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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W, S. D. WIKLE & CO., Proprietors.
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1870.
VOL. II. NO. 44.
TIMELY T()1‘1CS.
The immense shower of flies which It’ll
on the niiow of Ontario last mouth *h m»»j»
post'd to have originated in thesnnic way
a« the Kentucky fall of meat. Them*
flic* are Haiti to In* about three, time* a*
large a* the ordinary motquit ,>oh, ami nr**
thought t«> have liven wal>\ from ( | u ,
West lutlica. It is pn>l* A bly lii>t
time that /Bolus ever^ undertook to
whittle Hlmo Fly.
LATKST
NEWS.
against llio Mexican govern-: CONGRESSIONAL.
Tho prr
immigr
I the ofle
* " ,4vf the Hultan’s pecu-
■ tin* Turkish treasury
us *een ^ exhausted that
,r ^ ’^vemment linn not lieeii able even
*" mrmJi hospital HUppliea (or the troop*
hfpcn««iig against the rels'ls in llcrzegn-
wim. The mortality in consequence lma
IVeeu terrific. A surgeon in the service
reports that the losses of the foroo in the
field, mainly from disease imjierfectly
IrcnU'tl, have not been lean than 510,000
Tin: |K>opie of Ocorgin tlo not believe
in newspaper qunr'ol*. Tho £raml jury
• »f Polk county, at it* recent semiion,
made tho following re|*irt to the court
after returning several Indictment*:
" We. also feel it our duly to eeiiNiire the
co'AtKo and o»nd«tvt of our two newspn-
|cw toward msh other, and urgently re
«l«v*t the two editor* to ccano wrangling
about themselves ami hrnneh «»fl* into
agricultural artiele*. or othera that will
lend to develop the interest* and welfare
«»f our country."
Tin: religious press of Kiiru|x* are re
joicing over news that the Turks have
|H.*riniLtcd the Christians to place bells in
the church of the HolyScpulchrcat Jem
salem, recalling the fact that no bells
have been heard in that chtireli sinco the
great Saladin entered the city in 1187.
For Heveral centuries past the use of
rhurch ladlsha* Urn proscriUsl through
•out the Ottoman empire, on tho ground
that they afforded an easy mean* of arous
ing and exciting the people for revolu
tionary purposes.
Cm.. John II. Htonk, the newly
elec toil governor of MissUsippi, was
born in Henderson county, Tennessee.
When the war broke out he was living
at lukn, Mississippi, and wont from that,
place h* captain of tho lukn Guards. ]|o
distinguished himself at tho first Uuth.
of Manassas, became colonel of the second
Mississippi regiment, nm.i nerved with it
throughout the V'.rgiuia campaigns.
After the war he ynj\ chosen treasurer of
Tishomingo county, and was stihsrqucnt-
ly elected state senator, which |>oaHioii
he haa held <or six years.
T'dli London Times haa an editorial
on the subject of tho adventures of
-tic survivors of tho emigrant ship
Ft rath more, which (/includes as follows:
"The vessel which nt length arrived to
rescue them was a ('idled .States whaler,
on her course to the South Sen fisheries.
Her captain, we are told, gave up tho
chance of the vessel’s profit for the sake
of the |ss»r creature* lie found ntCW-ctt’s,
and who needed an amount of euro they
could not have received if he had taken
them with him. Wo are sure the Kng-
lish nation will judge as it deserves the
sacrifice to which (Japt. Gifford sub
mitted, and will not fail to do honor,
and something more than Imre honor, to
tho deed ami to the man.”
A remarkAtit.i; ease was decided in
the New York supreme court recently.
Josephine Ash brought suit, through her
guardian, against Henry Astor, one of
th' well known Astor family, for $20,000
■damage* for assault, alleging that, in
1800, Astor violently pushed plaintiff,
then only four years old, from a chair,
causing nftcli internal injuries as to crip
ple her for life. Her father testified that
the girl’s backbone was around her hips,
and that she was compelled to go around
the house on all fours; and that she is
now unable to walk or earn for herself in
any way; ami that Mr. Astor made him
promise not to tell anylssiy, saying lie
would put $.7,(HK) in the bank for tin;
child, which he never did. The jury
found a verdict for plaintiff for the full
amount claimed, and the court added
91,<N)0 for cost*.
Manufacturing tIib Scalp* of
Wild Animaix.— 1 The very large sums
of money paid by the authorities of
Blair and other counties in the moun
tainous regions of the state, for scalps of
wild animals the past year, has canned
an investigation, which lias revealed a
well devised and carefully executed
method of defrauding the treasury. In
one instance in Blair county tho skin of
a colt, which had died, was taken and
deftly cut up and manufactured into
ears, and palmed off upon unsuspecting
justices as those of a veritable fox. In
another case a real fox skin was con
verted into cars and made to answer for
a large number of Reynard*. The hide
of a black cat was utilized and enlarged
to ropresent any number of skunks,
while fox ears were split up to do double
duty. One family of pseudo Nimrods,
it i** alleged, ha* drawn from the county
treasury, since the first of January, one
thousand dollars. Some eighteen or
twenty warrants have been issued for the
arrest of the person* engaged in this ne
farious business, some of whom have al
ready been arrested and lodged in jail.
