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- J!?*' -Mrl 'TT" -y: •i ̂ , ••. . • . "*' • ,' ' ( Jl^eiry ̂ ItiiiMler. J . VAN SLYKE, Editor * Pabllsher 9 McHENRY. ILLINOIS EPITOME OF THE WEEK. THE OLD W^KI.D. A BERLIN dispatch of the 16th says Count Andrassy, the Austrian Representative, Shad declared that Austria had mobilized 100.- looo men to enforce the decisions of the Con- Jgress. ANNOUNCEMENT was made, from |London, on the 16th, that Oxford University 'would confer the honorary degree of Doctor 'of Common Law upon Hon. Edwards Plcrre- jpont, late United States Minister to Great jj Britain. A CABLE dispatch to the Charleston* (8. C.) JVoos and Courier, from Sierra Leone, v,1 AfHoa, announces the arrival there of the bark ^ A*>r, which sailed from Charleston, April 1, - with 250 negro emigrants, for Liberia. Twen­ ty-three of the emigrants died onthe voyage, from ship-fever. . CETTINJE telegrams of the 17th an­ nounce that the Turks from 8cutari had at­ tacked the Montenegrins and been repulsed. The former lost several killed and wounded and sixty prisoners. A BERLIN telegram of the 18th says the Albanians had sent to the Congress a forcible protest against the annexation of any part Of Albania to Montenegro. THE physicians in attendance upon the Emperor Wilhelm issued a bulletin, on the 18th, in which they stated that the Empe­ ror's progress toward recovery was reasonably satisfactory. The patient was yet unable to use his arms, and complete recovery was a matter of time. A BERLIN dispatch of the 19th says that, during an interview between Bismarck and Gortschakoff, on the preceding day, at large Danish dog belonging to the former made a lurious attack upon the Russian Pre­ mier. Gortschakoff was with difficulty res­ cued. IT is related that the Khedive of Egypt recently proposed to abdicate, leaving the management of affairs to England, if the civil list and his son's succession were as­ sured. The offer was declined, and the Khe­ dive repeated iL THE Freiligrath Library in Berlin has been purchased by an American gentle­ man. A BERLIN dispatch of the 20th says the Congress had decided to admit Greece to its deliberations with only a consultative voice on subjects affecting herself. THE English expenses of the Con* gress are stated to be $8,000 per day. AN Athens (Greece) telegram of the 20th announces the breaking out of another insurrection in Crete. • battle was then be­ ing fought at Canea. A PRIVATE telegram, received on the morning of the 21st, says a revolution against the Sultan was imminent. A BERLIN dispatch of the morning of the 22d Ways the Plenipotentiaries of En­ gland, Russia and Austria had settled the Bul­ garian question by fixing upon the Balkans as its boundarV of Northern Bulgaria, and giv­ ing to Turkey the right to fortify the Balkan Passes and to/garrison fortified places; Sofia to be includedin Rumelia, and Varna in Bul­ garia ; Turkey to retain Burgas; the northern frontier of Montenegro and the boundaries of Servia to be restricted, these countries re­ ceiving compensation on the south. It was further stated that the cession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austria has been agreed on. Powers, for Register of the State Land Office; J. F. McJunkin, for Attorney-General; 4. H. Rothrock, for Supreme Judge; i. 8. Runnells, for 8upreme Court Reporter, and E. J. Holmes, for Supreme Court Clerk. Frank Hatton, of the Burling­ ton Hawk-Eye, was chosen Chairman of the State Central Committee. The resolutions laud the K-publican party and affirm its old- time policies; declare the permanent pacifica­ tion of the South a paramount duty; oppose and ridicule the "new Democratic doama of Home-Rule;"' give special credit to the sol­ diers; insist that the Republican party is the party of law and order; applaud the financial policy of the party; oppose the Rebel raid on the Treasury; favor a revenue tariff; denounce the attacks on the Presidential title by the House of Representatives, etc., etc. THE bark Liberia sailed from New York, on the 19th, with fifty-nine negro emi­ grants and five cabin passengers, bound for Liberia. The ship sailed under the auspices of the United States Colonization Society. TIIIERE was TUB XEW WORLD. A CLERK in the Internal Revenue Department lately addressed a letter to Sec'y Schurz, stating that he had been called upon to contribute to a fund for election purposes, and asking whether such contribution was re­ quired, and whether his status in the Depart­ ment would be affected if he did or did not pay. In reply, the Secretary said he was as free as any other citizen to pay, or not, as he pleased, and that in either event hi6 tenure of office would not be affected. At a Cabinet meeting, held on the 15th, the President in­ formed the heads of Departments,that Sec'y Schurz/B letter embodied his own opinions. THE picnic of the Chicago Commu­ nists which was the cause of anxiety and com­ ment in Chicago and elsewhere, passed off without disturbance, on the 16th. A vast crowd was in attendance, but exceptional quiet prevailed. HON. E. F. NOTES, United States Minister to Iteance, reached New York, on the 15th. EX-REPRESENTATIVE O'CONNOR, the member of the Ohio Legislature who waslate- y expelled, was arrested, on the 17th, and held to bail to answer to the charge of forgery. HON. E. WR STOUGHTON, the United States Minister to Russia, has written a letter repudiating all complicity in the proceedings which form the subject of investigation by the Potter Committee. THE Maine State Democratic Con­ vention was held at Portland, on the 16th, and Alonzo Garcelon was nominated for Governor. The platform demands the rapid payment of. the public debt; no further issue of Govern­ ment bonds; opposes an irredeemable curren­ cy; condemns the National banking system and favors the substitution of greenbacks for National Bank bills; indorses the action of the National House of Representatives in in­ vestigating frauds, etc., etc. PRESIDENT HAYES nominated, re­ cently, two colored men for Justices of the Peace in the District of Columbia. On the 18th, the Senate refused to confirm the nomi­ nations. HON. T. J. QUINN, Member of Con­ gress from the Albany (N. T.) District, died on the 18th. THE National Council of the Junior Order of American Mechanics commenced its sessions in Baltimore, on the 18th, Councillor G. W. Ihgenfritz, of Indiana, presiding. The reports showed a total membership in the United States of 8,796, and that the Order was otherwise in a flourishing condition* A PORTLAND (Ore.) dispatch of the 18th says the latest election returns settled, beyond a doubt, the election of Thayer (Rep ) for Governor. His majority Wrtlllfl ronnra from forty to seventy. The Democratic ma­ jority in the Legislature on Joint ballot would be twelve. THE Iowa Republican State Conven­ tion was held, at DesMoines, on the 18th. The I Temporary Chairman was ex-Senator Harlan, and ex-Senator Wright, Permanent President, with one Vice-President from each Congressional District Capt. J. A.' T. Hull was nominated for Secretary of State; B. 3. Sherman, for Auditor of State; 4leo. W. Bemis, for State Treasurer; J. K. a quiet wedding at th ̂ White House, in Washington, on the evening of the 19th, the third event of the kind that has been celebrated there in the sixty fom years that it Ms been occupied by Presidents The groom was Russell Hastings, of Rock ford. 111., and the bride Miss Piatt, the Presi­ dent's niece and ward. THE schooner Eothen sailed from New York, a few days ago, for the Arctic re­ gions, to search for the relics of Sir John Franklin. Col. Gilder, just before sailing, stated that the voyagers would probably be absent two years or more. After landing a searching party at Repulse Bay, the Eothen will depart on a whaling voyage. THE Missouri Greenback State Con­ vention was held at Sedalia, on the 20th. A. L. Gilstrop was nominated for Judge of the Supreme Court, G. Hayden for Railroad Com­ missioner, and J. M. Greenwood for Superin­ tendent of Public Instruction. The platform demands the repeal of the Specie-Resumption act and the issue of absolute money in green­ backs equal to gold and silver; that all bonds now subject to redemption be immediately re­ deemed in absolute money equivalent to coin; that the Federal Constitution be amended so as to limit and restrain Congress from exempt­ ing any property, stocks, bonds or credit from taxation, and from granting all subsidies, etc., etc. IN State Convention, on the 20th, the Vermont Democrats nominated W. H. H. Bingham for Governor, Jerome W. Pierce for Lieutenant-Governor, and George E. Royce for Treasurer. CONGRESS adjourned at seven o'clock on the morning of the 20th, finishing up its work in such a way as to render an extra ses­ sion unnecessary. HON. J. C. BROWN, of the Commis­ sion sent to Louisiana in the spring of 1877, has sent to Sec'y Sherman a draft for $827.63, to pay one-fifth of the expenses of that Com­ mission. Sec'y Sherman returned the draft, and wrote to Mr. Brown that the President believed Congress would yet make the neces­ sary appropriation; but if it did not, the Presi­ dent himself would pay the expenses of the Commission. MAJ. RENO, whose failure to relieve Gen. Custer at the time of his massacre has provoked a charge of cowardice, has lately written to the Chairman of the House Com­ mittee on Military Affairs, demanding an in- yestigation. THE ninth annual1 session of the National Christian Association was recently held in Chicago. Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: President, Moses Pettingill; Vice-President, Rev. A. D. Free­ man; Secretary, J. P. Stoddard; Treasurer, H. L. Kellogg, and a board of nine Directors. A letter was received from President Blan- chard, resigning all connection with the Asso­ ciation. Resolutions were adopted declining to accept this resignation and requesting him to continue his active membership. The re­ port of the Treasurer showed a satisfactory financial condition. AT Chicago, on the 21st, George Sherry and Jeremiah Connolly, two Chicago butchers, who, in January last, made an as­ sault upon Hugh McConville and his niece upon the public streets of that city, and then killed McConville because he resented their violence toward the young lady and himself, were hanged in the County Jail. On the same day there were other hangings as follows: Charles Burns, at Paris, 111., for the murder of Elijah Burdwell, Nov. 20,1877; Perry Bosh- er, at Chillicothe, Ohio, for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. McVey, Oct. 26, 1877; Jacob Levels (colored) at Little Rock, Ark., for the murder of another colored man, and Edward H. Cost- ley, at Frederick, Md., for the murder of Sol­ omon Costley, his co usin, April 4,1877. AT a spccial business meeting of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., on the evening ot the 21st, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Til ton waa excommunicated. A SPECIAL correspondent of the Chi­ cago Inter-Ocean telegraphs to that paper from St. Paul, Minn., on the 21st, in refer­ ence to the