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WBBKL. V ^tttvt-MAROH IQ, 1878.
Vol. Ill—JSTo.
4.8
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THE ATLANTA SU>
i'll HIT OF HIE GtOltUIA I HESS.
The bond queriion does not cense
to agitate the public mind. The Sa
vannah Nows, which lias fought the
proposed compromise, says that a
cursory glance through Judge Loch-
rane's tedious article discloses no new
.views of the question that have not
already been advanced hv the friends
of the holders of these spurious
bonds, except, perhaps, his plea in
favor of opening the courts to the in
vestigation of “the equities” in the
cas *. He demands that the courts
shall he opened to the bondholders,
and ridicules the idea of “ the dig
nity of the State refusing them
hearing when the Almighty did not
even sentence Adam in the garden
without hearing his defense.” The
News concludes:
This is to be ear- a telling and forcible
■moment; but we do not think on tha'
argument aione the Legislature would
be justified in reversing its action an i
opt ning the courts to eudi« as and expen
sive litigation, only to give fat fees to
gentlemen of tne legal profession. As
in the precedent cit* d by Juuge L'lcb-
ran», w- think the hearing would be nn-
avail.ng against the principles of eieruaJ,
immutable, justice. Adam had suffered
himself to be betrayed by the first car
pet-bagger, and he suffered the penalty,
dew; lie the Learing iu his own justifica
tion.
The Columbus Sun, discussing the
subject of public morals, puts these
questions:
• Our public men are our repress-ta-
tives ami examples of our morals, man
ners and religion, anil where on e rtb
cati we look and find Vice Presidents,
Senators, Judges and members o
Legislatures and Congress, who pre
tended to an excels of piety.
temj>‘'reuee, au* 1 other moral and
religions virtues, occupying the position
of admit tad and proved criminals befori
the world, for offenses which evui barba
rians would scorn and punish ? Men.
since the d»>3 of Adam, savage and ctvt-
liz d, have commuted crimes at which
humanity shudders, but their standard
of truth was low ; but where else will w»
find the morality and religiou of Curist
redn vd to that of ihe meanest bribers,
perjurers and robbers, when they holu
iu snored trust the interest and dcstiuh s
of millions? Where else can such ernm -
go uiiwLuppe 1 of scorn and justice arm
bp treated by public opinion as mereh
venial, and excite uo special wonder ?
Tho Savannah Advertiser says that
notwithstanding the fact that the
“’Bond Compromise” has been killed
by the Legislature, and rekilled by
some newspapers, a portion of the
provincial press will insist upon
bringing it to life, setting it upon its
legs, aud kicking it down. Tho Ad
vertiser suggests that this agitation
is both untimely and unwise, and
says:
There is no proposition of compro
mise of tne mutter of the respective bonds
now before the people ; and the people
would do well to wait until some propo
sition is submitted tor their considera
tion
The same paper, discussing the new
postal law, excluding absolutely from
the mails all free matter after the
30th of Jnne next, including all free
newspaper exchanges and all free
mail delivery of country newspapers,
says that no inconsiderable portion
of the revenue of the Postoffice De
partment is derived from the news
paper publications of the country.
But a small portion of expense, as
tompared to this income, is brought
about by the system of free inter
change of newspapers as heretofore
existing. The Advertiser is
—at a loss to conjecture » reason for such
a piece ef legislation. The idea of econ
omy oannoi be entertained, for 'he same
meu who did this did not hesitate to run
their hands into the publie treasury and
grab five tboueaud apiece. It may have
been done in retaliation for the active
parv taken by the press in the repeal oi
the law granting the fraukmg privilege.
Our public servants may have been
made mad because they could no longer
peddle franked envelopes, or send their
w%thinf home under their signs manual
PuKoaps they wens sore under the fear
lul lashings administered to them about
that little * Credit Mobilier’’ scheme,
and other aunnar jobs. lie this as it may,,
thqy are still under the lash, and if the
press does its duty, the blows that must
follow this provocation should be sturdv
and strong.
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4®*The Philadelphia Ledger, usually
cast ions in the expression ot an opinion,
thfiia concludes an able article on “the
wretched conclusion” reached by the
House of Representatives in the cage of
the Credit Mi oilier:
Then came their mean, tricky, f ilse
denials, shifts, ev.^ions and fast follow
ing 1 explanations, every change in which
* Liu wed more and more their own culpa
bility. There never was an instance iu
which men holding tr public trust were
moro thoroughly covered witn the woof
'.malfeasance iu office. The geiity
HENRY T. LOWar-CORRY.
The Bight Hon. Henry Thomas j
Loivry-Corry, member for the county
of Tyrone, Ireland, in the British
Parliament, has just died at the age
of seventy years. Mr. Corry was the
second son of the second Earl of Bel-
more, bv his wife Juliana, daughter
of the Earl of Garrick. He was born
iu the year 1803, and graduated at
Christ Church, Oxford. In the year
1830 he married Harriett Ann,
daughter of the Earl of Shaftesbury.
He has filled the offices of Comp
troller of the Household to Queen
Victoria, ajunior of Lord of the Ad
miralty, Secretary to the Admiralty,
Vice President of the Council on Ed
ucation, and of First Lord of the
Admiralty. He was sworn in a Privy
Councillor of England iu the year
1835. Mr. Corrv, who was a strict
conservative in politics, had repre
sented the countv of Tyrone in Par
liament continuously from the year
1820.
HOW THEY VOTED.
As a part of the history of the
times, we state that upon the adop
tion of the report of the Conference
Committee upon the bill raising the
salaries of the President, Vice Presi
dent, members of the Cabinet, Judges
of the Supreme Court, and members
of Congress—the increase as to the
latter to apply to members of the
Forty-second or last Congress—the
Georgia members voted as follows:
For the increase—Messrs. Bigby and
Wliiteley (Radicals), aud DuBose,
Price and Young (Democrats).
ainat it—McIntyre (Democrat).
Mr. Beck, the member from the
Fourth district, was absent or did not
vote.
THE OFFICIAL PRINTING.
The glory of the Congressional
llobe has departed from private
hands. The Senate has decided that
hereafter the official debates should
be printed aud published at the Gov
ernment printing office, and the
House concurred in that action.
The present Globe firm are left with
a vast establishment on their hands,
and with stereotype plates of the de
bates tor the last forty year3.
f3T* The Wilmington (N. C.)
Star longs for the day when a dozen
cotton mills will be in operation
around tnat city, and follows up its
yearning with the tollowing practi
cal appeal: “ How many of our mer
chants, capitalists and planters will
subscribe from $1,000 to $20,000
each towards a capital stock of $150,-
000 to build and furnish the first cot
ton factory ?”
CP* Punishment overtakes crime
in some parts of Texas with learful
rapidity to the criminal. The Bon
ham Enterprise says that Thomas
Stebbens stole a mule in Grayson
county on Monday of last week, sold
it and got the money, was arrested
and put in jail, indicted, and was
ready to start to the penitentiary on
Tuesday.
The Senatorial contest in
Massachusetts opened yesterday,
Boutwell leading off in a handsome
vote. Dawes pushed close up to
Boutwell, and seemed to have control
of the Senate at the last ballot
Boutwell lacked but four of a joiut
majority. It is presumed he will be
elected.
The Jacksonville (Ala.) Re
publican, expressing its satisfaction
at the election of Alex. H. Stephens
to Congress, wants the disabilities of
President Davis removed, and,
says, “he will be sent there to take
the place of some despicable carpet
bagger.”
The leading journal at the
City of Mexico says the outbreaks
along the frontier, between Texas
and Mexico, are due to the preva
lence of the annexation fever.
HON. JAMES BROOKS' DEFENCE.
Washington, March 7.—Hon. James
Br oks has prepared tne following ad
dress to bis cons itueuts: “Eijenjies have
taken advantage of my physical prostra
tion to offer up Oakt s Ames and myself
as sacrifices to public c-l-imor, in which
two Vice Presidi ms of the United States,
several members of the Senate, and eight
other members cf the House were more
tuvolved than myself. A sacrifice of a
Democrat was indispensable to offset, if
not to protect them, and hence early in
December a committee was organized,
seemingly on purpose to bring in my
name with theirs, so as to make me
responsible for 150 shares of 6tock ir
:he Credit Mobiher, owned by C. H.
