to follow him. He headed a slave-catchers' rebellion .which he has since transformed into something like a holy war. In July, 1881, he was defeated and retired into the interior of Soudan, but in June. 1882, he appeared again and massa­ cred 6,000 Egyptians under Vussuf Pasha. In January last he captured El Obcid by siege, after losing 10.000 men in his attempt to storm it. In May last he was defeated in an advance upon Khartoum, and fell back into Kordofan, whence Gen. Hicks marched aguinst him a short time since, with what ter­ rible results need not be told. TEST OLD PEOPLE. VERY OLD PEOPLE. CHESTER CHILDS died at Ludlowville, V. T~ at 98. Mas. MART SHAUQHWISST died In Erie, Pa_ aged 100. lux. Wnxis, of La Crosse, Ga., died to> oently, aged 113. Louis TRIPLXTT and his'wiffe, of La Better Mo., are each 93 years old. JOHN VAN PATTEN and his wife Marguertta, «s»^henectady, aw* h w yeara of ago. SOLOMON Evxnsuuu, of Ityunllton county, Conn., has Just celebrated his 100th birth­ day. ROBERT W. KNIGHT, the oldest citiren of Portland, Me., died on Sunday, aged 93 years. AKTER living to the age of 99, Mattf"*-- Arnold, of Colchester, N. Y., committed E-.-T- clde. THERE ar« three old persons In Baldwin county, Ga., SylviaCambert and Peter Hall are each 113 years of age, and Mary English has just passed her 110th birthday. CABLE, the New Orleanist noveUgfc. will re- aide In the North hereafter. ':U. $. 89MTi ^ A COWFTETO IFETAF HE New CM- Mlttee*. IMlowing la a list at the new committers as arranged by «1M Halted States 8enate: j. nmy>n--• PMvflsaia --ajpiscMons--Mesiii. Hoax, Cam- eron of WiMonam, 8herman. Frye, Lapham, Sanlabury. Vanoe, Wati. end Jonas. Approjgktkwu -- Messrs. Allison, Logan, «dciiL ^ Kansom' Cockrell, Foreign Relations--Messrs. Miller of Calif or- Bayard, Vooiheee, Beck, McPherson, and Har­ ris. . Commerce--Messrs. McMillan, Jones of Ne­ vada, Conger, Frye, Miller ofNew York, Ran­ som, Coke, Farley, and Vest. ^M^uf^uree-MesMe. Xttddleberger, Sabin, Dotpt, WilHams, and Cokndtt. Agriculture-Messrs. MUler at Mew York, J Blair, Plumb, Vance. Van Wyck, George, Will­ iams, and Fslr. Military AffabravMessrs. Logan, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Harrh-on, Sewell, Hawley, Cock­ rell, Maxeff Hampton and Camden. Naval Affairs--Messrs. Cameron of Pennsyl­ vania, Anthony, Hale, Mahone, Miller of Califor­ nia, McPherson, Jones of Florida, Farley an ' Butler. Judiciary--Messrs. Edmunds, Logan, Ingalls, McMillan, Hoar, Garland, Bayard, and Pugb. Public Lands--Messrs, Plumb, Hill, Blair, Van Wyck, Dolph, Walker, Morgan, Slater and Gib­ son. Indian Affairs--Messrs. Dawes, Ingalls, Har­ rison, Cameron of Wisconsin, Bowen, Coket Walker, Slater and Gorman. Private Land Claims--Messrs. Bayard (chair­ man), Edmunds, Manderson, Jonas and Col­ quitt. IT Pensions--Messrs. Mitchell. Blair. Van Wyck, Cullom, Sabin, Slater, Jackson, Camden and: Colquitt. Postofflces and Post-Roads--Messrs. Hill, Saw­ yer, Mahone, Palmer, Wilsou.Maxey, Saulsbury, Groome and Jackson. Revolutionary Claims--Messrs. Jones of Flor­ ida (Chairman), Garland, Williams, Anthony and McMillan. Ciaims-Me.w. Cameron of Wisconsin, Hoar, Pike, Dolph, Manderson, Jackson, George, Gib­ son and Kenna. District of Columbia--Messrs. Ingalls, Aldrich,. Riddlebcrser, Pike, Palmer, Hiuxis, Vance,. Brown and Gorman. Education and Labor--Messrs. Blair, Ma­ hone, Miller of New York, Aldrich, Bowen, George, Call. Pntrh and Groome. Patents--Messrs. Piatt, Hoar, Mitchell, Lap­ ham, Coke, Call and Camden. Civil Service and Retrenchment--Messrs. Haw­ ley, Dawes, Mitchell. Miller < t California, Pike, Walker, Williams. Lamar and McPherson. Territories--Messrs. Harrison, Piatt, Conger, Manderson, Butler, Garland and Vest. Railroads--Messrs. Sawyer, Hawley, Sewell, Sabin, Rlddleberger, Cullom, Lamar, Williams, Jonas, Brown and Kenna. Contingent Expenses--Messrs. Jones of Neva­ da, Piatt and Vance. Engrossed Bills--Messrs. Saulsbury, Call, and Allison. Rules--Messrs. Frye, Sherman, Ingalls, Harris, and Pendleton. Mines and Mining--Messrs. Wilson, Bowen, Van Wyck. Jones of Nevada, Hampton, Fair, and Camden. Improvement of Mississippi River--Messrs. Van Wyck, Mitchell, Cullom, Pike, Jonas, Cock­ rell and Jackson. Revision of the Laws--Messrs. Conger, Piatt, Hale, Pendleton, and Kenna. Transportation Routes to the Seaboard-- Messrs. Aldrich, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Manderson, Palmer, Fat ley. Slater, and Gibson. JOINT COMMITTEES. Printing Committee--Messrs. Anthony, Haw­ ley, and Gorman. Library--Messrs. Sherman, Hoar, and Voor- Enroiled Bills--Messrs. Sewell, Riddleberger, and Colquitt. Public Buildings and Grounds--Messrs. Ma­ hone, Morrill, Cameron of Wisconsin, Jones of Florida, and Vest. To