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cv«rT«aat in pnoiA ously W quadrupled wrnlMr seri- iLLiNdiSk * ... iiw* m ?•*..«*< i'ows, . wnttmn «WM% ©Donovan Kossa to testify, •Mbi** MRctment against Ysenlt Dudley , ***tfuftwitfc intent to kill. *' P> "iM&Sfr ®a""r La* and Order League of * /** 1 IjfcvMlad Mates held its sessions last week #Nfc, the Hon. C. O. Bonney, «C in the absence of the _ Vogely, book-keeper B*ht (P^) 4 i«M loving a shortage of $50,000, . " vluehfcs lost in oil. gv ' " HtMAM Wmkmsbni^, Fa., a sled eontatb. • (line boys and girls dashed dowh a hiH- |&£nd oame in collision with apassing :'imftoh. All wete wounded, live quite seri- , ;>1 Ojmboi D. Dobkxio completed, at ijjflew York last week, his long walk of 5,100 miles in 100 days, exclusive of Sunday eights. He performed the feat in attack . tiro feet in width and forty-four laps to ihe mile. H# weighed 138 pounds when he ~«tfcft»* Mid 111 when he finished. He has probably gone a greater distance on foot man, any. other man in the same time. Jforemae received an ovation at the com. fll6tio& of his task from members of the llidkitihian Club and a delegation of the AQOMOt Order of Foresters, fie was given .fining watch by the societies and i banner bearing the inscription: "OeoiM D, Noremac, o,100 Miles % 100 Days. 1884 - 1685." Jus­ tus Schwab, the anarchist, was held for trial at New York, for inciting a riot and re. tinting arrest S. C. Bowen & Son, a pro- «fooebuying firm at Medina, N. Y., have §ri lor $40,000, and farmers in the dis-; are likely to lose heavily All the era in the Schuykill district will wofk three-quarters time during March. ', ' THE WEST. - Efette flection of Oregon ai^d Washing- ' Territory lying east of the Cascades the ' "" Winter wheat plant is in prime condition, *ith an acreage of 32 per cent* greater than Mt year, and in the district the surplus for ebqport will reach, it is believed, 170,000 (MM, while the Willamette Valley will have ic- j* surplus of 200,000 tons The indict- . Stents hanging over Frank James in the • Circuit Court of Cooper County, Missouri, rquietly quashed at the request of prosecnting attorney, and he is absolutely a free man. It is thought that Ike Governor of Minnesota will make a * * icqttiflitien tot the famous train-robber. ... - John 3L MeLenn, the Cincinnati journalist, < baa been appointed receiver of the Cincin- ' nti and Eastern Railroad, and will prompt- fif assume his new duties... Near Muncie, , . ' nd., a Lake Erie and Western train Was wrecked, a passenger car bang thrown against a bank fifteen feet off, injur- l^Bereiml persons. ̂* " The new penal code adopted by the Min- (f > ' Aesota Legislature restores the death pen- < *f aUgr for murder in the first degree and ren- " > ^Immarder in the second degree punishable • bj life imprisonment. Manslaughter in the tint degree is punishable by five to twenty • V years' imprisonment. The penalty for trea- „ 4MB is bf« imprisonment For bribery a -v' punishment may be inflicted not exceeding ? r 1 ten yean'imprisonment or $5,000 fine, or |f' . both. Conspiracy and libel are termed mis- , demeanors. Among the crimes against the y person are suicide, homicide, maiming, as- *, aaott, highway robbery, dueling and libeL * Dueling is punishable by imprisonment for 5?* *wo nor more than ten years. "The penalty for seduction is not to exceed 4 ^ or $1,000 fine, or '"ftattl The penalties for body-snatching am tke same as those for seduction. Lot- .v, . *«iee and other methods of gambling are r provided against. A limit of fifteen years' " fanpsisociment is fixed for arson, and black- ^ *milisp««isbable by five years' imprison - ^ Jpiant... .The General Ministerial Associa­ tion of Portland and East Portland, Ore- ' |du, passed resolutions that they would not ~ lastly persons divorced for other than Scriptural reasons, nor the guilty parly who ' ^ had oeen divorced for the latter cause. * Neas Chebanse, 111., at midnight, a pas- aenger train on the Illinois Central Bail- *' toad was brought to stand by a broken track. The New Orleans express, closely •- J '• following the passenger, also stopped, but a ? freight train, coming after, dashed into the • express, wrecking the rear sleeper, telescop- , Ing other ears, and driving them forward :-into collision with the leading -t •> train. John A. Mclnnes, of Ingersoll, On- j x tario, was instantly killed, and about a , * dozen other passengers were injured, some 5 1 quite seriously. At the inquest the pre­ ponderance of evidence went to show that * the passenger and express train employes W taken no precautions to guard against H<§he collision F. Hemple, a savings t 1 * M m h e r o f B e a v e r D a m , W i s . , w h o l i e s •; / 'In jail on charge of embezzlement, r* Owes nearly $60,000 to German depositors, ^ Indhn surrendered to his assignee proper- tjf vriued at $3,200. He had been operat- • , Ulg on the Chicago Board of Trade.... A f . /'inedieal college at Des Moines bought from I ' Ilia mother the remains of Cicero Jellerson, r-\ " who was recently lynched for the murder at father The Toledo and Indianapolis ? Bailroad has been purchased for the bond- 14^- holders, the price paid being $150,000. ?*; v WHBJ3 Matthew Beedy, a Fecatonica v'i id'1; <DL) fanner, and his son were going home k- the ether night they were stopped by two 0 highwaymen, one of whom struck the elder .Beedy with a slung-shot and rifled his m ; - pockets. The blow produced concussion . t>. of the hmin and the man will die.. Lem- ,®®1 Faller of Argyle, 111., imagined that y f' tMUgkrs were on his premises a few nights v ^jt'7 /. ago, and, issuing from his house, fired at * 'Vh ,* * aoepi^ww objects. They proved to be two Cal- W«j* Va., are Scarce that current. A has been intro- M*s. Ajtn Bowuno. ee years old, was WM to rtestt? Rf HnWmom were fatally burned at Peterebuqj, Va. '"gf*"" ""uuicu employes in the machine |;f: . ^;ah^» along the line of the Wabash Boad Thb sentence of the court-martial in fhf eaae of Judge Advocate General Swaim as Anally approved by the President is as fol­ lows: " To be suspended from rank and daty for twelve years, and to forfeit one* half his monthly pay every month for the •ame period." Tfffc completion of the Washington Monument was celebrated at the national oapital with great rejoicing on Saturday, Feb. 21. The dedicatory ceremonies com- mecioed at 10 o'clock in the morning.' Gen. Sheridan and staff were followed to the grounds by militia companies from Boston, Charleston, Hartford, Richmond, and Phil­ adelphia, which were organised from 1638 to 1793. Gen. Fitehngh Lee led a divis­ ion of Masonic bodies. Addresses were de­ livered in the open air by Senator Sherman, W. W. Corcoran, Col. T. L. Casey, and President Arthur. In the Masonic oeremo- nies of the District Grand Lodge the gavel nsed was one held in the hands of George Washington tn laying the corner-stone of the national capitol. On the return march from the monument the procession was re­ viewed by the President In the afternoon, in the hall of the House of Bepresentatives, John D. Long read the oration of Bobert C. Winthrop, and John W. Daniel delivered an eloquent address. Gen. Horace E. Capbon died at Wash­ ington from the effects of a cold contracted at the monument dedication ceremonies. He was a participant in the laying of the corner-stone in 1848. He was Commis­ sioner of Agriculture under Gen. Grant, and subsequently held a high position in Japan. Ccbhewct to the amount of $110,000 was nearly destroyed in the recent railway accident in the District of Columbia, but experts in the Treasury Department have identified the charred remains, and the ex­ press company will suffer only trifling loss. ....Francis E. Warren, nominated by President Arthur to be Governor of Wy­ oming, is a merchant and banker in that Territory. 