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»ARG § KTNDCAL<* I. VAN M.YKE. Editor and Publisher. McHENBY, ILtJNOIS. ITHE NEWS CONDENSED. TOE EAST. • TKS damage in Boston and vicinity by the recent flood is estimated at $1,000,000. iThe police boats supplied food and fuel to families driven from their houses. Tre- V tnont street was entirely under water from ear stables at Lenox street to a point lvl»ove Calxit street. Considerable damage ft,.; ,%as done in the vicinity of Baltimore and " , Washington by a rise in the Potomac and ijjf |Knsquehanna Rivers. All over the country - ; Jiigh water and serious damage by flooding * is reported. t . THE funeral services over the remains of I.' fhe late Horatio Seymour were held in Trin- Church, Utica, previous to which thou- " lands viewed the remains as they lay in state * tn the residence of ex-Senator Conkling. V^yhe IKKIV was placed in the Chapel of Roses , # 4 ; it Forest Hill Cemetery, where the sculptor, > JDavid Richards, took a cast of the features •Of the dead statesman... .Flames destroyed stores at Whitehall, N. Y., valued at * $00,000, and twelve buildings at Sharps* , onrg. Pa., worth $30,000. SULLIVAN, the pugilist, answers Ryan's tiscent challenge by saying that he is not .i ' again desirous of entering the ring, but will ; ? " ̂ iaot fight Ryan unless the stakes are $5,000 * '•* side, five friends of each to be present, . , kid gloves to be worn, the battle to be to a , Anish, and to be fought six - weeks after ^^.-•""ijfening articles: ' JOHN B. GOUGH, for the past forty years the leading orator in the cause of temper- ' «nce. died in Philadelphia. He was born • 111 England in 182*2 .. Gen. Sherman de- ; ; '•••Med at Pittsburgh tliat he disparaged Gen. Grant in the Smith letter, recently referred ^ ;; The letter was written to procure iufor- v " iiation, as }»e was at the time preparing a -#ilogy of ($ten. Grant., ' •* THF.WEst, ' MR. C. H. MCCORMICK suspended' ----Operations in hie reaper factory at Chicago, i f tljfter yielding in the matter of wages, be- . Clause the discharge of five non-union men *as demanded by the workmen. . The num­ ber of persons thrown out of employment lis fourteen hundred. . ..A convention of third and fourth class Postmasters has been ib session in Chicago. A number of rec- Smmendations for the improvement of the ervice were reported by committees and Adopted in the form of resolutions. AT the school of the Holy Trinity in St. Louis, Sister Euphrosyne threw herself from a fourth-story window and was killed. An incendiary fire at Greenbush, Wis., caused the death of James Ehle, his wife, ' father, and three children, and Miss ' Kinney.... George Q. Cannon, the Mor- JUon leader, undertook to escape from a federal Marshal by leaping from a train at 'roniontory, but was speedily recaptured.... St. Louis dispatch says: "Of the sixty- tight boats which composed the Govern­ ment fleet which broke away from its moor­ ings at Carroll'6 Island Sunday night, only * sixteen have been saved, among them the most valuable of the steamers, which is se­ riously damaged. Six of the' others are known to lie sunk. The rest, with the large steamer General Humphreys and a steam launch, are lost and probably sunk or considerably injured by collision with each other or with ice, of which the river is full. The whole fleet had cost the Govern­ ment about a quarter of a million dollars, and the loss will very newly reach $200,000, unless some of the boats are recovered fur­ ther down the river." MEMBERS of the Denver Board of Trade loaded a car with provisions and clothing for the sufferers by fire at Flagstaff, Arizona. ....T. B. Clark, of North Manchester, Ind., declined the advice of friends to sue the Wabash Road for loss by the death of his son, an employe, and without solicita­ tion the company sent him a check for $300 toward a monument The suicide of Sarah Wilkenson at Belleville, HI., ; Confirms the suspicion that it was she who last month murdered William Massey, en­ gineer of the Gartside coal mine, the cause being jealousy. THE verdict of the Coroner's jury in the { fase of the burning of the Ehle family, ,»ear Plymouth, Wis., was that the fire was 1 Sie result of an accident. The hired man is generally believed to be innocent. GEOBGE Q. CANNON, the noted Mormon, Was brought into court at Salt Lake, Utah, »«nd held in $45,000 bonds. His attempt to v£4Mape from the officers by jumping from a ,. train resulted in a broken nose and some bruises. A Nevada Sheriff was offered §1,000 to permit Cannon to escape, but re­ fused the bribe. A dispatch from Salt Lake /gays: "Thomas Birmingham, to-day, in Hie Third District Court, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and •$00 fine. Abram H. Cannon took file witness 6tand in his unlawful oohabitation case. When asked if two women were his wives and he had lived with them, he replied: 'They are, thank God. I have lived with them as charged.' Prompt conviction followed. Henry Din- woody pleaded guilty, withdrawing his plea of not guilty of unlawful cohabitation, and promised obedience to the law. John Bowen, convicted on his own evidence, asked immediate sentence, and was given six months' imprisonment and $300 fine." .... Captain Lockwood, of the Engineer . Corps, has reported to the Secretary of War that the railway bridge spanning the river at St. Joseph, Mich., is an obstruction to free and safe navigation.... The Rev. Jesse B. Braley, of Nortonville, Ky., drowned himself at St. Louis to forestall an investigation into his private habits. GEORGE M. THOMPSON, cashier for the Pullman Palace Car Company at Cincin­ nati, placed $475 in bills and silver on a desk in a bank in that city while he wrote a check, but when he turned to pocket the cash it had disappeared. There is no clew to the thieves Charles Crocker, of San Francisco, has given $33,000 to the Girls and Boys' Aid Society, with which to erect a building on the lot donated by Senator Fair A masked mob at Nicolaus, Cal., forced the forty-four Chinamen in the town to board a steamer, and com­ pelled the captain of the vessel to take them to San Francisco The Union Pacific has reduced passenger rates from St. Louis to Los Angeles, Cal., $30, $34, and $25 on unlimited, limited, and second- class tickets respectively Santa Fe (N. M.) dispatch: "Eight sheep-herders on the ranch of Solomon Luna, Valencia County, near the Arizona line, had a fight with the Apaches recently, and all the herders were killed. The Luna brothers, with two mounted forces, have gone to the •ottw of the fight." the indebtedness at the outbreak of the war. JUDGE JAMES P. COMS, a prominent citizen of Galveston, who owhed much of the unoaoWjued property within the city limits* Iras found dmdip^hie office At a •ittlement *ear Talahpb, Arkansas, the James family, of six persons, Was killed by • negro. , : : • .