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I ®lte $ltt||tRn! jJlajndfaler. : . • ' (%;• McHENRY, ' J. VAS SLYKT2, PqgLMna. ' . ~T ILLINOIS. XHE NEWS CONDENSED. # ___; fHE EAST. Mmotkmm aad drowning accident is repotted from New England. Three children of Andrew Bates broke through the ice on Lake Whitney, New Haven, Ct. on Thursday week, and were all drowned. The mother and four other per­ sons who went to their rescue broke through and were with great difficulty saved. ANOTHER New England bank robbery by burgUrR. This time it is the B*nV of Com- meroe, New London, Conn. Loss $21,500.... Henry C. Bowen is out with another card, in which he offers to tell Plymouth Church all he knows about the pastor The second trial of Thomas W. Piper for the murder of the little girl Mabel Young, in the belfry of the Warren Avenue Church, Boston, in May last, has re­ sulted in a verdict of murder in the first de­ gree. THE FARING and skillful cracksman who made a levy of $21,500 on the New London (Ct.) National B&nk of Coaaasrce a few nights ago, turns ont to be one of the tellers of the bank, who has rnadd a confession and restored the stolen funds Beecher calls Bowen a slan­ derer and liar. PESACH N. RCBKNSTJON has been found gfilty, at New Tark, of the murder of 8<urah Alexander, on the 12th of December last, and sentenced to be hung March 24. A TERRIBLE explosion of fire-damp recently occurred in one of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company's mines at Pittston, Pa. Four miners were killed outright and seven or eight badly wounded. \ Tint Advisory Council called by Plymouth Church to investigate the great scandal met in Brooklyn on the 15th inst, 140 churches being represented. THX WEST. Tin United States Grand Jury at Chicago hm returned indictments against Aldermen Hildreth and Cnllerton for defrauding the rev­ enue in connection with the whisky ring. Jonas, another Chicago Alderman has been in­ dicted at Milwaukee. ADVICES from the Far West report that Bear Wolf, a Crow chief, had been at Fort Pease, at the mouth of the Big Horn, that he had a bat­ tle with the Sioux, killing six; and that forty or fifty Sioux are around Fort Pease, killing the inhabitants at every opportunity, five persona having already been wounded The total number of hogs slaughtered in Cincinnati since Nov. 1 iB 519,796 ; same time last year, 500,638. ONE hundred and fifty men left Cheyenne one day last week for the Black Hills. A party that came in from the Hills about the same time reports that during the eight days of his trip from Custer he counted 185 wagons en route for the gold fields. A DASTARDLY attempt was made to murder a colored woman in St. Louis, the other night, by two men pamed Wilson and Holland, who are said to be the parties who robbed the ex­ press car on the Northern Railroad some time ago. The woman had taken care of a room occupied by the men in St. Louis, anil they, probably fearing that Bhe would inform on them, bound and gagged and chloroformed her, keeping her all day in that condition. At night they dressed her in boys' clothes, put her in a buggy and drove for East St. Louis, intending to throw her into the river. On ar­ riving at the bridge she screamed fer help and was tumbled out of the buggy. The men jumped from the buggy and made their escape. On searching the vehicle weights were found with which they intended to sink the woman. THERE is stored in Chicago elevators 2,953,- 264 bushels of wheat; 1,512,745 bushels of com: 492,330 bushels of oats ; 140,787 bushels of rye, and 439,870 bushels of barley, making a grand total of 5.538,996 bushels, against 2,865,- 255 bushels at this period last year A dis­ patch from Golconda, HI., to the Cincinnati Commercial says: '• Sunday's storm blew down several houses and barns adjoining the town, and capsized a sail-boat in the river, drowning five out of the six occupants. The lost are James Sheridan, William Laura, Frank Michau, William Fourbach, and Gus Feldtner. Charles Queen, the only survivor, was rescued by par­ ties in a skiff four miles below Golconda. Most of the lost were well-known citizens of the town." WASHINGTON. E. C. BILXJNQS has been confirmed by the Senate as the sucoessor of Judge Durell in Louisiana According to evidence obtained by the investigating committee of the House, a long list of Consuls and diplomatists, now or formerly in the service, are in arrears to the Government. The list embraces the names of Bancroft Sickles, Badeau, John Jay. Evarts (on the Alabama Claims Commission), and a host of others, the total of unsettled balances reaching nearly half a million dollars. THE deposition of President Grant in the eme of Gen. Baboock was taken at the Executive Mansion on the 12th of February. There were present Chief Justice Waite, Secretary Bristow, Atty-Gen. Pierrepont, Col. Win. A. Cook, one of Bahcock's counsel, and Mr; Eaton, who rep­ resented the prosecution. The examination began at 11 o'clock, terminating at 2 in the afternoon. The