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MOMWBY, ILLINOIS. TB£ K£WS COBBROM OOHOSESSIOIFAL PBOCEEDIK68. , w-- >m ipwa of the House at mrm on Kerch is «u jalncipaUy derated to «Dealderattou ot the pcetoffos a appropriation MIL ttmiiimd toInchjdewlttilMtheJOpar Mil Itmttatloa clause tha Nettham Pacific and XJaloa Psciflo Road*. The Committee on Public I*nds reported a bill to forfeit a cart In (rut atade tor the contraction of a railroad from tha Saatnl Pacific to Portland, Ore. There waa no aaaston of the Senate. iJt t6vxr reaolution appropriating 950,000 ftr the suppression of the teot-aad-moath dis- aaaa passed the Senate March it Petitions • MTCtal commercial bodies nted asking toe repeal of, the law for the coinage of the ailrer dollar, asalso from mer­ cantile organisations In fit. Louis for the •ton of the bonded period for whisky. Mr. Hoar offered a n otation directing the Secre­ tary of the Interior to (apart what pension ap- plloattoaa have beat sanding to more than faro wlî and the realoa for the delay. A Hrtwam waa acrced to that the Committee on t|b||s Lands Inquire In what manner large tract* bare been transferred to foreign corpora­ tion, and what leclelatton la advisable to pre* Tent snob possession. IntheHou«vMr. Henley offered a reeolation for an investigatlan of the i of the Alaska Commercial Com' I pany's lease. Bills were introduced to require all anbetdtsad raliroxh to farnlah a quarterly atate- BM&t of Ujsir earningsand indebtedneuy permit­ ting the five civilised tribes of Indian Territory toMm organised governments and National Baton; to suspend for two yean tha oofnaoe of the stiver dollar, and to authorize the payment •t 100.000 to the grandchldren of Thomas Jeffer- aon. The rain were suspended to pass tha ••pedal deficiency appropriation of $l,«l9,ooo. A tesolutiou was adopted to appropriate |so,oo0 from the contingent fund to preaecnte the in­ vestigation into the lose of the Jeannstte. A nn>t. authorizing the Secretary of the Wavy to offer a reward of $25,000 for rescuing or aacertatatag the fate of the Gteely Arctic expe- dttftn was introduced In the 6enate,*March 18. b* Mr. Kawlcy, who. In offering the measure, said aach a reward might lndnoe ahlps crnislng In or about the Arctic aeas po keep a lookout for the exploring party, or tnrn occasionally out of their course in ardor to gather information about it. Mr. Blair addressed the Senate in ad­ vocacy of the bill to aid the establishment and temporary support of common schools. It ap­ propriates the first year $15,000,000, the second year $14,000,000 the third year $18,000,000, and so on for ten years, decreasing $1,009,000 year­ ly, to be expended on common-school education, the expenditure of each Stato to be on the bars of illiteracy. Ia the House of Rep- resentatives, bills were reported to bridge the Bio Ghande at Laredo and v. agle Pass, and the Missouri at Sibley and Leavenworth: to pro­ hibit the mailing of lottery circulars or news- Epers containing lottery advertisements; retaliate compensation to railroads r carrying mails, and to grant right of way through the Sioux reservation to the Dakota Central and tha Chicaso. Milwaukee & St. Patil Beads. In Committee of the,Whole the Post- office Appropriation bill was taken np. An * amendment by Mr. Reagan to extend the frank­ ing privilege to members of Congress was lost. The appropriation of $100,000 for letter carriers was rejected. The committee then rose and the hDl was pss-ed. A memorial of the Cincinnati Chamber of Comeroe, protesting against the construction of m bridge across the Kanawha, waa presented In the Senate on March 19. The Committee on Foreign Relations reported a bill for the inspec­ tion of meats far exportation, and prohibit­ ing the importation of adulterated articles of food or drink. Some debate took place on alls to fix the salary of District Judges at $5,000 and to appropriate $16,000,000 Jor the support of common schools. In the Bones, the Committee on Foreign Affairs re­ volted that the resolutions on the death of Herr Xasker were Intended aa a tribute of respect to the memory of an eminent foreign statesman, and that the House does not deem tt necessary to its dignity to criticise the circumstances Which prevented the expressions of heir destination, as waa alao a resolution that the wishes of the German for the closer union of the two The bonded whisky bill wai taken up In committee of the whole, by a vote of 137 to 118, and Mesara Morrison and Willia urged lta reaching their "destination, •sr re- as adopted, as waa alao a resolution that House cordially reciprocates the wishes of members of E? the liberal union Parliament RESOLUTIONS directing the Secretary of 4heTnasury to furnish copies of aooounta and voiidHn in the star route cases, and Mninj on tha Secretary of the Navy for information re- oontracU with parties In Sheffield for <m££3SS2SifeSTMWitt ~ for tbe snpportof public schools States in proportion to the num. per of filltente persons waa debated. It waa atifcparted by Senator* Garland. Blair, and tFl̂ ),andopposed by_8enator»PiuHib, Allison, by nnanimous The House of Bepre- . _ . . mous vote, adopted a , .resolution declaring Mr. Oaniaon entitled to* seatas Kerreeentative from the Fifth Dls- Wst <rf Virginia, and tbe oath of oflloe was ad- mlnlsterad t o htm. The Speaker presented an > estimate of tso.ooo for the pedestaTof the statue ef.jjjen. Garfield to be erected In Washington Wythe Army of the Cumberland. The bonded 4 whfakay extension bill was discussed hi com* :# altt.ee of the whole, without action. J» a ' XBEKASX. |; T; MRS. GEOBOIANA BIFFIN, a member ;•a prominent family, waa apprehended at "'Brie, Pa., aa she was about to elope with a Hegro, (earing her infant child behind. The negro escaped the fury of the crowd by get- ; wting on a passing train, and in the excite­ ment Mrs. Biffin f . cannot be found. I . THE police of Boston captured fif- : tBen members of a gang of thieves ranging 5°® 12 to IB years of age. Thoir meeting- , „plaw' was an old cellar, and thex had , almost perfected f, distinct language.^ * THE wica®; fled from the officer and fe IT M estimated that In the region tributary to the Black Hills there are 888,900 ^attle and 8,700 sheep. Stock have wintered exceedingly well, the losses not being over ltt per cent -... A letter to the Chicago Timet, ftom Miles City, Montana, statea that nearly flu thousand Indians ate slowly but surely tftervlng to death at the Fort Peck Agency. game has suddenly disappeared, and the red men realised almost nothing from 1,000 acres of land which they zealously cultivated. THE Board of Trade of Minneapolis ifcs adopted resolutions denouncing the new achedule of freight rates on the Northern Pacific Koad, alleging that on many articles the eame prices are charged from St. Paul as from New York. The railway officials ex plain Wat;the ocean freight tariffs compel them to «o tbie, and plead that their figures to Idaho points make it impossible for Portland to compete with St. Paul or Minneapolis ; Ciapt. 