Neilson. The certificates of this stock
were notoriously in the full possession
of Neilson, as long ago as December 12,
1867. [See evidence, page 59 ] But of
Lit-se ci rtificates the committee, iu Jan
uary, 1873, chose to make me owner
upon tne pretense of he being my son-
u law. who was the only apparent owner,
lue committee was thus organized, Isay,
for there were put upon it such men us
Gen. Banks, a chevalier d’industrie, lor
years living in chateaux d’espugne, be
cause of his own hostility to Ames, who,
wnen asked, refused to suosenbe with
certain rich Bostonians to free his
W-dth-m farm of a heavy mortgage,
and Merrick, of Maryland, an ex-rebel
Judge of this district at the opening of
tue civil war, whose Court Congress had
to extirpate to be rut ot bun, and who,
therefore, sore and sour, now more than
-ver h itcs the whole hum-iti race, be
cause of ih«- defeat of uis aspirations to
•i re-eh c ioi, to Congress; witli Nttilack,
-i very, Very t-w .11 m j.u m plastic fingers
of Mien a sly, -!• »k and crafty chairman
ad Poland, or Vermont, whose antece
dents in r«iilr»>: os at home are worse than
anytirng mg> against ihe Credit Mo
bil, r.
This committee, after sitting two
months and a half, purposely negiec*-
ing the exploration of many rich mines
of testimony, fiercely fell upon me in
eleven different sittings, when my phy
sical prostration was such that newspa
pers daily reported me as dying; and at
last, after refusing me a hearing, which I
■ urnestly demanded, a fact which they
-oppressed, t. e first report oi 523 pages,
which no member of Congress could find
time to read, so late in the ses ion when
it was made, coupled me, a Democrat,
with Ames, Republican, for txpulsiou,
while they let oil thirteen Republicans,
wiio all have Handled Credit Mobilier,
when not a share had ever come into my
hands.
The House and the country from the
star* scouted such an absurd report the
moment they could get at it, by refusing
to vote on expulsion at all. They did
not censure Ames or myself, but ouly
condemned an act as old as 1868 iu order
to carry off' on a lightning rod tho elec
ricity that had been generated by the
batteries of the press upon Congress and
he country, but even in this the House
did me injustice, because 1 was not iu
Congress when it was alleged my interest
began with the Credit Mobilier, or, as
-ileged, if I had any interest, it was fully
deposed of before I went into the direc
tory. Some Democratic members of Con
gress assented to this injustice in the
belief that they could then condemn
Mich leading Republicans as Dowes, Gar
field, Biugbam, Kelly, Scofield and
Hooper, but in this, they were justly
fouled, because the greet intelligence,
uigh character and well known antece
dents of these men are such as to make
ridiculous the charge that Oakes Amen
had bribed them, or that they were his
dupes, as the Poland committee reasons,
and diJ not know what they were about.”
Brooks then says he shall appeal to his
constituents in person if God restores
nim to his health, and oontinnes:
shall demonstrate to yon that neither
myself or Neilson were guilty of perjury,
is Poland charges, and that both of us
told the truth when testifying, and that
we had no hand in the Credit Mobilier
iividends, allotments or profits in any
form.”
He concludes by reference to his offi
cial career during the past twenty-five
years.
Tlie Congress.
The New York Tribune winds np a
leader on the late Congress with the fol
lowing pithy observations. It says:
“As the XLHd Congress goes into
history it will take with it a reputation
tor fair intentions but great feebleness,
Toe Senate has been obstructive, parti
san, and unusually corrupt. Considei
mg the relative smallness of its numbers,
it has been conspicuously bad in morals.
It has been forced to consider tue
expulsion of one of its memoers
and a strict inquisition tor foulness
would irive out five times os many
more. The House has, iu the main,
been more resolute; but it too went
down disgracefully when it was forced to
consider the character and btmding of
its own members. The First Session of
the XLHd Congress was brief and buai
m-sa-like ; the Second was mainly pre
paratory for the Presidential canvass of
1872 ; the Third and last was alarmed
aud fevered by developments conorrnitg
the moral character of Senators and Rep
resentatives. Tue XLnd Congress comes
io an end; the country will be relieved,
at its goiDg as well as disappointed by
the inconsequence and incompleteness
of its labors.
Mi. Kltpheni In Congrtu.
From the U>oon Telegraph.]
The Baltimore Gazette launches some
shafts of ridicule at Mr. Stephens in
Congress—Mr. Stephens, “who cannot
believe that Mr. Jtficrsou is dead.”
