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rgtmn ftofotertcr J. VMtLYKE. Itlftor and I I ILLINOIS. 1EEILY lEWS REVIEW. THE EAST. 4 |OI«M OOHK, » manufacturer of W- in New York, has made an assignment, *100,000 The safe in the residence of ' _jl BMBaiueut citizen of Bradford, Pa., was open by burglars, who ae- ^ tared f2,000 in bonds and an assort- g meat of diamonds Four more of the Hp 'km injured by the boiler explosion at AJlen- jF. -town. Pa. have* died and the list now unmberi 'At the investigation into the cause - -mt the explosion, two boiler-makers testified sfe **"' '» »»» the.result- of the accidental intro- W*'""' eduction of a current of cold air which forced As'". into the boiler and created a vacuum. "C (Other witnesses stated that there was a leak in boiler. 1* ^ ' THE death is announced of Hon. John f-" * *©. Brown, the wealthiest citizen of Portland, I* •, "3S.e„ who was prominent in the construction of. the rsflwavs in that State and a director in chief manufacturing enterprises. ' i MRS. EOEKTON and her 2-year-old son inn of the Garfield inauguration now pro­ pose to hare in attendance 300 men from etcfa county m Ohio, ranged under banners. CAPT. JAMKS B. EADS has arrived in Washington. He expresses his belief that Oongress would nov< r lend itself to further the wishes of the promoters of an inter-oceania canal in view of the superior recommenda­ tions which would be offered by the adoption of hip plan. He will ask Congress at once to give him authority to form a company, with #75,000,(MM capital, and to guarantee 6-per- ooofc. dividends upon two-thirds of that amount. For this the American Government will have a right to have its war vessels trans­ ported across the railway free of charge. THE House Committee on Education and Labor agreed to report favorably on Rep­ resentative Goode's bill to devote to public in­ struction the proceeds of sales of public lands. POLITICAL. Gov. MITRKAY. of Utah, has issued a certificate of election to Allen G. Campbell as delegate to Congress, on the ground that Geo. Q. Cannon who received the majority of votes, is not a citizen of the t nitod States, and living in iwlvgamv in violation of the law of 1862. The Mormons are indignant, and Cannon will contest the case. A LARGE number of the ooJored people of Cleveland, at a public meeting, adopted a resolution that Senator Bruce has done nothing for his race, and is not a true representative of hia class. JOHN SHERMAN WILL succeed Mr. i, • j'were burned to doath in Washington. N. J. A . „ , . ohi He re- s jco&l-oil lamp exploded and set rire to their j Thurman in the Senate from Ohm.He re V' -'Whin* A negro boy of Philadelphia, 3 j oeived the unanimous vote of the Republican J r'>'t««an; old, heated a poker to a red-hot heat and j Legislative caucus, which was in session only - a babe by putting down its throat the | half an hour i •-^yfcqmngiioi1, """* ? MBH. STONS, the well-known itdy phi- , ^ Ben Harrison December, 86S agrarian tatragea wan ootn- mitted in Ireland. OWING to disquieting rumors, the commander of the British navy has been sum­ moned to Dublin to confer with the command­ er of troops in Ireland, in order to arrange for oo-operation at certain points in case of neces­ sity. After a land meeting on one of the Ar- rau isles twenty-one head of cattle were miss­ ing. It i* Rupnoried the Land Longuers drove them ever the cliffs iuto the sea. An attempt was made, it is believed by Fenians, to blow up the armory of the infantry barracks at Halford. England, and get ] cm session of the arms. Dynamite was employed for the pur­ pose, but it did uo bsmi, save to blow a meal store to atoms. Pai-nell's atneudmeut to the address in reply to the Queen's upeech was re­ jected. in the House of Commons, by a vote of 435 to 57... .The anti-Jewish agitation has ex­ tended from Berlin to Saxony, Bavaria, Leip­ zig and Breslau. Forty thousand names have been signed to the petition to be preseuUxl to Bismarck. UfAUCHJftAL ABDRESS CULLOM. GOT. Gen, J. K. -lawley was nomi- COXGRESSION AL SUMMARY. The Senate waa not in session on Saturday, Ian. ft. The House spent nearly all day In commit­ tee of the whole on the Funding bill. Feraaudo Wood, for the Committee on Ways and Means, offered an amendment to fix the rate of Interest at 3 per cent Mr. Claflin thought it would be dangerous to pat e bond of that rate on the market. Mr. Warner suggested that the interest be fixed at 2)tf 1*1" cent. Sir. Keifer offered au Bmendiuent to pay not exceeding 4 per cent., which waa vi.ted down. Mr. Frye t-isid he had lately become convinced that It wou'd be utterly imporaible to float a 3-per-cent. bend running lesa than thirty years. Mr. Randall remarked that the outstanding bonds vibrated be­ tween ii>.4 aud 8*j' per cent. Fernando Wood gave Secretary Sherman as authority for a statement that rBunrAmulit Having been reelected to the offloe of Governor of the Commonweal, li of Illinois, and haviog taken the oath pre­ scribed by the constitution, I now, in pursuance of a custom old as the State itself, appear in your prcsenae to a ldresa you on such topics of State interest as seem to me appropriate to the time and occasion. The confidence shown by my fellow-citizens in continuing mo in the executive chair for an­ other term fills me with a deep sense of grati­ tude, aud with renewed zeal to so conduct my administration as to satisfy all Just expecta­ tions. I have no policy to announoe other than that contained in those principles of economy, faithfulness to duty, and impartial ad­ ministration of the laws, by which I have K/ught to control and characterize my public service in the past. The people of the Statu: know beat whether public affairs have been well or poorly managed. If my adminis­ tration, just closed, is entitled to be regarded with favor; if it is believed that it has faithfully performed the duties and discharged the trust confided to it, I desire, here and now, to say that much of whatever praine is due be­ longs to my distinguished colleagues, who have been associated with me, and most of whom have just laid down the trusts placed iu their hands by the people, and to the gentlemen "L -• -- » -- - -- | II. NM f. IQUU rece ived the unani- s Janthropist of Boston, has made the following j mong nomination of the Republican cau- *«3%Mraests in addition to a great many previously ; cus of the Indiana Legislature for Senator . "* _ _ I ftiA TWnn/trsiii- tYiMnhoin of the Senate are a »... opflimation for Senator by the Repub- ] a shim certificate could be floated at 3 per cent Mr, i lican caucus of the Connecticut Legislature. ! Mills thought $100,000,000 could be saved by letting who have served on the several State boards, i . They have discharged their duties with dis- , cept it without question. Four years ago doubt and the university, constitute an argument in favor of the mai ntenance of these institutions which cannot be successfully met. I be!ijve that no part of the public revenue annually contributed by the people of Illinois has been more profitably or beneficially expend­ ed than that which, has been appropriated to the support of the public schools. It* benefits are i-ot merely manifest iu tho present, but it is an investment for tho future, destined to bring its returns in accumulating profits to future generations. It is said that the State is what the people make it; also that " the State is what, the peo- p'e are. and not what they possess." These statement* are especially true in a government in tho hands of the people. The free-school system of this country is its present glory and future security, and should be sustained and fostered with a jealous hand. The schools are s guarantee of comfortable homes and happy families, and that the civilization of the people in the next generation will be superior to this. The able report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction is before the