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BUla wereintro- dnoed to enable the p*eple of Dakota to form a constttatton; to pravide Mtifloi* lltmbs for ei- soldiers; to arecc a public building at Tyler, Tex., and to pwrnl the xiobUosUon of lottery advartlaamanta ta the XeiTltorlea. The Chair MWBittJ resolattons adopted by the Legla- btan of _ Ohio fevoriag a tariff for revenue. In tU House Mr. Morrison, Chtlrmaa of the Committee of Ways aad Means, introduced a hill to revise the tariff oa imports. It makee a reduction of 90 percent, on namsieua arttolea, bet prevents any redaction to a lower rate than the Morrill act of MtL Xhe MU Waa referre K • The oath of office waa administered to Mr. Hammond, who has keen In tdnee Congress convened. Mr Hook offered a resolution directing the Com­ mittee on Edncation to Inquire into the working <rf acrloaltur&l colleges aided by land grants. .Bills were introduced--to wralah officers of the United States For the lOopd nse of money at election*; aatbor- irinea surrey of the passes between the affluents of the Upper Missouri and Colombia rivers: to prevent tot sale of certain Pacific railroads be­ fore the United States bonds and interest shall have been fnlly paid; far an export tax on cot­ ton ; to declare Oood Friday a legal holiday; ap­ propriating $125,000 to improve the Colorado river: and for U<e relief of the Lady Franklin bay expedition. Mr. 8printer presented a me­ morial from New Mexico making grave charges against Chief Justicc Samuel B, Axtel. aw. Cokk proscntod a memorial in the Sen­ ate, on the 5th inst., from the Legislature of Texas asking legislation to reopen the western trail through Indian Territory, leased for graz­ ing purposes. Bills were reported favorably W erect a public building at San Francisco, ta grant right of way through Indian Territory to the tionthern Kansas iioad, and to allot lands in severalty to Indians. A resnlnb on was passed directing the Committee on Printing to report on the expediency of ptibli^hir.g an official gazette of the United Stat««, to con­ tain advertisements for proposals and contracts, as alsoaeoe al carders by heads of dcr artments. There was some debate on M, -xican land tides. The House of Representatives con- urre l in the Senate amendments to the totaooo reb ite bill. Mr. Dockery offered a resolution to abol­ ish the position of stenographer of com­ mittees. A resolution to send a scb com- to investigate matters at Hot Springs, . ras defeated. BUla were reported favor- aMy to donat* to the town of Port Smith a part of the military reservation for school pur­ poses; to give the Southern Kansas Road right at way thtoawh Indian Territory, and to give 1 Ward B- Burnett a pension ot tloo per A bin for the Section of territorial p. v- nd secretaries by the people was tanlec!. 1 from t e Western Aa*o iated Press, taction of postage on transient news- i ratoied to the Committee on Post- ; daaeassed the bill for a bnreau I were repented in the Senate on the the Chinese restriction act • the aeppreerten of plcnro- . Mi was fntradneed to provide at town under the ana farther debate on land graata. Pad ar United States t KAfle iHaii n I of Ala- l by the Hmati. in executive ?aivaoturton was adopted «C the Interior for rimgniar practi-o* • pwtidrit before tUe e. msweteimradneaatoanthoriae s of sana haibin ii tor disabled sea- a branch home for crip- the Western States, raiiwatliig from the with Great of alleged 1 calling on the Secre­ tary of State far facta In connection with the ahseneeef foreign minister* and oonaols from their posta dnring the past two years. The re­ mainder of the session Ma. Oiu. offered a resolution in the Senate, on the 7th inst., reqae^tlnc the President to prevent the daiivary to the Hwaalali aathorities. on n pretended charge of highway robbery, of Oa los Actum, t .e Cuban patriot, now impris­ oned at ltey Week A bill was passed in regard to lands oooopisd by aettiera on the Ute Reser­ vation in Colorado. Mr. Cullom introduced a bill for the relief of a large number of citizens of Southern Illinois who worn granted lands by the Governors of the Northwest and In dian Tenrttoriea. Mr. Van Wyok reported i measure for the relief of aettlers on the Denver and St. Joseph Railroad lands. Mr. Beck offered a resolution for an inquiry into the removal of John Dudley, a colored porter of the Senate, temarhr a Union soldier, and charred that he had been wantonly dismissed. Mine Sen­ ators vetoed their views on the Mexican land- bill,, bat no action le&m devoted ta debate on of Kepreaentatives, a resolution waa reported declaring vacant the poeiUonaof stenographers of committees, proper reporters to be employed by ths Speaker. A bill was J*aaed to provide for the removal of the remains Of, Caftan Walter Clifford from Wyoming to Michigan A bUl waa reported to constitute a Bureau of Navigation in the Treasury Depart­ ment The nles were debated until a quorum wasloat, ' Bttrglab8 under arrest at Bridge­ port, Conn., confess that the gang to which they belong broke into twenty-six places within the past year, nod committed one highway robbery. Their ages range from 18 to 19 years. Bhhsham Wabdweix, the prison-re- fbnner, who was convicted of libeling the 8fa«*riff of Worcester County, Massachusetts, navbeea sentenced to one year In Dedham Jail. James K. Lines shot his wife twice, at Homer, N. I., and then killed himself. Tb funeral services over tbe remains Wendell PhiHipg were held in the Hollia Street Church, Boston, the edifloe being densely crowded. A large concourse followed tbe heane from the family residence to the church, ahd again from the church to Fatieuil Ball, where tbe remains lay instate foHHiree hour*. Here a plaster caat of tbe head of the woeasfcd wig t ft ken, and the rtuiains wero then conveyed to the old Granary burying ground, in Tremont street, and deposited in the Phillips family tomb.... Billy McGlory, a New York saloon-keeper known throughout the country, hag been sentenced to the peni­ tentiary for six months for violating the ex- «ise law. Ax entire sqtur« in the center of Haxleton, Pa., a town of 8,000 inhabitants, suddenly sank three feet. Four buildings were wrecked. No one was hurt. The town Md been undermined by tbe coal-diggers.... Jive firemen were killed and eight other* iu- Jured by tailing walls In a conflagration at Allen town. Pa. Two large factories were burned, the loss being StO.OOO.... .Henry S. Churoh, for six years chamberlain of Troy, W. Y., proves to bo a defaulter lor !77,<khi. inglfiettn, haa paid toDr.DonaM MoLeaa, Ann After University, thl mm «f |B|.