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. • ' )% V i*#v-i ;• '4*^ •?' vr j&. US^enrg flaindcaltt I. VIIULYKI. EOHTMK Publisher. McHENBY, , - " »l . U'JJl ILLINOIS. THE NEWS RECORD. IRMOUM OF THE EVKNTFCL BAP- MOONGS OF A WEKK. 'iMtOnki C«nm»Kl*t. awl Nfw« from All Over the ltirf-FlrM» Ac­ cident*, and Crimes--The 0bt of tfc» Kews in » Few I.ine*. BUSINESS IMPROVINO. were still in its treasury, and the affair is likely to cause a sensation. THE colt Mascot, of the L. 3. itan Cal­ ifornia stables, was told in New York lor $26,009. . .'SI ' THE INAUGURAL BALL; THE shifting scenes of the great in­ augural panorama culminated on the even­ ing of the 4th inst., in the' brilliant ball at the new Pension building. No more glorious pageant ever marked the momen­ tous transfer of the destinies of a nation into new and honored hands, says a Wash­ ington special, and tlieu continues: Aside from all the patriotic sentiment which clothes such an event M tbii in national im­ portance, the eye feasted on a scene unparal­ leled in magnificence, i<p'.endor, and social eolat. The richly decorated galleries and cor­ ridors and apartments mad® artistic back­ ground for the notable assemblage of men and Generally Better, but the Average of women from all parts of the country,who prorn- - - - -- • * enaded the statuiy length of the vast hail or watched the gay scene from the galleries. Aside from the radiant pleasure of such a picture, and forgetful of the decoration» thai seemed so well a harmonious part of it, there was an atmosphere of refinement and of beauty that marked with an indedble touch the progress of a great nation in those subtle art* that wealth cannot evince without ouiliva- The decorations of the ball- ;• V - * w » Prices la Reported Lower. '?*•} In their review of trade for last week, \ ' - ft. G. Dun A Co. say. 3 . | The failure of an important iron eatablish- • fi&ifcmt hM checked, at lea^t tor the moment, a Seling of increasing confidence which seems to Jtaave been dne less to any increase in demand than to ft decrease in pressure to sell. At Pitta- j tion and taste! @v Ittrgb. prices were a little better, and at Phila­ delphia and New York more firm without ad­ vance. But the Reading taiiure has SO changed fbe feeling that buyers are likelr to be conserv­ ative. The coal morki t is despondent, but actual sales are reported about 5u cents below the schcdulo. The market for bituminous •bal is dull. Lead is inactive at 3.7 •ante. Oil has risen a fraction, but coflfea j Jirw a,;aiu been advanced nearly 1 cent to 19, , Mid the market for pork promcts is stronger, •With mess pork 50 cents higher at $12.50. After j declining sharply to Sti34 cants, a foil of 3 cents, \ *h©at yese to W cent , but declined \> cent, i ©je decline was due to further information of < Ute Surge stocks remaining, Dakota alone, ac- '• etmtag to the latest figures, h.wing about 11,- i 4»0 ,000 bushels. Corn and oats have risen '3 | oen: each, -with but moderate transactions. I .. ®ho price of cotton has been maintained. He- j •brtB from Cuba helped un advance of ;t-16 on ! 5fcw sugar; but leather is again a shade weaker , fci some grades, and the tone of the wool mar- ( bat. is depressed by conservative demands of 1 aoanufat turers and rep rts that the spring clip ft likely to show an increase of 2d per cent. The ' , Ary toads market has been irregular. Reports 1 p • Ifom interior towns generally indicate improve- • l»ent in the volume of business and in the de- j JBaxid for money, Tbo rei>ort8 of slow collec­ tions continue. During the week the Treasury -took in only $600,0 0 more than it disbursed, i «ind the outgo to the interior continued. The (general average of prices for commodities de- j Wined during the week about one-third Of 1 per «fent, Business failures numbered 281 as com- i §w»d with a total of the previous week. ] f1;' -. PROBABLY A ^ANARD. | jNtt German Olga Sai l toJKave Blown Up the ! f Nlptie. •} A SAN FRANCISCO, Gal., special of the , 9th inst. is as follows: i ®ne ^e moat sanguinary naval battles in i-f: American history has taken place oa the Pa- „": t> ;«iflc Ocean, a United States ship with all on hoard being blown out of the water by aGer- 4?an frigate. The catastrophe followed a plucky . • ®t tack by the American % easel on the lrigate, "Which at the time was engaged in an 'r; : tohuman bombardment of the practically j ^ defenseless Samoans under Mataafa. The t®®iiuant3 had treated a protest from : .Vhe Americans with <>ontempt. All this at " 'least is currently believed in San Francisco* "fthe ground for this belief is the fact that pri- t:;:. r advices are received hereto the following ' W;--; ,s|®ect-: The New York Htrakl is in receipt of a telegram from ,1 antes Gordon Bennett, at Paris, • «owirniing the Kresiau dispatch about the Sa- ? \ /-• t - jinofti) tninhle. Also that t-ae Herald has » diii- ®atcn direct from Auckland, on Samoan ; ; f T»hairs; also that a naval officer in "Washington telegraphed to a naval olll- ^ aer at Mare Island here confirming the Jjlreslau dispatch. The Breslau dispatch re* *' .* Jerretl to is as follows: The Hehle»id--her Zeitun?. V? * ' prints the following B(.-n»ational private tele­ gram from Samoa: "The tiennan lrigate Olga - • •• 3b--s bombarcicd ilataaf i s camp. The Ca|itain .••f the American man-of-war protested, but, ST* "' faia protest disregarded, he opened fire on * : ^ • jhe Olga. A shell burst between decks, doing v touch damage. The Olga then directed a tor- ' :W-;- |x»do at the American ship, Mowing her up, with hands." T n INTRODUCED HIS SUCCESSOR -- ' l t - , ®X-Attornpy General Garland Presents Mr. • - Miller to the Supreme Court. . . I* the United States Supreme Couft at • "Washington, ex-Attorney General Garland i , addressed the court as follows: May it please the court, I ask 'leave to troduce to the court Attorney General Will- H. H. Miller, and present his commis- as such, signed oy the President at United States, and ask that it be duly of record. In doing this the court will tpemiit me to return mv sincere thanks to each jmember thereof, as well as its officers, for the Uniform courtesy and consideration shown me Jby them during my term of office here, and I « sak for my successor the same kindness, as I . • 'feel sure ne will prove himself in all respects worthy of it J' The Chief Justice replied as follows: X *' are haPPy 10 make the acquaintance of " -flie Attorney General. The court welcomes the doming guest with pleasure, and speeds' the parting gueBt with kindly remembranee. Let commission be recorded. room were very elaborate and rich. The Presi­ dential party entered the hall when the brilliant sceae was at its height. Looking down from the galleries it seemed as if every inch of space in the diamond-tiled floor was filled with people. A sea of upturned taces watched tneir entrance <ind accompanied with longing looks the disappearance ot the proces­ sion up the stairway The President looked pale and a trifle careworn, an I gave a algh of pleasant relief when the doors of his reception- room were thrown open and the little party hud a few minutes to tliemstlves whilo they were divested of their wraps by the maids in attend­ ance. President Harrison stood about the canter of the room. His manner was decidedly cordial. Be repeated, quietly but clearly, tlie narooof each rson introduced with "X am glad to *ee you." person: far, fra. Harrison took no part in the reception. She stood an intent and almost breathless watcher of the passing line. The Presidential