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E8T1LL, Savannah Ga. at tlic Post Office ill Sa- ttU| " a j l ;1 « second Clan* Hatter. Jttle hoy that died. . on j j s pretty face for Justone minute, i,.,i fr ck, his daintv outtoned shoes, " . -:,ut hand, the favorite plaything in it, :1 . m tliers. was’t not hard to lose * irK And mi» s him from my side— >lv little boy that died? , -anv another boy as dear and charming, - ..r s h--]*e. his mother's one delight, t «tlir"Ugh strange sicknesses, all fear dis- • r j a - - h ! : g. long life In parents' sight’. j ne na3 so short a pri.1 e! And then my poor boy died. , -p in rocking on his wooden eharrer; ‘l li. nr him pattering through the nouse all I w a!‘-lV his great blue eyes grow large and 1 -stc.iir'g to stories whether grave or gay, Tolti at the bright fireside — y t , dark now, since he died. n • ,.t l - ,ft.*n think my boy is living, as living as my other children are. Y ! ni-rh’t kisses 1 a I rouud am giving, i rr], one for him, though h~ is so far. far-a mere grave divide Me from him, though he died? c 0 while 1 come an 1 plant it o’er with daisies, 1 v hat childish daisies, all year round,) ai v Hod s h*nd the curtain raises, * i. i 1 c ;'i: he ir his merry voice's sound And feel him at my side— jly little boy that died. —Miss Muloch. F. an J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1880. ESTABLISHED 1850. Washington Gazette “Mr. Thomas Lind sey, who lived two miles this side of Dan- burg, in this county, died Wednesday morn ing from the effects of strychnine, which he had taken. He went out to plow in the morning as usual, and was about firty yards back of his garden when he fell. Loud wailing was heard, and the family and some negroes were attracted to the man, who was evidently in great pain. On being asked what was the matter, Mr. Lindsey stated he had taken strychnine. A physician was sent for, but the unfortunate man was dead before he arrived. Death ensued in about half an hour after he was discovered. Mr. Lindsey was in town Monday, and bought different articles, among them some strych nine, we learn, which he said was for killing moles.” Berrien County News: “ Thousands of dol lars are made annually by the production of the sweet orange in Florida, and it is the chief cause of the flow of capital to that State. There has been developments in that production in our own county which are sufficient to arouse the suspicions of many that we can successfully grow the orange even this far north. Who has ever made the experiment and failed ? We know of a sweet orange tree near Stony IliH, the resi dence cf Mr. Moses C. Lee, and if we mis take not, is the property of Mr. N. Lewis, the fruit of which is very delicious. The tree bore this year near a thousand oranges. This tree we have known from its earliest appearance. It stands unprotected in the winter season, aud, like a great many thinus of this country, is self-made. This is not the only one. There are other trees growing successfully in this county, which are suffi cient evidences of the practicability of the enterprise to warrant the experiment, Give it a trial.” The election which is to decide whether Augusta will subscribe $50,000 or not to the Augusta aud Knoxville Railroad takes place to-day. The Chronicle says : “There Is no enterprise that the people of Augusta should be more deeply inletested in, or desire more to see succeed, than this road, since It will certainly largely increase- the trade of the city. Everything that help* to do this should be encouraged as much as possible. With the $50,000 subscription of the eby the President and directors of the road 1 th{ - _. 0 _ om to complete It at an early 7!°™ th ~- ^-- re * ,iz!n « $25 > 000 : a he Georgia Affairs. Hape, of Atlanta, and Messrs. R. II. A. Crittenden, of Raudolph are now planting at Ward station ••/iinly piobably the largest orchard n-varti in the State. They have planted about two hundred aud live acres, and by another season ex- have four hundred acres in trees *s. Fruit of all kinds suitable to rude thrive iu Randolph. •it boasts of two rabbit clubs, and <Ae slaughter of the little cotton •xpected Iu a few days,'when both ill rake the field to engage in a rival i • the game. % j has already begun to have Its effect Cuthbert Appeal. In its last issue ‘•Winter, so-called, has passed w. 1 spring, already fragrant with aril merry with the sweet note3 of .V.ers, is upon us, aad all nature re- > make the hearts of the sons of men 'arly County News thinks that if the uunds on the Mercer farm Iu that were explored, no doubt many curi- ould be found. experiment of growing oranges on mock islands in the swamps of the m river in Liberty county is to be The Hicesville (Jazct e thinks it ve successful. inllin Sun says that one citizen of g county owns a mule which is x years old, and another citizen known to be thirty two years be enabled to complete it at an early day, and probably have trains running within twelve months. Th* great benefits t be derived from the enterprise will not be disputed by any one. The other cities in this section are reaching out in every direction for trade, and Augusta can not afford to keep *till and see its resources gradually taken away by its neighbors. If this road is not built, the planters of the portion of South Carolina through which it runs will turn their faces in other directions and their trade, once lost, will never be re- gair.ed. Is it not worth while to spend $50,000 to have our receip‘6 of cotton in creased 25,000 bales annually, without tak ing into account the other products, and the advantage of having another line stretching out towards the West? Wc are satisfied tae people will look at the matter in a proper light and vote the subscription by a large majority.” reve and liend Wn o fuspicious looking strangers In Con- \ few days ago were closely watched, !._ r fuppofed that their mission was, if Me, To rob the cemetery of the body of it* girl who recently died iu that town suddenly from a singular disease of the r. Besides keeping a watch over the meats of the supposed resurrecUon- he cemetery was carefully guarded g the night. Toe parties suspected y left the town without carrying out supposed designs. correspondent, writing us from the v established post, office, Hurricane, e county, says that the establishment i-s office was a great convenience to the ns of that fine section of the 8tate. James M. Denton i3 the Postmaster, so says there ure some excellent lands it region, and room enough for several sized colonies, and a more extended nunication with the outer world would 1 the fact that a more intelligent hospitable people than the present rs there do not exist within the borders e Empire State. Further, he states here is considerable excitement In that l" over a house burning which oc- (1 last fall. Several parties lave been led charged with the offense, and of one is a Mr. Ellis, who was appre- d on the evidence of a negro, and has incarcerated in the Douglass county ver since, until last week, when he was -ed on bail. His trial will come off on rth of April, when the Superior Court The Hamilton (Harris county) Journal has advanced its subscription price on account of the rise in the value of printing paper. The Washington Gazette reports a horrible murder in Wilkes county, by which a man named Turner was ambuscaded and shot in the back. Turner, it seems, was a desper ate man, and was believed to have commit ted a murder in South Carolina, and to have made his escape into Wilkes county. He had frequently sworn he would never be captured alive, and berides, had threatened the lives of several persons in the county. It is thought that for this he was waylaid and killed. When his bodv was discovered, thirty seven holes made by buckshot and small shot were found iu the back ami aims of the deceased, and one of the arms was broken. A few of the shot passed entirely through the body. The jury returned a ver dict that the deceased came to his death from gun-shot wounds inflicted by some unknown parly or parties. . The “National Puzzle,” or “Game of Fif teen/’ has struck Augusta hard, and the general conclusion among the merchants, clerks and others of that city is “it can’t be did.” Conyers Examiner : “ Wc learn that some unknown person attempted to burn up a hoc*- occupied by an inoffensive old negro woman on Tuesday night last, by setting lire to the rotten door-sill. The old negro, known, by the name of ‘Old Soul,’ was aroused, between 12 and I o’clock, from her Biumber, and found the door about half burnt up, there being but one door to the kou-\ Fortunately, she had a tub of water in the house, with which she extinguished the flames. Had there been any breeze stir- i n £, iu all probability the old Degress would hivf* p : ri-hed iu the flames with the cabin. The evidence o f incendiarism was unmis- taka 1.