«09 for libel The jury adjudged the ooanplalaant that nam; the Supreme court afltrmed the hading erf tlM tower ooart; tho prayer of Mr. Berippa fog an Iniancitoa leaUatnlna MdUean froaauatNiihe money waa dlidod, and noth- liis i iiillimti rni liln eAitor tat final settle- •Mt, which waa at once made. iSx oraghiag of their boat bj a Jk*t- hlkftaand the drowning of Frank and JaaNf awttBism, marrted men, near l*fay- ette, lad. Kear Ibwwaentova, Ohio, four |wi&f am wean drownai by the oapaiaing of their boat in the Tuscarawas river. THE SOOTS. A mxobo named Jeff Rogers waa lynched by a mob at Lafayette, Ala., for as­ saulting and brutally stabbing a white woman... .The TexasSenateindefinitely post­ poned the bill to Justify the killing of fence- cutters caught using nippers. Petkk Bland was taken from the jail of King William County, Va., by masked men, hanged to a tree, and riddled with buck­ shot Hie called session of the Texas I-oir- lalature haa adjourned sine die, having been engaged during tbe session of thirty days in enacting lews for the suppression of agrarian crime in that State. Many wife measures were adopted, and largo appropriations of money made to strengthen the arm of the Governor ia his efforts to crush out the law­ lessness of the hour and save Texas from tbe anarchy into which it seemed to be drifting. Richard Nelsox (colored), proprie­ tor of the Galveston (Tex.) Spectator, while traveling in a coach of a Texas and 8t. Louia train, between Corslcana and Waco, was ejecte 1 because he refused, when ordered, to go Into the smoking-car, and upon bis request the train was stopped, anil he walked hack to Corsicana. He will sue for damages. "WASHINGTON. The Hennepin Canal people have won a decisive victory in the House Committee on Railways and Canals. Mr. Murphy has been ordered to report favorably the bUl making an appropriation of fl.O'JO.OOO to be- t in work oh the canal. Die vote in the com­ mittee stood s to 3. The Mississippi River convention, held at Washington last week, passed resolu­ tions declaring It the duty of the Govern­ ment to so improve the great river and Its tributaries as to permanently secure fafe navigation, and expressing the belief that the system now being prosecuted under the Secretary of War is the one most generally approved. * POLITICAL. The Ohio Senate has passed a bill redisricting' the State. The House bae passed bill amending the £oott liquor-tax law, making the license payable annually. The bill was put through under the application of a gag. The Democratic cancan at Frankfort, Ky., nominated Joseph C. 8. Blackburn for Senator, giving him 03 votes to 67 for Williams. Tbe Mississippi river composed of 500 delegates, assembled in Washington last week. S. O. Stannard, of St. Louis, waa elected President, and addressed tbe assemblage on the importance of improv­ ing navigation on the great river. A State convention of negroes at Gainesville, Fla^ was presided over by ex- ressman Walls. The platform demands equal rights for the blacks In education, publio offices, and conveyances, and pledges the colored men to unite with others in the election of an independent candidate for Governor. An address to tbe colored men of the State was adopted and delegates elected to the national convention of colored men. ' che ft* tart. TheQjoaen'a apse _ thatan Amrto-^imrteaii nuaawfrsfcwHaaiwult tjnginPmrtsto eenstier th« KewtMftUaad fishery »uiaitoa>aa< tfcat«ptoi*atioitiIMto« with Mudeo arc ta a fWr way of fcttaff ston reeuasei. Vhaoviar for the eveeewdn ef Cairo was Meallii hi ecaaannttw pt j*# < Egypttan ra rwiss in the 8ou*umhm Om. OorAoahas mt <o aaalat tee 101 canrtot eet a withdrawal. Hi urges tbe paing* of the bills to franohiaa thtoaghout the United Kingdom, and to leCnrgi tooal government, and states that plsas will he nrepaiwt to extend munici­ pal governiMat w the whole metropolis, and to repreas wwiptkm at elections. The Araba gave no quarter to the panio-striclE»n and pleading troops of Baker Pasha in the massacre near Tokar, cither de­ liberately outttng their throats or transfixing them with spears An editor at Posea has been, sentenced to imprisonment foi^ two year* for publishing congratulations to Car­ dinal Lodoobowski on his birthday... .Tewflk Bay and 400 followers, who attempted toforoe their way from Sinkat to the ooaat, were eat to piecea by Kl Mahdi's insurgents... .Dr. Bnuza's undertaking on the Congo is a fail­ ure, and Stanley has been more than usually auocoesful. French editors are now railing at Great Britain for'excluding Europe from tbe conduct of Bgyptian affairs, and then suffering two such extraordinary defeats as have been inflicted by the quaok Prophet who is now governing the Boudan..... Pouches containing t-0,000 marks were stolen from a mail cart at Leipslc. V-v f Sevwsl PtereoM Lom Their lift* ia tfip Wnok *B& Many Aio Se- ̂ f [T<il»gHrt> from Alliance, Ohio.] About 4 «'(m p. m. a terrible explosion oceurred in ^tpjiilagss. center of the city. Glass in windows lbrhlocks along Main street was shattered, jgiAeoosternation reigned su­ preme. Mas IqStki^eir.senaes, and Qf>U»ii* * ^5i» for * rattns of a When the horrible stood >rered that theenloslon jth* brink business UoOk of on the first floor as a store, and ia the ^ stories as tenement MA block was leveled to tbe ground, and twe briok bkwks, «ae on each side, suooumbed to the shook, while others, farther away, wiwe shattered, riddled, and badly injured. In a few moments mnes arose from the ytitas and the lire aiarfii was sonndsd. 8oeh wroitement prevailed that the dost covered quarter of a arose it was bad occurred F. M. Orr, stove and seoond and apartments. AAfiiii of r*mm Dcivw from Their Homes the Sa- ; f gimr VMl • ^ LaRt itMur*R CalsMheas le* posted la Xftajr Sections of ADMTI0K1L NEW& Axpbsw Devjne, of the committee itenographers removed by Speaker Keifer, has been reappointed by Speaker Carlisle. A meeting to honor tbe memory of Wendell Phillips was held at Fancuil Hall, Boston.. Julia Ward Howe was among the speakers. Instead of parading on St. Patrick's day, the Iriab will give lectures in the evening, the proceeds to go to the Phillips status lund. At New Orleans, James Graham, aged 55, a lawyer, 6hot his wife three times, killing her instantly, and then laid down be­ side her in bed and almost severed his head from his body with a razor. It is said that Graham was suffering from delirium tremens, or insanity Mrs. Gordon, residing near Blutl'ton, South Carolina, now 111 years of age, walks four miles to partake of the monthly Lord's supper at the Baptist church. Near Horton, Mich., Mr. Brown, a detective, who has been working on the Crouch murders, was met on the road by a carrage containing two men, one of whom, after making sure of the identity of the de­ tective, shot him, inflicting a dangerous wound and leaving him for dead. There is great excitement over the affair. At the Nez Perce Agency in Indian Territory is a Presbyterian Church with full-blood offi­ cers and pastor. A revival now in progress has added ITS to the membership. Thirty- three Indian pupils are soon to be placed by THK WEEK'S FIRK RECORD. The fire record of the past week, as reported by telegraph, is as follows: A feather-board mill at Middle Halls, N. Y., loss 930.0C0; two stores, Albert Lea, Minn., $10 000; tbe Arcade building, Elmira, N. Y., $15,000; the Phoenix glass works Phil- lipsburg. Ohio, $125,000; Reed 8 flour mill, Mound ultjr, I1L, $12,000; two stores. Borne, N. Y., $80,000; King & Jocb's business block, Peoria, Hi., $100,000; two grain elevators, Toronto, $265,000; the Mappes Hotel and other buildings, Belmont, Wis., $26,000; sev­ eral manufactories, San Francisco, $12&,000; a business block at Uvalde, Tex., $15,000; two hotels, Qoodwin, Dakota, $17,0lMj; a Warehouse, Minneapolis, Minn., $30,000; the round-tbuae of the Denver and Bio Grande Railroad, Leadville, Colo., $«M),0iMl; several business houses, Searcy, Ark., $20,000; a