Legislature, and its suggestions are worthy of careful at­ tention. The reports of the Industrial University and of the Normal Universities will also be placed before the Legislature. These institutions are essential parts of our public-school system. Their development and growth will conduce directly to the improvement of the common school in every part ef the State, aud for this reason they should be treated with the same liberality which the common school receives, aud every needful provision made for their sup­ port. We have recently passed through another Presidential contest Happily for the country, the result has been decisive; and the people ac », . __jpon College, K.pon, Wis ^"^Jacksonville; Betoit College, Beloit, Wis.; ( v «» <AML Robert College, Constantinople, #20,000 j GEN. MILLER, the Republican candi- , leach ; to Marietta College. Marietta, Ohio, ; dftte ^ e^ted United States Senator by the •:^|¥iaud P» rea College. Berea, Ky., 10,000 the matured debt stand and pay it in five years. Mr. Hawley said that at the present market rates of bonds a thirty-year 3 per cent was worth 94 to 9(1. Mr. Converse thought a 3-per-cent. bond was equivalent to C per cent, on private loans. Mr. „ Towutiheiid called attention to the sale of Northern unit against Logan's scheme to put Grant on I paeftie B'» at a p-emium of over 2y, per cent. Mr. !KtaT=tteTS Washhig^i iiijallfemroe, Va.; Olivet • Oh^ct, _Mieh., , a aill8t Logan's scheme to put < Illinois L/Onege, i retired lint with the rank and pay of General. Felton thought It would crimi'iuil to perpetuate • wach. She gives ^25,000 ^..jDittveiuity at Washington, §15,000 for ei -Jffehcal work iu France, aud $12,500 to the Howard I CaUfornia Legislature, on the 12th inst. Col. to the ^Howard | te. Q F^r wa[) eltcted genaUr by the [p^r'wort "and *12,500 to j dSfarT^vSlL of . ^'J*k Petosbor? N. HL Hatch °WalX°wi^d j Maine by the Legislature of that State. ? Ibis wife and cut his own throat One man | Ju the Pennsylvania Republican ben- ; 1¥^wss killed and two fatally lmrned by an explo- | atorial caucus, at Harrisburg, the Grow men, in & oellttiuid factorv it Newburyport, - .. .« <. • .« •tfttf * i fiftv-oiie in iiuniber, finding thernselvee in the ' VnwrAvn TtwnwnARTvr who murdered ! minoritv, absented themselves by agreement. JSDWABD BBBNHARDT, wno muraerea ^ TFAE THE H. W. Ohver, Jr., the .. Jut wife, was hanged at the jail on Staten j Cameron candidate, was nominated for ~ - 'Siiiand, N. Y. As his body was jerked unto the i Senator. Thomas C. Piatt was nominated for i jfair the undertaker fell in'a fainting lit. ! Senator bv the New York Legislative caucus, | and Mr. McMillau was named as his own suc- i*HE WEST# I by the Itepublican caucus of the Minne- A wm of liorses, drawing a heavy j "ota Legislature. mrnm, ran away at Watertown, Wis., on New A DELEGATION representing the ool- Hear's eve. After considerable advertising, Hbev were found standing dead in a marsh, al- enveloped in mire, six miies from Ocono- Biowoc By the breaking up of the ioe in the - <Ndo river, steamboat property was damaged to 4fce extent of *150,000. "MT.T.IC SARA BKRNHAKDT is creating as ;great a furorc in Chicago as in the cities she has previously visited in America, the advance •ale of seats being far ahead of that at­ tending any former presentation to the public • of the Western metropolis. Manager Mo- Yaoker has nearly «re\euted the securing of ' itte beet seats by t.cket speculators by his regu- • • *tion of a woman's private character is !' none of their business." Probably a larger amount of aioney will be taken iu than at any previous twelve performances in the history of Chicago amusements. A SHOCKXRO accident, by which two wtimable ladies lost their lives, is reported from Havana, Ohio. Mrs. C. G. Galley ani Mrs. B. O. Ellis were riding in a sleigh. Approaching Baltimore and Otiio railway through a cut ored Republicans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Texas visited Gen. Garfield at Mentor, and laid before him the condition of the freedmeu in the South. Their spokesman was R. B. Eliiott, of South Carolina. The President-elect said it was neither the time nor place for him to indicate his future policy in reg.rd to the debt. Mr. Bayne offered an amendment that the Secretary of the Treasury sell the new bonds at the lowest rate of interest practica­ ble, whic'i was lost. Mr. Hurd declared specie resumption a delusion and a onare. Mr. Gil lette thought it shameful that Mr. Newberry should admit liaviug received iaRtructionn from a national bank. When the committee rope, to limit debate, an adjournment waa effietert. The Indian appropria­ tion was reported, which at&l sside $4,5'AJ,866, of which amount $2S0,000 is for the transportation of supplies. Mr. Logan introduced in the Senate, on Monday, Jan, 10, a bill to place Grant on the retired list of the army with the rank and pay of General. Mr. Bayard presented a hill to require signatures on national-bank notes to be written, and Mr. Logan one to extend the franking privilege to all official business of Senators and Represen­ tative*. Mr. Yoorhees submitted a res- u.uuou to exc, licit) the 'lrrmurles froiu the ' operation of the Poase Comitntus act. Mr. McDonald urged the payment of the claim of Beu HollUiay, wliile Mr. Bayard opposed the idea of the Government insuring mail contractors against idea by tlie deprcdutionn of Imliann. In tho House, Mr. Carpenter presented a constitutional amendment providing that the bulk of civil offio. rw of the United States shall hold th> ir positions for four year*, and that Cong reus may provide for the election of Post- r» and other locai oilketn. Mr. liuckuer in­ troduced a bill to negotiate with Mexico or Cen­ tral America for the cession of territory educational facility, as their political salvation lay in the acquirement of knowledge, which would enable them to cope on more equal term-i with the trained minorities in tbeir States. Bishop Hood presented a short ad­ dress from the Board of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, to which Gen. Garfield replied very briefly. GENERAL. ADVICES from the City of Mexico say that at last accounts there was not a pound of ita the road, the beUs drowned" the noise of the ! four in Tampico, the cotton crop in the State life appro tching locomoti\e with caboose. The I of Durango had been destroyed, and the cojd |*:lantter and locomotive reached the crossing at ] weather in Chihuahua surpassed anything in j *$the same time. Mrs. Galley, se-iug her peril, j the memory of the oldest inhabitant... .It is .« stood up in the sleigh and was struck bv the I announced that a rival syndicate has been i* pilot in such a manner that she was thrown ^ «*er the cab of the engine and fell in the arms V ;/* the fireman, standing on the tender. Mrs. A I , Ellis was thrown forty feet. Both ladies fjwwre killed. .The horse was also killed •land the cutter ground to fragments jjDr. Pat?on, the chemist of the Chicago Health |Department, has analyzed a sample of Lake IGchi^rtn. He finds it comparatively free from the freedmen, but he assured" them that his j "bich .to colonise our negro population. - t «r> »hof worn htutprl The House went into committee of the past llttyrani.es on th t J .. , . .. I whole on the Indian appropriation, and Mr. Frost on profound conviction, leaving^ them tJ 'nler . eharffed that the removal of Chief Joseph and his that he was fully alive to then" interests, xle j band to the maluriouB Indian Territory waB a crime, encouraged them to make the oest use of every Mr. Sherwin introduced a bill to regulate the impor- DN formed for the construction of the Canada Pa­ cific railroad, and on terms much more favorable to the country tbau those agreed to by the Government The new syndicate is willing to undertake tbe work for a bonus of $2,000,000 and 20.000,000 acres of land. This JS more favorable than the contract now before Parliament of $5,000,(4)0 nnd 50,000,000 acres of land George F. Slos- amc matter, but strongly impregnated with j son. being unable to get another match with sian salts " Uncle Tom." the hero of I Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, lectured last |wsek in Cliicaga ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE pounds of gunpowder exploded in the store of John Andrews, at Climax, Mich. There were •aksveu persons in the store at the time, three of '•'••wham were fatally and seven badly wounded. 