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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W. S. D. WIKLE & 00., Propriotor8.
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY *20, 1875.
VOLUME I. NUMBER 36.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Tub exhilarating mining-stock gamb
ling ou California street, Fan Fran*
ciaoo, which for several week* has been
upcotting the brains of paroxysmal citi-
zeus, experienced n distressing douche
of oold water the other day, and bonanza
stocks, which hod bom selling like
wild firo at frc m $500 to $800, fell down
to $200 and $300. So it hnppcucd tlmt
on tho brokers'board hundreds had any
quantity of atook to sell, but there was
nobody to bur. On ono day last week
th# favorite Ophir stock declined $37
per share, and consolidated Virginia
doolined $108. Them was n good deal
of ntn«3n among tie gamblers, of
course, ft ud the panic was attributed to
a favorite rose nf the boars in spread
ing tho fal*o report that the tumors had
struck porphyry and the bonanza of
silver had gono up.
This question is asked by tho New
England Farmer, "Can we drive a unil
legally ? " It i-tatcs that it has received
a copy of n patent granted to a man iu
Indiana for secur'ng a grspo vino to a
stake by driving iu a nail. Pomona re
ceiving the circular are granted per
mission to drive ono rail, just to seo
how the thing works ; but they are re
minded that they will bo liable to dam
ages for infringement if they drive more
than ono. There is absolute danger at
tho present timo of a farmer’s being
rnado to pay damages for building u
panel of fence to keep cattle ont of bis
garden. Every farm operation from
plowing the soil to putting grain iu n
bag is done by means of sumo patented
tool or appliance.
Tiik general government, at its sal
mon breeding establishment on tho
McCloud livor, California, lias collected,
the present season, .3,752,f>00 salmon
spawn, which has been distributed as
follows: Maine, 100,090; Massachusetts,
200,000; Rhode Island, 100.000; Con
necticut, 300,000 ; New York, 625,000 ;
New Jersey, 225,000; PounBylvunin,
450,0(10 ; Muryhind, 375,000 ; Michigan,
750,000; Wisconsin, 100,000; Miumv
sot a, 250,IRK); Iowa, 800,000; Utah,
150,000; Colorado, 25,000; Illinois,
60,000; Virginia, 60,000; Canada, 25,-
000; New Zealand, 25,000. The bal
anco were hntohed and returned to
McCloud riv*»r.
A Dispatch from New York to tho
Cnstclar, and tho diotatnro of Borranr.
There is uo reason why a fourth should
give me any nneasinosa. I have got
el to it by Ibis time. The legitimacy
a rock against which these ephemeral
governments are power less, nguinst
which tho waves of revolution will dash
vain.”
By tho provisions of tho new Ilawai-
n treaty, now made public, the Sand
wich Island people will be permitted to
introduce their sugars and syrups iuto
the United States without duty. In
tarn, the producers of our country will
be permitted to export to tho domain of
Kalakaus nearly ovory namsblo article
of manufacture and growth. Tho treaty
to extoud through a period of soven
years.
Wisconsin proposes to Have sovoral
thousand dollars by converting the
Soldiers' Orphan Home into an institu
tion for the blind. Ten yearn after tho
war, but few of tho soldiers’ orphans
are left, mo.t of them being appren
ticed out at an early age, aud tho Home
h is beoorno littlo more than a salary
eating nflair.
An oduoational reform bill, more val
uable for its tmggrstivmicss than any
thing else, is pending before the Illi
nois legislature. It prohibits the teach
ing of any except plain English branches
“with uo nousciiHo about them," and
forbids tho building of school-houses
costing mure than $2,000.
Two hundred horses sre in course of
training nt Now York stables for tho
Fpring races. This number is to l o
largely re-enforced by southern stables,
< specially many from Kentucky. Jerome
Park, it is said, will wiluoss a larger
uumbfcr of horses at llio approaching
races than over before.
Tint tiunices of the Cincinnati South
ern railroad havo dually closed a con
tract with ths Cltveluml rolling mill
company for 11,000 tons of steel rail,
at $70.75 per ton, and 12,000 tons iron
rails at $52.75 per ton the total amount
of the contract being $1,603,025.
Tin: female operatives, on ths strike
at Fall River, Mats., had a mass meet
ing last San.Iny night, iu which they
resolved to hold out a year, or longer,
if need bo, to nmko tho manufacturers
accede to their terma.
A mono tho institutions of Milwaukee
a a Mutual Hail Insurance company,
Chicago Tribnno says: In tho trial of j which paid farmers lust year $2,400
tho smuggling ease to-day it was sworn ! for dam agon to orops from hail-storms,
in the United States oonrt that II, II. | ~
TIIK HKW HKfcKNl K DILL.
Claflin .V Co., tho heavy dry goods
house, had bought smuggled silks,
knowing them to bo smuggled, and had
•old them. A Tribune reporter who
applied to Mr. IL B. Claflin for an ex
planation, was told that tho report wns
true, and tlmt on tho advice of a reve
nue < flicinl ho had bought goods know- ii(i o u| mju |IIinnf%hU
ilig that they had l>cen smuggled. IIo Lvuvl and collected on all distilled spirits
m*„i, (1 flirt!ii r il.nl all l.roi. ,1rv i which tlio tax proscribed by law shall not havo
H.auu inriner.ilist all largo dry goods | ^ a.,«l wliotlier die said spirits shall
I’r.poa.il I in rrnar »l III* T»i on Wlilukyi
| Tolisrro Mini Mugnr l(«|ienl of III* Tin
im ftlwIrlii'N.