*, the light.wood splinters, in a charred condition, being found next morning on the ground under the burnt door-sill.” , Says the Sparta Tones and Planter : “Even Hie Republican papers are beginning to un derstand the drift of the Independent rnove- iu Georgia. The Philadelphia Evening Idujraph, a Republican paper, hae the inde- petilvnce to speak out in behalf of Geor gians who desire men in office with sense enough to do their duty intelligently and "without offense to the great body of people Hj-3 have to deal with. The Telegraph says: ‘Simmons’ il Iteraey is admitted by his backers, hut they, apparently more anxious to get one of ‘heir adherent* into a position w hlch will enable him to pocket some of the public money than they are to have such an important piece of business as the taking of the census properly performed, contend that thi6 no disqualification. It a tiifle ditcoureging to find a man of the standing and intelligence of Alexander H. Stephens backing ap, in the fashion he is doing, §ueh a person as be admits Simmons to be. Indeed, Mr. Stephens and the other Georgia ‘Independents’ In Congress seem to be responsible for the squabble with regard to Simmons as it 6tauds at present, for the "Would-be census supervisor some time ago asked to have his name withdrawn, but the ‘Independents,’ instead of complying with bis request, decided to make him the subject Qt a scrimmage with the ‘Bcurbonfi*’ M Florida Affairs. “The shipment of early vegetables from along the Transit Railroad has,” says the Fernaudina Express, “already commenced.” That paper learns from one of the express messengers that Albion, beyond Archer, has already made a shipment of cucumbers or “cukes,” as they are better known iu that region. This Is one of the earliest ipments of that vegetable on record. Owing to the failure of much of the corn crop last year, the Marianna Courier says that the farmers there will be forced to purchase more largely in the Western markets thau they have done for some years past. The South Florida Citizen of Apopka sol emnly* and seriously avers that “Florida is the grandest country in the world.” It believes that the people of the State can raise more to cai, and have better appetites for eating it, than anywhere else on the globe. Jane Smith is a colored woman of Pensa cola, who has recently been pronounced insane, and the doctors say her malady was caused by unrequited affection. The Florida Cres ent condemns in un measured terms the practice so common among the young men of Brooksville of tying tin cans to dogs tails and turning them (the dogs) loose on the streets. Ben Baisdea, colored, living near Fort Dade, has an orange grove, and says that his trees have borne him three crops within the year, and that the oranges of the third crop are now the size of ordinary apples. The question whether or not jute can be successfully cultivated in Florida is attract ing some attention in the State. Many, says the Jacksonville Breeze, are of the opinion that in a few years It would become one of Florida’s staple products, and that there is nothing to prevent its being suc cessfully raised throughout the State. The Leesburg Advance has been shown an orange, growu on the grove of Mr. E. W. Bozeman, that weighed two pounds and two ounces, and measured eighteen inches In circumference and six in diameter. This, it says, is the largest orange ever brought to Leesburg. The South Florida Journal says that “Or ange county Las received a ‘boom’ this winter from several causes that has given it a prominence and notoriety abroad it has never before experienced. The county is Dow on the highway to future fame and wealth, and if Its goodly people will, one and all, unite their efforts in making known its superior advantages abroad, its prosperity for all time to come is assured.” Sny6 the Gainesville Sun: “Mes. ; rs. C. A. Board in an and II. C. Whitney, of Boston, who art*, members of the Board of Directors of the Gainesville, Ocala aud Charlotte Har bor Riilroad Company, came into the Slate this week, and with Mr. N. K. Gruellr, of tcD place, Chief Engineer of the company, have been in Tallahassee for the last few days making negotiations with the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fuad. We 1 . A rn from private sources that they have filed maps aud plats of the lines of the main tru^k and branches of the roads they are to build, and thereby secured the withdrawal of the lauds condttlon&Iiy donated by the last Legislature from sale. A telegram from lal- Dhassee to a gentleman in this city, who has al>ravs taken an intense and laborious inter est. intbis project,and whoseuntirinf:efforts have doua much to bring Ihlutts to their present cueouraiflng outlook, says that the building of the entire line is now settled, aud he sanguiutly tells ua to say to our people that these railroads arc now certain to be built. The contemplation of this gltraD tie internal Improvement almost throws ns into a boisterous enthusiasm. The vast iinu-tua of growth, development and settle ment which will be given the better portions of the State which have been cut off by in accessibility, cannot be calculated now. Me ar" guflicleutlv well acquainted with the counties of Marion, Sumter, Hernando, Hillsboro, Folk and Manatee to know that th.'v will be equal to the best counties of the Stale in material prosperity and resources with the same advantages.” The ISrooksville Crescent of last week gives a lone account of the killing of John \V. Williams generally known as Hub Williams, last Tuesday night at Brooksvllle. It seems that he commenced firing into a crowd of men composed of white aud black, wouud- gg one”? the latter, and that his fire was tout rued resulting in inflicting a mortal wound in the head, from which ho died the next day about ten o’clock a. m. Comment ing on this killing, the Tampa Trilmtu says: “Williams was a derper.te charac.er and h- I 1; -"ii a refugee from justice for five or 6lz years, having been convicted of horse s’ealSg and sentenced to the penlten- ttarv in W*. in 'be Circuit Court of th s “J, »; an outlaw he was uul- versahy feared and, a. it seemed l.npor- keen ldai m confinement, It was thought by many that the best thing to downs to obtain his I ,aI ' don _ ln A h0 h S, op ® that rueh clemency would effect In him a that rutii o j which he had prom- Ded P H seems? however, that no such good result followed, and almost the first use of his liberty was t-o go to Brooksyllle to ro- commence his dare-devil rllv checked in its inception. His taking oil Ir certainly no loss to societ}, nor <.o we blame anyone for doing what was aneces- sarv result of his own evil 8 "'? s body had to kill him, and now that It Is done, it Is well.” 8t. Augustine Frets : “ In lets than two years we shall see among the locals In the Fress something Jike the following The tra‘n from Jacksonville arrived at the depot last evening just tweDty minutes past six with two hundred and fifty passengers. The tl-ain made the quickest time yet recorded, beiDg but cue hour and thirty^one minutes. It 1« expected when the new locomoTve pul on the road, the run vllj he made In one Hour and a quarter.” Says the Snmler County Advance: “The undertaking of the Lake Apopka Sawgrass an<l Canal Company, composed of the citi zens of Orange and Sumter counties, Is one of considerable importance to these coun ties and of a large portion of lower Florida. It will be the mean6 of not only opening up to navigation Lakes Dora, Beau Clair and Apopka, but will Induce immigration and develop an extensive and valuable region of country hitherto not conveniently accessi ble by reason of want of transportation. This is especially true of the southeastern portion^ Sumter county, where, although there fs a predominance of what are de nominated sand hills, yet there is to be found there some quite valuable lands bordering on the lakes and in the meander ing valleys, interspersed with beautiful c.ear water lakes, and an extremely healthy region, well worthy the attention of pros pecting settlers.” Mr. Seth French, of Jacksonville, Fla., an old and experienced orange grower, gives the following as an estimate of the cost of an orange grove, according to locality: Cost of 10 acres of land for a grove, $50 to $100; cost of clearing, $100 to $150; cost of fenc ing, $50 to $75; cost of breaking, $20 to $25; cost ot setting out 500 trees, $200 to $300; cost of care and fertilizing, five Tears, $500 to $1,000; total cost, $920 to $1,540. In ad dition to this the young trees cost, ready for setting out, from 35 to 50 cents each. At the age of nine or ten years from the seed the trees begin to produce, the average being about 500 oranges to the tree. Fur the next two years the increase iu produc tion is rapid, being about 1,000 oranges per tree each year. There are quite a lot of trees in Florida that produce 10,000 oraugee, but these are aged, having been planted before the war. Orauges, like apples, have their “off” years, but at fifteen years from the seed it is safe to sav that the trees will produce on an average 3.000 oranges each. There are 50 trees to one acre, according to Mr. French’s figures given above, though it is usual to set out 60, which, at 3,000 oranges per tree, would give 1,500,000 oranges as the yield of the ten acres. These, at one and a half cent a piece as they hang on the tree, Itbe average price this season, would give $22,500 off the teu acres. This estimate, let it be borne in mind, is a low one, for some[ from six acres. The Florida orange crop this year is much larger than ever before. From such counties as are easily accessible the figures point to a crop of about 440.000 boxes, Iu Putnam county alone the 1879 yield was nearly 5,500,000 oranges, and next year, with the large number of blooming trees that will come into bearing, the crop will amount to 25,000.000 oranges. It will require a train of ten cars once a day for ninety days to transport the crop of this county.” Kopiy of' Judge Arnow to Mr. E. A. McWhorter’s Card. St. Mary’s, Ga., March 3.