1 FxtAMEB swept away the National Thea­ ter, at Washington, causing a loss of over $200,000. :i rourricAL. ^ •8; Tin democratic State CoBTentiqfc cf' Michigan met at Bay City and nominated A. B. Morse, of Ionia, for Supreme Judge, and Charles B. Whitman, of Ypsilanti, for Begent of the University. The Greenback State Convention met at Lansing, and a telegraphic bargain was made with the Dem­ ocrats to nominate M. W. Field for Begent, thus completing the fusion ticket A close observer of events at Springfield, 111., says the Chicago Int<hr Ocean, predicts that neither Gen. Logan nor Col. Morrison can be elected Senator. The gentleman be­ lieves that in case a vacancy occurs Gov. Oglesby will appoint Milton Hay, of Spring­ field. The Prohibition party of Bhode Island met in convention at Providence and nom­ inated a full State ticket, headed by George H. Slade for Governor. . A, lively discussion was had over the platform and resolutions, which eet forth in strong terms the firm and relentless opposition of the party to the manufacture and sale 6t intoxicants. The' platform says it is the duty of any member of a political party to with­ draw from it when it does not ex­ press or embody his political con­ victions; recommends the withdrawal of true Prohibitionists from the Republican and Democratic parties in respect for (ruth, honor, and consistency; demands the sup­ pression of polygamy, an honest reform of the civil service, and a repeal of such laws as exclude the people of any particular na­ tionality from the enjoyment of their politi­ cal rights... .Hon. Bobert E. Logan, a Re­ publican representative in the Illinois Leg­ islature from Whiteside County, fell dead in the State House at Springfield, while climbing the stairs to the Assembly chamber on the 26th ult. When the joint session was held for a Senatorial ballot, the announcement was made that both political parties had agreed to have no decisive vote until March 3. An election to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Logan's death has been ordered by Governor Oglesby for March 21. The Hon. Henry B. Payne, at a dinner tendered him in Cleveland the other night, referred to the Electoral Commission, said that he was chairman of the committee that considered the bill, and stated that he was offered political advancement if he would repoit adversely on it He believed that if the Presidency had not been settled by the commission, another civil war would be the result. !• .lit waeki Wobetey** plan of f» retreat of Gen. 8*v«gjf, of the Spanish army who were exiled reoently for plotting the (taveihment have been pre- to go to Sooth America, but have _ changed their plans in conaeqneliee of a Xofrerfeami I lewwr received iron Senor /"orilio. tin? esr- i »l< ti Ks-v.nf-.lti".-.:, %%•-• v.;• •^JW--, ^ waiC. Senoi Zoi illa assures the officers that there will be plenty of employment for their swords in Spain before long ... The Congo Conference at Berlin held ita final section Feb. M. Bismarck alluded to tha formation'of th4 Ooqgo Slate sia great aid to the lasting effect of the gathering. Ktng Leopold sent to Bismarck a letter of WiaMw for services rendered to African civilisation. The' > British Government refuses to recognize the French declaration making rice for Chinese potts eon traband of war. Admiral Courbet will plaoe his fleet near Shanghai td inter­ cept vessels i^ith rice cargoes... .Tfesee men were killed outright and several w«re fatally injured by an explosion at tile School of Gunnery at Shoeouryness, England. Among the maimed were several of the most prominent officials of die laboratory at Woolwich. CffiNERAL. * valuable horses, and had to be killed.. . Eighteen hundred atong tl *• ^ • • • strode against a proposed reduction in | 'i. *ages, last week... .In an abandoned well on thdrpremi ses at Cincinnatti, the Cin- cinnati'Warehouse and Malting Company * jbaa discovered natural gas, the pressure Ula v K"g® allowing twenty-five feet to the inch. » CShariea B. Woods, a retired Major T^'i ' •' " . •_ » t * . • pwmovTH. 1^. A* explosion of natural gas at Welfabntg, . , W. Va., | demolished two buildings and greatly damaged several others, flames add- £0$ing terror to the situation. Five mangled Hill e«»p»es were recovered, and two other per- » ,± 0©n« are missing... - At New Orleans George ' Boake and Charles Lange had a fight with gloves. During the second round Lange strneic a stake and broke some of the bones In hie hand. Being unable to continue, the fgfct wan given to Rooke, although he had bean getting the worst of the fight MabbhaT) Gahling and Deputy Man­ ning were shot near New Braunfels, Texas, the former fatally. They were taking Jsmes Pitta and Yeager to the penitentiary to serve out life sentences for postoffice robbery, when the prisoners turned upon • them with pistols, killing the former, and rpoitally wounding the latter. A woman ' passenger was bit by a stray bullet and dan- geroomiy wounded. The desperadoes 1 l|;t" •: jumped from the train and lied. Pit ts was ' -overtaken and killed one hundred yards from the train. Yeagor, his accomplice, !:& -*; pursued eight miles and shot dead. Thomas B. Habkison, of Baltimore, •" -3 / /who was one of the most daring cotton . peculators in the United States, killed hims^f the other day rather than be exam- ' toed aa to bk sanity. He made $600,000 ADDITIONAL HEWS. * ' * Following is the reply addressed by Mr. Cleveland to the rilver ooinage advo­ cates in Congress: <' ~ . To the Hon. A J. Warner and others, members of tne Forty-eljrhth Conmess: Gentlemen, the letter which I have had th« honor to receive from you invites and, inteed, obliges me to give expression to some grave public necessities, although in ad­ vance of the moment when they would become objects of my ottlclal catro and partial responsibility. Your solicitude that mv judgment shall have been carefully and aeUbet- ately formed is entirely just, and I accept the suggestion In the same friendly spirit In which it has been made. It Is also fully justi­ fied by the nature of the financial crisis which, under the operation of the act ot Con- Krefs ot i<eb. 28, 1878, is now close at hand. By compliance with the requirements of that law all vaults in the Federal Treasury have been and ate heaped full ot silver coins which are now worth less than 88 per cent of the gold dollar prescribed as "the unK ot value" in section 14 of the act of Feb. 12, 1873, and wi ich, with silver certificates representing such coin, are receivable for all public dues, being thus receivable, while also constantly Increasing in quantity ae the rate of $28,000,000 per year, it has followed of ne­ cessity that the now of sold into the Treasury has been steadily diminishing. Silver and sti­ ver certificates have displaced and are now dis­ placing gold, and the sum of gold in the Fed­ eral Treasury, now available for the payment of the gold obligation of the United States and Bt a collision of trains at Delhi, Ohio, thirteen residents of Cincinnati were more or less injured Two passengers were badly maimed by a wreck at Lockland, near Cin­ cinnati An engineer and fireman were killed by a collision near Canajoharie, N. Y., where $100,000 worth of rolling-stock was destroyed... .Near Grafton, W. Va., occurred a collision of Baltimore and Ohio trains. Three men were killed and two others were fatally injured. The wreckage on the track was twenty feet high, and a night's work was required to uncover the