Tho text of iho rovenuo hill entilled, “ A
| l.ill to further proloct tho Milking fund and t«
I provide for the oxigenoiesof the government,”
re|>ortnd to die bouse uf roprescutallvii* by
Mr. Danes, in a* follows :
| Do it onaatnd, etc., tl.nt from and after tho
| date nf tho passage of this act, tlmro shall hn
LATE NEWS SUMMARY.
of section 8,261 of the revised statute* of tho
United Htates a* ia incuiiaLtent herewith is
hereby repealed ; Provided, that iu addition to
tho tut of aovenly cents pm gallon Imposed
hy tho law now existing, there shall ho levied
and oolleoted 16 cents, being nne-half of the
increase of tho tax. under this act, on eacii
and every proof gallon or wine gallon when
Irolow proof, nf domestic distilled spirits man
ufactured and placed in bonded warehouse
prior to tho day when this act shall take effect.
flora or wholesale dealers, having in thoir pos
session, or under their control, Jietlllod spirits
or stamp* d packages, and any person who
shall sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any
such distilled spirits after tills act lakes effect,
ini'll an addiliniial stamp, to he especially
printed for this puipoM hy (lie commissioner
of internal revenue, denoting the pa)iuent of
the additional tax of 15* outs per gallon here
in imposed, is purchased and attached to tho
package or packages containing the name, in
such manner as the commlsaioner of internal
revenue shall prescribe, shall he subject to
und pay a penalty of ono dollar for each and
every gallon so removed, ami the spirits so re
moved shall he forfeited to the United Htates,
and provided further, that on all brandy, gin.
duty as llxod iu the reviacd
statutes is two dollars per gallon, the duty
hereafter to he levied, collected and pai l shall
l»o t2.6« i>er proof gallon.
' That section 8.108 of
hoiuoH hail to do tho same, and named
houses which so smuggled goods. Ac
cording to Mr. Claflin tho silk trado is
largoly in smuggled goods.
Hbnator Qoiiixjn, of Georgia, has an-
nounoed his intention to wiito a letter
to Weudell Phillips, inviting him per
sonally to nmko an extended tour
throughout tho mnthtra Ftates, and
give the public the bsnrflt of Lis views
concerning their o indiii in, partioulaily
with respect to tht-ir government. Ho
sxya ho hav abundant faith in Mr. Pail-
lips’ integrity of purpose and ability to
correctly itato tho impremionB tho re-
anlt of a trip of this kind might hove
upon his mind. Ho baa not yet con
cluded whether ho will make the letter
s confidential communication, or give it
publicly sffer it shall have been written.
Tub national grange, in session at
Charleston, S. C., authorized the exoc-
nt vs oommiltco to select a location for
oflicea of I lie liody and to lease tho
ueooavaiy buildings. Tho action with
reference to a loan of money by the
- national grange to stato grotigis was so
amended as to make the loan free of
int rest. Two ndditior.nl members of
tho executive committee wore elected,
viz : D. F. Chase, of New Hampshire,
and John T. Jones, of Arkansas, for
three years eseb. D. W. Aikeu, of
South Carolina, wns re elected for threo
years, and Wm, Handers, of Washing-
tan, and E. B. Shmklsni, of Iowa,
held over, making tho committee five in
all.
Tub completion of tho great Hoof no
tuncol is an event c-f almost national
importance. It is a work that has cost
tho labor of ar imminre number of men j
since 1852, the expenditure of $13,000,-1 imposed in schedule O, hoc. 2504 of tho
(K.0, .u ? 11... Hacrifioe of 113 live. Tho ^^“J‘S® , 5S!.“ i a p 5S!li
tunnel is nearly four miles long, and it | grades thereindeaigr.ated.
ia stated that it will tuke a loaded i 8 c. 5. That ao much of saction 2603 of tbe
J 1 U I revised statute* an provides that only 90 per
might tram lorty minutes to paas e^t. of the several duties and rate* of duly
tLruv.^Tv it. Transportation oomptnio. I m!
and Fhippers are eager to nvaii them- ! a „,] the name is hereby repealed, and
adves of its facilities for shortening the ! the several duties and rates of
,. . . . v . w . » in said section 2804, shall bo and remain as
distance between New England cities | that section, levied without tbe abatement of
aud the west, and great expectations of I 10 P« r cent., an provided in soction 2500.
, . - ■ . , ,, ! fiec. 6. That the increase of duties provided
increesa of bu.-ino.sf-: are bated thereon. , by thiH *1*11 no t apply to any good-, ware*
j or merchandiao on board and bound to tho
Don Carlos is somc-ibingof a wit. United Htates on the 10th day of February,
vr., i . ■ , rr ,, , 1875, nor ou any such goods, wares or mer-
Wutle taikmg to a Uerfld correspond* n‘.: 0 haSdiee ...» deposit in warehouses ».r public
about “ Mv poor little cousin Alfonso," at the -late of the passage of this a/:t.
, * , .... ... , The committee agreed ve-terday to favor
he r^rau'hed . On, won Ihru . huco the *.f that part of tlie prevent l«w
f have taken t : -.- field I liavs seen threo which r«*pilres t-Umpn on Lank checks, et<- .
, ,. , , .« „ but this morning the? struck out lha rontern-
g •venimeiits ciumble Iisfore me the jciealmg section before reporting the
monarchy of Auudeo, the republic of * bill to tho house.
EAST.
Tho first Irnin passed through noosne
tunnel on tho 9th lust. Tiro passage was made
in thirty-flvo minutes.
Dnriug tlio month of January 1,094
emigrants landed at Caatle Garden, being 624
loss than in Jauuary, 1874 ; of those 973 had
been in the United Htatoa before.
Tlio operatives in throe of tho 1 argon I
cotton mills at Fall River, Mass., havo struck
hccauao their wages woro reduced, aud ono
thousand of tho woa#rra are going back to
F.nro|>e at tho ex|Hur*e of the other workmen,
on the supposition that they can got work
there. In thia they will ho mistaken, us ttiou
sands of workmen are out of employment in
England. At the reduced wages they would
have twon aide to keep the wolf from the
door, but they want to Ikj independent and—
starve.
WEST.
