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CEDARTOWN RECORD. W. S. D. WIKLE & 00., Proprietors. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1870, VOL. II. NO. 41. TLM EL Y TOPICS. Forest planting is thriving in Min* nesuta. The St. Paul nml Pacific railroad haa not out over four million young trees, and altogether it is estimate*! that twenty milliomi have been planted on the prairie lands. The recent murder of the captain uml pilot of a German schooner by Chinese pirates has aroused the ire of Bismarck, and he will require alswdute satisfaction town the Pekin government. The claim vs supported by the American and Eng lish representatives, and Admiral Ryder, of the British navy, has tendered his squadron to aid tlm German war ships if necessary. The great Hebrew’philanthropist, Sir Mosoa Munteilore, has returned from .Je rusalem Tor the seventh time. He is now in bis 93d year, and has received the promises of the American and French consul* that they wilt do all in their power to protect the dews in the holy land against Turkish oppression. Sir Moses gives a favorable account of the skill of the Hebrew mechanics, watch makers, lithographers, engravers, sculp* tura, goldsmiths, etc., in the holy city, one of whoai presented him with a grain of wheat nn which 19 lines were written, forming hii acrostic of the philanthro pist’s name. A very important invention has toeen made by Lieutenant Makaroff, of the Russian navy, which is intended prevent the sinking of ships in ease* collision or other damage. It consists of mats, which can 1» effectively applied immediately after the occurrence of a leak. The main are practically inde structible when exposed to the ragged edge of iron plates, however large the apertunj or severe the pressure of the water* nicy are perfectly water-tight, and continuous submersion only tends to et’.engthcn thoir qualities. The Russian navy is now supplied with them, and several *hi|m have been raised through their agency. Mr*. Swihsiiei.m says, very |>ertiiient- ly, concerning the Belknap affair: '• It is right that the women who havo tempted those dearest to them to i)o wrong should l»e.tr their full share of the punishment, and the best way to cure the evil they represent is to make it odious, and let them have their full share of the odium ; but the great mass of the American pco pie are called to repentance by these de velopments; and men more than women need to cultivate a taste for simplicity; for women will always strive to Is- what is most, agreeable to them, and if men had not admired the reckless extrava gance which led Belknap to ruin, that extravagance would not have existed. Let the press stop its cunning flattery of stunning toilets and the work of regen eration is half done.” A NEW electric light, experimented upon some weeks ago on the rcsif of the Siemens-Halske works at Berlin, proved m» s.ieressful that ordinary writing could l»o rend by its aid at the dislni mile. When the light was tlin ward the cVmds by means of a mirror a luminous, train appeared thereon, which much resembled the tail of n comet drew together great crowds of spectators i" '.he street*. Signals made by grumrnt were also refloated upon the rl >uds, becoming thus visible at a ver great distance. The experiments wer made in the presence of a large immlie of ofliecr* of artillery and of other branches of the government service, and were continued for nearly two hours. The instrument, which is provided with a locomotive engine will lie set up in the Tcgel artillery polygon for further experiment, the German war department having the intention of purchasing sev eral of the machines for militnry use, both afloat and ashore. The Portuguese are preparing to exer cise a little coercion on the Chinese. Portugal never makes much stir in the world, but when her trade, is interfered with she is very apt to do a little light ing or protesting on her own account. The mail from Shanghai brings the intel ligence that the Portuguese authorities at Macao “threaten to remove nese obstructions to the trade of that port by an armed force of five thousand troops.” The “obstructions” consist of the vessels of the Chinese revenue service, which have been trying to prevent the prosecution of the maritime trade of the city. Macao is situated on a narrow isthmus on the Chinese coast, at the mouth of the Canton river. The place was given to the Portuguese in 1585 by tbc emperor of China as a reward for their services in repelling the invasions of Japanese pirates. In 1845 the port was opened to foreigners, but the Chi nese were subjected to a tariff until 1849. f'ntil 1874 Macao was the great point for •-hipping coolies to the west, hut the Chi nese Mopped the traffic at that time. The |wipulation is 100,000, of whom 90,- 000 are Chinese. In the event of a war growing outof the overt acts of the Chi nese government, the Portuguese would doubtless lie triumphant. When* a man empties the (lockets of his coat preparatory to laying it out for repairs, there’s nothing that make) his conscience get upon its hind legs quick er than the sight of the letter his wife gave him to mad two months ago. LATEST NEWS. •mt’TII aXl* l»MT An English company Is buying tip 1,900,000*1*** ot the wild