corpses. Gen. McAdabis, of St Louis, form­ erly known as "No. 1," believes that Irish Nationalists should make efforts to help the False Prophet in the Soudan, and asserts that the man who could get a dozen Gatling guns to the Mahdi would be doing more for Irelind than dynamiters could effect in half a century. Hon. T. B. Alkxaxdeb, a member of the Parliament of British Columbia, stated to a Chicago Times reporter that his people are still greatly dissatisfied with their political connection with Canada, and that the Chinese have become a curse to British soil on the Pacific coast. Ix is said that President Adams, of the Union Pacific Railroad, considers the re­ tirement of Gould and Sage from the di­ rectory quite probable. In financial circles it is regarded as certain that Gould will re­ tire. The only question remaining to be solved is how he is to be dropped without causing unnecessary friction.... Mrs. Mary E. Hicks, of Chicago, will bring suit to re­ cover property worth $1,000,000 lying in the Johnstown district, in Canada. It is rumored at Ottawa, Ont, that the Government will take the Canadian Pacific Boad off the hands of the company and complete it perilously are tacts which, as they do not admit ot differ­ ence of opinion, call for no argument They have been forewarned to n* in the official reports of every Secretary of the Treasury from 1K7R til! now. They are plainly attrfhed ib the last December report of the present Secretary of the Treasury to the Speaker Of the. present House of Representatives. They ap-~ pear in the official documents of this Con-, gress and in the records of the New York Clearing House, of which the Treasury is a member, and through which the bulk of receipts and payments of the Federal Government and the country pass. These be­ ing the facts, our present condition, our danger, and our dnty to avert that danger, would seem to be plain. I hope yon concur with me and with a great majority of our fellow-dtbiens, in deeming it most desirable at the present junct­ ure to maintain and continue in use the mass of our uold coin as well as the mass of silver already coined This is possible by the present suspension of the purchase and coinage of silver. I am not aware that by any other method it is possible. It is of momentous importance to prevent the two metal* parting company, to prevent increasing displacement of gold by In­ creasing the coinage of silver, to prevent the disnse of gold in the custom-houses of the United States in the daily business of the peo­ ple, to prevent the ultimate expulsion of gold by silver. Such a financial crisis as these events would certainly precipitate, were it now to follow up­ on so long a period of commercial depression, would involve the people of every city and every State In the Union In prolonged and disastrous trouble. The revival of business enterprise and prosperity so ardently desired and apparently so near would be hopelessly post­ poned. Gold would be withdrawn to its hoard­ ing places, and an unprecedented eontnvXionin the actual volume ot our currency would speedily take place. The saddest of all, tn every work­ shop. mill, factory, store, and on every railroad and farm, the wages of the laborer, already de­ pressed, would sutler still further depression by the scaling down of the purchasing power of every so-called dollar paid into the hand of toll. From these impending calamities it is surely the most patriotic and grateful duty of the rep­ resentatives of the people to deliver them. I am, gentlemen, with sincere respect, your tellow citizen, Gboveb Cleveland. Albany, Feb. M. An attempt was made at Lincoln, Neb., to kill Patrick Egan, President of the Irish National League, by means of nn infernal machinc; but the contrivance, though han­ dled carelessly, failed to explode.,. .Cow­ boys stopped the Pacific express at Mingus- ville, Dak., and made the condnctor dance the cancan on the platform, firing their re­ volvers at him during the performance. A posse from a neighboring town arrested the whole party. Tbs naval appropriation .Mil, with an item of $112,000 for the purchase of the torpedo-boat Destroyer from Mr. Ericsson, passed the Senate Feb. 27. A bill also passed for the sale of the Sac and Fox reservation in Nebraska and Kan­ sas. On a bill to grant a pension of $50 per month to the blind and penniless daughter of ex-Presi- dent Tyler, the vote showed that no quorum was present. In executive session. Francis E. Warren was confirmed as Governor ot Wyoming. An hour was spent on the nomination of E. A. Kreldler to be Marshal of Montana, the Wisconsin Senators opjioeinir the temoval of A. C. Botkln, and no action was taken. The House of Representa­ tives passed the sundry civil appropriation bill, with an item of $300,000 to pay indebtedness and premiums of the New Orleans Exposition. Mr. ltosecrans reported a bill for the retirement of Maj. Gan. H. O. Wright. A bill was passed appropriating $5,000,030 to be expended by the Secretary of War in Improvements at Galveston, and for continuing work along the Mississippi River. ' THB MARKET* NEW YORK. Beevbb t&oo Hoos s.uo Wheat--No. 1 White w> No. 2Red .90 Cork--No. 2 Oats--White 80 Pobk--New Mess..... tt.76 ©14.35 CHICAGO. & 7.00 9 S.S0 <£ .01*4 & M & M & .43 Beevks--Chofoeto prime Steen. Hoos.. Floub f SMpplng.. Common to Fair. Fancy Red Winter Kx.. Prime to Choice Spring Wheat--No. 2Red Cobm--Now 2 Oath--NO. 2 Rye--No. 2.................„m„ Bablet--No. Buttee-- Choice Creamery...... Fine Dairy. Cheese--Full Cream. Skimmed flat....: ,7;v* 6.25 ISO 4.00 4.7S 4.00 a. so .80 .as .27 <.68 .63 .29 • .18 .12 .m Egos-- Fresh. -2« Potatoes--New, per bu .ft") Pobk--Mess UN MILWAUKE&. FOKKHttU Aw account of the battle of Jan. 16 at Abu-Klea "Wells, from the pen of Mr. Williams, the correspondent of the Cable News, is cabled from London. Mr. Will­ iams sjys that the breaking of the square, which came so near being disastrous to the British, was caused by the overenthusiasm of Col. Burnaby, who gave an unauthor­ ized order to charge. The cavalry were swept back aud the Arabs forced their way into the square. It was in this charge that Col. Burnjfby wns killed. After this action ' Wheat--No. 2. COBN--No. 3 Oats--No. 2 .' Rye--No. i...;...... ItABLEY--No. 3 Pobk--Mess. . ....... TOLEDO. Wheat--No. 3 Bed COBN--No. 2 Oats--No. 2 BT. LOU1& Wheat--No. 3 Red Cobm--Mixed. Oats--Mixed..... Rye Pobk--Mesa. CINCINNATI. Wheat--No. 3 Brd. Corn Oats--Mixed Poke--Mesa. DKiRbrrl"' Flour ; Wheat--No. l White Corn--Mixed Oats--No. 2 White. Pork--Family INDIAN APOLia Wheat--No. 3 Red, New Cobn -Mixed Oats--Mixed BUFFALO, Wheat--No. t Spring Cobn--No. a Oats--No. 2 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle--Best Fair .76 .38 .30 .04 .64 12.60 .77 .43 .90 ® 0.75 <S teu & 4.80 @ A. 30 9 4.00 'S 4.00 .01 @ .09 .30 ® .00 % 3 .» e is rt .o» & .37 & .05 <$13.75 .77 .39 *6 .01 .07 & .55 012.75 © jf'i.fclfWjj K that at become the composed of enduring marble and resting upon foundations broad and Speeches President ^Lrthtir tact ftalator Bfcerman--W inthrop's and Daniel's - v J fSloquent Orations. » The completion of the Washington Mon- ument was celebrated at the National Capi­ tal with great rejoicings. The ceremonies opened with an address by Senator Sher­ man at the monument Ihe Hon. "W. W. Cononib fliuJUy presented the obelisk to the United 4katee, and President Arthur accepted it with nn appropriate response. Masonic rites , followed, at the conclusion of which a prooessiqn was • formed, which was reviewed on its way to the Cap­ itol by the President and Gen. Sheridan. In the House of Bepresentatives, where both branches of Congress