livery stable and six residences, Pueblo. Colo., $20,000; Howe's planing mill, Buffalo, N. ¥., $85,000; a warehouse and other prop­ erty, Nashville, Tenn., $201,000; a brick block. Alliance, Ohio, $50,000; the plumbing goods manufactory of Nelson & Co., St. Louis, Mo., $95,000; a boot and shoe manufactory, Brook- field, Mass., $40.00); Souring mill, Tolado, Ohio, $80,000; Pfeil & Gotz's lithographic works, Camden, N. J., $<U>,000; au < il ware­ house, Niagara Falls, $10,000; the principal business saction of Lonoke. Ark., $60,000; Swan'a restaurant, Detroit, Mich., $30,000; a business block, Jackson, Mies., $25,000; Crocker's general store. Mount Pleasant, On­ tario, $30,000; the Pearl flouring mills. South Toledo, Ohio, $80,COO; Niblack's flouring mill at Rockport, Ind., $15,000; W. R. Ftsdiok's fine residence at Stamford, Conn., $^0,000. During January fires in the United States destroyed property valued at $12,000,000, $10,200,000 aione being burned up in 284 con- f agrations. This iB the heaviest loss in one month for several years. COMMERCIAL, KAIiVKES. Faelubes reported bj telegraph dor* ing the week were as follows: Liabilities. oonv^ntrinn. i ^e Government in White's Institute at Wa- ^ bash, ind., where they will be educated with funds left by the founder of the school. Nothings says a Washington tele­ gram, has been done by the Committee of Ways and Means in relation to the tariff ex­ cept to direct that tables be prepared for their use, showing in parallel columns the tariff of 1861, the present tariff, and the proposed one by the Morri­ son bill, and that representatives of the Interests that will be affected by the Morrison, scheme shall have an op­ portunity to be heard by the committee. It is not intended that the privilege of belay heard shall unreasonably delay the actios of the eommittee upon this bill, but its prsetl- c&l effect will be to prevent tbe oommlttea from completing their work for aeveral weeks. Ex-Senators are to be excluded from the floor of tbe House of Representatives. Kebels in tho provinoss of Nam IMnh and Sontay, in Tonquln, have beeen dis­ persed by French troops, and dens of pirates have been broken up. The feeling at Hue is said to be excellent, and tbe King has ap­ pointed delegates to assist Admiral Conrbet in pacifying the country France has offered to co-operate with English forces in Effypt, proposing that her troops be landed at Suaktm and march to the relief of Khartoum, the final settlement of the Soundan question to be left to a conference of the powers. It appears from the correspondence (n«*w published in London) wirioh preceded the hanging of Patrick O'Donnell that Minister Lowell was personally snubbed as sharply as wa< the nation which be represents. All of Lord Granville's replies to ex-Lord Hector Lowell were limited to a single sentance, and that sentence In each ease only expressed-- first, the request that the United States mind its own business; and second, the declara­ tion that Britons never, never, never should '*r be slaves! 60,000 38,000 100,000 30,000 100,000 28,000 55,000 23,000 14,000 36,000 It is thought tb at most of ths money was lost in stock speculation. 7 " ? ' T H K WKST. Vigilaktkb on the Upper Elkhorn in Nebraska, have been hanging some more horse-thieves. Kid Wade, the trader of Niobrara outlaws and horse thieves, is thp latest victim. A recent dispatch from HOax City, Iowa, reports: "Ihe vigilantes . havo headquarters at a. place called The Fen,' at the mouth of the Long pjDe. They have arrested a large numlier of men in various parte of Northern Nebraska S5l •fke Pen,1 where they am tried and deposed Of in souy mtn. ,SW. *he fate of those arrested is not defl- M >*»*«». l>«t «s they are never Men *fWn it IS supposed they are shot, hanged, er ooadMCted Out of the country. The terr,- Me earnestness of the vigilantes and the •ayetenr of their ways cause men to shud­ der what their doings are mentioned. It is positively known they have lynch< d eleven ire that others have met bow many or by what SHLM# Mm grim executioners can tell, wade was captured at Li-mars about » weeks ago br two of these avengers, ead heseeaaed to realise tbe fate that awaited Mm, Mgt saaalfoBtod no more concern than If aetafiisowt ordinary business." Xou*»wosTH (Kan.) dispatch: Re- leeowhltbMc Sad fast of damage to ' Wbeet by the recent variable weather. ' reports, but more serious, come from a Of Worthweetem Missouri and aev- If lsstatsJ .'in a dispatch from De- mamm top: "v. H. W. Ferine, dry goods, Bath. N. Y....( Perrjrman A Co., general store, Paris, Victoria Felt Workaj Montreal!. . . . . . . . . Oehrleln Bros., jewelry. New York Warren & Co., groosries, Cincinnati Lee A Son. *rrooerie«. Ali^aan, Mi'h.... Cox & Bell, general store, Hillsboro, Tex.. P. Martel, tailor. Cedar Bapids, Iowa... L. Brown, clothing, Allegan, Mich Riverside Furniture Co., Wheeling, W. Va John Lanyon, general store, Mineral Point, Wis Fro th Bros., dry goods. Linden, Vt 42,000 Faris, Bivhop & Co., clothing, Charles­ ton, 111 30,000 F. Vondeiheide, rope mannfr., Cincin- „ natt. 36,000 Blake A Co., groin. Baltimore 25,000 C. H. Thompson, drugs, Lexnam, Iewa. 12,000 C. M. Oleen & Co., drugs. Dayton, Iowa 10,000 M. T. Bit term an, dry goods, Jnnctioa City, Kan 19,000 Henry Monteith A Co., dyers, Glangow, Keotland MO/MO W. 8. Abbott, publisher, Chicsgo 90,000 Carrick A Co.. shoes, Boston...... IQo/lOO W. A Bmltb, diamonds. Boston...,.... 200,000 annwii. THE rivers were falling rapidly at Pittsburgh on the 8th inst., but were reported still rising at Wheeling and Cincinnati. At Wheeling thousands of people were sheltered in public halls and school-houses. BeveraU dwellings bad been carried awav, and tbe financial los« was plaoed at $1,500,000. The gas was cut off and the water supply was threatened. In Allegheny and Pittsburgh tbe loss is estimated at $3,000,000; it will be weeks after the wat?r.i recede before tome of the mills resume wt rk. Ten schoolbouses in Cincinnati weru occupied by tbe sufferers, who were well cured ior. At Lawreneeburg and Aurora, Ind., and < allettabusg, Ky., resi­ dents were quartered in the seoond stories of their dwellings, and at Louisville the inunda­ tion was not attended with much pri­ vation. The destruction of railway and other bridges has been widespread, and trave) and business were grsstly retarded. The plate-«lass works and other factories at New Alt-any, employing 5,000 perrons, were compelled to suspend operations. The Louis­ ville Hoard of Trade sentoutprovisions, boats, etc.. to tbe submerged districts. The Ohio Legislature authorized the Comptroller to borrow $".0,000 for the relief work. At Shawneetown, I1L, valuables are being taken to tbe upper floors. Two hundred families living above Nashville, Tenn., were forced to abandon their homes, and the drift is exceeding- heavy. Casualties life are fe v when compared to the immensity of the deluge. FOBXIQX, BAKES PASHA has met EL Mahdi in the Soudan, and got a taste of the medicine which was administered to Hieks Pasha. This seoond catastrophe made a profound sensa­ tion in London, where the local events of the day tended to magnify its moral etTecte. As to the military aspects of the defeat, there is i ttle to say. The Egyptians, upon beholding the Prophet's