party, Mrs. Harrison escorted by ex-senator Boutwell. made a circuit ef the vast hall, the President bowing and smiling In every direction,, and then returned to the reception-room. Then began the inauguration ball. Every nook and corner was alive with well-dressed hu­ manity. Fully fifteen thousand persons were present, and when the ball closed at 3 o'clock a m. another great social and historical event in the nation's record had been accomplished. The supper was a mag­ nificent triumph of tha culinary art, and was partaken of by thousands. MM. Harrison's gown was a strikingly elaborate one, the fabric being an exquisite brocade of purely American manufacture. It was a combination of two materials, brocade and apricot faille. The brocade had a groundwork of French gray satin of flue, smooth texture, and the figures which covered its surface were oak leaves and burrs. The petticoat was of smooth apricot faille. A magnificent flounce of point was laid lengthwise from the hem to the belt line. Broad panels o? the bro­ cade linad with the faille covered the Bides of the front. The design gracefully lessened in Width as it reached tne waist line. A deep in­ sertion of lace edced the panels, with a shoit fringe of go'.d and silver over the point flounce at the foot. The bodice was out V shaped and like the train was made of the faille. I The opening at the neck was filled in quite up to the throat with a beaded network of small gold and silver beads ; and the elbow sleeves were finished with passe­ menterie in gold and silver. The train was very ( long and fell away from the waist-line with a • thickly plaited panel. Diamonds in a handsg me ' pendant were worn. The gloves were pale-gray Buede, just reaching the elbow sleeve. Her hair 1 was worn in a fluffy bans over the forehead and smoothly coiled low on cue neck. A FAMOUS INVENTOR DEAD. - i*k> Ericsson Pastes Away In New York.- " CAPT. JOHN EBICSSON, the noted eil- *•, V . 'gineer and builder of the ironclad Monitor, , Iwhich saved the United States fleet from , total destruction by the rebel ram Merri- Uh' «aac at Hampton Roads, died at his resi- VLc - rfence in New York City. He was in the "i86th year of his age, and death resulted • : '• ttom cystitis after a short illness. fifc- sc.... ' t §£., * A Strange Death. • T " WHEB Charles Honald, of Elkhart, , entered his home the other morning ;t"|he found his 18-year-old wife dead on the floor with her baby playing by her Bide. f'It is supposed she died in a spasm, bnt as ^ rithere was some talk of her having had f b'trouble with a neighbor, the coroner wee notified. For Charity's Sake. A* Cleveland, .Ohio, John Huntington, one of the original members of the Standard Oil Company, eonveyed by deed of trust to a board of seven citizens if $200,000 worth of gilt-edged 6-per-oeni. ••S'f ] •:'. stock, the interest of which is to be used •J ' > for charitable purposes. "Woman's Executive Committee °f' !£ j INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair in 1884. W, sJ\V' H* T | Costly Fun. 4* $eite Haate, Ind., John Shay vas put in jail for drunkenness. James Buff- sell, colored, a fellow prisoner, tied paper around Shay's feet and set fire to it. Shay's feet were badly burned, and Rus­ sell has been sentenced to two yean' im­ prisonment for mayhem. , f_V_ "Dakota or Bast," TRESS is at the present time a IMTJ exodus of people to Dakota, caused by the probable opening of 10,000,000 acres of 8ioux lands. Every west-bound train headed for that place carries from five to ft dozen emigrant cars. EASTERN OCCURRENCES. MIBB 1£ABT L. BOOTH, editor oTW-. per*8 Bazar, died at her residenoe in New York City. THE Reading IronWorks, of Reading, Pn., who operated blast furnaces, forges, and machine shoi tube, and ments ^ u ^ The concern employed over 2,500 hands! THE suspension of the Willetts Manu­ facturing Company, who carried on the Ug Excelsior Pottery at Trenton, N. J., Is reported. The company's natter it is said, had been protested, but it if claimed that the embairassmant •would only be temporary. About 300 men were employed. A statement was made by the company last September showing assets of $302,000, consisting of real estate; pottery, etc., $16I;,000; stock ; and materials on hand, $109,000; bills re­ ceivable $27,500. The liabilities outside of the capital stock were $103,00;), $68,- 000 being business debts, and $35,000 ieal-fcbiate mortgage. A BUliB of the New York Exchange is that no .securities shall he listed that have not passed beyond control of the issuing vwpOratiou. It uw bo6Q dlS CGVarsi} that the Illinois Central Boad secured, as al- WESTERN HAPPENINGS. OIIIVEB B. "WHITE, 18 years of age, has been sentenced to the penitentiary for life at Lafayette, Ind., for the murder of William Ellsworth. THE Oklahoma provision inserted in the Indian appropriation bill covers nearly all that the original Oklahoma measure sought except a Territorial Government. It empowers President Harrison by proc­ lamation' to throw open to settlement what are 'known as the Oklahoma lands in the Indian Territory, and also the Seminole lands. The Cherokee outlet is not, however, to be opened up. If the lands are thrown open they will be taken up so rapidly that by the time Con­ gress meets again a Territorial Govern­ ment would undoubtedly be provided for. IK the office of the Cleveland (Ohio) Stove Company, at Cleveland, Nathan A. Wilson, Secretary of the concern, and son of its President, killed himself with a revolver. The firm later made an assign­ ment, with assets of $200,000, and liabili­ ties of about $80,000. THE Farmers' Union Mercantile Com­ pany, of Livermore, Cal., has assigned, with liabilities estimated at $145,000; as­ sets unknown. Hanery & Lacroix, whole- Bale saddlery, at Montreal, Canada, have failed for $200,000. IT is reported from Livingston, Neb., that the remains of a prehistoric monster have been found fifty-four feet below the surface by a well-digger. It is said that one of itB teeth was eleven inches long, while between its eyes was a horn two feet long. WiiiXiiAX KEiiSOB, of Sabine, Ohio, has been missing for three weeks at Pitts­ burgh, and fears of foul play are express­ ed. He is a wealthy cattleman, and when last seen had over $1,000 in his pos­ session. A MYSTERIOUS shooting affray occurred at Brunswick, seven miles south of Mora, Minn., at t^e house of Mrs. A. C. Han­ son, in which Mrs. Hanson and a brother- in-law, Jacob Hanson, were severely wounded, the woman fatally. The shoot­ ing is claimed to have beeu done by a man named William Natting, who is un­ der arrest. He was a friend of the fam­ ily^ and making a visit when the shooting occurred. He is accused of the attempted murder by a son and daughter of Mrs. Hanson, who were in the house when the deed was committed. It is thought by some that the shooting was done by some one of the family while Natting was asleep, and in order to clear themselv«s accused him of the deed. THE following Postmasters nominated by President Cleveland during the last two months of his administration failed to secure confirmation: Dakota--William HI Pratt, Stur^isj John George I.. Baker, Britton; Ofct bha(er Parker Idano--Lewi* T. Brock, Belleview: Krauue, Halley. Illinois Levi Booth. Chillioothe; Charlea W. Jones, (IrigK*ville; Lewis H. O'CottBor, Auetln- Harry M. Kolsion, Kenalnfton; Mra. Kittie L. Scott, Galena; Samuel P. Topte, Caatralia; Sam­ uel o. Skemp. M ay wood; Frances J. Wuimautlt, Naperville; George \V. Smith, Flora; Kebeeca Bnape, Petersburg; Charlss