lands of (Scoigiu. Dh \V. F. {southern, a well-known dentist of Memphis, died on the 12th iiiMant of hemorrhage. Cincinnati has voted in favor of issuing $6,000,000 in bonds in addition to $10,000,000 already iasm-d to construct the Cincinnati Southern railway. •n. Gideon Pillow's property was ■old at bankrupt aale in Memphis, and par 'd by gentlemen who promptly pre sented it to Mrs. Pillow. The last rail on the Scioto Valley rail road, between CoInniliUl, Ohio, and Circle- villa,wna laid last week, thus completingono link of (hi* important enterprise. On Thursday, Kith Inst., the United •tales marshal made a levy on all the prop- riy belonging to the Vicksburg and Nash- illc railroad, at Okoloua, Miss., including he iron laid down on the road. The tornado which swept through part <f the northwest last 1'ridav afternoon was cry disastrous in its effects, involving not only great destruction of property, hut the killing nml maiming of twenty or thirty per il is stated that since the opening of the cotton mills at Wesson, Miss., the town lias doubled its population. Twenty-five hundred hales of cotton and 225,000 pounds ool have been purchased t»y the factory tills season. A premium of one thousand dollars will lie paid by forty members of the Mem phis cotton exchange to the producer of the best little of cotton front Tennessee, Missis sippi, or Alabama, to lie exhibited at Phila delphia in July next. Memphis cotton holes have already taken prir.es at the principal world's fairs. The firm of Woods, Voatinnii *S; Co., owners of the Cumberland iron works, and Stewart A < ‘n., of Tennessee, have suspended. Liabilities, about $2.70,000. It is supposed their asset* will probably cover their liabili ties. A large portion of the debt is owed Hi Nashville, and other principal creditors arc in Cincinnati, 1-oiiisville and St. Louis. Capt. J. B. End* states that the twenty feet depth has now been carried down one mile and a quarter from the upper cud of the works, and tin* channel is cutting out rapidly. Where the Mattie II. Atwood groan4ed on the lilt,drawing thirteen and a half feel,there is now sixteen and a half feet of water. Capt. Ends is confident that before the end of the month he will have more water between I lit- jellies than there is at south* The latest intelligence from Hazel Green, Wis., report* these fact*: The storm struck the village between four nnd five o'clock ill the afternoon on the west side, sweeping through the entire village and leveling the •five building" nml killing outright soiiio eight persons, besides seriously wounding some twelve or more others. The carriage is re ported as terrible. The hurricane was sue- eeeded by a deluge of rnin and bail, The village of Hazel Green niw a population of probably one thousand inhabitants. It is situated twelve miles directly east of Du buque. it is almost wholly a mining village, and is situated in the very heart of the best Wisconsin lead diggings. The southern freight railroad rates have been still further reduced, in consequence of the oonlintied conflict between the Virginia and Tennessee Air Line of railroad and the coast line of steamers. First, second and third-class freight to Atlanta, twenty-five rents per hundred pounds* fourth and fifth- class, twenty cents. The rates to Hchim and Montgomery have be$n reduced to twenty cents per hundred pounds for first, seen and third-class, and twenty-five cents fourth and fifth-classes. These three pirn arc to be made the distributing points for freight destined to Middle, New Orleans, F.iifauln, etc., and all intermediate points, and the rates will therefore be reduced to a responding ratio for all those places. Capt. J. M. Beck, a retired lawyer of omit Sterling, Ky., and a gentleman well town for reliability, arrived in l/ouisville st week, with specimens of the ilesh which fell last Friday in Bath county. The. flesh covered two acres of ground, nud resembled mutton, nnd left traces of blood on frees and fences which were touched by the falling flakes. Chickens nnd lings devoured it with evident relish. The heavens were dear and the sun shone, and only floating clouds were visible at the time—two p. m., March 3rd. (Inantities of flesh have been preserved. That brought to Lmisville was given to Prof. Ijiwrcncr Smith, a well-known srientist, who says it is no doubt animal flesh. He pur poses making further examinations soon. Hundreds of people are willing to attest with affidavits to the truthfulness of the entire mutter. KANT. The mildness of the winter in the city of New York has left the distributors of coni for the poor with 1,000 hnsfiels of surplus justify their fiction fill the phnfiis'c conitiincd i tlie sititfifl's ci-ndt* Iff it full mid perfect quality with the Mohnmmedfins. The sub lime portc refuses to accept, on the grounds tlint the Christians arc not to ho trusted in NINt'KI.I.ANKnitN, It is considered doubt Ail If an Indict- cut can he found against Belknap in the aUnehro ot the runaway witness, Marsh. There haa been 2,500 hills introduced the house ot representatives during the present session of congress. The patent office at Washington dur ing its business hours last year granted pa tents at the rate of one every twelve minutes. Postmaster-General Jewell statcH that the revenue rtf his department has been greater for the pasL/cw months than over before. The democratic state convention of New York will lie held in Utica on the Stith of April. Gov. Tilden's friends wanted it held in Albany a few weeks earlier. An elopement in high life in F.tiglntid he exciting topic among the stnid John Bulls. A fast young marquis nud a lord’s fe arc the parties involved in the runaway Recent cciihiih returtm give* them fig- es: New York, 1,060,000; Philadelphia, SOO,(NX); Brooklyn,. 