oath was administered by the Chief Justice, and the examination developed the testimony that Babcock had not influenced or attempted to influence the Executive in tho selection of any cfficial involved in the so-called whisky ring ; that he had not interfered in any manner to cause the suspension of the cele­ brated order for the transfer of Supervisors, but that its revocation was directed bv the Presi­ dent 'himself in order that, suspicion being removed from the minds of those engaged in the frauds, they might more readily be detected in their efforts to cheat the Government out of the revenue on distilled spirits. The President •Mted that if there had been anything wrong on' the part of that officer, which ihe President emphatically stated that he did not believe, it was entirel* without the knowledge of the Ex­ ecutive-, and that during the twelve years that Babcock had been intimately associated with him he had not learned anything calculated to Impair confidence in his integrity. The testi­ mony, aa a whole, is declared to be strongly in favor of Babcock's honesty. THE Democratic members of Congress, it is •aid, have agreed to introduce and vote for a resolution for an early adjournment--some time between the first and middle of April. TUB House Committee oh Elections have de­ cided to reporl, in the contested election case of Bromberg (Dem.) against Haralson (colored Bep.), of Alabama, that Haralson, the Bitting member, is entitled to the seat. They find that frauds were committed to secure his election, but not enough to vitiate his election The following is an estimate of the reductions that would be made by the Morrisou Tariff bill: ,Reduction of revenue on cotton goods, §1,987.- 746 ; on metals. $1,788,794; on *ilka, $1,773,- 109; on wool and woolens, §5.133,918: oa sundries, $338,284. Loss of reve- Mif» on the free list in round sums, 98,000,000. Total reduction, 56,021,914 It is now asserted tuat the House Judiciary Committee will report in favor of the expul­ sion of King and Hchumaker. .T -Commissioner Pratt, of the Internal lie venue Bureau, H ac­ credited with the expectation of, collecting $10,000,000 more revenue than last "year, and : at a smaller per cent, of expense. THE House Committee on Public Lands have agreed to concur in the £>ei at • bill compelling the Union Pacific a id other railro id companies holding magnificent land grants to pay lccal IIMEM upon such lands, just aa the settlers do who have purchased from the companies. Of oonrse the measure is violently opposed by the Union Pacific people, but it is likely to become a law nevertheless.... Nearly 2,500 bills have Men introduced in the House this session. SECRETARY BRISTOW emphatically denies the reports telegraphed from Washington of a coolness between himself and President Grant. . . . . The total sum covered by the Pension Ap­ propriation bill, as it passed the Senate, is $28,400,000... .The resignation of Assistant Secretary Oowen, of the Interior Department, is annoaiicad. sovra. charges agftJiwt Lieut. -Gov. Davis, of Mlwris- sif«pi, reported him guilty, and for specification charge that Davis accepted a bribe of $600 tor the pardon of Thomas H. Barren tine, charged with the murder of Ann Thomas. He will be immediately impeached. A COMMITTEE appointed by the lower house of the Louisiana LEGISLATURE to iuveaugate the books and accounts of the State Auditor and Treasurer, made a report last week, closing with recommendation that Gov. Kellogg and State Tre*surer Dubuclet be impeached; that As­ sistant Attorney-General Dibble be turned out of office, and that J. H. Oglesby, President of the Louisiana National Bank and fiscal agent of j THE^RMULT 0^^X1081 Tutiieues " the State, be prosecutod criminally. The re- RESULT ot P°lltic,u ««ngues. * era were notified, and the Ottoman representa­ tives abroad were telegraphed. IIEV. E. D. WINSLOW, the B&ton forger, has been overhauled in London, and will be re- tamed to this oountry King Alphonso opened the Spanish Cortes in person on the 16th of February. In his speech from the throne the young monarch gave assurance that Don Carlos was hopelessly squelched, and that friendly negotiations were progressing with the United States which afford reason to hope for a prompt and satisfactory settlement... .Vic- tori:'.'