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Cfironu'K anti jsjfMinel. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1877. A WOMAN’S WISH. Would I were king in a field of clover. Of clover cool arid oft. and soft and Hweet, With dusky clonds in deep skies banging over. And scented silence at mv bead and feet. Just for one hour to slip the leieh of Worry In eager baste, from Uioughfs impatient neck, And watch it coursing—in its heedless hurry Disdaining Wisdom’s whistles—Duty's beck! Ah ! it were sweet, where clover clamps are meeting And daisies hiding, so to hide and rest : No sound except my own heart s sturdy beat ing, Booking itself to sleep within my breast. Just to lie there filled with the deeper breath ing That comes of listening to a free bird's song! Our souls require at times this full unsheath ing— All swords will rust if scabbard kept too long. • And I am tired ! so tired of rigid dnty ! 80 tired of all my tired hands find to do ! I yearn, I faint, for some of life's free I,canty. Its loose beads with no straight string run ning through'. Ay a, laugh if laugh you will at my crude speech— But women sometimes die of such s greed ; Die for the small joy* held bevond their reach, And the assurance they have all they need! [Mrt'y A. Townsend in A’. Y. Eveening Pont. 01.1 l MKMOItIKM. I. Sing that sweet melody again. I heard it once in ha:,pier hours ; It falls upon my weery brain. Like breath of Hummer flowers. n. It brings before my pensive mind The hallowed scenes of other years. When life was one long day of joy, Bright, unalloyed with tears. in. The blooming hawthorn scents the air, The lark's loud song is in the sky ; And gath'ring sweets from balmy flowers, ‘The bee hams merry by. IV. Again I hear my Mary's voice, Her matchless form I see once more, Again her witching glance of love, Enchants me as of yore. v. Her emu,’ white hand is clasped iri mine. Her fragrant breath is on my cheek, Wrapt in a trance of thrilling joy, Our hearts too full to speak ! vt. Oh ! could such ecstacy but last ' Much scenes of ravishing delight ! Who would exchange this earth of ours, For other worlds, though bright ? VII. The song is hashed, its echoes die, Like fairy music in the air ! Ont of its spell, so full of joy, i wake to grief and care. AT THE I.AMT. There rnnst be something after all this woe; A sweet fruition from the harrowed past; Rest some day for this pacing to and fro ; A tender sunbeam and dear flowers at last. There will be something when these days are done, Hometiling moro fair by far than starry nights — A prospect limitless, as one by one Embodied castles crown the aiiy heights. Ho cheer up, heart, and for that morrow wait! Dream what you will, hut press toward the dream; Let fancy guide dull effort through the gate, And face the current, would she cross the stream. Then whu that something lies athwart the way— Coming unsought as good things seem to do— " Twill prove beneath the Hash of setting day A nobler meed than now would beckon you. For lifted up by constant, awkward strife, Hope will attain so marvelous a height. There can he nothing found within this life After this day to form a fltting night. Ho Heaven alone shall ever satisfy. And God’s own light be ever light enough To guide the purified, ennobled eye Toward the unooth which lies boyond the rough. There will lie something when these clouds stance by— A bounteous yielding from the fruitful past; iflereet peso*and test upon the pathway lie, E'en though but death and flowers at the last. \ James Berry Ben see. J.A HEM.A MtfllTE. . rn ohari.es mackay. i. I dreamed a pleasant dream of Death, Asa lady fair and bright. Who came to my bedside suddenly In the stillness of the night. ‘Art thou afraid of me ?' she Haid, In tones so sweet aud low That I knew she spoke as a kindly mend, Aud not as a vengeful foe ; And I answered eh eriiv, and smiled, •No, my beloved! no! H. •Why should I fear ? Thou canst not come An hour before thy time. If 'tin thine hour, 'twill lie thine hour, Appointed aud sublime. I should have lived my life in vain. Nor see* where all things teud. If I'd not svtre/v known and felt That thou would’st be my friend, And that beginning wero but losb Unless for the blessed end. hi. • •Come to me, then, O kindly Death! I fear thee not at all! The .immortal mind can never bo The mortal body's tlirail. I see rtloo stretch thy radiant hand To open svide the door Through wUieli my spirit, glad to pass, Shall surge, wd spring, and soar, And leant to learn, aud know to know. Ever and evermore { IV. •Dear mother ! on thy face I look, And fee.' myself a child. And know t>u’lt purify my soul From all itaAt hath defiled. I’ve no regret* fo leave a world Whoso doleful paths I’ve trod : Come when thou wilt; I’m well content To rest in the quiet sod. And go with thee to the Spirit-land, To my Father and my God ! [Belgravia Magazine. lIK WANTED TIIE DOCTOR. One night last week u jolly old German farmer rode to Chestnut llill from White marsh after a phvsfcian for his wife, who was very siek. He dismounted from his horse in front of a saloon just as the boys inside had begun to make uierrv over the first keg of lieer. He approached and look ed cautiously around the screen. The foam ing glasses were held high above tbe heads ot the revelers, as otic of the number pro- 1 nounced a toast apppropriate to the oc lftThe sileut watcher licked his lips and wished his errand had been ode not requir ing so much dispatch. He was turning re luctantly away, when the crowd saw him. “Hallo!" they Shouted, “there’s Fritz. Bring him in!" . , , , lie was laid hold upon and .hauled up to the liar, all the while protesting. “Poys, I was in a quick hurry. Ole too man sick like der tuvval. 1 vos come mit der toctor, sooner as lightnin’ 1" “Well you can tane some beer while you’re lie re. and kill two birds with one stone," was die reply. , , “Yaas, 1 kill iron chicken nut a couple ot stones, und der ole vooman die mi tout der lector.’ I lon’t forget myself of it. eh ?" “Ob won't die. You don t get liefr often, and you’ve got the ole woman oil the time ’ Fill’em up again." “Yaas l got her all der time, but exposen she so dade, l dont got her any more some dimes. It’s better to go mit der toctor, sel dom right away." Hut he didn’t go. As one glass after an otht r was forced upon him by the reckless *Tonj the object of his errand was floated further and further from his vision, until it was ciuvtekl out of his mind altogether an I his voice. *nliuged with anxiety, joined in the drinking songs, and arose above all night. The hoy grasped him by the sleeve, and said; “Fader, come home." Frit* turned, aud Mt tlio oi*£ht ot his txvr a otv( tear arose in his mind, swept away the fumes of the beer and brought him to a sense of the situation, in an awe-struck toue he asked: “Yaweub. how you was come here#; *v as somedings der matter’" “Yaw," replied the boy. "Veil, spoke up at suit it. Vas der ole vnoma n— was Tour nntddet—is shedadef I can dis'O’d detn Itcst. Don’t keep your faiter in expense, !*’>'. Shnid it out. Vas ve a couple M orplianses, 1 awcub . “Neiii." the boy, \ou \as anuder. A leedleW'v coom mil ter house. Fritz was ovcivun. fora moment, but finally siammeied out: "Vos dot so* I expose it was w fb soon already. VeU-*eU,io der nndd.e ta-te. we don’t know vot sto Wilt next up. Men exposes Fill up der glassy The U)v vriiturid o usk tb* a?,u mail whv he had not seen the Joe;or. “Vy did she want a toewr ? Petier she told liu* so. 1 got Liiu Navart mind, I safe more as ten d*>iUr .nil on datbabv. Dot vos a child. glasses. It hoo ray t 1 a d*t little hut k baby ?Ve von't go icsue tiii yesteejav." Fritz got home at last, and was iu e best nut Hill again after a couple of days alter some medicine. The lev. eoohiiv t gat bun hack again, though be said lo them “Ycu I site I ten to tuy peeMiess flour.’’ Who Can Boat This f t .eLv H’nUmm.