1 'Pooii-SELLING is now a crime in Ohio, '"mmder a new law just passed and approved _JMdsig the past year there were erected in Chi­ cago 8.868 new buildings, at a total cost of $9,- '300,000 A convention of the farmers of Kan- in session at Topeka, adopted a resolution ivor of a Congressional enactment con- * trolling ail inter-State transportation... .1 he Union flouring-mills, at Detroit, were com- ' wr< eked by the explosion of tbe boiler, engineer, 'fireman and oiler were killed. Tti® damage was £30.060. .. A policeman at Alton, 111., camrht three bnr- glars at work, and inflicted upon one of them a mortal wound 'l'he St. Louis Central Baiir< ad Company, which proposes to build a "" - " " . IlL. • -- • liver, has been incorporated at Springfield. A HOBKIBLE tragedy was enacted near Oshkoeli, Wis., a few nights ago. The farm- ifeMse, barn, and granary of a fsmi'y named "Wi^kow were burned. "When the neighbors ar­ med on the scene they found the doors se­ curely locked. Miss Wiskow was found some rods from the house insensible, with two deep gashes on her head and face, «nd her clothing partly burned. The body of Mrs. Wiskow WHS found in the burning embers, but sufficiently preserved to show that she had been nnii dtred. In the ruins of the hara were lound *onie bones, presumably all that was lef t of Mr. Wiskow. It is believed that the crime was perpetrated by Wiskow while laboring under a fit of insanity. THE probable murder of Charles Yignaux in Paris, has sailed for New York. In a letter to his brother he claims that he was robbed in the last game. FIVE Mexioan prisoners, heavily ironed, in charge of a Federal Marshal, passed through Chicago last week to serve term* of two years each in the Detroit House of Cor- rei tion. They were the leaders of a party equipped in Arizona lat-t August for revolu­ tionary operations in Mexico, and were sen­ tenced for violating the neutrality laws. One of the number, CoL Martinez, was the fine*t cavalrv officer in tho Mexican army John F. Swift, one of the American Commis- ;Ma, in session at Topeka, adopted a resolution 1 siontrs who recently negotiated the treaty Jnfavor of a Congressional enactment con- j wilh China, says the United State* has re­ served the right to terminate at pleasure the residence of Cui«tosu laborers upon its soil. It •plfitolj wr< eked bv the explosion of the boiler, is understood that no more Celestials shall be The engineer, fireman and oiler were naturalized in tins country, and the papers al­ ready issued shall have no effect. THE National Rifle Association, at its annual meeting in New York, adopted a re»o- | lution declaring it inexpedient to accept the lino from Muiphytiboro, IlL*. to the Mississippi t invitation of Lord Stanhope te compete on ' British sod. IT is believed that the basis on which the Western Union, American Union and At­ lantic and Pacific Telegraph Companies have been consolidated is that tbe new company's stock shall be $80,ii00.0i)0, of which the West­ ern Union is to have %58.000.000, the American Union >115.01)0,000 and the Atiautic and Pa­ cific %7,0o0,0o0. Jay Gould engineered the whole scheme, and is said to have profited very largely by the operation. THE value of the petroleum exports from the United States for the eleven months ending Nov. 30, 1880, was $31,644,007, against (33,2%,020 for the same period in 1879. A DISPATCH from St. Scliolastique, Can- Backles, in sight of tbe famous Bender farm ! *da, savs that Jean Baptist© Narbonne, who *i» Kansas, by Henry C. Forrest and wife, has j .Moused the citizens to a frenzied pitch of ex- : site went. Forrest has been placed in jail in Oaweuo. It is asserted that Buckles' body was fcaiina, the flesh being fed to the hogs,' and the i burned in the stove. THE SOUTH* JAY GOULD paid $750,000 for the road iMt known as the Mew OrleenB and Texas, which is iu running order to Donaldsonville, •ad is graded to Alexandria. It is expected that the New Orleans Pacitiu will be completed by August A fast-iniiil train, going south «n the Richmond and Danville road, struck a trock slide near Lexington, N. C. The engi- r aud fireman were instantly killed, aud i engine and postal-car completely wrecked. confessed the murder of his brother Dan, with his father and step-mother (each SO years old), at whose instigation he committed the deed, were each sentenced to be hanged on tbe 25th of February. FOREION. SINCE the failure of negotiations for a treaty with Russia, the Chinese Government has made extensive preparations for war. It is believed that torpedoes «ill be laid at the entrance to treaty ports, and the commerce of all nations cut off. A CHRISTIAN Liberal club has been formed in Berlin to oppose the anti-Jewish agitation A Japanese coasting steamer with sixty passengers and a crew of twenty-two «)» Mo«»n» i^i.,„ ! foundered in an inland sea of Jspan, and THE Masonic lodge in Fredericksburg, ( Hixty-four lives were lost.... A Bombay dis- •a«, iu which Washington was initiated Nov. patch announces that a plot to depose the A, 1753, has determined to erect a memorial Ihijali aud massacre all European residents in ' " i church has been discovered at Kolopore. I Forty-, even natives have been arrested. ! A PLOT to kill Charles Bradlaugh has ! been discovered in London. The intention was | to attack him on bis way home trorn the liou»e of Common* A Vienna dispatch announces the renewnl of the alliance ls tw<-eii the Empe­ rors of Austria, Germany and Russia All the great i>owers unreservedly approve of the arbi­ tration ut' the Greek question, but Greece ana Turkey refuse to have any tiling to do with the scheme. Both nations are getting ready to fight. THE Peruvians have placed dynamite mines at exposed points outside of Lima. The Chilian army is encamped nine miles from the city, aud a battle is daily expected. THE prosecution having closed their tple. A bill is before the Legislature of Ten- JMasee to settle the debt of Memphis with fcands at 25 cents on the dollar, bearing 4 per m>L interest... .Mrs. Anne Wood, who sasided in Hampton, Y*., when the British troops entered it, in 1812, has paused away from earthly scenes A negro mho had outraged a whfte girl, near Mariana, Arli., was taken from jail bv an armed nob, some of whom riddled the villain with fcoUettt before the haugiug taction could reach »t*ee. THE cotton and rice crops of South Ofrolina have sustained great damage from the ^protracted wet weather....Frederick Wirtz, Resident of the New Orleans City Railroad -Oocnpunv, has been indicted for embezzling 010.000 of the fnuds of the company. uonot imitaiioiis of butter and cneene. A resolu­ tion was p»B»eu authorizing the inyltation of the Oorernnu nt and pe iple of t rance to take a part In tike York town centennial celebration. Mr. Cameron made an adverse report on the bill to reorganize the militia of the United States to the Senate, on the morning of Jan. 1L Mr. Wlndom reported the West Point appropriation, and Mr. More; a bill for the relief of (ten. Ord. Mr. Slater introduced a bill fixing the prioe of even-ntunbeired sections, w within the limits of any rail­ road, military, or wagon road grant to pre-emption Bottlers," at $1.7S per acre. The 8miat« spent mont of the day m disculiv­ ing the bill for the relief of Beu Uoiliday and the District Tramp bill. During tho discussion of the former some sharp passages at arms took pla-je be­ tween Conkling and Mcfherson. No