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Site Ptlfitrg flamdratcr. I. VLSELYKE, PtnsuwntE. ILLINOIS. MoHENBT, THE NEWS CONDENSED. «#%• *1 *t f' <J- • t, >M»*« i , ; V - " ' - f e TEEB EAST. JOSUH BBIOOS, of Coxmckte, N. T., with his wife and two children, were drowned in the Hudson River one uight last week. They were returning from church, the mother and children on a haud-sled, which the Captain was propelling aoroBS the river. The Ice gave way, and the whole family were precipitated into the stream Joseph Lavage, the perpetrator of 0QD OX Uit) uivrbv lUV.IV"!* "vt,r KTifiWIl that of the village beauty. Joeie Langmaid, who was waylaid while on her way to school at Sun- cook, if. H., and the discovery of whose fright- folly mutilated remains and the intense thrill of horror which the event produced throughout the country are yet fresh in mind - lias been found guilty of murder in the first degree, and mmteiKmri to be hanged at the expiration of a term of one year in the State Prison at Con­ cord. AKOTBEB hitch has occurred in the arrange­ ments for a Mutual Council to decide the dis­ pute between Mrs. Moulton and Plymouth Church, and the Council will not convene. The churches of Dre. Storre and Budding ton h ad ac­ cepted Mrs. Moulton'a mvit&tion to act in the Council, but their assent ie now withdrawn in consequence of the extraordinary action of Ply­ mouth Church in protesting against their participation on the ground of confirmed enmity. MAINE is onoe again the scene of a terrific onslaught against the cohorts of the Demon Bom. The temperance reformers are holding •Meting s all over the State, and the enforce­ ment of the Liquor law is prosecuted with ex­ traordinary vigor.... Moody and Sankey have <doeed their Philadelphia campaign, and will now, after a little rest* pitch their tent in New Tack city. THE town of Apollo, Pa., has been almost entirely destroyed by fire. Forty houses, in­ cluding a number of stores, were burned. The loss is estimated at #40,000 to $50,000. The Are started by the explosion ct a kerosene lamp. THK WEST. THE tree-planters of Minnesota have organ­ ized themselves into the "Minnesota Forestry Association," and fixed the first Tuesday in May for Arbor Day The repeal of the Potter law in Wisconsin is recommended in the mes­ sage of Gov. Ludington, who sayB that the effect of the law has been to impair the credit of the State, and urges the necessity of a care­ ful and thorough revision of the exit-ting enact­ ments on this subject The Milwaukee Grand Jury has returned eight indictments in the whisky cases The Overland Monthly maga­ zine, of San Francisco, is dead. A LAWYER named Douglass and a man named Gale have been convicted at Chicago of con­ spiracy to obtain a fraudulent divorce for Cole from his'wife, and sentenced to three years in the Penitentiary... .A large number of the Ghicago distillers indicted for connection with crooked whisky operations, came into court the other day and pleaded guilty. THE new Centennial mine near Laramie City, W. T., is a genuine bonanza. The gold assays 90S fine in goiu and So in silver. The quarts aoayB #46.764,34 per ton in gold, and #274,49 per ton in silver, being a total of #47,051.83 per ton of 2,000 pounds Miners are constantly leaving Fort Pierre for the Black Hills, and are meeting with no obstruction by the mili­ tary, and the location of the route is so far south that they have nothing to fear from Indians. , THE man Davis, who murdered the landlord Whyland, on Thanksgiving Day, in Chicago, was arraigned in the Criminal Court of that dtj last week. He plead guilty to the charge of manslaughter and was sentenced to twenty- one yearn' imprisonment in the penitentiary. ... .The war on the revenue robbers has been reopened with vigor, at St. Louis. Arthur Gonther, ex-Revenue Agent, has been con­ victed of accepting bril eg while in office. It is, expected that other convictions will rapidly' follow The Iowa State Horticultural Society met at Des Moines last week, and exhibited the finest display of apples ever seen in the West, there being 275 varieties. Prof. McAfee exhibited 160 varieties of Iowa wood, and Prof. Fox eleven cases of Iowa geological specimens. Two hundred and fifty varieties of apples were prepared in wax for the Centennial, and Iowa will be first on the ground. THE Supreme Court of Michigan has decided that the Sunday Liquor law, enacted at the last aeesion of the Legislature, is constitutional. ,... Henrv C. Kibbe, Secretary of several min­ ing companies, has absconded from San Fran­ cisco, ut5ioult€r to thv filliOulit Ga ^00,000.... The Minnesota legislature has adopted a reso­ lution approving of the proposed transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department, 41 which should not be trammeled m its action "by any of those sectarian or humanitarian in- BneiiceB which have recently befu recognized If the Government, to the prejudice of the frostier settlements and of the country.'1.... A letter from Maj. Harper, of the Sixth Caval­ ry, at Camp Apache, Arizona, says the Indians • laoke out at Camp Apache on the 19th met., ••--fl Maj. Harps? and hia