| Vfe are assured hy Mr. James A. Wright that his uncte.ij.’' P. H. Wright, of Banka county, raise* A*io present Mar on tins acre of land, one ifl.gdred aud fifteen bmi“!s of com ! The tetfd and corn were inoxii measured; and we aoderotaud that the <*< was injured by a freshet daring the .oUh of Who era beet this for a Urg yield t Mr. Wright used a* a fertilizer eopa p®st of stable manure and cotton seed. FORTY-FIFTIHMGRESS. DISCUSSING OUR DELICATE RE LATIONS WITH MEXICO. Tbe qmtlra Can Up la the Ueaee— Hew lii Wishes to Tie the PreeMeat’s Bloody linage—Mr. Stepheas’ Teles far Peace—Oe frods the Prreideat-The Texas Here la far Wnh. Washington, December 10. The question of our delicate relations with Mexico, and the imminent danger of war between the two countries, came up to day in the* Honse, in connection with tbe distribution of the President’s Mes sage to the varions appropriate commit tees. In the resolutions reported for that purpose from the Committee of Ways and Means, the Committee on Foreign Affairs had referred to (among other subjects) the troubles on the Rio Grande and the recognition of the Diaz Government. Mr. Hewitt, of New York, in order (as he said) to give emphasis to the question, offered an amendment look ing, in the interests of peace, to an improvement of tbe commercial rela tions between the two countries and on that text he made a speech intimating his apprehensions that the Administra tion might allow war to be drifted into and that when Congress met, after tbe holidays, it would be called upon to sustain the Administration in that war. He declared that the people of the United States did not desire war, bat did earnestly desire peace, and an op portunity of recovering their former prosperity, Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, took the same views of the importance and ne cessity of preserving peaceful relations with Mexico, bat did not agree with Hewitt in supposing that the Adminis tration favored war. Mr. Reagan, of Texas, intimated that the existence of the “free zone” of Mexico was an encouragement to smug glers on both sides of the line and was an obstacle to friendly and commercial relation. Mr. Mills, of Texas, declared it ab surd to be siDging paeans to peace in the halls of Congress while the border counties of Texas were a prey to depre elutions of Mexican raiders. The great trouble was that that country was in a chronic anarchy, without any stable or permanent Government. After a long and important discussion Hewitt’s amendment was adopted. The follow ing bills were introduced and referred : By Mr. Turner, of Kentucky, for a tax on incomes; also, reducing the salaries of all publie officers which exceed 81,- 800. By Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, amenda tory of the Texas Pacific act. By Mr. Rea, of Missouri, proposing an amendment to the Constitution, pro viding for the election of Senators by tbo direct vote of the people. S|i*c*ial Hevemie 'l'ftinnirFrep Duty oq Articles, Mr. Eiohoff has introduced a bill in the Honso to repeal seotion 8243 of the revised|statntes, which provides that the payment of special tax by internal rev enue law does not authorize a violation of State laws in regard to such special business, nor prohibit State taxation of the same. Sent to Ways and Means Committee. In order to seonre tbe importation, free of duty, of all description of raw wool, cooper and copper ore, Mr. Willis, of New York, introduced a bill that no duty shall be levied or oolleoted on these articles after July, 1878. Referred tp Committee on Ways and Means, I’rf-liminnry Discussion Upon Admitting; Eus tis—Dorse? Opposes It—Formlsa a Govcrn „i..nt for the District of Columbia. Washington, December 10.—In the Senate.during the morning hour, a reso lution was reported by Dorsey, from the Committee on the Diatriot of Columbia, instructing that committee to inquire and report by bill or otherwise a proper form of government for the District of Columbia—agreed to. At the expiration of the morning hour Wadleigh, of New Hampshire, Chair man of the Commitlee on Privileges and Elections, called up a resolution report ed from that committee last week de claring J. B. Eustis eutitled to his seat as Senator from Louisiana, from Jauua ry 12th, 1876, for the term endiDgMareb 31, 1879, and Ingalls, of Kansas, who signed the minority report, spoke in op position to tbe resolution, claiming that the papers promoted by Mr. Eustis were defective. The I’neine Hoad Committeso-N* duffrjraan Yet— Mr. Hieplicnt’ Texas l’upiflc Bill, Judge Calberton, of Texas, will de cliue the Chairmanship of the Pacific licrnmittee on account of having been Dircctur of and counsel for the Texas Pacific Road. Jlr. Morrison, third on the list, will probably JjeoomeChairman. The Committee consider iffitt Speaker iUudall exhausted his control oyep the Chairmanship when he designated the Committee, *ud that Potter declining Throckmorton sugened#, and he deolin ing, Morrison succeeds, and that all designations by Randall to make tbe Committee full, take their places at the tail of the Committee. There will be three bills introduced in the Senate. Geueral Ransom’s will champion the bill of Mr. Stephens. Mr. Johnson, of Virginia, will intro duce an oto&ihus bill, covering all the branches, and the o.ojjse bill will aho be presented. The friends of tfee road hope to gel the affair in such a condition as to encourage hope in prompt legisla tion after the recess. The statement that Senator Ransom would champion Mr. Stephens’ railroad bill iu the Se#*te js premature. He is in favor of the road, b#t 93 a member of the Senate Committee 00 Pk ß P aoi . fic Railroad Committee he disavows egfipjal preference at this time for either as against any of the different bill*, Johnson, ot Virginia, on the Texao Paelfle .4 fen flee Closes Up Freight Discrimina tions. The Texas Pacific Railroad bill was introduced in the Senate fo-day by Mr. JohnsoD, of Virginia, and prootdeff for a Government guarantee of interest on fifty year five per oent. bonds to be issued' for the benefit of the main trunk line from Fort North to San Diege to the extent of seventeen thousand dollars per mile, except for diffioglt and moun tainous portions (estimated at ihO jjjilesj, for which interest will be guaranteed ou bonds to the amount of 835,000 per mile. The issue of all bouds for the main line, i.npluding $5,000 per mile to be retained In ibfl United States Treas ury, is limited to a tuial of 835,300,000. The bill also provides to* jj simibr guarantee of interest on bonds io i£e amount of 864,000,000 to be issued by the Memphis and international Railroad Compauy. of Arkansas, and the Lake City Katlroad Comps**, of Texas, to ' secure the construoteo* pf a connecting railroad from Jefferson, Texas, to Memphis, Tenn. The Texas Pacific corporation is required by this bill, under penalty of forfeiture of the foregoing privileges, to build vttbiu the next three years a railroad from Shreve port to Monroe, Louisians, s distance of abont ninety-four miles, there to con neet with a completed road to a point on the Mississippi river opposite Vieks bora, but no government is proposed for "this branch. The bill in all its other esseutial feato*ey ;n an agreement with the Honse bill intro*utei> last Friday. Senator Chaffee’s (of Colorado' bill amendatory of the aot of June 15, listiti, propoa** to require that all railroads in the United Di*te? shall prorate with each other ; that they - SriiJ l be prohibit ed from making any .ijiAcrifljjnatiqn agaiust individuals or sagopiatipns in respect to freight charges, etc., and that they shall not change their pub lished schedule of cbtugo* without giv tug thirty days publie notice. t'hlnrse Is Be Barred Oat—Kaatla Heated Train I anisiaaa—Eulagiea ua !eaaiar Mar ian. Mr. Sargent introduced a bill to re strict Chinese immigration. Eustte was seated by a vote of 49 to 8. Negative votes-.-Allison, Cameron, Ham lin, Howe, Ingalls, M|lillan, Morrill and Saunders. Among those voting in the affirmative was Bruoe, of Mississip pi. Maxey presented a petition of the : Choektew and Chick**#* Indians, against the passage of the bill te enable Indians to become citizens. Eulogies ot the fate Senator Morton are to be pronounced on January 17th. Mr. Cockrell, from the solant aommit- I tee on Mississippi Levees, reported, with amendments, the Honse joint reso ; lution relating to reservoirs to promote • the navigation of the Mississippi river. Placed on the calendar. Mr. Matthews called np his resolution declaring the* fyia Government could 1 pay its bonped debt ajfye?, jpd spoke at crest length. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, spoke in oppo sition, and *ioved a reference to the Committe on Judiciary. Pending the the Senate adjourned—2o to 28. A l ayollte Wltfcoat a Head. The House Committee *£ Pacific Railroad, at their meeting lagt Satur day, adopted a resolution declaring that the business xxf the committee was ob structed for the want of aCh&irmAn, and asking Representative Potter to procure action by the Honse upon his declination to serve as Chairman. Mr. Potter, on receipt of this resolution, has replied that on the day the committee was announced he eommoninatod his .declination to the Speaker of the Honse, to vhcu; alone (and not to the oommit teej it coavf properly be sent ; that subsequently, in answer to private in anities, he had informed tee jsnmbers of the committee of his fixed determi nation to adhere to his declination, and in conclusion that the Speaker’s delay in announcing his action was not bv bis (Mr. Potter’s) request or desire. . Hauoe Election Caamltteea—Small*’ Caae. The sab-Committee of tbe Election Committee of the Honse concluded tbe hearing of the Lenisians, Colorado and Massachusetts contests, bat will not re port to a fall committee until after the holiday reoeas. Harlan took his seat on the Supreme Bench this morning. There were no formalities beyond the declaration of the Chief Justice that he held a commis sion, and the administration of the oath. The Judiciary Committee of the House will probably report to morrow on Smalls’ case. It is thought the com mittee will report against any interfer ence with the course of the law in Sooth Carolina. ROUTINE BUSINESS IN BOTH HOUSES YESTERDAY. YYomaa’s Rlgkn la the Senate—Alcobalic Llnaor Tramc—Pretest Against Resision of the Tariff. Washington, December 11.—In the Senate tbe whole of the morning honr was occupied in presentation of petitions from all parts of the conntry in favor of an amendment of the Constititntion so as to prohibit the States from disfranchis ing citizens on account of sex; asking the appointment of a commission to in quire into alcoholic liquor traffic, and urging Congress not to take any action concerning the revision of the tariff un til it shall have ascertained by inqniry the condition of the business of the oonntry, and legislation shall be such as, in the opinion of practical business men, will promote the business prosperity of the country. All of which were refer red to appropriate committees. <tieting tbe Mexican Frontier—Conklin*’* Bill Upon the Subject—^Throwing Up Defen sive Works. Washington, December 11.—Conk ling, in the Senate, offered a resolution for a committee of seven Senators to in quire and report measures to promote commercial intercourse with Mexico and establish a quiet and peaceful condition of affairs on the border, with power to send for persons and papers—adopted. Kellogg offered a bill for the establif la ment of a steamship service between New Orleans and various ports. A vast number of petitions were presented al lowing women to vote. Maxey, of Texas, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was refer red the resolution of the 14th of No vember, instructing that committee to inquire and report upon a system of defensive works for the Ifio Grande frontier, reported a bill making ap propriation for the erection of suitable posts for the protection of the Rio Grande frontier. Placed on the calendar. Mr. Conover, of Florida, from the select C >mmittee on Transportation routes to the seaboard,reported favorably on the Senate bill to provide for the survey of inland water route and oanal from the Mississippi river to the At lantic Ocean. Calendared. Mr. Eustis, of Louisiana ; Appropria ting money to open and keep unob structed navigation of the Red river and to oare for property of the United States. Referred to the Committee on Com merce. Matthews silver resolution resumed. Nominations : Henry L. Dodge, Su perintendent of the Mint of San Fran cisco ; Cyrus H. Baldwin, Collector of Customs of Charleston, S. C. ; Des londe, Postmaster, Plaquimine, La. ; Leland, Waco, Texas ; Commodore Daniel Amman, Rear Admir'd- Smalls Out On Ball—Mall Deliulency. Congressman Smalls, of South Caro lina, is out on bail, under a motion for anew trial, and is in his seat. The session was occupied in voting od tl;e Senate amendments to tbe deficiency bill. Tbn most important one was that appropriating ftfiOO.CKW for inland mail transportation on the Star Route by steamboats, and all other than railroad routes. The Committee on Appropria tion reoommended non-oonenrrenoe, but the House decided otherwise, and con curred in the amendment by a vote of 143 to 107. The bill goes back to the Senate on minor amendments. Hewitt, of New York, is appointed on the Pacific Railroad Committee, in place of Potter, of New York. Hedistricting Alabama** Judicial Circuits— Text of Conkling’s Bill. Mr. Spencer, of Alabama, introduced a bill to amend section 532 of the Re vised Statutes of the United States, re latjpg fp the division of the State of Alabama tala Judipmf Districts. Refer red to the Judiciary Committee. Also, a bill to establish a port of entry and delivery at the town of West Point, Virginia. Referred to the Committee on Committee. Mr. Oonkling, of New York, submit t(d the following : ffeaplved, That a committee of seven Senators be appointed by the Chair to inquire apd report jphetbey any, and, if so, 1 what measpres can bg4 ev 'e e 4 to P ro mote commercial intercourse Mexi co and to establish a just and peaceful condition of affairs on the borders of this country and Mexico; and, also, to ascertain and report the facts touching the present Govornment of Mexico, and that said committee have power to send for persons and papers, to confer with executive branch of the Government of the United States, to sit during the re oes£ of the Senate and to proceed to any point'deemed BSfiessary in tho prosecu tion of its inquiries, ' Agreed tq. Consultation of Democratic Senators—The President to be Supported in His New York Appointments. The Democratic Senators held a caucus, or rather consultation, this ey.epjng, over the New York nomina- option was taken, but the tone of the argqmppf jpdjoafetj that tbe President would be unanimously sustained. Tbe Senate Commerce Committee reported unfavorably ou Rosevelt, as Oolleotor, and Prince, as Naval Officer, of New York, but favor ably in the case of Merrill, as Surveyor of tbe Port. Tbs t-'oi*v/U|ec Konms—The Finance Report -lttDoiai'iiiiil qf Officers. Washington, December 11. Thu Finance Committee agreed to report fa vorably on renomination of Gen. Bradley as Coileetor of Reveuue in Virginia. This is significant as declarative of the President's right to rgnpmipafe. In oase of the Toledo postmaster, the Presi dent has amended his nomination so that the nominee, instead of succeeding him self, succeeds his predeoessorjand mean while the predecessor resumes. The confirmed postmasters include Mrs. Johnson, at Shelbyville, Tennes see, four end some twenty minor Northern postal nominations. — The Cabinet considered some minor ap pointments to-day. The Secretary bf Wfz had nothing new from the Rio Grande bolder. JJaves subscribed one hundred (Joljayg tf) a gjopjjfljent to Mortop. THE KBW YOB* GRANDEE ROUSED FROM HIS BAIR. Conklins Snathes the New York Appoint ment.—Lengthy and Animated Debate- Bayard, Gordon and Keretn Haalaia the Prraldenl—How tbe New York Hen otor Was Kiled—The One Man Power. Washington, December 12--In the Senate, tfio consideration of Matthews’ silver resoTqtiOn Was resumed- Chaffee, 'of Colorado, Mibmitted the following as a substitute for tlie resolu tion, leaving the preamble of Mr. Mat thj}?s flip aape as subpitted by that Senator] Besolyeq, That &tl the hPhds of the United States, issued or authorized to be issued under the said acts of Con gress, heretofore recited, are payable, principal and interest, at the option of the Government, in coin of gold or sil ver of the standard valne, when such bonds were issued ; and to restore to its coinage such silver com as a legal ten der, co equal with gold coin, is not in violation of tbe public faith nor in de ■ rogation of the rights of the publie crediior. Qrdered printed by a vofe of *4 to 20. Exfcitive Session. The struggle over the New York ap pointments resulted 8 Victory for Mr. Conkliug. 