flual action was taken on either bill. In the House, Messrs. Con­ verse, House, Phillips, Browne and Robinson of Massachusetts were appointed a Congressional committee to investigate the alleged violxtions of the iraiiking privilege by members nf Coi.grenH in send­ ing political documents through the mails under their frank jnet prior to the late Preside ntial election. In commute ? of the wlio'o ou Indian appropriations, Mr. Hiscix-fe's amendment setting aside $10,000 for the expenses of a commission of ten citiceus was adopted. The sixth section, which provides for the opening of bids and award of contracts at some point in the Wert, wan stricken out. On reporting the tv'l to ihi1 M ^IH« f'** ilment for n OOTtiSOi*- •OB was reJecMI, and the bill passed. The •ewss received e communication from the President reooiumending that an appropriation be made to pay the expenses of two delegates to represent the United States at the International Congress ol Elec­ tricians 'Ut he held in Paris next September. In the United States Senate, Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, presented a scheme for the clerical reorganization of the Treasury Department, on Wednesday, Jan. IX Mr. Lo^an called up his reso­ lution for the extension of the franking privilege to all official business of Senators and Representatives, on which a prolonged debate took place. The army appropriation was then taken up, and discussiou arose over the sum Bet apart to .pay and-grant rail- rosds an installment on tbeir" c aims. The House took up the Funding bill, in c< minitte?.of the whole, and, after a full expression of opinion, the rate of Interest ou the bonds and notes was fixed at 3 per cent. The vote was 132 to 92, the Demo­ crats mainly favoring that rate and the Republicans opposing it An amendment by Mr. Hanlord was adopted, that prior to the issue of the refunding bonds or notes the Secretary of the Treas­ ury shall pay on maturing bonds all standard silver dollars and ail gold in excess of $50,000,000 now held for redemption pinnwses. When tho committee rose, Mr. Kendall said the na­ tional banks should be compelled to take the 3 per cents, as security for their circulation, which would market S 100,000,000, and the remainder of the maturing debt could be liquidated by pay­ ment. Mr. Ha»kell declared that no Western na­ tional bank could continue business on a 3-per-cent. bond. No conclusive action had been reached on the bill at the hour of adjournment. A bill was reported favorably to the Senate on the morning of Jan. 13, by Mr. McMillan, to pay damages to Indians on the Minnesota reservations, caused by the construction of reservoirs at the head waters of the Mississippi, and it was passed. Mr Logan called up the resolution extending the frank­ ing privilege, which went to the Postofflce Committee. The Senate then took up the Army bin and adopted Mr. EdmundB, aUK'udment providing for the payment to tlie iaud- grant railroads of r>0 per oent of th"ir claims; pro­ vided further, that tbe total amount to l>e paid shou:d not exceed $125,000. In the House, Mr. Johnnton reported a bill to relieve Maj. Oen. Ord. The Kunding bill was then taken up iu com­ mittee of the whole. An amendment was adopted thnt $400,0(10 000 ill 3-per-cent. bonds be is­ sued, redeemable in five yeirs and payable in ten, and certificates to tbe am unit of £100.000,00 i. bear­ ing J per cent, interest and running from one to ten years, the treasury having previ­ ously paid out ail the silver dollars and all the gold reserve above $S0.oiX>,ooO. Some passages-^t-arms took place between Keed, of Maine, nnd Randall, the foimer accusing the latter of something like demngogy. Frank H ird also folt aggrieved at some remarks by a brother Democrat Myers, of Indiana, and rose to a personal explana* tton. benator Hoar introduced a bill in the Senate on Friday, Jan. 14, providing that ex-Presidents shall be entitled to an nnnual pension equal to one- fourth of the salary paid them while in office. Mr. Johnson, from the Committee on Yorktown Celebra­ tion, reported favorably on the mso.ution inviting the French Government and peop'e to participate in the celebration. Mr. Voorhees ofTcred a concurrent resolution instruct ng the ('hair- men of tbe Naval Committees of the two hou"es to co-operate with the Secretary of the Navy in making arrangements tor the unveiling of Admiral Farragut's statue. Tlie Army Appro­ priation bill and tne District Tramp bill were, parsed, HS was the Military Academy Appropriation bill, without amendment. Henator CouklliiR scored a victory over President Hayes. The Presi­ dent appointed one Hi*hc!l Postmaster of Albany to mcceed the present occupant, Craig, whose term expires on the 1st of March. Tne Post- | ofllee Committee reported ill favor of Haskell's con- i flmiation. Mr. Conkling opposed it on the ground tiat the appointment wa* Illegal, Craig's term not having expired. Tho re|iort was recommitted by a unanimous vote. The House went into committee of the whole on the pri v;ite calendar. Iu tlie debate on the bill for the relief of W'l.i; m Redus, for cittle stolen by Osage lndiaus, Mr. Hpringer demonstrated the necessity of a court for hearing all private claims. _ , .. , case, the defense of the Irish traversers was CAKEFCI, investigation in the cotton < Dub]in on ^ 13th ^ The ^ Mt shows that 16,500,000 acres have been room waB crowded. ylaatod, and that the larger portion of the «Bop will be saved, amounting to 6,900,000 MM, One farmer in Kern county, CsL, hat {planted fifty acres with good results. WASHINGTON. BKCBBTABY EVARTS says there is no qmrto reopen the Halifax arbitration unless McDonough, who deliv­ ered tbe opening address, was almost the sole survivor of the couns 1 in the O'Connell case. He claimed that tlie Land League was a legal organization, and that the traversers urofessed the principles of John He\v.,rt Mill, and but for tho support of England the land­ lords would be driven into the sea.... A theater at Cronstsdt, Buss'a, was destroyed by tire, aud the director and seven others per- tinguished ability, with unquestioned fidelity, and with such unceasing zeal, that I take occa­ sion, as I enter upon another terra of office, to make this public acknowledgment, and to thank them for their uniform courtesy to me. Having r&<ently transmitted to the General Assembly information, by message, of tho con­ dition of the State, with some recommenda­ tions which 1 deemed important, I am not callod upon now to detain you with a long ad­ dress. Four years ago th* people of our 8tate, as were those of our common country, were passing through a period of depression in business. Times were hard, thousands of laboring men were out of employment, and many of them, for a time, iu actual' distress. That period has passed away, and good times have come--I trust to st«y. Legitimate business is prosperous, and all kinds of labor are in demaLvd at remunerative prices. The last Legislature passed an act providing for the establishment of a Bureau of Labor Sta­ tistics. A Board of Commissioners was ap­ pointed. and it will place before the Legislature the re*ult of its labors in a report. The report will contain much valuable information which will aid in the determination of any questions touching the interests ot labor, especially in rc- lati >u to needed legislation connected with the mining interests of the State. Sue i laws should be enacted as wiil insure the greatest pos-ible protection and safety to those engaged in our mines. The mining inte est is increasing in importance, in the amount of capital employed and the number of those i ifected by it every year. Thousands of our citizens are engaged in its development. The work of a miner is attended with more than ordinary danger, and I recom­ mend that the law in relation to mining be so amended as to secure the greatest safety to those engaged in the development of this interest, so