were assembled, together with' the Diplomatic Corps, the Judiciary, and many distinguished guests, Mr. Edmunds' brief speech was followed by the address of the day, written by the Hon. Robelt C. Winthrop, and read by Bepresentative John D. Long: An elo­ quent speech by John W. Daniel, of Vir­ ginia, practically concluded the ceremonies. .y: *«BB DEDICATION. lTowiolsjls at the Afonumaifjy, Despite the Uoreal blast that swept over the city, says a Washington correspondent, and the discomforts attending the out-door exercisae, the great Washington Monument was dedi­ cated with ill of the intended pomp, and with, little less than the anticipated enthusiasm. Penn­ sylvania avenue was festoon3d and garlanded with bright bunting and national emblems until it seemed arched with a compact mass ot beautifully blended colors. At an early hour the shivering spectators began to arrive at the. grated stand. Just in the shadow of the monument, the tot to claim a seat being Eben- eter Burgess Ball, of London County, Va., a member of the \faBhington family. There were present of the descendants and relatives of WaaUkigton: Mrs. Lewis Washing­ ton, vice-regent tor Virginia in the Mount Ver­ non Associatioftrher step-son, J. B. Washing­ ton, PlttatMrg; >JMrs. B. B. Washington and daughter, Frederick County, W. Va.; Miss Eliza Washington, CmtMrtm, W. Va.; Col. Thorn­ ton Washinirtqn, Texas; Bushrod C. Welling­ ton and S. W. Washington, Charlestown.W.Va.; Robert Washington, Westmoreland County.Va.; George Washington, Jeffetsbn County. W. Va.; Mrs. L. Montgomery Bond. Elizabeth, N. J., a great-grand niece of Washington; Miss Virg nia Mitchell, Charlestown, W. Va ; Miss Claiborne, Richmond, and Mr.Myrvtn C. Buckey, Washington. At 11 Senator Sherman, Chairman of the Joint Congressional Commission, called to order the 800 people who had assembled at th# center stand. "The commlsBon authorized by the two houses of Congress to provide suitable ceremonies for the dedication of the Washington monument," he began, "directed me to preside. I need not say anything to impress upon you the dignity of the event you have 'met to celebrate. Tli» monument speaks for itself. Simple in form, admirable in proportions, granite, , . deep, it rises into the sktsa higher than any work of hu­ man art. It is the most imposing costly, and appropriate monument ever erected in honor of one. man. ItludltBorigiu iuuio t rui'ouuu con­ viction of the people, irrespective of t party, creed, or race,jMt only in this country, but m all the civilised countries, that the name and ' fame of Washington should be perpetuated bv a most imposing , testimonial of the nation's gratitude to its hero, statesman, and father." Senator Sherman recounted the history of the work from its Inception and concluded with the remark that the monument would stand "a pro­ totype of parity, manhood, and patriotism for all lands and all time." _ Prayer was .offered by the Rev. Dr. Jtater, of Christ's Chnreh, Alexandria, Va. In closing a lengthy address the Hon. W. W. Corooran said: It is glory enough for the Washington Monment Society that its pious labors, imt to , tlte proef at ttme,' have in the majeststo structure whioh before us to-day, and it is glory enough for the legislative unci executive departments «f the government that in assuming and direotintf the completion of the monument, on the found­ ation laid by the people, tbey have at once re­ deemed a sacred national duty by giving to this great obelisk the culmination and crown with which it towers above the earth, and soars heav­ enward, like the fame it commemorates. The formal presentation to the General Gov­ ernment was made by Col. Thomas L. Casey, of the United States Engineer Corps. After giv­ ing a detailed description of the construction he said: Although the dimensions of the foundation base were originally planned without due re­ gard to the tremendous forces to be brought into play in building so large an obelisk, the resources of modern engineering science have supplied the means for the completion of the grandest monumental column ever erected in any age of the world. In its proportions the ratios ot dimensions of the several parts of the ancient Kiryptlan obelisks have been caretully followed, and the entire height has been made slightly greater than ten times the breadth of the base, producing an obelisk that for grace and delicacy of outline is not excelled bv any of the larger Egyptian monoliths, while in dig­ nity and grandeur it surpasses any that can be mentioned. / President Arthur, in accepting the monument, said: Fellow-Country men: Before the dawn of a century whose eventfnl years will soon have faded into the past, when death had but lately robbed this republic of its most beloved and iliustrlons citizen, the Congress of the United States pledged the faith ot the nation that in this city bearing his honored name, and then, as now, the seat ot the General Government, a monument should be erected to commemorate the great events of his military and political life. The stately column that stretches heaven­ ward from the plain whereon we stand bears witness to all who behold It that the covenant which our fathers made their children have fulfilled. In the completion of this great work of patriotic endeavor there is, abun­ dant cause for national rejoicing: for while this structure shall endure it shall be to all mankind a steadiest token of the affectionate and reverent regard in which this people con­ tinue to hold the memory ot Washington. Well may be ever keep the foremost place In the 'hearts of his countrymen. The faith that nev«r Jaltered, the wisdom that was broader and deeper than any learning taught in schools, the courage that shrank from no peril and was dis­ mayed by no defeat, the loyalty that kept all selfish purpose subordinate to the demands of patriotism and honor, the sagacity that dis­ played itself in oamp and cabinet alike, and, above all, that harmonions union of moral and intellectual qualities which has never found its parallel among men--these are attributes of character which the Intelligent thought of this century ascribes to the grandest figure of the last. But other and more eloquent lips than nine will to-day reheatse to yoa the story of his noble Hfe and Ms* gtortonsaebtevemente. To myseK has been assigned tbe simple and more formal duty, in the fulhllment of which I " added tuend tens' - Fi e n . . . . candidate for him and was ennobled by his **-- £33tR»»sf-tt. ST""":-, cfeatasdarrrIkt&jT,i•> if by the force oi nrst intention." BsaponsS- bilities hMtped themselves on his shoulders as if nitely elM^Mtdt&«y found'hlm* ever ready to bear tbem all, rvw squat to discharge them all. To what Is called personal magnetism beoeaMhaivehad Jittle pretension. A vein of dtgnntodi reserve which Houdon and Stuart have lighter made his peculiar characteristic in ... . . „ esF*sass<stl UsssfflaiIni n with him. His magnetism wns that of merit-- fupedor, surpassing motlfe-the merit of spot- 1<M 'ttttecritf, of redofctttzed ability, and of tthwearted Willingness to spend and be support, but the select- as have them hie our con- riis name as the age new surrounded any ott No Jealousy of their * menta ever ruffled his 1 achieved Our tedependei stitutlonal government,. indelibly on the age in wi °* Washington! , Wrtt did Chief Justice Mirsbail, in that admirable pretace to ..the biography ot his revered and UlustriouB friend, sum up with judicial precision the serv­ ices he was sbont to describe In d -tall. Well end truly did he say, "As if the chosen in­ strument of heaven, selected for the purpose of effecting the great designs of