company were ordered out just iu time to nave the lives of Maj. Ogil- br, of the Eighth Infantry, and Lieut. Bailey. Ibe troops charged the Indians, killing Diablo's toother, and woimding others. The Indians then attacked the garrison, bat were driven beck to the hills. THK SOUTH. THE Louisiana Legislature has passed a reso­ lution that the Governor shall send militia to the parishes of East Feliciana, West Feliciana, and East Baton Boage, to assist the courts in executing the laws against the so-called regu­ lators. If the militia is insufficient, the Gov­ ernor is requested to report so by special mes­ sage to the Legislature, the latter to call, under the Constitution, upon the President of the United States to restore a republican govern­ ment in the said parishes The Grand Jury of Louisville, Ky., has indicted a number of citizens for betting on the recent municipal elec­ tion--A late fire in Mobile, Ala., burned block of buildings. Loss, $100,000. THE widow of the late ex-President Johnson dfed at the residence of her daughter, near Greenville, Tenn., last week. GEN. BEAVKEQABD has applied to Congress for the removal of his political disabilities.... The famous Tredgar Iron Works at Rich- ®on<J> have suspended, throwing about 600 operatives out of employment A body of dusguiBed men took four necr: jail at Fiiar s Point, Miss., a few nights BV°fc tbem death. The mob - Tfe&ehed the town soon after dark, and corn­ ed the jailer, Maj. Alcorn, to surrender the keys, wt.ich weie in the Court-House safe. »mob then entered the jail, and unlocked e cells in wt.ich were confined fuur neirroan-- im Stokes, Bob Young. Carey Irwin, and Tom "ugh. The piicOLicio were quickly tied, and flben taken a mile from town and riddled with •uJlet*. There were fifty or sixty men in the ahalf of them being negroes. The ne­wer© in jail on charges of robbery and WASHINGTON. S , THE United States Senate has settled the ^^jennre of the Hon. Thomas W. Ferry as Acting Wice-President by the adoption of a resolution ""^declaring that the President pro tern, of the ..Senate Tiolds bis position for no definite term, but merely at the pleasure of ^hat body. The vote on the ] assage f the " resolution was as fallows: Yeas--Alcorn, Allison, Anthon , Booth. Bout- veil, Bruce, Cameron (Wis.), C liristiancy, Clay- Con kling, Cragin, Dawes, Edmunat, Fre- 'hnyhei >, Hamilton, Hamlin, Ingalls, Kt man. ley, McDonald, McMillan, Mitchell, Morrill (Me.), Morton. Oglesby, Paddock. Patterson, Sargent, Baulabury, Spencer, Wadleigh, West, Windom, Wright--34. Nays--Bogv, v aperton, Cooper, Davis, Easton, Goldthwaiie, Johnston, McOreery, Merrimon, Randolph, Stevenson, Tfeurman, Wallace. Whyte, Withers--15. Tta House Foreign Affairs Committee hate agreed to the suggestion of the House Appro­ priation Committee to reduce the salaries of the Ministers to the four great powers, Great Britain, Russia. France and Germany, from #17,590 to #12,000. The salaries of the Min­ isters to Spain, Austria, China, and Brazil are reduced from $12,000 to $10,000. It was also prr.pc-c-cd in the committcs by Gen. Springer to abolish the following missions: Switzerland, Denmark, Greece, Bavaria, Ecuador, Hawaiian Islands, Hayti, Paraguay, Uurguay, Venezuela, and Liberia. Thin will involve a saving of #475.000 The President has appointed Sam­ uel Wilson special counsel to conduct the in­ ternal revenue cases in San Francisco. THE War Department in response to a request from the Committee on the reorganization of the Civil Service, hs* gtsbTnittad a draft of a plan for the transfer of the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the control of the Interit r Department to that of the War Department. It is believed that the transfer will be rec­ ommended by the committee, aud con­ curred in by both the House and Senate.... A Washington telegram states that the House Committee on Banking and Currency have had a consultation on the subject of the Specio- Beaumption act, and do not consider it a measure of any practical value, or calculated to further the object it purports to aim at. It is. therefore, about decided to report a bill materially modifying the existing legislation on the subject It has been discovered that #12,000 has been illegally consumed by the Government in the Black Hills business, a law forbidding such action as has been had being in obscure existence, and having been recently discovered. SECRETARY FISH has assured the House Com­ mittee on Foreign Affairs that all communica­ tions from Spain on the Cuban question have been of a friendly character, and that there now exist no questions the settlement of which are likely to give us any trouble. REPRESENTATIVE SPRINGER, of Illinois, pro­ poses an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, prohibiting special legislation by Congress in granting pensions, bounties, lands, or prize money to any person or persons, or for correcting the records of any department of the Government in reference thereto; granting relief or authorizing the payment of any claim against the United States or any officer thereof, except appropriations in general laws to pay the judgments of