1 *07,(XX); St. Louis,450,000J 'hiengn, HO,(XX); Boston, 310,(XXI; San Fran- 11 sco, 250,000. (If the Geneva award, according to the till now pending, only about $1,500,000 will go to the actual losers of vessels by (he Ala bama, while $5,000,000 go to reimburse those who paid wnr premiums. The remaining $ I,(XX),(XX) is set apart for the insurance com panies. l'he Iioukc committee on the Pacific railroad has agreed to report and recommend the passage of a hill to compel a reduction by tlie Union Pacific railroad company of the •sent charges of fitly rents per passenger, ten dollars per car load for transportation it the (linalm bridge. The grand jury cannot find any indict- int against Secretary Belknap, in tin- all- icc of Marsh, the principal witness. The assistant district attorney stales that tlie videnee presented thus far to the grand jury is insufficient to warrant it in beginning indictment, and it is more than probable that until Marsh can lie brought hack to tos- tify it will lie impossible to punish Bclkuup through the medium of a criminal proNecu- Ihtniol Grow, who, in his days of pros- rlly, was the lion of Wall street (besides being alternately iijlmll and a bear), has failed at last, and gone into bankruptcy. Daniel was worth his millions n( one time, being a formidable rival of Vanderbilt and Jay Gould in stock speculation*. Of late years he has met with a great many financial reverses, and now in Ills old ngeihe is between seventy and eighty) he is much worse oil than when ho started put in his career of speculation. A I’i.kahant Way Out. Mr. Giant (colored)—Morniu', judge. I conic on a circnuiHlancic I want you to dolilcidatc. Judge Well, out with it. Grant Well, de cireiiniHtancie oh dc hisinissam din: You we, judge, in slu- lierv time, I had tree wife on tree plan tation. I ley got long lierry well toged- der, when dev wa* apart , and I wan well satisfaction, but since rebel time dew “deviat'd statues” fotch up all dew dern nonsense laws bout man and wife and I find I aint got no wife'tall. Fa no joe- tion to tint, lint jia here I wants your legal precision. De file is, judge, I wants to jino de cliueb. Dr I kiss leader oay I can’t < une it on lew I get legally inarrid. Now, kin I, 'cordin to law, mar- rid all tree, or mint I inarrid but one? FI' you say but one, and I 'tempt It, my 'Htiectable judge, you better l/levn dar will lie de berry debbil ris on dat VaHion in dat clutch. Judge Mr. Grant, under the eirciim- Htanees, I seriously advise you to rub out all old worcsaml tiegin afresh. Marry a CONGRESSIONAL for fuel on hand. FOREIGN. A letter from Mazatlnn, Mcxioo, says • revolutionist* gathering in that neigh borhood are securing arms, horses and re cruit*. Tlie recent hurricane in Germany in flicted so much damage to the telegraph that hereafter all new lines will be laid under Gen. Haigo, chief commissioner of Ja pan, vl ith suite, has arrived in Han Francisco, bringing a large quantity of exhibits for the centennial. News front the City of Mexico is, that in Yucatan the troops put to death some revolutionist prisoners, ami the revolution ists retaliated by shooting some federal officers. A new difficulty in the way of peace has arisen in Turkey. The Christian sub ject* of the sultan have hitherto been exempt from military duty, and they now refuse to pay tlie exemption tax, and offer instead to give their military service. The Christians Grant - • Gut's my ban: J g« you, judge, all tie time. I tell you white folks is smart. Whar dey can’t crawfish out, cullitd folks no uw try. A Man Almoht Bhiiied Alive. An incident, published in our local items yesterday, should not Ik; suffered to paw without further notice. A laborer fell in some form of a fit, grew stiff and cold and was supposed to be dead. He was carried to tlie shop of an undertaker and put immediately into a coffin and the lid was screwed down, preparatory of re moving him to his residence. Before his removal he recovered from his fit, kicked the coffin to pieces and returned t« his work. There would seem to have lieen, in this case, a want of good judgment, of common sense, and of consideration amounting to grow culpability. It must la; decidedly unpleasant to find one’s self enclosed in a coffin, and to sonic per- with some diseases, the shock from this alone might I*' sufficient to cause tttal death. In this ease, if the coffin had been stronger and more perfectly air tight the man would soon have died from suffocation. Ho far as oil r^ report shows theic was no medical examination of the case and no coroner’s inquest upon the Wly. Huch an occurrence should Is* absolutely impossible in any civilized community.—Providence Jour. The Valle of Education.