Providence re­ specting this our western hemisphere, it was the peculiar lot of this distinguished man. at every epoch when the destinies of his country seemed dependent on the measures adopted, to be called by the united voice of hi* fellow citi­ zens to those high stations on which thesacce s of tho*e meisui«8 principally depended." I do not forget that there have been other men. in other days, in other lands, and In • nr own kmd, who have been called to coinmaDd largerkrmie-. io preside over mor,- distracted councils, to ad'uinlster more extended govern ̂ ments, and to grapple with a-< complicated and critifal ad airs. Gratitude and honor wait ever on ^thalr- persons and their names. B*t we do .not estimate Miltlade-< at Marathon, or jPanmanias at Plates, or Themls- todss at Main's, or Epaminodas at Man tinea or Leuctra, to* Leonid as at Therttoi.il*, bv the number of the forces which they led on land or on sea. Nor do we gangs the glory of Columbus by the sice of the little fleet with wh'ch he ven­ tured so heroically Upon the perils of a mighty unknown deep. There are some circumstances whtoh can npt occur twice; some occasions of whioh there can be no repetition; some names which will always assert their individual pre­ eminent, and will admit of no rivalry or com­ parison. The glory of Columbus can never be eclipsed, never approached, till our new world shall require a fresh discovery; and the glory of Washington will remain unique and peerless until American independence will re- quit* to be again achieved, or the foundation of constitutional liberty to be laid anew. * » » * * » A celebrated philosopher of antiquity, who was nearly contemporary with Christ, bot who could have known nothing of what was going on in Judae, and who. alas! did not always "reck his own rede," wrote thus to a younger friend, as a precept for a worthy lite: "Some good man must be singled out and kept ever be­ fore our eyes, that we mav live as If he were looking on, and do everything as if he could see it." Let me borrow the spirit, it not the exact letter, of that precept, and address it to the young men of n>y country: "Keep ever in your mind and before your mind's eye the loftiest standard of character. You have it. I need not say, supremely and un­ approachably, in Him who spake as never man spake, and lived as never man lived, and who died for the sins of the world. That charact r stands apart and alone. But of merely mortal man the monument we have ded­ icated to-day points out the one for all Amer­ icans to study, to imitate, and, as far as may be. to emulate. Keep his example and his character ever before your eyes and In your hearts. Live and act as if he were seeing and indgine vour personal conduct and your public career. Strive to approximate that lofty standard, and meas­ ure your integrity and your patriotism by your mess to It Or your departuro from it. The interested, patriotic, exalted human character will be marked forever by yonder Washington obelisk!" Ye»,.to the young men of America, under God it remain#, as they rise up from generation to generAieh, to sham the destinies of their ooun- J -- to them if, regardless i is set before them, to the tremendous re- whlqhrestupon them! ts* siMa.-esen for a moment, to throw off upon the children the rightful share of those responsibilities which belongs to their fathers. Upon us, upon us. it devolve* to pro­ vide that the advancing generations shall be able to comprehend, and equal to meet the de­ mands which are thus before them. It is ours - it is yours especially. Senators and Representa­ tives--to supply them with the means of that universal education which Is the crying want of our land, and without whtoh any intelligent and successful free government Is Impossible. We are just entering on a new olympiad of ournat'onal history--the twenty-fifth olympiad since Washington first entered upon the administration of our consti­ tutional government. The will of the people has already designated under whom the first century of that government is to be closed, and the best hopes and wishes of every patriot will be with him in the great responsibilities on which he is about to enter. No distinction of party or of section prevents our all feeling alike that our country, by whomsoev<r governed, 's still and always onr country, to be cherished in all our hearts, to bs upheld and defended by all eur hands. Our matchless obelisk stands proudly before us to-day, and wo hail it with the exultations of a "United and glorious nation. It may, or may not ba proof auainst the cavils ot critics, but nothing of human construction is against the casualties of time. The storms of winter must blow and beat upon It. The action of the ele­ ments must soil and discolor it. The lightnings of heaven may sear and blacken It. An earth­ quake may shake its foundations. Some mighty torna io, or resistless cyclonc, may rend its massive blocks asunder and hurl" huge frag­ ments to the ground. But the character which it commemorates and illustrates Is secure. It will remain unchanged and unchangeable In all its consummate purity and splendor, and will more and more command the homage of suc­ ceeding ages in all regions of the'earth. God be praised, that character is ours forever! boaomof thiK] dome,. flowrHthe rivet rent! has when **S swells and colonial pll „ _ shrine of many a Dtkrittam. T?.*w> MusrgM tim shades the figures cf of <le3ttny,nor dandled a wiawt-'iifc genlous youth, and one who to hlseariy days gave auguries of gnat powers--the boy whose strong srm could fling a stone across the Rappa­ hannock. The scene chances. Out into the world of strange adventure he passes, taking as naturally to the field and frontier as the eagle to the sir. At the age of 21 he is riding from Williamsburg to ths French pirirt st Vsaaaio.la Waal sis Pennsylvania, on a mission for Gov. Dlniriddle, which requires "courage to oope with sSVages, and sagacity to negotiate with white men." At 22 he has "fleshed his maiden sword, and heard the bullets whistle and found "something charming jfi the sound," and soon he is eslonel of the Vlrgtaia regiment in tlie unfortunate afiair at Fort Necessity, and i« (ompelled to capitulate and retreat, losing a sixth of his command. He quits ths service on a po.nt of militaryetlquettegand honor, but at 28 he reappears as voluntser aid, by the side of Braddock. in the Ill-starred expedition against MM Duquesne. and is the only mounted officer unscathed in the disaster, escaping with four bullet holes through his garments, and after having two horses shot under him. Mount Vsrnon welcomes back the soldier of 27 who has become a name Domestic felicity spreads its charms around him with the "agree­ able partner" whom he has taken to his bosom, and he " reams of "more happiness than he has experienced in the wide and bustling world." Already, ere his sword had found its scabbard, the people of Frederick County had made him their member of the House of Burgesses. And the quiet years roll by. Bnt ere long this happy life is broken. The air is electrical with the currents of revolution. England has launched forth on the fatal policy of taxing her colonies without their consent. Be becomes commander-in-chief of the Amer­ ican forces. After another seven yeaih' war he is the deliverer of his country. The old confed­ eration passes away. The Constitution is estab­ lished. He is tw.ee chosen President of the United States, and renounces further service. Once again Mount Vernon's grateful shades re­ ceive him, and there--the world-crowned hero now--becomes aga n the simple cltlsen, wishing his fellow-men "to see the whole