courts or commissioners au­ thorized by law, remitting fines, penalties, or forfeitures ; creating, increasing, or decreasing the fees, percentages, or allowance of public officers during the term for which said; officers are elected ; granting subsidies or special privi­ leges to railroad corporations, and in various other cases. SECRETARY FISH has laid before the Foreign Affairs Committee his correspondence with Spain concerning Cuba. The important part of the correspondence is the letter of Nov. 5 to Mr. Cushing, about which rumors have been flying through the air ever since Congress assembled. The note contains no imperative demand upon the Spanish Government. It sets forth the long continuance of the insur­ rection, with its evil ^ effects upon our com­ merce and upon the property of Americans in Cuba, and incidentally alludes to the inhuman­ ities practiced by the contestants. Mr. Fish does not consider that the note amounts to an actual attempt at intervention, neither does ho admit that application has been made to any other government for countenance or co-operation in intervention. All that was done, he says, was to inclose copies of the note to Mr. Cushing to our aeveral Ministers in Europe, who were authorized to read the dispatch to the governments to which they are accredited, and suggest verbally the question whether those governments caul A co­ incide with the United States in the proposi­ tions for pacification. Mr. Fish declines, as yet, to make public the number and intent of the answers he has received, as he considers that publicity for the time being is incompatible with public interests. On the whole, Mr. Fish entertains a hopeful expectation that the Cuban question will be settled peacefully. GENERAL. -THE American ship Harvest Queen, of the Black Ball line, on her way from San Francisco to Liverpool, was sunk in the Irish Channel early on the morning of the 31st of December, and her crew, numbering some thirty persons, perished. THE English National Rifle Association have accepted the challenge of the Rifle Association of America to compete in a match for the championship of the world during the Cen­ tennial. THERE is no chance for a disagreement or a jangle as to the^composition of the rifle team which will represent Great Britain in the great Centennial contest in America. It was expected that different teams, distinctively Irish and Scotch, would compete with the teams of the world, but the i^ngiish managers will not agree to this : whereupon CoL Gildersleeve promptly telegraphs them to send on any sort of team they choose, be the same English, Irish, Scotch, or mixed. THE National Temperance Society has issued a call for ah International Temperance Con­ ference in Philadelphia, June 13, as a fitting occasion to consider the relations of the tem­ perance reform, in ita scientific, economic, in­ tellectual, social, moral ?nd religious aspects, to individual and national life, its progress and needs, and to invite the co-operation in its deliberations of representatives of the cause of temperance from foreign countries. POLITICAL. THE National Republican Convention of 1876 will be held in Cincinnati, on Wednesday, June 14. In the National Republican Executive Committee at Washington a stubborn three- cornered fight was maintained between the friends of Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Chi­ cago, which finally resulted In favor of Cincin­ nati. THE friends of Senator Morton, says a Wash­ ington correspondent, claim that the selection of Cincinnati as the place for the holding of the National Republican Convention ia a vic­ tory for him, and greatly enhances his Presi­ dential prospects. I'iaineV friends are openly denouncing the Indiana Senator for going into the National Committee meeting and making three speeches in favor of Cincinnati, or. as the Blaineites claim injfavorof himself Gov. Kellogg refuses to issue credentials to J. B! Euatis, who was recently elected Senator from Louisiana, to occupy the seat claimed by Pinch­ beck and Marr. THE President has appointed George S. Bangs Assistant United States Treasurer at Chicago The Democratic National Commit­ tee has been called to meet at Washington, on Feb. 22 THE Mississippi Legislature has elected Con­ gressman Lamar to succeed Mr. Alcorn in the United States Senate. The Republican mem­ bers of the Legislature refused to take any part in the vote, and will dispute the legality of the election upon the ground that a .argc number of the Democrats owe their seats in the Legislature to the employment of fraud and violence at the polls.... Hon. James B. Beck hafl been chosen United 8tatesSenator from Kentukv, to succeed Mr. Stevenson, whose term expires March 4, 1877. At a meeting of the Pennsylvania Republi­ can Association in Washington, the other night, a resolution was offered declaring Blaine tneir choice for the Presidency; but as, in the opinion of the majority, it was too soon to agi­ tate the'subject, the resolution was laid on the table. night and day....Sir 8. J. Gibbons, ex-Lord Mayor of London, ia dead. THE Egyptians have gained several Important successes in Abyssinia... .Serious