?. ajsbstson to sdd sloths? it Lie io ihai of Queen of Great Britain and Ireland is in a fair way to be gratified. A bill has been introduced in the House of Commons Her Majesty Empress of India as well. * IMPORTANT successes by the royal arms in Spain are chronicled in the cable dispatches. The Carlist forces, yielding vo overpowering odds, have retreated with heavy losses, and it is believed that after one more struggle the revolution will have been effectually subdued. The relatives of Carlos in Vienna expect his arrival in that city within a short time A dispatch from Ragusa savs : " A meeting of insurgent leaders was held on Tuesday under the Presidency of Paulovich, at which a resolu­ tion was passed rejecting Ccunt Andrassy's proposed reforms, considering them as merely port was signed by the two Democratic mem* here--J. ASdidge and Felix Voorliies. A mi­ nority report, dissentiug entirely from the con­ clusions and reoommendations of the majority, was submitted by the Eepublican member, L. A. Souer. POIJT1CAL. V AT a caucus of the Democrats of the House of Representatives, held in the Capitol one evening last week, to consider the finance question, it was deckled tc appoint A commit­ tee of nine members to frame A financial bill that shall represent the whole party. A " BLAINE and Oglesby Centennial Club" has been organized in Chicago. A CONVERSATION is reported from Washing­ ton, in which Col. Fred Grant is reported to have disavowed in the most emphatic terms any desire on the part of his father to serve a third term, and in which he said that Gen. Grant would not accept the nomination of the Cincin­ nati Convention if it were tendered to him. The young man expressed a hope that Conkling would get the nomination. THE United States Senate has Confirmed the following nominations: Joseph W. Fisher, Chief Justice of Wyoming Territory; Jacob B. Blair, Associate Justice of Wyoming Territory; James Neville, U. S. Attorney for Nebraska; Edward S. Wheat, U. S. Marshal Middle Dis­ trict of Tennessee; Frederick Morley, Michi­ gan, Agent and Consul-General at Cairo The Texas elections which came off on Feb. 15, resulted in the election of the entire Demo­ cratic ticket. R. B. Coke was re-elected Gov­ ernor Louis J. Jennings, who, since the death of Henry J. Raymond, has been the editor-in-chief of the New York Times, has been dismissed. His offense was intriguing to place a majority of the stock in the hands of E. B. Morgan, a partisan of Senator Cotikling. DURING January the department for postage stamps, postal cards, and stamped envelopes reached the unprecedented amount of $3,500,- 000 worth. Th;S figure is considered indicative of the rapid revival of business throughout the country The funeral of Reverdy Johnson at Baltimore on, the 13th inst. .was a most impos­ ing demonstration of respect and regret. The solemnities were witnessed by a vast concourse of people including a large number of distin­ guished visitors from Washington. THE Indiana State independent Greenback tkmvention met at Indianapolis on the 16th of February. Hon. Anson Walcott, of White County, was chosen President. Resolutions were adopted to demand the immediate and unconditional repeal of the Specie Resumption act, the withdrawal of the circulating noteB ot the National and State banks, and the substitution of greenback currency ; and instructing dele­ gates to the National Convention to vote for Senator Booth, of California, for candidate for President. Hon. Franklin Landers was nomi­ nated for Governor by acclamation ; forLieuten- tenant-Governor, Anson Walcott, of White Uouuty ; for Secretary of State, Leroy Tempio- ton, "of Benton County; for * Auditor of State, Morris M. Bundy, of Henry County; for Treasurer of State, John Q. A. Newsom, of Bartholomew County Washington dispatches state that Postmaster- General Jewell contemplates an early retire­ ment from the Cabinet, with a view to itaprov- ing his prospects for election as United States Senator from Connecticut The Illinois Inde­ pendent State Convention met at Decatur on Feb. 16. W. C. Flagg presided. A full State ticket was nominated AG follows : Governor, Lew­ is Steward, of Kendall County; Lieutenant- Governor, J. H. Pickerel!, of Macon County ; Secretary of State, M. M. Hooton, of Macon; Auditor, John Hise, of Cook; Treas­ urer, Henry S. Aspern, of Champaign; Attor­ ney-General, W. S. Coy, of McLean. Resolu­ tions were adopted demanding the repeal of the Specie Resumption and the National Bank acts, and the substitution of greenbacks for the National Bank circulation ; the reserving of the public lands for the actual settler ; the ab­ rogation of all laws that do not bear equally upon capital and labor; and maintains the right of the State to regulate and control the railroads within its bordera. GKNSRAL. REVERDY JOHNSON, the eminent Jurist and statesman, died suddenly at Annapolis, Md., a few evenings since, being found dead in the yard of the Executive Mansion, where he WAS a guest. Mr. Johnson went out alone in the grounds, and not returning, search was made for him. He was found lying on the cobble­ stone roadway, and bleeding profusely from several ugly wounds in the head. Life was extinct when he was discovered. There were large wounds on the right side of the forehead, two fractures of the skull from the upper por­ tion of the forehead to the eyebrow, a disloca­ tion of a finger of the left hand, and cuts ON' the hands and the legs. He had evidently stumbled and fallen where he was found. Mr. Johnson had reached the ripe age of 80 years, and his death ends a career of useful service and distinguished connection with the public affairs of the nation. - THE railway ticket