Examine Branches of the Civil Service- Messrs. Cullom, Dawes, McMillan, Hampton and Groome. To Investigate the Condition of the Potomac River In Front of Washington--Messrs. Ransom, Vest. Gorman, Conger, Cameron of Pennsylva­ nia, Sabin and Hill. To Make Provision for Taking the Tenth Cen­ sus--Messrs. Hale, Morris, Sawyer, Wilson, Pen­ dleton, Morgan and Fair. Epidemic Diseases--Messrs. Harris, Garland, Jonas, Hampton. Sewell, Bowen and Frye. Nicaragua Claims--Messrs. Maxey, Groome, Beck, Hfll and Dolph. Woman Suffrage--Messrs. Lapham, Anthony, Blair, Palmer, Fair, Jones of Florida, ana Brown. JOINT SELECT COMMITTEES. Additional Accommodations for the Library- Messrs. Voorhees, Uutleynd Dolph. FORETOLD HIS DEATH. A Ydttdg Han Hear Baltimore diets the Hour of His Demise. •i'-p [Baltimore Dispatch.] At tile services attending the funeral ot. Christopher C. Brooks at Mount Olivet Ceme­ tery, near this city, the Rev. C. E. Felton told how the young man bad foretold his own death, and the pastor of the Mount Vernon Methodist Church, in commenting on it, said it was one of the exceptional phenomenal cases which point a newer and higher philosophy. Young Brooks wae 17 years old, and died in Brooklyn, N. Y., last Wednesday. He belonged to a prom­ inent family here. His mother, who had been traveling in Europe, was summoned home by cablegram announcing her son's ill­ ness. On her return she found him able to go about, and his physicians had no fears ae to his perfect recovery. The youth stated, however, that a former teacher and friend of his, a Mr. Hall, who died about five months ago, had appeared to him in a vis­ ion and told him be would die of heart trouble Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 3 o'clock p. m. Young Brooks bad never had any trouble with bis heart, and bis friends to whom he made the statement were in no way concerned about it. Dr. Maw, his physician, laughed at it, and said. he was certain on the contrary that he would get well. The young man was, however, thoroughly impressed with the belief that he would die at the time indicated. A few days before that time ht sent flowers to some friends with a note say­ ing: " I shall never again be able to express my appreciation of your kindness." He ac­ companied a lady friend to an entertainment the afternoon of Dec. 4, spent the evening in her company, and received a promise that if he wrote for her the next afternoon she would come to say good-by. His physician told the brother and mother of the youth that he would divert his mind from the sub­ ject by physical means, and Tuesday night put a fly-blister on his neck. Wednesday morning young IIrooks rose as usual, ate an unusually hearty breakfast, and to all ap­ pearances was good for a long life. While taking lunch with the family as usual at 2 o'clock he complained of feeling faint, and asked to be assisted to his room. After rest­ ing in the bed a few moments he wrote to the young lady, and in about twenty minutes she arrived. He died in th" presence of the fam­ ily at 3:10 o'clock of paralysis of the heart. Hto physician and his mother arrived but two or three moments later, and wore shocked to And his prediction fulfilled. SHALL TALK. THE Atlanta OmntUvtion is building Itself , a new office out of Georgia granite. • A BRIDGEPORT (Ct.) gentleman will publish * all the rejected poems he can And. THE name of the only negro member of the House of Representatives is O'Hara. POTATOES in Southern Illinois are 36 cents a bushel, and dealers do not want them at that. DETROIT can show cedar-block pavements laid esght veaifesngO which are yet in good condition. Ar.r,AN PIKKERTOK sues Philadelphia for $2,0iX) for catching Major Phipps, the alms­ house thief. 3 FRASTUS COOK, of Frederickstown, Mo., while digging In the cell ir of his house re­ cently, found a coin dated 1774. HERON, a mining town in Montana, bas ten saloons, two gambling homes, two hotels, one restaurant and 200 inhabitants. JOHN SWANBON, who was during the war the printer of Confederate money, poisoned himself at Cleveland the other day. SIQMCND VAC.EL, of Mobile, Ala., died of a broken heart immediately after making an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. FRANK S. THOMAS, a gambler in poor health, killed himself in Galveston, leaving a note saying: "I take this means of getting well. A plain box is all I want." A SHREWD observer says a wheelbarrow in the hands of an unskilled man is, moving along a thoroughfare, more to be dreaded than the plague. A herdic coach was de­ molished by a collision with on« in Boston tho other day, and the horse killed. The 'barrow afterward rolled triumphantly on its way. A MAN with a wooden leg may be said to ho stamping the town. 1 Jfe