• *** WAAmwrdit. ̂ THE propriety of recommending legisla­ tion to indemnify Chinamen for losses sus­ tained bv recent outbreaks in the Terri­ tories was discussed by Uie Cabinet the other day. Claims for damages resulting from the affair at Rock Springs have already been filed with the Secretary of State... .Land Commissioner Sparks has sent papers to Secretary Lamar in regard to timber depredations by Daniel Chaplin, of La Grande, Ore., and recommended that both criminal and civil suite, be begun against him. Chaplin contract­ ed with the Oregon Railroad and Navi­ gation Company to supply timber and ties for the construction of the road from Meacham Creek to Union. Chaplin built nine saw-mills along the line and cut 8,698,- 200 feet of timber on Government land and on the Umatilla Reservation. The report to Lamar states that in the process of cutting the timber 892.000 feet were wasted. Sparks recommends that Chaplin, Steinaker «fc Co., at Weston, and the officers of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company be in­ dicted and prosecuted civilly. THE Chinese Minister visited. Secretary Bayard and- informed him of a projected movement to drive the Chinese from Cali­ fornia, claiming that the act would be dis­ astrous to the Chinese laboring classes and ruinous to Chinese merchants. It is hinted that in case the Chinese are expelled the Pekin Government will demand a money indemnity, as has been paid for injuries sustained by Americans in China. THE House of Representatives has passed the bill to protect homestead settlers within railway limits. It provides that all such settlers restricted to less than 160 acres who make an additional entry under the acts of March and July. 1879, shall be entitled to have the lands covered by the additional en­ try patented without any further cost or proof of settlement and cultivation. THE House Public Lands Committee will modify the bill granting the right of way across the northern border of the Yellow­ stone National Park to a railroad company so that the favored corporation shall nave no claim on minerals along the route and Congress shall have control of charges for transportation, as well as the right to alter or repeal the act. POLITICAL. AT a caucus of twenty Republican Sen­ ators, held on the 17th inst., it was resolved to offer in open session resolutions de­ nouncing as reprehensible the conduct of the Attorney General in refusing to furnish information demanded, and declaring that the Senate will not confirm appointees in whose cases there has been a refusal to give reasons for the vacancy. THE President has made the following nominations: James B. Groome, to be Collector of Customs for the district of Baltimore. Md.; J. Freeman Raisin, to be Naval Officer of Customs in the district of Baltimore, Md.; Frank I. Phelps, to be Surveyor of Customs for the port of La Crosse. Wis.; Alfred B. Judd. to be Pen­ sion Agent at Milwaukee, Wis.; William M. Campbell, to be Marshal of the United States for the district of Minnesota; Pendle­ ton King, of North Carolina, to be Secre­ tary of Legation of the United States at Constantinople. AN Associated Press telegram from Washington says: - Attorr.e-y-Generai Garland said to-day in an interview that be *as glad an investigation of his relations to the Pan-Electric and Bell Tele­ phone Companies was to be made, and hoped it WODU be thorough, and that everything would be revealed and made public. It has been a sorted, he said, that he ought to do something to relieve himself and the administration of criticism because a suit had been brought by the Government against the Bell patent, wliile he, a member of a rival telephone company, was at the head of the Department of Justice. He had. considered the matter thoroughly, and had- determined to take steps to meet this in a way that would, he thought, satisfy all ifople -who desire to be satisfied. This action would be taken at once were it next for the pending investigation, in the face of which his motives might l>e misconstrued. He was deter­ mined to carry out his intentions alter the in­ vestigation. whatever the result of that investi­ gation might be. In reply to an inquiry, he said that this statement did not foreshadow his res­ ignation. CU2IVE: Ex-SENATOR WIIOJAM H. BABXUM ha* retired from the position of general man­ ager of the Iron Cliff Mining Co., and is succeeded by John Abeel, of New York Reports have reached Canada that six mounted policemen were killed by Indians near Regina, and that the police at Edmon­ ton and Saskatchewan bid defiance to their officers. IT is not true that aU our importations are subjected to the rapacity of the tax col­ lector. Even the custom house can respect the dead--wheu ordered to do so. A few days ago a box arrived in New York which was forwarded to Philadelphia without be­ ing opened for examination. The box con­ tained the ashes of a lady who had died abroad and her remains were cremated; but it was described in the consular invoice as containing "samples of phosphate of lime." MEXICAN bandits attacked J. T. Preston and Captain G. H. Howser, both of Coun­ cil Bluffs, Iowa, on Mexican territory, kill­ ing Howser and wounding Preston in the arm. A MOB of hungry French Canadians and Indianfe gathered at Paspebiac, Quebec, and raided the principal stores, carrying away nearly 300 barrels of flour .. Count de Lesseps reached Colon, tfnd was wel­ comed by the entire official staff of the Panama Canal Company. THE SOUTH. % "Vy is? A company has been organized in Arkan­ sas, with a capital of $1,500,000, to build a i. railway 150 miles in length, from Fort Smith to the Bed River, in Texas. AT Pine Bluff, Ark., the wife of a negro > named Gray gave Stony Vincent, an old farmer. $1 for telling her fortune, for which Qny beat Vincent to death with a club. A BILL prepared by the Lieutenant Gov­ ernor of Virginia to facilitate the settlement of the debt of that commonwealth has been introduced in the State Senate. It provides for the appointment of three commissioners to taatea apon Wert Virginia one-thud of Alexandre Dumas, in Paris, was thickly painted with a blaek substance during Sun­ day night by some unknown person. The staiiB, iWoh is of bronze, is not damaged. ... "inquiry shows that during the Loudon \iot» the police force was inadequate, and the authorities werw negligent and ineffi­ cient. The Home Secretary has been ad­ vised to dismiss Col. Henderson, the chief of the department. \ SIMON LOCK, a * banker > fct Soleute, Switzerland, who failed with liabilities ag­ gregating 2,000,000 francs, has been im­ prisoned for fraud... .Joseph Chamberlain, a member of the Gladstone Cabinet, has quarreled with his Radical colleague. Sir Charles Dilke, because of the latter's con­ nection with the recent Crawford scandal. Mr. Chamberlain also differs with his chief on the Greek policy of the Government, and threatens to resign if the British fleet coerces the Greek fleet. THE German Bundersrath voted unani­ mously in favor of Bismark's spirit mon­ opoly bill.... At tne reassembling of Par­ liament. on Feb. 18, Mr. Gladstone stated in the House of Commons that after the conclusion of the financial business on hand the Irish policy of the Government would be outlined. Regarding Eastern affairs the plans of Lord Salisbury remained in force. TARIFF LEGISLATION. ADDITIONAL NEWBs THE Woman's Suffrage National Conven­ tion, in session at Washington last week, adopted resolutions reaffirming confidence in the national method of securing the ballot to women through an amendment to the Federal Constitution: calling on Congress to submit to the States -at once the question of the right of women to vote; protesting against the ad­ mission to the Union of any Territory where the elective franchise is denied to women: declaring the National Woman's Suffrage Association to be non-partisan in politics, and protesting against the passage in its present shape of the bill now pending in Congress to suppress polygamy as ( iscrim-- inating unjustly against gentile snl non- polygamous Mormon women for crimes never committed by them. TKF. Canadian Government has decided to send through the Northwest, under the cdtamand of General Middleto.i. a flying