—Jake was heard calling across the fence to his neighbor’s son, a colored youth who goes to school nt the Atlanta colored univer Hity: “ l/ook hyar, boy, you goes ter school, don’t yer?” “ Yes, sir - ’ replied the boy. “ Oittin’ eddykashun, yer?” “Yes, sir.” “Lamin’ ’rithme- tick and figgerin’ on a slate,eh ?” “ Yes, sir.” “ Well, it don’t take two whole days to make a hour, do it?” “ W’y NKNATK. lit the senate, on the !0th, the elmir presented a coiittiiutiionUott from the com- inissinaer of agriculture III alumer to a reso lution recently ruluuitled lit- SUiiattir .lottos, rtf Florida, in regard lo tile growth of Sea Island ortlton. (Irdered printed and refurrodi Senator Sherman presented the resolution of tlie (’iiiohiunli chamber of commerce tqqms- ultnttgb lit tile JlroSciU law requiring in any bridge to he erected over the Ohio river. Referred. TDuscnnte then re sumed tlie eonsiderutiou oi yiilinislicd liusi- being a hill to enable the people of New co to form a nonstltutlpn and state gov ernment, and for the ndmiuHlon of said ter ritory into the union on an equal footing with the original states. The hill provides that the eonxlUlltion to he framed, republican in form, etc.., shall he submitted to the people of the territory for their ratification or reten tion, nt an election to ho held in November; and if such constitution is ratified, the acting governor shall certify (lie same to the presi dent of the United States, who shall there upon Issue his proclamation declaring the state admitted without any further notion whatever on tlie part of eungress. The hill was rend a third lime and passed. The amendments of the house to the hill changing the time for holding terms of tlie district court of the UuRod State* for the district of West Virginia, were agreed to, and tlie Dill passed, hut HuiiHcqueutly Senator Edmunds I. J i (he , . 'hair then announced that the eonslderallon of titioli- Joe tod hills on tlie ealeiblar would lie resumed at the point where it was left oft' yesterday United States to that of twenty-live thousand dollars per nnmitn, hot boforn it was consid ered the senate went into executive session ami adjourned to Monday. In the mm ale, on the URIi, tho bill to provide for and regulate the counting of voIoh for prenident ant! vice-president came up. Mr. Bayard briefly addressed the son ata in opposition to tho bill. Mr. Morion said tbit tho hill presented three important changes from tlie old method, which he pro posed to point not. The Dill provided for franohiaoment of any of the states, provides that the vote of everv stale shall lie counted. Mr. Bout well said lie had not the faith in tlie wisdom of the Dill that the chair man |Morton] had, although lie should prod- nldv vote for the hill. Mr. Thurman said it was time that some such measure was adopt ed, for he could easily foresee that the voles of the states might sometime he thrown out to such an extent ns to plunge tlie country ith the Sioux ImllniiH in regard to a portion of their reservation. The senate wet ' ' * executive session and soon luljonrnctl. In tho senate, on tIin' , 14th^Tno bill to amend the revised statutes s« as to permit national hanks to organize with a capital of ffci),(xxi in towns, irrespective of population, was stricken front tlie calendar and indefin- itelv positioned. Mr. Logan presented the petition ot three thousand ex-soldiers asking for the passage of a Dill for the equalization of homilies similar to one passed liy the Inst congress. Referred. The loll fixing the salary of president was taken up and passed. In tho senate, on tho 15th, a petition of citizens of Kansas in reference to Indian depredations, was referred. Mr. Wright, f'om the committee mi elainiH, reported ad vcrscly on certain claims for damages arising from Morgan’s raid, and asked that the cm milieu he discharged from further emiHide ation of the. subject. Agreed to. Mr. Coe rcll, from the committee on claims, reported adversely on the claim of TIioh. I 1 , .loiirdni). Adopted. The hill to incorporate the Citi zen's Diiildlng association of Washington win taken up, and after considerable discussion the ameiidiiieiit* of Mr. Ingalls were agreed to and the hill passed. A hill was passed to exclude Missouri from the provisions of the i et to promote tlie development of the min ing resources of the United States; also il Dill to further the administration of justice in Colorado. Mr. Allison, from the commit' tee on Indian affairs, referred with amend ments a hill providing for an agreement with the Hiotix nation in regard to a portion of their reservation and for other purpose Ordered printed and placed on the eiileiiilar. After executive session the senate adjoiirm In tho senate, on tho Kith, Mr. Wi •loin introduced a hill for establishing the territory of Feinliinii. Beferred. Mr. Bmitwell introduced the following resolution : That the secretary of the treasury he requested to fur nish, for the information of tin- senate, tlie aiinmil product of gold and silver in th United States, from in 15 to 1875 inclusive • ' ’ otlie i emi noc thin ropria ions for tlie agricultural . , o of the Importance oMIax grow ing interests in his state, which he said would be seriously Interfered with if Mr. Morrison’s tapin'hill should become a