1?. D. Winegar, lost week, with his team, drovo from KscanaLa, Mich., to Washington Ialand, a distance of thirty-five miles, on the toe, which he reports to be 3 foot 3 inchos thick, blue ar.d tolid. This feat was •ever aoroxplislied before Another Another snowslide is reported, this time at Oommdrum Gulch, Col., about seventy i toiles west of Lead v. ye. A small mining %A (.J*nlP " as buried and five men killed The fci'cretJiry of State of Michigan reports that " m the so ithern lour tiers of counties 211 cor- j jft^*«spondenUi tii.nk winter wheat suffered in- itiry in February, while 271 are of the cou­ rt trary opinion; THE great spectacular drama "Jalma," ":-;#apith its gorgeous costumes and dazzling - ncenery, ie in the fourth week of Its run at IJcVicker'g Theater, Chicako, but the rush to •e it is as great as ever, and each perform- Bill w'^rHP(ie^ by audiences limited only u »y tha size of the house. The piece will be 'OMlt.Micd for two weeks longer. • WD.I.IAM DANE, a love-sick scbool- fcaefcer of Bentonrllle, Ind., having failed to 4' lllll himself and a 13-year-old girl by means > of laudanum, shot himself. The girl is seri- is,;^Hy,lck from the effects of the drug, but probably recover....The Governor of . Illinois has been advised that twenty-four /I, ( Bead of fcorees and mules at Shannon, Carroll <fl bounty, are ail icted with glanders, and that , in , ,. ®o. e.rui otheis have died....Dr. Shir'ey r©» ; -v-uports to the Illinois I'oard of Health that hav« died on the farm of H. T. Forth, ' k ' • ' ** 110 County, of the foot and mouth dia- >•' • • After the explosion of a still fn' the * -j • v •• » J01?3 °* ^erl Sam & Morgan, at Cleve- r / " • toM. the escaping- huid submerged three em- ,J-jpseyea, who were quickly burned to death. ./ THE first authentic news from the * finewlydiscovered gold fields. In the Occur district, is furnished by a special Imreatljrator 6ent out by the Chicago TrU^ine, * , HlfN» reached iagie city, the capital of the i'Dor«do, eight days after leaving Chi- J; Thtrc seems to be no doubt that there ,hf a rich yie'd from the mines in the and the rush of prospectors con- Several rich leads have been struek operation* at Ea l̂e city SXMOH BXATTIB, representative 6f the of Qhkmgo, has We- Neosho Mb, Kttk, where be most af- tocted In thla dhttrlet t»«ay and found them la arahh the same condition aa those in Iowa and Illinois. I did not see any indication of eontachms foot-and-mouth disease la than, and am satisfied there Is nona. There are two professors, two veteriaarlaaa, aad two prominent cattlemen hero. I think they are 'weakening' come on [ the opinions previously express^! by them." Near 8alem, Ohio, the Chicago limited ! express train rushed into a landslide, which derailed the cars, the locomotive plunging down an embankment and Immediately ex­ ploding. The engineer and fireman were killed, and three persons were seriously and many others slightly injured....Two men were killed by a fall of rock In the Cleveland Iran mine at Ishpemlng, Mich. THE SOUTH* Thx number of men killed ill tha Pocahontas (Va.) mtae la officially reported to be 1U. Mrss CARRIE THOMPSON, daughter of Gov. Thompson, of 8outh Carolina, died from tiie effects of severe burns inflicted the night of the 4th insU, while reading before an open yrate. AT Hatsbnrg, Tenn., John E. Gas- sett, W. G. Crockett, and one Hammerhead were seated about a small table engaged in playing cards for drinks, when some Jjfpute arose over the game. Hammerhead at once drew a revolver and killed both of his com­ panions. Ho was promptly arresttfi. MRS. G. D. ALSOP, residing near Louisville, gave her four ohildren, by mis­ take, opium for powdered rhubarb. Two of the little ones died and the others are prob­ ably past recovery. WASHINGTON. IT is believed at the TREIM^Y De­ partment that a coterie of counterfeiters are about to flood the Southern country with bogus $20 silver certificates. One of the cer­ tificates has been received, and the paper is thick, greasy, and stiff, and the note an eighth of an%nch shorter than the genuine. J. M. MCGREW, formerly Sixth Auditor of the Treasury Department, whose duty it was to audit the expenses of the Post- office Department, was examined at his own request by the Springer Committee in rela­ tion to the star route investigation. McGrew eaid he resigned his position us Sixth Auditor June 2, lftfl, at the request of the President and Secretary W'indom, the former saying he was embarrassed by the statements of James and MacVeagh, members of his Cabinet. June 30," McGrew continued, "the Presi­ dent sent for me, and said he had done me great injustice, and intended making my restoration conspicuous. The following day I left for Ohio, and July 2 the President was shot. I never saw him again, and have not asked for another position. I don't want one; I've had enough." pouriCAi. FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS has been collected by the liquor Interest In Soott Coun­ ty, Iowa, to test the prohibition bill after the Legislature adjourns....W. J. Arkell has purchased the Evening Journal, of Albany, and has given the editorial control to John A. Sleicher Mr. Breckinridge, a son of the late Vice President, has been elected to the Legislature from Mariposa County, Califor­ nia. SAHTA FK (N. M.) telegram: Ex- Senator Stephen W. Dorsey, publishes a letter in the Santa Fe papers In reply to ex-Post­ master General James' assertion that had Garfield taken a lower view of his duties he would not have fallen a victim to the as­ sassin's bullet. Mr. Dorsey says: "My an­ swer is, if It is worth while answering at ail a creature like James, that while Garfield may have been very low in his views some­ times, as al> men are, he struek the lowest ebb of low tide when he appointed James Postmaster and MacVeagh Attorney General. He oaught an eril-fanged craw in one case and a devil-fish in the other." SCMKEB HOWARD, of Michigan, has been appointed Chier Justice of Arizona..... The Independent Republicans of Rhode Isl­ and have nominated Hon. George H. Corliss for Governor Robert Smalls, colored, has been elected to Congress from the Seventh District of Carolina, to fill the seat made va­ cant by the death of Mr. Mackey. THE Rhode Island Democrats met in convention at Hartford and nominated George H. C01 liss, the nominee of the Independent Convention^ the previous day, for Gover­ nor. Mr. Corliss, however, refused to accept either nomination. A committee haying in­ formed the convention to this effect, Mr. Thomas W. Segar, of Westerly, received the nomination. Delegates were also chosen to the National Democratic Convention. They are Bupposea to ravor Ti iden 1 ho statement is made in Administration circlcs, says a Washington dispatch, that the Presideut will veto the Kitz John Porter bill. The assertion is a great surprise to Fltz John Porter's friends, but comes from such a source as to be entitled to consideration.... A bill making it mandatory on the municipal governments of cities of 20,000 inhabitants and upward to adopt civil-service reform passed the New York Assembly by a vote of 82 to 82 The Connecticut State Republican Con­ vention for the selection of delegates to the National Convention is cal'ed to meet at Hartford the '*3d of April The North Car­ olina Republican Convention will be held at Raleigh May 1. THE Republicans of Rhode Island^ in convention at Providence, renominated Gov. Bourn and all the other State officers. ....A gentleman who has had very Intimate relations with Mr. Tildon says that before uhe meeting of the New York State Convention Tilden will formally announce that he Is not to be considered a candidate for the Presi­ dency. GKNKKAJU FAILURES : A. J. McCain & Co., bankers, Muscods, Wis., liabilities, 995.600; Merchant & Co., flour shippers, Baltimore, liabilities, 830,000; Van Grafuland & Co., soap manutacturers, St. Louis; Nicaerson & Co., shoe manufacturers, Lynn, Mass.; John Pitroff, coal merchant, Madison, Ind.; C. J. Hauck, dry goods, Peru, 111., liabilities, 820,000; D. K. Mason, lobaceo, Louisville, Ky., liabilities &>0,000; Jules Fumechou, merchant and miller, Prai­ rie du Chien, Wis., liabilities $50,000; Shrop shire & Co., wholesale liquors. New Orleans, liabilities 150.00ft; Wolff & Siilgsbury, coffee. New York, liabilities $200,000; L. S. Risley, ooCeo, New Yo. k, liabilities $100,000; Charles W. Hasler, broker. New York, liabilities $100,000: Kimonine 6c Co., tobacco, Louisville, Kliabilities $75,000; Ringler & Co., general store, Pine Bluff, Ark., liabilities $25,000; J. E. Cook & Co., Morris, N. Y., liabilities $75,- 000; George W. Gifford, stoves, Chicago, lia­ bilities $20,000. THE week's death record includes the names of Helen King Spangler, of Cosh­ octon, Ohio, an authoress