The Cincinnati tobaoco board of trndc
havo adopted a series of resolutions express
ing tlio belief that any advance of tho existing
tax on tobaooo would prove Injurious to all
branches of tho tobacco trado that any ail
ditional tax would ho unjust to both tho pro
ducer and consumer, and that as a measure to
increase tho revenue, it would fail of its pur
pose. Thoy also request all members of con
gress in sympathy with tho tobaoco Interests
to prevent, if |xtesihlo, any incroaso in the
rate of taxation on tobacco.
SOUTH.
Tho Austin, Toxus, Hbooniukcru havo
struck for specie payment.
Tho Arkansas hoiisn of representatives
lias passed a Joint resolution for adjournment
sino die on the 10th of March.
Ono bnndrod uml fifteen residents of
Do Wilt county, Texas, havo boon Indicted for
carrying ooticoalod weapons.
Tho wheat crop ia of more noreoge iu
northern Tex a* than ovor before. Tlio hopes
of heavy harvests are Indulged In.
A two-thmisand-ton bnik in to lo
loaded at Port Royal. H. G., with cotton seed
for Euro|Kt, to 1st manufactured into lablo oil
and oil cake for feeding cattle.
0. II. Zimmotmuu, u well kuowu
jowilry merchant of New OiIohiih, suicided
last weak hy blowing hia brains out with a
pistol. Oauao, pecuniary ouiharrasamuut.
Tho aalo of tho Alabama and Chatta
nooga railioad hy tho commissioner under tlio
derive of tho court at Mobile, has been post
poned until Monday, March H.
A bill has posted both houses of tho
Arkansas legislature exempting mines and
manufacturing establishments from taxation
for a number of yoara.
Fatty McGtnbis, a noted rough i f
Memphis, recently pardoned out of tho peni
tentiary, assaulted James A. Ginattier, of
Helena, Ark., aud was shot in the ahouldor hy
Oreauiar. Thu wound ia not daiiaoroiu.
Johu Wood*, alisa Hall, alias Riski
ly, and Henry Johnson, colored, two r.f the
tuen who robbed the express messenger at
Memphis, a few days einco, have been arrrost-
o*l. and have divulged the names of their as-
BOOlatOB.
Oanoral William Johnson, n votornn
of tlio w ar of 1812, a former member of the
Kontucky legislature, and father of Col. T.
J1Ve.ii and Allierl W. Jobiieou, of Louisville,
Kentucky, (lied at Ilia home iu Hootl county,
Kontucky, Friday.
Tho board of tbroilora gf tlio mer-
cltant*' exchange. Ht. Louis, have unanimously
loptod a memorial to congress Molting forth
i strong terms why, In the improvement of
the mouth uf tlio blisaisaippi rivoi^tho south-
west pass should bo iucd instead of tho south
pass. It nrgeH Jetties for its Improvoiaont,
aud tlio adoption of Capt. Eads' plan. The
south pass wi I provo totally iiiado.piato for
tlio coiumorco of tlio Mississippi valley, and
wliilo a question of economy should be re
garded in the matter, it is believed the differ
ence in tho cost * f ths works, as hot ween fhn
passes, when compared with tlio mognitiulo of
the Interests involved, is hardly worthy of
consideration. Tho following resolution was
also adopted: Resolved, that the merchants'
exchange of Ht. I<oni* rospeotfuUv asks the
chambers nf ooinuiorco, hoards of trade, and
kindred hoards in other cities, especially oli
the Mississippi and its tributaries, to join
without delay in our appeal lo congress for
the construction of permanent work* for the
improvement of tho mouth of the Mississippi
river at tho southwest pass, as being on all
sides acknowledged to he the largest, safest
and heat natural outlet.
FROM WAHHINGTON.
Tho boaso committeo on iqqiropria-
I paid shall
Hec. 2," That section 3.1G8 of tho revised
statutes he, and the safho is hereby, amended
hy striking out the words "twenty conta per
pound" and inserting In lieu thereof tho
words • twei.ty-fonr cents per pound;” pro-
... much of section 3 37
poses a stamp tax ou friction matches, lucifor
matches or oilier articles made in part of wood
and need for like purposes, le and the same
in hereby rej ea’ed, to take effect on and after
the first day of July, 1870.
Hfc. 4. That on all rnolasnes. not Including
tank bottom syrup of sugarcane Jnioe, molado
or concentrated molado, and on sugars accord
ing to the standard in color, imported from
I foreign countries, thero shall Ikj levied, col-
d paid In addition to the duties
lions lias agreed to recommend hii nppiopriH-
lion of t600,000 to defray the exponses attend
ing a display of the several departments of
tlio government at the centennial exposition.
Tlio Htipreme court of Mnssnclmsotls
has rendered a decision in tlio caso of Jrss.o
II. l'omoroy, the Iroymurderer, overruling tho
exceptions and rendering Judgment
verdict. 1'omeroy will therefore l>o sentenced
to death.
Tho senate has confirmed the follow
ing nominations : Juo. M. Thayer, Nebraska,
govomor of Wyoming territoiyj Charles K.
Dims, judge of the oastem district of Wiscon
sin ; Wm. II. Clayton, United Htates attorney
for th* western district of Arkansan ; Jan. F.
Fagan, United Htatoa marshal, ditto; TJioh.
Reynolds, pension agent, Wisconsin. Post
masters—Alex. F. Heymour, Pino Illnff, Ark.;
Charles Phillips, Watervllle, Kansas; Charles
Wears, Cedar flapida, Iowa. Oov. Campbell,
of Wyoming territory, Just appointed third
assistant secretary of stale, was formerly on
tho staff of Gon. Hchoflold, and tho office to
which he is now appointed was a voluntary
tender to him hy the president.