H, Manning, Grand Crossing. Indiana--Norman Fisher, Huntingbarg • Ben­ jamin F Prioe, Seymour; Lotta E. Smith, Union City. Iowa--John J. Brennan, Correctionville • Geo. A. Enright, Marcus; Peter Johnston, Kather- ville; K. E. Kearacy, SbeMoa; Mieholaa C. Stanton, West Liberty; John B. Wilson, Cor­ ning; Frank A. lilaso, Cresoo; James E. Latoh- um, Montezuma ; Keth Smith, Manning; Samuel W. Summers, Clarion; James A. Totten, Grls- wold; MollieG. Moflit, Tipton; Celesilne Gib­ bons, Keokuk. Kansas -Harriet L. Vedder,Washington; John M. Barnes, Lyndon; Henry C. Carter, Baldwin ; Dennis Foley, Coolidge;' John A. Simons,' Greenleaf; Alphonso Blchel, Florence; Charles L. Burke. Argentine; Samuel Clark, Baxter Springs; Mrs. tiara 1,. Nichola, Fort Leaven­ worth; Henry C. Misler, Heiter. Michigan--JosiRh (i. Miller, Bangor; L. Loana Stacev, Tecumseh ; George F. lvelley. Iron wood; Daniel E. Soper, Newaygo; Myron B. Brook*, Nashville; Eugene W. Burkhart, Fowlervilie; Jeremiah i>renn&n. Wyandotte; Frank >4. Hice Benton Harbor; Henry S. Wvmer, Morenci; Frank MoMauon, Au Sabl®; Albeit P. Mclntyre, Warren. Minnesota--Almond B Davis, Wlnnabaco City. Wisoonsin--Myron Reed, Wanpaea; William C. Brawley, Mansion ; Charles Chaffee, Rhine- lander; George A. Loth, Rice Lake- Alexander J. Mcltae, West Superior: James W. McCab<v Clinton; Frederick B. Phelps. Lancaster: John M. Hibbard, Stonghton. B »l» KeU*rqP' Black Hawk; Joseph / POLITICAL PORR^DOB. If is stated that President Harrison de­ sires that the persons whom he shall ap­ point to the important offices shall receive the support of the majority of the delega­ tion in Congress from their respective States. A DELEGATION of Arizona citizens visited Washington to urge President Harrison to make an early change in the Governorship of that Territory in order to break the deadlock existing between the executive and the l egislature. ROBERT S. CHILTON, a olerk in the State Department, has bean appointed Private Secretary to Yioe President Morton. ALL the members of the Cabinet have received their commissions and have been formally inducted into office. EX-PBESIDEXT CLEVELAND has been elected an honorary member of the New York Chamber of Commerce, also of the St. Nicholas Society of that city. WEST VIRGINIA is well supplied with Governors, having three ostensible ones-- the old and present incumbent, E. W. "Wilson, Gen. Goflf and President Carr of the Senate. The muddle will have to be settled by the Supreme Court. Mr. Wil­ son yet acts as chief executive, though proceedings have been commenced to un­ seat him by both Goff and Carr. THE Minnesota House--59 to 39--has refused to submit to a vote of the people a prohibition amendment. " ACROSS THE OCEAN. KING MILAN has abdicated the throne of Servia, and Crown Prince Alexander has been proclaimed King. Messrs. Prot- tich, Belimarkovic and Eistitch will act as regents 'during the minority of the young King, who was born Ang. 14, 1876. Queen Natalie will now return to Servia. FRESH AND NEWSY. THE Union League of America met *t "Washington, D. C., and eleoted the fol­ lowing officers: "President, Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor, Ohio; Yice Presidents, William E. Chandler, New Hampshire; Thomas R. Rich, Maryland; John E. Bryant, Georgia; Nathan Goff, West Vir­ ginia; T. W. Stringer, Mississippi; George W. Dorsey, Nebraska; and H. C. Evans, Tennessee; Correspond ng Secretary, Thomas C. Baker, New York; Recording Secretary, A. K. Browne, of the District of Columbia; Chaplain, Rev. Byron Sun­ derland, of Washington.' THE Presidential Inaugnral Committee achieved an unprecedented financial suc­ cess. Not only was enough money made from the sale of privileges and of tickets to the ball to defray all expenses and to return the $50,000 guaranty sub­ scribed by citizens, but there will be a surplus of about $20,000. There were 12,000 tickets to the ball sold, netting $60,000, and it is expected that the sale of tickets to the promenade concert held in the ball-room the following day, Mid from the sale of Bouvenir ball tickets, will bring this amount up to $70,000. FIVE Chicago detectives went to Win­ nipeg, Manjtoba, a few days ago' to take Tascott back with them. They went in response to a telegram from a Whitemouth tie contractor who suspected one of his workmen of being the murderer of Mill­ ionaire Snell. The man's handwriting and general description tallied with that of Tascott. He disappeared before the detectives cotild see him, and probably is a tr.imp. Two of the officers returned to Chicago, the others went to San Francisco. MARKET KEFOKTS. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. THE following is a list of the bills which did not receive the President's signature before the adjournment of Congress and failed to become laws: The act for a bridge across the Arkansas Riv­ er, near Cummings' Landing, Ark.; the act to require the United States Circuit and District Judges to instruct the juiy in writing in certain eases; the act to maka l'ort Angeles, W. T., a port of delivery ; the act granting the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company the right of way through the Indian Territory; the act granting the right of way through the Indian Territory to the Leavenworth and Rio Grande Railroad Company, and acts granting pensions and other ri lief to Wes­ ley Montgomery, Daniel M. Maulding, Noah W. Toder, A. J. McCreary, Minnie A. Bailey, John Gallagher, Msry Murphy, Cyrus Tuttle, Ruth Ames, Levi B. Smith, Andrew J. Faust, Eliza­ beth E. Groif. Rosalie Junk, William Tavlor, John Mann, Catharin s Hayes, John B. Whit­ field, John R. Trentlon, D. M. bprague, W. Til- ton, Mary Horning, f-arah A. Harrison, Lavlnia Wright, Ann E. Mussman, Elizabeth Jones, and Louisa V. A. Kilpatrick, widow of Major General SilpaUick. A WASHINGTON special says that Presi­ dent Harrison is not going to be in a hurry about making official changes, although it may be expected that nominations for the ~ bureaus of tha Government will sent to the Senate during the present extra session, as well as those for the chief posts abroad. A man who is appointed to a foreign ! mission naturally does not want to leave for his post if tt ere is any danger of his failing to be confirmed, and the Senate i will have to remain in Washington for 1 three or four Weeks until the President #can make his selections. It is probable I that the first nomination to be sent to the • Senate will be that of James N. Huston of Muncie, Ind., to be Treasurer of the United States. AVERT pretty scene was enacted in Mrs. Harrison's private apartments at the White House, the occasion being the pre­ sentation to her of an elegant robe by the CHICAGO. CATTLE--Prime. .1 Good "Common HOGS--Shipping Grades.... SHEEP "..... WHEAT--No. 2 Red «... CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 RYE--No. A BUTTEB--Choice Creamery CHEESE--Full Cream, flat....... •4.00 8.00 2.50 4.00 #.00 .98 .31 .'i5 .42 %> 9 4.90 0 8.50 & 3.00 & 6.00 m 4.75 & .99 EGOS--Fresh. .10}*^ .12 l.--i ,af gj? nop wj. ii-.x i Gen. Lyon Woman's Relief Corps of St. .iionig. Tha. presentation was made by POTATOES--Car-loads, per b«.... POBH--Mess i... MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash CORN--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 White RYE--No. 1 jrLtrrZ..... BAHLKT--No. 2 -r/. POM--Mess DETROIT. CATTLE Hoos SHKBP I ' WHEAT--No. 2 Bed Conn--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White TOLEDO. WHIAT-NO. 2 Red CORN--Cash OATS--Cash ^ NEW YORK. CAT-TLB. Hoos SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed • CORN--No. 2 OATS--White PORK--New Mess 8T. LOUIS. CATTLE. Hoos WHEAT--No. 2 COBN--No. 2. OATS--No. 2 BARLEY--Ganada INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE Hoos SHEEP LAMBS CINCINNATI. Hoos--Light. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CoaN--No. 2. OATS--No. 2 Mixed J BYE--No. 2 i PORE--Mess KANSAB crnr. CATTLE--Good. Stockers.,... boos--Choice 28 12.00 fpn.' HARRISON'S FIRST FORMAL AD* •" DRtiSS /TO THE COUNTRY. H* Thinks that the Naturalization Iswi Are Not Stringent Enough--Civil-Service Reform Will Be Enforced -- Views on Other Important Sulject*. " WASHINGTON, March 4.--Following is the inaugural address delivered by Gen. Harrison: "There Is no constitutional or legal require­ ment that the President shall take his oath of office in the presence of the people, but there is so much ai p opriateness in the induc­ tion to oiilee of the Chief Executive officer of the nation that from the beginning of the Govern­ ment the people, to whoBo service the official oath consecrates the officer, have been called to witness the solemn ceremonial. "An oath taken in the presence of the people becomes a mnt.ual covenant. Tha officer cove­ nants to serve the wholo boay of the people by a lalthfu^ execution of the laws, so that they may be the unfailing defense and security of those who respect and observe (hi m, and that neither wealth, station, nor 'power of combinations •hall be able to evade their penalties or to wrest them from a beneflcont public purpose to serve the ends of cruelty or selfishness. "My promise Is spoken; yours unspoken, but not less real and solemn. The people of every State have here their representatives. Surely I do not misinterpret the spirit of the occasion when I assume that the whole body of the peo­ ple covenant with me and with each other to-day to support and defend the Constitution and the union ot States, to yield willing obedience to all laws, and each to every other citizen his equal civil ami political rights. Entering thus solemn­ ly into covenant, wit 1- each other, we may rever­ ently invoke and confidently expect the favor and help ot Almighty God, that he will give to me wisdom, strength and fidelity, and to our «e«be less valuable when the product ** apnn | reveaaa laws thft a» ooasMatafele annual in aoonntry town by operatives whose neoewi- ; »urpfh» fimito. We will fortunately jw "" " and create a home abla to agptr^o the eewnpUon of merab® PBESftiNT HifiBXSON. people a spirit of fraternity and a love of right­ eousness and peace. "This occasion derives peculiar interest from the fact that the Presidential term,which begins this day, Is the twenty-sixth under our Consti­ tution, "The first inauguration of President Washing­ ton took place in New York, where Congress was then Bitting, on the 3jt-h d>iy of April, 1789, having been defe--ed by reason of delay attend­ ing the -organization of Congress and the can­ vass of the electoral vote. Our people have al­ ready worthily observed th3 centennials of tide Declaration of Independence, of the battle of Yorktown, and of the adoption of the Constitu­ tion, and will shortly celebrate in Now York the institution of the second great department of our constitutional scheme of government. When the centennial of the institution of the judicial department, by the organization of the Supreme Court, shall have been suitably observed, as I trust it will be, our nation will have fully en­ tered Its second century. The Nation's Glory. "I wlU not attempt to note the marvelous and, in great part, happy contrasts between our country as it steps over the threshold into its second century of organized existence under the Constitution, and ttiat weak but wisely ordered young nation that looked undauntedly down the first century, when all its years stretched out before it. "Our people will not fail at this time to recall the incident s which accompanied the institution of government under the Constitution, or to find inspiration and guidance in the teachings and example of Washington and his great associates and hope and courage in the contrast which thirty-sight populous ssd prosperous States offer to the thirteen States, weak in everything except courage and love of liberty, that then fringed our Atlantic seaboard. The Ter­ ritory of Dakota has now a population greater than any of the original States (except Virginia), and greater than the aggregate of five of the smaller States in 17'JO. The center of popula­ tion, when our national capital was located, was east of Baltimore, and it was argued by well- informed persons that it would move-eastward rather than westward. Yet in 1880 it was found to be near Cincinnati, and the new census about to be taken will show another stride to the westward. That which was the body has come to be only the rich fringe of the nation's robe. But our growth has not been limited to territory, population, and aggregate wealth, marvelous as it has been in each of those tfdirectionB. The masses of our people are better fed, clothed, and housed than their fathers were. The facilities for popular education have been vastly enlarged and more generally diffused. The virtues of courage and patriotism have given reeeht proof of their continued presence and increas­ ing power in the hearts and over the lives of our people. The influences of religion have been multiplied and strengthened. The sweet offices of charity have greatly increased. The virtue of temperanco is held in higher estimation. We have not attained an ideal condition. Not all of our people are happy and prosperous; not all of them are virtuous and law-abiding. But, on the whole, the opportunities offered to tie* eaU for diversified crops demand £o* garden and agricultural product Every new mine, furnaco and factory Is an ex­ tension of the productive capacity of the State more nai and valuable than added territory. Shall the prejudices and paralysis of slavery continue to hang upon the skirts of progress? How long will tnose who rejoice that slavery no longer exists cherish or tolerate the incapacities it put upon their communities ? Look hopefully to a con­ tinuance of our protective system nnd to the consequent development of manufacturing and mining enterprises in States hitherto wholly given to agriculture as a potent influence in the perfect unification of our people. Men who nave felt the benefit of their neighborhood, and men who work in shop or field will not fail to find and to defend a community of interest. Is it not quite possible that farmers and the pro- motors of great mining and manufacturing en­ terprises which have recently been established in the South may yet find that a tree ballot of the workingmen, without distinction of race, ia needed for their defense as well as their own? "I do not doubt that if those men in the South who now accept the tariff views of Clay and the constitutional expositions of Webster would courageously avow and defend their real con­ victions they would not find it difficult, by friend'y instruction and co-operation, to make the black man their efficient and safe ally, not only in establishing correct pr.nciplos in our national administration, but in preserving for their local communities the benefits of social order auu economical and honest government. At least, until th® good offices of kind­ ness and education have been fairly tried, a contrary conclusion cannot bo plausibly urged. I have altogether rejected any sugges­ tions of a