of some celebrity; Wendell Iiollman. a famous bridge builder, of Baltimore, Md.; Dr. L. P. Yandell, of of the Louisville, Ky., who had a national reputa­ tion as a physician and medical writer; Otis P. Lord, ex-Judge of the Massachu­ setts Supreme Court; George Ball, a public-spirited banker, of Gal­ veston, Tex.; Henry A. Tilden, broth­ er of Hon. Samuel J. Tilden; baroness Lionel de Rothschild, at London, Fnglaad; ex-Con*refsman John Taffe, North Platte. Neb.; Richard H. Home, English poet and essayist; Dr. J. M. Mills, of ShelbyviUe, III., a prominent Macon: Henry Crown, of Niagara Falls, formerly a slave in Virginia, aged 121; Emil L'aliug, of Hustisford, Wis., a lieutenant in the German army In 1848; Mrs. Annie Key Turner, of California, daughter of the author of the "Star Spanglea Ban­ ner." BURNED : Woodward, Faxon & Co.'a wholesale drug bouse, Kansas City, Mo., loss $100,060; Osborn's malt house, Hamilton, Canada, $30,000; Odd Fellows' Hall, Stanford, Ky., $lo,0U0; Huffman & Billiugs' brass- work?, Milwaukee, $50,000; the elevator building of the rolling-mill at Jollet, III., $40,000; a glycerine factory in New York, $40,000; a business square at Jackson? Tenn., $£0,000; an ivon foun­ dry at Durham, Ont., $25,C00; twenty buildings at South . Chicago, 111., $85,000; a dozen business bouses at Moberly, Mo, $45,000; a grain elevator at Ashland, 111., 115,000; the Mitchell Furniture Factory, St. Louis, Mo., $75,000; the property of the Nelson Company, including 4,008,000 feet of lumber, at Knife Falls, Minn.; two ware­ houses at Apple ton, Wis., $£6,00C; two stores at Wright, Tex., (80,000: the Josephine Britiah HOUM of Common* bill, covering £4,- Vha Marquis*** Harttngton stated •nil elastlo tanas *t asrvfos yearattraetsi over 88,- »German PhrtlaaMat. all ve their support to the proposition . . rernawntto appropriate 17,780,000 marks for the oonstructkMi of torpedo boets and batteries. DB BRAZZA has been instructed by the French Government to Maintain peace with Stanley on the Oongo River, and Stanley has been Instructed by AM Belgian Govern­ ment to maintain peaoe with De Braxsa..... Jenklnson, the head of the Irish detective department, has organised a detective eerps, consisting of English, Irish, and American polloemen, to watch the operations of the dynamite emissaries In Great Britain The Swiss Federal Council has decided .to grant the extradition of anarchists whomever asked for--Ocn. Graham Is in favor of continu­ ing the Egyptian campaign, thinking the re­ bellion nOt yet crushed. "UNITED IRELAND," the organ of the Parnellite party, is rejoiced at the stubborn opposition of Osman Digma's force to the British, and in reference to the reward offered for the bead of the Mahdi's lieutenant, says: "Ireland prays that Osman may escape British assasination and be spared to lead his gallant spearmen to victory." I ADDITIONAL SEWS. A SPECIAL committee of the New York Legislature reports that folly SO per cent, of the stuff sold es butter in that State Is of the nature of butterine or oleomargar­ ine. The adulterated article disposed of, it Is said, amounts to 40,( 00,000 pounds, and It is claimed its sale inflict? a loss on the dairy in­ terests of the State of from $5,000,000 to $10,- 000,0C0 At New York Sheriff Davidson, Wurdcn Howe, of the Ludlow Street Jail; Deputy Warden Ki'ernan, Deputy Sheriff McGoncgal, and Jacob Wertheimer, clerk in the Sheriff s office, have been indicted for ex­ tortion, larceny, perjury, forgery, and other oitcmes. BLISS, the noted star-route attorney, was before Mr. Springer's committee last week. Ho defended his own course during the trials. He intimated that ex* Senator Spenccr, when on the stand, did not tell all lie knew in relation to the crooked­ ness; that A. M. Gibson acted in the inves- tigiitlons partly as the agent of Samuel J. Tilden, who also collected some facts in "re- regard to the 6tur-route frauds by other means for political purposes; that Gen. Gar­ field had been m;iCo acquainted with the b'f- tory of the frauds before he was inaugurated, and that from that moment Dorsey's influ­ ence with Garfield ceased. Some passages-at- arms between Bliss and members of the committee occurred. FOB a mining district, the Cceur d 'Alone region is a remarkably peaceable a£ orderly place. There have been but two drunken fights since paying dust was discov­ ered there. This may ariso from the fact that whisky sells at S8 per gallon. Other articles fetch proportionately high prices. At the present season 1I10 ditiicultics in reaching tho mines from the outlying- towns aro very great. Owing to several parties having lo­ cated claims on the same ground, trouble Is cxpectcd when the mining season begins. CHICAGO dispatch: "Dr. Paaren, the Illinois State Veterinarian, has made a report on tho cattle diseases prevailing in Effingham and 'Cumberland oountles of this State. He pronounocs it non-contagious, snd says it is simply foot-rot, due to at­ mospheric or telluric (earthy) influences. In the case of the Keating herd, in Effingham County, ho says it Is en­ tirely due to neglect." Washfngfon dispatch : '•Commissioner Loring has received a tele­ gram from Prof. Salmon, the Veterinarian of the Department of Agriculture, stating that, after a thorough investigation of the disease at Neosho Falls, Kan., he has con­ cluded that it is not the genuine foot and- inoutli disease, but is due to local conditions, and that there is no danger of its spreading to other sections. Hie Commissioner accepts tho conclusion as finaL" THE republic of Andorra, in the Pyrenees, seventeen miles long by fifteen wide, has a revolt, growing out of an elector* a! dispute. France having threatened to support her partisans by force, Spain gives warning that such notion will be deemed a breach of international law. JOSEPH BOWDEN, James Martin, and William Sellwood, three miners, were buried oeneath a fall of rosk at the Cleveland Iron uiine, at Ishpeming, Mich. The latter was taken out alive, but the two former were 'lead when reached by the rescuing party, af- .ov half an hour's labor. Tho deceased men "eft large, families. THE brothers Champ and Rudolph Fitz pa trick were executed for murder at Columbia, Ky. Both were Goliaths in size and strength, but ignorant to the lowest de­ gree. Champ was satisfied to die if he could tret his "fill of pickled beets" before the ex­ ecution, while Rudolph wanted all the candy he could eat. The former at one time swal­ lowed a live mouse for a wager A street railway company has been organized at Little Rock, with a capital of $100,000. BILLS wtere introduced in the Senate, March 21, to connect the cities of Davenport and Rock Ialand with a horse-car line, to grant a pension of $50 per month to the widow of Gen. E. O. C. Ord, and to provide for the creation of the State of Tacoma from Washington and Idaho Terri­ tories. Mr. Hoar called up the bill to Increase the salaries of United States District Judges to 15,000, and Mr. Van Wyck moved to amend by making the sum $4,000. When the educational bill came up, Mn Sherman moved an amendment that the money be distributed in.proportion to illiteracy, and without distinction as to race or color. The House adopted a resolution declaring untrue the charges against Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, in connection with the star route frauds. K. H. Funston was sworn in aa the successor of the late D. C. Haskell, of Kansas. Bills were passed to retire W. W.*Averill with the rank and nay of Colonel, and for the relief of the legal repre­ sentatives of the late Capt. J. O. Todd, of Texas. ;TfHE MARKET. S.35 (6a 7.00 G.36 @ 7.00 .93 @ 1.0a & 1.09 & .04 .43 & .46 17.80 @iaoo .09$ & .10 1.07 .61 _ NEW YORK. TTRAVES....... $ 8.75 #7.80 HOGS FLOUR--Western WHEAT--Whita.. No. 2 Bed. CORN--No. 2 OATS--Mixed POBK--Mess. LABD CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. 0,IS <A> 7.00 Fair to Good 5.45 & 6.UO Common to Medium.... 