world In peace, and its inhibit <nts one hand of brothers, striv­ ing who could contribute most to the happiness ot mankind"--without a wish for him self, but "to live and d'e an honest man on his farm." A spec of war spots the sty. John Adams calls him forth as lieutenant-general and command­ er-in-chief to lead America once more. But the cloud vanishes. Pe ce reigns. The lark sings at heaven's gate in the fair morn of the new nat on. Serene, contented, y. t in the strength of maiheod, though on the ve rge of three sco e years and ten, he looks to th--the quiet farmer from his pleasant fields, the loving patriarch from hl-< bowers of home,-- looks fortn and sees the work of his hsnds es­ tablished in a free and happypeople. Suddenly comes the mortal stroke with severe cold. The agony is soon over. He feels his own dving pul^e--the hand relaxes--h» murmurs, "It is well;" and Washington is no more. While yet time had crumbled never a stone, nor dimmed the lustrous surface, prone to earth the mighty column fell. Washington, the friend of liberty, is no more! The solemn cry filled the universe. Amidst the tears of his people, the bowed heads of kings, and the lamentations of the nations, they laid him there to rest npon the banks of the river whose murmurs were his boyhood's music -that river which, rising in mountain fastnesses, among the grandest works of nature, and reflecting in its conrse the proud­ est works of man, is but a symbol of his history --which, in its ceaseless and ever-widening flow. Is but a symbol of his eternal fame. When Marathon had been fought, and Greece kept free, each of the victorious generals voted himself to be first in honor, but all agreed that Miltiades wns second. When the most memorable struggle for the rights ot human nature, ot which time holds record, was thus happily concluded in the muniment of their preservation, whoever else was second unanimous acclaim declared that Washington was first. Nor in that struggle alone does he stand foremost. In the name of the p2ople of the United States, their President, their Senators, and their Representatives, and their judges do crown to-day wlt.li Mis ura.ndexl; crdwn that veneration has ever lifted to the brow of glory him whom Virginia gave to Ameri­ ca--whom America has given to the world and to the ages--and whom mankind with universal suffrage has proclaimed the foremost of the founders of empire in the first degreeof great­ ness--whom Liberty herself has anointed as the first citizen'in the great repUbilo of human- Encompassed by the Inviolate seas stands to­ day the American republic whioh he founded-- a free greater Britain--uplifted abovf the powers and principalities of the earth, even as nls monument is uplifted over roof, and dome, and spire of the multitudinous city. Long live the. republic ot Washington! Re­ spected by mankind, beloved ot au its sons, long may ft be the asylum of the poor and op­ pressed of all lands and religions 1 Long may it be the aitadel of that liberty which writes be­ neath the eagle's folded wings: "Me will sell to no man, we will deny to no man, right and Justice!" Long live the United States of America. Filled wlfh the free, magnanimous spirit, crowned by the wisdom, blessed by the moderation, hovered over by the guardian angel ot Washington's ex­ ample, may tbey be ever worthy in all things to be defended by the blood ot the brave who knew the rights of man--may they be each a column, and all together, under the constitu­ tion, a perpetual temple of peace, unshadowed by a Cesar's palace, at whose altar may freely commune all who seek the union of liberty and brotherhood. Long live our country! Oh, long through the undying ages may it stand, far removed in fact as in space from the old world's feuds and fol­ lies--solitary and alone In its grandeur and its glory, itself the immortal monument of Him whom providence commissioned to teach man the power of truth, and to prove to the nations that their Redeemer Ilveth. & .86 .87 13.00 .n .48 M & .87)4 & .875$ » .81 & .66 01160 .86 0 .86* .44 .45 .83 0 .86 18. oe ei*»o 4.50 .87 .42 .81 1XS0 .81 .39 M & 6.00. & .88 .44 (4 .88 #13.00 Hooe... •£ 6.76 6.75 4.76 4.T6 4.60 (9 M % :8 now, aa President of behalf of ths tiie hands of Its from this time memory _ do United States, and In _ re this monument from and declare it dedicated »time forth to the Immortal nameand ot George Washlngt -in. Tt» Parade. Masonic ceremonies by the Grand Lodge of the BteHict ot OalalbK then followed, after which the procession was resumed at noon. Ths monster parade was under the oommsnd or Lieut. Gen. Sheridan. The three divisions were respectively marshaled by Brevet Msj. Gen. R. B. Ayers, U. & A; Gen. Fitchugb Lee, Of Virginia; and Brevet Maj. Gen. W. W. Wndley. The President, with Secre­ tary Frelinghuysen, rode in an open h»- .puche, and was repeatedly cheered along tne me of march. An hour later the pageant was reviewed by the President, Cabin't and mem­ bers of the Diplomatic Corps from a stand erect­ ed in front of the east main entrance of the Capitol. In the Capitol. The ceremonies in the Reprsssntatlves' Hall began at 8 o'clock. About a thousand ticket- holders wi re admitted. Following prayer Con­ gressman Long read the prepared address of Robert C. W.nthrop. Mr. John W. Daniel, of Virginia, paid an elo­ quent tribute to the immortal Washington, at «ie conclusion of which the assemblage broke /p. In the eveninc a magnificent displav of pyrotechnics appropriately finished the oelebra- MOmnNDBOTAI. KLOQIIElfCI, Extract from the Oration of Hon. Bobert C. Wfaathrop. _ The character of Washington! Who can de­ lineate it worthily? Who can describe that priceless gift of America to the world. In terms which may do it any sort of justice, or afford any degree of satisfaction to his hearers or to himself? Modest, disinterested, generous, just--of clean Oand and a pure heart--self-denying and self- wcriflcing. seeking nothing for himself, declin­ ing «11 remuneration beyond the reimburse­ ment of his ontlays, scrupulous to .a farthing m Jeering his accounts, of spotless integrity, scorning gifts, charitable to the nsedy. forgiving John W. Daniel's Msgnlficeit Apotheosis. Solitary and alone in its grandeur stands forth, the character ot Washington in hlstorv: solitary and alone like some peak that has no fellow in the mountain range of greatness. Tell me, ye who have unrolled the scrolls that bear the records of the rise and fall of nations-- ye before whose eyes has moved the panorama of man's struggles, achievements and progres­ sion, find you anywhere the story of one whose life work is more than a fragment of that whioh lu his life Is set before you? Conquerors who have stretched your scepters over bound­ less territories; founders oi empires who have held your dominions in the reign of law; re­ formers who have cried aloud in the wilderness of oppression; teachers who have striven to cast down-false dootrine, heresy, and sohisms; statesmen whose brains have throbbed with mighty plans for the amelioration of human society; scsr-crowned vikings of the sea. Illus­ trious hsroes of the land, who have borne the standards of siege and battle--come forth in bright array from your glorious fanes, and wouUt ye be messured by the measure ot his statute? Behold you not In htan a more Illus­ trious and more venerable presence ? States­ man, soldier, patriot, sage, reformer of creeds, teacher ot truth and justice, achiever and pre­ server of liberty--the first ot men--founder and savior of his country, father ot hi* people; this is he, solitary and unapproachable in his grandeur. Oh, fstleitena provid«nc« that gave to America ourWasMngtonl « High soars into the sky to-day, higher than the pyramids or the dome of St. Paul's or St. Peter's--the loftiest and most imposing struct­ ure that man has ever reared--high soars into the sky to where "Earth highest yearns to meet a star," the monument which "We, the people of the United States," have uplifted to his memorv. It is a fitting monument, more fitting tnau any statue. For bis image could only displav him in some one phase ot his varied character--as ti e commander, the statesman, the planter of Mount Vernon, or the • Met Magistrate of his country. So art has fitly typl.