law. Mr. Hunter made a speech on tlie currency question, debt, and in advocacy of the Dill introduced establish a uniform rate of in- the United States. Ad- by l.ii tcreftt through' Jouriied. In tho house, on tho l'Uh, Mr. Camp bell presented a petition of seven hundred and thirteen citizens of Illinois, asking for the repeal of tho resumption net; referred. Tho following hills worn introduced nud re ferred: I’rohiliiliug contributions from offi cers and employees of the government for political purposes; allowing three months’ jiny to officers and soldiers of the Mexican war; for the Dcnclit of distillers of a less quantity than live hundred barrels per year; granting the right of way to railroad Monday. icssion, the > idjourncd until My t-nimd Is nut death tail liglii." he said ; I ere I answered, pnssliiu out <•( sight, Oil Ids celestial embassy He sped. Then fell upon tho house a sudden gloom. A shadow oil whose features fair slid thin ; Arid softly, Loin dial hushed and darkened rooi AlllsoIUod! II lie hill wave Ills hand, I lie minis rolled, tlie ratu falls tlilek and h in' Till with a smile oi light on sea and land. (rum llie departing eloud. Angels ot WIC if tin, inmpiuilcH through the Imlinu territory, . 'S' Mr. Baker offered u resolution that tlie people of the Untied States constitute one nation and not a mere confederacy of states nations; that tho constitution was formed by the people acting in their primary and individual capacity through their delegates (hereto duly constituted; that the govern ment under the constitution is one of the people, hv tlie people, and for the people, and that in its appropriate sphere the gov ernment of tills nation is sovereign and hii- irciiic; that in its nature il ls permanent and tidisHolulilo except by tlie action mid cou nt of the whole people; tlmt no Htate Inis i.v right or authority to judge of tho consti tutionality of laws unacted by congress, or to nullify (lie execution of tlie* same, and tlmt rt acts by any state, or pcniilu thereof, ssion therefrom, or of rebellion against the same, constitute treason, and that tho rar of the rebellion for the dismember- of tlie Union was causeless and inde fensible on any theory of right or of consti- tutlonnl law. Ho called for the yeas and i, which were ordered. The resolution rejected—111 to 72- -two-thirds not voting in the affirmative. Mr. Cox then tillered the following: That the people of the United States constitute a nation in the sense and to (lie extent and for the purposes defined ill the Federal constitution; that the govern- ral slates in their sovereign'rapacity that the rights and powers of the United Stales government are defined and limited by the Federal constitution, and these right and powers cannot lie enlarged or dimin ished except by nn amendment to the con stitution; that tho right* of the status have ral government, and tlmt local domestic overiimeiit by the several stales within tho hails of the constitution In absolutely lice- essary for the preservation of tho liberties of itixun ami tlie continuance of our popu lar system of government; that tho doctrine any state has the right to secede from tho Union is in conflict witli tlie idea of per pctmil union as uoiltonqilated by (lie const! iulion and should lie regarded as lieing for- •vor extinguished by the result of (lie reepiit Ivll eontliet. The yens ami iiavs were called for nnd tlie resolution was inlopted- 12. Mr. Wells ollered a resolution calling for tho information as to the cotton claims presented and paid liy the treasury depart ments since January, 18(15, ’ ’ “ ye • ' Yei An 1 it’s bin two days scnce yer borrowed it. Now, what good’s cddykaahuu gwine ter do you thick-skulled niggers when yer go to school a whole year an’ den can* tell how long it taken to fotch back hatchit?” The lxjy got mud and slung the hatchet over the fe through an ash barrel. ! and half way IIOIINK. Ill the house, on the 10th, Mr. Ct red a resolution reciting from the reports of tho secretary of the treasury, that between the 31st of January nml the 24th of February there was an Increase of coin ami bullion in the treasury to the amount of over eighteen million dollars; ami that between the24th of February and the 29th of February there was a redaction of over twenty million dollars: that these great fluctuations, within so short a time, require explanation, and instructing tlie committee on ways nml means to examine the hooks of the treasury department, if nec essary, and the officers thereof, It* ascertain tlie causes of such fluctuations, and also Dm ascertain whether legal-tender notes reeci-ed for tlie redemption of national bank notes are kept as a special fund, nr whether they are held in common with other money. Be ferred. The house then wentlntoeommittec of the whole on the legislative and judicial appropriation hill, and was addressed by Mr. Phillips i, requiring the of tlie original owners ami of the attorneys also, and as to (lie nt-r of payioig fees in such eases, mid whether there has born any combination to defraud the government ill respect lo such claims, Adopted, and the house adjourned. In the house, on the 14th, Mr. Atkina reported hack the senate iimcmlmciitn to tlie pension appropriation hill, which were com •urred in. Mr. .Junks offered a resolution 'ailing on the secretary of the interior for information ns to the defalcation of Win. T. 