special executive policy for any sec­ tion of our country, it is tha duty of the execu­ tive to adininift."r and enforce, in methods and by instrumentalities pointed out and provided by the Constitution, all laws enacted by Con­ gress, Thesa laws are general, and their ad­ ministration should bo uniform and equal. A citizen may not elect which ho will enforco. The duty to obey and to execute embraces the Con­ stitution in its entirety and the .whole code or laws enacted under it. debt •»%&>£ ad unforeseen™exeesaef*reve- nue. fuiiiMurtiuBto rednee our Income below our necessary expenditures, with the re­ sulting choice between another change of our revenue laws and an increase of public debt. It is quite possible I aas ewe, to effect a neces­ sary reduction in our revenues without break­ ing down our protective tariff or seriously in­ juring any domestic industry. "The construction of a sufficient number ot modern war ships and of their necessary arma­ ment should progress as rapidly aa is con­ sistent with care arid perfection in plans and workmanship. The spirit, courage, and who ! skill of our naval officers and teamen have many times in our history given to weak ships and inefficient guns a rating greatly beyond that of the naval list. That they will again do so upon occasion I do not doubt. But they ought not, bv premeditation or ne­ glect, be left to the risks and exigencies of aa unequal combat. We should encourage the es­ tablishment of American steamship lines. Ex. changes of commerce demand stated, reliable, and rapid means of communication, and until those are provided the development of our trade with states lying oou,hof us is impossible. "Our pensicn laws should give more adequate and discriminating relief to Union soldiers and sailors, and to their widows and orphans. Such occasions as this should remind us that w* owe everything to their valor and sacrifice. ^ Various Subjects Alluded To. "It is a subject of coneratulation that there ts a near prospect of the admission into the Union ot the Dakota* and Montana and Washington Territories. This act of justice has been un­ reasonably delayed in the case of some of them. The people who have settled these Territories are intelligent, enterprising, and patriotic, and the acceasion of those new States will add strength to the nation. It is due to the settlors in the Territories who have availed themselves of the invitations of our land laws to make tneir homes upon the public domain that their titlei* Should be speedily adjusted and their honest entries confirmed bv patent. "It is very gratifying to observe the general In- THE SENATE AND HOPSE. WATION4* I4W-MAKEM WMt -l. THET ARB DOING* ^ Down o» Monopolies. "The evil example of permitting individuals, corporations, or communities to nullify the laws because they cross some selfish or local inter­ ests or prejudices is full of danger, not only to th« nation at large, but much more to those who nso this pernicious expedient to escape their Just obligations or to obtain an unjust advantage over others. They will presently themselves be compelled to appeal to the law for protection, Kid those who would use the law as a defense must not deny that use of it to,others. If our great corporations would more scrupulously Observe their legal limitation and duress* they would have less cause to complain ot their rights or <5f violent interference with their operations. The community that by con­ cert, open or secret, among its citizens denies to any portion of its members their plain rights under the law has severed the only safe bond of social order and prosperity. The evil works, from a bad center, both ways. It demoralizes those vsho practice it and destroys the faith of those who suffer in it in the efficiency of law as a safe protector. The man hi whose breast that faith has been darkened is naturally a subject of dangerous and uncanny suggestions. Those who use unlawful methods, if moved hj no higher motive than the lelfishness that prompted them, may well stop and inquire wh&fc Is to be the end of this. An unlawful expedient cannot be­ come a, permanent condition of govennpcnt. II the educated and influential oiSSses in the com­ munity either practice or connive at a sys­ tematic violation of the laws that seem to them to cross their convenience, what can they ex­ pect when the lesson that the convenience or supposed class interest is a sufficient cause for lawlessness has been well learned by the ignor­ ant classes ? The community where the law is the rule of conduct, and where courts, not mobs, execute its penalties, is the only attractive field for business investments and honest labor. The Naturalization hnws. "Our naturalization laws should be so amend­ ed as to make inquiry into the character and good disposition of persons applying for citizen­ ship more cpr«tnl and searching. Our existing laws have been made in their administration in an unimpressive and often unintelligible form. Wo accept any man as a citizen without any knowledge of his fitness, and ho assumes the duties of citizenship without any knowledge aB to what they ate. We should not cease to be hospitable to immigration, but we should cease to be careless as to the character of it. There are men of all races, even the best, whose com­ ing is necessarily a burden upon our public revenues or a threat to social order*. 'Ahese should be identified and excluded. *10* KtWSTirRWT MORTON. .as .48 .27 .u* .18 .80 EX-PRK8ID*HT CLXVKLAND. @12.25 .90 & .27 .48 .63 12.00 .«1 .31* .28 .44 .57 the individual to secura the comforts of life are better than are found elsewhere, and largely bet­ ter than they were 100 years ago. "The surrender of a large measure of sover­ eignty to the General Government, effected by the adoption of the Constitution, was not ac­ complished until suggestions of reason were strongly re-enforced by the more imperative voice of experience. The divergent interests of peace speedily demanded a 'more perfect union.' The merchant, shipmaster, and manufacturer discovered and disclosed to our statesmen and to the people that, commercial emancipation must be added to the political freedom which had been so bravely won. The commercial policy of the mother country had not relaxed any of its hard and oppressive features. To hold in check the development of our commercial murine, to prevent or retard the establishment and growth of manufactures in States, and so to secure an American market for their shops and a carrying &txa§ 8.G0 4.50 8.50 1.U3 .33 .27*® .99 .84 .20 0 9M & 5.00 & 4.75 & 1.04 & .84 .28 .99* .84* •26* 0*0.50 & *.50 (9 5.50 & .98 & .45 & .40 @13.50 0 4.50 <9 5.00 0 .98* 0 .29* 0 -24* 0 .78 0 4.75 0 4 75 0 4.50 0 5.50 4.00 0 6.00 ."J 0 .99* .