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CEDARTOWN RECORD. W, S. D. WIKLE & 00., Proprietors. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1875. VOLUME I. NUMBER 37. TIMELY TOPICS. The award iu gold t f over 8197,000, made by the British and American mixed commission, to Augustine R. McDonald, a subject of Great Britain, but for hoiuo yearn a resident of Louis* ville, has been paid by our government. This claim was brought for losses bus tnined in the burning of cotton during our Into civil war, and was tho sooond largest claim adjudicated by the lab* commission. Tho claim was originally for $2,5(|0|000. Witnesses wore examined, nrd the testimony oovers 6,000 printed pages of tho record of tlm commission. The other day Han Francisco people enjoyed the sensation of three earth quakes within twenty-four hours. None of thorn were of sufficient violence to stop tho stock-gambling on California fltroei, however. A correspondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean says that Han Fr incise r is not disturbed seriously by eartl quake*, aud only two sovero aud destructive shocks have been felt within one hundred yoarB. Tho lightning never strikes, nor do dogs go mad, iu Sau Fmneisoo, both of which condi tions are quite desirable. Following tho news of tho death of ono Chinese Emporor and tho ascension to the throne of another, comes tho ru mor of nn impending internal war in that empire. That something is about to happen iu that vast realm Heems probable, since information from there shows an uneasy stato of affairs to exist all over tho nation, by reasou of din- sontions in nil parlies, close times iluiin- eiully, troubles at home, and tiusatis- fuotory relations with tho neighboring country, Japan. That loathsome disease, small-pox, has born doing bad work iu many parts of North America during the past few weeks. Wo hear of it iu tbo eastern states, in Canada, and lately it has closed a largo Catholic school in ono of the principal towns in Texas. It pre vails to a greater or letfs dogroe in most of tho largo cities, aud many of the small*, r cities, of tho union. Two hundrod thousand dollars have been appropriated by tho Japauoto gov ernment for expenditures in connection with the Philadelphia centonnial; for expenses of commissioners to examine industries and report, ono hundred thousand dollars ; for purposes of Jap anese articles to bo sent, eighty thou sand dollars ; for transportation, twenty thousand dollars. Tin: Pounhylfunm ruoroad company refuses to allow the Buliimore and Ohio cars to run over its lino between Philadelphia aud Now York, aud it is staled I hat instructions have boon given to i<h employes to take no freight and issue no tickets from tho latter place to points on the Baltimore and Ohio road and to honor no through tickets issued by that company. Timm are in* new developments in the railroad war except tho following reduction by the Baltimore and Ohio iu passenger fares : From Baltimore to Kansas City, reduced from $84 to $26 ; to Memphis, Teno., frun $31 25 to 826 25; to Nashville, from $27.45 to 819 45; to New Orleans, from $10 to $33. The production of "Henry V." at Bcc th’s Theater, New Y’ork city, ro- quir»s 14 actors and actresses, 212 snpernnmrr»riw, ned 55 ballet girls. In tho battle scene a'. Agincjnrt there are more thin IKK) persons on tho btage at one time. Tho production of tho piooo involved an outlay of $10,000. Diking tho month of January tho city of Boston supplied soup to 10,739 familiei at a oost of $1,823.93, The soup is made of beef, matton, fish and vegetnbbs, and the cost per aval was 3| cents. Ffty thousand individuals partook of the bounty of the city. At Washington, on tho 18th, an un known man about forty yenra of nge jumped from the seoond outside gallery of the dome of tho capital aud struck bi a head on the roof of the main build ing, 150 feet below. Tup. report of the secretary of the state grange shows that there are 1,053 granges in Tennessee, with a member ship of .35,000, and a balance of $3,- 435.96 ip the treasury. The following appointment of Span full ministers abroad is announced: Senor Ranees, to England ; Bedmar, to Russia ; Merry, to Germany ; Coella, to Italy, aud Petanan, to Austria. John Mitcueli. sided from New York < n the 0th fast for Ir laud, hav ing been notified by cable that Colonel Wnite, the member from Tipperary, was about resigning his seat, and that he would be elected to fill the vacancy. 3 he proposition under consideration by the board of education in New York city, to make obligatory the stndy of German in the public schools, meets influential opposition. In Michigan they tux the premiums paid on life insurance policies three per cent, per annum, collecting it from the companies. The state grange of Illinois exercises jurisdicton over 115,000 members, LATE NEWS SUMMARY. WEST. Tho Illinois legislature has passed a bill authorizing tbo governor lo appoint women to bo notaries public. A gesometcr exploded in Des Moines, Iowa. Wednesday night, ontailiug h 1 -hb of about $10,000 ami slightly wounding some workmen. , A special from Topeka, Kansas, says : Near Helena, Colorado, on tho 8th Inatant, thirty vigilante went to tho bouno of ono Gibbs, and on IiIh refusing to deliver himself to them to I o hanged, eel tiro to the honao, in which were Gibbs, two women and several children. Gibbs leaped