forces, lay down and yelled for mercy, which they failed to reeeive. Baker Kasha formed a hollow square and main­ tained it, afterward making (or the Bed goa with considerable motion.. Baker's losses are reported .at from £.000 to o.vHH Sfce Br.tisb Parliament opened its aossioa oa Whether or not Secretar/ Chandler had been impertinent fn the Greely affair was dis­ cussed without issue in the Senate on the 8th inst. Mr. Beck abandoned h!s attempt to se­ cure information relative to the discharge of a colored laborer named Dudley. Mr. Riddle- berger oifered a resolution for a joint com­ mittee to report tho cause of all removals of con­ gressional employes. Mr. Frye reported a bill to remove burdens from the American merchant marine. Mr. Logan introduced a bi.l for a com­ mission to report on the progress of the colored people since the close of thy war. The Mexican land-grant titles bill was passed, and an ad­ journment to Mondiy, the lltb, was taken. The House, aftar a debate, the conclusion of which occupied most of the day, adopted th; rales which governed the Forty-sixth Congress. Messrs. Hopkins, Ward, Lanham, and Wilson were named as the committee to investigate and determine who tells the truth--Keifer or Gen. Boynton. The House passed a resolution au­ thorizing; the loan of tents for a reunion of soldiers and sailors at Chicago in August. Resolutions were offered inquir­ ing whether anv consular officer is in­ dented to the Government on account ot fees and trust funds, and whether 'Con­ gress can impose inspection laws on pork i rod- nct destined for exportation. Another resolu­ tion provides for an appropriation of $100,000 for the sufferers by the Ohio River floods. Mr. Bandall reported the naval appropriation bill, and Mr. Willis introduced a measure tempore- 40.000 rily providing for the support of common mm schools. A resolution was offered requesting tbe President not to deliver Carlos Asruero to the Bpanlsh authorities to be tried for political of­ fenses. Ore gained so fSUOh headway as to iearly consume the tuns, and burned two liouses before It was cot tmder control. Meanwhile the seeae was harrowing Jn the extreme. It was known that six or more people were kilted or were then Imprisoned in the wreck, sn& would perish bjr fire. Men, women, sad children, bareheaded, wringing their hands, and relatives of the Inmates of the buildings destroyed, wandered about in despair at their inability to save the unfor­ tunates. F. M. Orr, Elmer Orr, hHLSon, Mrs. Homer Highland, his daughter, Mrs. Frank Evans, and two children aged 2 and 4 months, were kt^own to hare beeaa in the building at the timeof the explosion. These all perished. The woman and iitlldreb were in the second and third stones* and are supposed to have been kllles! by failing walls. Mr. Orr and son were tooth spokhn to while confined under the debris, but were burned to death. Many were also wounded. Besides those Mentioned there were two or three others Ik the store at the time of the explosion whose ASmes have not been learned, but who were spoken with beneath the rums before life had. men Crushed or burned out of them. At present au those previously known to have perished, have been extricated from the debris. Some of these are charred and mangled beyond recognition. Tho work, however, of cleiHng away the rubbish and searching for tbe bodies is being vigorously pushed forward by tbe aid of such light as is afforded by the moon and a bonfire In the street. • The scenes Immediately following the dis­ aster were well calculated to affect the most indifferent. The buildings were an indescrib­ able mass ef ruins. Men and women rushed about frantieally beseeching that something be done. Homer Highland, whose wife and child perished In the flames, was almost be­ side himself with grief and horror, as was also Frank Evans, whose wife and two chil­ dren likewise pimled. Mrs. Orr was com­ pletely prostrated by the shock. The great loss of life re ulted from tbe fact that tbe tecond and third stories were used as dwellings. The persons within Were not all killed outright, as could be too plainly told by their audible tat unavailing cries for help. Every means that oould be was used to res­ cue tbe victims, but the rapid spread of the ttames, notwithstanding the heiotc efforts of the fire company, soon drove the rescuers back. The grooery store of Mr. MoConnell, adjoining, bad seme seven or eight persons in it, but all ot them were dragged out not severely hurt The explosion was caused from fumes of gasoline, a ehild of Mr. Orr having turned the faucet la s gasoline barrel, allowing the fluid m run out on the floor. Mr. Orr was mopping up when the gas arising from the oil ignited from a gaslight sad the explosion occurred. John Curry aad Charles H. Hayden, of Dupres * Benedict's minstrels were blown out of Orr'a atore, through a plate-glass win­ dow, and earrled clear across the street, where they were picked up badly injured and carried to a hotel, but will recover. The explosion wss felt and heard for a distance of two miles, while those in the imme­ diate vicinity thought for a moment that there bad been an earthquake. Some Idea of its force may be guessed from the fact that a team of horses standing in tbe street in front were thrown against the walls of the building on tto opposite side. Tbe Orr UnAu one of the finest in the o'ty, and wa^TOMblfteted only last fall. It is a total wreck, as are the Miller block and tho building occilped by Mr. Fullerton as a leather store, and by Miss Stanley as a mil­ linery establishment. A reasonable estimate of the value of the property destroyed would be $60,000, a very small part of which was covered by insurance. " THE RECORD. Tote ef the House of BepresentatlTea on Die Bill for the Belief of . v .' FlU-John Porter. TBE MA NEW YORK. Beevks $ t.W Hoos Fi/>ur--Huperflne Wheat--No. 2 Whits No. a Bed.... Corn--No. % Oath--No. 1 Pork--Mess Lakd.... „ CHICAGO. DEEVSS--Good to Fancy Steers.. Common to Fair. Medium to Fair. floos. Pious -Fancy White Winter Ex Oiiod to Choice Winter.. Wheat--No. 2 Hpring No. 2 Bed Wintar....... Corn--No. a..; Oats--NA 2. Eye--No. 2 Bahi-ey--No 2. Butter--Choice CresaMry...... Botis--Fresh. Pork--Mess.. ^ ® 9.75 & 6.76 & 8.60 & 1.07 (9 1.12 .64 & .47 16.33 @16.75 .<0*3 .19 %H 1.01 LOO .« .42 6.76 6.00 6.00 6.U0 6.26 6.26 Lakd. . MILWAUKBK. Wheat--Na 9 COBN--NOL I Oato--No. 2 Rte--No. 2 Bablct--No 2 PORK--Meaa: Labd sr. Loom Wheat--No. 2 Bed. Corn--Mixed OATS--NO. 3 Rye Pork--Meaa Labd CINdlkNATL Wheat--No. 2 Bed 1.93 CORK OATH & 7.26 ft.75 6.75 <& 7.25 W 5.7S Igl 6.75 .«lfe<$ .92 1.0IHO 1.0« -52H«» .64 .as .#!» .AT & .59 .61 <$ .62 & .S3 .» at .40 17.00 (8117.50 -09& •#I .82 .ill 11.00 S.25 1.0S M 17.16 17.36 &TI. Poke--Mssa Lard .09 TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Bad. 1 ,n Corn--No 3 AS mum.- M Floub 6.36 Wheat--Na l Whtts 1,02 Corn--No. i ji Oats--Mixttd. so -flttjiiiBjjiin"- Wheat--Na 2 Bed. LOO Corn--No. 2 47 OATS--Altxad .66 EAST LIBHfetY, i>A- Cm ll B»'«t 6.36 Fair 6.M Common 4.7S • • • • • •• wos e-» s.«e .....i.!,.,.,,,,,*,.,,,.,,.. 