£5 0 .33* .27 0 .27* .53*0 .54* 11.50 @12.00 8.75 8.00 2.00 4.4) 6.50 4.75 4.00 .96 .44 .85 13.00 8.75 4.25 .98 .29 .24 .77 3.00 4.2> 3.00 4.00 trade for their skips, was the policy of European statesmen, and was pursued with most self­ ish vigor. Petitions poured in upon Congees urging the imposition of discriminating duties that should encourage the production of needed tnings at home. The patriothm of the people, which no longer found a field of existence in war, was energetically directed to the duty of equip- Sing the young republic for the defense of its in-ependence by making the people self-depend­ ent. Societies for the promotion of home manu­ factures and for cnsouragiiig the use of domes­ tics in the dress of the people were organized in many of the States. Revival at, the end of the century of some patriotic interest in the pre­ servation and development of domestic indus­ tries and the defense of our working people against injurious foreign competition is an in­ cident worthy of attention. "it is not a departure but a return that we have witnessed. A protective policy had then its opponents Argument was made as now that its benetits inured to particular classes or sections. If the question became in any sense or at any time sectional, it was only because slavery existed in some of the Hi ates. But for this there was no reason why the cotton-pro­ ducing States should not have led or walked abreast with the Now England States in the pro­ duction of cotton fabrics. JS,t "There was this reason only wifjlhe States that divide with Pennsylvania the mineral treas­ ures of the great southeastern and central tnonu: ain ranges should have been so tardy in bringing to the smelting furnaco and to the mill coal and iron from their near opposing hillsides, the lunei Foreign Relations. "We have happily maintained the policy of avoiding all interference with European affairs. We have been only interested spectators of their contentions in diplomacy and in war, ready to use our friendly offices to promote peace, but never obtruding our advice and never attempt­ ing unfairly to coin the distresses of other powers into commercial advantage to our­ selves. We have a inst right to expect that our European policy will be the American poli­ cy of European courts. It is so manifestly in­ compatible with those precautions for our peace and safety which all the great powers habitual­ ly obBerve and enforce in matters affecting them that a shorter waterway between our Eastern and Western seaboards should be dominated by any European government, that we may confi­ dently expect that such purpose will not be en­ tertained by any friendly power. "We shall in the future, as in the past, use every endeavor to maintain and enlarge our friendly relations with all the great powers, but they will not expect ua to look kindly upon any project that would leave us subject to the dan­ gers of boBtile observation or environment. We have not sou ht to dominate or to absorb any of our weaker neighbors, but rathel to aid and en­ courage them to establish lree <ind stable gov­ ernments, resting upon the consent of their own people. "We have clear right to expect, therefore, that no European government witl seek to establibh colonial dependencies upon the territory of those independent American States. That which a sense of justice restrains us from seeking they may be reasonably expeoted to be willing to forego. It must not be assumed, however, that our interests are so'exclusively American that our entire inattention to any events that may trantpire elsewhere can be taken for granted. Our citizens, domiciled for the purpose of trade in all countries and on many of the islands of the sea, demand and will have our ade­ quate care fa their personal and commercial rights. The necessities of our navy require con­ venient coaling stations and dock and harbor privileges. These and other trading privileges we will feel free to obtain only by means that do not In any degree partake of coercion, however feeble the government from which we ask such concession; but, having fairly obtained them by methods and for purposes entirely consist­ ent with tbe most friendly disposition toward all other powers our consent will be necessary to any modification or im­ pairment of concession. We shall neither fail to respect the flag of any friendly nation or the just rights of its citizens, nor to exact a like treatment for our own. Calmness, justice, and consideration should characterize our diploma­ cy. The offices of an intelligent or of a friondly arbitration in proper cases should be adequate to a peaceful adjustment of all international difficulties. By such methods we will make our contribution to tbe -world's peace, which no nation values more highly, ana avoid the op­ probrium which must fall upon a nation that ruthlessly breaks it. Presidential Appointments. The duty devolved by law upon the President to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to appoint all public officers whose appointment i* not otherwise provided for in the Constitution or by act of Congress has become very burden­ some and its wise and efficient dis­ charge full of difficulty. The civil list is so large that a' personal knowiege of any large number of applicants ia impossible. The Pres­ ident must rely upon the representations of others, and these are often made inconsidi rate- , ly and without any just sense of responsibility. I have a right. 1 think, to insist that those who volunteer or are invited to give advice as to ap­ pointments shall exercise consideration and fidelity. A high sense of duty and an ambition to improve the service should characterize all public officers. "There are many ways in whicn the conveni­ ence and comfort of those who have business with our publio officers may be promoted by thoughtful and obliging officers, and I shall ex­ pect those whom 1 may appoint to justify their selection by conspicuous efficiency in the dis­ charge of their duties. Honorable party service will certainly not be esteemed by me a disqualification for public oftice, but it will in no case be a lowed to serve as a shield for official negligence, incompeten­ cy, or delinquency. it is entirely creditable to seek public office by proper methods and with proper motives, and all applicants will be treated with consideration, but, 1 shall need, and heads of departments will need, time for inquiry and deliberation. Persistent importun­ ing will not, t * refore, be the best support of an applicant for office, terest now being manifested in the reform of out' election laws. Those who have been for years calling attention to the -Dressing necessity of throwing about the ballot-box and about elections further safeguards in order that our electionq might not only be free and pure, but might clearly appear to be so, will welcome the acceasion of any who did not >o soon discover the need of reform. The National Congress has not as yet taken control of elections in that case over which the Constitution gives it jurisdiction, but has accepted and adopted the election laws of several States, provided penalties for their violation and a method for their supervision. Only the inef­ ficiency of the State laws or an unfair or part isan administration of them could suggast a departure from this policy. It was clearly, however, in thff' contemplation of the framers of the Constitute tion that such an exigency might arise and pro* vision was wisely made for it. Freedom of tho ballot is a condition of our national life,, and no power vested in Congress or in the Executive to secure or perpetuate it should remain unused upon occasion. The people of all Congres­ sional districts have an equal Interest that elections in each shall truly express the- views and wishes of the majority of the quali­ fied electors residing in it. The results of such elections are not local, and the insistence of electors residing 'n other districts that they shall be pure and free does not savor at all of impertinence. If in any Qf the States publio security is thought to be threatened by ignor­ ance among electors the obvious rem­ edy is education. The sympathy and help of our people will not be with­ held from any community struggling with Bpecial embarrassments or difficulties connect­ ed with suffrage if the remedies