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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W, S, D. WIKLE & 00,, Proprietors,
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1875.
VOLUME 1. NUMBER 39.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Mr. Hai.r, of Now York, who hits cot
boon able to attend the sitting* of the
honso for tbo past four weeks on
Account of illness, has written Mr.
Crittenden, of Missouri, expressing his
regret that his illness lmd prevented
him from taking any part in correcting
tho injustice which was dono to Crown,
of Kentucky, in the resolution of oou-
sure moved by himself and ndoptod by
the house in tho earlier part of tho ses
sion. He repeats his oooviotion that bo
far as tho resolution imputed to Brown
any intention of prevarication or double
dealing in his response to the speaker,
himself and a majority of the house
had been misled, and hnd dono injus
tice to Brown. lie adds: "A careful
examination of tho record siuce, quali-
fying'it by my own distinct recollootion,
satisfies mo that I did wrong to Brown
in imputing this intuit to him. aud that
there was nothing in his r< spouse to the
speaker inconsistent with good faith or
integrity of an upright and honorable
raau. I shall ufver hositato to express
freely the conviction that I bavo above
expressed to you, and if anything con
tained in this lettor within your judg
ment be of Rfrvico to Mr. Brown, 1 beg
you to consider tho lettor entirely at
your service, for any use whatever that
you or other friends of *Mr. Brown may
think proper to inako of it.”
Tin: Chicago Tribune would not be
surprised if the first test ease on the
constitutionality of tho civil rights bill
should come from tho north, assigning
as its roosoa that while tho number of
pooplo in tho north who now deny any
of tho political rights of tho uegro is
very small; the number of those who
entertain social prt jndiors is still very
large. Tho practice of excluding ne
groes from tbo public dining-rooms of
first-clnss hotels aud the choice seats in
first-class theatres and operas is oh gen
eral in tho north ns in tho south, and a
test case is »s likely to go to the supremo
court on ono of these points fr. in
Chicago, Boston or New York, ns it is
from Now Orleans, Louisville or Rich*
In
twenty-one counties in Georgia,
voryoarefnl agricultural statistics were
collected last year, in complinneo with
a stato law. In thoso counties the
whites bail 85,G97 aheap; tho mgroes
barely 205. They owned 4,211 dogs, or
about twenty times as many dogs as
slioep to supply them with wool for
clothing and mutton. It in difficult to
discover any way in which sonthrtn
agrioultuio may prosper while a savage
taste for dogs and guns are so powerful,
cot only with persons of co'or, but
with some millions of the whito race.
In the twenfy-one, the counties referred
to, the whites keep seventee n thousand
six hundred and ninety-seven dogs.
Tub real strength of tho United
Slates navy is 01 vessels, which com
prise 15 iro^i cliels. Toero aro 22 ves
sels building, and 85 laid up for repairs.
Those, if necessity required, wonld in
crease tho number to 11R Tho officers
are 1 admiral, 1 vice-admiral, 12 rear
admirals, 25 commodores, 50 captains,
00 command ore, llOliout. commanders,
252 lieutenants, and 15 medical direct*
ors. Tins forro is scattered all over
the Nmtb and South Pacific, North At
lantic, and along tho borders of Ah
and this country.
LATE NEWS SUMMARY.
EAST.
Owing to a strike among the opora-
;ivoa, six mills st Fall river. Mm*., have boon
•topped, tho monthly pay-roll of which
mounted to botwosn *90,000 to *100,090.
Tho aiso'siuonts upon tho oporativos at work
have boon doubhut.
WEST.
A bond of ono hundred and forty
lvlowa Indians surrendered to a scouting party
oij Salt Fort. Fob. 23.
The Ohio houso of representatives
has adopted a resolution requesting congress
to reduce tho president's salary to *25.000.
An attachment has been lovied on a
largo amount of real ei-tato belonging to Wm.
H. King, near Rt. Paul, to recover *125,000
paid him hy Irwin on account of procuring tho
Pacific Mail subsidy.
A dispatch from Pt. Paul says, tlie
Smithsonian Institute records, show tbo mean
tomperaturo of tho winter to have boon two
dogroos colder than that of any previous
record In forty-two years, since tho rogular
observations at Fort Reolling wero instituted
Tho nnnual report of the Illinois
Central railroad shows tho following earnings
for the year: For freight. *5.700.572; for
passengers. *1,079,457; total earnings, *7,-
917,855; decreaso from last year, *380.738:
operating oxponsos for tho year. *1,030,150;
deoroaHo from last year. *509.958. Tho longtli
of road oporatod was 1,107 miles.
The puddlers of Pittsburg, wbostitiok
against a reduction of wages last Dceomher,
aro still idle, aud express a dotorminalb
hold out for a long tiaio yet. Tho Pittsburg
Dolt Company, a few days since, made a con
tract with a gang of colored pnddlers, sufficient
In numbor to run their furnaces, and one-half
of them have arrived, tho others having missod
connection.
Two membors of tbo Sioux Blsob
Hills’ expedition have returned to Fort Lara
mie. Their transportation consisted of »
small sled drawn by one ox, and they bad
boon two days without food. They report that
they left Hioux Oct. 27, reached a point in
the black Hills, six milna from Harney’s Peak
on Christmas, and immediately erected'huts,
for shelter, and built a large stookado. TWn
mombnrs of the expedition had returned to
Hioux City and ono died. They report the
finding of gold, but say tho woathor was too
novero to do much prospecting. The distance
from Ciioyeuuo to tho Dlack Hills is 180 miles
good travelod romIh to lied Cloud agm •
'hloli is 40 miles from tho diggings. The
government won’t allow miners to outer (he
i ilia.
SOUTH.