4.50 <& 5.M) Hoos 6.50 ( f t 7.50 FiiOUB--Fancy White Winter Ex 5.23 & 5.75 Good to Choica Soring... 4.75 VE 5.2.1 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring No. 2 lied Winter. COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 RYTI--NO. 2 1UKL.EY--No. 1 1 $ CJTI ER--Choice Creamery. K««s--Fresh PORK-Mesa ; ,90 .93 99 & 1.01 55 •«2 (S> .91 & .68 LABD... & .00 & .66 m .85 @ .22 17.75 018.00 .09l4@ .0934 .82 .31 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 CORN--No. 2 <>AT8--No. 2 RYE--No. 1 BAILEY--No. 2. POBK--Mess LABD.. J ST. LOUIS WpEAT--No. 2 Red.... CORN--Mixed OATS--No. 2..... RYE POBK--Mess LABD - CINCINNATI WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN OATS RYK POBK--Mess .i. LABD.. TOLEDO. WHEAT-No. 2 Red COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 DETROIT. , FLOUR WHEAT--No 1 White. CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 White............. POBK--Mess 18.5U $19.25 INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--No. 2 OATS--Mixed EAST LIBERTY. CUXIU--Beet Fair Common HOOS. . .»L.4 , . I I « , Jstt & 6.?5 .91 0 .93 .68 <u> .5% .SI & .»2 .A3 «9 .67 .63 (<* ,fi4 17.75 <8l-».00 9.23 & 0.60 . 1.09 @1.10 .48 & .40 .33 & .34 .57 & .59 18.00 @18.25 .09 & .0954 ' 1.05 (§ 1.06 .53 & .55 .87 & .38 .65 @ .06 18.00 <?18.$0 & 1.05 & .69 «$ .38 1.02 it B.KO 9«.M tOJ & 1.04 0 .54 n .48 .63 .47 .99 & 1.01 .40 & .48 .34 & .35 •.25 & 6.23 A-50 5.25 4.00 m 4.75 *<2S & 8.00 : J • • ' • ' M ' - v . A Clatter « the Critical Period Be* '• Election ami Backaain'i Exit. The Bwgiiiafoy tf 8eoeasion and the SBfte witli Which the SoatblSr&s Harried to It* fate. Bnehaaaa's Onrn ami Character (torn m Pennsylvania Standpoint--A Chap­ ter of Absorbing Interest. One of the most Interesting chapters In Mr. Blaine's new book Is that devoted to the po­ litical events of }860 and the early months of 1861. The following extracts, made "from ad­ vance sheets, eorer points of special interest: The winter following the election of Mr. Lin- ^JUed ̂ th dgplottMe events. In the whole history of thC Amwwan people th3re is no epoch which recalls so mnch that is worthy of regret sad so little that gratifies pride. The result of the election was unfortanste in the wide divergence between the vbte which Mr. Llaooln received in the electoral colleges and the vote which he received at the polls. In the electoral colleges he had an aggregate of ltw. His opponents, united, had but let. Of the popular vote, Lincoln received i,8MUS2; Dong- las, 1,•91,574; Breckinridge, 880,040; Bell, 646,124. M Linoolns vote was wholly from the free States, except sbme 96,000 east for him in the live border slave States. In the other slave States his name was not presented as a candi­ date. Mr. Douglas received In the South about 163,000 votes. In the North the votes cast dis­ tinctively for the Breckinridge electoral ticket were Mss than 100,000, snd distinctively for the Bell electoral tlclwt about 80,000. It was then , manliest that tha two Nort hern Presidential candidates, Lincoln snd Douglas, had absorbed nearly the entire votes of the free States, and the two Southern Presidential can­ didates, Breckinridge and Bell, had absorbed almost the entire vote in the slave States. The Northern candidates received popular support in the South In about the same degree that the Southern candidates received popular support in the North. In truth ss well as In appearance it was a sectional contest. In which the North supported Northern candidates and the South supported Southern candidates. It was the first time in the history of the government in which the President was chosen without electo­ ral votes from both the slave and free States. This result was undoubtedly a source of weak­ ness to Mr. Lincoln--weakness made more ap­ parent by his signal failure to obtain a popular majority. He had a large plurality, but the combined vote of his opponent a was nearly a million greater than the vote which he received. The time had now come when the Southern disunionists were to be pat to the tost. The event had happened which they had declared in advanoe to be causeCor separation. It was per­ haps the belief that their oourage and determin­ ation were challenged which forced them to ac­ tion. Having so often pledged themselves not to endure the election of an antl-elavery Presi­ dent, they were now persuaded that, if they quietly submitted, they would thereby accept an lnfeiior position in the Government. This assumed obligation of consistency stimulated them to rash aotlon; for, upon every considera­ tion of prudence and wise forecast, they would have quietly acoepted a result which they ac­ knowledged to be In strict accordance with the 2&J5& ouaomu tae vama. aha then he anda aa _ - - - . . . . . Ciaaa transient 1 this was an assarsnO* to .aat a men plurality, _ people, and has malted fieia .. . ^ unionists that they need aiat ferfai~up iAs Governmeutat the tlma,tfcaaasft Mr.Lincoln was a aUnoiity President, aMt'wss certain to be of the Sonth was in enactments of the free States known aa "pemeaal liberty laws.* Wi the fugitive, slave law subjeoted ths ~ citlsena te Mb declatoe of astasia aoa er, and descfed JurV trial to a man upon the question of sending him to lifelong and erue! sei vltude, the issue throughout the nee States was made one of self-preservation. Without having the legal right to obstruct the return of a lugitlve elave to his servitude, they felt not only that they had the right, but that it was their duty to protect free cicisens in their free­ dom. Very likely these enactments, Inspired by an earnest spirit of liberty, went in many cases too far,. and tended to produce conflicts between national and State authority. That was a question to be determined finally and ex­ clusively hy tha Federal Judiciary. Upfcrtu- nately, Mr. B.tchaaan carried his argument beyond that point, coapling it with a declara­ tion and an adnrwetoa fatal to the per­ petuity of the Union. After netting the stat­ utes which he regarded as objectionable and hostile to the CM. litutional rights of the South, and after urging their unconditional repeal upon the North, the President said: "The Southern States, standing npon the bads of the Constitution, have a right to demand this act of justice from the 8tstss of the North. Should It be refused, then the Constitution, to which all the Statea are parties, will have been willfully violated by one portion of them in a provision essential to the domestic security and happi­ ness of the remainder. In that event, the lnr- jurad States, after having ussd all peaceful and constitutional means to obtain redress, would lie justified in revolutionary resistance to the Government of th; Union." By this declaration the President jus titled, and in effect advised, an appeal from the constitutional tribunals of the country to a popular judgment in the aggrieved States, and recognized the right of those States, upon such popular judgment, to destroy the Constitution of tae union. « * * Having made his argument in favor of the right of "revolution," Mr. Buchanan prooeeded to argue ably and earnestly against the assump­ tion by any State of an inherent right to secede from the Government at its own will and pleas­ ure. But he utterly destroyed the force of his reasoning by declaring that "after much serious reflection" he had arrived at "the conclusion that no power has been delegated to Congress, or to any other department of the Federal Govern­ ment, to coerce a State into subml slon which is attempting to withdraw, or has actually with­ drawn," from the Union. He emphasized his position by luither declaring that, so far from' this power having been delegated to Congress, it was expressly refused by the convention which framed the Constitution." Congress "possesses many means," Mr. Buohanan added, "of preserving the Union by conciliation; but the sword was not placed in their hands to pre­ serve it by force." The fatal admission was thus evolved from the mind of the President that any State which thought Itself aggrieved and could not secure the concessions demanded m ght bring the Govern­ ment down to ruins. The power to destroy was in the State. The power to presorve was not in the nation. The President apparently failed to see that if the nation could not be preserved by force, its legal capacity for existence was de-| pendent upon the concurring and oontinulng will of all the individual States. The original bond of union was, therefore, for the day only, and the provisions of the Constitution which gave to the Supreme Court jurisdiction fn con­ troversies between States was binding no fur­ ther than the States chose to accept the decis­ ions of the court. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CABINET. Mr. Blaine discusses at considerable lengthy the evil influence of Mr. Buchanan's doo- trincs, claiming that their elleots were not confined to the slave States, but they did in-' calculable harm in the free States, by fixing in the iqinds ot many Northern men the idea' that the South wa^ justified In attempting to) destroy the Government if what they termed, a war on Southern institutions should be con-( tinued. The doctrines of this message caused' great uneasiness in the North, and the pres­ sure of public opinion eoon made itself felt.' Gen. Cass, Secretary of State, was the first] to resign from the Cabinet, he suddenly re­ alizing he was in a false position. He signed on the lath of December, nine after the message was sent to Congress was succeeded by Judge Jeremiah S. Black,, to whose learning aud ability Mr. Blatne pays high tribute. After speaking of Judge Black's devotion to Democracy and hie hatred of Abolitionists, and his belief that the success of the Republican party would be fraught with the direct evil, Mr. Blainq says: Judge Black entered npon his duties as Sacre- r(th of December, the day Jon Convention of Soutli le re-j days 8, and) tary of State on^hej^th of December, the dayt iled. I Bucha work throughout the South. Under its encour-? on which the Disunion Convention of Soutli Carolina assembled. He found the malign fcH fiuence ot Mr. Buchanan's message fully at agement only three days were required by thii convention at Charleston to pass the ordihanoq of secession, and four days later Gov. Pickens issued a proclamation declaring "South Caro-4 lina a separate, sovereign, free, and Independent State, with the nght to levy war, conclndJ peaoe, and negotiate treaties." From that mo­ ment Judge Black's position toward the south* era leaders was radically changed. They wen no longer fellow-Democrats. They were th< enemies of the Union to which he was devoted. They wer<? conspirators toward the Government to which he had taken a solemn oath of fidelity and loyalty. Judge Black's change, however important tq his own fame, would prove comparatively ftult-i less unless he could influence Mr. Buohanan tq break with the men who had been artfully usi lng the power of his administration to destroy tile union, Tiie oppuriuniiy mqu the test camS promptly. The new "sovereign, free, and IB' dependent" government of South ~ " commissioners to Washington t the surrender of the national tr*nsfer of national property Within , Mr. Buchunan prepared an answer to their re-t quest which was compromising to the honor oil the Kzec utiveand perilous to the integrity of the Union. Judge Black took a decided and irrev­ ocable stand against the President's poHlfcm. He advised Mr. Buchanan that upon the basis o4 that fatal concession to the disunion leaders liq conld not remain in his Cabinet. It was a shar, - issue, but was soon adjusted. Mr. Buobana gave way, and permitted Judge Black and li. associates, Holt and Stanton, to frame a repl tor the administrate n. Jefferson Davis, Mr. Toombs, Mr. Benjamin, Mr. SIMell, who had been Mr. Buohanan s IntH mate and confidential advisers, and who had led him to the brink of ruin, found themselves sud4 dealy supplanted, and a new power Installed a'j the White House. Foiled, and no longer able tq use the national administration as an lnstrui mentality to destroy the national life, the seees^ slon leaders in Congress turned upon the Presi­ dent with angry reproaches. In their rage thejl lost all sense of the rexpect due to th3 Chiei Magistrate of the nation, and assaulted Mr, Buchanan with coarseness as well as violence. Senator Benjamin spoke of him as "a senile Ex­ ecutive. under tlie sinister intiuenoe of in^an i counsels." This exhibition of malignity toward the misguided President afforded to the Nortll the most convincing and satisfactory proof thai there bad been a change for the better In th.I plana aud purpo-ee of the administration. They realized that tt must be a deep sense of impend- slave rapid than at any other period in their history. Their staple products commanded high prices, snd were con­ tinually growing in amount to meet the demands ot a market which represented the wants of the civilized world. In the decade between 1890 and i860 the wealth ot the South had In greased three thousand millions ot dollars, and thla not from an overvaluation of slaves, but from Increased cultivation of land, the extentioh of railways, and all the aids ana appliances of vast agricult­ ural enterprises. Georgia alone had increased in wealth over $800,000,000,-no small proportion of which was from commercial and manufactur­ ing ventures that had proved extremely profita­ ble. There never was a community op the face of the globe whose condition so little justified revolution aa that of the slave States in the year 1860. Indeed, It was a sense of strength born of exceptional prosperity which led them to their rash adventure of war. It would, however, be an injustice to the peo­ ple of the South to say that in November, i860, they desired unanimously or by a majority, or on the part of any considerable minority, to en­ gage in a scheme of violent resistance to the national authority. The slaveholders were, in the main, peacefully disposed and contented with the situation. But slavery as an economi­ cal Institution snd slavery as a political force were quite distinct. Those who viewed It and used it merely as a aytem of labor naturally de­ sired peaoe and dreaded commotion. Those who used it as a political engine tor the consolida­ tion of political power bad views and ambitions inconsistent with the plans and hopes of law- abiding citizens. It was only by strenuous effort on the part of the latter class that an apparent majority of the Bouthern people committed themselves to the desperate design of destroy­ ing th»iNattan*4SraiMzient. MiHBIaiSe tsin details the incidents at­ tending the secession of South Carolina, which State did not wait for the result ot! the election, but early in October, I860, began a correspondence with the other cotton States, the response to which didnot indicate a decided wish or purpose to separate from the Union. Up to this time Presidential electors for South Carolina had always been chosen by tho Legislature, and to the unpro- pltious assembling of that body in Novem­ ber, 1&J0, Mr. Blaine attributes the precipita­ tion of the war of the rebellion. A short parn,graph iH devoted to t.tafl import Attached to the word "ordinauce" in connection with secession, the writer showing that its previ­ ous use had been confined to acts passed by inferior bodies, and that there was no au­ thority for attaching to it such impressive meaning. Mr. Blaine then states that, but for the action of the Senators from tho other Southern States, South Carolina would have stood alone, and her secession would have proved abortive. BUCHANAN'S RESPONSIBILITY. Having given the history of the secession of South Carolina and shown how the other States were induoed to follow her example, Mr. Blaine