Well, we are glad that Mr. Stephens
can’t forget the principles of Mr. J- ffer-
son. Tuey are the true principii s of tho
government. The whole scheme origi
nated mainly in the mind of Mr. Jeffer-
SOD, and if he did not comprehend his
own handiwork, who does ?
So long as the government was run
within gun shot of the line of its true „ _
theory, it was indeed the best govern- Florida steamer, consigned to Mr. Geo.
A. Hudson, dealer in fish and oysters,
ment the world ever saw. la there a liv
ing man who dare say it is better note—
run on the principle of physical force
and centnl domination? Is t.iero one
politician oonnected with it, whose tal
ents, patriotism and public and private
virtue commands the admiration and
reverence of his country ?
If tin re was ever time when a man
needed to remember J fferaon and the
intellectually and morally august sago
of the olden time, to escape ntttr despaii
of the future, now is that time. W
has been may be again. A merciful God
may yet send ns another line ot greit
stetesm n, animated by high and nobl-
urposts—impressed with their vast re
sponsibilities, and bringing to the dis-
Cuiii gc vt their duties au exalted love of
their wtule country and theii luce
Some public men may yet spring to life,
of such u lofty bearing that the spirit of
personal and party pelt and petal 'ggery
may stand rebuked and bashed in ineir
presence; but uutil that time oo ue.-, tor
Heaven’s sake let us live in the memory
hat there was a time when men oi gr at
iouIs directed the government ;ind set
an example of public aud private virtue,
aud not of me oiutss aud ruscality to the
people.
There was a time when, under the in
spiration of their presence aud example,
the influences which surrounded tne
government exalted the people to a
higher and holier patriotism, iu-nead of
dragging thtm down to the slums of po
litical profligacy.
Mr. Steuheus can’t forget that time.
Well, thana Uou for so much. Believes
that it may yet live again. We ate glad
that {Stephens has so much faith aud hope
his composition. Aud while ho re
members and is inspired by the great
fathers of the Republic, we dou’i benev--
that Mr. Stephens will be guilty oi u
falsehood, or a theft, or any meaun- saor
malice whatever iu the discharge of his
public duties.
Anu we wish the Gazette, so lar from
ridicuiiug these memories would chug
to them and encourage the whole Demo
cratic party to cling to them witu inexo
rable tenacity—lor let them bo assured
the Government of the United States
must bo chocked in its downward car> er
of depiavity and corruption, or it will bi-
mere dung heap in the eyes oi the out
side uuiverse of men—to say no. Lung o
the eyes of God Almighty. Wo are al
ready rotten with vice and corruption iu
tue mere boyhood oi our nationality
Wo are not a hundred yetus old, but we
aro older iu vice and public diinorahza-
tion than another nation iu history t
500.
Tbe Vniltd Suites Senate.
The Senate of the United States, of
the 43d Congress, convened last Tues
day, in Washington. Henry Wilson, o*
Massachusetts, whose term as Vice Pn si-
deut begun on that day. presided. The
oldest Senator is Simon Oameron, born
in 1709, and the two voumreat, Mr. Dor
sey, born iu 1841, and Dr. Conover,
born in 1840. Mr. Cameron is the only
isenatcr over seventy years of tge. Forty
Je.dge
Orr'a Hemlulxeucn
Brookt-Samncr Affair,
of the
of malfeasance iu office* Tue guilty si* of the Senators are lawyers; five are
knowledge of all tliepa men was as visible interested in railroads; four are farmers;
as'the plunder ol (ueGovernment nioueys «hr<e aie plijMe.aus; two are journalists;
w«s atUDenduus. And Congress punishes clergymen; Mr. Sprague is a
ah ttfisby passing Its partial resolutions t martil ic nrer, Mr. O’ aidler a merchant,
of censure, letting the guilty go free up- [Mr. Ames wo armv uffi er. Mr. Clayton tedd he could not
on the small pretense of h iving no juris- j * ci'il . itgiute., ilr Jones • miner, and
diction. This is so truisparmt a aln-oij Messrs. Bin ku*p!iim, Caldwell, T. W.