Indian scare in Burnett County, Wis., that he had just returned from Grants- burg, where he had sifted the scare to the bot­ tom, and had found there was not the slight­ est foundation for the alarm that had been created. THE Sundry Civil Appropiation bill, passed by Congress just before the close of the recent session, has been discovered to be deficient, through an alleged blunder of the Enrolling Clerk. The section providing for the continuance of the Hot Springs Commis­ sion, which was created in 1877, to appraise and sell the Government Reservation in the Hot Springs (Ark.) region, was almost en­ tirely omitted in the enrollment of the bill in the office of the Clerk of the House. Because <pf this omission, the Hot Springs Commission will have to suspend operations until Congress can again act upon the subject. „ nm& COTOBMRIOITAl, SENATE.--On the 15th, the concur­ rent resolution of the House extending the session of Congress until four p. m., on the 18th, was agreed to A report was made in the case of Senator Grover to the effect that the evidence before the Committee on Privi­ leges and Elections did not sustain anv of the charges that his election was procured by fraud and bribery.... William E. Spencer, for many years the Journal Clerk, was chosen Chief Clerk of the Senate, vice William J. McDonald, deceased The House bill to pro­ vide for the expenses of the Select Committee on alleged frauds in the late Presidential elec­ tion, appropriating $20,000 for that purpose, uraa omoiuio/l hv a^jnw $30,000 jfoT i>iiC Senate investigation, and $10,000 to be used under the direction of the Attorney- General to defray any expenses that may be incurred by the Department of Justice for the detection of any crimes committed against the United States in the affairs or in the course of the investigations, mentioned in the act, and the bill, as amended, was passed. ... .The Conference re|)orts on the Army and on the River aud Harbor Appropriation bills were agreed to.... A new Conference Commit­ tee w*s ordered and appointed on the Legisla- ! m' ®Xecu,ive and Judicial Appropriation bill The amendment of the House to the bill of the Senate, increasing the pension of Gen. Shields to $100 « month, was concurred In and the hill, as amended, was passed. HOUSK.--Conference reports were made and agreed to on the Army and on the ttiver and Harbor Appropriation bills....A Conference Committee was appointed on the Post-Routs bill, and the old Conference Cora- ii.ittce on the Legislative, Executive and Ju­ dicial Appropriation bill Was reappointed.... A resolution, providing for final adjournment ou the 18th, .vas agreed to The bill amend­ ing the Internal Revenue laws was further considered, and a good deal of confusion re­ sulted from efforts' to change the tax on to­ bacco, etc., and, pending action on the pro-' •losed amendment the House adiourned. SENATE.--The House bill to organize the Life-Saving Service was passed, on the 17th, without amendment A motion to re-, consider the vote by which the joint resolution in regard to the Eiuht-Ilour law was postponed until the next session, was defeated--yeas, 24; iays, So A resolution was agreed to in­ structing the Committee on Education and Labor to inquire into the industrial condition ot the country, the extent, nature and causes nfrthe depression of business and the enforced •Idleness of labor, and what remedies, if any, can be provided by National legislation^* also, Into the expediency of providing a bureau for the purpose of gathering sta­ tistics of National Industries; and that the committee report by bill or otherwise A new Conference was ordered on the Revenue item in the rost-Koute bill The Confci- ence report on the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was agreed to, and the bill was parsed....A large number of amendments to.the Sundry Civil Appropria­ tion bill were disposed ' of--several being adoDted, increasing the amounts of several items, in the bill; the amendment proposing an appropriation of $6,000, or so much there­ of as might be necessary to defray the ex­ penses arid compensation of the Commission •itv ointed bv the President to go to Louis­ iana, was, after considerable discussion, laid on the table--32 to 22. HOUSE.--A preamble and resolution were adopted, reciting the depressed condi­ tion of labor and Industry throughout the country, and providing ferf a Select Committe to sit during the recess to inquire into the causes thereof, and recommend remedies there­ for. .. ,A resolution was also adopted request­ ing the Senate to give leave to Senator Mat­ thews to testify before the Potter Committee. A new conference was ordered on the Post-Route bill. Conference reports on the Legislative, Executive and Judicial, and on the Mexican Award bills were agreed to.... Reports were made from the Committee on Elections, and agreed to, that Rob­ ertson and Elan, of Louisiana (the sitting members of the contested election cases), are entitled to their seats, and that in the Alabama contested case of Haralson and 8hellev additional testimony may be taken The bill reducing the tax on tobacco to six­ teen cents a pound was passed--130 to 108.. The bill appropriating $5,500,000 in gold to pay the Fishery award to Great Britain was reported from the Committee on Foreign Af­ fairs, and objections to its consideration were made by Messrs. Butler, Springer, Cox (N. T.) and others, and overruled by the Speaker, but pending further action a recess was taken until one o'clock p. m. on the 18th. SENATE.