important to the business and comfort of the whole people. The expressed purpose of the law creating the Bureau of Labor Statistics was to collect and furnish to the Oen ral Assembly statistical details relating to all departments of labor, es­ pecially in its relations to the commercial, in­ dustrial, social, educational and sanitsry con- ci;ions of the laboring classes. This is a broad field for investigation, affecting all industries and business, and the very structure of socL'iy itself, reaching to the comfort, happiness and intelligence of every citizen, aud to tbe general prosperity, wealth and civilization of tne peo­ ple of the State. It has beeu said that "America has the freest and cheapest Government in the world,and it might bo added with equal truth, that here the laborer receives the best wages and his children the best opportunities to secure an oducation. The dignity of labor is no longer questioned in America. The divine edict, '*In the sweat of thy faco shalt thou eat bread," if pro­ nounced as a punishment merely, has proven the means of developing the highest type of manhood. In the ages that followed, to labor was to serve; the master willed and the slave obeyed. Through the compaiativelv free and cultivated epoch when Greece and Home held sway "Nid were the seat of all that the world knew of learning and luxury, down through the feudal ages, and even now, where Kings and Emperors S%le( the taint of servitude attaches to labor. It remained for a representative government of the people, based on the principles of the immortal Declaration of Independence, which recognizes no aristocracy or favored class, to remove the taint, and the laboring man here is ao longer a human slave or machine, but a free man, with his share of the responsibilities of society and government resting upon him. To uie laboring class we look for tho energy •ad perseverance which conquers all difficulties, overcomes all obstacles ami beautifies the path of life for us all with the flowers of peace Mod prosperity. Labor feeds the hungry, clothes the naked, subdues the wilds and the wood*, builds our homes and cities, constructs our highways, lifts upon a higher plane our civilization, and makes the world richer, wiser and better. Who sliall decry lalsir, or fail to honor him who labors? The rail-splitter, the tailor and tho tanner have, by labor, made their home in the White House; the tow-path of the canal leads to-day in the same direction. Labor, to be most successful, must be intelligent. It was not alone because these men, who came from the humbler walks of life, and who achieved renown, worked with tbeir hands, that their honors came to them. These honors came because they fitted them­ selves for great responsibilities by labor and by mental training, which qualified them for any emergency. •Uioor marks the path of the world's progress. Our very existence depends upon it., in the 'language of inspiration, ' • Tho profit of the earth is for all; the King himself is served by tho field." The position which the State of Illinois now occupies, not only in the development of its material resources, but in the intellectual and moral advancement of its people, is conspicuous and commanding. The progress which has been made in the de­ velopment of our system of popular education in the past twenty years hns placed Illinois iu the very front rank among the States of the Union in this regard. It vies to-day with Massachusetts, Connecticut, and other New England Htatea, which were but recently re­ garded as pioneers in the cause of popular edu­ cation, in the liberality of the support given to tho publio schools aud higher institutions of learning. A comparison of the cost of tuition per pupil in the various States, and of the Aggregate sums expended for tho support of schools aud the erection of school-nouses shows that among the richer and more popu­ lous States of the Union, Illinois surpasses the groat States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, and is only surpassed by Now York and Massachusetts, whose pre-eminence in the excellency and efficiency of their common-school system have attracted the attention and elicited the admiration of the world^-' While the states­ men, political economists, dpd even the profes­ sional teachers of other lands have been de­ bating the question whether the masses can be educated with safety to society and the state, we heve gone forward in the prtxsUoal solution of mo pioolcui until It is uo ioiigur au open question. There is no issue on which the people of Illinois are so heartily united, and about which thei e is HO little divis­ ion of parties, as that the public-school sys­ tem must not only be maintained, but that it must be improved and perfected by all the aids which minds trained in the art of teaching, ex­ perience, observation aud intelligent legislation con give it According to the census of 1870 there were in the State of Illinois 27,8t>5 per- sous between the ages of 12 and 20 years una­ ble to read and write. A part of this number were incnpacitated by mental weakness, or other natural or physical causes, from over­ coming the evils of imperfect education, and should therefore not be counted among the il­ literates for lack of mental training. The statistics of illiteracy for 1880 have not yet l>een made public, but there is every reason ti assume, from the increase of public schools, and the tnihicnce of a rapidly advancing civili­ zation, that the ratio of illiteracy, if not the ag- crrecito number of illiterates, is largely dimin­ ished. An encouraging featnre of this question con­ sists in the fact that there is absolutely no party in this country which dares to openly ar­ ray itself against popular education. Were th® normal schools aud ludustual Univerr-ity now existed in the minds of many aB to the result, on account of the unprecedented closeness of the electoral vote. That contest, and tho excite­ ment following the election put to a new test the strength of our republican government, the end of which gave increased confidence in the stability of our institutions. It is hoped that the constitution of the United States will bo so amended before another Presi­ dential election as to leave no room for doubt as to the mode of counting the electoral votes, or by whom (hey shall be counted. Tne future of our country is full of hope. Our institutions are laid in the foundations of truth niid liberty. The flag of our nation cov­ ers thirty-eight States, every one of which be­ longs to us as a nation, and whose welfare should bo d< ar to every patriotic heart. The circle of our Union constantly widens, each State forming a golden link ; and while to-day we are thirty-eight States, yet we are one Union, " distinct as the billows, yet one as the . . ., , . .. • , - 1 terms of court of tlie Appe late Court in the Wo hear so mush said about the nchness of , d D OLUWTOU tbe third Tue,- ™r_U^_thA ^ ! day of May and the first'Tuesday of Decem­ ber. An appropriation of tr60,000 was a-ked Both houses attended the Inaugural monies. The General Assembly met in joint session in the hull of the House, a little before 2. o'clock m the afternoon. Such space as the body of the hall a Horded after the members were seated and the galleries to standing-room only were occupied by spectators, the audience beiiig luade up of politicians in otti. e and poli­ ticians out of oilice, military gentlemen in showy uniforms nnd ladies iu gay colors, while the members of the Supreme Court occu­ pied seats at the Speaker's right. After wait­ ing half an hour for the Governor, which was caused by tho evolutions of the military escort, that ollicial, accompanied by tbe other officers elect, appeared, coming down the center aislo toward tlie Speaker's desk, where, without de­ lay Chief Justice Dickey administered the oath of office to each of them. The Governor then pronounced his inaugural address. TuasnAY, Jan. 11.