'ollins, late pension agent in Washington Ity. Adopted. Mr. Ilunton,from tlie (mil iary committee, reported a resolution calling hi the attorney-general for copies of all lei- ers, telegrams ami papers asking for the removal of Judge Bedford, of Colorado. Adopted. The house then went into et milieu of t he whole oil the legislative npp prlntion hill nml was addressed hy Mr. Ben nett, of Idaho. Adjourned, In the house, cm the I5llt, Mr. Wall ing offered a resolution Instructing the milieu on District of ('oluinliia lo iuqtii to the new assessment of personal lax in the district, authorized In the net of March 3, 1875. Adopted. Mr. Faulkner offered a lotion instructing the committee on foreign afliiirs to inquire into the powers et mi A. B.Mtelnliorger as special agent inissioncr to Haiiiaon or Navigators’ islnml The house then went Into committee of the whole on the legislative appropriation hii', ami was addressed liy Mr. Felton. Speeches were Mimic hy Mr. Atkins in favor of the Texas ami Pacific railroad hill, liy M rant) in advocacy of reform ami economy, hy Mr. Miller in favor of soiiml specie cur rency, and hy Mr. Junks in favor of the transfer of the pension bureau from the In terior to the war department. The rnmmil- tco then rose and the house adjourned In the house, on tlm Iffth, the hill for the distribution of unappropriated moneys of the Geneva award was recommitted and made the special order for Mareli 29th. The hill to provide for holding terms of the dis trict nml circuit courts of the United State at Jackson,Tenn., passed. Mr. Jlunton, from the judiciary committee, reported hack tlie resolution directing the attorney-general ' transmit to the house all tinners ami letle asking for the removal ot Judge Bedford, district judge for the territory of Colorado, and tin- appointment of Judge Slone; nlso, all papers appertaining to the alleged en rapt rulings of .fudge Stone. Adopted. M llnrd,from tlie judiciary committee, rcporle a bill providing for holding terms of distrii and circuit courts at Chaltaanooga, Teal Passed. The hoiiao then went into eonimitle if the whole, Mr. Savler in the chair, on tli hill to supply the deficiency in the currency, printing and engraving bureau of the treas ury department, nml for the issue of siIvc coin in place of fractional currency, hill appropriates $1(13,000, ami directs the sretary of the treasury to issue silver co' redemption of ail fractional currency oi standing. Mr. Linders offered a rcsojuti to restore the elective government in t District, of Columbia. Beferred. The lion then adjourned. latter said the only relation the government should sustain to hanking should be Insecure these three ends- first, uniformity; second, convertible into coin; ami third, absolute security to hill holders. Adjourned. Jn the house, on the I Ith, Mr. Atkins, from the committee on appropriations, ported a bill appropriating $l(N),000 to supply the deficiency in tho appropriation for certain Sioux Indians. Passed Mr. Cook, from the committee on military affairs, reported a Dill to equalize bounties of soldiers of tlie late war. Referred. Mr. Morgan offered a lotion relating to the grant of lands by the United States to the Southern Pacific railroad ouipnny, and the condition, disposition and IMIKI. VINIT.% Vf, Amt lisleneil, (nr I lliought l hiaut <mmI m lowing wlmlmi’cr He seal was best, neither lo liitneiil aoi to rejoice. h a smile, that till'd tlie house with light, Without Ills leave I e and death alike are Ills : Against Ills messengers to shill the limn ? Tin: GRAND KFITBI.IC. Nliuniuotti Nlcmitci- Ntoinge Itonin tor I,nilO Holes of Cotton. I’lte sloamor Grand Republic, Captain tit. II. Thorwogiitl, will, when ahocom- tiuuicos her career of tiHofulncsa, create a sensati'in along the western and Houthcru waters. Much interest already centers iu her future, and therefore tho follow ing particulars of her construction and jirogrannuo of her prospective travels will lie read with pleasure hy the (fiends of the gallant captain and his enterprise : The dimensions of the sleaiuer are: Hull, 850 feet in length, 101 feel, width; heap), 56 feet 8 inches; 54 feet 0 inches floor; hull, 10] feet deep in the clear; bottom plank, l]c inches; floors, II] hy •I] inches; binding streaks, 8 by 10; deck, inches; entire deck frame, outriggers and imams, oak ; all lints are plateil and doublet bolted ; frame is double fastened with i} iiiul fc inch snuaro IriHh; knuckle kelsons, 12by I<1 incites; main kcIhoii, II by 2-1 inches. The engines are Hnrtupoo compound engines. The two large cylinders are 5(5 inches; the smaller ones are 2(5 Inches dinmotor, with 10 feet stroke. Connected ith them are two of A. F. Blake A Co.’s (Boston) improved air-pumps, which are 12x28x80 inches. (These pumps, iu ease ideal, can be used to take water from the hull, and are capable of throw ing 50,000 gallons per minute, throwing a 20-inch solid stream each. They are tho largest and finest, wrecking pumps in the western country.) two doetor engines, with two (1-iiieh ptfmpH each. There are t wo lire engines, one midship and one for ward, which