--On the 18th, a resolution was passed extending the session until six o'clock, p. m., on the 19th Several amend­ ments to the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill were agreed to, one of them being for $5,500,- 000 to pay the award of the Halifax Fishery Commission, and the bill as amended was passed. The House non-concurring in these amendments, a Conference Committee was subsequently appointed... .A resolution was submitted, and referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, to allow Senator Matthews to testify before the Potter Investi­ gating Committee The House bill for the relief of settlers on public lands was passed, extending the provisions of the act allowing settlers who had their crops injured by grass­ hoppers to leave their homesteads temporarily for the purpose of obtaining sustenance. HOUSE;--The Senate resolution de­ claring that the treaty with China allowing unrestricted immigration to this country Bhould be modified, and calling the attention of the President to the subject, was concurred In The Senate amendments to the bill to repeal the Resumption act were non-concurred in-- 140 to 105, less than the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative--and the bill thus failed of Sassage The Senate resolution extending le time for final adjournment until six p. m., on the 19th, was agreed to A bUl was passed providing for a judicial ascertainment of claims against the United States.... .A mo­ tion to suspend the rules and pass the bill to repeal that 6ect,ion of the Resumption act which authorizes the sale ot United States bonds for the purposes of re­ sumption, and to provide that United States notes shall be receivable for duties on im­ ports, was rejected--114 to 113, not the neces­ sary two-thirds in the affirmative The Sen­ ate amendment to the bill appropriating $20,000 for the expenses of the Presidential Election Investigating Committee was con­ curred in.... A Conference Committee was or­ dered on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. ... .Mr. Mayham announced the death of his late colleague, Mr. Quinn, of New York, and paid a tribute to his memory. SENATE.--On the 19th, a new Con­ ference Committee was appointed on the Sun­ dry Civil Appropriation bill, and, the session having been extended to three o'clock on the morning of the 20th, a subsequent report was agreed to and the bill was passed... .The House bill relating to claim agents and attor­ neys in pension cases, limiting their fees to ten dollars in each case, was passed.... A res­ olution was adopted to allow the Matthews Investigating Committee to sit during the re­ cess of Congress, at such place or places as it may deem most convenient for the purpose of investigation The bill to establish the Ter­ ritory of Lincoln was postponed until Decem­ ber next... .Resolutions extending thanks to Vice-President Wheeler and Hon. Thomas VV. Ferry for the able and impartial manner in which they had discharged the duties of presiding officer, were unanimously adopted. ... .Messrs. Burnside, Plumb and Butler were announced as the committee, on the part of the Senate, to consider the subject of reor­ ganizing the Army, and Messrs. Oglesby, Saunders and McCreery to consider the sub­ ject of transferring the Indian Bureau from the Interior to the War Department... .The House bill to authorize the payment ol cus­ tom duties in legal-tender notes from and after Oct. 1, next, was takeu up, and its sec­ ond reading was objected to. HOUSE.--The resolution extending the session to three a. m., on the 20th, was agreed to,'and a second Conference report on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was finally adopted, and the bill was passed. As origin­ ally reported the bill appropriated $16,548,000; as it passed the House, f 17,590,186, and as it passed the Senate, $22,075,100 (exclusive of the Halifax award); as it came from the Con­ ference Committee the amount was cut down to $19,250,100 (also exclusive of the Halifax award) Bills were passed--that on and after Oct. 1, next, legal-tender notes shall be receivable at par In payment for custom du­ ties--^153 to 53; Senate bill to create an Audit­ or of Railroad Accounts; to fix the pay of let­ ter carriers; providing that pensions shall commence from the date of death or discharge, and that no claim agent shall be entitled to any compensation for making application for the arrears of pensions The joint reso­ lution proposing a Constitutional amendment forever prohibiting ttie payment of any claim for property taken, used, injured or destroyed by United States troops during the War of the Rebellion, unless the owner was'loyal to the Government, and gave neither aid nor en­ couragement to the enemy, was passed--144 to , SpcCiiu CoiuiuittccB " ci c niiuulull'ttl as follows: On the Reorganization of the Army--Messrs. Banning, Dibrell, Brngg. 8trait and White (Pa.) On the Transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department-- Messrs. Scales, Boone, Hooker, Van Vorhes and Stewart. On the Labor Question--Hewitt (N. Y.), Riddle, Dickey, Jones (Ala.), Thomp­ son, Rice and Box d. SENATE.--The House resolution ex­ tending the session of Congress up to seven o'clock, on the morning of the 2lst, was con-' curred in.... A bill was introduced to establish* a National Academy of Education, giving the prefereuce to the genius aud talent ot ti*»land, and to the orphans of the Republic.... After the signing of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill bv the President pro (em. of the Senate, and the report of a committee that the Presi­ dent had no further communication to make to Congress, Mr. Ferry, after a few remark*, declared the present session of the f orty-filth Congress adjourned sine die. HOUSE.