agents, representing all the principal companies of the country, met in convention at Louisville, Ky., the other day, and resolved upon a reduction of 25 per cent, on the passenger fares to those going to the National Centennial. IT cost our Canadian neighbors $151,600.000 to run their Government last year, against $93,000,000 in 1867, at which time the Confed­ eration was formed .The Western Union Telegraph Company, following the lead of tne Atlantic and Pacific Company, has reduced its rates from 20 to 80 per cent. rORKiOK. SPAIN has sent to her diplomatic representa­ tives abroad an exhaustive confidential memo­ randum upon the condition of Cuba. The cir­ cular describes the oauses of the insurrection, the character of the leaders, and reforms that will be introduced when it is terminated. The purpose of thfse reforms will be to assimilate the Government of the colonies to that of Spain by establishing communal liberties, and representation of the colonies in the Cortes. THE Spanish Government has purchased six Krupp guns and 6,000 rounds of ammunition to be sent to Cuba A Paris newspaper has just been fined 1.000 francs for publishing false news.... A large number of arrests have been made in Havana, of prominent persons, for corresponding with Cuban refugees in New York. TURRET has refused permission to Dr. Schlie- mann, the distinguished and indefatigable ar­ chaeological explorer, to pursue further Excava­ tions in ancient Troy The Herzegovinian insurgents refuse to be satisfied with Count Andrassy's reforms, and are resolved not to submit to Turkish rule. * THE S iltan of Turkey has sighed a decree granting the Audrasay reforms in tkeinsu/gent provinces. The Ambassadors of the sir pow- FOSTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. THURSDAY, Feb. 10.--Senate.--The bill ex­ tending for ten years the time for the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad was passed.... The Centennial bill WM again the bone of oontention in the Senate. House.--The House was engaged the whole day in discussing the Consular and Diplomatic Appropri­ ation bill, and in listening to the promised speech of ex-Speaker Blaine on the finances. FRIDAY, Feb. 11 .--Senate.--The Senate passed (41 to 15) the Centennial bill appropriating $1,600,000 on the terms and conditions provided in the House amendments, which require the repay­ ment of the money out of the profits of the exhibi­ tion Frelinghuysen introduced a bill to regulate the transportation of live stock. Bouse.--T'ae Siplomatie and Consular Appropria­ tion bill was passl&flt makes a reduction of $470,000 from last year's appropriation A memorial was presented asking for the repeal of the duty on books printed in the dead languages. Among the petition­ ers are Longfellow, Emerson, Holmes, Lowell, and other distinguished men of letters. MONDAY, Feb. 14.--Senate.--Tngo.ll> intro­ duced a bill for the protection of agriculture against injurious insects .. Frelinghuysen's bill regulating the transportation of live stock was passed.... The Pinchback case was again before the Senate, and Morton replied to the speech of Thur- man, and argued in favor of the admission of Pinchback. Houm.--Bills were introduced and referred as follows: By Banks, in relation to bounties to nine- months' volunteers; by Meade, to provide for the payment of United States notes, and to strengthen public credit; oy Jenks, to repeal the third section of the act of 1874, establishing the National Bank Redemption Agency; by Riddle (Tenn.), directing the transmission of printed matter through the mails when the postage thereon is in­ sufficient ; by Evans, in relation to the currency; by Parker (Xnd.) to make banking free, and to re­ peal the Resumption act; by Harrison, for a repeal of parts of the Resumption act and for the purpose of preparing a way for the resumption of specie pay­ ment ; by Fort, for the preservation of forests in the public domain adjacent to the sources of navigable rivers and other streams Piatt offered a resolu­ tion, which was adopted, directing the Printing Com­ mittee to inquire whether any members had chang­ ed their speeches after delivery. . Hale introduced, with a view of obtaining a test vote on the finance question, a resolution declaring that prompt meas­ ures ought to be taken looking to an early resump­ tion of specie payment. The motion to suspend the rules and adopt the resolutiou was Kml--jrt-as, 8tf; nays, 187. TUESDAY, Feb. 15.--Senate.--Hitchcock from the Committee on Territories, reported favorably on the Senate bill to enable the people of New Mexico to form a Constitution ajid State Govern­ ment, and for the admission of that State into the Union The Senate was engaged most of the day in considering the Pension bill, Which was passed with some slight amendments The bill to remove the restrictions in the disposition of public lands in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida was passed* aj^ter jfk sharp debate. . .. ,. ( J" House.