4-11 detaiij objuunapu am as folleys: Tbe executive session* lasted nearly six hQurs, adjourning at eight o'clock. The entire session was devoted to the New York Custom Honse nomi nations, two of whioh, namely; Those of Theo. Roosevelt, to be Collector in place of Arthur, to be removed, and L. Brad ford Prince, as Naval Officer, vice Cor nell to be removed, were reported from tbe Committee ou Commerce unfavor able. The third, namely: That of E. A, kprrift, fa tffl Purveyor of Customs in place of Bifarp,'ffhaba uommisßion has expired, was reported with 1 # favor able recommendation. No opposition was manifested to the latter, bnt the contest in regard to the two proposed removals was extremely animated and took a very wide range, oovering a dis cussion of the rights, powers and duties of the President js regard to removals from office and the subject of cifil ser vice poller in general. ’ Mr. Gouging. Chairman of the Com mittee lin Gomujariw, opened tfie debate with a brief statement or tie reason why, in the opinion of the majority of ttiat committee, the two first named nominations should not be confirmed. These were, in brief, that no chargee, either of corruption or of inefficiency, had been made against the present in cumbents, bnt that on the contrary, they were conceded to be faithful, honest, experienced and able officers. Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, followed in an extended argument, maintaining the right of the Executive to make changes which in his opinion would be for the benefit of the public service, he being responsible for the execution of the laws and entitled to select his'agents, subject to the confirmation of tbe Senate, bnt witbont being obliged to furnish to the Senate a statement of his reasons. Mr. Kernan, of New York, then de livered a speech of considerable length on the same side of the question,defend ing the action of the President. His remarks were mostly read from manu script. General Gordon, of Georgia, was the next speaker. He warmly commended the civil service policy of President Haves, and in regard to the pending ntAnations, asserted emphatically that thw removals which they contemplated were demanded by a proper regard for the parity of the service. He charged that Messrs. Cornell and Arthur had disgracefully made nse of the powers of their officers for merely partisan and selfish purposes, SDd he intimated that it was time for tbe one man power in New York State to be broken. The de bate then became quite general. Messrs. Hoar, ot Massachusetts, and Matthews, ef Ohio, spoke in favor of sustaining the action of the President in the exercise of his constitutional power, and of what they believed to be his sofhid public policy in removing the civil service from the domain of partisan oontrol. Mr. Teller, of Colorado, and others, spoke briefly in reply, argning that in the present instances, at least, tbe Presi dent had departed from the principles of civil service which he himself had announced: namely : that faithful and efficient servioe should prevail. Senator Conkling closed the debate in a speech of considerable length and great vigor aDd earnestness. He replied in detail to the varions arguments ad vanced by the supporters of the nomi nations, and repelled with the utmost emphasis the charges that had beeD made against the official character and conduct of the officers whom the Presi dent proposed to remove. Heinsisted that they bad been faithful, honest and effi cient in every particular, and challeng ed the proof that a single charge had ever been made against them, either by the mercantile community or the Secre tary of the Treasury, or the President himself. He also defied any one to show, or to assert, that his (Conkling’s) action in the whole matter had been otherwise than fair, open, oonrteous and above board. In conclusion, he claimed tbat tbe Senate would be alike unjust to faithful officers, careless of its own pre rogative and duties and unmindful of the dictates of true civil service polioy if it failed to vote I bat these nomina tions should be rejected. A vote by ayes and nays was then taken upon the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt, and it was rejected by a majority of seven; the ayes being twenty-five and the nays thirty-five. The nomination of Mr. Prince was rejected upon another roll call by the same vote. Iu each case Senators Eatou, Dennis, Whyte and Maxey, Democrats, united with the great body of the Republicans against the oonfirmatiun, aDd Senators Burnside, Ohristianoy, Conover, Dawes, Hoar and Matthews, Republicans, sided with the mass of the Democrats in favor of the confirmation. The nomination of Mer ritt was confirmed without a division. A motion was made to remove the injunc tion of secresy from the vote, but under the rule a single objection carried it over until to-morrow, when it will undoubtedly be adopted. Htvpbeqs Want* life Iron (!l*d Qatli He, pealed— folgraflo t'ontestpil Eleptlon— imiuenNe Pressure for Female Suffrage— Tlie Pacific Hnllroad. In the House, Stephens, of Georgia, introduced a bill repealing the iron clad oath. The House has under consideration the Colorado contented eleotion. The great portion of the morning honr wan again taken up in the presenta tion of petitions for the appointment of a commission to inquire into the alco hol liquor traffic and favoring the Six teenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States to secure female suffrage, and against army legislation; concerning the revision of the tariff duties until after official inquiry as to the business industries of the country. All referred to appropriate committees. Mr. Morley introduced a bill au thorizing the Southern Pacific Railroad to extend its road and telegraph from its present terminus in Arizona to a point on the Rio Grande near El Pass. The discussion of the Colorado con test occupied the day. A vote will be taken to-morrow. Washington',' December J 2. The House Committee on Pacific Railroad, by vote of six to four, refused to excuse Mr. Thockmorton, of Texas, from serv ing as chairman, vice Potter, resigued. Hewitt taken his place at the foot of the committee. The Committee on Foreign Affairs agrees to a bill for the distribution of Mexican awards for all claims allowed except the Abra olaims, which are held for investigation. Jones, of Florida, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported, with amend ments, the Senate bill to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior, for entry and sale, all lands in Florida not needed for naval purposes. Placed on the calen dar. Also, from the same committee, with out amendment, the Senate bill to retro cede to Florida jurisdiction over lands reserved for a dock yard in the county of Esoambia, Florida. Placed on the calendar. Commencing January Ist next a fort nightly mail will be sent from Savan nah, Georgia, to Havanna via Nassau. This line will be kept up all the Winter. Wfant USenerni Sheridan Thinks of the Fron tier Troubles. General Sfieridap was before tj;e Mili tary Committee of the Rouse to day on Rio Grande affairs. The most signifi cant remark that Sheridan made was that there was no danger of war unless from an accidental collision between the American and Mexican foroes. He also testified that within the last year there had been one raid of marauders into Mexico from the Texas side of the Rio Grancfe, and in reply to a question, stated that he had not ad vised'the issu ance of tho order for our forces to pur sue the Mexicans across the river into Mejicq. ft was tfepitfed to-4ay that the sub committee, uansiqting of M o3Brs - Banning, Debrill, Bragg, White and Marsh, shall continue the investigation during the recess of Congress. BOWING OUT TIIE HEATHEN CHINEE. California Legislature Recommend* Pro scription ol Farther Immigration. San Yhanoisco, December 12. — The House unaniifiorisly ‘aijqpteij tire Sen ate’s concurrent resolution endorsing Shelly’s Chfnese bill. AR * s 8t Sqnoraj newspapers exaggerated the re cent troubles theta. Hpw gaflersofl Was E|epte<) Hfpnlor, ( Washington Cor. Pittsburgh Telegraph ] He tells the story of his election to the Senate in a very agreeable style, with all allusion to the bribery and cor ruptions of members, of course, left ont. Ho says that Governor Scott was very confident of an election, and El liott, too, thought his chances good. On the night pefore the election -he, how ever, 9u'Cce6u6d'in ghtting'nekrl'y all the members of the dark-hued legislature together at liis house, and provided them with a banquet.’ The ejarffies, he said,' muaf fiaye ! muste. and paq a soiig vfftteo spociklly far their edifica tion op the op.casiqn. the cjipruf of which rap thus; And we ll voce tor Honest dopn. And wa it vote (or honest John, And we’ll send him to “de Sinit,” For six years long. Tbe night was spent in eatifig, drink ing, singing this song, and getting ready for the next day’s business. Just before tbe time for tho convening of the f,Bgis- Ufpva the block comma moved toward the btalte House with Patterson at the head*. "T didn’t like to do it,” lie said, “bnt a man gets hardened in war, and we marched np the Capitol steps like a conquering army. KUiott and Scott stood hy- Thh' 'nigger' tamed white, and §oott.s knees smote together like Belshazzar's.!’ Jg' % WB “Got Him Thor..** [/>* the Boston Globe.] A hater of tobacco asked an old negro woman, tbe fames of whose pipe were annoying him, if she thought she was a Christian. “Yes, brndder, I’spects I is.” ‘Do yon believe in the Bible ?” “Yes, brndder,” “t>o Von jnaw thaj there is a passage in tfae’Scriptares which says' that noth ing andean shall inherit the kingdom of heaven ?” “Yes, I’ve heard it.” “Well, Chloe, yon smoke; and yon cannot enter the Kingdom of JHeaven, because there is nothing so andean there as the breath of a smoker. What do yon say to tbat 9” “Why, I specie to leave wy breff be hind when I go dai 1” ll is Akjeft Folly To let the teeth perish for want of prop er oare. Yet how many totally neglect them. Bnch people are properly pun ished by the toothache. Why don t they nse Sozodont and insure one of the greatest boons conferred on mankind—a* good set of teeth. t YANDERBILT AKD MEW. HOW THEY REWARDED FRIENDS. Goo* Intention*. That Paved the Devil’. Abode—The Kee.lt. of Plea. Fraud. [Aetc York Letter.] It is said that before he was confined to his honse by illness it was thought best by some of hiß family for someone to fol low him in his swift and solitary drive every day to see that be came to no harm. He was still vigorous, bnt he was very old, and something might hap pen to him, so Richard Schell, the ex- CoDgressman, and Osgood, tbe Commo dore’s eon-in-law, used to drive ont after him every day without his knowledge and keep him' in Bight. Bnt one day be fonnd it ont and was in a towering rage. He said: “Those young men had better look ont for themselves. ” No one knew just what he meant until “those two yonng men” fonnd that a sadden twist given to the stock market had mined them both. A nice, sensible old gentle men this Commodore was. This daily drive was almost always taken alone; and he was also known, when for some reason his rale of driving alone had not been observed, to get ont and take a drink without asking his com panion to join him. Like a good many rich men, he liked to win tangible money at cards, and would have hid no enjoyment if ihe money he raked in from liis nightly game of wbist was really his own, small as the amount may have been. He ac tually once made a man rich so that be might have money to lose to his bene factor at cards. The Commodore fonnd him a whist player after own heart, sent him down into tbe stock market, gave the market a favorable twist, and so brought him home a rich man with no bnsiness but to play whist ! Daniel Drew’. Way With tbe Brethren. The story of the way he treated Schell and Osgood has recalled the favorite method of Uncle Daniel Drew in clear ing out congregations in years gone by. When “Uncle Dan” had given the money to found the Drew Seminary in New Jersey, he was frequently ap proached by some clergymen with an itching for speculation who had saved 81,000 or so, and would like to put it in stocks, and knew Brother Drew was well acquainted with such matters, and wonld Brother Drew be so good as he had been in other instances and guarantee him against losing his little store, if the venture should turn out badly ? Yes, on reflection Brother Drew wonld, though he did it with some re luctance. The reverend speculator wonld depart with a beaming face, and Uncle Dan’s last injunction wonld be that he musn't tell anybody, Uncle Dan knowing well in his old sly hearr. that a clergyman who would so far forget his cloth as to go into stock gambling could not keep such a secret. So in due time Uncle Dan would whisper the “point” to the clergyman, and the clergyman would communicate it in the strictest confidence to the deacons, and from the deacons it would go to the wealthiest brethren in the congregation, until in time pretty much the whole church would be loaded up with this stock, and everybody was quietly chuckling in ad vance over the fortune he saw already in his grasp. Then when the old man knew he hail allowed the usual time for the congregation to load up, lo ! the stock would go just the wrong way, aud the congregation would be cleaned out. Uncle Dan’s pookets would be full, and ont of his earnings he would pay back to the crestfallen clergyman his original store, and still have a big profit left. That is the way things are sometimes done in the stock market in this wioked city. a llll.LS, THE FIGHTER. The raptor of Chief Joseph Looks IJke Any thing but a Barbarian—Ami He Gives a ‘ t Tilnes ,, Reporter Some Valuable Infor mation ns to Ills Campaign—He Certifies to tlie Ciood Moral Character of His Van quished Foe. [ Chicago Times, November It ft ] The soldier who, next to Crook, is, by common consent, the greatest Indian fighter living was in the city on yester day, camped on the parlor floor of the Palmer Honse. His name is General Nelson A. Miles. He it was who, some years sgo, repulsed the Cheyenne na tion in Southwestern Kansas ; who put Lone Doer’s band of bioux to rout, kill ing many and capturing their provisions and ponies ; who, still later, chased sun dry renegade bands of redskins to their agencies ; and who, more recently still, by a foroed march across Howard’s and Sturgis’ front, came up wit}) Chief Joseph, attacked him, thrashed him, took him and his warrioss and women prisoners, and thus put a period to a chase that, but for his daring and dash, might be going on still. General Miles looks to be abont thirty-five years of age. He has the free and courteous manner ot Custer, but lacks Custer’s distinguishing characteristic—namely, that something that made him stand apart from others jp tl}P public view, There were no traces ot the late cam paign in his dress or personal appear ance. He did not affect the buckskin patch ; the blanket overcoat; the blue woolen shirt; or the slouch hat; neither did he wear a belt strung full of reeking scalps or other hideous trophies. But, on the whole, thete was nothing about him, unless it was his stature and a cer tain regularity in stop that denoted dis cipline in tramping, to distinguish him froip a genteel commercial traveler with a good line oi samples. Ou one point, at least, daring his conversation with a limes reporter, General Miles gave more explicit in formation than has been derived hither to, from the thousand and one unoflioial sources. That was as to The Number ot Available Men He took into the engagement with the Nez Pg'rcep. Re gays pe ptlapjtpd the eneiuy with tlizee hundred and nineteen soldiers. They had marched two hun dred and sixty-seven miles in ten days. A portion oi the command, consisting