-led his exalted life in yon plain, lofty shaft. ' Such Is his greatness that only by a symbol could It be reoreeented. As justice must l>e blind in order to be whole in contemplation, so history must be silent that by this mighty sign she may disclose the amplitude of her story. In 1667,' while yet "a Cromwell filled the Stuart's throng" there came to Virginia with a party of Canlsts who had rebelled against him, John Washington, of Yorkshire, En­ gland. who became a magistrate and member of the Hons'; of Burgesses, and who distinguished himself in Indian warfare as the first Col. Washington on this side ot the water. He was the nephew of. that Sir Henry Washington who had led the forlorn hope of Prince Rupert at Bristol in 1648, and who, with a starving and mutinous garrison, had defended W< rqaster in 164!J, answering all calls for surrender that he "awaited his majesty's commands." And his progenitor* had for centuries, running back to the Norman con­ quest, been men of mark and fair renown. Just pride and modesty of individuality alike forbid the seeking from any source of a borrowed lus­ ter, and the Wasbingtons were never studious or pretentious of ancestral dignities. One hundred and fifty-three years ago, on the bank* of the Potomac, county of Westmore­ land, on a spot marked now only by a memorial stone--ot the blood of the people whom I have faintly described--the fourth In descent from THE MOM; ME NT IT8K1.F. Brief History of the Great Shaft, In brief, the Continental Congress In 1788 re­ solved that an equestrian statue should be erected to Washington. In l7iW it was re­ solved that a marble monument should be erected, which should also serve as a receptacle for the remains of the Pater Patriae. In 1800 a select committee reported in favor of executing both resolutions. The House passed an amendment to the resolution of 1783, requiring a mausoleum to be built, but the Sen­ ate did not concur. The matter then rested for thirty-three years. In ix;« a voluntary associa­ tion was formed for the erection of a monument, and funds were solicited. In 1848 the corner­ stone was laid, and then, after the shaft bad arisen 152 feet, work was suspended in 1855 for lack of funds. The war intervened, and it was not until 187<> that an appropriation of $200,000 by Congress enabled the association to resume. The Ath of December, 1884, the great work was concluded. The statistics of the work may be even more briefly stated. Its foundation is 126 feet square and covers an area of I0,<i02 feet, 36 feet 10 Inches in depth. The shaft is slightly over nine times the base, being six) feet 6»-n inches high; base, 65 feet lb inches square; top, :u feet 5% inches; thickness of walls at entrance 15 feet; at top, IK Inches; batter of walls outside, .247 of an inch to 1 foot ris». The top of the shaft is % the width of the base, and it would come to a point at 1% of Its present altitude. The ascent is made by means of an iron stair­ way and a steam elevator. The top of the shaft is pyramidlcal in form and is of marble, 262 pieces having been used in ita construction. The number of stones in the shaft, above I5u feet, Is 9,1 fi3. The total weight of the monument amounts to the enormous sum of Hi,l^o tons. Since work was commenced it has settled about four inches. Four lightning rods protect the monument. In the pyramldion are windows. These latter are 604 feet above the ground. The in­ terior of the shaft is lighted by electricity. Its cost has been af which t80U,0M was raised by popular subscription. Its erec­ tion has not been characterised by any stirring Incidents, though it has oovered so long a period of years. The wrangles between Masons and anti-Masons occupied the public attotflon for a tims. and th® ttsrttes saaoaeE In «"»drv Know-Nothings obtained the stone contributed bv the Pone of Rome and dumped it lnto the Potomac was a brief popular dcnsation which died awav with the death ot the absurd organi­ zation itself. Except these Incidents nothing more interesting than its proverbial delays has occurred. In its general aopearanoe it Is a re­ production of Bunker Hill monument npon a sc-ile nearly three times as high. None Taller In the World. Following is a list of cathedrals, pyiamlds, towers, etc., whose altitude reaches beyond 200 feet: Pyramid of Cheops, Egypt Cologne Cathedral, Germany. Antwerp Cathedral, Belgium '-i.«*<• Strasburg Cathedral, Germany......... Tower of Utrecht, Holland St. Stephen's, Vienna, An'tria Pyramid of Cephanes, Egypt. St. Martin's Church, Bavaria. St. Peter's, Rome.Italy Notre Dame, Amiens, France Salisbury Spire,England St. Paul's. London Florence Cathedral, Italv Cremona Cathedral. Italy. FrMberg Cathedral, Germany Seville Cathedral, t-paln.. Milan Cathedral. Italy v. . Notre Dame, Bavaria.... Dome des Invalides, France Magdeburg Cathedral, Germany St. Patrick's, New York Citv St. Mark's Church, Venice, Italy Norwich Cathednu, England Chicago Board of Trade Chichester Cathedral, England Trinity Chnrcb, New York Canterbury Tower, England Notre Dame Cathedral. Paris St. Patrick's, Dublin, Ireland Glasgow Cathedral... Bunker Hill Monument, Massachusetts. Feet. ,,...548 .U--80* 4... 476 474 464 ....460 .....466 466 .....448 .....422 410 404 884 872 867 .....860 .....866 848 347 .....387 .....328 328 80.) •i... .308 :-oo 283 286 232 ....236 216 V..WP (the tCon- _j the Secretary or the In- • In regard tojfcljo of » House of mln- : tu i ss.-.s Tasg^S vs; 1 e rds, otaS, a* . -i to* an ektra ten-cent SfcMMT foreign maUs, After a the eoaxseofwhlohMtter awns-- wan suae amah the IsPnmutl "do­ nation" to the amendment was agreed to by a tpM. A resolution waa offered " Representatives lnstruetlnc the Committee to Investigate the atfon by Germany against A and report whether alike discrimination not be adopted by the United States antasfc articles imported from Germany. " The Senates amendments to the Texas Pacific land-grant forfeiture bill and the aoti-tbretcn contract labor hill were concurred in. Jlr. Perkins introdnoed a Mil to open the Oklahoma lands to homestead settlement The naval appropriation bill was amended by an item of tl,7(»,ooofor the comple­ tion of a «teel cruiser, in which sham it passed. Mr. Randall s scheme for the construction ot a. < navy was killed on a point of order, the Chair­ man ruling that It was new legislation, and that it did not retrench expenditure. A MRMORiAii from the Illinois Legislature urging an early and satisfactory settlement of the Oklahoma question was presented in the Senate on Feb. 21. Mr. Dawes said that it was impossible to open the lands to settlement in the present state of the title. Mr. Plumb re­ plied that the only obstacle was the Indians, who could be easily bought out. Mr. Dawes asked unanimous consent to take up the bill be­ fore introdnced by him authorizing the Presi­ dent to negotiate for the purchase of the Okla­ homa lands from the Indians. Consent, was given and the bill passed Mr. Cockrell called np the- bill providing for the settlement of the claims of officers