6.76 & .02 » .53 & .83 & JS9 & .60 @11.60 & ».76 «9 tot & .50 .34 & .56 ««17.75 & y.7s & LS4 M 0 .49 M 0 .S7 <£« .64 (917.76 tf .09^ <9 M & .64 9 M 0 6.23 0 LOS 4M .62 & .37 018.60 0 1.02 1 :S 0 7.26 0 6.21 0 6.76 0 7.es 0 6.3# Tees--Adams (N. Y.), Alexander, iMwi, Bag- ley, Ballentine, Barbonr. Bayne, Beach, Bel­ mont, Bcnnett.Blancbard, Bland, Blount, Boyle, Breckenrldge, Broadhead, Buchanan, Buclmor, Burleigh, Cabell, Caldwell, Candler, Carlton, Caseldy, Clardy, Clay, Clements, Cobb, Col­ lins, Connolly, Co< k, Coserove, Cox (N. Y.), Coa (N. C.), Crisp, Culbeison (Tex.), Curtin, Dargan, Davidson, Davis (Mo.), Dcuster, Dibrcll, Dockery, Dorshcimer, Dowd, Duncan, Eldredge, Kvans (B. C.), Farrctl, Fiedler, Findlay, Flnerty, Follett, Foran, For­ ney, Fyan, Oibaon, Glascock, Graves, Green, Grocnlcaf, Halsell, Harmer, Hatch (Mo.)t Haynee, Hemphill, Henley, Herbert, Hewitt (N. Y.), Hewitt (Ala.), Hill. Holman, Hopkins, Houseman, Hunt, Hard, Hutching, James, Jef­ fords, Jones (Wis.), Jones (Ark.), Jones (Ala.), Jordan, Ktan, Kin?, Kleiner. Laird, Lamb, Lan­ ham, Le Fevrc, Lewis, Lone. Lore, Lovcriag, Lowry, La man, McAdoo, Mclttillin, Matson, Maybnrv, Miller (Tex.), Mitchell, Morgan, Mor- riaon, Morse, Moulton, Muldrow, Murphy, Mur­ ray. Mutchler, Neece. Nichols, Oates, O'Hara, O'Neill (Mo.), Pat ton. Pierce, Peel (Ark.), PheU-s, Poland, Post, Potier, Pryor, Pusey, Rankin, Ranney, Bay (N. H.), Reagan, Reese, liiggs, Robert-sen (Ky.), Robinson (N. Y.), Ikiokwell, Rogers (Ark.), Rogers (N. Y.l, Rosecrans, Scales, S«ncy, Seymour, Staw, BinKleton, Skinner <N. C.), Blccum, Smith. Snyder, Spr.gos, Bprlneer, Stevens, Stewart (Tex.), Stewart (Vt.), Stocb slater, Storm, Sumner (Cal.), Sumner (Wis.); Taylor (Tenn.), Thompson, Throckmorton, Tillman, Townshend, Tucker, Tulley, Turner (Ky.), Tur­ ner (Ga.), Vanalstln^, Vance, Van Eaton, Ward. Warner (Tenn.), Wellborn. Weller, Wemple, Wilkins, Williams (Wla), Wilaon (W. Va.), Wi- nans (Mich.), O. D. Wi«e (Va.), v olford. Wood, Woodward, Worthlugtoo, YSple, York, and Young -184. Navs--Adams (111.), Anderson,Atkinson, Barr, Bingham, Boutelle, Imlnerd, ltreltung, Brewer, (N. Y.), Brewer (N. J.), Browne (Ind.), Brumm, Calkins, Campbell (Pa.), Cannon, Converse,Cnl- bertaon (K.y.), Cullen, I utcheon. Davis (111.), Davis (Mass.), Dlngley, Dunham, Ellwood, Evans (Pa.), Ooff, Gcenther, Hanbaek, Hart, Hatch (Mich.), Henderson (111.), Hepburn, Hia- cock. Holmes, Booper, Horr, Honk. John­ son, Keifer. Lacy, Lawrence. McCoiil, McCormlck, McKinley, Miliiken, Morey, Mor­ rill, Nelson, Nutting, Parker, Payne, Payson, Peelle of Indiana, t'erkins, Peters, Petti bona, Price, R»d, Robinson (0.), Bo well, Russell, Ryan, Skinner (N. Y.), Spoon er. Steele, Stephen­ son. Stone, Strait, Strable, J. D. Taylor of Ohio, E. B. Taylor ot Ohio, Thomas, Wade worth, Wakefic'<f, Washbnrn, Weaver, White of Minne­ sota. and Whiting--7H. Paired--Blackburn and White of Kentucky, Brown of Pennsylvania, Ermentront, Howey, Hitt, Katon, Wait, Budd, George, Karnon, Tal- bott, Kelky, Randall, Miller of Pennsylvania, Ketch nun, Warner of Ohio, Wilson of Iowa, Kioe, Covington, Holton, Valentine, Hardy, aai Ellis. AID AZXERHKNV CITY. The waters at Pittsburgh and Allegheny toso to a greater height than at any period since Feb. 10,18SB. Immense damage was inflioted bjr the overflow. A Pittsburgh correspond­ ent thus describes the scenes: "The twin cities presents spectacle never before seen in this city. Milea o# trainable property and hundreds of hesMrare under water, whili over Ave thouss^a fsMHes are for the time without shelter. In this city the flooded dis­ trict, from the Point to Sixth street, is almost entirely inundated, while: along the banks of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, for a distance of six miles, every bouse within two blocks of the river is under water. The same is true of the South Side and Allegheny City. Every iron mill, foun­ dry, and glass factory in the two cities has been compelled to Shut down, while all the railroads excepting the Pennsylvania Central suspended traffic. Between Pittsburgh and Allegheny travel by street cars has been completely shut off. No accurate fig­ ures can yet be given as to the dam­ age, but the most conservative admit that it will mount up into the millions. A calm review of the situation this morning found between 5,000 and 6,000 buildings In the two cities submerged, and tbe residences of 35,000 people, 10,000 of whom are not able to occupy their houses. Fifteen thousand men aretempo- rai ily thrown out of employment by tho stop­ page of mills and factories. Those rendered homeless by tbe flood are being cared for in the public halls, where bedding has been fur­ nished. So far four deaths by drowning have occurred. The names of the victims are Thomas Kelly, John Jacobs, William Bow­ man, and Harvey Geniing, a boy aged 11 years. Tbe others were married and had families." VBEIUNO. A correspondent at Wheeling, W. Va., thus describes the scenes witnessed there at flood- tide: "To attempt to adequately portray the condition of affairs in this city is beyond tbe ability of the most gifted of its citizens. One-half of the city is submerged, from 5,000 to 7,000 people are rendered home­ less, and the loss in money wil] reach from S760.000 to $1,000,000. Thousands have been driven from their homes, and are crowded indiscriminately to­ gether in private residences, hotels, and market houses, or are walking the street* without any shelter whatever. Wheeling island, comprising about 800 acres, and coq- tajning a population of 4,500, is entirely un­ der water, and the loss there alone is $40u,000. Several lives have already been lost here and in surrounding towns. From Eellaire, Bridgeport. West Wheeling, and Martin's' Ferry, Ohio, and Fulton, Wellsburg, Ben- wood, and Moundsville, ^ a , heartrending ac­ counts of suffering come. Some of these towns are entirely submerged. Went Wheel­ ing, for instance, not having a solitary house out of water. Within a radius of fifteen miles 20,000 people are homeless, and a loss of $5,000 000 has been sustained. The river at Wheeling, ordiearily but 600 feet wide. Is no* swollen to a mile and a quarter, and this will give some faint idea of the havoc and ruin wrought. Deaths by drown­ ing are reported from several points." An­ other correspondent telegraphed from Wheel­ ing that "fully 10,000 people were driven f rom their homes by the ikod, but a third of these are comfortably quartered at hotels or loarding houses, or with their friends. Public schools aad churches have been thrown oren, and people are housed and fed there. 