--SFTSATE.--Nothing was done in the very short session beyond the in­ troduction of bills and resolutions as follows: For an appropriation for accom modating addi­ tional patients at tho Northern Intane Asylum at Elgin; authorizing the changing of the number of Directors in incorporated compa­ nies in certain cases ; regulating charges lor yardage, freight and feed at the Stock Yards, "and to prevent extortion--tho same bill intro­ duced last session ; empowering Coroners to appoint three deputies and fix their duties; making an appropriation for neceai-ary expen­ ses and repairs of the Illinois and Michigan canal until tlie expiration of the first fiscal quarter ; making an appropriation to pay tho claim of Gulieu Curneiieus Cromm elin, Julius Hendrik, Tutein, Nathenius aud Abra­ ham Dehaan Aulsen, allowed by the Com­ missioner of Chums--this is an old State bond case, and the appropriation, which is about $5,000, is recommended by the Governor ; extending the time in tbe charters heretofore granted to all mutual insurance companies iu the State ; providing for the taxa­ tion of additions to cities, etc., tho taxa­ tion to begin at the time when the City Council or Board of Trustees Bhall by ordinance declare such addition made; providing for the assessment of mineral, so as to have the actual mineral itself assessed ; changing the present system of equalizing the value oi personal property, so its to vaiue it iu classes ; to provide a penalty in cases where Assessors reiuse or neglect t<> administer the legal oath to owners listing their property for taxation ; providing for amendments of the present law relative to special assessments; amending the law relating to tho incorporation of cities, so that no delay in making an assess­ ment shall be occasioned by any doubt or con­ test as to the ownership of the property; to amend the laws of fees and salaries; to fix the thousand source* of matt rial wealth which our country possesses, that we aie in danger of losing signt of the fact that, after all, for our prosperity, for our happiness as a people, we are indeoted to our free lnstiui ions. This is the only country on the face of the earth which has a Government purely by the people--demo­ cratic in the liberal and* true sense. For the very reason that this is a people's Government, this country is to-day the most prosperous, and rapidly growing in i.opulation and wealth, of all the nations of the world. There are portions of Europe and Asia--say Southern Kussia and Asiatic Turkey--as blessed in soil and climate as Illinois, but the people arc sunk in degradation and poverty, because then rulers, while imposing the severest bur­ dens of taxation, give nothing in return--no roads, uo schools--not even adequate protec­ tion to life aud property. The people of those countries would s\y of us, that we pay no taxes at all, inasmuch as what we do pay is spent among ourselves, for our own good and by our own servants. If the same percentage of our able-bodied men were kept iu idlehesB as a standing army, and pro­ portionate amounts were spent upon fortifica­ tions and armaments, as by the states of Eu­ rope, we should s< e a very different condition of affairs in this country. Our people, intelligent men and women, have not only made our political institutions what they are. but they have shown themselves able and patriotic enough to defend and preserve them as a matchless inheritance handed down to us Oy our fathers. For twenty years, the watch­ word of the people has beeu liberty and union; and, under sucli inspiration, the Union has been saved; ideas in harmony with its per- petu.ty have been well grounded in the minds of tho people, liberty has become universal, the national credit has been established, and confidence in republican government greatly strengthened in the minds of statesmen every­ where. Tlie struggle which secured all these groat blessings cost millions of money and thousands of l.r ive and patriotic lives ; aud, as we recude from the pi riod of the struggle, we must not forget the gr( atnsss of the sacrifices, nor those who made them. The deeds of heroism of the Union soldier of the late war should be re­ membered with gratitude as long as history shall endure. The foundation of our political structure is the ballot. It is the expression of the divine right of the people to rnie. It raises up men and p irtie-, and casts them down. It is the tint of power; but to be valuable, ami accomplish its true purpose and end, this voice of the people must be fairly expressed. Founded on intelli­ gence, it should be without coercion,' bribery, or intimidation; and thus cast, it should be honestly counted in determining lesults. Those sentiment* may appear familiar and trite, but they cannot be" too often repeated, and, espe­ cially, should those who. as servants of the people, have to perform legislative or execu­ tive functions, constantly remember that the chiot end and aim of their service should be to ) ro-erve and transmit our free institutions, which can only be done when the will of an intelligent jn oplc ia assured of a free and pure expression by the ballot. ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. FBIDAY, Jan. 7.--SEKATX.--A message from the HJUSO was received informing the Senate that that body had reached a complete permanent organization, and was ready to meet with the Senate iu jomt session to osnvass the vote on State officers. Tbe Senate then joined the House in such session as desired at 11 SO. The joint session having completed the can- viiMfl, the S. nate returned to its chamber. Com­ ing to order, the Governor's message was re­ ceived and road, and then referred to a com­ mittee to bo appointed. Hons*.--The Speaker announoed the follow- lowing standing committee on rales: Mr. Speaker, Wright, Morris, Durfee, Baldwin, Herrington, Youngblood. The Senate arrived, under th« lead of President Blmman, who in­ formed the Speaker of the House that that body had arrived and was ready to canvass the votes. This was done, and Speaker Thomas declared Cullom, Hamilton, Dement, Swigart, Rutz and McCartnev elected to tho several positions for which tiiey were voted, for the term of four years each, except Ed ltutz, who is elected State Treasurer for tlie term of two years, whereupon the Senate retired. The Governor's message aud other documents were received ana read. Mr. Mitchell offered a resolution authorizing the Speaker to appoint a private secretary for himself, teu page*, and four policemen. Adopted. The Speaker announoed as his pri­ vate secretary G. 8. Willett, of Chicago. A resolution d recting tlie Secretary of State to funni-h stiitionery and the iv cessnrv articles for the use of the officers or tbe House was adopted. Mr. Martin White introduced a resolution, ask­ ing Congress to pass a law giving to all soldiers and their widows of the Florida, Biackhawk, and Mexican wars a pension of 48 per month. A resolution giving tne use of the Hall of Rep­ resentatives to the Woman's State Christian Temperance Union on the evening of the ltttb inst. was adopted. Adjourned to Monday. SATUHDAT, Jan. 8.--SENATE.--The Senate for the purpose of making the necessary repairs to tbe Illinois and Michigan canal. A resolution was offered, directing tbe Board of Canal Commissioners of the Illinois and Michigan canal to cause sluice-ways to be opened from the Desplaines river to "the canal at or near the Summit and Lemont, and to con­ struct a dam across the iornicr Calumet feeder as will cause the waters from Lane's lake to flow into the canal; the expense to be paid out of the earnings, and not to exceed $10,000. It was made the special order for Tuesday next at 10:30. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12.--SENATE.