—Editor Morn ing ftews: The card of Justice E. A. Mc Whorter, published in your issue of March 1st, certainly makes the “last state of that man worse than the first.” He says: “Mr. Tompkins, the special constable referred to, tells me Mr. Arnow has not stated the conversation between them correctly.” The fact is, that as soon as I read his highly entertaininq card, I called iu per son upon Mr. L. Tompkins, constable, who informed me that he had not read my statement and said that, all that he told Mc Whorter when he called upon him was that he (Tompkins) failed to tell me that Blod gett asked for the second affidavit. I then aske-i him to give a statement of exactly what took place in his presence iu the Clerk’s office between McAVhorter and Blod gett on the 2J. He furnished the following certificate signed by himself: STATEMENT BT CONSTABLE L. TOMPKINS. St. Mart’s, Ga., March 3, 1880.—This is to certify that after Judge Arnow left ihe court house on the morning of the 2d of February, I went into the Clerk’s office and fousd Major McWhorter aud Mr. Blodgett seated. Major McWhorter was looking over some law books, and the question arose as to Judge Arnow’s jurisdiction in the Blod gett-Miller case. Major McWhorter said that he thought Judge Arnow had jurisdiction, and Mr. Blodgett said he did not care to take the case in a State court nohow. Then Blodgett asked Major McWhorter if he would give him an affidavit; ht* wanted to send it to Savannah. Major McWhorter gave him the affidavit. L. Tompkins, Special Constable. This settles the poiut of veracity between us so far as Mr. Tompkins is concerned. His certificate not only sustains me, but puts the said Justice in an unenviable lighr be fore an intelligent and fair minded public. I can well afford to look with pity upon him. Ail facts that I suppressed are very dam aging to him, and the honorable people of Camden, Glynn and Charlton will fully in vestigate matters, 60 that his malicious flings at me will amount to nothing. Cheek and bluff cannot eradicate the truth. Ac cording to my training true manhood and true religion hold to the truth as the rock upon which all that is grand in this world is built. My statement is perfectly correct, aud he cannot show’ to the contrary. What was the object of his misrepresent ing me about the bond and jurisdiction matter V I tried to get Blodgett to put good men in office and do right, and if that is the affiliation he speaks of let him make the best of it. Blodgett said he (McWhorter) w’as the best friend he had in SU Mary’s, and that he intended to get the office back and resign in McWhorter’s favor, although McWhorter had publicly denounced Blod gett as u thief. «L M. Arnow. How Blaine Made Hrs Money.— Members who weie poor last summer, writes a Washington correspondent, are rich now, and a good many who were rich then are a great deal richer now. Among the latter number is my friend Senator Blaine, who is reported to have made over a quarter of a million recently in the Leadville mines. He is largely interested In two of the leading mines, having gone in on “the ground floor” in both, fte was associated with Senator Plumb and ex Delegate S. B. Elkina in stocking the Alley mine, and is said to have trebled an investment of $70,000 in that operation. He was engaged with Hon. John B. Aliey, Hon. A. H. Rice, and others in stocking the Duukin mine, aud that, too, has been a very profitable operation. Next to Mr. Blaine, the man who is said to have made the most money is his cousin, Tom Ewing, of Ohio, who devotes all his time to his stocks, and is seldom seen in the House. He was a pauper last year, when he was declaim ing m favor of the repeal of the resump tion act, and now he is wortli over $200,- 000. This is his reward for doing all in il ls power to prevent the return of the era of prosperity. Mr. Ewing has always been a speculator. He has lost and made fortunes, and this is his lucky year. A Muscovite letter carrier, last July, stole a registered money parcel contain ing several thousand roubles, and two days later resigned his appointment, re- liring into private life with the resolve to have a good time upon the proceeds of his felonious achievement. By and by the theft was discovered and traced to him His arrest followed, aud stock to the value of 7,000 roubles was found in his possession. Like a prudent man, lie had invested his booty iu good securities. About three weeks ago his trial came off before a comuinu jury at St Petersburg. lie acknowledged ltis crime and pleaded in extenualion that his salary had been an absurdly small one and that he had been for a long tune pn<t penetrated by the ambition really to enjoy life, if only for a single day. He had taken the money unconsciously; aiui. finding it in his pocket, had spent part of it in realizing his ioDg-cherished dream. This plea made so favorable an impres sion upon the jurymen impanelled to try his case that they acquitted him unani rnously without leaving the box. Mr. Barker, of Brown county, 111., seeinn- his two female cousins approach- ini' taid jocularly, “I'll give them a sahite.” Drawing a revolver, he threw his hand back over his head and pulled the trigger. The first shot struck Bar ker’s uncle in the head, and he fell dead. yi, e young man didn’t see this result of his first salute, and fired again. This time he hit a young man who stood near his uncle, and he died in forty minutes. Barker was arrested and will be tried for murder. A strange case of drowning is reported from Harwich, Bngland, A man in re spectable position, followed by a dog. was seen walking cut ou ihe stone pier a! Dovereourt. Boon afterwards atten tion was aitracte 1 by the howling of the animal, which was then discovered to be alone, and it is inferred that the man bad been blown info the sea and drowned. The poor doc, after howling and show ing groat excitement for a time, leaped into the sea itself and was drowned also. BY TELEGRAPH. NOON TELEGRAMS. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. THE KELEASE OF H1HT.T1MN. THE VIRGINIA DEBT. General News Items. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. Washington. March 9.—In the House Mr. Morton, of New York, presented a me morial from E. D. Morgan & Co., Moses Taylor ifc Co., and other importers and re finers of sugar, praying for a retention of the present graduated scale of duties, with the addition of a clause to the present law obliging all sugars below No. 10 in color, testing about 92 degrees, to pay the rate of duty as if between Nos. 10and 13. Referred. Als-» a memorial of the Commercial Advertiser and New YorkerZeitung, praying tor the abo lition of the duty on printing type. Re ferred. The Speaker then proceeded to call com mittees fo’- reports. The biil coming over from the last morning hour, to establish a Department of Agriculture, was referred to a committee of the whole on the public calendar. Mr. Covert submitted a minority report of the Committee on Agriculture, which was similarly referred. Mr. Hooker, of North Carolina, from the Committee onlcdiau Af fairs, reported a bill to reimburse the Creek Irdiau fund. Referred to the committee of the whole. Mr. Wellborn, of Texas, from the same committee, reported a bill to prevent In dlans, on their reservations, from going into the State of Texas. Placed on the House calendar. Mr. Upson, of Texas, from the same com mittee, reported a bill authorizing the Sec retary of the Treasury to ascertain and re port the amount of money expended and the indebtedness assumed by ihe State ot Texas in repelling invasions and suppress ing Indian hostilities. Placed on the House calendar. Mr. Whitthome, of Tennessee, Chairman of the Committee ou Naval Affairs, reported bac k a bil'• to authorize and equip an expe dition to the Arctic Sea. Referred to the committee of the whole. The morning hour having expired, the House proceeded to the consideration of the House calendar, and rook up the “po litical assessment bill,” upon which Mr. Hostetler gave notice he would call the pre vious question at four o’clock to-morrow. Mr. House, of Tennessee, spoke at length in favor of the bill, reciting the professions of a desire for civil service reform made by the Republican party, and by this adminis tration, and showing how, in spite of them, Mr. Hayc-s had been seated by fraud and h*d rewarded with money and offices men in Florida and Louisiana who had commit ted that fraud. He thought the bill would remedy a great evil and eradicate a terrible abuse. It would enable the feeblest man in the employ of the government to paralyze the arm of the campaign collector who should endeavor to filch from him a portion of his hard earned wages. At the conclu sion of his remarks the House adjourned. Mr. Wheeler laid before the Senate a mes sage from Mr. Ilaycs received yesterday in response to the Senate resolution calling for correspondence between this and other governments concerning the interoceanic canal. It was read and with accompanying documents referred to the Committee on Foreign Relatione. Mr. Thurman presented a memorial of the delegates of the IndiaD tribes in the Indian Territory, remonstrating against the passage of tin- bill to establish an United States court in that territory. In view of the im portant legal questions involved in the sub ject he moved the reference of the memo rial to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Garland opposed the motion. The bill was before the Senate, and its legal effect could be discussed in the Senate. If this memorial and the various resolutions heretofore offered were referred to the Ju diciary Committee, he would move a refer ence of the bill itself to that committee. As a member of the Committee on Territo ries he could say the committee would be glad to be relieved from further responsi bility in this important matter, though he was also a member of the Judiciary Com mittee. Mr. Thurman stated he had designed to express no opinion as to the merits of the bill in the absence of Senator Vest, who reported the. bill. The motion to refer was laid over until to-morrow. Mr. Edmunds states that hereafter he will object to reading memorials. It w r as against the rules of the Senate, resulted in great ex pense? for printing, and made the record in conveniently bulky. The rules require a Senator presenting a petition or memorial to briefly state its substance. Mr. B-iiley submitted a resolution direct ing the Judiciary Committee to inquire into the truth of the report that the Pacific rail roads have entered into a contract with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, which is prejudicial to the'public interests. Agreed to. Mr. Morgan introduced a joint resolution providing for the printing of eulogies on the late Senator Houston. Referred. The Senate then proceeded to consider the calendar. A bill to provide for the settlement of accounts with certain Southern railway companies was objected to by Mr. Edmunds aud laid a6ide. Mr. Maxey.who reported the bill, referred to the fact that it had long been before Con gress, and had often been favorably reaort- ed. He hoped it would soon be finally dis posed of, and he would try to call It up next Tuesday. The morning hour having expired, the Senate resumed consideration of the bill for the relief of Fitz-John Porter. Mr. McDonald spoke In support of the bill, aud pending the conclusion of his argument, the Senate adjourned. THE YIROINIA DEBT. Richmond, March 9.—The Senate last night, by a vote of 24 to 14, adopted a joint resolution providing that the Read J listers’ debt bill, vetoed by the Governor, and the bill known as the Ross Hamilton substitute, shall be submitted to the people in Novem ber for a vote thereon. The Hamilton sub s.itute fixed the rate of interest at 3 per cent., and the principal about $34,000,000. THE RELEASE OF HARTMANN. St. Petersburg, March 9 —The Qolot saj b the painful impression produced by the announcement of Hartmann’s release can only be removed by the French Cabinet showing that the proofs furnished from St. Petersburg, of his identity, were insufficient. THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. London, March 9.—In the House of Com mons, last night, a vote of £5,000,000 on account of civil service was granted. A vote of £44,600 for the officers and men of the navy was agreed to. WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE. Cairo, Ills., March 9.—Elijah Mason, a negro living on a farm six miles from here, yesterday, iu a fit of jealousy, fatally shot his wife, a white woman, aud then killed himself. THROUGH TRAINS ON THE CINCINNATI SOUTH ERN ROAD. Cincinnati, March 9.—Regular through trains on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad ran the entire length of the road, north aud south, yesterday. INSANE ASYLUM BURNED. Topeka, Kansas. March 9—the Insane asylum at Ossawatomie, containing two hun dred inmates, was burned last night. All the inmates were rescued. Loss $40,000. AN ACTIVE VOLCANO. Cheyenne, March 9 —An active volcano is reported near Browa’6 Peak. A Boomer Ousted by Mistake.— Rather an amusing incident recently oc curred in the Treasury Department, Washington, iu which a Sherman “boomer” figured quite prominently. The chief of the loan division, who is a naturalized citizen, is not at all up in the mysteries of American politics and offi cial wire-working. Some weeks since he became satisfied that a certain clerk on the roll of his office was not perform ing any duty, and he at once recom mended that bis name be dropped. This was done in the usual routine of the office without attracting the notice of the Secretary. In a few days, however, it became known that a Sherman “boomer” had been thrown out on the cold charity of the world, and there was a great com motion in the Treasury Department. In a very short time the “boomer” was reinstated. He hail* d from North Caro lina, and soon after his reinstatement went home and took part in the proceed ings of the State Committee which re sulted in t he selection of Sherman dele gates to the Chicago Convention. Active arrangements are on foot to or ganize the Democratic party of A ri ?ona. and it has already been determined on to hold a territorial convention at Phenix for the purpose of nominating a delegate to Congress and Superintendent of'Pub lic Instruction. EVENING TELEGRAMS. THE INTEROCEANIC CANAL SCHEAIE. Manifesto of the Citizens' Protective Union of San Francisco. THE APPROACHING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN. The Virginia Lcgiilatare ou State Sovereignty. THE INTEROCEANIC CANAL SCHEME. Washington, March 9.—Before the House Iuteroceanic Canal Committee to-day M. de Lesseps concluded bis explanation of the advantages of the Panama route. He ex pressed gratification at the tone of Mr. Hayes’ message of yesterday, and said he had telegraphed his son in Paris that the message assured the safety of the canal. Captain Eads read a paper before the committee, advocating his ship rail wav- plan. lie claimed that suen railway would cost only a quarter to a half as much as a canal, could be built sooner, would transport more vessels and do it fast er, was cheaper to maintain, and could be constructed in localities where a canal could not. Ships would float from the har bor into a large cradle, which would run up a gradual incline on to the rail way with twelve rails, over which it would be drawn by steam power. Any neaworthy vessel would stand any strain that it could be subjected to on this railway. M. de Lesseps highly complimented Mr. Eads on his engineering achievements. He did not wish to discuss the plan of a railway. It whs not in his line. Many such plans had been proposed, but none had yet been executed. The committee then adjourned. M. de Leseeps immediately left for San Francisco. Among the documents sent to the Senate by Mr. Hayes relative to the interoceanic canal is a report from Secretary Evarts set ting forth the entire diplomatic history of ihe canal. The main poiuts brought out therein is that our treaty with New Grenada guarantees the in .ependence of that republic, and the neutrality of any line of transit that may be constructed through it between the two oceans, and that this treaty was made, not for the peculiar benefit of the United States, but for the ad vantage of all nations. Secretary Evarts con cludes that it may be assumed that no nego tiations will be had between private pro jectors and the Colombian Government without duly regarding the inevitable action of the United States under this treaty. THB VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE ON STATE SOV EREIGNTY. Richmond, Va., March 9.