In oonsequonco of tho civil rights
•ill, and fearing trouble, both tlio principal
hotels of Alexandria, V*., havo cancollod their
(•uses anil closed.
Tho Galveston municipal oloction
used off quietly. It. L. Fulton, demoorat,
ji elected mayor by 3,000 majority. All
mocratio nominees for aldermen woro olool-
od by overwhelming majorities.
Tho Alabama Houso of roprosonta-
tho eouato conferees, and striokon out of the
bill.
Tito proceedings of tho Senate show
that tho bill for equalising bounties was not
in proper shape for tho signatures of tho
speaker aud of the vico-prisidont, it being
held hy old aud oxporionood senators that tho
motion to lay tho roport on tho table, which
was agreed to by a veto of 30 to 21, was un
deniably a refusal on tho part of tho senate
to aooopt tho roport. Much surprUo was ex
pressed that tho bill, tlinufch not finally agreed
to by tbo sonato, should find its way to tho
president,signed by tho presiding officer of each
houso. The president was informed of theso
facts and ho withhold his aignaturo ; but if
tho lull had oorno before him in an unques
tionable manner, ho would havo returned it
for tho reason, first, that tho bill appropriated
from tho treasury a largo sum of money at a
time when tlio revenue is insufficient for the
enrront wants; second, ho did not believe that
any eonsidorahlo portion of tho ox-sqjdlers
who woro supposed would ho bonodtttid by
this appropriation, wero applicants for it,
but rather that it wonld result more In a meas
ure for the relief of claim agents aud mid
dle mon, who intervene or would Intervene to
collect or discount tlio bounties granted by It.
Tho public dobt statement, for March
1st shows a decrease in tho public dobt during
February of *(1,(180,183:
Homls at fi per cont *1,151,992,500
Bonds at 5 per cent 572,137,750
CONGRESSIONAL.
In tlio Somite, on tbo 27th, tho vice-
president appointed as a ooramittoo nndor tlio
resolution to oxamlno tho several branches of
tho civil service during tlio reeoss, Messrs.
Allison, Doutwnll, Gonkling, Mnrrimou and
Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, called up
lotion requesting tho president to In-
nqulrion as to tho proper place for tho
imont of tho branch mint at some
tho western states or tho Mississippi
n'd roport at tho commencement of tho
of oongress.' Agreod
tho i
apply to stale
yobs, 2fi; nays,
third
Tub P«
iia legislature bus
almost unanimously passed a law, im
posing a fine of 810,000 and fiftcon
years’ imprisonment on eaoh and every
person who shall continue to conceal
Chat lie Boss. This is not rx pout facto,
as further concealment and not that of
the past, is punishable nndor it.
special olaure is added which will ope
rate to free the original kidnsppore
present holders of the child, if they
store him within thirty days from the
passage of tho net.
Mr Tiiounr, n momoer of the North
Carolina legislature, has been expelled
from that bjdy becaaso ho did not be
lieve in “the G >d of their state consti
tution,” though ho believed in a su
preme 1> ing.
A convention of citizens of nppci
Michigan, n called to meet at Jshpen
ning, with a view to petitioning tho
legislature and congress to alios
upper peninsula to lapse into n territory
entitled “Superior.”
A son of Alexander Hamilton,
living in New York, at tho age of 90,
claims that his father wrote the whole
of Washington’s farewell address, with
the exception of the first three lin
Capt. Eugene Morris, an old steam-
boatman, recently secret.ry of the
Good Intent towboat company, of N
Orleans, is dead.
Georgia has 8-8,319 negroes who o
property. They nave 323,769 acres of
hnd, and their property is valued at
$6,000,000.
Vice-President Wilson contemplates
a trip to Ihe tooth, and will probably
leave Washington for that pm pore next
week.
The Arkansas house of representa
tives his pa-sed a bill apj ropriating
85.0CO for tho centennial exhibition at
Philadelphia.
livci
isly ■
xpel
;clty fn
lair named Gankon for t
in things in hia logislatl
*800.
Ou tho night of the 27th, at Capo
Girarrtoau, Mo., iletootive William A. 1’ir
/in succoodod in arresting Ed. Johnston, alias
Proctor, alias Parker, tho leader of tho parly
alio robbed Brady, tlio south
•ongor. at Mnmpliis four \
Johnston has already been indictod by the
crand Jury, and the ofTenso is punishable witli
death, tho probabilities aro that he will
hang. Pinkerton first struck his trail at
Metropolis, 111., whero lie had purchased a
wagon and team in order to travel evor land,
d after fo’lowlng him 200 miles scoured him
abovo stated. Johnston robhod tbo United
ties express company in Ht. Louis
olvo yearn since, for which ho sorved six
ars in tho Missouri ponitnntlnry, after which
he became a pirate on tho Miasissippi river,
nd has committed many during robhories
no. Woods and Dill Johnson, colored, hh
mi federates, are in Jail awaiting trial.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Tlio senate confirmed tho appoint-
. T. (
Total..
Legal tender notes
Gerlificates of deposit....
Fractional currency
Coin certificates
Total without interest..
..*1,724,130,25(1
22,209,100
495,101,511
Bpooiai deposit hold for redemp
tion Of certificates of deposit,
as provided by law 45,855,000
Total In treasury * 131,800,181
DKIIT LESS CASH IN TIIKAHUHY
Debt loss cash In treasury *2,137,318,989
•ann of the debt during the
utmost paid by
lit crest repaid
tion of mails,
inlanoo of intoi
United States.