A general ordtr from tho wnr depart
ment, witli rofererico to carrying out the pro
visions of tlio act of congress approved Febru
ary 10,1875, to provido for the relief of persons
suffering from the ravages of grasshoppern
pon tho western frontiers, sayn it is ordered
hy tho president thrt tho commanders of tho
departments of tho Platte, tho Missouri and
Dakota, shall causo to ho made
practicable an enrollment of tho inhabitants
of tho states and territories within those
paitmeuts who have been rendored ihstitnlo
by the ravages aforesaid, which enrollment
xxill, a« fsr an pr»rti.:.iblo, group families to
gether, giving tlio name of each person enti
tled to lelief; children under PJyeaistobo
»rated xepara'.elj. Applicant* for auppUes
should tunlin a statomonl on blanks furnished
them, of thoir rcsourcca oonvartlbln with safe
ty to thoir fainlllra iuto a supply of food, and
tho namra of such persons as may ho found to
havo resources an convertible, shall not be
plaood on tho rolls until such resources are
exhausted.
The committee on ways and mentis
havo agrood upon tho draft of a tariff and tax
bill. It projH)sos to raiso about 830,000,000
should uo modification of it take place hi fore
it Is reported. The ton per cent, taken from
tho dutioH under tho second section of tlio act
of June, 1872, will be roatorod. Tho articles
thus to be affected aro manufactured cotton,
wool, iron and steel, paper, ftooka, India rub
ber, gutta porcliF, gloss, leather, etc. Tea
and coffee aro to remain free of duty, hut
HUg&ra of all kinds aro to lien* an additional
duty. Tlio tax ou whisky apd tobacco will
also bo increaaod. Tho oouiiuittoo will hold
another meeting to perfoot tho Nil. The ma
jority of tho conmilttoo decided that sugar
and molasses can boar an additional dn'y nf
twenty-live per cent., and tobaooo an ineroaso
of four cents per pound ; that matches should
bo lelieved from tax, and that tho tax on
spirits should bo increased fifteen conta a gal
lon, operating upon nil nmv on hand, hut that
thirty por emit, should be Imposed on all
spirits manufactured after the fiassaga of tho
hill; aud stampa cu bad chocks to cease at the
end of Ibis year. These changes will ho In
corporated In I lie hill.
MlflOELLANEOUB.
The proiqmots nro Hint the depositors
iu the Freodmen'sHavingabniik will not locoivo
ovor 111 or 45 coots on tlio dollar.
Tho btutu supremo court of Illinois
Iiah decided that the practice kuowu as cham
perty. *Jio legal practice or taking a case aud
dividing the profits with the client, i* ill*w“h
amt u imi.uksi.iu %'j am* and imprisonment.
FOREIGN.
Count Valmaeodn ia to bo appointed
raplain-gennral of Cuba.
Tolcgiuuis from Chinn my tx civil wnt
is Inuninoul.
Tho cold woatkor iu England thia
year has largoly increaaod the death rato
average. -*
TrlegrnniH from Spain nay thoAlfons-
luts lout 50(1 killed and |wouudod Slid three
pieces of artillery iu the recent check they
received near Kslollu.
DnloBscpH, of Htioz ciiual f.mn\ has
written a letter favoring the Nlcaraugiiau
route for tlio Inter-Oooanio canal) in case it Is
found imposHihln to construct a canal through
the Isthmus ef Darien.
King Alfonso has maned a dcoreo rail
ing out 70,000 uien for the army, 16,000 of
tin se to ho sent to Cuba. Exemption may lie
procured by the payment of sightltinnsand
reals ($1,000). The (tank of Hpain ha-* ad
vanced the government 100,000,000 reals ($12,-
600,000!.
An nflloiHl dispatch admits that, tho
advance guard, now tho extreme left ef the
troops operating against tlio Carlists iu Na
varro, lias si.tiered a cheek owing to ths over-
conlhlciico of its commander. Tho Carlist
cliloftaiu, Mendiri, was arrested for treason
a id shot by order of Don Carlos.
Tho Hpauish fleet at thn present time
consists of 122 ship* of war, via : 7 armor-
plated frigates of llrst-cla*s, 10 screw frigates,
6 screw corvettes, 21 dispatch l*oala armed
with 61 guns, of a total steam powor of 2,310
horses ; 48 screw gunboats, each of which
carries ono big gun, with a total nf 4.040 horse
(tower, and 28 pad.IIo strainers of 5.600 Imran
(s)wer, carrying 109 gima.
(Ion. Murioucs iiiinomioes thn relief
of ]'aiii|ioluiiH. Tho CarlinlH in an ongign-
mont at Oleiaa, have Ihicii defeated. It is
reported tho pope ha* writUm to Don Gailoa
expressing sympathy, but advising Id
consider his detoiumiallon to contiuno the
war, as tho dignity of tho Catholic church lias
been vindicated and tho lights of the clergy
recognized hy Alfonso. Gen. Loom 'isa de
feated and captured tho CarliaAMder, Gon,
Agan«
Tho British parliament ronsnemblrd
on the 5th. The queen in her apecch saysi
My Lords aud Gentlemen-My relations with
all foreign powers aro friendly. Tho peacn of
Europe continues unbroken, and I I rust it wi I
roniain so. I shall do my endeavors thoromi-
to," The ronfayanco at IJrusHols ou tlio usages
of war has boon concluded. My government
has carefully examined the reports of It* tft-
liljrrations, hut coiiHidering the linpovtanen of
the principles Involved and the avldnly diver
gent opinions therein expressed, and the im
probability of thoir reconciliation, I have re
fused proposal* for further negotiations. The
Horrauo government In Hpaiu has ceased to
oxiat, aud Prince Alfonso lias been railed
the llirouo. Tho question of recognizing him
in concorl with other powers Is now before my
government, and a decision will not ho long
delayed. I earnestly hope that peace will he
speedily restored to that groat and uufortu
nste country. Exertions for thn eupprenaion
of tlio East African slavo trado have not boon
rciuxod. I confidently expect they will sottlo
in the complete abolition of that traffic, which
is tqiully repugnant to humanity and injuri
ous to logitirnato commerce. Tlio differenena
between China and Japan, once threatening
war, are now happily adjusted. I have learned
with pleasure that OUrminlator nt Pekin
largely instrumental hi effecting this,
past year has been one of general prosperity
and progreas throughout the colonies. '
Gold Coast shows a steady advanco in tlio
labllshment of civil government. Peace lias
boon maintained and slavery abolished. Hence
forward thero will lie freedom thero an oho-
wlicro. I t-hall doubtleoa havo your concur
rence in any mc-asiires which it shall ho my
duly to adopt, allowing a who administration
iu national nffars. An amplo harvest has
restored prosperity hi India. Ily tho hlenaing
of Providenco I was able to entirely avert the
loss of lifo which was apprehended from
famine. Gontleinen of tho House of Com
mons—Tho finances are in a satisfactory
condition. The trado of tlio country lias
somewhat fallen short, hut thero has been
.prosperity. Reductions of taxation have
Jo-11 j a steady Increase in the consumption of
tho i occKhilicH of life, and such articles as
contribute to the rovenuo. The queen rocorn-
moods the repeal of exceptional kUtutoa In
relation to tho peacoof Ireland, and the enact
ment of lav/s for lire transfer of land and tho
r» construction of Judicature. Hho also recom
mend* the pannage of acts for the improve
ment of the dwellings of tho working clatHOs,
for tlio consolidation of sanitary laws, audio
pi event tho |K>Uution of riveia, and tho estab
lishment of the office of publio proaecutor.