--The Fortification bill was reported from the Appropriation Committee, and passed without! debate. It appropriates $315,000, against $1,034,000 for the same purpose last year... .Jones (Ky.) offered a resolution, which was referred to the Banking and Currency Committee, proposing a repeal of the Pub­ lic Credit act of March 19, 1869, and declaring that the United States bonds shall be paid in lawful money Sayler offered a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury to report within ten days the actual amount of gold owned by the Govern­ ment and available for the resumption of specie payment. Adopted. WEDNESDAY, Feb. 16.--Senate.--Alcorn made a personal explanation regarding a special dispatch in the Chicago Times. He disclaimed responsibility for the present condition of affairs in his State Anthony submitted a concurrent resolution that the reports in the Congressional Record, shall be an ac­ curate transcript of the proceedings and debates of the two houses of Congress. House.--The bill extending the time for filing claims for additional bounties to July, 1880, was passed Stone introduced a bill fixing the rates. of compensation of railroad companies for the transportation of mails.... Hubbell offered a reso­ lution calling on the Secretary of the Interior to invest in United States bonds bearing 5 per cent, interest the money appropriated to the different bands of Chippewa Indians in Michigan The House engaged in a long debate on McCrary's bill to reorganize the Judiciarv of the United States, in the course of which considerable opposition to the measure was developed. Particulars ot* the Death of JHon. Rever­ dy Johnson* An Annapolis correspondent gives the following brief but circumstantial ac­ count of the sudden and tragic death of Reverdy Johnson : Mr. Johnson came here last night to argue the case of Baker vs. Frick in the Court of Appeals to-day. By invitation of Gov. Carroll he became his guest at the Executive Mansion. To-day, the Gov­ ernor invited Chief Justice Barton, of this State, and several other gentlemen to meet Mr. Johnson at dinner at the mansion. The\ dined at 5 p. m. At dinner Mr. Johnson appeared in excel­ lent spirits and his usual health, and en­ tertained the company by his con­ versation and in relating anec­ dotes. At dinner he took one glass of Madeira and refused to take any more. After dinner he asked the Governor to take him to the parlor. He took the Governor's arm, and walk­ ing in sat down on a sofa, and at the re­ quest of Mr. Johnson, the Governor re­ joined the guests at the table. Shortly after a servant appeared at the door, and beckoning the Governor out, told him Mr. Johnson was lying in the yard on the stones. Gov. Carroll went immediately to the place and found Mr, Johnson lying on the cobble stone car riage way ihat passes under the porch of the mansion close up to the wall and" near-a<loor leading into tho base­ ment. He had evidently gone down the front steps and around to the side of the house, and fallen where he was found. This was about 8:15 in the even­ ing, and the impression is that he had been there at least half an hour. He was then dead, and was bleeding profusely fr»m wounds on the right side of his head and face. His body was at once removed into a basement room and physicians summoned. Dr. William G, Tuck was the first to arrive, and, after examining the body, he pronounced life extinct. Drs. Hideout and Cloud ar­ rived afterward. There are large wounds on the right side of the forehead, two fractures of tbe skull from the upper portion of the forehead to the eyebrow, dislocation of a finger of the left hand, mid cuts on the hands and legs, and bruises. The physicians are examining the body to determine the cause of death. Mr. Johnson would have been 80 years old next May. OLB WASHINGTON LETTER. The House Repeals the Bankrupt Act--De- hat* on the Dlplomatj* Appropriates Bill -Tbe District In the Senate--Rumors of Cabinet Dissensions--Personalities. [From Our Own Correspondent.} WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 11, 1876. By odds the most notable event of the week among the annals of Congress is the passage of -a bill by the House for the repeal of the Bankrupt act. This bill was reported by Mr. Lynde, of Wiscon­ sin, from the Judiciary Committee, on Tuesday, and passed without debate by a vote of 186 yeas to 57 nays--more than two-thirds. That a measure which has had so muoh to do with the practical business affairs of the country ; a meas­ ure, the policy of which once divided the nation into parties, and whiehhas been less or more fiercely debated during much of our national history--that such a measure should bo summarily repealed by the popular branch of Congress with­ out a word of debate is not a little sur­ prising. If I remember correctly a former House repealed the Bankrupt act, bat nothing came of it then. The F«enate undertook to amend and improve the act, and there the matter rested. The subject is one of great importance in a commercial country. The