column of artillery, accompanied by squads from the cavalry and infantry schools.. .. The business failures during the week num­ bered for the United States 251. and,for Canada 35, or a total of 28t>, ns compared with 275 the week previous. Teitgrmis to Bradstreet's present seme changrs of detail as to the condition of general trade, yet the ' situation as a whole is not widely different from that previously reported. At Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit. Indianapolis, Mem­ phis, and Kansas City the movement of merchandise has been more active and is increasing. This is true to some extent also at Cincinnati. At St. Paul, Minneap­ olis, Dulnth, and Davenport business is fair and the prospects point to a trood spring trade. On the other hand, the dis­ tribution of staples from the larger Atlan­ tic seaboard cities has been smaller, and is plainly disappointing. At Boston the situ­ ation makes observers there less hopeful. Dry goods are in lighter demand and there is a tendency to mark up prices, -owing to labor troubles and higher wages and to make delivery contracts conditional on no labor troubles. The industrial situation is no less involved, the frequency of strikes and boycotts to enforce the demands of organized employes being conspicuous and more numerous than previously. THE Blair educational bill was discussed apan in the Senate on Feb. 19. Senator Evarts sup­ ported the bill. Senator Ingalls opi>osed '.lie bill aa a Southern measure. He saw no reason why the common schools should be turn el ov:>r to the Federal Government, and he criticised the South for calling on the General Government t.ir aid. Senator How denied that the bill vas a Southern measure. He himself drafted thu first of these education trlls ten or fifteen yeuvs ago. The measura was a Northern idea, sup­ ported by Northern sentiment. Only three Southern votes were Kiv<m lothe first bill i f tho kind. Senate;s Wilson (Md.) and IIarri8 op­ posed the bill on constitutioniii grounds. They object d to interference on the part of the Gen­ eral Government with vho schools of a ^tr.te. Kenator Morrill, from th" t'onjimitae on Finance, rep jited favorably Sentt jr Hurler's bill autiior- izij:g tho H; cratary of the Treasury to deliver, upou satisfactory proof of o.\ iierflii'i, to tlu claimants thereof, the silverware, jewelry, mid o:her property deposited -iu the T'ieasurv by tho Secrotarv of War in Ji:n*, lSG'J, ns propirty oapt /i i >i by the United States rr.ny during th« late war, tmd providing that all KI'.C.I property remaining in tho 'iver.sury for two years niter the passego of the act shall bj rold at public a,iefion, and the pro- CfeJg "of the sale covered into the Treasury. The Senate passed billn to reinovs tho political disabilities of Alexandt r P. Htewnr . of MisBis- aippi, Thomas L. Konser of Virgil ia. end E. G. Butler of Missouri. A resolution w as in reduc­ ed directing the Feoietnry of War to re- part the facts of the murder by Mexican troops of Capt. Emme' Crawford, of the United States orioy._ In the House . of Representatives. Mr. Scott, of Pennsylvania, delivered a long speech on the silvor question. He defended ihs course of the President and Secretary Manning in the management of tho nat oa's finances, awl reeretted that his l arty colleagu< s had not left :t t3 ths Republican side of the House to attock the administration. He declared the < harge that those officers were under the influence ol capitalists to bo rn- founded. They had violated no law and had coufoini'.d to the very l( tt3r cf the statutes. They had, indeed, recommended tho sus­ pension of the silver co'nage, but 'who could say that this advice might not prove to be wise and conducive to the public Rood? Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, renewed his request3 to have printed in the Record a review of the testimony in the Fitz John Porter case, prepared by Judge Advocate Holt. Mr. Bragg, of Wisconsin, who had previously objected, said that, as tho battle was over, he was in favor of u general amnesty, and would make no objection. The request was grant id. THE MARKETS. POBEM% KING MILATFR, of Servia, lias resolved to sign a treaty of peace with Bulgaria, no matter what action the Greek government may decide to take. Servia will hereafter enter into a stronger agreement with Austria-Hungary The better classes of London, sensible of the real needs of the unemployed, raised over $100,(XX) for their relief. The contributors were the merchants and bankers. The general public has so far given scarcely unything to the Mansion House fund, yet it amounts to about $100,000.... The newspapers of Cra­ cow urge their merchants to break off re­ lations with German business houses. The medical society of that city has boycotted German medicines and instruments.... The gamblers of Monaco were shocked by the suicide of a French merchant and his wife after sustaining heavy losses. REPORTS from Berlin say that Prince Bismarck is preparing to yield entirely to the Vatican in the religious dispute which has been waged by Prussia against the Papacy for the last fifteen years. A bill has been deposited by the Government with the Up­ per House of the Landtag revoking, with a few trivial exceptions, all the features of the May laws which have been obnoxious to the Catholics of Germany... .The cable chronicles the demise of Viscount Edward Cardwell, a member of several ministries, who was nearly 73 years of age. .. .Lord Dufferin, Viceroy of India, has decided to garrison Burmah with 16,000 British troops. IT is reported M. de Freycinet proposes to postpone the international exhibition at , Paris nntil 1890... .The statue of the elder NEW YOKK. BEEVES Hoc.s WHEAT-- NO. 1 White No. 2 Red COIIN--No. 2 OATS-White PORK--Mess CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. Good Shipping Common Hons--Shipping (ir.ules Fl>OUi«--Extra Spring Choice Winter. WHEAT--No. i Spring. Colts-- No. '2 ..i.-.. . OA'rt--No. i RYE--No. 2 BAJILEY--No. a UtrrrKii--Choice Creamery...,,. Fine Dairy. «... CHEESE--Full Cream, new Skimmed Flats Eoos--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per bu POUK---Mesa MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 CORN--NO. I OATS--No. 2 KYI*--No. I.... PORK--New Mess TOL.EDU. WHEAT--No. 2 CORN--No. '2 OATS--No. 2 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN-- Mixed OATS--Mixed PORK--New Mesa. CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--No. 3 OATS-No. 2 PORK--Mess. LIVE HOOS DETROIT. BEEF CACTUS Hoos 1 SHEEP WHEAT--No. I White. CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. S INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--New OATS--No. 2 EAST LIBERTY. CATTt.*-- Bust Fair Common Hoos. . . . . . . . . . . . . SHKZP BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Hard. Conn--Yellow... CATTTLE, ..... 94.50 4.23 .04 .92 .53 .40 10.50 5.50 4.50 3.50 4.00 4.75 4.5) 81 .37 .30 .58 .64 .'28 • IN .11'a# .06 (ft .20 <r* .55 ab 10.75 ® 6.00 & 4.75 m .!» (.<!' .91 .58 (»! .45 ©11.00 C'! 6.00 <« 5.00 (<T<. 4.00 («, 4.50 C< 5.'25 (fi $.00 .82 4f:. <«: & (ft & .38 •W .60' .