1 here lias been more damage to property than ever before.. It is impossible to esti­ mate the losses, but they will aggregate over $1,000,000. The Baltimore and Ohio's wires are all down, and telephone communication with all suburbs is cut off. The water and gas works gave out, and tbe city is In dark­ ness. The streets of balf the city are navi­ gable only In boats, and all sorts of Im­ provised craft are plying ns ferries. Many people are exposed on the island, not a spot of which remains above water." CINCINNATI, A-Cincinnati dispatch reports: "A worSS flood than ever stares Cincinnati In the faoe, and wreck and rain is imminent. At 6 o'clock this evening the river was over sixty feet and still going up. Ail tbe river front is un­ der water, aud for squares back among the jwholosale houses atod factories tbe tires are but, the wheels stilled, the men idle and crowding tho streets. Forewarned by the.ex­ perience of last year, tbe wholesale houses ibave removed tbe most of their goods. The millions of dollars of damage last ,jyear from this source will not be ^repeated to that extent. How many [ipeople are driven out of their homes by the pood cannot now be estimated, but it will reach probably 20,000 In the three cities be- |fO:°e noon to-morrow, unless the rising floods ai'e checked. Already the relief eommittee is preparing to feed and bouse the victims that are sure to present themselves. The Council is preparing to appropriate 9100,000 for relief. It Is estimated that 5,000 build­ ings on the Cincinnati side have water on the first floor, and 2,000 on the Kentucky side. There has been 10 loss of life and no great destruction of property. The most terious loss is that arising from the suspension of business." OTHER POINTS. At New Albany, Ind., the plate glass-works were compelled to shut down in ull the de­ partments. Fill eon hundred to two thousand persons are thrown out of employment tem­ porarily by tbe stoppago of these works. A large number of other manufactories along the river front had to stop work, throw­ ing about 6,000 persons out of em­ ployment. Notwithstanding tho large number of persons in enforced idleness from tb# flood there was but little suffering, and the city and county authorities were promptly relieving those who needed It. At Jeflerson- vill°, four miles above New Albany, se­ rious lors was inflicted, nearly all the houses in the town being un­ der waler. At Lo<>isril!e, opposite Jof- fersanvillo, tbe principal loss was in lumber, about 3,000,000 feet having been washed away. People living in the low i-ections took warning from their exporlenceof last year, and moved out before the flood came. The levee broke at Lawrcnceburg, Ind., and in­ undated the town. The people bad prepared themselves for tbe watery invasion, aud con­ sequently no serious losses ensued, beyond those entailed by a temporary suspension of business. Nearly all the rivera throughout Ohio and Western Pennsylvania overflowed their banks. Inflicting serious .damage to town sad farm property-along their hanks. HEAYT DAMAGES. ••Fdtct Atalait the Boston and Kond for Nearly 630,000. [Boston Dispatch.] A Jury in the Superior Court to-day re­ turned the large verdict of S2£,920 for James B. David, of 8omorville, in his suit against tbe Boston and Albany railroad. David sought to recover £0,000 for personal injuries while traveling from Boston to Weetfleld In 188S. On the arrival of the train at Springfield from Boston it is divided to make up trains for Al­ bany and New York City, and the aocident was caused by the bell rope not being de­ tached from tbe uncoupled cars, which, when tbe Albany part of tbe train started, rang the bell in the engine room, bringing the car in whieh tbe plaintiff was seated to a sudden stop, aad threw him with great violence against the seat in front of him, caused, as was claimed, permanent paralysis. The cause will go up to the Supreme Court on exceptions, and a motion will profapbly ho made for a new trial. Dakces for married people only, feature of Oshkosh social life. LABOR TROUBLES. Maryland Workingmen Lobbying tor Iter vorable Legislation. A recent dispatch from Baltimore says; "Agitation of laws for the benefit of the working classes ia now at Its height in this 8tate. Gov. McLano started tbe ball by •ending to the Legislature a message advo­ cating the passage of a bill making eight hours a day's labor in all parts of the State, a bill to prevent children under 12 years of age from working In facto­ ries, a bll to establish a bureau of labor statistics, a bill for tbe inspection of fact­ ories, and the repeal of the conspiracy act, which prevents men from eomblning to raise their wage». As scon as tbe Governor Kent in this raestag" there was a strong protest from manufacturers in all parts of the State, par­ ticularly with reference to the eljrht hour bill. On the other hand, the miners In the Cum­ berland re:lcn and the Knights of Labor in all (arts of tbe State vigorously applaud the Governor, snd are doing their best to tecum the passage of there bills." VaU Rlva r Weaver*. the weavers of Focasect mill struck last week, aad tbe mill was closed. It employed TOO hands, and has a pay-roll of $3,400 weekly. The Brown mill is a!so closed by a strike of lhe weavers. Thirteen mills are now shut down at Fall River. The Tccumseh Cor­ poration has voted to supplant mulea by ring- splnnlmr frames. These frames are run by girls. The 01 her mills are likely to take tho same course. The strikers claim that tbe lessening of tbe supply, and not reducing wages, is the only remedy to Improve the market and enhance prices. Tbe reduction ia confined to operatives, while the salaries of officials are untouched. The striking spinners complain of annoying sur veil In nee. Tbey ha'-e issued an appeal for aid to the trades unions of New Enxlund. MoTtrimiTAsmse s man mi fcafin risl is can enjov "poor" health,^?.. AitkMtfteAttoatrf toMm ftuilwi «f Tokar. Airffil of ths Psdo-8triokan Bui»inu» a| tks OoMt After a Mad Through the Desert. ' no news of the defeat of Baker Pasha m lhe Soodan, while attempting to relieve tbe garrison of Tokar, created intense excite­ ment in London. Little else was talked of among the members of Parliament and the various attacMTof the Government. Much orltioism of the policy of tbe Government in the management of affairs In Egypt has again heen renewed. Lord Salisbury severely condemns the oourse which has been pursued throughout, sad tauntingly accuses the ad­ ministration of having again displayed its usual optimistical policy, although in the face of almost certain disaster. From the mass of cable dispatches relating to Baker Pa­ sha's defeat, we oomofle the following succinct acoount of the disastrous affair: Baker was led Into amhosh by a aheMr, who, pretending to be friendly, asserted that the rebels in the vicinity of Tokar numbered less four thousand men, many of whom were un­ armed, while there were In fact 80,000 well- armed men under Sheik Khadir and Osman Diqua, awaiting his approach. The success of the rebel stratagem was complete, Baker Pasha a forces being taken by surprise. After a short encounter, during which the Bgyptian troops under Baker Pasha's com­ mand displayed the utmost cowardice, his force was routed, and fled in all directions, only & small remnant escaping alonsr tb© road back to Trlnkltat. Baker Pasha lost his entire equipment of guns, cannons, stores, and camp utensils. Baker Pasba him­ self was among the small number of fugitives that escaped from the field, and reached the coast in safety. The flght began by a few Arab horsemen attacking Baker Pasha's cavalry, which fled. Baker formed a square, which the enemy sur­ rounded. The rest of the Egyptians then fled in confusion and tbe gunners deserted their guns. Baker Pasha was several times surrounded by tho enemy, but, with his staff managed to out his way through. The ene­ my's force was inferior in numbers to Baker Pasha's. Only three sides of a square were formed, owing to the fact that two companies of Egyptian troops stood still, overcome with fright. The enemy poured into this gap, when