Mr. Cameron moved that the senate procooil
to the consideration of oxocutivo busInesH....
Tho ohalr laid hoforo the Hoirato a number of
hills from thn house, among them tlio civil-
hut at the request of Mr. Edmunds, withdrew
tho objection Mint the hill might nc Tend a
aoooiiil lime uml referred lo the judiciary com
mittee. It was so rufoircd. The seuato then
iroceodod to tlio consideration of oxocutivo
juaineu and soon after adjournod.
Ill tho ETOUSO. on tlio fltli, Mr. Under,
of Massachusetts, introduced a resolution
calling upon tho secretary of the treasury for
iuformaUttu as to whethor tlio portraits of liv
ing porsoua havo boon engraved for the pur
pose of printing them on the notes or currency
of tho United Htatos Mr. Poland made a
majority report from the committoo appointed
to Investigate affairs in Arkansas, recommend
ing Hint no action ho taken iu tlio ease. Tho
committee conclude thoir report ns follows;
The new constitution we regard as republican
ill form, and iu many respects hii itnpiovomoiit
tlint of 1*118. The committee aro eatlrilo I
tliHt the eon volition to frnmo the constitution
aud the constitution itself, woro voted for aud
aro satisfactory to a majority of the voters
anil people In tlio Htate. The state officers
wero certainly olrrtod hy a majority of the
rotes oast, and wo think hy a majority of tlio
CONGRESSIONAL.
In tlio Houftto, on tho Otb, Mr. Clay-
n, from tlio committee on territories, re
ported hack tho bill to organize tho territory
of Oldalianin, with a roooimnondation that its
fin tlior consideration he postponed till the
second Monday in December next. It wns so
ordered....Mr. Morton, from tho comnulteo
privilege* and oleotiona, reported hack
senate hiU to rcguluto tho counting of the
for president uml vice-proaideni, and
also tho concurrent resolution to amend tlio
22d Joint rule, aud asked that tho committee
l»o discharged from their further coiisider-
It was so ordered. Mr. Morton also
reported from the same committee a hill to
provide for and regulate the counting of the
votes for president and vloo-presldont, and u
decision «f tho questions arising tluuefroui.
*" ’ '* ' Auiossagewasre-
roprorontatlvos an
nouncing the iioneoiiourrcnco of that body in
tho amendments to tlio roualo hill amending
thn national hank act, and fixing compensation
of national hank examiners, i
goomponn
ill asking a
mittoo of oouforoneo thereon. Tim rcimost
agreed to, and Messrs. Heott, Merrill, of
Vermont, and llayard were appointed mom-
bora of tho conference roniiuittro on the ('art
of, tlio senate... .Mr. Chandler moved to take
up houso hill to revise, amend and consolidate
tho laws relating to the security of lire on
board of vessel* pronolloil In whole or iu part
by stoa >' aud for oilier purposes. Agreed to
yeas, 27; nays, 10. Tho reading of the bill,
i Inaugurated
„ him hunn
The innss of the people oil both sides are in
clined to peace aud good government, and lo
allow all tlio oujoyiunnt of their legal rights,
hut there is a class of men, the outgrowth of
thn former state of society, who delight in
disturbing and depriving tlio colored people
and iiurtlinrii pimple uf tlinlv. rights. These
are young men who onumit ho restrained.
This class of men, together with tho gonoial
custom of carrying doadiy wosjioiih - another
legacy of barbarism- nro tho rrnl causes of
violence sml bloodshed. The changes caused
hy tliu war of giving freedom and political
mnlilv to the colored people, are not woll
dialled by the southern people, hut most of
them would do nothing to disturb them. Hilt
the class to which we have alluded, feel Hint
they may invade the rights of colored
the true prosperity of tho southern idal.es de
pends more upon just and stern dealing with
this lawless clat-s of men, than nuy other
causo*. Arkansas probably present* l
in harmony with thn constitution uf tlio llnilod
Hiatus, and tlio national government, linn no
authority to deprive them of that rigid. Tlio
election held for tlio ratification of the con
stitution was under tlio form of law, an I tlio
officers wlio conducted it acted under appoint
ment and under official oaths; and although
wo uiav regard all asdufontlvo, however, being
jirescmiea hy the convention instead of tho
legislature, still wo believe they are entitled to
he regarded difforontly from more voluntary
mootings hold under no pretuiiso of legal au
thority. ’Jho committee do not recommend
any action hy congress or hy uny department
of tlio general government In regard to thn
stato government iu Arkansas. Tills report Is
signed bv Messrs. Poland, Hcmldnr, Haylor and
opposition to tho report, and
proposing the following rcsolutio
brooks having boon hy tho people of Aikaiisas
elected to tho nffico of governor of said stato
under the constitution of IHOH, for the period
of four years ending In January,
snid constitution never having hi
oveilhrown, and being still In force, he Ih
irwt'il governor of said stato of Arkansns....