«r .30 ,'22 .12Hi .07 .21 TB .58 <£11.25 .60 .37 .29 .53 10.75 f<? .81 & .88 & .30 al .oo <311.25 .94'., .93>*3 .38 (<$ .;W .32 .33 Analjafo «r Sr. Vorrinoa'a Bill for tke " t • •; '• i 1.1 " /Washington telegram.] / g TJr. Morrison's tariff bill was introduced in the House on Tuesday, the 15th inst. Mr. Morrison says that the bill will effect an estimated reduction of $20,000,000 in tho revenues from customs, based on the revenues of last year. The greatest reduc­ tion on any one article is in the case of sugar, where the new duty will result in a decrease of $10,000,000 in the receipts. The additions to the free list will involve a loss of $5,500,000, and the reductions made by the bill on other articles about $5,000,- 000. Added to the free list are lumber, timber, unmanufactured wood, lath, shin­ gles, salt, hemp, jute, iron, snlphnr. lead and copper ores, and coal. Besides these there are many articles of less consequence to the revenue, such ns potatoes, hay, corn, bristles, beeswax, dye-woods, unmanu­ factured earths, undressed stone for build­ ing purposes, acorns, and dandelion. - The bill provides that from and after July 1, 188ti, the following rates of duty shall take effect: , Wood (manufactured), for each sida planed or finished, 50 cents per 1,000 feet, Doard measure. Cotton thread, yarn warps, or warp yarn, valued at from 25 cents to $1 per pound, 8 cents to 36 cents per ponnd, according to quality. When valued at more than $1 per pound, 40 percent, ad valorem. The prin­ cipal reductions on cotton cloths ara in the coarser material. , Metals--Iron in pigs, iron kentledge, spiegel-iron, wrought and cast scrap-iron, and scrap-steel, i cent per pound. Iron railway bars, weighing .more than twenty- live pounds to the yard, $12.50 per ton. bteel railway bars and railway bars made in part of steei. weighing more than twenty- five pounds to the yard, $12.50 perton. Iron or steel L rails weighing not over twenty- five pounds to tho yard, and iron or steel fiat rails, punched. $15 per ton. There is a slight reduction on bar and rolled iron, iron beams, girders, etc. There is also some reduction in lead and copper. Sugar--On all sugar, 80 per centum of the several duties and rates of duties now imposed on said sugar, inoperative as to sugars from countries laying export duties. Wools and Woolens--Vyools of the third class, such as Donskol, native South American, Cordova, Valparaiso, native Smyrna, and including all such wools of 1 ke character as have been heretofore usu­ ally imported into the United States from Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Smyrna, and else­ where, 2.8 cents per pound. Woolen cloths, woolen shawls, and all mdfufactnres of wool of every description, or wholly or in part of wool, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, valued at not ex­ ceeding 80 cents per pound, 25 cents per pound and 30 }>er centum ad valorem. Flan­ nels, blankets, hats of wool, knit goods, and all goods made on knitting-frames, balmo- rals, woolen and worsted yarns, and all manufactures of every description com- Eosed wholly or in part of worsted, the air of alpaca, the goat, or other animals (except such as are composed in part of wool), not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, valued at not exceeding 30 cents per pound, 8 cents per pound; above 30 and not exceeding 40 cents, 10 cents pel * pound; above 40 and not exceeding 6C cents, 16 cents per pound; above 00 and not exceeding 80 cents, 20 c >nts per pound and in addition thereto, upon all the above- named articles, 35 per centum ad valorem, Woolens and children's dress goods, coat linings, Italian cloths, and goods of like de­ scription, composed in part of wool, worsted, the hair of alpaca, goat, or other animals, valued at not- exceeding 20 cents p e r s q u a r e y a r d , 5 c e n t s r > 1 and in addition thereto 30 valorem; valued * at above 20 craw per square yard, 7 cents per square yard and 35 per centum ad valorem; if composed wholly of wool, worsted, the hair of the alpaca, goat, or other animals, or a mixture of them 8 cents per square yard and 35 per centum ad valorem: but all such goods with selvedges made wholly or in part of other materials, or with threads or other materials intio- duced for the purpose of changing the classification, shall be dutiable at 8 cents per square yard and 35 per centum ad valprem; provided that all such goods weigh­ ing over 4 ounces per squarey#rd shall pay. a duty of 35 ceutts per pound and 35 per centj ad valorem. Slight but general reductions fun through the wotil schedule, and have also been ma«le in the cases of fiax, linen, and hemp, win­ dow glass, plate glass of high quality, earthenware, glassware,* and china where the doty is believed to be excessive. The duty on rice, marble, castor beans, and a few chemicals is also slightly reduced. 1- • --:--: . . . j O p p o s i t i o n t o t h * B i l l . [Washington sp»oial.l The Bepublican members of the Ways and Means Committee met Monday even­ ing at the residence of one of their number, with a few other prominent Republicans, to review the general tariff bill and consult as to the policy to be pursued in regard to it. In outline, their policy will be to delay the bill as much as possible in committee, both by amendment and by insisting upon hear­ ing oral argument from the interests that would be affected by the proposed change in the existing law. The real object of this is to keep the bill from being reported to the House until late in the session. They will also insist upon having full discussion in. the House, which means that they yill kill as much time as possible, so that the bill may reach the Senate too late for con­ sideration this session, if it reaches that body at all. The general idea approved by the Republican leaders is that a policy of orderly obstruction should be pursued. The Democratic members of the committee have nlready decided that it is not necessary to grant an audience to persons who desire to make arguments against the bill, but but that in exceptional cases it may be only fair to hear oral statements. Printed state­ ments can be laid before the committee at any time. THE COTTON PRODUCT. <Mt Y«ar*s @11.50 11.00 37 @*11.50 6$ 4.25 <9 4.0J & 5.75 & 4.25 •SORTER'S SILL PASSED. It Goes Ihrough the House of Repre­ sentatives by a Majority of "W f V- : f r > s i # '• .»S •:/ 4J»*@ 5.SD Statistical Information M to L • '» , Crap.' * " ' [Washington dispatc'i.} The* special cotton returns of the De­ partment of Agriculture estimate the cotton remaining on plantations the 1st of Febru­ ary, the proportion of lint to seed, the quality, average date of picking, and the price of cotton seed. The average date of closing varies from Nov.'25 to Dec. 11, but averages for the cotton belt about nine days later than last year; Florida closing, Nov. 26; Alabama, 28; South Carolina, 30; North Carolina, Dec. 2; Virginia and Texas, 3; Arkansas, 4; Mississippi, 8; Louisiana and Tennessee, 10. The quality is poorer than last year on the Atlantic coast, with much discolored and trashy fiber. The staple is shorter than usual, except in favored locations west of the Mississippi, and the yield of lint, which should average at least 32 per cent., is only about 31 per cent, from Virginia, Alabama, and Tennes­ see. It is 32 in Mississippi and about 32 to 32£ in States west of the Mississippi. The quantity on tho plantations Feb. 1 was ap­ parently about one-sixth of the crop, five- sixths having gono forward. Percentage of the crop marketed is as follows: Virginia and North Carolina, 82; South Carolina, 84; Qeorgia, 85; Florida, 87; Alabama, 84; Mississippi and Louisiana, 83i; Texas. Ar­ kansas, and Tennessee, 83; general av­ erage. nearly 83. The indications thus point to a crop approximating the No /em. ber estimate of yield per acre, which looked ftifft product of about 6.600,000 bales. Gens. Bragg and Cuteheon Udalfti in a Lively Pergonal