--A resolution was agreed to extending the session to seven o'clock, on the morning of the 21st Amotion to suspend the rules and pass a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to prohibit the payment, of claims for property taken, used, injured or destroyed during the war was rejected--yeas, 22; nays, 135....A resolution was agreed to declaring that the investigation of the charges preferred against the late Door­ keeper, J. VV. Polk, had shown nothing affect­ ing nis personal integrity, or reflecting ou him as an honorable man, and allowing him two months'extra pay....A message was re­ ceived from the President annoum-ln* Mm ftp. proval of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. At seven_ o'clock the Speaker, after a few appropriate remarks, declared the House ad­ journed sine (tie. THE LOUISIANA AM) FLORIDA IN­ VESTIGATION. . THE SENATE COMMITTE*. THE Matthews Senate Committee was in session for two hours and a half on the 21st: When the dcoiv. wew opened. James E. Anderson was sworn, but being refused counsel, he said that be had no statements to make nor questions to answer. The Committee went into private session for the third time. When the door waa again opened, Mr. Anderson was informed that he should answer anv questions that the committee might see proper to put, and was asked his age and occupa­ tion. Anderson replied that he had no desire to throw obstacles in the way, but Senator Mat­ thews was a lawyer, and was there looking ;titer his interests, and he (Anderson) did not see why he should not have a lawyer to Jook after his own interests. The questions were repeated; also, whether he had placed any papers in Mat­ thews' possession, and, if so, what; but Ander­ son decli ned to answer. Senator Whyte jisked if he meant to say that he set at defiance the will of the Committee, and Anderson replied that the Senator put it too strong; that he simply wisiied to say that he de­ clined answering; he said if Senator Matthews would go before the Potter Committee he would testify. Senator Allison then asked Senator Matthews if he had any suggestion to make with reference to going on without Anderson's testimony. Mr. Matthews said he disliked very much to take the responsibility of making any suggestions to the Committee on the subject; he was present then anil should be at any future time that the con­ venience of the Committee might fix for the purpose of assisting the Committee in any way within his power in the objects ana purposes for which it was originated and au­ thorized ; the only course other than that of wait­ ing until the Committee could have the power of the Senate to compel answers of witnesses was to obtain from the Committee of the other House the statement which Anderson had already made under oath before it. and which constituted the ground and basis on which he (Matthews) had asked the Senate for tae appointment of the Committee; should the Committee obtain that testimony, he was ready to go on as if it had been delivered again before the Senate Committee; he thought the Committee ought to decide upon the course to be pursued, but did not wish to be considered as giving any opinion or advice, or expressing any wish in regard to the matter. Another consultation of the Committee fol­ lowed. When the doors were opened Anderson was informed by the Chairman that the Com­ mittee had decided that they would require his testimony before the Committee. The Chairman then asked him if he were willing to answer such questions as might be propounded to him, and he replied that lie was not. The Chairman re­ sponded that in so refusing Anderson set the Committee at defiance. Senator VVhyte then stated that, in the absence of the Senate, the Committee had no power to punish for contempt, and he therefore moved that the Committee adjourn, subject to the call of the Chairman. The motion was agreed to, and tne Committee accordingly adjourned. THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. AT the session of the Committee, on the 16th, H. C. Clarke, formerly Private Secretary to Gov. Kellogg, recognized the first and second set of certificates in the possession of the Com­ mittee. At the instance of Anderson, who stated that there were errors in the certificates, he had examined them. Witness was present when Gov. Kellogg signed the second set of certificates, and had himself sealed them up ami forwarded them to Washington. He also sealed tip the first set and handed them to the District Judge. Witness did not prepare the creden­ tials of the me-sengers charged with the delivery of the second set of certificates, but was of the opinion that the authority which the second mesf-enger presented was the authority prepared for the first messenger. Mr. Clarke was under the impression that he saw Mr. Brewster sign the second set. He had inclossd a newspaper slip, stating that the signatures to the Louisiana Electoral leturns had been forged, to Gov. Kel­ logg. but had received from him no reply. Had never heard, while in New Orleans, of the so- called " Sherman letter." : Ex-Congressman Darrall was recalled, but his examination lasted only about five minutes, but no testimony of importance was educed. Chairman Potter announced that he had re­ quested Senator Kellogg to appear before the Committee, but had received a