framers of our Constitution so regarded it when they empowered the Congress to estab­ lish uniform laws on the subject of bank­ ruptcies throughout the United States. But the legislative history upon the sub­ ject has been little less than disgrace­ ful--never excellent, sometimes bad, and most of the time nothing but blahk. The present law may be described as wonderfully and fearfully bad. Un­ der its operations a small share of the assets of the bankrupt goes to the creditors, but the bulk of the money, where there is any bulk, goes to the pockets of the Register in Bankruptcy, the referee, and other officials, who make up the heavy, complicated, lumbering and blundering machinery of bank- ruptcy proceedings. That this act ought to be wiped out few will deny, but that we ought to have a simple, cheap, and speedy system for honest bankrupts is clear to all men who have examined the subject. On account of the ac­ knowledged badness of the existing law, the Senate may agree to this repealing bill. In that event, the only bankrupt laws in being will be those of the States,, generally called acts for the benefit of insolvent creditors. I need hardly add that party lines were not at all drawn in this vote. Promi­ nent Republicans ana Democrats voted on either side. OUR DIPLOMATIC ESTABLISHMENT. The debate on the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill in the House has occupied most of the week, and has been exceedingly animated, in­ teresting, meandering and comprehen­ sive. If there is anything in the heavens above, the earth beneath, or the waters under the eajth that was not in some maimer brought into this debate, I really do not know what it is. There was elo­ quence, there was pathos, there was wit, there was story, there was everything known to oratory brought forth in the course of the debate. Among the new members Mr. Spring­ er, of Illinois, made the ablest speech by a great deal; nor was it surpassed in clear array of facts or strength of rea­ soning by the effort of any gentleman on his side of the House, or on the other side either, for that matter, except, of course, by the speech of Mr. Blaine, who is universally conceded to be the best speaker in the House. His speech, however, was on general finance, rather than on the diplomatic establishment. It is claimed by Mr. Blaine's friends that it is the best address which has yet been delivered on finance by any of our public men. This might well be without saying much for the speech; for as a rule, our public men, whether of one party or another, have been much muddled on this great topic. If I thought my black-and-tan terrier, or my mocking bird did not know more of finance than quite a number of public men I have heard speak, I should com­ mit hari-kari on those interesting pets forthwith. But this is a digression. Springer did first-rate. Part of his speech was humorous and caused great fun. If he had omitted an anecdote that he told the speech would have been better. Do you not recolleot the fine and stinging pun of Disraeli in " Lo- thair ?" He has got into his anecdot- age! Anecdotes will do on the stump or after dinner, but I never knew one in Congress that was not coarse. Cox was uncommonly jolly in this debate. Other leading men took part, some prominent Democrats declining to sustain the com­ mittee in several proposed reductions of salary. The attempt to draw party lines in matters of this kind must frequently fail, it both parties should exhibit a wise desire to curtail all needless ex­ penditure and to reduce taxation more in the interest of the whole people than for the plain purpose »f ptolitical capi­ tal, I should utter prayers in their be­ half with far greater unction. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. If the District of Columbia-be not a football for Congressional boots, I do not know what it is. It is kicked about, first one way and then another, till the people heie can't rest. They do not know whether they are standing on their heads or their feet, or turning somer­ saults. It looks -to me as thougli they were turning somersaults. The House, more than ten days ago, passed the bill for payment of interest on the District 3.65 bonds, and it was supposed it would go through the Senate at once. Not so. That augus bodv debated the matter at great length, and'at this writing the district is hang­ ing by the gills and walloping around lively. A notable thing in the debate in the Senate was that Senator Sargent made quite an elaborate defense of "Boss" Shepherd, which caused the inquiry to be made in many quarters, ««What in the matter of Sargent ?" He is an " off ox," that is all. The result of the whole business thus far is that the District of Columbia has no local gov­ ernment for general municipal affairs, and Congress just leaves it in that exas­ perating situation. The contractors must be doing an uncommonly large amount of swearing, drinking, and desperate poker playing. BUMORS OF CABINET DISSENSIONS.