04,023,512
^United Htutes. 20,204,102 34
20,539,088 05
40. Tho bill wai
I passed — 'V*aa,
m till half pa
wsombllng at night session, Mr. Mi
rill, of Vermont, who had chiirge of tho lax
d tariff hill, yielded the floor tQ Mr. lUrasoy,
who called up the Annual post rOnto hill, anil
s ptHHOd. Mr. Logan, front the commit-
report. whloli was agreed
Aftor an executive session, the senate ad
journed till Monday, when the tariff bill will
mo up as unfinished business.
In tho Honso, on tho 27th. Tlio
houso adjourned Inst night at the conclusion
of Mr. Blery’s speech. Mr. Kansan submitted
a report from tho ways and moans committoo
in regard to tho l’acifio Mail Investigation, ao
lompanlod hy resolutions. Tho resolutions
inn roport. woro ordered printed and recoin*
nitted. Maturity and minority reports from
lie Holoot committoo on Mississippi affairs,
vero laid boforo tho house. The consideration
if tho force hill was thou resumed. Mr. Co*
mm, who had oliargo of tlio hill, then called
ho provlous quostion. Tellors wore ordorod
in the mn'lnn to second the demand for the
irevloiiH question. Mr. G. F. Hoar, of Mah-
lodlflcation. Tlio provlous
quostion was seconded hy 185 to 49, and tlio
iimiii question was then ordered—yeas, HU);
iiRVH. 105. Tho IrhI speech on tho hill was hy
Mr. White, of Alabama, in support of It. hut
hn had not made much progress boforo the
limn for closing tlio dohalo expirod. The
houso ihen proooodod to voto on. tlio hill
and amendmontH. Tlio first Amendment
votod on was that offered hy Mr. Dut-
lor, of Massachusetts, modified at the
suggestion of G. F. Hoar, limiting (ho
ud Mississippi, and limiting Uh t
evening session, tho tax and tariff hill boiu •
unfinished husinoss, was thou road a third
time and passed, without a motion—yeas, 30;
29. Mr. Frolinghnysoit oaUou up tho
portod from tho coiumitton on foreign
relations a few days ago, In rogard to tlio hhI-
•ios of certain diplomatic officers of tlio Uni-
ilvil appropriation hills, with <
"aood on tho calendar. Mr. Biowun-, mini
o committoo on railroads, roportod back hill
abi in thn construction of tlio Texas Pacific
d Northern Pacific railroads, and several
other subsidy bills, without reoonimondation
placod on tlio calondar. Ho also roport oil
back various petitions in rogard to tho same
d tlio oommittoo was discharged
from further consideration. Mr. Bcntl, from
committoo on claims, loportod favor
ably on tho house bill to pay certain
awards made by tho secretary of tho
treasury for quartormaHtors and commissary
stores. Place l on tho calendar. Mr. Sargent
moved to tako up sundry civil appropriation
bills. Agreod to, anil at 1:39 a. m, tho sonato
proceeded to consider that kill.
In tho Houso, on tho 2d, tho houso
continued tho cnuHlde^tion of tho sundry
civil appropriation hill last night. Tho coin-
mlttoo ioho and roportod It to tho house. The
bill was passed'at 3:50, and tlio houso adjourn
od. Immediately aftor tho houso mot this
morning tlio rules wero suspended and tho
hill for tlio govoriiniont of tlio District of
Jolnmhla was takon up and ronsiderod in
•utnmlUoo of Uio whole. Bovoral amend
ments worn agreed to, tlio principal of which
fixing thn rato of taxation nt ono
dollar and a half on tho hundred, exempting
church property and impoHlng a tax on per
sonal property, which lias liitlioiio boon ex
empt in tho district. Tho bill for tho govorn-
ont of tho District of Columbia was then
iHsod. Mr. Tyner, from thn appropriation
imnilttoo, roportod tho postolfioo nppropria-
mi hill, with sonato amnnduiontH. Mr. Gar
field moved to nonconcur in tho amendment
providing for the froo transmission thmugh
the mails of documents printed during this
of oongress. Tellors being ordorod
, d (15 in tho alllrinatlvo and 1 l.’l in tho
ncgatlvo. Tho vena and nays woro thou do
lled and refused, and tho motion to ro-
idor and lav on tho tablo was carried—
nvos 127, noos 103. Aftor further considera
tion of tho bill tho houso agreed
i taken
OUUhoYnth noot’lon, "i’ll
suspension of tlio luihon
a good deal of oxcitemont
Finally, tho voto was oonolndcd, v
mmneud as yeas 121, nays 130 Ho Hi
Iding for
[’hero was
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tho customs receipts for tlio wook
ending Fob. 27, nt ports below mentioned
were as follows : Now York, *2,013,507; Bos
ton, *373,580; Philadelphia, *1(19,308; Haiti
more, *130,010.
Tho Pennsylvania railroad reduced
its faro for passengers from Daltlmoro, a
lows: To Pittsburg, *5; to Wheeling, *5.50 ;
to Cincinnati, *0; to Indianapolis, *7;
Louisville, *3 ; to Chicago, *8; to Ht. 1,01
*10.
FOREIGN.
* Tho Onrlists under Mirel have be
defeated by tho national troops.
Tho Marquis of llurtington supported
tho hill, which pnssod its first reading.
A decree has boon issued by Emperor
William prohibiting thn exportation of hors
Tho Italian bark Giovunun, has be
wrecked in Gape God, and all on hoard, except
tho steward, fifteen pornons, perished.
Advices fiom Buenos Ayroa statu (hat
the palace of tlio Galholic archbishop in that
city was sackod, and tho houses of Jesuits sot
on fire.
A London dispatch sajs John Mitch
ell is utterly prostrated and lias frequent
fainting ilia. It is thought ho will Do com
pelled to withdraw fiom tlio election contost
in Tlpporary.