says: Long beiore the secession movement had been developed to the extent just detailed. Congress was in session. It assembled one month alter the Presidential election, and fifteen days before the disunionists of South Carolina met in tMeir ill-starred convention. Up to that time there had been Excitement. threats ot resistance to the authority of the Government in many sections of the Sonth, aud an earnest attempt in the cotton Stated to pro­ mote co-operation in the fatal step which so many were bent on taking. But there had been no overt act against the national authority. Federal officers were still exercising their functions in all the States; the customs were still collected in Southern port*; the United Statea mails were still carried without molesta­ tion from the Potomab to the F.io Grande. But the critical moment had come. The disunion conspiracy had reached a point where it must go forward with boldness or retreat before the displayed power aid the uplifted flag of the ... nation. The administration conl 1 adot t no 1 j,nR danger which could roparate Mr. Buchanan policy BO dangerous as to permit the enemies of I from his political associations with the South, the Union to proceed in their conspiracy, and ! thev recognized in his po ition a slgnilicani the hostile movement to gain perilous headway. | proof ot the desperate determination to wbiet) At that juncture Mr. Buchanan confronted a the enemies of the union had come. graver responsibility than had ever Blaine then details the reorganization before been imposed on a President Of the Cabinet--Secretaries Cobb, Floyd, aod of the Unit ad States. It devolved on him to Thompson resigning, and Messrs. Dix, Holt, arrest the m-'.d outbreak ot the South and Mantou succeeding-. "Thus reconstruct, by judicious firmness or, bv irresolution and cd," iays Mr. Blaine, -the Cabinet, as a timidity, to plunge the nation into horrors the , whole, was one of recognised power " lhl 1 extent of which was mercstully veiled f;o:n t , ,, ! the visions of those who were to witness and ' ifi , ,, ® Cabinet was follow ej share them. There couid bo no doubt in tin ] marked change in Mr. Buchanan's pos.. mind of any one that the destruction of the ! "<:n, wnich was received at the North "wit1) Union would b3 deplored by Mr. Buohanan as | unatRcted satisfaction, and at the South with profoundly as any living man. His biithand ! unconcealed indignation." This change wai rearing as a l'ennsylvan.an leave no other pre- announced iu a special message, to Cougres 1 sumption possible. on the fth of January, 1861. Ol this messagq Mr. Blaiuc aetuils tho constitution of Mr. I Mr Blaine save- Buchanan s Cabinet, pointing out tho fact j A ccrt.in significance attached to the da'c that the Southern element largely predoml- whieh the President had selected for oommuni. nate l, and cont nuos: ] eating his message to Congress. It was the 8tJi It was under these influence.1:, artfully insinu- j clay of .lauu«r.v, the anniversary of the battle o| ated and persistently plied, that Mr. Buchanan | New Orle&tix, celebrated that year with enthu. was induced to write hie misoiilsvouH and de- | elastic demonstrati jh in boat rot the memory plorable message of the first Monday of L e 'em- ; of Anlrew Jack HOD, who had, on a memor bit ber, 1860--a message wiicae evil effect can nev^r i occasion not ualike the prtsent. sworn an em . be estimated, and whoso evil cha aete- can ! pbatic oa'h that "th-s Federal Union mustang shall b«i v reserved." There was also m <tked hardly be exaggerated. The 1 resident iniorm d Congres* tt at"the long-continued and intemper­ ate interference of the Northern ve jple with the question of slavery in the Southern States has at list produced its n tural eilect. * * * The time 1 as a:rived so much dreaded by the Father of his Country, when hostile ge< graphical parties have beep formed." He declared that he had "ion? foreseen and o ten forewarned" his coun­ trymen of "the impending danger." Apj.ur satisfaction throughout tt.e loyal States wit.'i Mr. Buchanan's assunuice of the peace of tj 1 I>l-<trict of Columbia on ths ensuing 4th oj March, on the < ccaUor^of Mr. Lincoln u inaugu} ration. He did not himself "share in th 1 serious apprth'-rsl urn thft were ent rtained < j •ilstiirbajiix" on that occasion, but he mr.de tbi j declaration, which was raeeived in the Nort , , , wlrii he»r;y applause: "In any event, it will b 1 ently arguing the case for the Boui horn extr< in- 1 my duty to 1 reserve the leaoo, «ud this duty lets, the l'reddent believed that the danger ehail ba performed." 'does not proceed sole y frrin the a;.<cmpt to exclude slavery from the- Territories, nor rYom the efforts to defeat the execution ot the fuui- tive-nlHve law." ATiyorallrf these evils, he said, "might have been cn'lured by tho South." trusting to time and retieciiou for a remedy. The inimectialo pcr.l." Mr. Hnchauau informed the country, 'urises lromthc flfct that the long- Afraid of Tbelr Own Powder. The Democratic leaders in Congress aro too cautious They hauled off to knock tho protection tariff into a cont nued agitation in the frtt State* has at ! cocked hat, and then they heard some- length jroduced Its malign influence on tho alaves, and inspired the n with vague notl ma of freedom. Hence :> sense of security no longer exists around the family altar. The feeling of peace at home lias given ptacc to apprehensions of servile insurrections, aud tnanv a matron throughout the South retires at night in dread Of what may befall herself and her children be­ fore morning." The f resident was fully per­ suaded that "if this apprehuns on of domexiic danger f.Jiculd extend and lnt usify itself, dis­ union will become inevitable." Having thus stated what he believed to be the grievance" of the South, Mr. Buchanan pro­ ceeded to give certain r asons why the 1 lavo- bolders should not break up the Government. Hia defensive plea for the Nortn was worse, if worse were possible, than his aggressive state­ ments on behalf of the South. "The election of any one of onr fellow-citizens to the office of President, 'Mr. Buchanan complacently assert- tliiup, and their Run didn't go off. In fact, they have been so fearful that i' would go off that they have dravm the charge, and are casting about for some thing that will answer the purpose and won't make so much noise. They don't seem to understand that the country has taken the measure of their partV and will not, under any circumstance.*, trust it on the tariff question.--Wheel­ ing Intelligencer. TIME is a standard coin in every a ket, and that with which men malice the worst of bargain*. AJfaafy of KTB ftnoqs Bntchared WM> mtiiat in Thrfr Tbe Promptly Mraaff •M Their fiodlea BidiM • wlthBaUeta. (Springfield (Tenn.) Telegram.) Perhaps the worst crime ever committed has juat been perpetrated in this (Robertson) County. Twonty-ilve miles from this place, near the Kentucky line, lived John Martin, his wife, and three children, two of them grown young women, tbe other a boy of 12. Martin was Uihts seventieth year, and had lived in t he tielghborhood nearly his entire life. He had end out a moderate living on hia little farm, quietly doing his work aril having the respect of every one. yesterday he returned from Nashville, where he went to procure the final settlement of his pension claims, having teen wounded in the late war. It is presumed that this trip was learned of by certain rough characters living near, who, bent upon robbery, planned and exeouted this most horrible crime, Martin's log house was situated a quarter of a mile from the SpringBeld road, about ten miles northwest from Adams' Btatipn. A heavy growth of cedars and undefttrush bides the house from the view of the travelers on the ma:n road. This isolation prevented the trag­ edy lrom being discovered until this after­ noon. A peddler who eame to the house gave the first alarm, and