̂ The rumors of Cabinet dissensions wjiich have been telegraphed over the country are so greatly exaggerated that they mav be said to be lies, made out of whole cloth. They are **' * illustration of what I said the other day that the only thing greatly manufactured here _ is "news." There has been no dissension in the Cabinet. But there have been many persons who have been trying to get up a difficulty between Secretary Bristow and the President. They are men of the virtuous whisky ring, or friends of men of that no­ torious combination. Th«y would like to put an eternal quietus on "Bristow's lightning" so that it shall strike no more forever. They want dissensions in the Cabinet, and, there being none, they manufacture them. The wish is father to the thought. It is greatly to be hoped, in the interest of the whole peo­ ple, that the machinations of the ring and the ring backers will not succeed. Ail the people are interested in the hon­ est collection of the revenue. PERSONALITIES, As for the rumored high words be­ tween Mr. Bristow and Senator Conk­ ling, there is not a word of truth in all that story so circumstantially related by the sensational reporters. When the account was shown to Bristow he dryly said, " Why I have not seen Senator Conkling for a month." Thus he blew it all away with a breath, and then he blew his nose and went about his busi­ ness.^.... Senator Christiancy, of Michigan, was married, a day or two ago, to a young and handsome bride. He is a grave and reverend Senator, for many years a Judge of the Supreme Court of his State; she is scarcely twenty years of age. But the Judge is young in spirit, though advanced in years, and will no doubt make as jolly a husband as he is an able, dignified, and conscientious Senator. I wLsh him and his very many years of such joyous happiness as the great and good ought to enjoy. L. M. N. PASSING EYENTS. THE lower house of the Iowa Legisla­ ture has passed a bill making swindling three-card-monte men liable to fine and imprisonment, and conferring upon con­ ductors, station agents, and other per­ sons employed in public conveyances, or in places of public resort, authority to arrest such swindlers, with or without a warrant. The law will probably pass the Senate without opposition. IT is not often that a Legislature cuts off a superfluous branch of the govern­ ment, and adjourns after a session of only eighteen days. This has been the caee in Manitoba, where the Provincial Council has been abolished, with the consent of its members, who were enti­ tled to hold office for life. The example ought not to be lost on States where the legislative' sessions are long and sinecures abound. THERE is a lady in Baltimore older than the United States. She had her centennial nine years ago, and yet en­ joys perfect health, attends to her do­ mestic duties, reads the telegrams and murders without spectacles, and has a baby seventy-four years old. She firmly believes the theory that men are de­ scended from monkeys, "For," says she, "the longer one examines them, the more one sees . they are ever rest­ lessly playing tricks on each other, just like their ancestors." A DECLARATION of more than ordinary interest and significance was made in the Prussian Parliament, the other day, by Prince Bismarck, In the course of the debdte on the bill amending the Penal Code, the Prime Minister alluded to the war rumors of a year ago by newspapers falsely regarded as semi-official, and de­ nied that any such journals had an ex­ istence. He added: "We live in a state of the most profound peace. We have no wish for conquest; we are con­ tented with what we possess. We have no thought of threatening any one. Nevertheless, these rumors are continu­ ally arising." Certain clauses of the amendatory bill imposing penalties for the publication of snch rumors had al­ ready been rejected, #md it was in be­ half of their reinsertion that Bismarck's appeal was made. THE average. New Mexican editor does not lead the life of a sybarite. The telegraph some'time ago told how a mob had attacked the office of the News and Press, published at Cimarron, and threw the printing press of the establishment into the river. The paper has since made its reappearance. It published an account of the outrage committed upon it, and deals in the mildest manner with the perpetrators. The paper has nat­ urally undergone a change of manage* ment. The new proprietors announce that they propose to respect " the pre­ vailing sentiment of the country," with which, they are aware; tho paper has not for some weeks been "in accord." They judge that the destruction of the office, after all, was but " an excessive overflow of public sentiment," and are not disposed to hold the persons con­ cerned in it strictly responsible. The Mexican mob smiles grimly. WITH remarkable frankness Mr. Dis­ raeli, in defending the policy of his Gov­ ernment, in a speech in Parliament the other day, admitted that England's acquiescence in the Austrian scheme of pacification