the Egyptians threw away their rlties and flung themselves upon the ground, screaming i'or mercy. The troops on one Side of the square killed many of their own men by wild firing. The enemy betrayed profound contempt for their opponents. The Egyptian cavalry threw away their saddles and turned their horses loose, effecting a re­ treat on foot, in order that they might not be sent back to fight again. The slaughter of Baker's lorcee continued all the way back to Trlnkltat. The Egyptians were panic stricken and fell upon their knees, but their appeals flnr mercy were fruitless. The Arabs seized them by their necks, thrust spears into their backs, Rnd savagely out their throats. Tlw- Bnglisbhien missing are Maurice Bey, Surgeon Leslie, Capts. Foster and Walker, Lieuts. Carroll, Smith, and Wat- kins. Ten other foreign officers are missing. Tbe fugitives, huddled together on the shore at Trlnkltat, might easily have been slaugh­ tered, hut the enemy gave over the pursuit. The men embarked as quickly aB possible upon six transports lying there, and, with Baker and Col. Sartoris, arrived at midnight at Suakim. The rebels captured five guns, 30,000 pounds of oannon ammunition, 3,000 riees, and an enormous quantity of cart­ ridges. TKWrtK BIY'R FOR€15 ANNIHILATED. A Suakim dispatch says that the enemy surrounded and destroyed Tewflk Bey and 400 followers between Sinkat and the coast, while attempting to cut their way through the enemy. A Cairo dispatch reports that tribes beyond Korosko are in full revolt. Gen. Gordon, who has arrived at Korosko, is unable to proceed on his journey to Khar­ toum. Death of ROAD AGENTS. A Hot light with Hlghwuymen ta Texas. (Telegram from Concho, Texr s.] A stage going to Abilene met tbe incoming mail from that town, which gave information that it had been stopped #bout a mile back, the mail robbed of all the cash, and one of the passengers relieved of f26. The first- named coach had aboard Sergeant Turbom, of the State rangers; Sheriff Gerald, of Don Juan County, Kewr Mexico; Edgar Stetson, of Oshkosh, Wis.; Samuel P. Cochran, of Lallas, Tex., and a United States soldier. The ranger and Sheriff were alone armed. They ordered the driver to go ahead, and quietly laid tbeir pistols across their laps. When the spot was reached the coach was commanded to halt by two marked men com ing from the mesquite brush. The Sheriff tired. The shot was returned. The ranger then took aim and fired. The man threw bis pistol into the air, placed his bands over his stomach and fell. The hr rses t tarted and the firing from and into the stare continued with great rapidity. Sheriff Gerald was hit in the shoulder, and a sccoud ball entered his back and passed through his stomach. A spent ball struck Cochrnn in the back, and tiiffee balls passed through his overcoat. He was not, however, seriously hurt. The coach drove to Concho as <juickly as possible. Gerald will die. This is the third robbery of the same coaoh within a month. MURDERED BT ROBBERS. R(-Seutor Cooper of Tennessee, Reported Killed Near a Mexican Town. [Dispatch from Culiacan, Mexico.] Judge Henry Cooper, formerly United States Senator from Tennessee, was killed by robbers near this city yesterday. No further particulars. He was manager of the famous Polk silver mine, and left home In November with $30,000 In United States ex­ change to pay off f.hc del its of the concern and start a mill. Scon after bis arrival in Mexico he wrote back that he had struck very rich ore, many pockets running to thousands of dollars per ton, and would start the mill as soon as supplies were received from Culiacan. He was on his way there for that purpose wben killed. Tbe mine is bigb up in tbe Sierra Madrc Mountains and the country between there and Culiacan is infested with robhe-s. pud^c Henry Cooper was elected United States Senator from Tennessee as a Lemocrut (defeating Andrew Johnson), to succeed Joseph 8. Fowler, Union Bepublioan, and served from March 4,1871, to March 3, 1877.] _. HENNEPIN CANAL. A O--amlttee TrlnmphTat Waihlî ton. [Washington Telegram.) The Committee on liailways and Canals, acting in accordance with the wishes of the Illinois and Iowa delegations in Congress, adopted Judge Murphy's bill instead of that of Mr. CuUom. The former provides for con- stn eting tbe Hennepin canal, which would pive the advantage o. water communication from Chicago to the Mississippi at an earlier period, while Mr. Cullom's bill simply provides Tor the acceptance and enlargement of tho Illinois and Mkhigan canal. The committee bold that with Mttrphf's proportion accom­ plished, Mr. Cullom's proposition would nat­ urally follow in good time. Tbe Committee on Bit era and Harbors, to which the Henne­ pin bill will be ref erred when it shall have been reported 1 rom the Committee on Kail- ways and Canals, comprises many stanch fr.etid-i of tbe irojei t, and Judge Murphy has tie good foitune to be a member of both committees. MT'RDEBED HER HUSBA&K* Vearttol Crime tea New York HoepMal. [New York Dispatch.) An extraordinary crime was committed at the Charity Hospital in this city. A woman gpmed Hall visited her sick husband at the hospital, and, while apparently engaged in fixing tho bod-clotbing about him, she placed her hand over bis mouth to prevent his crying for help, and drawing a large oh'.sp-kutio from ber bosom p'unged it into his body four times. 'J"bo first time she sank the blade deep into his left shoulder. She then cut him terribly in the arm and groin, and finally walked quietly out of tbe plan, leaving him senseless in his lied, with thekni:e sticking In his left hip Mrs. Hall left tho island herorej tbe act was difrovered, and has not keensefzr or heard of since. / Wendell PhlOipa, tfes "sOver'toatgoed era- » tor," is dead. After sa aaoolstaff fltesas he. expired peaoefnlly at his heme in Boston oa theMof ttobruary. Mr. Phmipswssslekfor ̂ . aev*11 "fgins wmtmisL a disease tot ' l " * which hla fatter aad two brothers succumbed. Hia last public address, at the unveiling olp'-jg Harriet Martineaa a states, a aaonth before,» had been a severe tax ttjpdftklm,'and belt 8eem«d to feel keenly the waning Of hla. f physical and mental powers. MrTrtkiffps hsdt - hmAJS° fX! ptttonailoiis of hear* trouble, >> so tfiat the final attack was fcs ̂ *mrpriss '̂V ̂ to himself pr /amlly. Ho was c<*ecloua ' throughlit; sll, but he realized a day or two* > ago that it waa an unequal struggle, and tohfc hia physicians that be should die.. When l« * > became evident that hla life OofiM not® 4 be spared, the physicians devoted their en? ergles simply to rendering more peaceful hist * last hours. During the more severe attacks. * of pain be waa kept partially under tbe In* fluenee of anmrthetwa, but his saOming was. , v still great. Gradually be sabk lower, keep­ ing consciousness to tbe last. His invalid* , wife and other members of his family wereK'2 about the bed during the laat boors, and hekf recognized them all He spoke but little, audi his last words--about a matter of personalis comfort--were spoken about half an hourl? before theend oatne. Wendell Phillips was born In Boston, Nov. 29,1811. His father was John Phillips, the* i first Mayor of Boston. Wendell graduated Harvard College in 1831, at the law school lot 1838, snd waa admitted