verbal message from him, saying he could not comply with the request at present. A SHORT session of the Committed was held on the 17th, EL 0. Clarke, late Private Secretary of G^v. Kellogg, being the witness. Mr. Clarke stated that the two lists ot returns lav on the table, in the committee-room, in New Orleans, until the signatures were complete, when he forwarded them to the Secretary of State. The only parties signing them in hispres- ence were Gov. Kellogg and Mr. Brewster. Could noi (My wiie|iiM- Ltsvissee signed them.'personally. The papers Were in a room to which Senator Mas- •eco hail keys: Witness did not leave them there that anything might happen to iheui. He con­ sidered the first set as all right anyway, and did not consider the second set as important. J udge Levissee's absence from town was not known to witness. He (witness) did not sign either Judge Leviraoe's name or Mr. Joffrion's. He knew tne vote of Louisiana would settle the election for Hayes and Wheeler, At the time of the signing of the certificates, everybody and everything about the Governor was in a condition of chaoUo confusion. There was a constant throng au too time, day and night, at his office and house. The Committee adjourned until the 19th. THE Committee met, on the 19th, and voted to adjourn until the following day, the members desiring to participate in the cloning scenes of Congress. THE Committee resumed its sittings on the 21st. Mr. Morrison presiding, in the ab­ sence of Mr. Potter. Capt. Thomas A. Jenks testified that, in 1876, he held the office of Deputy United States Marshal and resided in East Feliciana Parish. Republi­ cans in the parish had informed him that they did not dare to register on account of intimida­ tion. Here Mr. McMahon objected to any testi­ mony being given on the part of Sec'y Sherman until he admitted that he had written that letter to Anderson. As he had denied writing it, he had no interest in showing what had been the condition of affairs in East Feliciana before the last election. A long discussion ensued, at the end of which the objection was withdrawn and Mr. Jenks resumed his testimony. Witness said Anderson did sign and swear to the protest which he •atd he had not sworn to. He himself had gone over the protest, sentence by sentence, with Anderson, and he saw him sign it before Judge Hugh J. Campbell, and swear to it. Wit­ ness produced a letter signed by Ander­ son, requesting him to forward to him (Anderson) the list of nineteen murders com­ mitted in East Feliciana. Anderson told wit­ ness that he was attacked by the Democrats. The witness Faid the Anderson protest in the Sherman report, which Anderson heretofore tes­ tified was not the document that he had signed, claiming that it had lieen altered, was tiie docu­ ment that Anderson signed and swore to l>efore Judge Campbell. Anderson requested the wit­ ness to make an affidavit that he (Anderson) was intoxicated when lie signed that paper, but the witness refused. He was i>erfectly sober. Sev eral months afterward Anderson came to the witness and wanted him to make a statement to the effect that he (Anderson) had never signed a rir«ti»sit. jimi Knri o written uiiii- self to that effect. Anderson told the witness that Maj. Burke had offered him several thousand dollars and a position if he would go back on his protest. Witness said the first he knew about the Sherman letter was on the 6th of January last, when it was mentioned by Marshal Pitkin, in a conversation. He never saw a letter written Mt. Sherman to anyone about the election of 1876. The witnesn was shown several letters, which he identified as being in the handwriting of D. A. Weber, and then he was shown the sig­ nature of Weber to the Anderson* Weber con­ tract, and waa asked whether he believed it to be the genuine. He replied he did not think it was; that Weber always signed his name in a back­ hand; ttiat he had never seen him sign as this pai>er wast-i^ned; that it might be Weber's sig­ nature, but it waa not his usugl^putture. He had never seen that Anderson- Weber contract be­ fore. He also testified to Gov. Kellogjr's desire that Anderson should return to East Feli­ ciana and discharge his duties as Super­ visor, and that t.ie Governor had advanced him f50 out of his own funds to pay his expenses. He dfcuied Anderson's statement, to L. B. Jenks (not a cousin or a relation of the wit- nestt' being got drunk at trie witness' house, and as to the facts of the conspiracy (that there should be no election in East Feliciana) being drawn out of him. That part of the statement which mentioned the fact of his wife going to Col. Patten, Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, was true, but her object was to get a guarantee for Anderson's protection from vio­ lence. The witness testified about the $3 )i) which Anderson had received in Baton ltouge, an l said it was paid on a draft drawn oil the Democratic candidate for District Judge by the Cnairman of the Democratic State Committee in New Orleans. Jt was intimated however, by McMahon, that the raft in question was signed by Gov. Kellogg ana indorsed by Stare Sufjervisor Hahn. Cross examination elicited the fact that witne«w was lax Collector of East Feliciana in 186'J-170; that it w;ia since claimed that there was a deficit ot iO.UK) in his accounts, and that an indict­ ment was found against L. B. Jenks. his deputy, who got off by pleading the statute of limitation. L. B. Jenks WJUS a candidate on the Kepublican ticket in 187G for Parish Ju'ige of West Feliciana. Witness then detailed bis movements since his arrival in Washington. His wife had called on Gov. Kellogg and Judge Shellabarger, and to­ gether with himself had discussed Louisiana af­ fairs with them. He did not r emember of Pip­ kin's mentioning the fact that the Sherman letter was in Mrs, Weber's possession. His wife had said that Mrs. Weber had denied ever- having heard of such a letter. He said Mrs. Jenks came to Washington in response to a letter from ."