that it will command the oehef of no one 1 TVrr; , G i'» rt anti >Vest are engaged u*
b steas-ug tfte commofT’^t ina lligmci\ ^ geu*V<d nuri! • 8-v S na’.ors W-rn, G r
Aus najantv of ife« ftotrse of* R-pree* u-! dcu sue fttam-xu wsve pwiewl* mtln-
^ “vet., evoti.ag v.i rr plain duty ii nV Tifslud i wrmfT kirng tne wir.—
ug to wipe -Wty rtie'Ktiiu iroiu iht jr.i-» .fhowniow, ibi- no
fellow-me«iib *n», KVtu k fixed l Hamiio, L. M M
out 'H,* Monsw itaelf, wi;l*JTCitijBiy, Sprrgne,
MifiJ^ Moi lou.
«5a a.cVeu-
har ,r ° m tb0 8 a d*J ^ have in the pnst been Governors'
i ruxi to • Us Id. Ui-eit reapeeti
■ respective Staten
Nearly seventeen years have passed
since this outrage, yet new facts con
nected with it are every now und then
coming to light A party of gentlemen
were dining with Hon. James L. Orr in
Washington, just prior to his late de
parture to his loreign mission, when he
incidentally spoke of the affair. He
said he had heard of the intended as
sault, and meant to have prevented it
oy being iu the Senate chamber aud ar
resting the blow. On his way thither
he stopp-d in <be library to look at
book, which, not being readily foond,
detained him a few minutes longer than
te proposed, and daring the delay the
assault was made. Brooks confessed to
him, before hi* death, that he never
meant to have it so deadly as it was—
intending only to “ disgrace” the Siena
:ur with the South by a flagellation—and
believe at first that
Sumner was really hart. He said, fnr
i her, that be was tired of life, aud wanted
ro die. Toe notoriety he won was kill
i: g him V»y inohes—every bully and
blackgn irit ra'tlie South thrust buatten
<n)u .tod acipiaiiit.ii ce u^ou him, and il
ws-> i.-o ti-niblc a puiii-ncenv U> brar.
O r saU? he had no doubt Brooks
Ms the’ kvfeiai-t rc-gret t. r his part in the
lAfarr, A be* w^pi tuib *1 tired of
life.—Cltarletton Uale:it,.
CHAT WITH STATE PAPEHg.
Savassah.—Burglars about and two
houses robbed only on Saturday night..
Augustas Bonard, died at his residence,
at the Isle of Hope, on Thursday, aged
74.. Hon. J. L. Pipe, of Maine, formerly
m nixfcr to the Hague, is stopping at the
Pulaski House..A monster rock fib,
weighing four hundred and fifty-five
pounds, was caught by Mr. John Buckeie,
at Yeilow Blnff, Florida, a few days siuce,
and reached nere on Saturday, on the
Tb« A aval Cadets at tbe Inaugural.
A Washington letter iu the New York
Herald thus describes the treatment ot
the naval cadets who were bronnot from
Annapolis to participate m tbe manga
ral ceremonies at the capitol. Alter ai
ming at Washington at an early hour,
one of the ouldest days of the season,
they “ were marched in thin dr^ss nearly
two miles to the place of assembly; and
there kept shivering for over an hour;
then marched to the Capitol in the pro
cession and again kept standing for fully
two hours. After this they took part in
tne retain march and review by the Pres
ident, and, after this over, were marched
to the depot and told to wait about tor
the eight o’clock train, then not withir
five hoars of starting. Not the slightest
provision was made to feed them, or
even to store the overcoats they were not
permitted to wear; and such as had nei
ther money nor acquaintance went witb-
out food between the time of a very eariy
breakfast ana a late sapper.” It iu uuc
to the character of the county, which is
the guardian of these lads, thet some ex
planation should be given of this piece
of inattention to the comforts and wants
of those who were carried to,Washington
to swell a political pageant.
Sale of tho State Hood.
A communication in the Washington
Gazette urges the sale of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad if tbe lessees can
be induced to give np their lease, ani
the author of tbe article thinks they can
The writer wishes the road soli in order
to pay up the debts of the State; and to
leave nothing for the fattening of future
Bullocks. He recites the cost to the
people of keeping npthe property before
the lease, und declares that the tax-payerB
of the State ate too poor to “indulge
longer iu bhis luxury.” He thinks that
by this plan the {State can relieve herself
of all financial embarrassments, snap her
fingers at Wall street and bid defiance to
the holders of the bogus bouds.