A dispatch from Berlin siys it is re
ported that thn Gorman government liaa de
manded the dismissal of tho Papal Nunoift at
Munich, and tlio cessation of relations be
tween tlio Vatican and DovarU.
Tho North Gorman Gazette says tho
French government has ordorod the purchase
of 10,(KX) cavalry horses In Germany. Tho
Gazette hopes tho Gorman authorities will
lako steps to prevent such purchases.
A dispatch from Aden announces that
tho missing boat’s crow of oigliloon portions
from tho steamor Hong Kong, which foun-
dorod in tlio Indian ocean, havo airived thorn.
Hix more livos are known to havo beou lost by
the diaaatcr.
In consequence of tho lost encyclical
of tlio 1’opo, the government lias introduced
in tlio Prnaniaii chamber of deputies a hill
withdrawing stato endowments from Gatholio
clergy, and providing for their restoration
only to those Dishops who will bind them
selves by a formal document to obey tlio laws.
The steamer Gothenburg hat bo<n
wrecked on one of the Fourneaux Islands, in
Doss’ Htralt, between Van Doim&n’s Land and
Australia. Hlio had on board 85 passengers
K. It. Hoar, I
fourth Hcotlo
«d — yeas 120, nays
opoHod to ho
struck
was Hint offered hy Mr.
ml tho first, second ami
amendment u
rojoot;
20. nays 125. The hooIIoh
» v r °P°
provide again
for violation of duty, T|in"vo|e
itaken
s pa
the passage of tho hill, and it
the
In tho Senate, on tho 1st. At the
plrullou of tho morning hour, tho sonato
suiiiod the consideration of tho tax and tariff
hill. Mr. Johiihoii submitted nil amendn
so ns to provide that tho increase of the
on tobaooo shall only apply to tobacco a
thn passago of this act. Agreod to. Will
taking doflnlto aciion on the bill, tlio sou
aL 12:30 a. in., adjourned.
In tho Houso, on tho 1st, in accord
ance witli an agroomont made Saturday nlgli
tlio reading of tho journal was dispensed witli.
After tlio passago, by unanimous oouhohI,
two unimportant hills, Mr. Hoar moved
suspend llm rules to tako up mid agree to thn
roHolutioiis of tho Louisiana select commis
sioners, recommending tho house to^tak
legislature. Tho Iioiiho reflated to susnon
tho rules—ayes, 184; noos, 85. Mr. lion
then moved to suspend tho rnhm so ah t
dlvido tlio resolution, and lako a soparat
voto on each. Carried—ayes, 172; hops, HI
'J ho resolution in regard to remiHling tli
members of tho legislature was then Hgroe
to without division. Mr. Hoar then move
tlio adoption of tho resolution snataining the
Kellogg government. Carried—ayi
of 35; of the
'IIIv foi
oga, Tran.
Tho president has appointed II. It.
iasc. United Htaten senator from Mississippi,
lose terra ins oxpirod, poatmaster at Vioks-
bnrg.
Tho comptroller of currency has
called upon the national hanks for a roport of
tlioir condition at the close of b
1st illHt.
The president 1ms sent tho following
nominations to the aenato : William J. Hrnilli,
surveyor of customs, Memphis, Term.; col
loctor of customs, John I’. Sanborn, Huron
Michigan.
The final report of tho honso com
mittoe on oxpondituren in the depat$pient of
Justice, rocotncnends the discontinuance of
many assiatatit district attorneys, and tho con
solidation of the two districts of North Caro
lina, tho two of Virginia, tho two of Michi
gan, and tho two of Wisconsin.
Tho president has signed the bill for
the relief ef Gen. Crawford and for other
purposes The effect will bo to retain Gen.
Mickies on the retired lint witli tho rank of
major-general, and, also, Gen. Dadoau, who
was rotirod on full rank of captain, and rend
ers retired officers eligible to diplomatic and
consular po-dtiona. The bill reduces in rank
and pay a large number of officers, and Gen.
Crawford is the only officer promoted hy the
bill.
The deficiency bill appropriates 81,-
760,000. Of this sum, *3,771 is to defray the
expenses of Speaker Blaine in resisting tlio
false imprisonment suit of James B. Htewart,
a witness in the Credit Mobilier case; *250,-
000 i« conditionally appropriated for tho pay
ment of postoffice clerks, etc.; *300,000 for tho
adjustment of tbo salaries of postmasters un
der the act of 1574, and tho remainder of the
appropriation is divided among many otbei
objects.
The river and harbor appropriation
bill, now a law, contains all the provisions
pissed by the house, except the following
itoins, which bad been increased: For im
proving the Great Kanawha river, *300,(XX);
the appropriation for the Tennessee ri'
fixed at *100,000. Several sonato amend- j can wonde r at the number of pale-
i, except tbo one providing for the im- young men that throw away their
aro known to be saved. Three boats filled
with pasif tigers and crow aro yet to ho hoard
from. Tlio steamer had a largo cargo, which
inclndod 3,000 ounces of gold.
In the English houso of commons Sir
M. H. Hooch, chief secretary for Ireland, Intro
duced a bill lessening tbo penalties for un
lawful possession of arms in Ireland, repeal
ing tlio law wbicli authorizes tbo closing of
public houses and arrest of all persons found
out of doors after night in proclaimed dis
tricts. The chief sccrelary stated that Hie
government iutended to ro-onact laws against
Itibboriism in Westmeath as it had been as
sured that the itibbon conspiracy existed as
strong ai evor there. Ho pointed to the
fact that Jno. Mitchell was elected to parlia
ment because he had declared ho would novel
consent to bo at peace witli England. He
alluded to tho return of emigrants from
Atnorica, who, ho said, had acquired western
vicos and forgotten their Irish vir.ties. 'J
wore reasons for not wholly removing
tbo restrictions on the possession of fire
in Ireland.