of a battalion of the 2d cavalry, bad been scouting all the Hammer, having traveled twenty five hundred miles. Tbe battalion of the 6th infantry had been trampiog around after Sitting Bull and other hostiles ever since the Cnstar massacre. Tiue, tlie lucjians were nearly'fatigued'and jagged fjuf/said he, but the'ij- condition vyas pot piore piti able than that of (he soldiers. Joseph, he thinks, did not rely on Bitting Bull for suecor; on the contrary, he (Joseph), after escaping across the Missouri, felt that the pursuit was practically at anlend, and that he could slacken his pace with impunity. The old chief, since his sur render, lias said that he had decided, before the battle, to rest his force a few days and then try and Work His Way Back to .the Reservation Sticking close to the 'pg'o'Mh T'oe, but being ehrefal not to Cfoag' it.' The' bat tle and the disaster that U brought uppn him changed big plaps spipewhat. Qeneraf MUes says that he Started on the rptq.n j.p pja oantensognt with be tween fifty and sixty wounded Indians. Of this number several were mortally injured. They had to be cpnveyed across the mountains on travios, and the discomforts they suffered were ne cessarily very great. Four of the wound ed died duriDg the trip, and the fifth pegged ont soon after reaol)iug the ToDgne river £Qat, The soldiers who reeeived wounds werd 1 sent down the Missouri riVfer to Fort Bufort. They are all doibg well, only one having died. ; t ‘ S The six hundred Domes SZpiwfeq prom the Nez Uerqes, toxbtfi#'wi!|i’(he'sever al hundiT.d Othvr!.'captured from Deer's hand' of 'Hionx," are hejd at the mouth of'Tppgqe riyep' (jeneraj has Gaptpreii, git tiqte during tfie past year, about twelve hundred ponies. •Quiet a number have been shot; those that were hopelessly lamed, with son-- of the vicious ones th* were a i wa^B Ine herds into stampedes, and some colts. Some of the infantry will be mounted on a portion of thee animals. Üblci Joseph’* Manliness, Sagacity, uprightness, and nobility of nature, as contrasted with the average redskin, are enthusiastically acknowl edged by Gen. Miles. He says the conquered chief is really a eompiandipg figure. Re has as hpndipmp a pair of black SJes as eyer shone from a human sknil. He doesn't essay mooh English in his conversation, but what little he does speak is quite intelligibly spoken. He can utter “good morning” and “good by” as faultlessly as any educat ed American. The whole band are an intelligent lot of semi-savages. Joseph says he was not fighting, as Sitting Ball was, from sheer hostility to the whites, bnt he was battling for a principle. He had been grossly wronged, he thinks. The Indians are much cast down and disheartened by the order consigning them to Fort Biley. The N4s Fefbes captives number four hundred and twenty-four. The majori ty of these were marched across the country from the cantonment on Tongue river to Bismarck. The balanoe descended the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers in Mackinaw boats, which were built at the military post expressly for their use. The wounded were brought down jn hosts. ‘ Seventeen Cheyenne Indians, part of a band of three hun dred and nineteen, which surrendered to Gen. Milee last February, were brought to Bismarck oloDg with the Nez Perces. The remaining three handled Cheyennes will arrive at Bismarck in a few days, and be transported thence to the Indian Territory. Seven companies of troops gnarded these captives daring the march from Tongue river to the end of the Northern Pacific Railroad. PICKING TUB COTTON. Report* From Georgia, Florida, North Caro lina and Virginia—Unfavorable Weather and Poor Yield*— Harvesting Not Yet Over. Galveston, December 10.—The Cot ton Exchange crop report is as based npon 86 replies received from 46 coun ties. The average date of the replies is Decomber 2d. The; show weather less favorable daring November than the same time last year; 23 oonnties report' ootton all picked; 7 report 4 picked; 16 report f picked and all will be gathered by the 15th of December. The increase reported in 5 counties will be an average of 20 per cent.; decrease in 38 counties will average 37J per ecu'-. Three counties report ttie same as last year, g counties roport 50 per cent, and 37 counties report 62£ per cent, of crop marketed. Excessive rains during November interfered with picking and in consequence ootton in the fields could not be saved. Geergiß’s Report. Savannah, Ga., December 10.—Re port of Savannah Ootton Exchange for November : Weather for a part of the month has been less favorable for gath ering the crop than same month last year. In the lower counties of the State picking will be finished by the 15th in stant, and in middle and upper Georgia from the 25th instant to January Ist proximo; from three-fourths to seven eighths of the crop has already been gathered, and of this five-eighths to three quarters has been marketed. A killing frost appeared a month later than last year, bnt much of the good results to be expected from an unusually late Winter have been over come by the crop having been, during the whole season, two weeks behind in growth and so little sunshine npon it during the Fall months. Taken as a whole, the crop of this State will be 5 to 7 per cent, less than last year, with a muoh greater percentage of very poor ootton. Florida. The weather during the month of No vember was less favorable for gathering the crop than the snme month last year. The crop of the State is nearly gathered, and by the 10th it *is expected that all pioking would oease. Five-eighths to i has been marketed. The decrease, as compared with last year’s crop, will be Bto 10 per oent. But for the inorease in aoreage iu this State, the deorease of production would have been heavy. North C'nrolina nod Virginia. Norfolk, Va., December 10.—The re port of condition of the cotton crop by the Ootton Exohange is based upon 34 replies from 20 counties iu North Caro lina and Virginia. Nine say that the weather for gathering was more favor able; 7 about the same; 15 less favorable. Piokiug will be finished by December 20th. Twenty-six report a decrease of about 10 to 15 per cent.; 5 report an in orease of about 5 per oent.; 20 report } of the crop marketed; 6 reports f of the crop marketed; five reports £ the marketed. LouisiaDa. New Orleans, December 10.—The National Cotton Exohange of New Or leans, Department of Crop, report for November : From twenty-eight parishes, fifty answers of the average dates of De cember Ist, state that the weather was much less favorable than the same month last year. Picking has been slow ; two thirds of the crop is reported gathered. In the river parishes the yield will be 25 to 35 per cent, greater than last year, while in other portions of the State the decrease will be 10 to 35 per cent. The estimated deorease for the State is 7 per cent. ; about 46 per cent of the crop marketed. All correspondents complain of tco much rain. MidfiiNfiippi. The report is compiled from fifty an swers received from twenty six counties, dates ranging from November 30th to December 4th: Weather much less fa vorable than for the same month last year ; picking has been retarded; not more than two-thirds of the crop is gathered ; estimated picking not to be completed before the 15th of January. The yield in Mississippi aud the Yazoo river oounties will be 10 to 20 per cent, greater than last year, while in other portions of the State a corresponding decrease is reported. The estimated average for the State is 5 per cent, de crease. Correspondents report about 40 per cent, of the crop marketed. ArknoNßN. Thirty-six replies from 21 oounties, average date of December Ist: Weather less favorable than for same period last year; two-thirds of the crop picked; picking will be finished by 15th to 20th of January. Nine of the correspondents report the yield the same as last year; 14 report an increase of 10 to 8 per cent.; 11 report a decrease of 10 to 25 per cent. The average indicates the crop as 5 to 10 per cent, greater than that of last year; 37 per cent, of the crop has been marketed. Estimates from all States are