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EMTOMaI, MC8ICa« I liOCliTVTilES.—
Pat Walsh blows the cymbals.
Bill Arp has a contralto voice, ascend
ing to 0 ttharp.
Pink-top Harris performs on the swin-
egle.
Bridget W. Smith sings well, p sses-
sing a Buffo-Basso voice of rare volume.
Watson grinds out poetry and mnsic
on a sausage machine.
Wnidby is a nutet.r in handling the
Hebrew Harp (wi n 1000 s rings).
Birch sings on tbe oass viol.
Speights is a heed of Pageninni—can’t
he make a fiddle get 1
Fitch excites difficult airs on the ve
locipede.
Gorman is a soprano-mezzohnto.
156 Bay street.. The Bangor’bank defal
cator succeeded in di awing $32,000 from
the Park bank in New York and made
his escape. A reward oi $5,000 is offered
for ta.> delivery of the man Jones in Sa-
vann h..The Chatham Light Infan ry,
compose-l of colored men, have received
a number of their uniforms, and antici
pate mak.Dg a i arade early in May.- -
News.
Macon.—Grand parade of the firemen
on the 15:b. .A good many strangers io
the city, it is supposed to witness the
cock-fight that was to come off on yester
day... Another student of Mercer Uni
versity was taken sick on Saturday last.
It is a slight case of pneumonia. .The
skull of an ugly vermin found ot very
singular shape. The jaw bones aud
even the roof ot his mouth was imbeddid
with teeth that appeal’s to be badly
worn, indicating that his living was bard.
-.Mr. Abner Fowler, a young man, and
uepliew of Mr. William Fowler, whose
death we ohronicled a lew days ago, died
on Saturday morning after a few dajs
confinement to bis room, of that terrinle
and lingering disease, consumption.-En
terprise. .Eggs abundant at 25 cts. per
doz ‘n. .Dead calves are permitted to .ie
on the streets to rot and stench ti e town
to death. — Telegraph.
ArocsTA.—John M. Bunch, City Sex
ton, reports the total number of inter
ments in the City Cemeteries for tbe
week ending yesterday at 13-5 whites
and 8 blacks.. .Chief of Police Jackson,
ol Columbia, S. C., visited the police
officials at tne City Hull on Saturday.
He expressed greut admira ion of the fine
soldierly beariug displayed by the force
in their drill exercise...Mrs. Add.e L.
B.dlou will lecture at Masonic Hall on
Saturduy next.
Bainbuidob.—A colored man bv the
name ol Thomas Ivey while seining iu
the Green-Moore pond on the 1st iust.,
f’’ll out ot his boat and was drowned...
Cotton still comes into market in sand]
quantitu s.—Sun... Mrs. Maggie Watt
died very suddenly... Allen Arnett, ne
gro, bound over for an assault on a little
white boy.—Democrat
Camilla.—Young men and boys try
ing to get up a base-ball club...A good
ileal of destruction by Hie sustained by
farmers—supposed to have originated by
stumps of cigars thrown upon the road
side by travelers—Enterprise.
Greenville. — Wi'ey F. Thomson’s
house was on fire Fst week; extinguished
without much damage...The firs* quar
terly meeting of Greenville and Trinity
Station will be held at Trinity on the 3d
Saturday in March.— Vindicator.
THE OLD WORLD.
Why is a pretty, well-made, fash
ionable girl like a thrifty housekeeper?
Because she will make a great bustle
about a very small waiafc.
SST* A gentleman in a cheap restaurant
the other day was heard lo give tne fear
less order: “Waiter, let those cheese
move this way 1”
•QT Doctor: “I am pleased to say,
Mis. Fitabrowne, riiat l shall be able to
vaccinate vour ba»>v from a v«-ry healthy
child of your uei^tibo*-, Mrs. Jones.”
Mrs. ri ebrowne: * Oi:, deal Doctor, t
cuul i nut permit that. W e do not car*
to Lk- ai.ii d up wi'u the Joi csis in auy
way."
LEGISLATIVE.
Madrid, March 12.—The Assembly
yesterday definitely sanc’ioned the bill
intro need by tbe government, suspend
ing the silting and convoking the Con
stituent Cortes on the 1st of May.