--A resolution was offered providing that Congressmen and Senators from Illinois be instructed to use their influence for the enactment of laws to prevent tho prevalence in the United States, from the importation of English cattle, of plenro-pnen- monia. A joint resolution, fixing the number of janitors and watchmen to be employed in the care of the State House during the session at twenty-nine in number, at a salary of $2 per day, was adopted. Bills were presented as fol­ lows : In regard to eminent domain; to prevent the manufacture and sale of snide butter ; to license and tax express comp > nie.-t; to prevent the adulteration of food, driuli, and medicines ; to prevent tho counterfeiting of dairy pro­ ducts ; in regard to rates of interest, providing for making the legal rate 7 per cent. ; in regard to depositing records of conuty t-urveyors; in regard to local improvements iu cities; to allow Coroners to appoint Deputies, and to prescribe th ir duties ; to restrain incompetent druggists from tampering with the intere.-ts of human life; to organize the Illinois State Dairymen's Association ; to amend an act en­ titled, " Au act to ebtablish Appelliite Courts." Biils filed were then given a first reading and referred to tho different committees. Fol­ lowing is a complete list of the Senate Commit­ tees named: Judiciary--Hunt, Chairman; Munn, Campbcn~ Fuller, C.urk, Ooudee, i'lier, Adaum, Ku_> keud„ji Torrei.ce, Archer, Shutt, Lauuing, Walker of coupin, Herritt, Caliou, iShaw. Judicial Department--Clark, Chairman; Fjfor, Ful.cr, Adams, Torrenoe, Munn, Ford, Irfjwie, RIIK.1 hurt, Neecc, Bell, Waiter Of Fulton, Vaxidgy,.^ Lehmia, Eil wards. llailrondH--Fuller, Chairman ; Oondee, Needles, Filer, Mamer, Tanner, Bent, Evanw, White, May- fle.d, Ciihou, 1 ..Mining, Shutt, Walker of Fulton. W arehouseH--Coudee, Chairman; Seerest, Mumer, Campbel', Thomas, Thorn, \S hi ting, Jlerritt, Kelly Vandeveor, Mine hart. Fiuauuo--Ford, Chairman; Keedlea, Ccndee, Berggreu, Kvaua, Par kin noil, Vandevcer, Cheeny, Kelly. Revenue--Needles, Chairman ; Fuller, Whiting, Ford, Bent, Fifer, Adams, Hunt, Campbell, Won­ derland, Merritt, Callon, Wilaou, Lanning, May- field. Appropriations -- Secrest, Chairman; Kirk, N cdlee, Campbell, Ford, White, Bent, Kuudorlaiid, Mofl'ett, Tanner, bell, Maj hold, Callon, Wilbon, Sohutt. Expenses of tbe General Assembly -- Tanner, Cha.rman; Secrest, Fifer, Artley, Kelly, Edwardx, Neece. 1 Municipalities--White, Chairman; Fuller, Adam?, Clark, Evuufl, Cocdee, Artley, Mamer, Thouia*, Neece, Hhuw, Lemma. Merritt Insurance--Evan*, Chairman; Condee, Need'e«, Runderlaud, btr.:grvn, Lenin. White. F. rd, Walker of Macoupin, Shut, Lamiing, Itmehait, Edward*. Corporations--Munu, CUtiii'uiaa; White, Bout, Kirk, Tmuier, Artley, NeedIcK, Evans, Secrtgt, Archer, Maj iield, Vandeveor, Walker of Macoupin. Banks and Banking--Htce, Chairman; Mamer, Adiins, Wright, Maj lie'd, Vaudev<wr. Ki' ly. State Chaiitable institutions--Fifcr, Chairman ; Rice, Art ey, Torrenre, Fletcher, Kirlt, Fol d, Wright, Condxe, Moffett, Cheauy, Shaw, Neece of Fulton, Archer. Penal and Reformatory Institutions--Bent. Chair- man; Kuykenda 1, Hunt, Tanner, Fuller, Berggren, Sunderland, WhitiiiK, Mamer, Parkinaon, Bell, Wil­ son, Rinohart, Walker of Fulton. Pubi c Buildings ana Grounds--Kirk, Chairman ; M;.i>ha:i. Nemiles, Kuykendall, Fifer, Rice, Shutt, Lemma, M> riitt. Education aud Educational Institutions--Mimhall, Chairman; M< ft'ett, Wright, Rice, Adorns, KucteMt, De Lang, Torrance, Wilton, Walker of Fuiton, Arch­ er, Edwards, CUeuny. Canals and Rivers--Lewis, Chairman; Whiting, Campbell, Adauis, Munn, Iliorn, Muraliall, lluut, Rice , I)e Lane, Archer, Lanning, Ben, Mayfleid. Walker of Fulton. Agriculture and Drainage--Moffett, Chairman; Iliorn, Whiting, Wright, Sunderland, Thomaat, Hunt, C ark, Lewis, bent, Archer, 8haw, Lemma. Neece, Kel.y. Hoi'Uciiituro -- Parkinson, Chairman; Fletcher, Ihom, Secrest., Cheany, Merritt, Edwards. at #2.50 per day, a bookbinder at 92.80 per day, one messenger at 93 per day, and a large num­ ber of J <nit >r* and policemen at the same rate per day was adopted. Tbirty-wven bills were sent up and filed. Among the numher pre­ sented the following were especiallv noteworthy: A bi l to regulate the license to sell intoxicating liquors and to prohibit their sale within two miles of the boundaries of cities and villages; a bill relating to ciiarrer elections and to fix. the time for holding the same in all cities and towns at the same time ; a bill to prevent and punish the adulteration of articles ol food, drinks, and medicine, and tho sale thereof when adulterated ; a bill to regulate the traffic in deadly weapons to adults, and to prevent their sale to minors: a bill to amend an act to indemnify owners of sheep in ease of damage committed by dogs; a bill to abolish hedge fences along highways at railroad crossings; a bill in regard to the course of civil actions before a Justice of the Peace, providing that tho summons or writ shall issue from the Justice in tho town where tho plaintiff or de­ fendant resides, or that it may be issued from the county seat, and that said processes shall be made returnable not earlier than it- o'clock a. in., nor later th*n 5 o'clock p. m.; a bill to prohibit bribery by nihoad and trHn6ix>rta<i«iti companies. This bdl is virtu­ ally a copy of a provision of tho Missouri State constitution, which provides for tho forfeiture of the oilice of any official accepting a railroad pass and punishes the companv for bribery for issuing such a pass, and it extends to all offi­ cers of State, municipality, county and town­ ship. THUBSDAT, Jan. 13.--SENATE.--Bills were in­ troduced as follows : Forbidding any fire insur­ ance company iu an action on a policy to set up a defense that tho property iusured was not worth tho valuation recited in the policy, ap­ propriating £i!),000 for the expenses of the Illinois Industrial University for the next two years ; to prohibit the selling of pools, under penalty of not less thaii $100 nor more than 111,000"; to tax telegraphic companies or lines in Illinois 2 per cent, on the gross earnings; to amend the law in regard to criminal jurifprudence ; to repeal the law in relation to Clerks of courts; in regard to roads and bridges ; to enable cities to license, tax, regulate, suppress and prohibit hawkers, peddler , pawnbrokers, auc­ tioneers, theatricals, and other exhibition shows; in rogird to exemption of home­ steads ; in regard to garnishment; pre­ venting animals runuing at large; to pay Wi liiun G-. Hill $5,000 for damages sustained by the premature dischirgo of State cannon ou the 4lh or July; providing for giving notice of ponding suits by recording notice thereof m the otfico of the ltecorder of tlie county in which the property is situated ; to repeal original section 13 of article 11 of act to provide for incoiporation of cities and vil­ lages. Mr. Secrist's plenro-pneuiiiotiia resolu­ tion was adopted. Mr. Whiting introduced a resolution providing for a joint conunittec to look after matters connect" xt with the Illinois and Michigan canal. Laid over. HOUSE.