based upon the same acreage as last ypar. We have not included the increase of acreage in onr estimates. Tennessee. Memphis, December 10. —Tue crop report of the Memphis Cotton Ex change, from 107 responses, of average date of December Ist: 91 report the weather for November as greatly less favorable than during November, 1876, 16 less favorable, all on account of the frequency of rains ; 75 make special mention of disastrous efieots of rains immediately following a hard freeze, 14 designate the weather as the worst over known for saving the crops. It is variously estimated that from 33 to 90 per cent, of the orop is gathered, aver aging 63 per cent. ; 19 estimate that picking will be completed in December, 162 in January and 24 by February Ist, and 2 by March Ist ; the average dated January Ijjjth ; 2§ estirpqte a greater yield than in IS7& ; 20 about the same , 59 less, averaging per cent, less than 1876. This is a reduction from the October ettimate of about 8( per cent. The proportion of the ootton orop mar keted is variously estimated at from 33 to 85 per oent., the average of the esti mate.boing 46 per cent. South Carolina, Charleston, December,}!), —The cot ton report for IJoyember, oh replies; from 2§ counties. Weather dur ing NoVerubev reported more favorable than last year by 15, same as last year by 10, less favorable by 47. From 85 per CBut. to 98 per oent. of the orop is reported picked in all counties heard from except 3, which report 72 to 78 per ceDt. gathered—average of the State, 87 per oent. Picking will be finished generally, with fine weather, about the 15th to 20th. The yield is reported more than last year in 3 counties aqd less is 25. The average'o|'^c‘State shows a ddcroadb o ( f v }s} per cent! The propoyli(,p‘ufop marketed to first of De 'cernber, 63 to §6, per cent.; average of State, 70 per cent, fHE IN THK senate. (Washington Sunday Herald.] In noting the sharp antithesis be tween the brutal bearing of the Repub lican leaders in the Senate, and the dig nity and suflh-ienev of tVV (southern leaders during tbs straggle of the past week, the Country will be snre to award a great advantage to the South. These Sonthern Senators are simply types of race, which, with all its faults, was never mean—whose great mo*. teply great beear.ai iWg auperaddf.4 coflifage anq the I 'love 0} ■yrtit'ii to ability and leafnibg. Sheers ttye of the'Soiuh, at its “.t);om(l prqtwy," and its loyc pf ’.fyeutimental politics I 'will ceasj, if, no fashionable some of these days. The country is rapidly learning that a strong infusion ofSouthern qualities into t-b'counting-room states "’“fisLip and hard materialism of New England and New York will give a broader and better civilisation." 3oa* may congratulate him self that the stricken Senator from North Carolina was prevented by illness from administering the punishment ad equate to his own pedagogical imperti nence. Bnt while he may see in Ran som a knightly gentleman, ;ho never gave an insqlt gpd 5# shbmitted tc one, he may profitably study the bear ing and character of a man in whom the aspiring American Senator may always find a model The Radioal “small fry’’ Senators of the pattern of Wadleigh and McMillan served to point a moral for the benefit of Edmunds and Conkling, by giving to Ben Hill some slight provocation for the display of the power in debate which Georgia well understood when she placed him in the Senate. The Sonth, not lees than the Demo cratic party, ie immensely the gainer from snch game displays of prowess as Senator Qordon gave in his assanlt upon the inconsistencies, the quibbles, sub terfuges, sneers, and bad manners of Conkling and Edmnnds. The supercili ous Senator from New York invited the “palpable hit” which Gordon gave him when be said in Tuesday’s debate that “rhetoric did not require truth and ac curacy of statement to produce its finest effects.” “That is a fact,” quickly re sponded the Georgian, “of which the speeches of the Senator from New York always famish illustration.” The brave ry and dignity of the Sonth, in contrast with the cruelty of her persecutors and maligners, were never better asserted than in the impassioned ontbnrst of in dignation with which Gordon answered Edmnnds on Monday. The saturnine Senator from Vermont had no reply to make to the fervid eloqqenoe into which Gordon depicted the crime of employing the judiciary of the district to make good thejla t of a Radioal Senatorial oanona. For once it is reasonable to suppose Ed mnnds experienced the sensation of shame. Ordinarily, he has about as mnoh capacity for emotion as a Yermont pumpkin. Somebody said the other day that Edmunds was “the only man living who eonld enohre the Mikado of Japan. For if he were opened he would be found to have neither blood nor bow els. ” It may not have been blood that ; rnshed to Edmnnds’ steel trap face; bnt Gordon’s oat-o’-nine-tails visibly me naced his saturnine imperturbability. Senate and galleries were thrilled by the fervor and splendor of Gordon’s dash, and there was good reason for the ex pression of satisfied State pride with which Senator Hill noted the success of bis colleague. A Sonthern Senator onoe said; “Gordon carries a good deal of plumage, bnt whoever attempts to pluck him will find a bird full of gamo and strength.” Radical slang whangers will find noth ing to comfort them in the speeches of these Sonthern Senators. The South has no more Wigfalls, and has bnt one Toombs. The country will see neither bluster nor timidity in the dealing with great questions of the representative Sonthern men in Congress, whose pres ence gives good assnranoe for the future of the Democratic party. AT FIFTY. The passions, tears, the hopes and fears, And all the dreams of earl; ;ears, Forever gone; Clouds are upon the sky; the light Has gone before the starless night That knows no dawn. Two score and ten ! a decade more, And on the sluggish river’s shore, I, shivering, stand, To plunge within its wave; the beach Shelves steeply off—when shall I reaoh she thither land ? ‘ No matter, I have drunk the draft Which others in their turn have quaffed, And more will drink; If thinking give such pangs as these, They stand the better chance for ease Who never think. The passions of my early youth, My trust in woman and her truth— All these have fled; The ardent hope I had to be The maker of my destiny— All thiß is dead. Instead, a sense of utter loss. No crown succeeding to the cross; Lonely and old; Hopeless to get, yet all to gain; Past all desire and wish and pain, The heart aoold. This then is death, for that is life Which carries with it wish for strife, And power to strive. And I, who suffer all to go With a dull, nameless, aimless woe, Am not alive. A Political Alniauac ut tbe Senate. [Albany Evening Journal.] Now that the struggle for the political control of the Senate is conclude! for the present, it is time to make up the official returns and see how the Senate stands. The Republicans have gained Kellogg, the Democrats Butler, and Enstis is still knocking at the door. Counting Conover and Patterson, the Republicans have 39 Senators, and the Democrats, including Davis, of Illinois, 36. But oue of the Republicans, Sha ron, is habitually absent without a pair, so that the Republican side is pra'otioal ly reduced to 38. It is probable, also, that Enstis will soon be admitted, in creasing the Democratic side to 37. Or, to put the whole in tabular form; Republicans with Sharon 39 Republicans without Sharon 38 Democrats with Daviß and without Eustis 36 Democrats when Eustis gets in and Davis stays in 37 Democrats when Eustis gets in and Davis gets out 36 Republican majority (without Sharon) when Davis is a Demoorat 1 Republican majority when Davis is a Republican 3 Republican majority when Davis is an Independent and artful dodger 2 Democratic majority, if Patterson should do so again, with Davis as a Democrat I Republican majority, if Patterson should do so again, with Davis as a Republican 1 Republican majority, if Patterson should do so again, with Davis as an Independent dodger, making a tie, to be decided by the Vioe Presi dent’s casting vote 1 Democratic majority, if Patterson aud Conover should both do so again, with Davis as a Demoorat, but his position in that ease not obanging the result no matter what he might ELEGANT HOLIDAY PRIM! 