Senor Marios, President of ihe Ass-em-
bly, and Senor Lopez, the Secretary,
have resigned. Senor Martos. in tender
ing Lis resignation, made a statement
that the act was caused solely by his id
health.
Debate on tbe Porto Rico abolition
bill has been resumed in the Assembly.
London, March 12,3 a. m. —Tbe House
of Commons to-night, after a protracted
debate, rejected Mr. Gladstone’s Irish
University bill. Theresnl'of the divis
ion was announced as follows:
For the bill, 284; against it, 287; ma
jority against it, three. The announce
ment of tbe vote caused great excite
ment. Tne House adjourned until Thurs
day.
Gladstone waited on her Majesty Queen
Victoria at Buckingham palace at noon to
day, to tender his resignation. It is
probable that Mr. Disraeli will be sum
moned to form a new ministry.
The scene in tho House of Commons
last night, when the defeat of the Ministiy
on thelrisb University bill was nndescrib-
jible. The excitement in the g lleries and
On the floor was intense, while the oppo
nents of the measure indulged in tumul
tuous cheer over its rejection.
Among the diflMngUieed personages in
the stranger's gallery, which was crowd
ed during the debate, were the Prince of
Wales, Princess Lou ; se and Prince Chris
tian.
The Scotch and Welsh members sup
ported the bill. The Catholics were
unanimous iu their opposition to it.
After announcement of the result, Glad
stone arose and said, “the vote just given
is certainly of a grave character. As the
House never wishes to continue its de
liberations when the existence of the
government is in doubt, I move an ad
jonininent until Thursday.”
The motion was carried.
In consequence of the late hour at
which the result was reached, editorial
comments of the London morning jour
nals are meagre and restrained.
The Irish University bill did not re
ceive the vote of a single Conservariie
member of the House of Commoi s.
Forty-seven 1 liberals, of whom thirty-six
were Irishmen, voted against the bill.
Fifteen Irish members voted for it.
Seventeen members of the House, in
cluding Dr. Isaac Butt, member for Lim
erick, were absent. Forty members par
ticipated in the deoate. Right Hou. John
Bright and Jacob B.igL>. ms brother,
and the Marquis of Lorn supported the
government.
Lo.ndon, Mirch 12, 12 o’clock.—Infor-
ta.uion obtaiued ts late as ten to-night
lrcm members of the Goyernment shows
no definite course h s yei been decuW 1
upon. It is reported that D’lsraeli ^
Gntborne Hardy ftrongly object t 0 tafe
offi e at the present junctire, mt th
rank and file of tbe Consi rvatiie p at i 6
are ambitious of rower, and tkelt-aum
will probably yiell to their desires, LI
taking effice, will dissolve Parlui UBD l *
quickly, aud go to the country nun the
txpectatiou of winmng thirty seats, and
of keeping in effice through the ditcas-
sious of Liberals.
Tuere was a great gathering at the U e .
form Club to-night, at which tbe Liberals
who voted against the government on
the Irish University bill declared they
would support a vote of confidence ij
Gladstone is willing to accept it, but it i 8 j
known th it the latter is anxious for re exee
from office. List night’s whip was the
severest evor known In t'>e House of
Commons. Oue Conservative member
was brought from Paris bv a special
steamer, aud railroad train. The Liberal
whip is reported to have be-eeched 8ir
Robeit Peel almost upon his knee 0 to go
te the House, but fruitlessly.
another cable.
London. March 12.—The prospectus
of the Compauy which has organized
to lay a cable from Plymouth, England
to Rye Beach, New Hampshire, is pub
lished to-day. AU the money necessary
for carrying out the project has been
s. cured aud contracts or the construc
tion of cable has been concluded. The
company is forbidden by its articles of
agreemeut, from amalgamating with aDy
bke enterprise.
London, March 13—2 a. m.—To one
o'clock this momma nothing was Known
iu highest quarters as t> the ref-ult of the
deliberations of 'lie ministers. Glad
stone is to see the Queen again at Btuk-
iugnam Palace to-morrow.
The students ot Trinity College have
burned Gladstone in • ffigy.
THE GERMAN PARLIAMENT.
Berlin, March 12. —The German
Parliament eonvcn< d in this city to-day.