--The Speaker announced the Com­ mittee on Contingent Expenses, which was a» follows: Dysart, McWilliams, Otman, Parish, Nichols, Ptrrin, Youngblood, Sexton and Bryan. After wrestling with the janitor busi­ ness for a while, Mr. Linegar offered a resolu­ tion, which was adopted, directing the Clerks of tuc several counties of the State and the Clerk of the Crimiustl Court of Cook County to send to the House a statement of ex­ penses incurred iu their respective counties in tho prosecution of felonies. A joint resolution was then offered that when the House adjourn to-morrow it bo to Tues­ day, the 18th inst, at 5:30 p. m., which was adopted. Bills were introduced as follows: Authorizing School Trustees to correct errors iu district boundaries ; to amend the bastardy act, so as to forbid the settlement or compro­ mise of any case of bastardy either before or after the commencement of proceedings under the act; to provide a scheme for raising revenue by at; x on income; to provide for 1'r. ibate Courts in counties having over 70,0<J0 inhabitants; to collect statistics in regard to improvement of highways; th'i Senate stock-yards bill; a comprehensive form for tasl'ig rail­ road. telegraph, express, and insurance companies; to change the' election law in regard to the officers affected by the late amendment to the constitution, so as h» make the time of their election conform to it; to give County Courts in counties having a Probate Court concurrent jurisdiction with tho Circuit Court; to make the purchaser of prop­ erty on the 1st of May liable for all cost, inter­ est^ an t penalties thereon iu addition to the tax; fixing fees of Circuit Court Clerks in counties of first class at 93 from plaintiff, 92 from defendant, and 93 for entering judgment where such was in excess of costs; to prevent railway companies dividing or pool­ ing their earnings, and to punish tlie same ; in relation to appt-als from Justices, gravel roads, the repeal of the dog-tax law, and one to allow childreu to select for their reading a newspaper, instead of the usual books ; u resolution me­ morializing Congress to cause a double-track railway to bo built from the Atlantic to tho Mississippi. Mines and Mining-- Ihorn, Chairman; Kuyneuitall, Tbonia-*, Art ey, Lewis, Kcoc Munn, , Mcooe, Luu- uing, Muylle'd, Wa.ker of M&eoiipiii, IShu.t. L-ibor and Manufacture**--Artley, Chairman; Fletcher, Moffett, Ihoru, Merritt. Bice, Wilaou, Bell, County and Township Organization--Kuykendall, Chairman ; Moffett, i^ewis, Campbell, • "Thomas, Wright, Fuller, Rice, Secrest, Parkinson, Koi.y, itincliart, Caltt.ii, wlison, Neece. Fees and Salaries--Hetggren, Chairman; DeLang, Wright, Kuykendall, Suuder.und, Fletcher, Cheany, Lemma, Edwards. Printing--DeLang, Chairman; Marshall, Parkin­ son, lit-at, Berggren, Artiey, Bell, Wilson, Lemma. Military Affairn--Adams, Chairman; Munn, DeLang, Evans, Clark, Torrejice, horn, Coudee, Meri itt, Callon, Neroe, Hinehart, Walker of Fulton. Hoads, Highways aud Bridges--Fletcher, Chair- msu; Moffett, Campbell, Bent, lhorn, Riec, Thomas, Tanner, Lewis, Marshall, Bell, Wilson, Lemma, Caliou, VanUeveer. Federal Relations---^Torrence, Chairman ; Thomas, A MODERN illustration of vicarious atonement is found in the case of Dr. Legoff, of Paris, who allowed blood to be pumped from his own veins into the tx dy of a wounded soldier--the opera- »upport«d at public ex ot use patronized by the tion being oi the transfusion of blood, i wealthy classes alone, there might be a reason met and almost immediately adjourned to meet i Hunt, ciark, Fifer, Uuun, Archer, Shaw, Walker of Macoupin. The sick man recovered and the doctor's health failed. He tried change of cli­ mate in t ope of improvement, but with­ out avail, and he finally died from the Britain takes the lirat step....The man- : ibhed in the flame* During the mouth of effects o£ liis generosity. for their abolition, and a reduction of the eommon-school system to tbo elementary branches, but the fact that thousand* of the poorer classes have had avenues of effort and achievement in the domain of tlie arts, the sci­ ences, aud the liberal professions opened to them through the nwklinm of tbe high school again on Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The organization aud the preliminary business hav ing been all accomplished, tho President of the Senate, during the call of tbe order of busi­ ness, atkt-d if there were any bills to be pre­ sented. There weie none. MONOAY, Jan. 10.--SRNATK.--Bills Were intro­ duced as follows: To oedo to the United States the Illinois and Michigan canal and improvements on the Illinois river; in regard to judgments and decrees, and U> provide for tho exemption of roal entitle sold under execution or decree ; for the ameiiument of an act to establish probate courts in counties having a population ot 100,- OtW inhabitant*, l>y making it 75,000; to extend the jurisdiction of county courts in counties in which probate courts are or may be established, i'r. sident Sbuman hanued tho gavel to the uew President, Li ut. Gov. Hamilton, who took the cb. ir u itb u brief speecu from tne retiring and ui-coaiiug oilicjrs. Bocsr.--The Committee on Rules reported, adapting tlie rules of the last House, with slight amendments. Two thousand copies of the journal were ordered. The Speaker re­ quested the presentation of tlie preferences of members for places on committees. The House adjourned till Wednesday. Elections--Wright, Chairman; Parkinson, Condee, Berggren, DcLacg, Callon, Shaw, Lemma. State Library--Sunderland. Chairman ; Marshall, Kirk, Ti.rreuce, Fletcher, ihomas, Walker of Fulton, Vandeveor, Shutt. Enro led and Engrossed Bills--Whiting, Chair­ man ; DeLang, C ark, Vsndeveer, Cheany. Geology ami Science--Thomaa, Chairman; De- ! Lang, Fletcher, Munn, Kirk, Marshall, Cheauy, Ed- i wardti, Nreoe. j Mi Heel! any -- Mamer, Chairman; Ford, Evans, i Wliite, lhorn, Suuderlaod, Kdwardi", Shutr, Bell, j Congressional and Senatorial Apportionment-- j Campbell, Chairman; Tanner, Hunt, Needle*, C ark, White, Bent, M .flVtt, DeLang, Kuykendall, I Berggren, Ford, Thonian, Lanning, Kelly, Maynelu, I Walker of Uacoupin, lthinehurt, Shaw, j Coiimi>tte<M on Visitation--State Charitable InHti- : tutiong, Kirk and Neece; Penal and licforinatory In­ stitutions, Knykenduli and Knehsrt; Educational i IiiHtitutiona, Marshall and Wpiker of Fulton. " Tho various committees have been arranged in eleven groups, a clerk being to each group. I Housx.--A. joint resolution, directing tbe ! Secretary of State to cause passenger elevators : to be constructed in the State House, rvas intro­ duced and IHMI over. The Speaker asked for more time in which to make up the committees Mr. Little, of Fayette county, was theu sworn in as a uu inlier. A resolution authorizing the Largest Custom House In the "World* The New Orleans Custom House, the largest in tho world, wtis begun in 1848,. has cost $4,180,000, and is not done yet. The massive walls are of Quincy granite,, and the interior is finished in marble. It has 100 rooms, with nearly fifty miles of pipes of all kinds, and is supplied with water from four tuikn in tbe attic, each holding 35,000 gallons. The height of the structure from pavement to corn­ ice, is eighty feet, but the plan for its oompletion contemplates a Muusard roof, which will, with tlie added story, make the general elevation ninety-seven feet. The proposed dome, which is to be square in form, will be fifty-nine by forty-nine feet on the sides, with a height of forty-one feet, 60 that tho total outside elevation to the top of the lan­ tern on the dome will be 187 feet. " I WANT you to put on a new pair of lieels to these boots," said Dr. Ipecac to the shoemaker. " Why don't you do it yourself, doctor ? " asked old Waxends. "I," said the doctor, in astonisliment. "Why, yes. Doesn't the good book say, * Physician, heel thyself?'" THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. *7 SO 4 85 rail 75 6 75 iring V-- ^ "J* !M <$ S 7\ 1 19^ BEEVSS llooa COTTOW FLOUII--Superfine. WHEAT -- No. 2. Spring. _ CIUIN--I'litfradt'il . 64 OATH--Mixed Western 4'1 ^ POKK--Mew .....13 00 (A. 14 60 LAUD CHICAGO. BI'KVBS--Choice Graded Htcers...... 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FLOUR--Choice WHEAT--NO. 1 White CORK--No. 1 OATS--Uixed BABLF.Y (per cental) PORK--Men 09 ® 1 0« M a n 37 § 88 31 ^ 32 87 » SS 81 <4 82 1 Ot 1 OS m & 41 .. 31 9 33 8« 6 87 ..13 00 @13 as .. 1 05 1 OS 43 Sk 41 36 r* 87 .. 97 SS .13 60 (M13 TS » .. 1 05 <3 1 06 .. 1 OS & 1 OT .. 41 ^ 42 .. 85 @ 36 4 90 ® 6 25 1 01 U 1 (11 *•1 44 43 38 (ai 37 1 50 % 3 60 ....18 35 (glS 50 „ INDIANAPOLIS. , WHEAT--NO. 3 Red 1 00 1 01 OORN 39 <@ 39 I OAT* 83 '3 POBK--Mees 13 60 @14 W EA8T LIBERTY, PA. Secretary of State to appoint a proof-reader i SHU*.. CATTUE--Beat Fair Common.... Hoas 5 25 4 AO 4 IKI 4 G5 3 50 <!»«» «4 5 00 <4 4 as W 5 40 (A 560