ont through tho tinmen with n revolver and shot throe of tlm party dead aud wouudod a fourth, when the real took to their heels and tied, Gibbs had recently boon acquitted on tho chargo of mur der, and tho vigilantn proposed to tako a sum mary appeal from tho decision which set him at liberty, SOUTH. Tho president has nominated (1. L. Kendrick as pontinastor at Chattanooga, Tonn. A tiro at Darien, Ga., Sunday morn ing, destroyed a largo nuiubor of stores and tho Gazette printing ollico. Elijah Atkina and Scipio Bryan, both colored, aro to bo hanged at Iteanfort, S. C . on the 10th of April, for tho murder of Thomas II. Palm. Tho honsoof representatives< f Geor gia has unanimously passed a resolution ap proving congressional aid to tho Texas and 1‘acitlc railroad, nud requesting the Georgia senators and congressmen to voto for it. Tho bill removing tho capital of West Virginia to Wheeling within the noxt ninety days, tins passod tho houso by a voto of 87 to 28. Tho satno hill pained tho sonato n few d*ys since. It only an nits tho governor's signature to hocotno a law. At a roUgious mooting at Wilard, Ky., last week n shooting affair ooonrrcd botwoon tlireo noted chnraotors named Remit. Mont gomery aud Rose. Alnnit ftftoon shots wore tired. ltoork was dangerously wounded, Rose slightly hurt, and a Mins Matnoy, who wa* walking with ltoork, was shot between (ho shoulders. Tho wound will prohnhly prove fatal. Tho affair grew out of an old fond, tho same parties exchanged shots about tlireo mouths ago, resulting in wounding ltoork slightly. No airests. THOM WASHINGTON. Tho president hits approved tho joint roaolnliou of congress suthurtziug Tims. W. Fitcli, engineer iu the navy, to accept of a wed ding present from tho khodivo of Egypt to bis wifo, Mrs. Minnie Miriman Fitch. Tho house committee on appropria tions tins agreed to rocommond nn appropria tion of 000 to defray the expenses attend ing n diHpIny of tho several departments of tlie government, at tbo centennial exposition. Tho stonmboat bill, ns reported bark to tho sennto, in changed by ttio commiUuo on- oommorco in tho following particulars: It is amended so ns to prohibit enrrying explosive and dangerous materials on any and all pas senger steamers, c xcopt ferry-boats, whether or not thorn aro other menus of couvovanco on tlio same route ; life-proservern must ho capable of sustaining 21 pounds each, i. stead of only 18 pounds each; a clause is Inserted requiring st least ono lockoil-iip aafoty-valvo oil each vessel. Tho select committee appointed to innsligato alleged political outiages in Ala bama met, and by a majority vote directed tho chairman, Gen. Coburn, to report to tho houso tho bill wliioh was recently indorsed by the rupulilican caucus. Messrs. Rucknernnd Lut- troll, two democratic members, protested against making this bill the report of tlio aom* tnittoo, and insistod that they should endeavor to settle upon a report concerning tlio Hpecial subject of their investigation. Thoir votes wore overruled by thoso of Mossts. Coburn, Albright ami Cannon, and the bill will shortly bo reported. Action on tho Hawaiitiu reciprocity treaty lias boon do omed by tho sonato foreign relation committee, in order to consult with Hoorntary Fish about tlio (HMsihllity of other governments claiming a right to tako advan tage of its provisions, undor tho most favored nation clauso in several existing treaties. With a view to obviating all difficulty or con troversy on this point, Senator Hager has sug gested to Secretary Fish that tobacco might t*o included in tho list of articles of American production which tlio Sandwich Islands shall admit froo of duty. If thin wefo to bo done, it is believed no other nation have any desire to ho placod on the samo footing Secretary Fish will submit tho matter to tlio c&hiuot. It is suggested that tho trratv would gain strength if an amendment is modo by tlio sen ate, pledging the Hawaiian government against making any foreign alliance, or allowing any other nation to acqniro naval stations or other footholds on the islands. If tlnia amended by the sonato, no complaint coiihl bo made by other nations againstita ratification by Hawaii, the latter not proposing it. MISCELLANEOUS. Col. Tom Heott Ins withdrawn his forces and abandoned his intention of making further effort to secure a subsidy for tho Texas Pacific. According to n published official statement, the daily production of spirits in the first (Cincinnati) district of Ohio is 40,292 I gallons. Nearly one thousand families of Men- nonites, it is expected, will soon arrive in Canada from Russia. They have chosen Mani toba for their future residence, and have com- Oiisnioue 1 &u agent to buy for them several thousand head of cattio in tho west. There seems no prospect at prerent that the war between the Penns', lvanla and Biltimore and Ohio will be reconciled. Provi dent Garrett states thatPresident Scott's tele gram is a tissue of grovs misrepresentations. In order to compel tho Pennsylvania road to re-open the gateways of commerco to the peo ple of Philadelphia and New York for the Bal timore and Ohio road and its connections, or ders have been given by the Baltimore and Ohio for an immense reduction iu passenger ratoi between Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia and the loading western cities, viz.: Between Chicago and Baltimore and