—In the Senate to-day a preamble and resolutions were adopted relative to the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of J. D. Coles, County Judge of that State, iu dieted in the United States Court (Judge Rives) for failing to put negroes on juries. The preamble recites, in effec r , that the decision threatens the very existence of State govern ments as distinct sovereignties, places the Judiciary of the States completely under the control of the United Slates, aud, if fol lowed to its logical results, will enable the United Slates Congress to coerce the State Judiciary as well as the State Executive and Legislative Departments in all mat ters, thus destroying every vestige of State sovereignty—a most alarming doc trine to all who value the blessings of liberty, for the security of which the United States Constitution itself was es tablished and ot darned. Tile resolutions urge Virginia’s Senator- and Representa tives in Congress to procure a repeal of all laws of Congress which tend to the ex ercise of powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by It to the States, and especially of that act under which the decision mentioned was rendered, aud request the Governor to communicate copies of the resolution to the Governors of the several States with a view to having the Legisla tures thereof take similar action. The Gen er&l Assembly, in accordance with the joint resolution agreed to last night, will adjourn at. 11 p. m., and it i6 improbable that the foregoing action of the Senate will be con curred iu by the House. CITIZENS’ PROTECTIVE UNION OF SAN FRAN CISCO. San Francisco, March 9 —The Call to morrow morning will contain a manifesto of the Citizens’ Protective Union, declaring the objects of that organization to be the pre servation of the public peace; the protection of life aud property; the restoration of con fidence in public security, and the revival of business by lawful and peaceful meas ures. The agitation against Chinese emi gration, which, it says, when confined tolaw- ful measures, met the approval of the who e people of California, has degenerated iuto a carnival of blasphemous threatening* against life and property, and brought scan dal and dishonor on American civilization. The law abiding citizens have determined to enforce order. They appeal to the reason of the men beguiled by vicious leaders, and remind them that neither the Chinese nor any other question can be settled immedi ately by a resort to force ; that the court* are the arbitrators of these questions, and that their decisions will be enforced by the irresistible powers of government. Threats of spoliation relieve no distress, but have paralyzed industry, and thrown laborers out of work to become tools of a few designing knaves. Let the turmoil cease, and let true men unite to restore or der, and prosperity will return. The mani festo then invites all persona who arc in sympathy with the objects and purposes of the Citizens’ Protective Union to sign this roll. The manifesto is issued without signatures, but it is understood to represent the wealth aud business interests of the city. THE DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. London, March 9.—The announcement of the proposed dissolution of Parliament in the House of Commons yesterday was a complete surprise. The Liberal leaders will meet to-day to decide upon the course to be adopted. Writs will be issued on the 24th instant, and it is believed that m r.y of the elections will bo oyer by the first week in April. Sir 8’.afford Northcote’s aldress to the electors of North Devon will be issued immediately in the form of a manifesto relative to the policy of the gov- ernmtnt. Lord Hartington and Mr. Glad stone will issue formal manifestoes to North and East Lancashire and Midlo thian, respectively. Each will deal at length with the policy of the Ministry from an opposition point of view. Right Hon. K. Asheton Cross’ address to the electors of Southwest Lancashire is also expected to be of the character of a mani festo, while those of Hou. John Bright and Right Hon. Win. E. Forsttr will he ex ceedingly brief. All are expected to appear within the next three day.'. Mr. Wm Shaw- head, of the Home Rulers, will at once pro ceed to Dublin, where* conference of Home Rulers will be held, and a manifesto to their Irish constituencies issded. the Washington weather prophet. Office of the Chief Signal Observer, Washington, D. C., March 9.—Indication* for Wednesday : In the South Atlantic States, rising ba rometer, winds mostly northerly, stationary or hieher temperature, cloudy or rain, fol lowed by clearing weather during the night. In the Middle Atlantic States, rising, preceded by falling barometer, northerly, shifting to westerly winds, stationary or higher temperature, cloudy weather, with 6iiow or rain, followed by clearing weather. In the Gulf States, rising barometer, northerly winds, lower temperature, and clear or partly cloudy weather. Iu Tennessee and the Ohio valley, rising barometer, collier westerly winds, clear or fair weather, followed in the western part by winds shifting to warmer southerly, with falling barometer. Bernard Biglin went home from a ca rousal at Vernon llill. Neb., expressly “to have some fuu with the old man,” his father. He began by pulling his aged parent out of bed and compelling him to dance a jig barefooted on the cold floor. Then he commanded his father to stand on his head, but the feat was beyond the old man's power, and the son had begun to whip him for failing, when his mother, a' stalwart sort of woman, bounded out with a chair ana knocked him senseless. Bernard's skull was bro ken and he came near dying. The retinue the Empress of Austria takes w ith her to Ireland is enormous. Twenty-five sit down in the steward’s room and sixty-five in the servants’ hall everyday to meals—ninety in the house hold*. In the stables are about fifty horses, though out of these only six are for Her Majesty’s own riding. “If we are to live after death, why don’t we have some certain knowledge of it ?” said a sceptic to a clergyman. “Why don’t you have some •knowledge of this world before you come into it ?” was the caustic reply, 0UH WASHINGTON LETTER The Progre»» of LegiMiation—Prop ped of an Early Adjournment— Tf»e Fiu-John JPorter l>ebalt—Tlte Suit Against Senator Hill. Special Correspondence of the Morning News. Washington, March 7.—The Senate and the House have, in the last few days, ex changed positions. The House was devoting itself almost exclusively to the consideration of the new rules, and the Senate was am bling aloDg on general business. The House has disposed of the new rules by their adop tion, and is now ready to give more consid eration to other business. The Senate has, on the other hand, taken up the Fitz-John Porter case for debate, and promises to be longer in getting rid of it than the House consumed over the rules. This change in the face of the business of Congress Is a good one. The lower branch can now go to work on the necessary legislation—the appropriation bills—and get them ready for the Senate while that body is droning over Fitz-John Porter. It is the expressed intention to get these bills through the House as early as possible, and leave no work absolutely necessary standing in the way of an early adjournment. Speaker Randall and many others still want an early going home, and it seems very likely that they will get it. At any rate, the House will soon get to work on the ap propriation bills. THE FITZ-JOHN PORTER DEBATE. The ditcussion of this question in the Senate has been on for several days, bat only two Seuators have made speeches. Senator Randolph opened the debate and was followed by Logan. He was most certainly followed by Logan, as the Senate and the galleries knew to their sorrow. Logan spoke three days against Porter, and would have spoken three weeks if anybody could have, been found to listen to him. lie pounded his desk and made the Senate chamber howl. Ills speech was uninteresting and he was frequently twitted by his colleagues; but he kept on. He only wanted his constituents to know that he had made a three days’ speech against Porter, for the Illinois people are very stalwart. The course of the Democrats iu this debate has recently been spoken of In this correspondence : to allow the Repub licans to talk all they want, but not to per mit the debate to become sectfona! in its character, for which the Republicans pray. Very few Democratic Senators will, make speeches, and it is not likely that any South ern Senator will deliver himself of an argu ment. The general impression prevails that if any action is taken by Congress iu the case it will be of such a character as to leave it to the President to restore Porter to the army or not as he may deem proper. He will never get the $60,000 asked for as Tack pay. The arguments made by the Republi cans against nis case are principally of a legal character, and their speakers take the ground that the recent court of inquiry which vindicated Porter carried with it no power, as the approved finding of the origi nal court that dismissed him cannot be set aside. THE SUIT AGAINST SENATOR HILL. The suit against Senator Hill by Jessie Raymond, or rather, it would appear, by Mrs. Lockwood, created something of a sen sation. but. all interest has now died out. The character of the woman making the charge against Mr. Hill was too bad aud too notorious for her story to be believed. And then she wrote over her own signature a denial that she ever authorized Belva A. Lockwood to enter the suit; aud then came Belva with an affidavit duly sworn, in which the woman makes the charge against Mr. Hill under oath, and which Belva says was made voluntarily. Such a course as has been pursued confirms the belief that the whole scheme was one of blackmail. There is nobody here who believes that Ray mond aDd her attorney have anything like a case to present to the court. It is stated by Mrs. Lockwood’s friends that the statement signed by Jessie Raymond, in which she says she did not want suit entered nor authorized Mrs. Lock- wood to put the case in the courts, was pro cured by Smator Hill’s friends by the pay ment of $500 This is