Con* troversj. . / - # fJi&aoctated Press npoii.] The Fitz-John Porter bill waa passed by the National House ot Representatives on the 18th of February, the vots being: Yeas 171, nays 113. Prior to the voting Messrs. Phelps (N. J.), Curtin<Pa.), and Warner (O.) spoke in favor of the "bill. Mr. Bragg (Wis.) moved tho previous question and closed the debate. Mr. Everhart (Pa.) moved to recommit the bill, with instruc­ tions to strike out the wor4ji "prior to his ap­ pointment under thU act," no"aHa make the proviso read: "Said Fitz-John PorteKshall re­ ceive no pay, compensation, or allowance what­ soever." Mr. lleed, suggesting that this gave an opportunity for vindicating Torter from any question of money, demanded the yeas and nays. The motion to recommit was lost on a vote of yeas 112, nays 173. Mr. Bragg then withdrew his demand for the previous question and again took the floor. In the course of a speech in support of the bill he declared that Mr. Cuteheon (Mich.), in at­ tempting to show that there had been a general engagement at the second battle of Bull Run on Aug. 29, had ingeniously UBed a table of the cas­ ualties between Aug. 16 and Bept. 2. Mr. Cuteheon declared that he had BO stated in his spoech. < Mr. Bragg--You took a, table of figures from a heading that covered almost a month, and you have published it in your speech as evidence of the losses on the '29th, and vour Republican con­ stituents who do not read anything but your speech in a Republican newspaper will tnink that an historical evidence of the war. Mr. Cuteheon declared that the heading of the table showed precisely what it was. Mr. Bra ?g declined to yield, and Mr. Cuteheon as­ serted his right to reply, as he had been mis­ quoted. Mr. Bragg (advancing to the bar of the House) --I state what you said. I state what the figures are. Mr. Cuteheon (also advancing into the space in front of the Speaker's desk)--Now you avetrv- tng to rain a falsehood down the throat of this House. | Applause on the Republican Hide ] Mr. Bra> g--I draw my own inference as to your purposes, and (defiantly) will repeat them if you desire. [Applause on the Democratic side. | At this time there was a good deal of confu­ sion slid excitement in the House, and it was with difficulty that the voico of either could be heard; but as the speaker rapped the House to order tiud stated to Mr. Cuteheon that he must not interrupt Mr. Bragg without permission, the former indignantly exclaimed: "Then the gen­ tleman must not falsify facts." "Ah," was Mr. llragg's retort, "I am glad I have driven that radical from under Stanton's petticoats so that he has come to the front." Mr. Bragg, continuing, R a i d : "Would to God there was more freedom of con- Fcience allowed in the Republican party, then Porter would have vastly more votes. But as there iH a Presidential candidate in training for the 'grand old paitv' who is to run on the Fitz-John Port'-r issue, it will not do for mtra Republicans to come over, because the Black Eagle of tho West miyht not like it." | Applause and laughter on the Democratic side and groans from the Republican side,] Mr. Bragg said he was glad to hear tho groans, because it showed there was a little life left In the K "publicans. Groans.did not proceed from a strong body in a happy and contended frame of mind, but from one suffering from cramp in the bowels. Ho again demanded the previous question. Mr. Cuteheon rose to a question of personal privilege, and was granted permission bv the Speaker to explain away the charge made by Mr. Brasg. As Mr. Cuteheon was about to ex­ plain, Mr. Bragg interrupted, and was called to order by the Republicans? Mr. Bragg shouted, defiantly: "I will give you cause for a personal explana­ tion if you let me speak. The gentleman stated that Fitz-John Porter was lying two aud a half miles from the head of his corps, but there is no evidence of that. 1 will give him cause for a personal explanation if you want it." Mr. Cuteheon'then quotsd from his speech to show that Mr. Bragg's charge was baseless, alter which a vote on tho bill was taken. The negative vote is as follows • Messrs. Adams (111.), Allen (Mass.), Anderson (Kas.t, Atchison, Bingham, Bound, Boutelle, Brown (Pa.), Brown (O.), Brninm, Buchanan, Buck. Bunnell. Burrows, Butterworth, Camp­ bell (Pa.), Cannon, Caswell, Conger, Cooper, Cuteheon, Davei.p )rt, Davis, Dingley, Dorsey, Dunham, Evans, Everhart, Farquhur, Fleemer, Fuller, Fuu8ton,*Gallinger, Giltillan, Grosvenor, Grout, Guenther, Hanbaok, Henderson (Iowa), Hendersop (111.), Hejiburn, Herman, Hiestland, Hiers, Hiscock, Hitt, Holmes, Hopkins, Houk, Jackson, Johnson (N. Y.), John­ ston (Ind.), Kelley, Ketcham, I.aFollette, Liehlbach, Ijindsley. Little,' Louttit, Lyman, Markliam. MeComas, MeKennan, McKinley, Millard, Milliken, MotFitt, Morrill, Morrow, Neg- ley, Nelson, O'Donell. O'Neil (Pa.), Osborn, Owen, Parker, Payne. Paysoti, Perkins, Peters, Pierce, Trice, Reed 'Me.), Rice, l'owell, Ryan, Sawyer, t'cranton, Sessions. Smalls, Spooner, Steele, Stephenson, Stewart (Vt.), Stone iMass.), Strait, Struble, Svmes, E. B. Taylor, Ike Taylor (O.), Zach Taylor (Tenn.i, Thomas "(111.), Thomas (Wi.i.), Thompson, Van Schaiek, Wakefield, Warner (Mc.>, Weaver (Neb.), West, White (Minn.), Whiting, and Woodburn. i I HOUGH'S LAST WORDS. Young Hen, Make Your Record dean"--Death of the Famous Lecturer. . [Philadelphia telegram.] John B. Gough, the eloquent temperance lecturer, died on the 16th of February, at the residence ot Dr. R. Bruce Burns, in Frank ford, a suburb of Philadelphia, where he was taken on Monday night when stricken with paralysis while lecturing at the Frankford Presbyterian Church. His wife was at his bedside when he died. There were also present Mrs. Pridge, his sister; Mrs. Burns and two nieces, Misses Mary and Fanny Whitcomb : Mr. John Wanamakt r, the Rev. Thomas Murphy, and Mrs. Jacob Wagner. Mr. Gough's last intelligible words were spoken un the lecture platform Monday evening, Feb. 15. "I," said Mr. Gough, "have seven years in the record of niv own life when I was held in the iron grasp of intemperance. I would give the world to blot it out; but alas! I cannot." Stepping forward with impressive gesture, the lecturer said: "Therefore, youna men, make your record " He failed to finish the sentence, but sank help­ lessly into a chair. BKKTCH OF THE DECEASED. John B. Gough was born at Handgate, Kent, Aug. 22, 1817. His parents were poor, and he eontributxl, by exercising his talents as a read­ er, to their scanty resources. At the age of 12 he emigrated to Now York and became appren­ ticed to a tradesman, with whom he settled on a farm in Oneida County, New York. In Decem­ ber, 1831, he obtained employment in New York City as a book-binder. Ho soon fell into habits of dissipation, and was frequently thrown out of employment. To such degradation did ho sink that, night after night, ho sang comic songs and played the buffoon to the habitues of the lowest grogshops, who in return Supplied him with drink. 