dissensions are reported among the insurgent leaders in Herzegovinia An armistice between Church and State has been agreed upon in Germany. It is rumored that Queen Victoria's coming visit to Coburg (Germany) has referenoo to the betrothal of the Princess Beatrice with a Ger­ man Prince. A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch announces that the powers have relinquished their intention of making a collective communication to the Porte on the basis of Count Andr assy's scheme for reform in the disaffected provinces. The Am­ bassadors will now confine themselves to oral and friendly communications of counsel and propositions, to which the Porte is disposed to lis'&n.... John Lathrop Motley has been elected Foreign Associate of the French Acad­ emy of Moral and Political Science A Madrid dispatch, reports that the Spanish Government has sent out a diplomatic note in reply to the Ameiican circular on Cuban affairs. The reply is quite belligerent in tone, and takes high ground on all the questions raised by the United States Elections for delegates to choose Senators were held throughout France on Sunday, Jan. 16, and passed off quietly. GERMANY'S preparations for her display at the Philadelphia Exhibition have been com­ pleted with the exception of the members of the German Jury and Compilation of Cata­ logue The French Senatorial elections have resulted largely in favor of the Conservatives. THE Berlin police have discovered that Thomas, the author of the Bremerhaven crime, was charged in 1886 with scuttling a ship on board which he had goods insured in England for £24,000. He was arrested, but subsequently effected his release... .Henry Varley, the great English revivalist, is dead The commander of the China station telegraphs to the British Admiralty from Singapow^ .that the operations against the Malays have been altogether successful. THE Herzegovinian's have gained an impor­ tant victory over the Turkish troops near Trebigue Several heavy failures are re­ ported from London Lord Napier has been appointed Governor of Gibraltar... .A sharp clashing of church and State authority has oc­ curred in It»ly, where the Government has asserted its power in the summary closing of the Episcopal Seminary at Como on account of a refusal to admit the Government Inspector. FORTY •FOURTH C0SUBES8. FOREIGN. ' A CABLE telegram reports that Russia is making incessant mysterious preparations for the transportation of troops on a large scale next spring on the Orenburg Rul- way and linei running west from Moscow. A thini track 's being *dded to the line from Mos­ cow to Polish Lithuania. The work proceeds THURSDAY, Jan. IS.--Senate--Christiancy submitted a resolution directing the Judiciary Com­ mittee to inquire whether the act of March 1,1702, is not defective in making necessary provision for the contingencies that may arise in case of the death, removal or resignation of the President, and if so, to report a bill remedying the defect. Adopted....Davis (W. Va.) addressed the Senate in support of his resolution calling for an investigation of the, Tr^sury. Bout- well replied, defending the Treasury Department against tiie charge of discrepancies and inaccuracies in the book-keeping. House--Cox offered a resolution directing an in­ quiry into the cost of printing jjone at the Govern­ ment office, and what similar work can be done for in private offices. Adopted A resolution was adopted instructing ^he Judiciary Committee to inquire into the -propriety of giving to citizens of the Territories the right to vote for President The House resumed consider­ ation of the Amnesty Bill, Blaine replying to Hill's speech of yesterday. He was followed by BaitkB, larbox and Morey, who spoke in favor of complete amnesty, Randall closing the debate. The bill was iefeixeu m iiie Judiciary Committee. FRIDAY, Jan. 14.--Senate--Th« Senate trans­ acted no business to-day. Houxe--The Pension bill was passed. It appro­ priates $29,633,500, about $500,000 less than was voted last year ... Wlllard introduced a bill in the interest of Civil Service reform. It forbids mem­ bers of Congress, under penalty of a fine of uot less than $100, nor more than $1,000 tourge, advise, recommend, or in any manner infefere with the appointment of any officer, unlet advice is sought by the President or heads partments or bureas -- The Amnesty amended by Banks, was reported ba the .Tudioi ry Committee, put to a yote nt --yeas 182, nays 97--there not being fat ] two-thirds in favor of it. The following cans v. ted yea: Anderson, Banks?, Egbert, Farwell, Haralson, Kelley. Landers (Ind.), Lnttrell, Maokey (S. C.), Morey, Pierce, Seely OrNeil--Adjourned to Monday. MONDAY, Jan. 17.--Senate--Gordon present­ ed a petition of G. T. Beauregard for the removal of hiB political disabilities. Referred ....West in­ troduced a bill intended to secure the Government interest on the Pacific Railroadsj.. .Sherman sub­ mitted a concurrent resolution proposing a common unit of money and accounts for the United States and Great Britain Boutwe 11 announced that the officers of the Treasury Department were preparing a statrmt-nt in answer to the points made by Sena- ter Davis. House.