proposed Jtroceed upon lawful lines and are promoted by ust and honorable methods. How shall those who practice election frauds recover that respect for the sanctity of the ballot which is the first condition and obligatio n of good citizenship? The man who has come to regard the ballot-box as a juggler's bat has re­ nounced his allegiance. "Let us exalt patriotism and moderate our party contentions. Let those who would di® for the flag of battle give better proof of their patriotism and higher glory to their country by promoting fraternity and justice. Party success that is achieved by unfair meth­ ods or by practices that partake of revolution is hurtful and evanescent even from a party standpoint. We should bold our differing opin­ ions in mutual respact, and, having submitted them to the arbitrament of the ballot, should accept an adverse judgment with the same re­ spect that we would have demanded of our op­ ponents if the decision hud been in our favOr. "No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love, or a land so mag­ nificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and BO full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor. God has placed upon our heaa a diadem and has laid at our feet power and wealth be­ yond definition or calculation. But we must not forget that we take these gifts upon condition that Justice and Moicy shall hold the reins of power, and that the upper avenues of hope shall be free to all people. I do not mistrust the future. Dangers have been in frequent am­ bush along our path, but we have uncovered and vanquished them all. Passion has swept some of our communities, but only to give us Proceedings of the Senate and Hone* of Representatives -- Important Measures Discussed and Acted On --Gist, of the Buitfcs® AMENDMENTS to tbe deficiency appropriation bill weroVonsidersd by the Senate on the 2d inst., and on<- appropriating $H5,0>K) to pay the State of Nebraska, on account of the 5 per cent, fund aris­ ing from tho sale of public Ian is was agreed to. Various other amendments were ottered and ruled out on points of order. Tho bill was then reported to the Senate, and the amendments aiopted in committee of the whole w«ra agreed to, exccpo where special votes were required, and toe bill was passed. The House amend­ ment to the bill authori.in«j tho sale of part of the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, was concurred In. A conference WI.S ordm ed on the deficiency ap­ propriation bill, and Senators Halo, Allison, and Cockrcll were appointed conterreos on the part of the Senate. The conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill was preeentel itud agreed to. Conference reports on bills for lighthouses at llumbo dt, Calif, and on Lukes Erie, Huron. Michigan, aud Superior were presented and agreed to. The Preni- lont's veto of the direct tax bill -was pre­ sented and read, and, after a short debate the bill was passed over the President's veto-- yeas, <5; nayB. 'J. Conference reports were pre­ sented and agreed to on the bids to amend the interstate c< mrnerce law, the bill in regnrd to t .e salmon Wieries of Alaska, and the naval appropr aticp bill. The following billr, were taken fiom the calendar and passed: '1 he House joint resolution appointing H. H. Markham, of Vulifornin, a manager of the Soldier-,' Home to filt a vacancy (the Senate loint resolution ap­ pointing Jitnirs A. Weymore b lng indefinitely postponed/; the House bill lor the disposition of the agricultural lands embraced with­ in tha limits of the Pipestone Indian reservation in M nnesota; the House bill for the relief of fct Joeepu Commercial College, of St. Joseph, Mo. iwhh a substitute). A bill passed the House au'hori/.ing tho Statas of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to prosecu e suits against the United States in the Supreme Court on ac­ count of the .-ales oi public lands in these States. A bill passed tne House authorizing the Litchfield, Hamilton and Wes'ern Railway to build a triage across the Illinois Kivernear Columbiana. This bill has paseed the Senate. The conference report on the bill to amend the interstate commerce act was agreed to. BOTH the Senate and House galleries were packed with sight-seers on Sunday, the 3d Inst., While tne overflow crowd surged through the corridors and importuned the doorkeepers for places where they could catch even a glimpse of the national law-makers at work. Both houses met in accordance with adjournment, the ses­ sions being 8, continuance of that of Saturday, the intermissions being simply recesses. The conference reports on the bill to pro vide for the allotment of lands in severalty to the United Peoria* and Miamis in the Indian Territory and the Indian appropriation bill were adopted by the Senate, and tne Union Pacific funding bill was recommitted to tne Select Committee on the Pacific Kallroad Indebtedness. On the sundry-civil bill the Senate conferrees receded, from the Wait® amendment and practically th®" steam press amendment, the royalty remaining at 1 cent per thousand impressions. The House adopted the conference report. The conference '85 tne deficiency bill came to an agreement, the Senate conferrees yield­ ing the French spoliation claims amendment in P ben CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER. @ 4 25 Ku 3,75 0 3.25 4.63 *35 S"a The heads of departments, bureaus, and all other public officers having any duty connected therewith will be expeoted to enforce the civil- service law fully ana without evaMon. Beyond this obvious duty I hope to do something more to advance tha reform of civil service. The Ideal, or even my own ideal, I shall probably not attain. A retrospect will be a safer basis of judgment than promisee. We shall not, however, I am sure, be able to put our civil service upon a non-partisan basis until we have secured an incumbency that fair-minded men of tho oppo­ sition will approve for impartiality and in­ tegrity. As the nnriber of such in the civil list is increased removals from office will di­ minish. 4.91 Discusses I he Revenues. "While a treasury 'urplus is not the greatest evil it is a serious evil. Our revenue should be ample to meet tho ordinary annual demands upon our Treasury with sufficient margin for those extraordinary but scarcely less imperative demunds which arise now and then, and expend­ itures should always be made with economy and only upon public necessity. Wastefulness, profligacy, or favoritism in public expenditures is criminal. But there is nothing in the condi­ tion of our country or of our people to suggest that anything presently necessary to the publio prosperity, security, or honor should be unduly postponed. It wiii be tne duty oi congress wisely to forecast and estimate these extraor- ^rtjtjh^wiuj:l^b^^e^w<;aith dinary jifimauds, aud, having them to oar The mill Ores were lighted a the funeral pile of slavery. The emaiiciptuioii proclamation was beard in the depots of the earth as well as in tho sky. Men were Aiad® tree and material things became our better servants. The nectioiial ele­ ment has, happily, bf.en eliminated from the tarilf discussion. We have no longer States that are necessarily only planting States ; none are excluded from achieving that diversification of ^^Slllt ftrn«tn» tVio CM contentment. new deinonBtration that the great body of our people are stable, patriotic, and law-abiding. No political par*' can long pursue advantage at the expense of publio honor or by rude and indecent methods without protest and