'He married in lK'I'.t, and became a book­ binder on his own account; but intemperance prevented his success. He had suffered from delirium tremens, had lost his wife and child, and was reduced to tne utmost misery, when a Quaker invited him in the street to take the tem­ perance pledge. Having told his story at a tem­ perance meeting, he at once became a leading orator in the temperance cause. In 184'J some of his former companions iuduced him to violate his pledge, and he confessed the fact at a public meeting at Worcester. Since 1H43 he has labored incessantly in behalf of temperance with ability and success. Hia reputation as an orator quickly spread through the United States and Canada, and reached England. In 185:} the London Temperance League invited him to visit Great Britain. The visit, intended to last only six weeks, was pro­ tracted to two yearB, during which he advocated the cause of temperance throughout the island. He then resumed < nis labors in America. In 18.V7 he again went to En­ gland, and lectured with still greater success than before until 18<>0, when he returned to America. He then began to locture on other toptcs with great success, acquiring a large in­ come. In 184»; he published his "Autobiography"; a volume of "Orations" in 1854; a collection of "Temptranee Lectures," 187'.»: and "Sunlight and Shadow, or Gleanings from My Life-Work," 1880. In 1878 he announced that he was about to leave the field as a public lecturer; but he appeared subsequent! v at intervals. In 1878 he again vis­ ited England. For twenty years twenty or thirty managers sought Mr. Gough's services, and he lectured in­ cessantly from four to six months in the vear. He never asked for an advance in fees, but al­ ways accepted the terms offered him and visited every point to which he was invited that was within his reach. His lectures brought him from *1 to $500 a night, and he earned from $20,000 to $30,000 a year. Mr. Gough was as great nn actor as an orator. It is the opinion of Mr. Kedpath. the Lyceum manager, that if ho had gone on the stage he would have been the greatest comedian of the century. He was an enthusiastic admirer of George Cruikshank, and bad the largest collec­ tion of that artist's caricatures outside tho Brit­ ish Museum. Mr. Gough waB a devout believer in Christianity, and for a number of years bad been a member of the Congregationalint Church. He was a benevolent man, and gave freely to the p<»or. He was married a second timo and his wife anrvives btin. < . NATIONAL LAW-MAKERS Brief Sammary of the Proveed* lay* of CoBfrem. A MKSSAOJS from the President was laid befoc* the Senate, on the lfith, transmitting a letter at the Secretary of the Interior with the draft at a bill providing for the sale of the Sac and Fox Indian Reservations in Nebraska and Kansas. Mr. Van Wyck submitted an amendment to the House biflf to increase the pensions of widows and dependent relatives of deceased soldiers, and sailors, providing that minor children shall receive 86 per month when one parent is deceased, und 910 when both parents are deceased; that the pensionable ago be extended to eighteen years, and that fathers and mothers only be required to- prove dependence at the time of application for pension. Mr. Van Wyck, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported favorably a bill to es­ tablish two additional land districts in the State of Nebraska, and authorizing the President to appoint registers and receivers therefor. Secre­ tary Lamar of the Interior Department sent a letter to the Senate in answer to the resolution calling for all papers on file in the department and all papers which have been presented to any officer of that department touching the official and personal conduct of Henry Ward, late an Indian Inspector, daring his continuance in office. With the let­ ter were transmitted 282 documents, chiefly re­ ports made by Mr. Ward to the department. The Secretary says : "I transmit all the official papers on file in the department which I under­ stand to be embraced by the resolution. * * * I am directed by the President to say that if the object of the resolution is to inquire into the reasons for the removal of Mr. Ward, these papers are not to be considered as constituting all the evidence submitted to him in relation thereto. I am also directed by the President to say that he does not' consider it consistent with the public interests to transmit copies of unofficial papers from pri­ vate eitzens held in my custody for him, which relate exclusively to the suspension of incum­ bents." The latter and accompanying papers were referred to the Committee on Indian Af­ fairs. Representative Thomas, of Illinois, introduced in the House a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Navy for a complete roster of officers on the retired list, and a statement of their rank and pay. A SUBSTITUTE for tho interstate commerce bill was reported to the Senate by Mr. Cullom on the 16th inst. Tne main provisions of the former bill are retained. Railroads are pro­ hibited from charging more for carrying freight a short distance than for a longer one. with the proviso that the commission may make exceptions to this requirement when found necessary in special cases where there is water competition. All rates must be pub­ lished, so far as the commission lnny find it practicable to do, and in sUch manner as may be prescribed. Advanoes iu published rates are prohibited, except after public notice. Tho courts are given authority to compel compliance with these requirements, and may restrain railroads from carrying on business until they comply. For violations of the act the officers and agents of corporations are made subject to $1,003 fine for each offense, and the corporations are made liable to all persons injured for all damages occa­ sioned by such violation. Complaints may be made to the commission by any one, and they must be investigated, unless the matters com­ plained of are promptly adjusted at the request of the commission. Debate on the Blair educa­ tional bill was resumed. Senators Jackson and Pugh spoke in favor of, while Messrs. Maxey and Hawley opposed, the measure. Mr. Brady addressed the Hous 3 on the Norfolk navy yard resolution. In the course of his speech he de­ clared the statement of Mr. Wise, that the superintendent of the dry dock had b e e n r e m o v e d f o r b e a s t l y i n t o x i c a t i o n w a a not true, and that the statement made by Mr. Wise that tho Postmaster at Portsmouth, a Union soldier, had been removed at the dicta­ tion of William Mahone was also untrue. The Houso spent all of its session after the morning hour and a special evening session in discussing the case of Fitz-John Porter. Mr. Wheeler supported the bill aud Messrs. Cuteheon, Brown, Rowell and Perkins, Peters, and Hanback op­ posed the bill. THE Senate passed an anti-Oklahoma boomer bill on the 17th inst. It provides for the punish­ ment by fine of not more than $500 and imprison- Of not more than one year, or both, of persons going on Indian lands with the purpose ot occu­ pying the same. Mr. Hoar introduced a bill providing for the erection of a monument at Washington to General Grpnt. The sum appro­ priated is 8250,000. Tho bill was sent to the Committee on Library for consideration. Sena­ tor Morrill introduced a bill providing for the establishment of an educational fund by set­ ting apart each year the receipts lroui the sale of public lands over and above tile ex­ penses cf tho land office, together with one-half the amount.received from railroad companies, under the provisions of the Thurman act; such fund to be apportion? d to the several Slates and Territories and the District of Columbia upon the basis of population between the ages of 5 and 20 years, the interest on the sum appor­ tioned to each State and Territory to bo paid to its proper officers oach year for educa­ tional purposes. The Blair educational bill was discussed and amended. In the House of Representatives Mr. Murphy, of Iowa, from the Committee on Railways and Canals, reported a