Washington from $W lo $10: between G'ltir cinnati and Baliraoro and Washington from $16 to $10; between Ht. Leu s and Baltimore and Washington from $23 to $15 ; between Louisville and Washington from $8.50 to $6. Similar reductions liavo boon made botwoon Philadelphia and Chicago, Cincinnati, Ht Louis, Louisville and Pittsburg. Thoso reduc tions tako effect at once. It is understood tho Baltimore and Ohio company is arranging for lino of first -class Hteamshii'H for tho convoy- nco of freight botwoon Now York and Balti more. All Its western connections liavo tele graphed to the Baltimore and Ohio company that thoy will cheerfully co-operate ill its pol icy throughout iih long ns tho Pennsylvania road continues lo obattuct itn huslnosa to Philadelphia and Now York. FOREIGN. Thorn was a flro at Canton, China, on John Mitchell has been returned to parliament from Tipperary, Ireland, without opposition. The British stoamcr, Geo. Batters, for Gibraltar, is supposed to have boon lost with twenty-one poreonsnu board. Tim smallpox provnilR to an unusual extout in Yokahoma, many foreigners are suf fering, among them tho soldiers iu tho British camp. Tho English and Frouoli troops, long maintained Ht Yokahoma in defiance of the s of tlio Japanese government, aro mak ing preparations for immodiate depart lire. oncyolloal from tho pope to tho PriiHHlnn bishops is published. It denounces ccloHiastiral laws and excommunicates members of tho clergy who accept boulfloos from tlio state. Tho possibility of Frineo Bismarck’s retirement is ►till discussed us probable. The prince will obtain partial inliof from bis ouor- duties by the appointment of Prince Ho* heuiocho. King Alfomo has issued a decree cull ing out 70,000 men for tlio army, IB,000 of thorn to tin rent to Cuba. Exemption may ho procured by llio payment of eight thousand ala ($1,000). The hank of Hpaln has ad orned tlio government 100,000,000 reals ($12,- 500,000), RK8T. Iltirn low, oh light, I tot tlio ilarknoH* In ! witoro fltful Bounds liavu bco: too tired, tu» Bwootly dosolnte. a, lot tlio soul, oYn ns n ton-loved hrldo, irn gently from Its sacred body’s able; vn slumber morn than lova; (urn and lie ulIII, ov IIml thoy both, or not, havo had tlielr will. :i*t matters It 7 ttmv both aro tired to donth. iey, married with tho breathing of « breath, ntoiit lo bo oblivious of tho best; Aud happier so all dboord to elude, all bitter pain, m i It At great rolleltudo 'lichen like a sea, coot. Innultc. Oer folded hands amt Up* to memory swctl, \ of gra»»y waves, foam-fringed with flow’rs, to, tlio la*t of all, with llornl silo *oo the mntoet thing, the grave, to smllo! no goes gl dly a* tho clnso of Urn day, 1 1 ill * all tlio playllilngs of hi* world away, " curtain, lay* Id* aching bend Plveated of all Thru after I make It raiimi to ' Ih kindlier than tlio alee dawn beyond llw inldulgtil’s pall, CONGRESSIONAL. In tho Senate, on I ho 131 h, Mr. Jb gy introduced a bill to establish a mint of tho United Htatcs at Hi. Louis... .Air. Dorsey in troduced a Joint resolution authorizing tlio secretary of tho treasury to admit, froo of duty, tho diamond nocklaco presented hv tho Khodivo of Egypt to Minnie Hhennsu Fitch. Ordorod printed and referred... .The senate reaunud conaldoratlon of tho hill to provide a government for the District of Columbia... Mr. Edmunds, from tho judioiarv committee, to whom was referred tho resolution of Mr. Bogy, instructing that oommtttoo to inquire Into the expediency of repealing tlio law grant ing a subsidy to the Paeifio Mall Htonmshlp Gompanv, reported tlio fol’owlng substitute: /iVao/ivd, That tho oominitton on judioiarv be and hereby is Instructed to Inquire and report department on tho hill, In tho houso, on tho 13th, tho hill to provide for tlio relief of certain loyal credit ors, whoso moneys woro confiscated by a con federate congress, ponding a veto on which tho houso adjourned yesterday, was dofoatod by a voto of 143 to 41... Mr. Coasna intro duced » Ini) amondatorv of tho act for luljndl- i Holillers during Morgan’s raid This teller hcoiuh to liavo itruyod i homo," said Bijali, as lie lironght out a tall, dark ciminli xionod man. Man you spoak English ?" inquired tho court. " Es propio do porsomiH mul oriadns 1 oteudorec do oiialqnior cote,” an- sorod tho prisonor. “That’s Dutch,” said Bijali. “ French,” said Iho clerk. "Go away—flint’s Spanish," added his honor. “ Now, then, hear mo rattio oil his own lingo to him. Nowsir wiuo you diutiko?” Hon todos bion armados y lmn sal ldo oonuua detorminaciori," wns tho reply, accompanied by a shako of tho head. "Cantus you understandus mo!” asked his honor. El diablo dobe habor sido urqnitecto focundo y do tolento,” said tho mail. Willo you over geto drunko any more I" shouted tlio court. Tho prisoner put on bin hnt, looked up at tho clock and deliberately walked out of doors, while Jiijuh skulked into tho corridor, sat d >wn on the woodbox and lnngliod until tlio conrt ordered tlio rgeant to go iu mid hoc wli&t prisoner that was choking to death. I doesn’t a Unit dat I is hero," an swered Homy. “ Is your name Henry Biown ?’’ “ I doesn’t admit it," replied the pris- “ Well, woro you drunk ?” “ 1 pleads not guilty, and demands do proofs.” “ Como up here and testify,” said his honor to tho officer, and tho officer swore that ho had picked Henry Brown out of a snow drift. “ Now, den,” commenced tlio prison er, “am J do man?” “ You are.” answered tbo officer. “ Wasn’t Warn Johnson de man V” “ No, sir." “ Why—why wasn’t he !” exclaimed Homy, bending almost double. “Because ho wasn’t.” “ Dat isn’t proofs, sir! I want dis court to make you toll why Ham .John son wasn’t do man.” " I found you, brought you hero, and here you aro,” replied tho irritated officer. “ Aud I am de man?” “ You are.” "Aud you knows it?” "Ido.” “ Now, den," said the man, a bland smile covering his countenance, "how does you know I am de man !" “Oh, that’s all right,” remarked tho court. “ 1'he fact that you woro drunk is plain, and I send 3011 up for thirty days.” " For what?” asked the pyiponcr. “ For being dtunk.” " But I calls for de proofs I” exclaim ed H< nry. Bijali gathered him in, and he being the last mun, the court arose, tenderly caressed his frost-bitten ear, and tho crowd vacated.—Detroit Fresa Preaa, considered nml defeated, after wliioh thoiimiHo wont Into oommlttoo of tho wholo for tho pur- poso of taking np tlio pmiBion anil military ncndoniy nppio|iriAtion tiilla. Aftor tin* pns*- sago or thoso hills, tin. bill for llio equalization of hountioH wrh takon np by a voto of l)(t to 48. Mr. Mvors niovi d to uinond by mulling tho hill apply to hhIIoih and marines. Messrs. Oomingo slid Park or advocated tlio amond- mont, ivnloh would malio tho hill apply to tho cloven Missouri regiments innstomr Into sor- vico, and who sorvod tin00 years ns liomo guards. Tho dobatn closed and tho houso p bill and ninendnun s’ ainonilnionts w . nuhnonl offered by Mr. Shanks, to include Indians. Tlio hill'thou passed, yeas 177, nays 39... .Mr. I.awronoo, from llio oommlUoa on war claims, reported tho hill to pay tho claims allowed by comuiis- tho house, at 9 o'clock adjournod. In tlio Sonato, on tlio 15th, Mr. Ed munds, from tho Judiciary committee, reported, without amendments, tlm civil rights hill which lately passed tho houso of roprosoutn- llvos, aud gave notice that ho would call it up at tlio nai host possible ninmotiL, which would bo in a day nr two. Placed on tho calendar. ....Mr. Ghandlor, from tlio ooinmllloo on oommoroo, reported hack llio steamboat hill, with Hinondmoilts. 1’laood on llinoaloudar.... Mr. Hoott, from tlio oommlttoo of oonforouco 011 tlio disagreeing votes of tho two houses on llio l>lll to tunand tho natlouiil hank act fixing componsation of nationnl batik examiners, made a roimrt .wLioh whh aaroedto,.. .Mr. Bol)i>rtsou lutroihiood ii hillTo-.viiiurY' dlipnslt- ors iu tlio Frooduian’s Havings and Trust Gom- nany from ultinialo loss. Tim morning hour having expired, tho clislr aiinouncml Hint tho unfinished business before tlio somite ivah a hill to proviilo a goveriiuiont for ilm Di-trlol of Golumhia. Mr. Morton movod to poslponn tlio ponding and all prior ordors, and proceed lo the oooHfiloniUon of tho resolution reported by tho oomuiittoo on priviligos and olootloiis for the admission of I’uiolilinck as collator from Louisiana. Mr. Morton said as tlm sen ator from Ohio (Mr. Thurman) disked to divide tlm motion just uiado, ho would now move to lay tlm bill to provide a gnvommout for tlm Distiiol of Golumtiia on tlm tablo, and he did so for I'm purpose of llion moving to proceed to Iho consideration of tlm resolu tion for Urn admission of Piuolibiiok. Tlm motion to lay tlm DiHtriot goveriuiionl hill on tho la'do whh agrotd to, veas 31, nays 23. Mr. Morion llion moved lo lain* up tlio resolu tion for tlm ndniirsiou of Pinohlilick. Agreed to.... A message was received from the house announcing tlm death of tlm Hon, Huniuol Hooper, a inonibor of Unit body, and Inviting tlm sonato to attend ids futiornl in tlm hall of tho Iioiimo to-morrow afternoon. Mr. Bout- well snnt to tlm dark's desk a resolution ex pressing tho regret of tho senate at tlm doath of Mr. Hooper, and acoopting the invitation to ut tend tlm funeral to-morrow, and declaring tlm Honiiln adjoin iu d as a mark of respect to his memory, Tlm resolution was ugreed to, and Ilm senate adjourned. In tho House on tlio 15th, Mr. Dawes offered a resolution, wliioh was agreed to, dirooting tlm judiciary committee to inquire wlmthor tho Western Union telegraph lias re fused any telegrams from tho American press association beeanso of allegod criticism by papers in tlm luttcr organization, and to re port liy Bill or otherwise... .On motion of Mr. Billlor, of Massachusetts, tho inlos were mum- :iondcd for tho mirnoso of taking np tho Texas ndcmnlly bond hill, aud tlm lull was paused, >y yeas 110. nayH 43....Honato bill to allow Thomas W. Pitch, engineer iu tlio navy, to ac cept a wedding present sent his wife by tlm Khodivo of Egypt, win taken from tho spoitk- ci’ii table and panned ., .Tlio houso spent over two hours in tho discussion of tlm tar bill for tlm District of Columbia, but came to no re sult.... Mr. Maynard moved to malm tlm bill for tlm improvement of tlm mouth of tlm Mississippi river Ilm special order for Thurs day, lo tbo exclusion of nil other ImsincsH. Agreed to Mr. 15. It. Hoar announced tlm death, yesterday morning In Washington, of liis colleague. Hon. Hanmel Hooper, and movod a resolution for tlio appointment of a committee of seven to superintend tlio funoral ceremonies that are to bo held to-morrow in tlm hall of the house, and that tlm sonata be notified and invited to attend. Tho resolution was adopted. The house