-.1 T> i... .7,1 : she had any information or docim nta which would be useful to them in the fight for the New Orleans Colleetorship and Senatorship. In a re­ ply to a question as to the documents she took with her, witness said he did not think she took any or had any to take. Witness further said that his wife had told him that Anderson claimed to have a copy of the Sherman letter: he did not know if his wife had ever corresponded with Sherman in relation to that letter. Witness had been intimate with Anderson until he re­ quested witness to go back on that affidavit. The original Anderson-Weber agreement was shown to the witness, who recognized the body of the paper and the signature of Anderson as Ander­ son's writing. but failed to recognize the other signatures of Weber or either of the witnesses. Curiosities of Etiquette* THE rules of etiquette are as old as society and as varied as are the races of people who inhabit the earth. As a rule, probably, it may be safely set down that the ruder the people the more absolute are the codes of man­ ners. The punctilious etiquette ob­ served in Spain, where a Monarch hardly feels at liberty to put on a gar­ ment without the permission of the Chamberlain, has long been the wonder of less formal people. It is not so very many years since Spanish ladies were not allowed to eat at the same table with their husbands. But this line breeding is outdone by the Bulgarians. The newly-married wife in Bulgaria dares not speak to her husband for a month or more. The prohibition used to last nine months. She is relieved from the obligation of silence when her lord presents her with a gift. Among the Caffres of South Africa the women are not allowed to mention the name of their father-in-law, and they must hide themselves when they meet their sons-in-law. This delicacy about call­ ing names is extended "to the par­ liamentary practice of civilized peoples. In the Legislature it is the height of impropriety to call an honor­ able member by his right name, al­ though the custom is found to be a very convenient one in ordinary life. In New Caledonia the names of natural objects are given to children; but if the child dies the relatives must no longer call the natural object by its former name. A new appellation has to be invented for use in that particular fam­ ily. The custom gives a remarkable variety to the New Caledonian dialect, and tasks the invention of parents who are so unfortunate as to lose their off­ spring. On "tabu days" in the South Sea Islands, anyone who makes a noise must die. This regulation is as bad as any of the Connecticut blue laws. But there is hardly any form of etiquette that has survived to do duty in polite society but has its origin in some of the grosser observances of antiquity. Good Grit. At the commencement of the present term of the medical college, a young student from the West started for Keo­ kuk to attend. Arriving at Albia, he found his means would not be sufficient and he footed it the rest of the way to this city. He paid in full for his tu­ ition, and then nad just $7 left. Three of these were laid out for a quarter's rent for a room, in which was nothing but his books. No bucket, no stove, no furniture, no bed, not even a blan­ ket, and only $4 to live on. In a month or so, he procured a blan­ ket, and considered himself fortunate. His money was laid out in corn meal, and twice a week he would go down to the pork house and make up a lot of corn bread, bake it and bring it to his room, and on corn bread alone he h^s been subsisting during the entire term. He has worked and earned $5 since he has been here, and on this and the seven he had left, after paying his col­ lege fees, $12 in all, he has subsisted. During all this time no one has known how he subsisted, and the only remarkable thing that has been noticed about him is that he is one of the brightest students in the class, and bids fair to graduate with the highest honors. His condition would not nave been found out had it not been that a gentleman rented a room in the same buildigg in which the student's was lo­ cated, and by making his acquaintance ascertained how he had been living. The student is a bright, frank, fear­ less fellow, who asks no favors, has paid in advance for everything he has got, is not afraid of difficulties, and if he proves not a bright and shining light in his profession--if he is not heard from as an eminent'physician and surgeon ere many years roll around, we lose our guess.