In the debate on the lloniiopiii canal hill,
tty , . . .
whole or iu part by steam, it being the utiflu-
LI mil Inislnoss from Saturday... .Mr. Morion,
from the committee oil privilege* anil elec
tions, Hulnnittod a report in tlio case of P. 11.
H. Pinclihack, and a resolution declaring him
entitled to a seat us senator from Lo usiann
Iroiii March I, 187:1. Ordered printed and laid
ou tho table Ponding discussion on tho
Htcaniboal lull, the sounto went into oxocutivo
seshion and soon uflor ndjburned.
In tho Houso, on tlio Htli, Mr. Kelley
introduced a bill to luorooso tho public revo*
and decrease the interest on llio public
debt....Mr. CroasUnd introduced a bill pro
viding for a tax on Inootnoa above $2,000
Tim bill of Mr. Ward, of Illinois, giving boun
ties to tlio hoirs of sold lore who served less
than one year iu the army, canto up os nnfln-
for the modification, suspension or repeal of
section 25 nf tlm revised statutes, regulating
tlio time for holding olootlons for representa
tives iti coiigrots. lie stated that In order to
make thw timo uniform, as tliu law required,
v<yal stato constitutions would havo to he
changed between now and 187(1. Motion was
agreed to—yeas, Kit; nays, 04. ...Mr. Bavlor,
of Indiana, from the committoo ou patouts,
made an adverse report on the application for
tlio extension of the Wilson sewing tutchlno
talents. Tho report shows that tho patouts
jtavo been in oxislenoe twenty-one years; that
combinations of sowing maoldno companies
which own tlio patents havo received $2,0!H),-
000 from them, and that tho public lias, there
fore, (taid heavily f»>r tho invention. Tlio
report was laid on tho tnhlo. Adjoin lied.
In tho Honnto, on tho 9th, tho vioo-
president annonnood ns tho oouforoneo com
mittee on tho purl of tho seuato on tlio legis
lative, Judicial and oxocul vo appropriation
hill, Massrs. Morrill, of Malno. Hargont and
Davis... .Oil motion of Mr. Jolmaou, llio veto
l»V which (tie hill referring to th* mmrt of
claims the claim of (I. W. Guslis Loo, for tlio
Arlington ostato, was indefinitely poxtpouud
yuslerday, was reconsidered und (hohill placed
on the calendar with llio aMrorsoreport... .Mr.
Cameron, from tlio oommittoo on foreign re
lations, reported favorably oil llio Joint reso
lution authorizing the president to.appoint
ported favorably on tho house hill to reduco
and fix tho adjutant-goneral’s department of
to idd tho*settlors on the western froi-llor
pureliase seed, and for thoir smiport during
llio entiling year. Referred... .Mr. Degy pre
sented a UK-morinl of the Hi. Louis chamber
of cnmtnorco, In favor of opening tho south
west pass or tlio Mississippi, and remonstra
ting against the opoulng of the aoutli pass
iliuroaH Roforred,’.. .Mr, Ferry,"of Oonrioct
lout, moved tint tlio senate adjourn
legally
in Ih the
Heualo nmeiidiiiHiits i
1 lawns opposed it. At tlio oloso of the (llsoil
si«n, Mr. (luiicklo moved to lay tliu hill Oil ll
table. Fending llio motion, thn apt-uker u
nounccd tho ap(>oiulmniiL of Mossrs. Gartlold,
‘ “ ... commit'
khi;
fees of Unltod Htates clerks, marshals and at
torneys, were acted on, and the committee of
conference appointed Mr. Darker intro
duced a bill for tlio transmission of corre
spondence hy telegraph. Tills is the postal
telegraph bill of last session....Mr. Williams
offered a resolution directing the committee on
expenditures in thowlopartmont of Justice to
inquire Into tho exjiendliiircs in tho western
judicial district of North Carolina since 1872,
with (tower to send for poisons and papeis.
Adopted. Adjourned.
In tho Honnte, on llio Htli, Mr. Hoolt,
from llio committee on railroads, reported ad
versely on the hill to aid tlm Washington,
Cincinnati and Ht. Louis railroad company to
construct a narrow gaugo railroad from tido-
water to thn cities of Ht. Lou's and Chicago.
Placed on thn calendar with tho advorao re
port. .. .Mr. Heott. of the same committee, re
ported adversely on the hill to incorporate llio
Dakota aud Montana railroad company, and
tho hill to chartering thn Forty-first Parallel
Company of tho Uni tod Htato*, from Luke
Erie to thn Mississippi river, Slid to limit the
rates of freight thereon, and they
definitely postponed Mr. Conkling. from
tno judiciary committee, reported advorsolr
nn the bill to give jurhdictlon to the court
claims to hear tho claim of O. W. Custis I.
for Arlington, and »t was indefinitely post
poned.... Dy a vote of 23 nays to 13 yeas,
houso hill for the relief of John W. Marsh
was rejected. This wr** tho sowing machine
jiatent hill... .Tho chair laid hoforo the
a message from the president regarding
ill Aikaiit-a**. Ordered printed and laid
table Mr. Helium presented a memorial
from citizens of tho United Htatos praying an
amendment of thn constitution to abolish the
offices of presld- nt and vIco president, and
vesting powers now belonging to them In a
council »* “
tho hoitf
they shall ... —.
Feiry presented th«> resolutions of tho legisla
te re of Michigan favoring tho psnsrigo of a
hill granting I fid arms of government Juud
murk of respect to ids lato oollonguo, Mr.
Rucklnghntu, whoso funeral took place to-day.
Agreed to, and the reuato adjourned.