denied stoutly by the gentlemen who have acted for Mr. Hill in the matter. Everybody’ would believe them as against Raymond with her record. A large number of letters have been received by Senator Hill from people in Georgia and other States where his accuser has lived, stating that plenty of witnesses can be brought to swear with such positiveness as to Raymond’s fast life, that the suit cannot fail to fall through like the bottom of a rotten bucket. Senator Hill’s answer Is be ing prepared and will be filed in court in a few days. Potomac. GOING BACK. yir*. Tilton About to Return toller Old Home. The tempest-tossed Elizabeth Tilton w ill soon return to her old home at No. 174 Livingston street,, Brooklyn, which she deserted nearly six years ago, when her husband became, in spite of all her efforts to restrain him' the public accuser of Henry Ward Beecher. It’s an odd old house that Tilton owns, aud it was a curious art gallery when it was occupied by the family and frequently visited by the pastor of Plymouth Church. There was a picture of Tilton in it which had been painted to strongly represent Jesus of Nazareth, and a picture of the Saviour so oddly painted as to amaze artists. It did not represent the Man of Sorrows with a bowed head and pensive counte nance, but it seemed to be a portrait of some old German knight. The head was placed upon the trunk of Apollo, on the theory that the perfect man had a perfect body. The highest type of physical beauty had been chosen in the same mold, and the large head, boldly set upon the fair, full utek, was covered with a wealth of golden locks, aud the beard was pictured as of the same hue, while the large eyes of the Shakespeare portraits, gleaming with the fire of genius, were set in the head. Then there was a picture of Henry Ward Beecher, painted with pursed up lips as though in the act of receiving paroxysmal kisses, aud a por trait of Elizabeth Tilton, with her head inclined, her black curls falling at the side of her face, and the brown, bird-like eyes looking intently at the picture of her pastor. There was a winding stair case, over which for a skylight a minia ture painted dome had beeu constructed, and the mellow light that was sifted down fell upon the plaster image of T. T. himself. These outlines, however, have been removed, aud the house for some time has been given over to boarders aud a landlady. W’ho recently moved away without saying the proper adieux to tradesmen of the vicinage. As Theodore has been the sole benefactor of his wife since she made her confession substantiating his charges against Mr. Beecher, aud will continue to receive his support, he has requested her to return to the old house, now’ vacant, and to make it iu the future her home. Mrs. Tilton has been living for some time in Macon street, Brooklyn, in a house rented for her by her husband. Her two sons, Ralph and Carroll, the latter a youth growing much like his father, have lived with her, while the father has kept his tw’o daughters, Florence and Alice, studying music* and art respectively in Stuttgart, Germany. He designs to keep them out of the country as long as pos sible. Mrs. Tilton, although grown nearly gray through all her troubles, has not lost her devotion to the church. She brings to mind the story of the col ored brother, who was loud iu exhorta tion but shaky iu morals, who, when rebuked for bringing so much scandal on the church, said: “Y'es, boss, 1 owns square up; I'se done broke ebbery one of de c’maudments; but bress de Lord, I’se nebber lost my ’ligion.” There is no more devoted disciple of the Rev. Ma lachi Taylor, a teacher of the Plymouth brethren, than Mrs. Tilton aud her son Carroll, who has become converted to the doctrines of the same sect, and is studying for the ministry of the order. A New Haven cat of cultur«, having been locked in a cellar and unable to get out, clawed at the wire of the door bell which ran through the cellar, and made the bell ring incessantly, The owner of the house, $ timid man, after repeatedly going to the front door and finding no one there, called upon a passing police man, and the two well armed went into the cellar. The cat then quietly w’ent out. A SAI) ACCIDENT. Two ludlaua Duck Hunter. Pcrl.h ill h Kentucky Slouali—Bewildered stuff Exliauoted Xltey Die Five Hundred Vanin from a House—A Faithful Doe;. Evatuville (Ind.) Courier, March 2. This morning the Courier is pained to chronicle one of the saddest affairs this community has known for several years, the evidently terrible death from ex haustion and cold of Oscar H. Knox and Wm. >1. RustOD, both well known and highly respected young men of this city, in a Kentucky slough. About midday Saturday the two gen- lltmen decided to go duck hunting iu the swamps near Long Pond, some three mile3 back from the river, in Kentucky, and to that end hired a skiff from Ike Finch, taking with them their guns aud ammunition and a setter dog, the prop erty of Mr. Knox. Previous to starling the last named gentleman told Mrs. Hutchins, at whose house he boarded, that they would in all probability not return for supper, nightfall, as all hun ters know, being the best time for hunt ing ducks. No anxiety was felt over their not coming back that night, but next morning considerable conjecture was indulged in, especially from the fact that they were both young men of excel lent moral habits, Mr.'Huston being teacher of a class in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Knox a member of Kingsley M. E congregation, neither ever drinking any intoxicants, which might conduce to their absence. Sunday morning a company was form ed to go in search of the missing hunt ers, and to that end some fifteen or twen ty crossed on the ferryboat to the Kentucky shore. The entire day was consumed in exploring the swamps and sloughs of Henderson county, but with out result. No trace nor trail of them could be found. The search was aban doned, and the men returned to this city. Various were the opinion as to the fate of the men. There was no question hut that they had either liecome lost or were delayed through sickness ou the part of either or perhaps both. The boat in which they crossed was found high and dry, thus putting to flight any suspicion that they had been drowned during the storm of wind on the morning of Sun day. Another exploring party started out yesterday morning, composed of some twenty-five or thirty, who separated in parties, and a thorough search was insti tuted for the bodies, as it had become by this time a settled conviction in the minds of all that they had sunk in one of the deceptive quicksands or drowned in some of the treacherous sloughs of the region round about them. Their efforts were without successful result until about two o’clock in the afternoon, when Mr. Alex. Butler, a resident of this city, but who owns a farm immediately adjoining the Long Pond, was riding on a mule along the bank, when the angry growl of a dog attracted his attention. As he came closer the dog made a dash at him and approached, vicious enough to drag him off the mule. In looking about his eyes alighted on odc of the bodies, lying prone on a drift pile of cornstalks and branches which had beeu thrown up during the high water. He attempted to approach it, but the dog interposed and manifested extreme viciousness. Mr. Butler called to others who were searching in the vicinity, and a crowd assembled,none of whom would the dog permit to approach the body of his master, until Mr. Hutchins, at whose house Mr. Knox boarded, approached, when the dog recognized him and he coaxed him from his deathly charge. It was not long before the body of Mr. Huston was found mired in the mud some fifty feet distant from where Mr. Knox lay. Both bodies were stiff, evidently frozen, as after being removed and sub jected to the effect of the sunshine, their limbs to some extent lost their rigidity, thus suggesting the terrible suspicion that they w-ere alive yesterday, and might have been saved if searched for in the right direction. Mr. Butler struck a trail in which the tracks of the two men and the imprints of the dog’s feet were plainly visible, and he followed it until he struck a cross trail still fresh. This he followed until the discovery. The positions of the dead men evinced the fact that they had died of utter exhaustion. Mr. Huston was up to his knees in mud and lying on his hack, partially buried, with his head, however, resting on some corn stalks, on which had been placed his hat as a sort of pillow. Immediately before him in the slough was the imprint of his face, breast and hands, where he had fallen forward, but beside him were the footprints of his companion, who, see ing his condition, and that he would in evitably smother, came to bis aid, and leaning him backward, made him com fortable as was possible under the cir cumstances. The men some time previ ous had crossed a slough some three feet deep, and passing over the drift pile alluded to above, had gone some fifty yards in the direction of Mr. But ler’s house, distant four or five hun dred yards. They were knee deep at every step, and the night being dark and no doubt