fatal disaffection in its own body. The peaceful agencies of commerce are more fully reveal­ ing the nocessary unity of all our communities, and increasing the intercourse of our people in promoting mutual respect. Wo Bhall find unalloyed pleasure in the revelation which our next censtiB will make of tho swift develoi ment ot the great resources of some of the States. Each State will bring its generous contribution to the great aggregate of tho na­ tion's increase. "And when the harvests from the fields, the cattle from the hills, and the ores of the earth shall have been weighed, counted, and valued, we will turn from them al to c;own with the highest honor the State that has most promoted education, virtue, justice and patriotism among its people." s Pneumonia. According to a medical contempo­ rary, Dr. Gouverneur L. Smith, of New York, has just given some interesting and startling facts in regard to pneu­ monia. Dr. Smith points ont that tho disease is becoming worse every year, increasing rather than decreasing, both in the number of cases and the per­ centage of mortality. The statistics of the Pennsylvania boBpital show that the mortality from pneumonia th jre advanced from 15i per cent, in 1847, to 18$ per cent, in 1867, and 31 per cent, in 1886. Similarly, in the 2vew York hospital, the ratio of mortality is more than double what it was in 1878. Thirty or forty years ago it was re­ garded as serious, but it did not excite anything like the alarm it does to-dav. Dr. Smith is rather inclined to believe that the medical art, instead of pro­ gressing in its treatment of pneu­ monia, has actually gone back, and holds that the old methods of treating the disease at the time it was less dead­ ly, have been abandoned for methods more finical bnt less efficacious.--At­ lanta Constitution. ST. LOUIS has no less than seventy- eight Chinese laundries, ana pays out over $100,000 annually to Mongolians to fear* its washing dottt. :er to secure the passage of the bill. The inate agreed to th® conference report. The House passed the Senate bill increasing to v $1,503,000 the limit of cost for the publio build- lng at Detroit , Mich., the land-grant forfeiture ifi, bill, and the bill granting a pension of $50 a month to the widow of Gen. H. J. Hun'.. The conference reports on the Indian appropriation bill and the bill for the allottment of lands In Severalty to tho United l'eoria and Miami bands of Indians were also agreed to. 4 A CONFERENCE report upon tbe bill to settle % all land grants In the Stats of Michigan by for> felting what are known as the "unearned lands" ^ was agreed to by the Senate on tho 4th inst. The following resolution WHS unanimously agreed to: liexolved, That the thanks of the Senat.o are due, and are hereby tendered, to the Hon, John J. In- galis, President pro tempore of tho Senate, for the uniformly able, courteous, and impartial manner in which he ha i presided over its delib­ erations. After thanking the Senate for the com­ mendatory resolution, Mr. Ingalls declared the Senate adjourned sino die. In tho House, tho conference report was agreed to on the billfor- feiting the lands granted to the State of Michi- gan to aid in tbe construction of a railroad from S Marquette to Ontouagon. The following resolu- tion was adopted by a rising vote: Ilesotved, That tlie thanks of Congress are tendered to the 3K Hon. John G. Carlisle, the Speaker, for the courtesy, ability and fairness with which he has presided over the deliberations of tho Fiftieth Congress. Mr. Carlisle courteously acknowl­ edged the compliment, and then declared the House adjourned sine die. IN the opening prayer in the Senate, on the 6th Inst., allusions were made to the peaoeful and hopeful change in the administration of the Government. After reading the journal, Mr. Edmunds reported that tbe commit­ tee which had been appointed to wait on the President of the United States and Inform him of the meeting of the Senate in ex­ traordinary session had performed that duty, and had been informed by the President that he would at au early hour communicate with the Senate in writing. Tha credentials of Mr. Mars- " ton, appointed by the Governor of New Hamp­ shire to fill the vacancy caused by the termina­ tion of Mr. Chandler's term, and by the failure of the Legislature to elect a Senator, were read, after which the oath of office was administered to him by the Vice President and he took his seat as Senator. Mr. Pruden, one of the Presi­ dent's secretaries, then delivered a message in writing (beiag the Cabinet appointments), and' on motion of Mr. Hale tbe Senate proceeded to consider them with closed doors. The Senate promptly confirmed tbe appointments, and then adjourned. THK Senate met on the 6th inst., bat ad­ journed immediately. Tbe Republican Sena­ tors then held a caucus, and considered the reorganization of committees. A committee was appointed to eonfer with the Democrats re­ garding minority representation. VICE PIUCBTOZNT MORTON was hot present at < the session of the Senate on the 7th inst. '4 The only business transacted was the election - of Mr. Ingalls as President pro tem. An amend­ ment substituting the name ot Mr. Voorhees for Mr. Ingalls was defeated by a vote of--yeas, 27; nays, 29. The Democratic Sen­ ators afterward held a ea icus and appointed Mesurs. Gorman, Cockrell, Voorhees, Harris, Ransom, Walthall, and Blackburn a committee to confer with the Republican caucus committee respecting the reorganization of committees. Senator Gorman was elected Chairman of the eaucus. There is a movement looking to the abolishment of certain useless Senate com­ mittees. • 'at ------------------ ,4V< Julian Hawthorne on Marriagt* : • A friend recently asked Julian Haw­ thorne as to the current opinion that, literary marriages are rarely happy. His answer is interesting: *'My own experience has been so fortunate that I , am prepared to find it exceptional; yet I am inclined to think that writer® , are more apt to be happy in their mar­ riages than persons of any other given; profession. They have the pleasures' of real life and the pleasures of the1 imagination both--the one supplement­ ing and alternating with the other. " Not an Appropriate Remedy. Friend--Hot water will core your nervousness. Mr. Henpeck--Not much. I've beeni in hot water for ten years, ever since I i married, in fact. That's what makes me nervous. ,< :< "Perhaps if yon heaped coals of fire on your wife's head she would do bet- ! ter." •'Coals of fire? Why, she's red-' headed already."--Texas Sifting». An Alligator in a Tree. ! John Wilson,* living near A«tW,< , Fla., ont a big cypress tree in thai swamp north of town, and found there­ in a live alligator seven feet long. As the opening in the tree was not half) large enough for the 'gator to get! through the presumption is that itj crawled in when quite young and lived1 on other animals and reptiles that- sought refuge ix^the same tree. J | MRS. KATE C. SPBAGCE in a reoenti - lecture says that "one of the most im-j: portant acts of life is to breathe.", ' There are few who will question the|. truth of this statement. When a man! stops breathing he is of little impor­ tance in" this world. Breathing is as , essential to a man's health as eating. "YOUR language is really uncalled for," said the editor to a spring poet.i "Why they tell mo my poems are very( eloquent!" "Yes; words that burn,! you mean." And the editor lit his pipe5 - with the first four verses of "Merry ; MnqS--Ghicaa* Ledger. , t ; • a ^ . "H f .. .... „ 1<S,