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Kltr. # * U dacaumnt* tuARenU KJ/ BRIDE A CO., Was fwKKsKV n ciintcnku, wHHBr I I New York City novlß-3m _ Small Farm far Sale. TTTILL I>g sold, at tbe Market Boose, on YY tbe First 1 nesday in JANUARY next, “Forest Hill,” containing 262) acres, more or less, situated in Richmond county, about 12 miles from Augusta aud 3 from Allen’s sta tion, on Augusta and Savannah Railroad. Hay be treated for at private- sale. JOHN T. SHEWMAWBy decS -d2Aw3 Agent Sarah W. Karris. / mptw £ msk V** Mriy up*etd from all m M O** b*Tia* fmllad.and Dr. ELJunen was exprlaßt> Ming, fa accidentally made a preparation or Indian M w hemp which eared hi* only child, t£d now give* thlM recipe free on receipt of two stampa to pay expan wt, J Hemp alto cure* night iwmU, ptp—g k * tbo etouitnh, W tnd will break a fresh cold in twenty-four bourn, m Address, CRADDOCK A CO., M 1 0S2 Race: bt., Phlla., naming thin paper, w fP'IPVv. 1 ’" p IATED WATC|W?CM|MI Nh.V? t * le known world. Sfttaw* Watch Fru to MSt fiaeult. Andrew. A, fioTfyr** 4 Go., Ghjcsgo, oct4-wly iW <i STTtvWeek to Agent.. ‘*lo Outfit F W* 1 O. WJKKBY, Augusta, Ma*u* New Advertisements, SANTA CLAUS! ' For the Little Folks and Holi dry Presents for all. Full lines selected from full stocks. The largest and handsomest assort ment ever shown in Augusta. Shaker and Indian Baskets, Japanese Ware, French and Ger man Fancy Goods, and all the Novelties, at J. H. TRUMP’S, dec 9 220 Broad Street. ATJGUSTA SIIOE HOUSE, 333 BROAD STREET, Opposite Masonic Hall, AND NEARLY OPPOSITE CEN TRAL AND GLOBE HOTELS. Received last week, Gent’s fine hand made Gaiter’s. Ladies fine Pebble BHtton at $2 50; Children’s fine Pebble Laced Boots—7 to IQ 1-2 at $1 25 Child’s Bronze and Black Button Boots; Child’s Spring Heel Button and Laced Boots. Also a large lot of goods at all prices-all qualities sold low down for cash. W. 8. ROYAL nov2s-tf MILLEE & BUSSEY, Wholesale and Retail Grocers, No. 283 Broad Street, Corner Campbell (store formerly occupied by M. O’Dowd), offer to dealers and the public at unusually low prices for the FISH! 40,000 Pouhda 0. R. D.S. Sides. 50 Barrels Sugar Syrups. 20,000 Pounds O. R. Bides. 300 Solis Baggiug. 10,000 Pounds D. S. Shoulders. 500 Bundies Ties, -j / Boxes Tobacoo all Q /"A / \ grades. O Barrels Flour-all grades. plO B _ Qf lfA I,&oka B Maokerel, in ba Bags Bio Coffee. OV / , / barrels and kits. t~T 8 Barrels reflned Sugar— p* • G all grades. f) U Barrels Liquors—all kinds. -f ( A Barrels Reboiled Molas- Together with Mrices, Candles, Soaps, Teas, &c. &c. All Goads and Weights guaranteed. MILLER & BUSSEY. oc9 tf HOLIDAY COOPS. Before Purchasing Your Holiday Goods Examine this Efsf ol Prices and inspect the Goods! o • KAfV Beto Cuffs and Ooilars, embroidered, extra fine, put up iu handsome ohromo boxes, tjyjKJ worth 60c. to be sold at 25c 100 Dozen Ladies’ Silk Ties, latest uovelties, at 10o.’ 15c , 20c., 25c., 85c., 50c , 760. and ft, worth nearly twioe these prices. 60 Dozen Lace Ties White, Black and Colors, at 25c., 36c., 400., 60c.. 76c., 01, $1 26 and $1 50, half the regulir prices. 5D Dozen Silk Bows, worth 26c. to 50c., to be sold at 100. each. 100 Dozen Embroider ed Hemstiched Handkerchief* at 12)o. and 15c., worth 25c. aud 60c. eaoh. 160 Dozen Hcm btiched Handkerchief*, at Eo., 7(c., 100., 12J0., 15c., 2Cc., and 250. 100 Dozen Children’s Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs, at 6c. worth 1< o. eaoh. 100 Do*en New Style Printed Bordered Lineu Cambric Handkerchiefs, worth $3 per dozen, to be sold at 100. each. A large lot of Silk Hand kerchiefs to bo Hold at half price. 100 Dozen Ladies’ and Children’s Winter G’oves at 10c. per pair. 125 Dozen Childrna'k, Coronet and Round Comb*, at 10c , 15c , 200 , 25c., 35c. and 6(c each, latest novelties. >o(i> Dozen Children’e New Stylo Embridered Sailor Collarets at 25c,, 8?o , 35c., 400. and 50a. hair price. A large assortment of Children’s Linen Collars, all sizen.from 10 to 13 inches. 50 Dozen, i nildren’s Wool Jackels, all sizes and Colors, fr.-.m 50c. to the finest. 10 ) Dozen Corsets, re duced from sfc. to 25n. per pair. 600 Dozen Children’s Colored Hoso, Solid, Striped, Plain andt Silk Clacked, from sc. to 500. per pair. 200 Dozen Ladieß’ Balbriggan Hose at 26c., 35c., 40c. and 500. per pair, worth at least #3 per dozen over these {rices. A large lot of Croohet amll Kuit Wool Shawls, Jackets, Clouds, Nubias. Rifts, Faciuations, Ac., Ac., to be sold at reduced prices. 5 Cases Boys’ Hats, all the latest stylos and makes, from 600. to $1 50 eeoh, half the. regular prioes. We will place on our counters a large lot of useful and ornamental artioleß at prioes which we will reduce specially for the Holidays, such as Hair Brushes, Dressing Combs, Tucking; Combs, Fancy Soaps, Toilet Soaps, Perfumery, Toilet Aaticbs, Belts, Gloves, Ribbons, Ao., 4c We take pleasure in showing the goods and giving all the information we can to purchasers. AUSTIN MULLARKY & CO., deed tf 862 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. NEW PROCESS FLOUR. CRESCENT MILLS, AUGUNTA, GA. J. F. & L. J. MILLER, Proprietors. OUR FANCY FAMILY FLOUR MADE BY NEW PROCESS HAS N.tt EQUAL. mh4—d&wly NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS, NEW GOODS . JUST RECEIVED AT L. RICHARDS A GREAT VARIETY OF NEW GOODB, Dress Goods, New Shades and Styles, Black Cash meres and Alpaoas, Best Makes and Superior Blaoks. A SPECIALTY IN GENTS’ SHIRTS. Wamsutta Shirts finished in the best style at 76a and Is. Gents’, Ladies’, and Children’s Undervest and Drawers—a large assortment Just recpjvof,. Gents' All Wool Scarlet Shirts and Drawors. A superior artiole—Ladies' Undsrvest—at 50c., worth sl. New Cloaks, Shawls. A great variety Net Goods for Children. The best stock of Hosiery in tbe market. Blankets, Flannels, Waterproofs, New Shades fun Suits, Casafiamiee, Jeans, Ac., Ac.—at tbe lowest prices. Domestic Goods at Factory pricec, The best is the oheapest. Salter A Cntler’s Sewing Silk—all Sizes and Colors. 100 Dozen Ladies’ Hose at 12jc., worth 25c. Will sell them by the dozen at #1 26. Kid Gloves at 50c., 750., sl. Notions, Fancy Goods, Neck Ties, Lace Bibbs, Ao. Samples sent as usual. Express paid on orders at retail amounting to $lO and. over-. L. RICHARDS, 209 BROAD STUEXT. AUGUaTA, GA., NEARLY OPPOSITE CENTRAL HOTEL. novlß-tf JAS. A. GRAY & CO* H e direct special attention t onr various departments, Meh are; new BRIM FULL of the most decided NOVELTIES for tbe, Holiday trade. 3MOQ yards Colored Silks and Dress Goods, embracing everything nobby and stylish, frem 10 cents to the finest Damasse Silks, at $i per yard. 30 pieces Black Silks, Ihhb 85c. to Bonnet’s best at $3 25-bartnre and color gnarantoed. ROSIERV —1 complete stock of Ladies’, Gents’ and Children's, iu. both plain abd fancy. Ladies’ and Gents’ IJndervests, all prices. Ladles’ and Gents’ Kid Gloves, all sizes and colors, Ladies’ and Ties and Scarfs—exclusive styles. Ladles 1 and Gents’ Handkerehlefs-every kind. Ladles’ and Children’s Cloaks. Towels, Napkins, Table Linens, &c.—all. grades*. For GENUINE BARGAINS in all of ( he above Goods, can at dec9-tf JAS. A* GRAY <fe CO S. AUGUSTA BOOK il STATIONERY JOBBING HOUSE OF D. QUINN, 19§ BROAD STREET, Between Messrs. James A. Gray & Go’s, and Christopher Gray & Go's. Dry Goods Honses. on hand all the Principal SCHOOL BOOKS in use and aU the most popular works of tbe Leading Honses as issued. A large stock of BLANK BOOKS on hand, including DAY BOOKS, LEDGERS, JOUB NALB, INVOICE BOOKB, LETTER COPYING BOOKS, NOTES, DBAFTB, RECEIPT BOOKS, etc., which will be sold cheaper than ever to make room for all kinds of HOLIDAY GOODS, to arrive by every steamer. Strict attention is given to our NEWS AND PERIODICAL DEPARTMENT. AU the prin cipal PAPERS and MAGAZINES received at soon as published, and subscriptions taken for the* aame at pnbliehers’ prices. Remember the Old and Popular House of deeU-tuthsalm • BtOtf Stre%