--O'Brien introduced his proposed amend­ ment to the Constitution, providing that no State shall enact a law respecting an establishment of religion, and that no minister of the gospel shall hold a public office.... Wiii;e (Ky.) introduced an Amnesty bill excluding Jeff. Davis. The House re­ fused (165 yeas to 110 nays--not twc-thirdp) to sus­ pend the rules and put the bill on its passage.... Bills were introduced: By Joyce, to repeal the stamp duties on medicines; also, to prevent traffic In spirituous or intoxicating liquors in the Centen­ nial buildings or grounds during the exhibition; by Banks, for the removal of all political disabili­ ties ; by New. a constitutional amendment to limit the Presidential term to four years; by Cutler, ap­ plying the procccda of the public lands to the sap- port of free schools; by Jenks, to reduce the sala­ ries of all the executive and legislative officers of the Qovciuaient, except the araiy znd navy, under $1,600, 20 per ceDt., and to 11* the salary of the President at $26,000; by Hendee, for the printing of >pcechcs delivered in Congress In the language in which they are delivered; by Woodworth, to establit-h a Bureau of Transporta­ tion, and to regulate the management ol railroad transportation companies employed in internal com­ merce ; by Hurt, to restore to gold and silver their monetary use in the United States from and after January, 1877, and to repeal the act for the resump­ tion of specie payment.... Holman moved to suspend the rules and adopt a resolution declar­ ing it unwise and inexpedient at this time that a specific and arbitrary period should be prescribed by law for the reBumption of specie payment, and instructing the B&ukiLg and Currency Committee to report a bill repealing the Specie Resumption act of Jan. 14, 1875. The rules were not tjuspended-- yeas, 112; nays, 158.. . .Morrison offered a resolu­ tion calling on the President for copies of all corre­ spondence with Spain in reference to the Island of Cuba. Adopted. TUESDAY, Jan. 19. -- Senate. -- Thurman presented tlie credentials of James B. Eustis, claiming a seat as Senator from Louisiana....W« Davis Treafury investigation resolution was de­ bated without action. Home.--Knott, from the Judiciary Committee reported a proposed amendment to the Constitution declaring that " no person who has or hereafter may hold the office of President shall ever again be eli­ gible to sai>i office." Bills were introduced as fol­ lows : By Hunter, to fix the legal rate of interest on national money throughout the United States at not exceeding six per cent.; by Baker, fixing the pay of niemtx-rs of Congress at $3 (KM), and no allerwan< es; by Anderson, fixing the pay of members of Congress at fl.uOO, with mileage at ten cents per mile; by Henderson, for the construction of the Illinois and MiwKikfippi Canal; by %Vhiring. to rc-peul the tax on bank depot-its ; by Cannon (111.), providing a pen­ alty for mailing obscene matter, and prohibiting kttery-circulars passing through the mails? by Hartz' 11, tor tbe payment of a portion of the import duties in legal-tendtr notes; by Lnttrell, to prevent the naturalization of Chinese or Mongolians Williams (Wis.) introduced a proponed am*ndment to the Constitution. It is supplementary to the amendment rrotxxied by Blaine, which prohibits the distribution or control of any nchool fund or school lands to or by sectarian schools, and is de­ igned to extend tiie prohibition. It is in these word#: " Neither shall money raised by taxation in any State be appropriated for the maintenance of any sectarian school or sectarian Institution.' WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19.--Senate.--The whole day was consumed in discussing Davis' Treasury investigation resolution, and in listening to Mor­ ton's promised speech in support of his resolution calling for an investigation of the Mississippi tion. Uoune.--The House spent another day in discuss­ ing the bill making an appropriation for the Centen­ nial. No action was taken on the bill. WASHINGTON. BOSTON Post: The following in A com­ plete and accurate list of the members of the Legislature who have refused to accept railroad panes : J. E.T. Bartlett, of Peabody. Iks Debate on Amnesty--Euloglvmso* Bx- Presldent Johnson --The Currency Ques­ tion--Mr. Payne's Bill--Opinions in Re- jgard to It--The President of the Senate^ ;[HK*n Our Own Correspondent] WASHINGTON, Jan. 15,1876. gr^afc ©vent in Congress of the past legislative week has been the de­ bate on amnesty. This brought about not only a "field day," but several field days. It has crowded the south wing of the Capitol for four days with a surging, excited mass 01 people of about all Na­ tions and of all human hues,--white, red, black, yellow, pepper-colored, and I think that at times some were indigo- blue. It has brought about scenes of excitement cn t)ic floor of the House the like of which have not been witnessed for many years. It has induced a perfect monopoly of big and small talk in the town. Men take their drinks while talk­ ing of "amnesty." It is talked of by "society" and the clubs, at the gambling hells, and at the spacious rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association. It is, in a word, the all-absorb-ng sensa­ tion of this national political metropo­ lis. Of course there is a- great deal of politics in it. Upon the question which has brought forth this excitement, or upon the com­ parative merits of the debate in the House, I have no single word to say. I beg leave to remark, however, as an im­ partial observer of men and things here, that the debate has demonstrated the fact that there are uncommonly able men in the House belonging to all parties. Whether one were a Republican or not, he could not have heard Mr. Blaine's speech without acknowleding his great powers as ah orator. On the other haiid, no man could have listened to Mir. Cox's reply without laughing at his wit and enjoying his keen thrusts and palpable hits of humor. Ben Hill, of Georgia, had, perhaps, the most attentive audi­ ence. He has been called an "ex­ treme " man. He is generally considered one of the ablest men of the South. He had long been out of public life. There was great curiosity, therefore, to hear him, and on the day he spoke the Capi­ tol was simply "ram-jam full." I only report a fact when I say that while all agreed that Hill showed great oratorical powers, many who agree with him in general politics regretted that he made the speech. They conceded that many of his statements were so highly colored as to create entirely erroneous impres­ sions. Gen. Garfield also made a strong speech, and the remarks of Gen. Banks, who is a Liberal, were received with very great favor. I have said that there was a good deal of politics in this matter. It is regarded here as a preliminary skirmish to the great Presidential battle of tiie year. This is the opinion of politicians. For myself I think they have overestimated the importance of the matter with the people at large, who care more for what is going to be the policy of the present and the future than for what was done in the past. But, however this may be, the debate conclusively shows that we are going to have a lively session. It has kindled the party fires and they may be expected to burn with more and more glow from this time on till after the ,Presidential election. There is not much, 46 bad blood " in the current feeling, but there is an evident determination by the leading men of both the great parties to do their level best for success next No­ vember. ECXIOGITJMS OX EX-PRESIDENT JOHNSON. The death of ex-President Andrew Johnson was formally announced in the Senate on Tuesday, and in the House on the following day. Mr. Johnson always had, even in the stormiest times of ms stormy career, a great following in this city. Besides that, he was always greatly respected on account of his personal in­ tegrity. I recollect well that when he last spoke in the Senate he drew thither a greater concourse of people than had been there for years to hear a speech. Thousands were unable to gain admis­ sion. So also great crowds came to hear the eulogiums upon his life and charac­ ter, the other day. Speeohes on occa­ sions of this kind are generally fulsome, indiscriminately adulatory, and a ticincncloiiB bore all around. Not so in this instance. They were all, ex­ cept ono in the House, shore, and alto­ gether devoid of that puffy character which has so often made efforts of this kind utterly stupid and worthless. The character1 of Mr. Johnson, with his faults and foibles as well as his noble aad great qualities, may be not unprofit­ ably studied in these eulogiums. Who shall say that we are degenerating when the orations over our dead statesmen are worth listening to and are worth read­ ing? THE CURRENCY QUESTION. There have been introduced in Con­ gress several bills and resolutions upon the currency question. The defeat by a very large vote of Mr. Rea's resolution agaixiHt any further contraction of the currency--upon which I commented in my last--was regarded as a tolerably sure indication that the resumption act of the last Congress would not be interfered with. Since that time Mr. Payne, of Ohio, h^ introduced a bill which is likely to be much discussed in Congress and by the people and press. It is understood to have received the hearty assent of some of the leading members of the majority in the House. Whether this be so or not, Mr. Payne's position in the House, as the second man on the Committee on Banldng and Currency, and as a member of high standing and ability, would give to any measure on this subject which he introduced and advocated no small amount of attention. The bill provides for a repeal of the resumption pledge for •Tuimary 1. 