Iii tho Houso, on tho 9fcb, nftor tho
pro-restoration of a memorial praying (or the
rest m at Inn of tho tax on sugar—thq repeal of
which had rosnllod Iii tho loss of fourteen
million dollars iu gold to thn govnrnmont,
without any reduction In tho prion to tho con
sumer Mr. O’Neil, from the committee ou
appropriations, reported thn pension appro
priation hill, which was made tlio siiouial order
For to-morrow. It appropriates thirty million
do'lars... .Tho Indian npprn| rlatlon hill was
thou taken up as in enminitteo of tlio wliolo,
nn11 nil parts of tho hill, except the Choctaw
Mini ChlchitHuw amendments wero eonsldored
as agreed to. After a lengthy discussion tho
Mil wsh pitsHod — ayiu*, 102, noon, 02—and the
house ndjuurned.
Iii (lio Hon ate, on tho HKIi, llio stsam-
hoivt hill was recommitted lo thonommittoo nil
ommierce, with the undorstniidliig that it
should ho roporityd back Saturday ar Monday
noxt... .Tho soiinlo then took up the hill to
pruviiio a govoriimonl for the District of Co
lumbia, reported hy tho special committee....
Mr. Hitchcock callod up house bill lo pnrfoct
tlio United HtniOH government's guarantee of
District of Columbia 3-05 bonds, and to
authorize them to lie registered at the United
Htates treasury. I’asHiid... .Tlio vice-presi
dent then callod for llio business ou tho cal-
qpdur. Tlio committee on puhlin buildings
ami gri uuds being cutitlod to tho floor. Mr.
Morri I, of Vormnnt, from that oommittoo
ealled up senate hill to tnnkn nn appropria'loii
for the public buildings lit Covington, Ken
tucky. Passed... .Mouse hill for the protec
tion of tho United Htatos custom-linuso at
Louisville, Ky , was passod... .Henatn hill to
grant a site for the Peabody school In Ht. Au
gustine, Fla., was taken up, lo which there
.. mini...
color tho site shall revert lo the Uniteddlates,
and it whs rejected -yeas. 28: nays, 24. Tlio
Afler nn excciitiui session, thn Honalo ad
journed.
In llio Houso, on tho 10th, Mr. Myors
introduced a hill supplementary to thn acts iu
relation to immigration. Roforred to the com
mittee ou foreign affairs. Tlio bill lias refer-
ipecially lo tlio ooolio trade. It pro
vides that when immigrants have entered into
a contract or agreement for a term of service
within llio United Htatos, cither for labor or
for lowd and Impropor purposes, such Immi
gration shall not ho deemed voluntary, und
the United Htates consul shall not deliver tho
required permit or certificate. It makes It a
penal offense for Americans to he ongsged In
houso bill authorizing thopronidont to appoint
a commissioner lo attend the international
ponltontlary oongroRS, to ho hold In Remo
next year. Paused....Henatn bill granting
the right of way to tho soa to tho Uto ana
Walla Walla railroad and transportation *om-
pany, and for other purposes, was dlsoitssod
and rejected—yeas 15, nays 23....Tho senate
then resinned consideration nf unfinished bus
iness, being tlio bill to provido a government
for tho District of Columbia. Ponding dis
cussion thn seuato adjourned.
Iu tho IIouso, on tho 11th, tho con
sideration of tho post-office appropriation bill
was resumed In commit tea of tho wliolo, tho
question being nn tho amoudmont to allow tho
transmission of publio documents and snodn
from tho sgrionltural department to pass free
through tho mails. Tho Amendment was
agrood to ayes 1)7, noos 75. The amendment
lo post-ofilco hill, canceling the Pacific Mail
oouiiAcl of 1872. as agreed to In oommittoo of
tho wliolo, has boon unanimously passod by
tho houso. A aoparatn voto was demanded on
tho amoudmont agrood to in oommittoo of tho
wliolo, on thn hill looking to a paitial restora
tion or tlio franking privilege, ami the amend
ment was rejected ayes DM, iiooh 125. The
house thou went into o'lmmltinn of tliif whole.
Mr. Halo, of Malno, In thn choir, on tho tariff
bill, oiitltlod "a bill further to protoot tho
Hhiklng fund and to provido for tho exigencies
of the government." Mr. DnwoH. ohnlrtnau
of tho committoo on way-H nml mnmiH, ad
dressed tho houso In support of tho hill. Ho
made a statement of tho uomparaUvn receipts
and expenses ef tho government sltno 1870,
as follows:
1870 -Receipts $411,000,000
Expenditures 809,000,000
1871- Receipts
Expenditures,..
1H72 -Rooolpls
Expenditures..,
1873— Rooolpls
Expenditures,..
1874— Receipts
Expenditures.,
.$383,000,000
... 277,000,(MM)
...$383,000,000
... 290,000,000
,, ,$280,000,009
, 287,000,000
Tlio receipts for tlio first soven riiontlis of
the last (Leal voir wore $108,000,000, and for
the corresponding hovpu mouths of this yoar,
$106,000,000, bolng a falling off of threo mil
lions. Mr. Dawes wont on to give statistics
nn to tho manufacture of whiaky, and tho
sleek ou hand In diaUUerios and hondod ware
houses, nml to defend and advocate the reoom
inundation of tho uommittoo of ways ami
moans in regard to tho taxation of whisky,
II* estimated tho Increased rovonuo which
thn govemmout would dorivo from tho bill as
J KOI . ...
In all about $87,760,000, From this was to ho
deducted about two ami a half million losa hy
the repeal of the tax on matches, loavlng a
net Increase of $85,487,000, which would Just
about meet tho estimated requirement of tlio
government. Without action on tho bill, tlio
iioiiso adjuiirnod.