--Keokuk (Iowa) Constitution, --Speaking of his recent trip to Cuba, the Postmaster-General says: " One thing struck me very queer, and that was the number of persons en­ gaged in the sale of lottery-tickets in Havana. Another thing more queer than that was that by some kind of a peculiar luck the Captain-tieneral of Cuba, stationed at Havana, always draws the capital or largest prize. I have often heard that the managers and leading men in the New Orleans and Kentucky lotteries drew the largest prizes, now and then, but I was sur­ prised to learn that the Captain-General pould get the capital prize every time. He is very rich." --Those who watch history speak of it as a repeater. Fhj Biological Effects of Thirst. LAST summer a company of the Tenth 0. S. Cavalry nearly perished of thirst during a four days' march without ' water, among the arid sand hills of the* Staked Plain of Texas. They set out ~ 1 in pursuit of a band of marauding In- i dians, and toward sunset of the first- day the trail they had followed broke- up into a multitude of ill-defined tracks,, making further pursuit useless. By*. this time their canteens were dry, and# the men were so exhausted by thfe in-1 • tense sun heat that many fell from theirk . r . saddles. All the afternoon their guide^/,1 had searched in vain for water among** the hills, and now the horses were 8u£wk i fering from thirst scarcely less than* ^ ' their riders. The Captain's private- "• horse, the toughest of the party, was.'. given to th® guide, who set out in search of water, but was never seen again. The next day an attempt was made to fall baok upon "Double Lakes," Where water was expected, but, having* J no guide tliey lost their way, and wan-* , j| dered for three days among the hills before water was found. During thia time their sufferings from heat and thirst was terrible. The salivary and. mucous secretions were dried up, and the sensibility of the mucous mem­ branes of the mouth was so much im- « paired that they could neither swallow nor even perceive when anything waa- in the mouth. Brown sugar remained like dry sand in the mouth. Their voices became weak and strange; all were deaf, and appeared stupid to each other, questions having to be repeated several times before they could be un­ derstood. Vertigo and dimness of vis­ ion affected all. Many were delirious, and all tottered on with feeble and stumbling gait. What little sleep they could get was disturbed by dreams of banqueting, with visions of every im­ aginable dainty to eat and drink. At this stage all would probably have perished had they not resorted to • horses' blood. As the animals gave out the men cut them open and dranhf; their blood, almost fighting for the lit­ tle moisture contained in their viscera. Later the horses' blood became so thick. from lack of drink that it could not b6- swalloWed. It coagulated instantly,, and had to be broken up between the • teeth and slowly forced down the- parched throats. And when swallowed it gave no relief, quickly passing through) the bowels, developing diarrhea. To avoid the terrible mid-day heat' they traveled as much as they could by night. As they toiled on they suffered severely from tightness of breath and a sense of suffocation. It seemed as though the sides of the trachea were adhering. To mitigate the consequent distress they breathed through the nose with closed mouth, prolonging th& time between the breaths as much as possible. At this stage the lips were covered with a whitish dry froth, and presented a ghastly aspect. The fin­ gers and palms were shriveled and paie; and some who had removed their- boots suffered from swollen feet and As the situation became more des­ perate, mental tortures were added to the purely physical. The feeling of despair was made worse by suspicion and loss of confidence in each other. Toward the end persistent wakefulness aggravated the mental anguish, though they tried to sleep at every halt. At last, on the morning of July 80, a part of the command succeeded in reaching Double Lakes, and a supply of water was sent back to those along the road. The fortunate arrival of a detachment of Yonkoway scouls at this moment helped to save many. On reaching water the desire to drink was irresisti­ ble. They could not refrain from pour­ ing down water, though it was imme­ diately rejected by the stomach. Warm coffee was the only thing that revived them at all. Ass't-Surgeon King, from whos$ report this account has been condensed remarks that the failure of water to- assuage the thirst, though drank again and again to repletion, seems to show that tne sense of thirst, like that of" hunger, resides not in the stomach, but in tne general system, and could not be relieved until the tissues were sup­ plied. And the activity of the regen­ erating process was prevented by the deficiency of water in the absorbent vessels themselves. The sapie condi­ tion explains the overpowering dysp­ noea which threatened tne existence of the company. Their lungs were filled vvith the purest air, yet the lining membranes were so dry that the free passage of the oxygen to the blood was- pre vented. It is a noteworthy circumstance that' while the horses suffered much as the men did, and many gave out complete-- ly, the mules suffered little, and were able to graze at every halt, The total i loss on this disastrous scout was. two- men dead and two missing, probably dead, out of twenty-six privates and two commissioned officers.--Scientific American. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. _ Jnne 21. 1878. Cattle «8.00 <&.*10.25 LIVE STOCK Bheep HOBS - FLOUR--Good to Choice WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago COHN--Western Mixed. OATS--Western Mixed K YJi--Western - POliK--Mess> LAltD -Steam. CHEESE WOOL#--Domestic Fleece CHICAGO. BEEVES-Extra Choice Good Medium HOG8--Live--^Good to Choioe.. BHEEP--Common to Choice... BU TTER--Fancy Creamery-- Good to Choice EGGS-Fresh FLOUR--Choice Winter Choice to Fine Spring. Patent GRAIN--Wheat, No. 2 Spring.. Corn, No. 2 Oats, No. 2 »ye. No. 2 Barley, No. 1. .. 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