—When a girl crops her front hair
and pulls it down over her forehead like
a Mexican Mustang, and then tics
•oh j piece of red velvet round her neck, who
id-, can wonder at the number of pale-faced
ement of the mouth of the Mississippi bition aDd poss sleepless mghts in try
by the Eads project, were abandoned by 1 ing to raise down on their upper lips?
s 89.
i’lio lie
I till!
of tlm who. .
deration of the sundry civil a
hill, tho ponding quostion bo
Into .
I offer
n claim against tho Ni
iy. Tho Ainondmont was adopted
mmilteo rose without making f:u
, regress oil the hill, and then afte
the delivery of onlogios on the late Donator
Buckingham hy Mosers. Hi ark weather, Kol
” mocliciit, Wilson of
, (onforonon oommittoo upon
thn dlsaKrooliig votoH of tlio two houses, in
tlio ovonhig sohh'oii tlio houso rosumod con
sidoration of tho Arkansas question. Thn
iiurstiou was on tlio roHolutiou roportod hy
tlio committoo, that no lutorforoiico With tho
yoas, 149 nays 80 Thn houso thou wont Into
lommllloo (if thn win lo, on tho doficlonoy
till. Aftor disposing of only throo pagos of
thn hill tlio oouunittco roao and tho houso ad
journed.
Upon tlio assembling of tho Bonnto
tho 3rd, tho call for morning business
dispousod witli, and hy unanimous con
niHldoratlon of tlio sundry olvil appro
priation bill wns rosumod. Tlio oIbuho in tlio
ilinout of tlio oommittoo on appropria
te tlio sundry civil hill making tlio prin
cipal and intorost of thn 3-05 bonds, iisnod
nndor thn act of Juno 20, 1874, for tlio gov-
orumont of tho District of Golumhia. payable
in gold, wns striokon out, tho quostion thou
being on tho ailo| tion of tho nninndnionl no
amondod. It was laid asldo at tho request of
Mr. Dhormnii. Tlio anioudniont of tho onm-
miltoo directing tnlograph companies having
ofllors ill thn otpilol to tako from tho oiipltol
grounds and strnots around tho aamo all tnlo-
a ih polos, and connect thoir linnn with tho
tul hy moans of oahloH, laid under ground,
was agreod to. Also, tho amondmonts impro
priating *125,000 for tlio oxtoiiHlnn of tlio
building fur the gnvormnont hospital for tlio
liisann. Thn cninmitloo roportod in favor of
striking out tlio oilman appropriating *50,000
to onahlo Uio snorotary of war to ptirohoao
Galling guns for tlio army and navy, but tlio
Hoiintn rofueod to striko ltout—yoas, 10; nays,
21. Tho conimillon roportod an lunnndmnnt
striking out tho olauso appropriating *60,000
fur publishing tho official records of tlio war of
tho rebellion, both of tho union and confeder
ate armies, nut withdrew tlio amendment a<
quest of Mr. Logan. An amendment
priations for tho Atlantic ooaat harbors main-
Tho bill was road a third tiiuoand pavsod.
Mr. Bargont oallod up tho doficlonoy appropri
ation bill, and aovoral of tho amondmonts
roportod bv (ho oommittoo woro agreed to,
Including tlio following: Tlio authorised trana
mission of such public dooumouts as are pro
vided for distribution to tlio governors of
states froo through tlio mails; striking out
tho appropriations to pay various contestants
for seats in tlio houso of roprosonlatlv
preprinting *55,000 for tho expenses
‘ -uthoriz'.np tli
>11 bonda hold
in trust for t|tOChoctaw Indians, loan amount
not exceeding *200,000, and pay tho proceeds
over to tho roprosontatlvo of tho Choctaw
nation; appropriating *1(12,000 for tho sub
sist <moo of Hioux Indians, who havo boon col
lected on Red Cloud and Whetstone agencies;
authorizing tho socrotary of state to pay *600
lo oaoh of tho fiftoon commissioners to tho
Vienna exhibition, who reported noon apodal
subjects, sorvod on international Jurios, or
woro dotaiuod at Vionna on public business,
providing that hereafter thn commissions of
nil oflloors nndor thn control of the socrotary
of tlio interior shall ho modo out and seconded
at tlio interior dopartmont; allowing any In
dians horn in tho United Htates, and who
abandon thoir tribal rolatlnns, tho bonollt of
tlio hoinostoiid law of May 20, 1872, and allow
ing it to such Indians ns hooomo oltlzons of
tlio United SlatoH aftor fivo years. Tho sev
eral a > omhnonts wero submitted hut ruled
out on a point of order. They had novor boon
roportod favorably by any oommittoo. Tho
hill was then ropnrlod to tho sonato, and
amendments in committoo of tho wliolo wore
agreod in. Tho bill wan then road a third
Unto and passed. Mr. Hoott called up liouao
bill limiting appropriations to pay awards made
hy tlio gnitlhcrn claims ooraraisnlon. Aftor
Homo dismission tho amondmonts of tho com-
miitnn woro agrood to, whon tlio hill was ro
portod to tho sonato, road a third time and
passed yoas, 811; nays, 12. Mr. llowo called
up tho hill to aid in tho improvoroonl of tho
Fox and Wisconsin rivers in Wisconsin. Pass
ed. Mr. Bohurz oallod up honso hill amend
atory of tho act of March 8, 1873, authorizing
tlio 'construction of a bridgo across tho Mis
sissippi rivor at Ht. Louis. Passed. Mr. Fro-
iinghiivBon oallod up sonato bill roiatirg to the
Hot Springs reservation in Arkansas. Passed.