bill providing for the acceptance by the United States of the proposed grant of the Illinois and Michigan Canal for the construc­ tion of the Illinois and Mississippi River Canal. The bill was placed on the calendar. The House passed bills providing that all settlers within railway limits restricted to loss than 1(30 acres, who make an additional entry under the acts of March and July, 1879, shall bo entitled to have the lands covered by the additional entry pat­ ented without ally further cc stor proof of set­ tlement and cultivation, reducing from 8 to 5 cents the fee for money orders not exceeding $5, and making allowances for clerk-hire to post­ master* at first and second class postoffices cover tho cobt of clerical labor in the money- order business. The Fitz-John Porter debate was continued in the House, Messrs Laird and Oates supporting and Messrs. Kelley and Thomas opposing the hill. Mr. Thomas said that he believed the bill to be wholly unconstitutional, and that its passage would be an insult to the living and an outrage to the dead. Mr. Oates bases his argument upon his personal knowledge of the incidents of Aug. 20, 18fi2, and was listened to with great attention. He thought that McDowell was more to blame for not interposing to prevent the union of the forces of Longstreet and Jackson than Porter was. MR. EDMUNDS, from the Judiciary Commit- te,e renorted the following resolutions to t>he Senate on the 18th inst. They were accom­ panied by a long report, a liberal abstract of which was givon in these columns some days ago: "Resolved, That the Senate hereby ex­ presses its condemnation of the refusal of the Attorney General, under whatever influence, to send .to the Senate copies of papers called for by its resolution of the 25tn of January, and set forth in the reports of the Committee on the Judiciary, as in violation of his official duty and subversive of the funda­ mental principles of the Government and of a good administration thereof. Resolved, That it is, under these circumstances, tho duty of the Senate to refuse its advice and consent to pro­ posed removals of officers, the documents and papers in reference to the supposed official or personal misconduct of whom are withheld by tho Executive or any head of a department, when deemed necessary by the Senate and called for in considering the matter. Re­ solved, That the provision of section 1754 of the Revised Statutes declaring that .persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to . civil offices, provided that they are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of thedutifsof such office,' ought to be faithfully and fully put in execution, and that to remove or to propose to remove any such soldier whose faithfulness, competency, and character are above reproach, and to give place to another who has not rendered Biich service, is a violation of the spirit of tho law and of the practical gratitude the people and Government of the United States owe to the dt fenders of constitutional liberty and the integrity of the Government." The rej>ort recites the fact and circumstances of the removal of Mr. Dustin and the appointment of his successor as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. It declares that it has been the uniform practice of the Judiciary Committee, since the passage of the tenure-of-office act, to call upon the heads of departments for all paperd and informa'ion in the possession of the departments touching the conduct and ad­ ministration of the officer proposed to bo re­ moved, and tho character and conduct of the person proposed to be appointed. This has been done with the unanimous approval of all the members, although the composition of the committee has been during the period sometimes of one political character and sometimes of another. In no instance until this time has the eommitt je nut with anv de­ lay or denial in respect to furnishing such pa­ pers and information, with a single excevtion. and in which exception the delay aud suggested denial lasted only for two or three days. The precedents aro cited and discussed at great length. It was agreed that no discussion of the question should take place until the minority of tho committee had prepared and p. esented their side of the question, and for this purpose they were given until Monday, the lat of Maroh. The House of Representatives, by a vote ot 171 to 113, passed tho bill to restore Fitz John Porter to the army. An analysis of the vote shows tho following result: Yeaa-- Democrats, 155; Republicans, 15; Greenback- Democrat, 1. Nays--Republicans, 111 ; Demo­ crat, 1; Greenback-Republican, 1. During the closing hours of the debate the galleries were crowded, and the groups which surrounded the speakers showed the deep interest felt by mem­ bers on the floor. Phelps, of New Jersey ; Cur- tin of Pennsylvania: and Bragg, of Wisconsin, were tho principal speakers, all of them advo­ cating the passage of the bill. Considerable ex­ citement was caused by a heated altercation between Biagfai FOV. SEYM0U* DEAD. The TcMndUe Sag* «f ItoerfieMl rem at Hia • Hau ia VUem. t ^ ^ Hia Last Moments Painless air* Tranquil, and the End Seem­ ingly Welcome. Haaatto Seymour died at the residence at bttr brother-in-law, ex-Benator Roaooe Conkling, m Utica, N. y., an the evening of the 12th inst. Be passed away peacefully and without pain. From t'ae dispatches we glean the following particulars of his death: "Mra. Seymour was ao p.ostrated that ihe had to be carried to and from the room. Those who stood around the deathbed were Mrs. Conkling, tho Senator's sister; Mrs. Nelson, the Governor's wife's sister, cf New Brunswick, N. J.; and Dr. Perl and wife. It is greatly feared that Mrs, Se^mrar will not survive the terrible ahock. The Gov­ ernor's health was pretty good during the fall, but a short time previous ta Jan. 1 Mrs. Sey­ mour waa taken down with a painful illness which alarmed and distressed the Governor, and since that time he had been failing. Abont ten days ago he left his farm at Deerfield and came here to visit his sister, Mrs. Conkling. Almost immediately lie was attacked with bilious trouble, but was not deemed to be seri­ ously ilL Last Sunday he became restless, and that night was able to obtain little sleep. Man- day he had no appetite, and suffered from nausea. Tuesday be went out for a ride. He said that he was not particularly sick, but had a feeling of exhaustion which he had not expe­ rienced before. Tuesday night ho slept better, until toward morning, when he had an attack of nausea, and distress, complaining of pain in the head. Wednesday the fh st sickness developed *hat had a serious look. Thursday he complained of a feeling of groat exhaustion, and said that he thought he ought to die; that he had lived long enough, aud ought to have died when sick before, and he did not know why friends did • anything to bring him around again. This was all said in a cheerful tone and manner. Hia emotions were somewhat disturbed by weak­ ness,but his intellect seemed calm. This was the third day that he had not partaken of sufficient food, but he had not vomited much during the last twenty-four hours. He obtained more Bleep last night, but did not seem refreshed by it, and was perceptibly weaker to-dav. Yester­ day he was able to raise and move himself in oed to vuch an extent as to cause a belief that his vitality was not being exhausted verv rapidly." Horatio Seymour, "the farmer statesman," was born in May, 1810. His birthplace was Pom- pey, a little village which