to the bar in 183*., Three years after beginning the practice of hi#professlon in bis native city he became, known to the public ae an eloquent advncatei, of the anti-slavery, temperance, and wom- an's-rlghts reforms, then being earnestly agi­ tated, and continuod his indefatigable laborst during the conflict of opinion on the slavery question which preceded the civil war. In. 1836 be beoame a Garrison Abolitionist, hav­ ing been a warm admirer of Garrison and am enthusiast on tho anti-slavery question for many years. So strong were his convictions* on the slavery question that In 1830 he relin­ quished law practice from unwillingness to> observe the oath of fealty to the Federal Con­ stitution. His first notable speech was made in Fan- euil Hall, in December, 1837. E. P. Lovejoy- had been murdered by a mob at Alton, 111., where he was publishing a paper ef the most, radioal anti-slavery opinions. Dr. Channing, of Boston, had called an indignation meet­ ing at Faneull Hall. James T. Austin, the- Attorney General of tbe State of Massachu­ setts, apologized for the bloody deed of ttie> ! mob, and said that Lovejoy waa presumptu­ ous und imprudent, and that " he diod as | the fool dietb." Wendell Phillips, then a. I young man fresh from college, replied! j to the vindicator of mob violence. " Fellow- cltlzsna," j-aid he, " Is this Fonouil Hall doc­ trine? Tbe mob at Alton wore met to> wrest from a citi/.on bis Just rights--met to- resist the laws. We have been told that our fathers did the same, and the glorious mantle> . of Bevolutionary precedent baa been thrown over the mobs of our dayl Sir, when I heard tho gentleman lay down jninciples,, which place the murderers of Alton side by side with Otis and Hancock, with Quincy and Adams, I thought those pictured, lips, [pointing to the portraits in the hall] would have broken into voice to re­ buke tbe recreant American, the- slanderer of tbe dead. [Groat sensation, and applause.] The gentleman said that he should sink <nto significance if he dared to- ' - gainsay the principles of these resolutions. Sir, for the sentiments he has uttered on soil consecrated by tbe prayers of puritans andt the blood of patriots, the earth should have yawned and swallowed him. James Otto thundered in this hall, when the King d.'dbut touch his pocket. Imagine, If you can, bis indignant eloquence had England offered to- put a gag upon his lips." From that time till 1R01 Mr. Pbfllips was a. prominent leader and the most popular ora­ tor of the abolitionists. He advocated disun­ ion as tho only road to abolition until the* , opening of the civil war, after whieh he sus­ tained the Government for a similar reason. In 1863-4 be advocated arming, educating, and enfranchising the freedmen, and lor the- two latter purposes prooured the continuance- of the Anti-Slavery Baeiety till at ter the adop­ tion of the fifteenth amendment in Probably the last publio act of Mr. Phillips was to write, the day before he died, a letter" to Bev. Dr. Miner, urging that he and allt other friends of humanity go to toe Superior court at Worcester the next day and urge- that a light sentence be imposed on llurnham Wardwoll, "the prisoners' friend," who waa to be sentenced on that day for uttering a criminal libel on the Sheriff of that county. The letter was writ ten against tho protest of Mr. Phillips' physician, who said that even so- slight an exertion might result fatally. The singular fact that Mis. Phillips sur­ vives her husband excites much commont. When they were married about thirty years ago, sbe was a hopelO-s invalid, and one reason for her uniting herself to Mr. Phillips was her great desire that her for une, which WHS considerable, might he devoted to the causa of anti-slavery. She fixpecfed to die soon and thus seal her devotion to the cause In which her affection was centered. During the ensuing years Mrs. Phillips has lingered helpless, the object of her husband's constant love. Many touching incidents of Mr. Phillips' attention to his wife are told. OTHKK DEATHS. Dr. Addison P. Dutcher, of Cleveland, Ohio, a great-grandson of the BroWn Dutcher immortalized by Washington Irving; Judge A. W. Sheldon, Associate Justice of Arizona; Gautier do Kumilly, French statesman; Dr. Elisha Harris, Secietary of tho New York 8tate Board of Health; George W. Jones, a prominent citizcn of Cincinnati; Joseph M. Hoi brook, member of the lowa Legislature; Bev. Louis E. Hastlot rector of tho American colony at Home; Carl Orlnf Bjorling, Swed­ ish Bishop; George W. Fuller, for fifty years a prominent citizen of Galena, 111.; Mrs. George H. Evans, of Lea Moines, lowa, said to bo the originator of the observances of Decoration Day; H. E. Packer, of Ifanch Chunk, Pa., President of the Lehigh Valley ltailroad; Abraham Haywood, the Bnglish author; Goo. Oliver H. Palmer, a prominent New Torker; John A. Kline, tbe leading banker of Vlcksburg, Miss.; M. Bouber. the Bonapartist leader in France; Josephine Galimever, the famous actress of Vienna^ Austria; Edward Vale, the oldest merchant at Laporte, Ind. PRorooRACNiko on silk ami lines is suatMluliy practiced in Loudon. m • LAPSED LAND GRANTS. Katay Million* of Acres Reatored to tha Public Domain--The Texas Pad He. i , ̂ [Washington Tetegrajjk], Congress gave an assurance to-day [Jan. 31] of its intention with reference to al) lapsed loni grants by quickly disposing of the batch of grants to Southern roads and re­ sisting a strong appeal from representative# of the State of Mississippi to except the Gulf and i-hlp Island grant from the wholesale declaration of forfeiture. Tbey admitted that the terms of the giant bad not been com­ piled with, and asked exemption from forfeit­ ure upon the kround that the intervention of t.be war, followed by several jears of disor­ der, prevented eempiianoa with the terns. Their appeal made an impression upon a few Southern men, but the majority against them was overwhe lming. The Texas Paoifle grant, in which Judge Payson had made an able rejort, giving the reasons for restoring . the land to the public domain, was 1 assed without debato and with only one dissenting vote. The dissenter was Barr, of Pennsyl­ vania, a personal and political friend oft the late Tom Scott, of the Pennsylvania road. The vote on this forfeiture bill was recorded, so that every man might bo able to show his record, but it was observed that not a few dodged wben their names were called. The Public Lands Committee is rratified at the sweeping suooess of its first efforts to got back ths squandered millions of acres. [From the Chicago Tribune.] Judge Payson and the people triumphed' In the House yesterday. No tnaoh disaster ever before fell in one day on tbe foroea of monopoly. First a bill passed Involving tbe forfeiture of grants of over 7,000,000 acres of land In Mississippi aad Alabama. Next came Mr. Huntington, and in about ten min­ utes the 15,000,000 grab of the Texas Paeiflo was restored to Unole Sam. TOe Oregon Cen­ tral will next forfeit l,.r OJ.OOO acrea, and Vdo California corporations will let go shoot 6,U00,tMX) seres more. The committee on Public Lauds has the (ull confidence of tho House, snd is rapidly pushing forward tbe good work. Thickk are twenty-seven lawyers sad twenty-five farmers in the Ohio Lsglslatare.