thou, ns a further mark of respect for tlm deceased, adjournod. In tho Hsnato, on tho 10th, Mr. Forry, of Michigan, from tlio commilloo on fin Alien, reported with an amendment iu tbo nature of a substitute, houyo bill restricting tlm funding of custom duties, and proscribing certain relations of tlio tronsury department, nml it was placed on tlm calendar... .Tho Judi ciary committee having boon directed to report what is tlm moaning and extent of tlm *o- called press gag-law of June 22, 1874. submit ted a report expressing thoir opinion Hint tlm suid act is not obnoxious lo any criticism, and that In respect to tho crime of libol, it confers powors either to bring a jiorson charged Messrs. Edmunds, Conkling, Frolingliuysen, Wright, Thurman and Stevenson. At tho ex piration of tbo morning hour, tho senate re- sntned tbo consideration of tlm re-elution for the admission of Pinobback, and Mr. Sargent continued hiH argument. The senate returned from the funeral of Mr. Hooper at 2:40 v. m., and adjourned till to-morrow. Jn the House, on tho 16th. Tho house met at 11 o’clock this morning. Imme diately aftor tho reading of tlio Journal sev eral members endeavored to obtain the floor for the pnrpose of moving a suspension of the rules to take up various bills, blit tho reg ular order was insisted upon, and a number of hills, mostly of a private character, which had been considered in committee of tlio wholo, appropriated thorofor, and no money shall ho oxponded upon any public building upon which work has not yet boon actually begun, until after drawings and specifications, logother with detailed estimates of tho cost thereof, shall liavo boon made by Urn supervising arch itect of tho troaniry department, ami said nlatis and oslimatos shall liavo boon approved by tho socrotarv of tho treasury, and all an- iiropiiations made for tho construction of said buildings shall ho oxpondod within the limita tions of the act authorizing tlm same, or lim iting tho cost thereof, and no chango of said plan involving an increase of the oxponso ex ceeding 10 per centum of the amount to which said building was limited, shall tin allowed or pnid by any officer of tlm government, without tho special authority of congress, Tho bill appropriates $87,750 for engraving and print- lion, and repeats Iho proviso that tho sum hereby appropriated shall cover Urn entire Jionso to wliioh tho United Hiatus shall he ibjootod on account of the exhibition. Mr. Young offerod an amendment requiring portion to population. Agronl to, nml tho bill Tlm first section provides that tho pmndont and vice-president shall bo Mooted hv a direct vote of tho people. Each stato shall ho di vided Into districts equal In number to tlm number of ropresBiitatlves to which tlm s'.ato is entitled iu congress, and tlm person having tho highent number of votes in cacti district for president, shall rocolvo tho voto of that district; hut candidates for prazldont and vloo president mo not to ho both eitizous of tho samo stato. Tlio second section provides that Ilm person hnving tlm highest number of Volos In tlm United Htatcs cliall ho president. 'I’li" fourth section provides Hint if ' .. . . , . ...ill ho couiilod from Hint district. Tlm fifth section makes tlm same provisions applicable lo tho vlco- prohldonlial elections. Tlm seventh sect ion provides that tlm staieH shill ho divided Into districts by tlm logislatmos thoroof, lint that nmigrosH may at any llmo malm or alter tlio same. Tlm eighth section provides that no person who has boon a Justice of tho supreme and directed tho name of l'urnmn to ho struck from tlm roll of momhors. Tlio funeral of tho Into ItoproHontAtivn Hooper look place at two o'clock. Tlm holy was horno from tlm hull, and tlm houso adjourned. In tho Sonato, on tho 17th, Mr. Logon introduced a bill establishing rules and articles' for tlio government of tlm armicH of tho United Htnlog,.. .Tho senate, by a voto of 31 to 25 nays, reconsidered tho vole by wliioh tho hill to grant a site for tlm Peabody school, in Ht. Augustion. Fla., was passed a few days ago. Tlm consideration of tho ros- lullnu for tho admission of Piuchliank was then romunod. Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, moved to iiumnd tlio resolution to scat l'inuh- haclt by inserting tlm word not" after tlm word "no," ho It would read: Unsolved, that P. II. H. Plnohbnoh ho not admit tod, etc. Mr. Dawns movod dial tho senate adjourn. Lost, yens 23, nays 3(1. At 1:15 tlm st-nato refused ‘ adjourn by a voto of 11 to 30. In tho Houso, on tho 17th, 011 motion of Mr. Dawns, tlm Iioiimo wont into oommlttoo or tlm wholo on tlm tariff hill. Tho general dclinlo oloscd, and Dm comnilllno proceeded to consider tlm hill undor tlm five minutes' rulo... .Mr. Cox movod to amend tho first sec tion by inuroHHing Ilm duty 011 champagne from $0 per dozen of quarts to $9, and from $3 per dozen of pinlH to ifd.fiO. He said that that would produce an increase of $(17(1.090 of rovorum. Tlio Hiimuilmeut was agreed to. liiiHmoes from tlm judioiarv oommlttoo, exclud ing political measures... .A hill was reported to establish certain tolograph lines in the sev eral si wii'ti and territories as post rends, aud to regulate the IransmiHsiou of oornnmroial and other intelligence by telegraph. Tlio bill having been read, a point of or.lor was made by Mr. Willard, of Vermont, nud supported by