overlooked the sito of Syracuse, N. Y. Then Central New York waa almost a wilderness, its sturdy inhabitants fighting with the wild beasts for possession of the soil. The infant Horatio first saw the light deep in the backwoods, shut out from civiliza­ tion, but he lived to be the leader of a great political party. He was born in "the days of vital piety, sound Democracy, and pure liquor." He was reared in a community which recognized that one man at his birth is as good as ancther. fiecial exclusiveness was not a mark of distinc­ tion in his day. In his village inn all classos of men met on equal footing, and discussed public affairs. Under such conditions he passed his youth. In his boyhood he was sickly and Weak, and, iu consequence, not so advanced in his studies as other boys, but he was a keen observer, and picked up a vast store of information without effort. At 10 years of age he was hont to the Oxford Academy, aud from there to Hobart Col­ lege, but hia health continued delicate, and he was sent to a military school in Middletown, Conn. Here he gained health and strength. When 1G years old he and the other cadet.) vis­ ited Washington, and Mr. Seymour alwavs had the liveliest recollection of his first visit "to th* capital. The cadets were received by President John Quincy Adams and tho members of Con­ gress. Young Seymour was most favorably im­ pressed with Henry Clay, whom he has de­ scribed as "tall in stature, (.racef nl in action, and most winning in speech." On this visit he saw Washington's remains removed from their ilr6t to their present tomb. He was allowed to place his hands on the coffin, and he ever afterward si>oke of the occurrence as one of the greatest events of his life. When he left tho military acadcmv he studied law in Utica, N. Y., and was admitted to the bar. At about this time he married Miss Mary \Bleecker of Albany. Later be was mado one of »ho staff of Governor William L. Marcv of New York, aud in time he liecain" l is c influential friend. While with Govern >r Mircv he became* familiar with the workings of legislative bodies * and when, in 1842, he w as electe l to the Stat^ Assembly, by the Deinoc.a's o; Oneida, ho a once took a prominent li»)8;tion. Ttat I.ogislat. ture was composed of men of more tnan ordina­ ry ability, and it was a sr-rprine oven to his friends that Mr. Sevmour should hold the place . he did. " Returning to Utioa, he was elected Mayor, and in the following winter utrain chosen" for Representative. The ssssion of 1<U5 was the. most exciting and imj ortant one in tbo history of New York Assemblies. The bitter debates which grew out if tho opposition to Governor Bouck's administration lea at last to national Democratic defeat. Mr. Seymour divined this, and advised moderation, but his warnings were laughed at, and he was called an alarmist. A year before tho Democrats had achieved their greatest and most decisive victory over the WhigB. In New York the Whigs had been buried out of sight by great Democratic majorities, . aud Henry Clay, tho hero of the Whig party, the idol of his friends, had been defeated for the Presidency by the obscure James K. Polk.. In view of this it was considered madness in Seymour to prophesy ultimate defeat. He was olectod HpeakA' of the House in 1815, aftwr a bitter contest, by the •Hunker" whig of the Democrats. He acted with them on party questions against the "Barn­ burner" fbction of the party. The split in the Democracy grew wider, the "Barnburners" finally joined the Whigs on a State question, the Democracy was defeated, and the trouble culminated in the election of Taylor to the Pres­ idency and the>overthrow of the National Dem­ ocratic party. Mr. Sevmour'a predictions were fulfilled. For five years after this Assembly he was IB retirement. He then, in 1850, accepted the Democratic nomination for Governor, and waa defeated. But he made a strong fight, and two years later again headod the Democratic ticket. This timo ho was successful, after an exciting campaign. He became Governor in a critical period of the State's history. The Legislature succumbed to the clamor "of the temperance party and passed a most et ingent liquor law. Gov. Seymour vetoed tho bill, and his message on that subject haa been much quoted. This drew upon him the wrath of the pulpit, and he was denounced as an apostle of drunkenness. His every public act wa® looked upon with BUB- Eicion, and a thanksgiving proclamation which © issued was characterized by a religious paper as a "disgraceful production, evidently written by a man of infldel tendencies." It nappened that a learned and pious minister of the gospel hod written the proclamation for tho Governor. He waa again a candidate for Governor in 1854 and was defeated by Mvron H. Clark, the Whig and temperance candidate. In 1862, at the expiration of the term of Edwin D. Morgan, the Republican War Governor of New York, Mr. Seymour was electsd Governor by the Democrats. There were mauy whe be­ lieved that he would not support the war meas­ ure a of the General Government, but he re­ sponded to every call for troops, although never in accord with President Lincoln. In 1868 he presided over the Democratic con­ vention in New Ycrk which nominated hihi for President against his wish. He accepted the nomination, however, and in so doing mode, aa lie has said, the greatest mistake of his life. He received but eighty electoral votes, suffering a painful defeat. He was never again prominent in public life. Speaking of his retirement he has said: "I have made up my mind that no man should cheat himself out of the repose of his old age. In his last daya, if his life had not been a barren one, it seems to me that every man should have much to think of; that ho should devote him­ self to such thought and such usefulness in hia private circle ns he might be fitted for. It is for these reasons that I have refused in my age to acoept public station." ELEVEN MEN DROWNED/ Wrack of aa Austrian Bark on ttn New Jersey Coast. (New York tel6gffcin.] The Austrian bark Eraljcica was driven on the Baraegat shoala in the storm and fog. Capt. Mateveservlue and the crow of thirteen seamen abandoned the vessel and started in tho long boat through the fog for the Shore. Capt. Ridgway, of life-saving station 17, discovered the wrecked bark and manned tho large surfboat with a crew of six life-savers. He pulled out through the fierce breakers to the wreck. He turned tlie boat back, however, when he found the bark eVserted. They rowed hard to make their way to s'iore, but just as they got within 100 y.ards of th« beach a wave strucK this boat broa lside, overturned it, and flung tho lile-savers into the una. They clung to the I oat for a long .time, in tue desper­ ate hone that it might be carried upon t:ie beach by the broakers. But it kept drif;mg farther and farther from shore and at Inst they lot go end started to swim for the beach. Capt. Ridg­ way and threa of the crew reached the sands m safety, but Solomon Soper. John I. Soper, mul Forinan Perrine were drowned. The longboat of the bnrk had d'if ted south­ ward eleven miles, and then it, toi, was cap­ sized by the tremendous sea. Capt, Mateve- servlue and five seamen were the »nly ones that got to shore alive. Eight seamen were drowned. IT takes the dignity oat of a man quick- than rain would ruin a bonnet, when compelled to converse with a woman by telephone. No man can stand on hia tip­ toes and yell till his eyes turn red, and at the same time preserve an imposing pre*- •aoe.--Chiatgo Ledger. ....... umm