His Majesty Emperor William, opened
the session in peisou. Iu his speech he
believed that negutiatious now iu pro
gress would result iu the entire evacua
tion of France by the German troops a
an earlier day than had beeo hereto
fore expected.
THE CAHL18TS AND SPANISH TB >( PS.
Pabil, March 12 —Letters from the
froutier gives the particulars of au en
gagement on the 7ih ins'., in (he north
oi Spain, between a baud of Carhsts
uuder boroneta, and a force of bpmish
government troops. The insuigeuls wUo
were intrenched on the he gl.ts of
Oi jarouu wore attacked by the Nationa
troops, resuling in the uefeat of the
government forces, which was compelled
to retreat with a loss of one hundred
men. buroneta was mortally wounded.
The SeauisLi commander iu ins officia
report ot the engagements claimed that
tbe Carlists were debated.
STRAY POINTS.
ELECTION NEWS.
Concord, March 12.—The returns
from 141 towns snow a net loss for the
Republicans of abont 900. There is a
probability of no election of Governor
by the people.
No figures on the Congressional vote
cau’t bo given as they have not been re
turned.
Democratic candidates are undoubted
ly elected from eacb of the three districts
—Ellery A. Hibbard from the 1st, H»m-
uel N. Bell from the 2d, and H. W. Park
er from the 3d.
In the Legislature tbe Republicans
wifi have a strong majority, aud also a
majority iu tue Senate and Council.
Returns from 145 towns give Shaw,
Rep., 27,476; Weston, Dem., 24,459;
Blaokmer 864; Mason 503. Democratic
ga.n 1,022; Republican loss 1,937. The
remaining 90 towns, last year, guVo Suaw
7,488; Weston 9,058 This defeats the
choice by the people.
In the city election John Kimball was
re-eiected to the Mayoralty by a large
majot.ty.
BANK EXCITEMENT.
Washington, March 12.—There was a
run on the Washington City baviugs
Bank, growing, it is said, out of the
thieatot the Comptroller of the Curren
cy to withdraw tbe charter for technical
violations of the law. The bank paid
yesterday 1,700 ot its 3,000 depositors,
and it is well fortified this morning.
There is little or uo excitement about
the other bauks. The are probably fif
ty colored people in the Freedman’s Hav
ing Bauk, but there is no excitement.
Baltimore, March 12.—The buprmne
Court of this ony yesterday, in the case
of E>izabetb Galierman, administratrix
against the Knickerbocker Life Insurance
Company of New York, to recover a
policy issued to her deceased husband,
uuder ruling ot the court' plaintiff sub
mitted to a non pros., wnich concluded
the case. The p> licy contained a provis
ion that the insurance should bo void in
case tbe insuied shall beootue so far in-
•emperate to induce delirium tremens
during the trial. It was in evidence
tnat the insured died of delirium tre-
uens.
RAILROAD.
New York, March 12.—The Directors
of the New Orleans, Mobile aud Texas
Railroad to-day elected Geoig- Dennis,
President; Lemuel L. Post, jr., Vioe
President; and John J. Howeil, Treas
urer.
MB. JOHN HOPKINS.
Baltimore, March 12.—A short time
siuct Jonn Hopkins, a well known mil
lionaire of this city, deeded to his
Trn>tee8 thirteen acres of land, bounded
by Wolfe, Monument, Bioadway, and
Jefferson streets, for the erection of a
hospital for the relief of indigent sick
ai d orphans. At a meeting of the Board
ol Trustees last evening, they were noti
fied oy Mr. Hopkins that he had further
dedicated $2,000,000 worth of pioperty
for tue sappor and maintenance of the
hospital. The hospital building will be
on a magnificent scale, and commenced
in the spring of 1874,
ELECTION NEWS.
Boston, Alaich 12.—George S. Bout-
well was elected United Hutes Senator
to day in Convention of the two Houses
of the Massachusetts Legislature The
whole number of votes cast w is 275, of
which Boutwell received 152; H. L.
Dawee 115; Geo. B. Loring 2; J. K. Tar-
bon 2; William Whiting 2; <J. G. Green
2. Boutweil was declared elected.
miscellaneous.
San Francisco, Maroh 12.—The whole
matter of treating with tne Modoc In
dians is in the bauds of General Canby.
The Peace Commission is a la'luxe.
Everything indicates war.
Sacramento elected the entire Repub
lican ticket.