dreading what should be before them, retraced their steps, Huston on the return giving out, as above stated, while Ivnnx managed to make his way to the drift. Both the guns were found resting muzzles up, some twenty-five or thirty yards hack from where the men were discovered, they evidently dropping them as Huston did his ammunition pouch, in order to give more ease to their movements, the heavy rubber boots which they had ou no doubt being a terrible detriment to travel. They had disposed of almost every thing that would retard their movements, even to the insoles of one pair of the boots. The body of Sir. Knox was found on the edge of the drift aud partially iu the mud. He had evidently suffered ter ribly in the agonies of death. His hands were torn front catching at the limbs and rubbish around him, aud an expression of intense pain is said to have been on his features. Strange stories come from India of the feats performed by a native mesmerizer named Bum, whose magnetic power would appear to be found quite irresisti ble by the lower animals, upon which he exclusively exerts it. He gives seances, to which the public are invited to bring all mauner of ferocious and untamable wild beasts, and holds them with his glittering eye. In r. few seconds they subside into a condition of cataleptic stiffness, from which they can only be revived by certain passes which he sol emnly executes with his right hand. A snake in a state of violent irritation was brought to Buni by a menagerie proprie tor, enclosed iu a wooden cage. When deposited on the platform it was writh ing and hissing fiercely. Buni bent over the cage and fixed his eye upon its occu pant, gently waving his hand over the serpent's restless head. In less than a minute the snake stretched itself out, stiffeued, and lay apparently dead. Buni took it up and thrust several needles into its body, but it gave no signs cf life. A few passes then restored it to its former angry activity. Subsequently a savage dog, held iu leash by its owner, was brought in, aud, at Bunj’j command, let loose upon him. As it was rushing to ward him, bristling with fury, he raised his hand, and in a second the fierce brute dropped upon its belly as though stricken by lightning. It seemed absolutely para lyzed by some unkDowu agency, and was unable to move a muscle until released from the mesmerizer’s spell by a majestic wave of his hand. UNCLE REMUS’ FOLK-LORE. ltrer Kalibit and tbe Butter. Capt. Eads, it is said, expects to obtain from the government a guaranteed divi dernl of C per cent, on a capital of $50,- 000,000 to build a ship railway across the Isthmus of Panama. Capt. Eads is a map of very great ability, but if he manages to extract that amount from Congress for any such visionary scheme, he will prove himself to be a much smarter individual than even his warmest friendaffiver gave him credit for being.— Baltimore Gazette. J. C. Harris, in the Atlanta Constitution. “De anemules en’ de beastesscs,” said Uncle Remus, shaking his coffee around in the bottom of his tin cup, in order to gather up all the sugar, “dejkep’oogit tin’ mo’ cn mo* familious wid wunner nudder, two! bimebv twant long ’fo’ Brer Rabbit, en Brer Fox. en Brer Possum got ter sorter bundlin' der perwishions ter- gedder in de same house. Atter while de roof sorter ’^im ter leak, en one day Brer Rabbit, en Brer Fox, en Brer Pos sum ’semble fer ter see ef dey couldn’t kinder patch her up. Dey had a bk' day’s wuk in front uu um, en den dey fotch dcr dinner wid um. De}’ lumped de vittles up in one pile, en de butter w’at Brer Fox brung dey goes en puts in de spring- ’ouse for ter keep cool, cn den dey wen' ter wuk, en ’twan’t long ’fo’ Brer Rab bit’s stummuck ’gun tei sorter growl en pester ’im. Dat butter er Brer Fox’s sot heavy on his mine, en his mouf water eve’y lima he ’member ’bout it. Pres ent’}’ he say ter liisself dat he bleedzd ter have a nip at dat butter, en den be lay his plans, he did. Fus news you know, w’ile dey wuz all wukkin’ ’long, Brer Rabbit raise his head quick eu fling his years forrerd en holler out. “ ‘Here I is. Wat you want wid me?’ en off he put like sump’n wuz alter ’im. “He sallied ’roun’, old Brer Rabbit did. en atter he made sho dat nobody aiu’t foller’n ’in, inter de spring*’cuse he bounces, en dar he stays twel he git a bait er butter. Den he santer on back en go ter wuk. “ ‘Whar you biu?’ sez Brer Fox, sezee. “ ‘I bear my chilluns callin’ me,’ says Brer Rabbit, sezee. ‘en I hatter go see w’at dey want. My ole 'oman done gone en tuck mighty sick,’ sezee. “Dey wuk on twel biraeby de butter tas’e so good dat ole Brer Rabbit want some mo’. Den he raise up his head, he did, en holler out: “‘Heyof Wait! I’m a cornin’!’en off he put. “ Dis time he stay right smart while, en w’en he git back Brer Fox ax him whar he bin. “ ‘ I bin ter see my ole ’oman, en she' a sinkin’,’ sezee. “ Dreckly Brer Rabbit hear um callin’ ’im ag'in en off he goes, en dis time, bless yo’ soul, he gits de butter out so clear dat he kin see hisse’f in de bottom er de bucket. He scrape it clean en lick it dry, en den be go back ter wuk lookin’ mo’ samer dan a nigger w’at de patter- rollers bin had holt uu. “ * How’s yo’ ole o'man dis time?’ sez Brer Fox, sezee. “ ‘I’m oblije ter you, Brer Fox,’ sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, ‘but I’m fear’d she’s done gone by now.’en dat sorter make Brer Fox en Brer Possum feel in moanin’ wid Brer Rabbit. “Bimeby, w’en dinner time come, dey all got out der vittels, but Brer Rabbit keep on lookin’ lonesome, en Brer Fox and Brer Possum, dey sorter rustle roun' fer ter see ef dey can’t make Brer Rabbit feel sorter splimmy.” “What is that, Uncle Remus?” asked the little boy. “Sorter splammy, honey—sorter like he’s in a crowd—sorter like his ole ’oman aiu’t dead ez she mout be. You know how fokes duz we’en dey gits whar peo ple’s a moanin’.” The little boy didn’t know, fortunately for him, and Uncle Remus went on: “Brer Fox and Brer Possum rustle roua’, dey did. gittin’ out de vittles, en bimeby Brer Fox say, sezee: “ ‘Brer Possum, you run down to de spring en fetch de butter, eu I’ll sail ’roun’ yer en set de table,’ sezee. “Brer Possum, he lope off alter de butter, en dreckly here he come lopin’ back wid his years a trimblin’ en his tongue a hangin’ out. Brer Fox, he holier out: “ ‘Wat de matter now, Brer Possum?’ sezee. •‘ ‘You all better run yer, fokes,’ sez Brer Possum, sezee. ‘De las’ drap er dat butter done gone.’ “‘Whar she gone?’ sez Brer Fox, sezee. “ ‘Look like she dried up,’ sez Brer Possum, sezee. “Den Brer Rabbit, he look sorter wise, he did, en he up’n say, sezee: “ ‘I speck dat butter melt in somebody’s mouth,’ sezee. “Den dey went down ter de spring wid Brer Possum, en sho null dc butter wuz gone. W’ile dey wuz sputin’ over der wunderment, Brer Rabbit says he see tracks all ’roun’ dar, en he p’int, out dat ef dey’ll all go ter sleep, he kin ketch de chap w’at stole de butter. Den dey all lie down en Brer Fox en Brer Possum dey soon drapt off ter sleep, but Brer Rabbit, he stay ’wake, en when de time come, he raise up easy en smear Brer Possum's mouf wid de butter ou his paws, en deu he run off en nibble up de bes’ er de din ner w’at dey lef’ Jayin’ out, en den he come back en wake up Brer Fox en show’ im de butter on Brer Possum mouf Den dey wake Brer Possum up, en tell ’im about it, but cose Brer Possum ’ny it ter de las’. Brer Fox, dough he’s a kinder lawyer, en he argafy dis way —dat Brer 'Possum wuz de fus one at de butter, en de fus one fer to miss it, en mo’n dat, dar hung de signs ou his mouf. Brer Possum see dat dey got ’im jammed up in a cornder, en den he up en say dat de way fer ter ketch de man w’at stole de butter is ter bil* a big bresh-heap en set her afier, en all hands try ter jump over, en de one w’at fall in, den he de chap w’at stole de butter. Brer Rabbit en Brer Fox dey bofe ’gree, dey did, en dey whirl in en bil’ de bresh- heap, en dey bil’ her high en dey bil’ fier wide, en den dey totch her off. Wen she got ter blazin’ up good, Brer Rabbit he tuck de fus turn, ne sorter step back, look ’roun’ en giggle, en over he went mo’ samer den a bird fly in’. Den come Brer Fox. He got back little fud der, en spit on his ban’s, en den lit out en made de jump, en he come so nigh gittin’ in dat de een erhis tail kotch afier. Ain’t you never see no fox, honey?” in quirt-d’ Uncle Remus in a tone that im plied both conciliation and information. The little boy thought probably he had, but he wouldn’t commit himself. “Well, den,” continued the old man, “Hex* time you see one un pa*, you look right close en see ef oe een’ cr liis tail ain’t white, lilt’s des like I tell }ou. Dty bars de skyar er dat bresh-beap down ter dis day. Dey er marked— dat's w’at dey is—dey er marked.” “And what about Brother Possum?” asked the boy. “Old Brer Possum, he tuck a runnin’ start, he did, en he come lumberin’ long, en he hit—kerblam!—right in de middle er de tier, en dai waz de las’ er old Brer Possum.’