Mohsm, Kiiiidaf) and Garfield, that It should receive Its first consideration in oemmiltoo of tlm whole. After a running debate, the house, without action on tlm hill, adjournod. I11 tho BcniittJ, on tho lMtli, tho difl- eiiHcion of tho resolution for tlm mlniisHion of Plnchbnck las tod all night, nnd at 9:15 this morning Mr. Morrlmun concluded a six hours' speech. Tlm senate, at 4 o'clock, 011 motion of Mr. Morrill, of Mniuo, laid tlm resolution for tho admission of Pinchhock on thotiiblo — yeas 39, nays 22....Mr. Windon moved that tho I AKst-d.... Mr. On- field reported vilHerv' 1-.1 un ...... several bills dry civil servico appropriation bill, after which .... introduced by unanimous consent. At 12 o’clock the bill for Iho reor ganization of tlio treasury department was takon up. tho house being in committee of the whole. Tho committee subsequently rose aud reported the bill. It contains the following proviaion : Hereafter no money shall bo p«ld senate proceed to Dm consideration of tho up proprlaiion bill. Agreed lo. Tlm sonato thou proceeded with tlm coiieidoi’alion of tho Un dine appropriation bill. Hcvonil unimportant iiinondinciitH, reported by Dm committee, wnri agreed to. Mr. Morrill, ot Main, called up Liu resolution fixing Dm hour of mooting of tin senate at 11 o’clock a. M., nnd it was amended ho ns to provide that it take affect on (Saturday next, and then agreed to. I'nnding discussion on tlm Indian appropriation bill, Mr. Harguiit moved to ad journ. Agreed to, and tlm sonato, after it continuous session of neatly twenty- nine hours, adjourned. In tlio Houso, on tho 18th, immedi ately after reading of tho journal, llio Iioihb wont Into oommlttoo of tho wholo on tho reve nue bill. The first voto was on Mr. South ward's amendment as amended by tho amend ment of Mr. Oox, to slriko out all of tho first section of Um bill which relates lo tlio tax 011 whisky. Tlm amendment was lost, 01 voting in* tho affirmative and 90 in tho nega tive.. . .Mr KaHHon offered an amendment, on behalf of tho committee, providing that tlio tax on spirits contracted tof*o delivered boforo tlio 10th of February shall bo paid by tho pur chaser. Adopted. Finally, tlio first section was allowed to stAnd so far us the whisky tax is concerned. Tlm second section, providing for increasing tlm tsx on tobacco, was read and gave risw to long debate, Various atnand- inoiiis looking to reduction of duty wore of fered and rejected. The principal ntnond nionts adopted were, first, nil amendment in regard to contracts, similar iu its provisions raont of tlio Mississippi river was taken up. Mr. Htanard, who has chargo of tho bill, made a long explanation of its provisions and mnnds said somo days ngo tho judiciary com mittee roportod hack too houso civil rights hill, whioh had alrnndv boon thoroughly dis cussed. Ho far as any further debate was con cerned tlioro was no rosson why much tlmo should lie consumed in disposing of tlm hill. Ilo gave notice (hat ih ho,in ih tlio Indian ap propriation bill ho disposed of, ho would move to tako up tho civil rights bill... .Mr. Wright, from tho committoo on civil sorvico nnd ro- rolronohinont, roportod back houso hill to pro vide for tho reorganization of tho treasury department, and said tho oommlttoe had Boon unalilo to agree upon a recommendation that, tho hill should ho passed. Thoy had, howovor, agreed upon sovoral amendments, and he would ask that tho hill ho placod on tho oalnn- tion of tho Indian appropriation bill. Tho niuondmont of tho somite oommlttoo on appro priations increasing tho amount to subsist aud euro for tlm Anaolm Indians in Arszoua from $300,000 to $375,000, nnd for those in Now Moxioo from $100,000 to $125,000, wan agreed to. Other amondmentH of tho oommlttoo woro agreed to... .Mr. Windom movod to amend ho as to increase tlm appropriation for educating tho children and oaring for tlm orphans in tho central Hiiporinteudoney from $10,000 to $15,- ~"0. Fending tlm discussion of this amoud- mt, tlio Honato took a recess tilt 7:30 1*. m. In tlio Houso, on tho lOfcli. Tho reading of tho Journal this morning sliowod that tlioro woro past-oil lout night olghty-throo hillH granting pensions to individuals. Tho only hill that gavo rlso to discussion was ono to rngulato tho issue of artificial limbs to dis abled soldiors, scallion, and others... ,8ovoral hills, memorials, etc., were Introduced, tlio most important of which was a hill from tlm Pacific railroad committoo to amond tho uot Incorporating tlm Texas nnd l’nolfio railroad company, which was ordorod printed and ro- oommittod... .Mr. Dawes endeavored to get. 1111 tlm revenue bill, but tho houso, by a vo n or 117 to 115, decided to go into committoo of tho wholo on tho privato onlondar, which was tho regular ordor. ...Tlm first bill on thoual- omlar was tlm mm reported by Mr. Hazleton, of Wisconsin, from tho committoo on war claims, for tho relief of oorlaln oontrsotord for • and steam k voto, tho committee roso and tlm house wont Into com mit too of tlio wholo ; Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, in Dm chair, on tlm army appropriation hill.... Mr. Holman moved to rnduoo Dm forco of tho army from 25,000 In 22 000 men, and argued in support of tho amemlmonl. Mr. Cox movod an anmnihucut providing that. Dm army shall not ho used to subvort Dm rights and liberties or Interfere with tho legislatures of