throw a -1-inch stream each o any part of the boat. There are two 'iigiues to the forward capstan, one en gine to the after capstan and one engine to the freight elevator, making fourteen distinct engines. Tim Ifoilorft, seven in number, are 28 feet long, -12 inches in diameter, and have two return flues 15 inches indium- They, with the steam drums, are made of the best steel. The fire fronts and doetor engines rest in boiler-iron wn- I'he chimneys are 72 inches in dinme- •, 7(* leet high from the hurricane deck, and 118 feet from tlmwater tntheir tops. The shafts are 20 feet long, 18] the journals; four flanges on cad:, 22 ns in the flanges; wheels, .'18 feet in diameter, 18 feet bucket. saloon cabin is 270 feet in length, 80 foot iu width, and 15 feet in height ; has 50 10-feet rooms and 2 15 feet, bridal chnmhors. The cabin is very handsome, being in tho Gothic style, ornamented with col umns,'scroll-work, etc.; thoroughly ven tilated, with extra skylights, with many passageways from the ealiin to the nviin and upper decks. The, toxns or upper cabin is large and roomy; has accommodations for one hun dred passengers, and will he thoroughly furnished for our colored friends. The steamer Grand Republic, built, commanded and owned byCnpt.Wm. H. Thorwegan, is the largest steamer ever built in the world (o navigate inland wa- Him has capacity for 5,000 tons of cargo, and stowage room for 15,000 hales if cotton; will accommodate 400 first •ahin and 500 deck passengers. Him is dcgantly furnished and outfitted for the traveling public, iH first class iu every re spect--without doubt, the finest steam* Isiat ever built. Him Iiiih all tlm late im provements to secure safety known at the present day. Him was Imilt to run be tween Ht. Louis and New Orleans. Her draft of water is very light, drawing but thirty-three inches forward, and four feet t wo inches aft. In couscqucnco of light draft, she will run regularly between tlm above named cities, leaving Ht. Louis about every twenty-one days during tlie entire year, except when the r is obstructed liy ice. Him will lie plated about the 25t h of this month, immediately enter her trade, paying sit to the Lads jetties, at tlm moil lit of the Mississippi river. On her maiden trip, she will carry a full string and brass hand, and make, this excursion trip of pleasure to all on board. Him is to be facts and fancies. When a malt detects a missing button after getting on a clean sbirt, no one in the house is aware of tlie fact. Ho takes oil’ tho shirt and puts on another, quiet ly smiling all tho while. Ho never, nover speaks to a soul. Oh, no! A COUNTRYMAN went to see his lady love,and wishing so bo conversational, oli- hotved, “The thermomokron Ih twenty degrees above scion this evening. ’ “Yes,” innocently replied Mm maiden “such birds do fly higher some seasons of the year than others.” Wall street brokers who advertise in country papers and send out circulars asserting that money in sums of $50 to $5,000 invested by thorn In their way tends to fortune, cautiously omit t<> "t«do wito gets the fortune. It is not tho man who furnishes the money. The Prince of Wales is a mighty hunt er. Nimrod is no where. Boxed up in a lMimh-proof tower, he actually killed a tiger driven towards him hy heaters, and all Albion rings with uccInnmtioijN of praise and rejoicing. Unless ho is belled, however, bo lias bunted the tiger when tho beast got nitteU the best of him. Tub membership of trades unions in New York city has fallen from 48,01)0 . ....... . i .1- ti... nr. moo the first boat formally through the jolt ii in 1878 to 18,000, and of the 75,000 artisans, mechanics and laborers in tho dty about one-third are out of emjiloy- all of tho building trades have coino down to a day, and those of laborers nnd ’longshoremen to $1 a day. Negro women iu Jeffersonville, Indi ana, sell babies for old rags. A rag ped dler discovered one in a sack of old rags which ho had purchased. It. was white, ami the negro woman said slm was hoard ing it, for a white woman. Her story is that the child crawled into the bag, and slm did not know it was there when she Mild it. The li« tie waif was nearly smoth ered when found. Home young ladles of Whitmore lake, Michigan, undertook to get up a dona tion for Rov.T. L. Fierce, by retailing kisses, and succeeded ill disposing of ninety, for which the aggregate receipts woro four dollars and a half. But the investors complained that the girls pinched up their lips, and skimmed the. measure to such a degree that they mado a profit of one thousand per cent. “ A man,” says the. New York Times, “may he a failure as a United States senator; he may even disgrace his coun try iu a foreign official position ; or lie may steal the people’s money, wear prison stripes, and still manage to rub along very comfortably through life. But to fail as a*ear conductor is to bo a social and moral wreck. To havo one h bell-punch and twenty-five dollars de posit titken away is to bo sent upon a cold and heartless world a vagabond. A model for a wonderful ferry across the British channel and the Atlantic lias been tried in England. Tho structure consists of three parallel tubes, far enough apart to allow paddles to work between them, f lic whole lieing