Messrs. Gonkling and Thurman woro appointed
a oommittoo on tho part of iho senate, to wait
on (ho president and notify him that oongross
had finlslind its huslnois, and was ready to
adjourn. At noon tlioy reported they had
discharged tho duty, and tlio president ro-
pliod ho lmd no further communion! Ion to
mako. Vloo-Proaidont Wilson thou dcolarod
tlio senate adjourned, without a day.
In tho Houso, on tho 4th, Mr. Gar-
field, reported Imok tho sonato nmondmonta to
tho sundry olvil appropriation bill, and tbo
honso thou proooodod to act upon thorn. Tho
amendments being oil disposod of at 4:30,
woro Hont to tlio conforouon oommittoo. At
5 a. m. tho sonato amondmonts to tlio river
and harbor appropriation bill wcio roonlvod.
•od in withe
to a conference commit!
rellof of thn Terra Hauto
railroad oompauv, wax, l>a
again v
hoinp
ml si i
'1 ho hum
thn i
hills ....
d of: To nuthorlzo tho purchase
alto of a iv.ibllo building al Topeka, Kansas,
■’assod. Appropriating *250.000 for public
inildings at Covington, Konluoky. I’nsBsd.
Ainonding tho o’lartor of tlio 1> roodnion n
Having's and i rust company, llojootod. aftor
diHCusaion, in which Mr. MOrrlmon said tho
dopoMlI (its would i minivo t>0 per oeilt of tho
dividend. To amend sootimi 3312 of tho
vised hi alutes, In rotation to alllxiug stamps
*• —>tlon of
for I he
AtViaTf piist 7 Mr. (larfiold, from the com
mittoo on appropriations, roportod hack senate
amendments to tlio deficiency bill and various
appropriations for Indian dofiolonoloH. Non-
agrood to authorising tlio soorotary of
> detail n medical cfllcor of tlio
hills. In tlio evening sossir.ii tlio li
t into a committoo of tlio whole
dry civil appropriation bill. Adjourned at
12.30 a. m.
In tho Brimto, on tho 2nd, tho road-
Ing of tlio Journal of yoatorday’s proceedings
HpouHOil with, and a numbor of bills re-
I by tho committee on pensions p&Hsod.
dll to provide agaiutt tlio invasion of
. known bh tho force bill, was road h
rl time, by tho title. Mr. Bayard ob
jected to tho third reading, and it was laid
over, no motion having boon n ado to refer It
to any committoo, by a voto of 31 yens to 22
najH. Mr. Stewart, from tlio conference com
mittee on bill to provido for incorporation and
regulation of railroad cases In tho territories
of tlio United Htates, made a report which was
agreed to. Mr. Chandler, from committoo on
commerce, roportod hack the rivor and harbor
bill without amendment, and without recom
mendation. He said tho committee innde this
report on account of tlio action of tlio senate*
last nig lit in laying tho tariff bill on tho tablo.
'Uio sonato thon proceeded with tho bill to
oqualizo counties, etc. Mr. Ferry, of Con
necticut, moved to strike out tho words, “or
state,” in tho second and fifth sections, winch
prov.de for tho deduction for bounty already
paid by tho United Htates,
>f tho light-house service in tho United Htates.
It was indefinitely postponed. Also, favor-
aid v on the houso bill amendatory of Uio act
of March 3,1873, authorizing tho construction
of a bridge across tho Mississippi at rtt. Louis.
Placed on tho calondar. Mr. Cameron, from
tho committee on foreign relations, reported
unfavorably on innate resolution recognizing
independence of Cuba, and tbo committoo
were discharged from further consideration,
The senate (lien rcMtirnod thn consideration of
bounty bill. The question being upon
... .... .. \ „ woro
ys, 30.
the vice-president votod in
tlio aifirraativo. and the bill was passed. Mr.
Gonkling called up house bill to prevent cntel-
invoHtigato and report upon tlio epn inf of
opldoinio cholera westward, sml appropriating
*5,000 for that purnoBO. Tho bill was thon
road a third time anil passed. Mr. Edmunds,
from tlio jndloiary committee, roportod ad
versely on the hill to rollovo tlio political dis
abilities of Itaphao! Homines, of Alabama, and
it was indefinitely postponed, Mr. Edmunds
East and Wont To
Jackson, in said state. Pussod.
moved to iuoroiiHii tlio
improvement of tho T
Chattanooga, from *4(10,000
Agreed In—yeas, 20; navs, 1(1. Mr. Alnorn
submitted an amendment .appropriating *3, •
■120.000 for tlio repairs of too loveoa of tho
Misslsiippi river fn tho atates of Missouri,
Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. Agreod
to—yeas, 20 ; nays, 14. Adjourned.
Immediately aftor tho meeting of tho
houso, on tlio 3rd, it wont into oommittoo of
tho wholo on the deficiency bill, tho first item
reachod in tlio bill boing oortain appropria
tions for tho District of Columbia. An amend
ment to pay tho exponsos of certain oontostod
elections in former years |was finally adoptod.
On motion of Mr. Butlor, of Massachusetts,
an Horn of *250,000 dollars was inHortod for
i soldiers’ national assyluin. Tho hill
finally passed, and tho conunlltno
Amondod and
vido for deductions for b
United Htatos prisi
District of Columbia.
the bill to p
i of sentences
Passed. Mr. Mor-
ved t hat the senate take
up the bill to ruri her protect tho sinking fund,
and to provido to tho exigencies of tho gov
ernment, known as tax and tariff bill. Agreed
to. The senate then took recess until eight
o’clock, when the tariff bill came up. At
called up tho resolutions of tlio committoo ci
olootioi •- i L "*
elections declaring Pinohhaok i
lattor, who is the sitting inomb
Tho r
olutio.
il Geo. A. Hlioridan oioctcd and entitled
the seat. Tlio resolutions woro agreod to
123 to 20 -and Hlioridan took tho oathoi ofiioo,
in which lie lias barely 15 hours to si
' '"do, called up a like i
of Hyphor, doclaring the
ember, not olootod
oulsiana, and I.aw-
titlnd to the seat,
passed,’84 to 87, and Mr. Law-
renco came Forward and whs sworn in, taking
the ironclad oath. Ho has about fourteen
hours as representative to serve, 'i’lio houso
then proceeded to the husinoss ou (ho spoak-
oi’h table and disposed of a number of bills.