1879. as contained in the act of the Forty third Congress, and re­ quires both the Government and the national banks to retain each year in coin a sum equal to five per cent, of the out standing legal-tender and national bank notes. The object of the bill is to provide specie for the resumption of oash payments, but no time is expressly set forth in the pro­ posed measure of resumption. It is claimed that at the end of six years-- July, 1882--there being then 30 per cent, of specie for the outstanding paper, ie sumption could be safely undertaken. At tnat time the accumulation of specie in the banks and by the Government would amount to about $210,000,000, perhaps $225,000,000. The bill is brief and simple. It is regarded by some as a fair compromise on a matter in which there is confessedly a wide dif renoe of opinion. On the other hand, I hear both " hard money" and " soft money" men condemn the bill as a surrender--the former alleging it is a surrender to the " inflationists," and "will inevitably damage the national credit; the latter asseverating that it is a surrender to the bullionists, and inimi­ cal to the irue wants of the country. As the bill has the approval of the Bank­ ing and Currency Committee, and calls forth such adverse criticisms as these from representative men of the two op­ posing theories on currency, and as it is likely to elicit wide debate, I thu« early give an outline of its provisions and of what is said about it by friends and op­ ponents at these headquarters. THE PRSSWSST OF THE SENATE PRO TEMPORE. The Senate, by unanimous vote, has decided that the President of that body pro tempore holds his office at the pleas­ ure of the Senate. This may be of use hereafter, but is «f no present impor­ tance, there being no intention of dis­ placing Mr. Ferry, who was elected at the last session, and re-elected a few days ago. Should President Grant die, Mr. Ferry would at once become President. But as the Senate may at any time elect another man President pro tern., there is no tell­ ing who might occupy the White House, should Gen. Grant postpone his demise for a considerable period. As he is in very vigorous health we need hot go to woxxying on this point. L. M. N. ' "passing events. JOSH CLARK, it veteran engineer on the Western Division of the Erie road, recently ran his engine 1,750 miles, put­ ting in sixteen and a half days' time in a single week, and drew therefor sixty-six dollars pay. This is said to be the big­ gest locomotive feat on record. IMMIGRATION to the United States has shown a remarkable decrease during the last two years. In the year 1872-3 the number of immigrants was 459,803; 1873-4, 313,339; in the last fiscal year only 227,493. It is evident that the news of our hard times has gone abroad. ON the principle that retrenchment, like charity, should begin at home, the lower house of Congress has adopted a resolution reducing the number of com­ mittee clerks on its pay-roll from thirty- five to twenty-five, making a saving of about fifty dollars a day, or perhaps $10,000 for the session. SOME of the fastidious people in Washington object to the modest fash­ ion certain Congressmen's wives have introduced oi having their cards in­ scribed " Mrs. Hon. Congressman, etc." But it will be a dreadful fall for these proud women when they will be obliged to sign themselves "Mrs. ex-Hon. Con­ gressman." A NEW way of putting it has been dis­ covered by Mr. Sinnickson, a member of the lower house of Congress from New Jersey. In his bill for the relief of a constituent, who was formerly of Vir­ ginia, for supplies furnished the army of the United States, Mr. Sinnickson de­ scribes the late unpleasantness as " the late war between the States." A CASE is pending in the Supreme Court, involving the constitutionality of this act by ^rhich Alexandria County. Va., was retroceded from the District oi Columbia to that State. Prominent citi­ zens of Georgetown are also moving in the matter of retroceding that city to Maryland, on the ground that it is dam­ aged rather than benefitted by being a part of the District. JAMES BLANCHARD, the precocious lit­ tle reprobate who has been personating Charley Ross at St. Albans, received a grand ovation when he reached his home in Milford. A correspondent of the Springfield Republican thus describes it: " The streets were crowded, and his weeping mother clasped the little liar to her bosom, and promised not to whip him. He dropped a tear or two himself, but on the whole, was comfortably hap­ py, especially as his St. Albans keeper, Mr. Bugg, wants to adopt him." THE steamship Alaska has brought to San Francisco fifteen carloads of ma­ terial for Japanese houses to be erected on the Exposition grounds. The Jrpiin- ese carpenters accompany the wood, vrhich is, in the main bamSoo. It is al­ ready prepared in a great measure ; all the hewing, the dressing, etc., has been done, and no labor remains for the car­ penters excepting the task of finishing the material and putting the frames to­ gether. Several styles of houses will be on exhibition. They are entirely devoid of nails. JARNDYCB vs. JARNDTCE was not an exaggeration, as witness the case of Ashley vs. Ashley. It was begun in 1740, when Lord Harwicke was Chancellor. It was reported on in 1792, and slept from that time till November 19, 1875, when it came up before Vice-Chancellor Malins, who ordered it to the Court of Appeals for final adjudication. It was quite delight­ ful to observe that the Vice-Chancellor wound up his judgment on the point be­ fore him with these refreshing words : "Tax and pay the