for the Turkish provinces, was necessary to avert the isolation of England in a matter in which to stand alone was to incur the very gravest pos­ sible consequences. If England had refused to concur in the Austrian plan, Turkey would have rejected it, and then England would necessarily have had to sustain the Sultan in resisting such meas­ ures as the holy alliance H>M?ht adopt in enforcing their demands. The hopeless­ ness of such a contest was too obvious to be ignored by even the most irration­ ally obstinate of John Bull's family. The details of the circumstances fur­ nished by the Premier simply show that England was powerless to change the course of evenis determined upon by the allied Emperors, and has submitted to the inevitable with the best grace possible under the circumstances. o An Arsenic-Proof Stomach. ? y A thirteen-year-old daughter of a Mr; Flagg, residing near Whitehall, is excit­ ing the attention of the physicians anil scientific men in that vicinity. Some time ago Mr. Flagg put some arsenic on some bread and placed it in a portion ot the house frequented by rats. The bread suddenly disappeared, and again and again other pieces were placed in the eutue iocamy, with the same result. He finally determined to watch and as­ certain what had became of it. He had not long to wait before he was horror stricken to observe his littte daughter walk away from the place, craftmiing her mouth with the poisoned bread. A phy­ sician was sent for, and before his arri­ val the sobbing child made known to her parents that she had eaten all the bread that had been prepared for the rats, and that she liked it better than, anything she ever tasted. The physi­ cian was surprised, and thinking, pos­ sibly, that the drug might not be arsenic* he examined it, and found it arsenic be­ yond a doubt. To still further test it he- tried a small quantity on a cat, which, quickly sent the animal into convulsions, causing its death very soon afterward. What seems remarkable, too, is the fact that ever since the child first tasted arsenic it has begged for the deadly drug, time and time again. About a. year ago the child fell sick with fit*; Nothing would bring her out of the con­ vulsions. In her quite moments sho would beg incessantly for arsenic. The physician in attendance, believing that the girl could not possibly recover, ven­ tured to give it to her. The child de­ voured it with avidity, and in less three days she was as well as usual. Since then she has been given the dead­ ly poison at different times, the only- effect it had upon her being to make her appear well, bright and cheerful. The case has been laid before several scien­ tific men, all of whom pronounce it one of the most remarkable phenomena of the age.--Troy Times. A California dame. , A couple of gentlemen were playing a game of cards for a small sum m the Sazerac saloon the other evening, says- the Eureka Sentinel,when PeteCanavan* who was. sitting by looking at the game* remarked that a few days before he had. had an extraordinary run of luck, having won nineteen straight games of seven- up. "How much were you playing for?" inquired one of the players. " We commenced at a dollar a piece," said. Peter, "and doubled the stakes each game." " Was all the money put up V "Certainly," answered Peter, "it was all on the table in trade dollars ; I never play for jawbones." "How much did you take down after the last game ?" " Well, I don't exactly remember," said Mr. Canavan, " but it was a right smart little sum." "I should say it was," said his friend, taking out his pencil and do­ ing a little figuring in arithmetical pro­ gression on his shirt cuff. " You raked down exactly $524,288 trade dollars!" "Jerusalem 1" exclaimed Peter, " 1 had no idea it was so much! Gentlemen, it's my treat!" THE marriage of cousins, of even the second degree, among Indians, produces idiocy and insanity with more certainty than among the whites. The Roas family -- Cherokees--have intermarried, in this way aqd have demonstrated the » fact stated. Out of six children only one is passable in mentality ; the other five are demented and physically weak as well. Indians are more uniform in sim­ ilarity of temperaments than other races, and this with similarity of blood makes the result more certain. We believe it is now conceded that temperament lias- more influence than relationship upon offspring.--New York Evening Mail. AN attorney read a petition in court from a man up country who stated that he had ordered a certain grade of whisky and had received an inferior article, whereby he had been damaged. Judge - Pershing remarked that it was more likely the petitioner's customers had been damaged by the bad whisky.-- JPottsville Journal. THE MARKETS. NEW YORE, BKKVES HOGS--Dressed ............... COTTON FLOUR -Superfine Western.... WHEAT--No. A Chicago 1 17 CORN 69 OATS....... ... 47 RYE 86 TOHK--New Mess .......... .......'.21 00 L>AKD--BTE&M 13 CHICAGO. 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