Tho next two hills on tho calondar woro thoso
for the admission of Colorado and New Mox-
ico as statos. Tho voto on tho first was, yeas
104, nays 70, so the bill was passed by tho
necessary two thirds voto, and now goes to
tlio president for approval. The eieotion for
delegates to framo a constitution is to bo hold
under proclamation of Uio territorial govern
ment, to bo issued within ninety days from
the 1st of Heptemher, 1875, and the constitu-
sultod yea* —
two-thirds in tho affirmative, tlio hill
foatod. Tbo senate amondmonts to tlio fol-
jentenoe of United Htates prisoners,
amend act of 18th June, 1838, and renn
judges of district courts of East and Wi
Tennessoo to hold court at Jackson. Honalo
bill on tho Hpcakor's tablo was takon
disponed of hs follows
in session i
port of tho committee o
dry civil bill and from l
r the :
committee of
feronco on the legislative bill.
In tho Benate, ou tho 4th, connidora-
tiou of tho rivor and harbor appropriation bill
was resumed, the question being on concur
ring in the amondmonts niado in committee of
the whole, other than those already disposed
of by separate votes. They wero all no
curred in with the exception of a few appro-
rrod in. Likewise llm
. The Dolman
Riiiiinrlzliur a pontoon wagon bridge nr
tbo Mississippi river at Dubuquo was im
Tlio house, at 3 a. in . took a rnooss till I
list 9. At tlio end of tho recess the li
outliorii claims
Hcores of resolutions and lulls of a private
character wore then rushed through, tho area
in front of Uio speaker’s chair boing occupied
hy tnemhors having propositions to got before
tlio house For tho last hour of Die session
tli ore was llttlo dono, oxoopt the passage of a
ii making somo special allowance to
clerks and omployos. At ono minute Were
12. Mr. Dawes, from Uio committee to wait on
tlio president, roportod tlio committoo hud
performed that duty, and had boon informed
that tho president hail no further communica
tion to make to oongross. Tlio final report
of mo house oommittoo on expenditures in
the dopartmont of justloo recommends the
(liHconllunnuce of .many assistant district at
torneys, and tlio consolidation of tho two (Uh-
trloln nf Nnrtli Oarolllin, two nf Virgllil* tw.i
f Michigan, and two of Wisconsin. J ho last
ot on rolled and signed was one for the bonollt
f William Union, and boforo tlio moreougor
hearing it lo tho president hod got out of tho
hull, tho speaker's Qavol foil, and ho took his
farowoll of tlio houso in a short addroas after
which tlm great crowd (llsporsod, and Urn
omliors hade oaoh otlior good-bye.
EXTllA HJ58HION.
Oil tlio Bill, Vico-ProHlcl'mfc Wil»on
lied Uio sonato to order at 12 o’clock, and
aftor tlio reading of tho proclamation of tlio
proa.dont, tlio oath was admlnistoroi
onators. As Mr. Johnson advanood to
tho clerk’s (leak te lake tlio oath, there was
groat applause in tbo gallorioH, which was soon
ohorknd hy Uio vloo-prosldont. After he was
sworn in, a largo bouquet wns handed him by
a page, and ho was oaoortod to Ilia soat hy Mr.
Bogy. AH tlio now senators having been
sworn in, Mr. Morton offered a resolution ac
knowledging tlio Kellogg government In Lou
isiana, which was laid over at Ills roquost. Mr.
Morton thon (ffored
Pinohhaok
gavo
Morton thon i ffored a resolution to admit
*rom Louisian** and
aid ask its eonsidora-
, .leriiaps Monday at 12:20. On motion of
Mr. Frellngliuyaon, iho senate took a reeoss
till ono o'olook. Messrs Oaporton, C'ookorill,
J Olios of Florida, Maxoy and Withers, took
the modified oath, having boon engaged in
Uio rebellion on tbo confederate rido. Upon
the resumption of btiainoss. Mosers. Edmunds
and Stevenson, Uio committoo appointed to
wait on tlio provident, roportod tiiat ho would
communicate with tho sonato on Monday, till
which time Uio sonato adjourned.
—Not a hearthstone Hhall you Hud
which Horne shadow has not faliou, or i
about to fall. Furthor than this, yon
will probably find that there arc few
household!) which do not cherish some
sorrow not known to tho world ; who
havo not sonic trial which is their pecu
liar messenger, and which they do not
tuik about, except among themselves ;
some hope that lias bt-en blastt d ; some
expectation dashed down ; some wrong,
roal or supposed, which somo member
of tho ) oiiHoboid bus suffered : tremb
ling anxieties lest that other membor
will net succeed ; trials from the pecu
liar temperament of somobody in the
house, or some environment that
touches it sharply from without; some
thorn in the flesh ; somo physical disa
bility that cripples cur energies when
wo want to use them the most; some
spot in the houso whtro death has left
’ his track, or painful listenings to hear
his stealthy footsteps oomiug on,— Dr.
Sears,
FACTS AND FANCIES.
-Bed used on a railroad signifies
danger, and says stop. It in tho sumo
thing displayed on a man’s none.