costs of all parties out of the funds in oourt." MB. LAWRENCE, of Ohio, is after the Pacific railways with a sharp stick in the shape of a resolution requiring those cor­ porations to indemnify the Government for the interest advanced on the subsidy bonds. According to Attorney-General Pierrepont this will amount to over $200,000,000, and Mr. Lawrence wants (JOB ere ss to strike the roads for this small sum. It is barely possible that these corporations may be compelled to drop their enormous steal after all. It is a little to heavy for even a pair of rail­ ways to make off with. THE Omaha Herald comes out strong­ ly as an opponent of capital punishment. It suggests imprisonment for life, with an absolute prohibition of the pardoning power, except in cases where innocence can be clearly established. In Rhode Island, where there is practically no capital punishment--the statute provid­ ing that the death penalty shall only be inflicted on persons who may commit murder while undergoing life imprison­ ment--the pardoning power is vested in the Governor and Senate. The Gov­ ernor's recommendation and Senate's consent are necessary. The result is that pardons are rare, and generally ju­ dicious. NOT many months ago, in India, a gen­ tleman and wile having taken passage -ci*. for England went on board with their baggage. Presently tne husband dis-' covered that there was time for him to go ashore and see a man. He went, he saw, he was conquered; and when it oc­ curred to him that it was time to go aboard again, ae [hailed a boatman and. ere long found himwilf on board a largo passenger-ship, It was night. A sleepy steward inquired the number of h£& cabin, which he chanced to remember,, as also that Ms was the upper berth ; so he contrived to clamber into it without disturbing his wife, as he supposed, who slept beneath. But when dawn broke* and the ship was well on her way, ft. feminine voice was heard shrieking, in a tone of terror, " Steward, steward t there's a man in my cabin I" The wretch­ ed man was aroused, and the situation1 explained to him. He had mistaken the ship. They were under way for Aus­ tralia, and nis unhappy wife was steam­ ing away to England under a firm con­ viction that he had been robbed and. murdered by ruffians who frequent the quays. When he at length arrived in Australia, he could not even there relieve' her mind, as the cable connecting that country with Europe was not completed --it having, in fact, only now been work­ ing little more than a year--so that about four months passed before sla» heard anything of him. Lieut* Cameron's March Across the African Continent, Further details are to hand respecting Lieut. Cameron's expedition. The gal­ lant explorer, in traversing the breadth of the entire continent from Zanzibar to Angola, met, on the, whole, with a fa­ vorable reception by the natives. He reached Benguella on the 7th and Loanda on the 10th of November, with fifty-seven East Coast men, all in good health. It was Cameron's intention to remain at Loanda until an opportunity arrived for sending his men home round by tiie Cape to the East Coast. It is understood that the intrepid traveler has accumulated some very val­ uable geographical materials, besides a large amount of general scientific infor­ mation. Of course, the especial interest attaching to his mission is the great question of the connection of the Congo with the great eastern lakes. It appears that he followed a large river flowing out of Lake Tanganyika in a southwesterly direction, tracing its whole course till he came upon a new lake, which he named "Livingstone." From this body of water a second large river runs westward, which the Lieutenant, having traced it for a con­ siderable part of its length, believes to- be the Congo. It would seem that he was unable to continue along the river on account of meeting with a tribe of hostile natives. He had to choose between fighting his way through these unfriendly tribes, --ui. MTU TUO LION UA XIAO JUULUOAO- and papers, or of taking a different di­ rection. The latter alternative seemed preferable, and, though it prevented the absolute verification of bis .important discovery, he has personally no donbt that the stream flowing out of Living­ stone Lake and the Congo are one and the same.--London Times. A GOOD-SIZED REVOLVER.--The largest revolving gun that has probably ever been manufacturedis now at %e royal gun factories in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, England. It is a revolver with five chambers, firing successively through an open-mouth barrel, and mov­ ing about on a kind of truck. It weighs 35 cwt., and appears to be very ingen­ iously contrived. It will shortly be for­ warded to Shoeburyness, to undergo a series of trials in competition with vari­ ous charges of gun-cotton. EMPLOYER--Good morning William, how are yon? and how's your poor old mother? William--Well, Bir, 1 don't know; I don't live with the old woman now; I've got lodgings of my own. (Pause.) But I won't see her want. Employer--Ah, perhaps that's why yoi» moved away! THE MARKETS, NEW YORK. 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