the whole neighborhood was aroused. The door was broken as if struck violently with an ax. This door Jed into the main bedroom, where Mar­ tin and his wife slept. The scene upon entering the room beggars all description. Martin was dead upon tbe floor, his gray hair matted and soaked in a pool of blood. The head was solit open in two places by blows from an ax. The forehead was crushed, and the glaring eyer were forced from their sockets. Upon every side wero evidences of the frightful struggle that must have taken place. The walls and the floor were bespat­ tered with blood. Mrs. Martin must have been killed as she started from tho bed. Her arms were broken and her face horribly manglod by the blows of the ax. There Was one stream of ghastly blood. The most pitiable sight was the little boy, who occupied a trundle-bed in the room. Evidently he had been taken by one of the murdorers during tho struggle With tho others and Choked to death. In the next room, where the girls lay, the Eight would have melted a heart of stone. Everything indicated a most desperate strug­ gle for life. Evidently the murderers added a worse crime to their misdeeds. The dis­ ordered clothing of the poor girls told plainer than words of tho outrages thut had teen perpetrated upon them. After the bPutal assass ns had satisfied their lust they crushed the skulls of the two girls with the ax, which was found upon the floor, red with blood. It was a sad experience, and every eye that witnessed the sad spectacle was full of tears. The house had been ransacked from one en<^ to the other, and tables and chairs were over­ turned. The entire neighborhood was filled with horror at the fearful sacrifice of human life. A confusion of footprints was found lead­ ing away from the houpe into the neighbor­ ing woods. Search parties wore formed, and the country for miles around was scoured for a trace of the murderers. A farm hand named George French was arrested by one of the County Constables upon suspicion.' A crowd gathered and soon swelled into a mob of frenzied men. His contradictory replies convinced them that he was guilty. A. rope was brought and placed about bis neck, and tho mob swung him up to the nearest tree. He was let down half insensi­ ble. and on coming to confessed that he and Jim and Doc Carter, two negroes, workmen upou the farm of 'Squire Davis, had planned the murder. He gave sickening details of the assassination, and confessed that alt three of thorn had outraged the girls. They found $1,- £00 in money, and divided it between them. He had hardly finished his story when he was jerked up and strangled to denth. Twenty shots were fired into bis body. The mob made a break for Davis' farm, where tbe two ne­ groes were- found. Although both of them protested their kinooence, tbe mob banged them to the same tree and shot them while they strangled. fiimtuotfi Aoti Diacumed, OwrtinV i fettimu Adopted, and the I liberals Thanked. ̂ (Associated Press Report.] .. <As aoon as the members were la their **•>•» ' Mr. Curtin, Chairman of the Committee o» foreign Affairs, submitted as a privileged luestlon the report of the committee. Thla toolares that the ori|rinal,resolution was In­ tended as a mark <41 af>u|>hthy'for a distta*" fulsbed man wfcnhad Had fa thla country. While the committee was of the opinion that", resolution should have been re- MILD B0T DI&HlFlBB. fc*ofcitioii» Again of Be the Delved traald aotlon ROASTED ALIVE.' Three Hen Burned to Death Oil Refineff; • f -, »|Cleveland Dispatch.] An explosion occurred In one of Merriam St Morgan's paraffine works in Central way, corner of Ohio street, by which three work­ men met with horribled deaths. At the time of the explosion a» number of men were In the vicinity of the refining mill, but all ex' cept three, escaped injury. At the moment of the explosion a large fiery mass of refined oil was belched upward into the air, and fell to the earth like a stream of molten metal from a broken retort. Of I the workmen In the vicinity, August Fisher and August fluenther were closest to the exploded atill. They were enve'oped in the liquid shower of flume, and in an instant nothing but charred and horribly disfigured rom- ntints remained of what they had been. William Stahlman was a thort distance farther away from the stiil than his com­ panions. When the mass of flames descend­ ed upon him his clothing was consumed llko so much finder. Ho made a wild and des­ perate effort to escape, but soon suocumbed. When the fire could be sufficiently subdued to allow the firemen to enter tbe inolosure, tbe remains of the three workmen were removed to the adjoiuing pump-bouse and placed upon shutters. The bodies of Fisher and Guenthor were the most horribly burned. Scarcely a vestijie of them remained below the hips, and tho upper portion of their bodies were fo charred that they could scarcely be recognized as the remains of hu­ man beings. Stahlman was about 26 yeais of age, and lived with his wife in Seymour avenue. He leaves no children. Guenther was 27 years of age. He was married, the father of three little children, and lived at No. 123 Herschell street. Fisher was prob­ ably 30 years of age. His home was at No. 160 Trumbull street. Ho leaves four chil­ dren, with a wife, who is in a delicate condi­ tion. The exploded still had contained about twenty-five barrels of paraf.ne. What caused the explosion Mr. Merriam is at a loss to con­ jecture, as it was a now one of the most ap­ proved pattern. The loss to the ttrm will be about $20,t<00, upon which there is no insur­ ance. Coroner Bock will hold an inquest over the remains. || FATAL MISTAKE. ln the proper Spirit,/ yet It refrain Ana xsritSoMsa the ot the GeraS aShoritles ~ regard to them. The dignified position of" tbe Deparment of State fully sustained the- high character the department had main- *alhed Smee the organisation df the Federal. Government. Aa to the resolutions ofleredi March 19, the committee was of tbe opinion that they contained language not necessary* or proper to vindicate the character or dlg- nity of the House. Therefore they would re­ port the following resonitioa as a substitute: Metolvrd, That the resolution* referring to> the death of Dr. Edooard Ltofe. lSopt̂ d br this House on Jan. 0 last, were intended tm a. tribute of respect to the memory of an statesman who had died in tho United istatesr. as an expression of sympathy with the German. people for whom he had been an honored rep­ resentative. Jteaolwrf. That the House, having no offialafe concern with the relations teiwsen the osteon-* tire and leeinmtive branches of the German Government, does not deem it requisite to lta. djraltjrtp criticise the manner er the reception of the resolutions or the eircemstanc which, prevented their reaching their destination after- they haa bean communi ated through the proper channels to the German OoyeAjiifiit. Mr. Curtin then moved the preYroui aue*»- tion. Mr. Ueagan said be hoped this would: not be done, as the House had already made- apologies enough for telng insulted. Mr. Cox, of New York, moved to lay the matter- on the table, as the best way to treat the tier- man Chancellor, but this motion was lost--83 to 125. Ihe previous question having been ordered, Mr. Cchiltree rose to debu'e the- resolution. 'He declared that this afiair had" gone beyond the domain of red tape and. circnmlocutlon and had assumed a phase.