A. trnok on “Tho Wickedness of
Gluttonv" is said to have been found
among tho good things sotit to tlioKan-
h grasshoppor sufferers.
—A man uk“El Paso, Mexico, has put
_ a claim against the United States
government for ninoohiokens destroyed
hy oovotos from tho American side.
—A lamp ohimnoy may he mndo al
most indestiuotable hy putting it over
tho flro in a vossel of hot water and lot
ting it remain until the water boils. It
will bo found that boiling toughons in
this ease.
Alexander Dumas, it is said, novor
skotolicH a scheme for any of his pieces.
He takes for a four-ant pieeo reventy-
sovon big pngos of blue paper. Tie
devotes twenty pagos oaoh to the first,
second aud third acts, and seventeen to
tho lOHt.
—Sentiment is nothing but senti
ment. An ox-army captain, in Col
orado, when dying, asked tho boys to
wrap the old Hag around him. They
had no flag, and so they wrapped him
in a coffee-suck, and he oxolnimed:
“ Ah! may you all dio as proudly 1 ”
—Mr. George Smith has discovered
among tho Assyrian tablets in tint Brit
ish muBonm tho legend <>f the building
of the Tower of Babel. Tho discovery
is quite sh important us that cf the
tablet roluling to tho deluge, made
known by tho samo gentleman.
—A dry goods clerk lately droppod-<
senseless behind tho counter while
waiting on customers. 'I lie fotnalo cus
tomer for whom ho had pulled down
ovory bolt of calico on Iho sliolves
quietly requested tho proprietor lo re
move the inoumbranoo and Bond on an
other olork.
—Anybody who wants a young Eng
lishman who parts his luiir in tho mid
dle can got one in Groooo cheap. Ho is
hold by Greek brigands’ who only ask
twelvo shillings for him. At last ac
counts there wero no takers at thoso
figures. Persons who aro wailing to
gut a little ono for a cent may slip in.
—“Yes, sir,” yelled a preacher in a
Dakota church one Sunday morning,
“tin re’s more lying aud swearing aud
stealing and general dovibry to the
square inch it) Ibis hero town than all
tho rest ot tho American country,” and
then tho congregation got up and
dumped the preacher out of tho win
dow.
—The Troy Times soys : At a party
on Fourth strt ot the* otlior night a
young gentlomun tried lo coax a young
indy to play on the piano. She said
couldn't. “Why" raid lie, “yon can
play tho ' Blue Danube’ waltz, can’t
you ?” “No,” said she, “but I can
play penny ante just liko a little man.”
Hho is beautiful und accomplished.
— One of tho boj s just before return
ing lo Cornell, tho other day, sent a
voting huly friend of his a cake of
Lukin's finest variety cf toilet soap,
with tho request that, she would draw
no inference on receiving such a gilt.
The next day thn young man was somo-
whnt astonished when lie received a let
ter from tho young lady containing Iho
present of a lino tooth comb, with tho
request that ho would draw no infer
ences therefrom.
— Tho best mode of getting rid of
bod-bugs is to fumigate them with
brimetono. Honso* standing long and
empty which have swarmed with them
have hy this means been effectually
freed from them. Place in_ the center
of tlio room a dish containing about
four ouucos of brimstone ; remove from
tho room suoh metallic surfaces as
might bn affected by tho fumes;
close ovory aperture, oven to tho key
hole, and light the brimstone. After
four or five hours outer tho room and
open the window for a thorough niriug.
A correspondent of tho Now York
Tribune gives an exceedingly simple
precaution in tlio ubo of ktroseno or
any otbor cheap oil. His plan is to
fill tho lamp lightly with jeweler’s cot-
ton before pourii g in tho oil. Tho cot
ton absorbs a groat deal of tho oil, and
in case of accident tho luttir dees not
(low about, and can thus bo extin
guished. Ou ono occasion his kerosene
lamp hurst, and a maFBof flame jumpr d
out; but, being in a compact body, ho
covered it instantly with a bucket, and
with tho ho p of a wator-pitoher and a
few wet towels extinguished it before
tho slightest damage wus (lone. Had it
not been for tho cotton the flaming oil
would havo flowed in all directions.
Sheep on a Farm.
Sheep are undervalued by Iho mass
land-holders as a means of keeping up
tho fertility of tlio soil and putting
money iuto tho pockets of farmers.
The moment ono begins to talk of
siieep husbandry, the listener or reader
begins to look for wool quotations, as
if wool was all that yields profit from
sheep. One might as well look for
wheat quotations alone when there is
talk about Iho profit of farming.
Sheep on a farm yield both wool and
mutton. They multiply with great
rapidity. Tlioy aro tho best of form
tcav.ngtrs, “cleaning a field” ns no
other class of animals will. They givo
hack to the farm more in proportion to
what they take from it than any other
animal, and distribute it hotter with a
view to tho futnro fertility of the soil,
Provo this V There is uo need of proof
to thoso who have kent sheep, and
know their habits and the profits they
yield. To prove it to thoso who havo
not the experience, it is noccssory they
should try the experiment or accept tho
testimony of an experienced shephord.
But the livo stock of a farm should
not, necessarily, bo_ sheep, exclusively.
Cattle, horses, swine, have their re
spective places in the farm economy.
How many of ouch to keep is a tinet-
tic n that locality, character of markots,
adaptation of soil, predisposition, tasto
and skill of tho hnsbaudmnn must de
cide. But one thing ought not to be
forgotten, that the more stook a man
keeps on his farm the mor* gruss and
it ought to, and, if properly managed,
it will grow. Tho rutes of increase
will correspond with the business tact,
technical aud practical knowledge, end
skill of the bUBbiiucUoan,—Now York
World.