linked together to form a single vessel, covered hy a deck, on which tho inventor, Mr. Edgar ton, proposes to carry railway trains and a thousand head of cattle at a time. 1 he channel passage iH to he made with these ferries iu an hour and a half; and flit It jo are to he transported across the Atlantic at the rate of two pounds a bead. Till! Scientific American says ol tlm (Ireal Britain,” one of the first made ,1-011 vessels, and olio of the earliest to ply between New York and Liverpool, that she has recently arrived at Liver- 1KH.I roimpletct lior U.irty-iMxtli trip im.uiiil Uio world. Hio (Imilt llnliiin ” wiik built III Bristol, Knglunil, and in duly, IMd, mado her mnidmi voyage from Liverpool to New York in fourteen days. Hinco IKK!, Independ- onlly of her employment in llje Orlmet during IKM nnd iMili, idle linn nailed over ono million imntlenl miles, nnd when recently surveyed elm was pro- mimed one of Hie slrongenl vessels In io mercantile marine. .. Wn know tlm puldie is down upon „s," remarked flro old milkman, ns Im dipped mil the desired quart from one ol losing onus, •• hutlhe puhlm.smis nken. In the liiel plnco we pul in n leetlc wn- ter—only u bit, lo mnke up for shrlnk- 11 goes lo tlm log dealers, and they In bit keorfu! when they git to pour- in water. They Hells it to the gro om, arid they put ill chalk with one hand and water with tho other,and they thinking of politics midget in too much. The servant gal goes after milk fur the family and drinks a third of it, and she puts in water to make up the measure; and, you see, when the family gits it, flic taste ain’t there, and they goes for us poor old men, whoGuinn t.u dishonest hair in our heads. I hat s the way, mister—geo up, were, Homer. HoMEttoDY relates this little story for the benefit of Christian tradesmen : A gentleman wandering through the ba zars desired to buv an embroidered handkerchief of a Turkish riiopkccj>er; Internal Beauty.—“ Handsome that handsome does,” is an old adage with truth in it; as witness the boy who wa sliding down hill on his sled last wintc iu the street, and ran into a lady’s dress. Hpringing to hit feet, ho expressed his regret at the accident, when the lady kindly remarked, “There’s no great harm done, my boy; you feel worse about it than I do.” “ But your dress is ruined,” said the lad. “ I thought you would he very angry.” “ Better have a spoiled dress than a rufiled temner,” the lady re plied; and as she passed on the boy ex claimed to bis eomtmnions: “ Isn’t she a lieauty?” “Gull lier a beauty,” said one of them; “she’s more than forty and got wrinkles! ” “I don’t care for that,” mras ■53KZS: tEE'E reuirtc.1 the hd, “tor noul is Handsome, *, into committee of the whole ou the anyhow. He asked the “ Heventy-five Worth Knowing.- Prof. Wilder, c Cornell university, gives these short rule for action in ease of accident: For dust in the eyes avoid rubbing; dash water in them ; remove cinders, etc., with the round point of a lead pencil. If move insects from the ear hy tepid wale never pul a lut'd instrument into the car. If any artery is cut compress it above the wound ; if a vein is cut, press it below. If choked go upon all fours and cough. For slight burns'dip the part in cold water; if the skin i stroyed, cover with varnish. For iilexy raise the head and body ; for faint ing lay the person flat. A Detroit lady was trading at a Woodward avenue dry goods store the other day, when she ran short of money and asked tlie clerk to put the balance on the liooks. He cheerfully agreed, and said lie would send the* bill to her husband. “ You’d better send it to me,” she said, as she figured up the cost. “ I’ve got a peculiar husband. If that hill reads eleven dollars for sugar, coffee and tea, he’ll give me the money with out a word. If it reads for balance due on dry goods, he’ll see you iu Texas be fore he pays it. Make it out for groce ries. It is my duty as a good wife to pander to his feelings.” ,m„u- that it is usual among all traders, whatever their creed, to ask at. first more than the value; “ that is too much ; 1 will give you soventy;” and as the dealer seemed to assent he counted out the, money. But great was Ids surprise whoji the honvy-benrded Osmauli, gravely pushing hack to him twenty piasters, observed : “This is more than the just price. It is always the custom here to bargain over a thing down to its fair value, and us fifty piasters is mjr fair price, those twenty belong to you. Home curious relics were found in tlie old elm of Boston Common. A flattened bullet was discovered imbedded in the trunk eighteen ring.- from the center, and beneath the tree was a medal wmen is described as follows: “ It is of a large size, of copper or bronze, and has a me dallion head on one side, and on the other figures of justice with scales and sword, and of religion with a cross,jin ,i circular IcmijiIc hi the Background, with a date which seems to bo 1604, or M l), -HII 'The obverse side ol tno mt .<lal Issini tho following ImcrinUon: Front! I. Par. ct Pine. Dux, which in English would read Francis I., duke of Parma and Piacenza. There is also a head of Francis I. On the reverse are the words, ‘Juguntur ut impereat, .i :-i. itt.»« °joined that they which mean, ‘They i may rule.”*