In tho Honnto, on tho 12th, tho vioo
president laid hoforo llio soualo llio report of
the ongluqpr In regard to tho annoy and coat
of extending tlio Ohosapoako and Ohio oaual
from Cumberland, Md., lo Pittsburgh. Or-
dored printod and referred to tho committoo
third reading the Portland, Dallas and Halt
Lako railroad hill... .The sounto resumed con
sideration nf tho bill to provide a government
for tho District of. Columbia, tlio pending
amendment bolng that of Mr. Bargent, to pro
vido for tho oloolion of a delegate to congress,
llojeotod 21 to 29. Aftor dobalo, Mr. Bar-
gout’s nmomhnout to provido for (
exenmivo hchhIoii, and shortly afterwards ad
journed.
In tho IToiiso, on tho 12th, aftor tho
reading of tho Journal, on motion of Mr.
Dnwos, tho houso wont Into oommittoo of the
wliolo on tho rovenuo bill. Mr. K. 11. lloborts
obtained tho Hour and made an elaborate
speech. Tlio furthor consideration of tho
revenue hill was postponed, nml tho house
— 1 bill, but
irntior '
...WM..., - , - vr h tn
ii|i nml a number of private lillla acted on.
A bill for tlio relief of cortaiu loyal creditors,
wiioso moneys woro oenfisoxtod by tho confed
erate congress iu Louisiana, providing for tho
distribution of $203,334 pro rata, was reported
bv the oommittoo of llio whole. - Miioh opno-
Bilten was mnnlfoslod to It, Anu finally, with
out taking a voto on it. the houso adjourned.
gration ef tlio following classes unlawful
Persons who aro undergoing sentence *
felonies tlid crimen other than political,
whoso lontonco has been commuted
o unit of their immigration, and women
brought for purposes of prostitution....Tho
houso then went into committoo of ths whole,
Mr. McCrary in tlio chair, on tho jiost-offico
anpropriation bill. Tlio amount recommondod
io be appropriated by thin bill is as follows i
For the general service of tho post-ofilco cle-
parlmnnt, $3(1.0(10.8(11; for steamships service.
$537,500; for official stamps for tlio uso of tlio
ponl-ofHco department, $980,000 total $37,-
524,301; lobe provided for as follows; reve
nues of the (lcpartinoat, estimated at $29,-
148,160 by appropriation for deficiency oot of
tlio treasury. $0,862,705; by direct appropria
tion out of lbe treasury, $1,623,500. Tlio
total amount rooommomlod by this bill Is loss
than nsMinato*... .Mr. Hixiith, of Ohio, raovod
an amendment repealing the law of 1872 for
additional mall stioinslilp sorvico to Japan
and China, and annulling tlio contract made
under I*. Agreed to without discussion....
Mr. Coburn moved hii ninendiiK-nt requiring
public documents and needs root by members
r.f congress to bo sent through the malls freo.
Pending action on it, tho committoo rose ■ ml
the Iioiiso took a recess till half-post 7, tho
evening nesaiou being for debate only.
In the Boimto, on Iho 11 ih, Mr, Mo-
Oroory introduced a bill netting forth that it
had boon noticed iu liin medi-al Journals of
the United states that the Asiatic cholera was
spreading westward, and now raged on tho
|>ord«r of Mexico, nml directing tliu secretary
i t wnr to detail competent medical officers of
llio army to invostignte tho report and give duo
notice of the sprond of the diaaanc. 'J ho Dili
itli-o proposes the appropriation of llvo thou
sand dollars to defray tbe expenses of such
iB%enligatlon....ftIr. Cameron called up the
FApTrf AND FANCIES.
—According to a French journal, thoro
arc still living in Franco and its colonics
twon’y-flvo tboasacd men who havo
fought under the first Napoleon.
—Eugenio is said lo bn wnsliog away
with consumption, nml her friends nr.i
anxious that she should truvol. Hho is
said lo havo "ngod” very much tho lust
fow mouths.
—A thousand years hence, Bumsldo
will bo kuowu to tho student of history,
not us a Btalosmnn of tho nineteenth
century, but as Iho inventor of sido-
whiskers.
—Texan pnlinonlologists aro positive
... to tho human origin of a skeleton,
twenty odd Lot long, ono of whoso
knee-pans fills a largo oarpot-bng,
while a molnr tooth measures eleven
iuolics iu length and six inches acrosH
the surface.
—Of ono hundred aud six deaths
from delirium tremens iu the English
army in India, eighty-six victims were
sergeants, and only twonty privates. Hd
they propoFO to investigate how it is
that so'goants can get liquor so much
more freely.
-Napoleon alwoys carried with him
.. u omerald of groat value which be
longed to tho crown jowols. IIo lost it
at Waterloo. It was found by a Prus
sian eoldier, and has ainco been num
bered among tho Prussian crown jowols.
Queen Victoria, on recommenda
tion of her prime minister, has grantod
a pension of $250 a year to tho widow
of Oiovani Daotista Faloierf, the ser
vant of Byron, who is celebrated in tlio
writings of bis master, as woll ns tn
those of Mooro, Rogers and Bholloy,
by tho name of “Tito."
—Thoy wav that their armies aro on a
“ peace fooling V in Europe when Uioy
have 250,000 mon in tho Austro-Hun
garian arrnv, 750,000 in llio Russian
army, 500,000 iu the Fronch urmy. If
it lakes such orraies to doolate peaco it
is somowhat alarming to ponder^ tho
probabilities of tho “war-footing.
Who wouldn't ho a podagogun,
With moral force and vim.
To tronneo all port, unruly boys—
That fail to wallop him ?
Who wouldn't be a pedagogue,
Love’s gauntlet grand to run.
And win all aclioolma'am’s witching ziniloa—
Until ho marrloa ono ?
—Tha total quantity of authraeite
coal mined in Peun.ylveuia, in 1874.
wns twenty-one millions atx hundred
thousand tons, or over flvo hundred and
sixty millions of cubic foot. Plaood in
ono mass, Ibis would form a tolia wall
one bundled feet high, one hundred
feet wide, and nearly eleven miles iq
length.