* “But, Uncle Remus, Brother Possum didn’t steal the butter after all,” said the little boy, who was not at all satisfied with such summary injustice. “Dat w’at make I say w’at I duz, honey. In dis womil. lots er folks is gotter suffer fer udder fokes’ sins. Look like hit’s mighty onwrong; but hit’s des dat a way." Tribbalashun seem like she’s a waitin’ roun’ de cojnder fer ter ketch one en all uu us, honey.” Eight men were passing on foot through a narrow, deep canon in Neva da, when they saw an immense bank of snow detach itself from the precipitous side and slide rapidly down toward them. Three of them escaped injury by run ning, two took refuge behind. - slumps, and were subsequently r<4eued alive, and three were killed by burial under tons of snow. The depth of the snow is uncom monly great on the Pacific coast this season, and many lives Kave been lost in avalanches, JTorty-flve years ago Frau Hackert be came the sutler of the Thirty-fifth Brandenburg Fusiliers, and has re mained with that corps ever since. She invariably followed the regiment into action, and has done good service in caring for the wounded. She was eighty years old a few day* ago, and “her boys ’ comme*norated the flay by presentingthe “Mqther of the Regiment” with a hand- gome medal. THE DUTY OF ENJOYMENT. Pleasure Neceatoary to the Preaerva- vatlon of Bodily Functions. Popular Science Monthly. The arguments put forth by Mr. Her bert Spencer in his latest volume, “The Data of Ethics,” in supportof the propo sition that the cultivation of pleasurable consciousness is a prime duly of life,will be sure to excite a good deal of attention. His fundamental idea is that pleasure is good, because it is the accompaniment aud mark of a healthy exercise of a use ful or life preserving function. Pleas ures and pains have been attached to actions beneficial and injurious to the organism by the working of the laws of evolution. Since it is an inevitable law of our mental nature that we should seek pleasure, and since, too, it is a condition of self preservation and sur vival in the struggle for exist ence that our actions should tend to organic efficiency, it follows that the coincidence of pleasurable and life-serving activities must from the first have been a necessary condition of per manent existence. Mr. Spencer thinks that people have overlooked this truth. Even moralists who might be supposed to know better have, he conceives, failed to recognize the function of pleasurable feelings as guides to souud feeling. Men are excused, if not commended, w’hen in pursuit of some worthy distant object they pay no heed to the bodily pain which should have told them that they were not fulfilling the first conditions of all efficient action. Again, pleasure is to be recommended as directly effecting •an increase of energy, bodily and men tal, as raising “the tide of life;” yet mor alists have altogether forgotten this when pronouncing their sweeping condemnations of pleasure as evil, or at least as of no moral value. Mr. Spencer appears to feel a genuine ab horrence of the ascetic conception of pleasure, for he speaks of the “ tacit assumpti n common to pagan stoics and Christian ascetics, that we are so dia bolically organized that pleasures are in jurious aud pains beneficial.” He does not attempt, as an evolutionist very well might have none, to account for the genesis and survival of the ascetic doc trine. Later on, he dwells at some length on the importance of a due pursuit of individual enjoyment a preliminary to an effective rendering of seivices to others. In this way he would erect the study of pleasure into a double obliga tion—a duty to one’s self and to others. How lie Got “More Light.” Washington Special to Boston Herald. The conviction of the three young negroes who recently murdered a young storekeeper in cold blood, in a fre quented part of tbe city, gives much satisfaction here. The Evening Star f-ays: “When tbe jury in the case of Babe Bedford, Edward Queenan and Sandy Finn, indicted for the murder of George Philip Hirth on the 7th of January last, returned to the room, a verdict was soon reached as to Bedford and Queenan, and the disagreement was on Finn. The vote as to Finn’s guilt, after they had been out some time,stood 11 to 1, and the non-guiity man was cer tain he had taken the right position, and his colleagues could nol argue him out of it. He is a church member, and a firm believer in the efficacy of prayer. On Sunday, during which no vote was taken, this juror several times made the case the subject of prayer, and asked God to enlighten his mind and direct him as to the proper course to pursue. He meditated earnestly and long on the case, and, as Sunday night was passing by, w'hen many of his fellow jurors were asleep, he remained on his knees praying earnestly for light on the subject. About two o’clock in the morning he arose from his knees and announced his readiness to vote. The sleeping jurors were at once awakened, and the ballot iu the case of Finn being.taken, this juror voted with eleven colleagues for conviction. The bells of St. Mark’s Church, Phila delphia, were silenced by an injunction obtained by annoyed neighbors, aud the Court of Appeals sustained the order. The resfllt of that case has led to move ments against church bells elsewhere. Jn St. Louis a chime in the Congregational Church of the Pilgrims has been attacked two physicians living close by. These " 11s are struck every quarter of an hour, the strokes numbering 1,116 a day, be sides the tune playing on Sundays and prayer-meeting nights. The two physi cians say, in applying for an injunction, that the noise is destructive of comfort and dangerous to health. The church officers reply that the chime i- a fine one, aud that the complainants would not ob ject if they were not infidels, to whom any Christian sound would be unpleas ant. Among the Roconans, a tribe of In dians in French Guinea, lately visited by Dr. Crcvaux, an eminent savant, it is customary for a woman, after confine ment. to continue her ordinary household work while tbe husband CDjoys a season of complete rest. Dr. Crevaux visited the King of the tribe, whose wife had just presented him with a boy, and found tiie happy monarch reclining comforta bly in his hammock, which he intended to occupy for a whole month, otherwise the health and happiness of the new born child might be jeopardized. William Franklin, of Salem, Oregon, astounded his bride by telling her that he did not believe a husband ought to have any secret3 from his wife, and therefore he would confess to her that he had murdered several men. He as sured her that he would kill her and him self if she revealed the matter. The love that she had borne for him thereupon changed to loathing, and she soon told the story. Next morning the couple were found dead, Franklin having car ried out his threat. The new Superintendent of Police in Cincinnati has “politely requested” the jam biers to shut up their shops, and they uive done sc. Such is tbe force of po liteness. How long this eminently proper thing will last among these modern slaves of the lamp depends pretty much on the continued viaiiance aud virtue of Iho police. It seems that the women of Massachu setts did not show any eagerness to vote at the town elections on Monday last. Many who might have done so did not take the trouble to be assessed and regis tered, while a large proportion of those who had been registered did sot go to the polls. The Emperor of Austria, it is said, has expressed his intention to carry out to the letter his promise to grant com plete religious liberty to the Noncon formist sects in his dominions. It is added that an official announcement to this effect may be anticipated at an early day. The Czar’s body guard is on duty day and night. Anybody entering the bed room or ihe library of the sovereign would have to pass two hundred Cos sacks. Two soldiers sleep at the foot of his bed every night. William eoes a courtin’. With bor silent sits. Both engaged in .sortin’ Wood in litt'e bi'a. Not a word they utter— Cur’ous kind o’ courtin’— Now and then mutterf “Thirteen—fifteen—fourteen. ’ r Two witnesses in the Hayden trial have named their infant son aud daugh ter Herbert Hayden and Rosa Hayden out of admiration for the accused pas tor. Everybody should be careful to give prompt attention and rational treatment to a severe Cold—or a racking Cough—as these are commonly the chief primary symptoms of a disordered state of the Lungs, in volving a tendency to develop into a settled Consumption. Persons of a delicate consti tution, or those having weak or ursound luDgs, should be especially solicitous to ?reat the earliest symptoms of a Cold, in order to head off more dangerous complications', prudently keep by you, therefore, Dr. Jayne’s Expectorant, that you may admin ister at once a judicious curative during the first stages of any Throat or Lung disorder, for not only are special symptoms ot these complaints more tractable and easily con trolled then, but tbe general strength and tone ot the system has not had time to be seriously affected, and Is therefore more amenable to the recuperative and healing properties of the Expectorant. A little at tention to what may seem a trilling cold may eave you from the fate of a lingering Consumptive. mhO 8,M > W&wIt—dlpw4p _