and enlisted men of the army for loss of private property destroyed In the service of the United States. A limitation of two years for the --- presentation of such claims was adopted and the bill passed. A message was received from the House announcing a disagreement with the Senate on the agricultural bill, and the Chair appointed conferrees. The President sent to the Senate the name ot Oscar B. Knickerbocker to be Postmaster at Aurora, 111 Consideration of the river and harbor bill being resumed in the House of Representatives, the decision ot the Chairman of the committee of the whole ruling ont the }Iennepln Canal clause on a point ot order was sustained by a. vote of 100 ye as to »5 nays, and the paragraph was accordingly eliminated. The following amendments were adopted: Granting jurisdiction to the United States- Circuit Court to condemn any real estate or material needed in anv improve­ ment authorized by the bill. Providing that the Secretary of War may decline to expend any portion Of the money appropriated by the bill if in hts opinion the use to which it is to be put. is injudicious. Restricting the appropriations for the improvement of the Mississippi River below Cairo to the completion of the works on Plum Point and Lake Providence reaches,, and providing that the Missouri and Missis­ sippi River appropriations shall be expended under the direction ot the Secretary of War. The section creating a United States Harbor Board was stricken out, as wns also th > section, authorizing the Secretary ot' War to remove and rebuild bridges which obstruct nivigation. A bill was passed for the allotment of lands in> severalty • o Indians on the Umatilla reservation mul the sale of the surplus acres lor tneir benefit. Mr. Buckner called lip the Senate bill authoriz­ ing the Commercial National Bank of Chicago- to increase its capital stock to $j,o<w,ooo. Mr. Weller, of Iowa, in opposing the bill, asked if it be true that the business does not pay, and de­ clared it the duty of every patriot to strike a death-blow to the national-hanking system. The blil was passoc.', v-iiii only half a dozen, objectors. Mit. Allisox submittel a conference re­ port to the Senate, Feb. 85, on the army appro­ priation bill, and said that the conferrees had agreed as to all differences, except those relating, to courts-martial in time of peace. The Honse provision, h • said, so amended the ninety-fourth article of war as to ennble courts-martial to control the hours of their own ses­ sion. An animated discussion concern­ ing the Swaim court-martial ensued. Mr. Hoar said that persons inferior in rank to the accused were sometimes founa in such courts, and that such persons might have a per­ sonal interest in the decision of the court. The­ oretically, the Judge Advocate was an impar­ tial otticer, but in fact he was a vigilant prose­ cutor, who regarded a conviction as a oersonal triumph. Mr. Ingalls thought that the pro­ ceedings subsequent to the Swaim court- martial were a disgrace to civilization. Mr. Sherman said that the great evil con­ nected with courts-martial was the Judae Advo­ cate. Mr. Hoar declared that he saw no reason in time at peace for the existence of courts- mariial. Mr. Ingalls said that what liad been done in the trial of the Swaim case would not be permitted under Russian tyranny or Turkish despotism. Gen. Swaim, he said, had been pursued with a revengeful malignity ever since his anpo ntment to office. Th s persecution was due to the jealousy of We <t- Pointers. Mr. Conger spoke in the same strain. The whole affair, Mr. Conger averred, was a mockery ot justice. Mr. Hawiey denied that any such jealousy existed between volunteer officers and graduates of West Point, 'i'he Senate Insisted upon its amendment striking out the House provision permitting courts-martial to con­ trol their own hours of session, and the conference committee was reappointed. A bill was reported in the Honse of Representa­ tives by the Commit'ee on AVar Claims making an appropriation for the payment of fourth ot July claims, 'i'he t-enate bill was passed with amendments appropriating Sl'.'i.ooo to pay cer­ tain citizcns for supplies furnished the Klonx and Dakota Indiaus in Minnesota between 186') and lHA'i. Consideration Of the river and harbor bill was resumed, and continued till late in the evening. When the silver bill came upra the Senate, on the 26th ult.. Mr. Sherman declared that the Government rested under no obligation to give the trade dollar preference over silver bullion. Since the coinage ot standard -ilver dollars com­ menced, the market, value ot silver bullion had been steadily declining. The exportation or hoarding ot gold would contract the cur­ rency so sharply as to shock every ham­ let in the country. The best remedy for threat­ ened evils would be an international agree­ ment to maintain the free coinage of silver at a fixed ratio. Mr. Beck s i id he would give no President the power to strike down silver coin­ age. Mr. Hill argued that th : expulsion of gold would give an increased value to the silver mid paper in clrcu'ation. Mr.. Coke remarked that the suspension of silver toiuaue would itself contrnct our money snpply by .fiO.'iOtVMX) a vear. No action was taken by the Senate. Mr. Hoar introduced a new Pacific Railway funding bill. The House bill to provide a fireproof build­ ing to contain the medical library ot the army- was passed. In the House of Representatives the conference report on the army bill was adopted. An agreement was reported on all amendments except tha relating to the hours during which courts-martial may hold ses­ sions, and a further conference was ordered. Mr. Cobb moved to suspend the rnles and take from the Speaker's table the bHl repeal­ ing the pre-emption and timber-culture laws He said that no greater evil had t een done to the future ot the country than had been done through thee laws. Mr. Commrso asserted thit more fraud had been committed under the homestead laws. Mr. Valentine said that he voiced the sentiments of the people ot the WeSt in protesting against the repeal of the timber-culture laws. The demand for their repeal, he raid, oame from the rail­ ways and cattle king". The motion to sus­ pend the rnles wss lost. Mr. Randall moved to suspend the rules in order to consider the sun­ dry civil bill for four hour', the time to bo de­ voted to debs'* on the clauses relating to silver suspensipitvand the New Orleans Exposition. The motion was lost by a vo'e of 118 yeas to 14* nays. Mr. Baud-all finally moved to suspend the rnU-s and pass the bill, with th? silver clause stricken ont, after two hours' debate on the New Orleans proposition. This wa* agreed to, aud attcr further discussion the bill w^Ql ^ Blanket-Sheets to (to to Sleep With* , A company in New Jersey is making paper counterpanes and pillow shams. No. 1 manila paper is used, two large sheets held together by small twine at intervals of three or four inches* gummed so as to stick the sheets to­ gether where the twine lies. The twine strengthens the paper. The margin of the counterpane lias a hem, in which there is more of the twine to keep it from tearing. Beautiful designs are printed upon the pillow shams, which- make a very neat appearance. 'When they become wrinkled they can be made Smooth by hot flat-irons. They retail at 75 cents a set. The counterpane can lie left on the bed when it is occupied, , if so desired, and in cold weather it' will be found a very neat and warm ar­ ticle of bed clothing, since the paper will prevent the esca;.e of heat about as well as a woolen blanket.--Troy Times. > Journalists from jury duty. in India are excused