- which called upon oach Keprescntative to- preserve his own honor and digutty. It waa not becoming the honor and dignity of tha House to explain the meaning of the original resolutions. They spoke for themselves. The apologetic tone of the pt nding resolutions*, was unworthy the representatives of this great nation. The compliment to Laskcr ha<l. been a rebuke to the German Chantellor be- cause the men were the antithesis of each, other. The Chancellor had ever been a Syco­ phant to royalty, bad never upheld the rights of tho people, and never 16st an opportunity to denounce popular sovereignty. Mr. Bed­ ford Inquired ironically whether it would bo- in order to oiler a resolution (resenting the- apolcgies of the House to the German Chan­ cellor for having troubled him, but was told It would not. Mr. Phelps, the seoond speaker, said that this matter had I ecomo of grave conse­ quence. As the committee bad unanimously agreed in their report, it would seem that, there ought to be an explanation. The reso­ lutions were passed unanimously Jan. P, just- as the members were preparing to ad ourn. len days later tbe House was startled by the Information that the Chancellor bad refused, to accept them. The members then looked up the record to see what they had done. They found that they had expressed regret af tho death of Laeker, and also the belief that bias free and liberal sentiments had advanced the interests of bJs country. Both were true, but the last one the House could not report. It had no right to send out its opinion that his political work had benefited Qerpany. There was no refuge. The House would re­ sent the'fact that its friendly sentiments had. been rejected, but it could not resent the fact- that its political sentiments had beon sent back bccause It had no business to put them on the same paper. Mr. Curtin reviewed and defended, the? features of the report, and the resolutions- were adopted without division! though aa unsuccessful effort was made to have the- yeas and nays ordered. Mr. Curtin then ^presented a report concerning the memorial, •of the Liberal Union of the German Parlia­ ment expressing a desire for a closer union of the two nations, and an appreciation of the- actionof tho House. Resolution# sr^ife ] IH; a sented reciprocating the wishes of 1 Union of Germany, accept ng the 1 and directing that they should be spreaS I '"xhc Journal. Mr. Cox thought the House- was trying to show its thanks to one por­ tion, of the lteichstag after having been, thoroughly insulted by the blood-and-iroia. Minister. By so doing it was complicating matters In such a way as to lose all dignity aud pluck. He (Cox) had favored the resolu­ tion of Mr. (Mscock, which was dignified anft consistent, but the Houee preferred to make- republicanism and democracy a l'aroe or un­ dignified butioonery. Tbe people of Ger­ many were in accord with those of thia- country, and he believed that some day there- would be an uprislpg of the liberty-loving- Teutons. Mr. Brumm said that the House was trylng- to carry viater on both shoulders. Dignity was, in his judgment, honorable; hcrole- actlon, and not tbe playing of the cow­ ard, simply because a Chancellor might say tho rules of ftiquctte hadl not been strictly followed. Mr. D&us- ter commended the action of the De­ partment of State, anjl declared that Bis­ marck's haety action wouldprove unfortunate- only for him. Mr*. PbeipB closed the debate. He claimed that the letter sent by Bismarck to the German Minister in Washington, inc which he had expressed his cordial regard for the American people and willingness to transmit the resolutions if they had not ex­ pressed a political opinion,' was an ampte apolopy. Thanks to Bismarck, to Frcling- huysen and his skill, and to the Com­ mittee on Foreign Affairs, the dignity of the- House had been saved. The German Chan­ cellor had entered tho Reichstag for the first- time in eighteen months, in Order to play tho- new role of an apologist; thegentleman from Texas had seen his fame grow from the con­ fines of his State to the circumference of tha^ world; all bad been satisfactorily ended, and' the members had the right to ring down the* curtain on this International episode. Thfr resolutions were tben adopted without a di­ vision. A Mother Gives Her Children Opium In­ stead of Rhubarb. [LouUvllle (Ky.) Dispatch.I Information rt aches this city of a terrible and fatal oato of poiscnlug in the family of Justice D. C. Alsop, of Pond, this county. SjulreAbop had an interesting family ot four children, whose ages range between IS months and 7 year*, 'fliia mo nlng two lie dead and ano her ia barely alive, the result of a wooful mistake In tho administration of medicine for colds. For several days three of tho children, Gracic, Jessie, Had May, tho youngest of tbe family, had been sufierltig from colds. Yesterday morning Mrs. Alsop wont to Mr. Hawes' grocery to get • ouie powdered rhubard to administer to the children a<t a llirbt purgative. As in most country groceries*. Hawes has a drug depart­ ment In which ho Veops the most familiar family remedies. Mrj. Alt-op's order was tilled from a Jar on whhh there was no liibal, but this fa t product d no impression upon her at tbo time. Upon returning home she began the preparation of tho dotes lor the children, adding a little water to dissolve tho powd"i\ She then gave eacli of tho children, cxce t the eldest, three tea spoonfuls of tho solution. In a short time Jessie, aged 3 years, togan vomiting, and ihon tho other two were taken with alarming symptoms. I)r. Fost was summoned as uick'y os possible, and upon bis arrival he examined the powder which had been given tho ch idivn, and at once discovered it to be opium. The doce* administered wore several lines more than fatal quantities, and tho an- ldotes adminl«ter< d had but Utile erect. In three hours tho baby fuccumbed to the poison, nd a iew hours later Craco suUered the t'atal effects of the drug. Jcs>le was still illve this morning, but th< reis little hope to- tier recovery. Wbotber Mr. Hawes gave out the drug, or his clerk, the tources of in­ formation do notstate. Bsx.roRD, of Colorado, receives mora mail matter than any other member or Congress. v • v. v "A""'. . m d , : t • . : pre- ie spread oa |llTTEN WITH A NEGRO. Infatuation of a Tonne While* Woman of Erie, Pa. [Erie (Pa.) Dispatch!] Intense excitement was caused to-tî it% 'the discovery of the flight of a well-knowtt , |young married lady with a ocHpred man. The- xnothcr of the strangely infatuated ladjr nrrived at the depot in time to rescue her* daughter, whotmsonc child, whom she cruelly proposed to abandon. The negro is a hand- pome fellow, and has been employed as a brick­ layer. A crowd of fully a thousand persona wore collected at the depot by the screams or the girl, who I ad to be fairly dragged from the side of her dusky lover. While beinar es­ corted to her mother's carriage she broke- away from Oflicer DudenhoelTer and fled along the Nickel-Plate track, leaping over fences and gates, and leaving her pursuers behind. Holmes waa not allowed to get off the car, and the woman, young and delicately raised as she has been, is presumed to be sttfk exposed to the 1 ain storm now raging. A Battle with a Wildcat* [Philadelphia Dispatch.] • , jjerl Labar, of Purdytown, on the eastern ,s'ope of tho Blue Ridge, fought a "catch-ae- catch-can" battle witb an enormous wild' cat in bis bedroom last night. About mid­ night Labar beard a strange noise in the- room. He jumped from the bed to make an investigation, when the ani­ mal sprung upon his shoulders, but La- bar shook it off and de livered a stunning- blow with a club. For fifteen minutes the' conflict raged, the brute leaping from Wall t©> wall, clinging to tho paver with its sharp claws, and then bounding upon its opponent* screeching with fury and with eyes shining ' like coals of Are. At last Lobar dealt the cm- a death blow. It measured eight l'eet from the tip of Its nose to the end of its tail. Labar* was severely lacerated about tho face and. arms. ' s-SlV, ========.,,£• CLARK B. Ronixsow has brought suit Ail New York egainst Commodore Garrison fcr $£,*95,950, tlie proceeds of the sale of bond* of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Bailroad. Tbe answer is a general denial. • BSTIMATKS place the cattle drive of Texae the coming season in excess of 300,009 )ieadL •wm th ,1*1.* " kMu.' 1'..'