the statoH of tlm union, aud that no sum shall he paid out of tlm treasury until tlm United Hiatus troops now iu Dm slate of Louisiana shall bo withdrawn from that st ate. Mr. Oox'11 amend ment was then rejected. On motion of Mr. Onhurn, nn nnmudmnnt was inserted providing land-grant and subsidized railroads.. On motion of Mr. Randall, an amendment was inserted forbidding payment for any patent for Dm preservation of oloth from moth or mildew. Tlm committoo roHO and roportod the hill to tho house, and it was passed with out division... .Mr. Poland, from tho solbct committoo on Arkansas affairs, reported house, no inlerforonce with tlm existing gov ernment iu that Htato by any department of tlm govorniimnl is advislblo. Ho gave nolieo that lm would call it up as c next week. The Iioiiho then id I on rn oil. rotary of war to construct the work in of the dofaultof Mr Eads, was adopted tho bill passed... .The consideration of the tariff bill was resumed in coMmltteo of the whole. Tho third section, repealing tho stamp tax on matches, was stricken out. For the fourth section, increasing the duties on molos- sos and sugar 25 per cent., a substitute was adopted substantially the samo, but including Mr. Coburn, from tho soled mittoe on Alabama claims, reported Dm caucus ordered to be printed nmlada. mittoe 01 forco bill, which an l recommitted. Tho houso tlion took a re- ce s till 7:80. In the Honato, on the J9tb, Mr. Ed- Tho Suez Canal. A letter from Cairo to tlio Eastern Binlgot, dated tlio 31st December, hiivh: “ The present state of the Suez canal is far Irom satisfactory. Tho canal is neither couiplotul nor iu good repair, ami if matters aro left as they are ut present it will hccomo uselonu in a few yonrs. It is broad enough to accommo date thren steamers abroast, but its depth is ho variablo that one ship only can pass through it at a time. When a vessel comes from Buoz the ships com ing from Europe must wait at Fort Haul, and if the ship gotsnground on the surnl tho whole communication is stopped until it is sut. afloat again. This, of course, causes great injury to trade, and complaints are frequent. Tho ohiof cause of tho evil is the want of money. The Engl if h, who pro tho canal moro thun any other nation, liavo long been thinking of getting the canal into thoir own hands, but a majority of two-thirds of tlio simroliolderH isneciHBary in order to change tho management, and ns the viceroy is the possessor of one-thiril of tho shares, ho has practically tho cast ing vote, It is true that one-third of tho shares are also iu the possession of Englishmen, but the attempts which have been made to indues the viceroy to dispose of his share* havo hitherto broil fruitless. The khodivo evidently feared that England will become too powerful on tbo canal, and therefore prefers tlio atatua quo. As for M. De LessepH, he continues to send protests to CoiiHtautiuople about tho caual duns, aud his ilnauces aro becoming worse every day. The cost of the maintenance of the canal aud di edging-works is from 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 francs a year, while his total receipts this year liavo only amounted to 30,000,000 francs, nud it is very uncertain whether tnoy will bo maintained at that figure. Mor oliunts here uro unanimously of opiuiou that something must bo done to pre vent thi niHoful work from being ruined, aud that M. Do Lossopa should either bo allowed greater freedom of notion, or bo given un opportunity of selling the shares to a now company.” Proclamation for an Extra Session of tho Senate. Tho following proclamation was is sued on tlio 18th iust:— VVhbiikas, Objects of interest to tho United States require that tho senate should bo convened at 12 o’clock on tlio 5th day of March noxt, to receive and uot upon snob communications as muy bo made to it on tli#part of tho execu tive Now, therefore, I, Ulyssos 8. Grant, president of the United Htatcs, having considered it my duty to iBBUO this, my proclamation, declaring that an extra ordinary occasion requires the senate of tho United Htatcs to convene for the transnotion of business at the oapitol, in the city of Washington, on the 5tli day of March noxt, ntl2 o’clock at noon on that day of March, all who shall at that time bo entitled to aob an members of that body are hereby required to take notice. Given under my hand and seal of tho United States, at Washington, the 17th day of February, in tho year of our Lord one thousond eight hundred and seventy-five, and of tho independence of tho United Htatcs of America tho ninety-ninth. Ily tho president : U. 8. Grant. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of Htato. —According to an Eureka, Nevada, journal there are over a thousand tons of bullion in bars at the Richmond smelting works awaiting shipment. FACTS AND_FANOIES. v-Oinoinnati girls rofuso to kiss their beaux who woro shavod by foranlo bar bers, and so tho enterprise was starved to death, •There’s nothing in womeu, nfter all. G dl Hamilton and George Hand have both said thoy would willingly relinquish tlmir talents if tho pacrifloo wonla make thorn pretty. —A woman recontlv died in Alabama leaving to somobody, it. is said, an inher itance of no loHB than 287 hoon-BKtrts. That woman was as well hopped, as nn imported barrel of French brandy. —“I’d liko to give something to tho uoor," remarked a Toledo lady. “ It’s hard times nml they must bo suffering, but I've got. to use this $40 to buy an other Hwitcli.” —A gontlemnn by tho nnmo of Har riott has been haunting tho approaches to a certain nowspnpor offioo in 8nu Francisco, looking for tho editor who called his Olam (nee Morris) a “Blonde Bonanza." Tho “prominonco aud neutouopB" of tho noses of San Francisco young women liavo attraotod tlio attention of a California writer, and ho fonra that female suffmoo will bogin to ruiso its hydra head tlioro prosoutly. —It is said that thoro nro many moro women than men in Massachusetts. Givo tho women iu that stato tho right of sulTrago, nnd tho chances aro that I hey will vote all the men out of office, if not out of thoir pantaloons, in loss than six months. —According to Kopesy, tlio surgoou to the Austrian Tolar expedition, alioca- late, as a bovorago, proved most valu able of all; the preserved moat and vegetables in tins bolug also of tlio greatest, service in sustaining tho strength and spirits. —Honor to him who “ first through the lmpnsfitblo paves a road ! ’ Such, indeed, iH tho task of overy great man ; nay, of every good man iu one or the other sphere, since goodnoss is great- 1, and tho good man, high or 1mm- w.»,, is ovor a martyr, ned a “ spiritual iiero that ventures forward into tho gulf for our deliverance."—'Carlyle. Human intellect, though varying in cnpucity in different individuals, hns its limitz iu nil plans of enlargement by acquisition ; and thoso limits cannot ho trauBoondod without aggregate1 deterior ation in distracting tho attention, over loading tlio memory or overworking tho brain and sapping tho foundations of health.—Jacob JiiffcioU>, M. D. A rich old widower of Oswego told a young girl there to drop her other beaux. Sue obeyed. Ho often took her out riding, and assured hot that “ when wo get ready wo can go off sud den liko, and surprise tho gossips.” The young lady did uot demur, ikon tho rich old widower popped off very sudden liko, and. married a noli old widow about his own ago. Tho jury is asked for $15,000 damages. —It’H a deep mystery—the way the heart of a man turns to one womun out of all tho rest lio's icon in tho world, and makes it easier ter him to work seven years for her, liko Jacob did for Rachel, sooner than havo any other woman for the asking. I often think ot those words : “ And Jacob sorved seven years for Rachel, and thoy seemed but a few days, for tho lovo ho hud for lior. —Gcor/jo FAUot. • •_ln a kindly aud well-bred 00m- nauy, il anybody trios to please them, they try to‘lie pleased 1 if anybody trios to astonish thorn they have tho courtesy to bo astonished ; if peoplo become tiro- some, they ask somebody else to play, or sing, or what, not, but they don t criticise.’’ Ami John Raskin holds that this is tho way it should bo iutko world as well as in tho drawing-room. Ho does not like critics ; and jot what clso is ho ^_A Now York correspond out says that hundreds of consumptives, noting on tho advioo of eminent physicians, visit tho slaughter-houses thoro dally for the purpose of drinking tho warm blood of an ox. Thoy hold thoir glasses so as to ontoli tho stream a* it flows hot from tho dying animal, and drink it stonining as it is. Tho habitual drinkers aro said to bo greatly bencfltted by it, and thoy say that it is no more disagreeable than now milk. ... —Not only is it important for tho well-being of sooiety, but also it in necessary for tlio purity of overy man s moral condition that his impulse to ward the good should never subside into roposo. Ho can never be safely loft ono moment to bo good on system, but must bo kept arointed into energetic opposition to his foe, while out of this ceaseless antagonism of truth and false hood, going on around him and in him. will bo produced a perfection of moral energy; as from tho bosom of tho tempest are born the germs or terres trial bounty and fruitfulness. —Dr. Wilkes, in bis recent work on physiology, remarks that “it is esti mated that tlio hones of ovepr adult porson requires to bo ted with limo enough to make a marblo mantle overy eight months.” It will be perceived, therefore, that in tho course of about ton years each of us oats tlireo or four mantlepicoos and a tew sots of front door stops. It is awful to think of tlio consequences if a man would bo shut off from his supply of limo for a while and then get looso in a cemetery. An ordinary tombstone would hardly bo enough for a lunch ter him. —In a tew remarks upon the action of lightning-conductors, Secobi, tho well-known astronomer, describes the storm of November, 1872, in which tho cathedral nnd palace of Alatri were struck by lightning, these structures having been free from such visitations for many years. Tho damage done on this occasion was, as he shows, duo in great measure to tho foot that tlm light ning-rods, instead of being dirootly connected with the metalio gutters ana other portions of the roof, were isolated from them. Tho fluid, therefore, sought to mako its own way to such other good conductors as were near. After quoting other instances, he ox pressed tho opinion that tho conditions most favorable to safety consist in join ing the iightuing-rod directly to all the motallio portions of the roof, and es pecially to the rain-water pipes, in or der that greater facility may be offered to the electric fluid iu its passoge to the earth.