The officers of the law are still in imr
suit of others, with strong hope* of their
capture. An information before a jus
tice of the peace shows that in one town
ship since January 1. fl.-UVO has been
paid on scalp*, three-fourths of which was
to one family.—PiUtbunj Duj/atch.
r« aSi» U'TJit.
Agitation of tho Chlncro
•don question in California, is likely
j«ult ill hlnuJy riot*.
Mississippi will lx* represented at tho
evutemiisl by ii hamlsonie liitililing, com*
|*OM-»l of every variety of wood grown in thu
The Security hank, of Washington, has
closed mid will go into li«|iiidation. Linliill-
tics about $100,000, of which $63,000 art) dm*
depositor*,
The Vue do Loan hotel, a noted sum
mer resort at Howell's 1'oint, Hampton
Ronds, burned last week. Low, $50,000;
insurance, $16,000.
The California legislature has passed a
bill nbnndoiiivig tuition in hiugiinges mid
music in DjO public school*. The two cost
in San FrAticiHcu $50,000.
TLo will of Mrs. Edward Creighton,
«’,c widow* of u millionaire of Omaha, Neb.,
b(*|uentliK $HHl,ooo to found and support n
Roman Catholic school in Omaha.
Burton Hendrick, formerly secretary
to Gov. Warinoth, of latuUmiiii, was found
denit in Ills room, in St. lands, last week, with
an empty chlorforiu bottle nt Ids side.
The (leorgia press generally report
Hint the late cold spell was not ns damaging
in that stale ns at lirst apprehended. In
many sections a fair fruit crop is expected.
Rice-growing upon Cii|kj Fear, North
Carolina, lias tieeame nearly extinct. Only
10,000 bushels were raided last year, against
an Hiiuiial product of '.’00,000 bushels before
tho war.
A man named Jones was shot nud
killed by A. 1*. Mitchell ill n penoUttl ren
contre at Trnskwood, twelve miles smith of
Little Rock, on the St. lands nud Iron Mouu
tain and Southern railway, last week.
The Consolidated Virginia mine has
just divided its thirteenth monthly dividend
of $ I,OHO,(NX) gold! In twenty-three month.*
the mine hits taken out $30,000,000 ol treas
ure, nnd divided $17,280,000 of pro'.',In.
The supreme court of TeVitiomco son-*
fenced L. A. Gilbert to be hogged at Fnyofto-
villi-, MayiiUth, for the n,order of Win, John-
ten, » blind magic-',nutcrii shnwinmi. The
prisoner receive^ |,jn seulenee with laughter.
Elisabeth T. Oreeufiold, a colored
Ringer, famous throughout tho country Home
years ago, under the name of the Illack
wsn, died in Philudelphin last week, nt the
hgn of sixty-eight. She was horn ii slave in
Georgia, hut wan innuuiuittcd while n child.
The projicrty of tho .South branch dis
tillery company, Chicago, owned by Haas,
Powell & Co., lias been* declared forfeited
to the government. Simon Powell pleaded
guilty of eonspirney to defraud the govern
ment. Indictments as to other meuthers of
the firm were dismissed.
In the Ohio house hills were passed
to confer police power upon conductors of
railroad trains and to compel them to eject
three card-monte men and other sharpers
practicing their vocations, from the trains,
nud also to forbid employment of children
under fourteen years of age ns gymnasts or
public singers.
Col. Falwunl I*. Jones, a prominent
resident of Canton, Miss., nud now widely
known throughout tho smith, temporarily
located at Indianapolis, engaged in Intro
ducing his several patent inventions, com
mitted suicide l»y taking hydrate of chloral.
Report says, liusiness trouble, coupled with
excessive drink, was the cause.
The United States engineer in charge
of harbor improvements on the southern
const, is now constructing n harbor in a cross
tide soaie six miles above the oily of .Snvnn-
nah, in order to deflect from its uatnrnl
course a large portion of the waters of the
Ha van nah river. Tho Charleston chamber of'
commerce protests against it, ns threatening
the commercial interests of the city and flic
rice of plantations of the const.
A Kansas City special states that dur
ing the snow storm lost week Mrs. Geo. Hol
loa and two little children, living near Wa-
mego, Kansas, on the line of tho Kansas
Pacific railway, started to go to a neighbor's
house, only u quarter of n mile distant.
Darkness coming on nud the storm hentfbg
them so furiously, they became bewildered
nud wandered about tho prairie until ex
hausted. They were found frozen to dentil
not twenty yards from the house they were
in Kcnrch of. Thu mother had taken of!
nearly all her clothes to protect the children-
nnd was herself in an almost linked con
dition.
The annual report of the stockholders
of the Langley manufacturing company is an
encouraging exhibit. It shows that there is
certain profit in cotton manufacturing in the
south, even in these times of depression and
dullness in trade. The profits for the year
were $35,214, from which had to lie deducted
$-1,037 for interest, nud $18,908 to repair the
losses by fire lost year—leaving $12,101 ns
net profits. It will he remembered that one
portion of the property, with considerable
stock, were destroyed by fire, caused by
lightning, a few mouths ago. No dividend
was declared, ns the company are applying
profit* to an increase of the capital stock
The l-angley mills are situated iu South
urolina, near Augusta, (in.
KANT.
The New Jersey legislature has de
feated the hill to tax church and educational
property. Vote, 42 to 10.
A reduction of ten per cent, in wages
of brakemen of the Lehigh Valley railroad
caused the men at Sugar Nob hand Fairview
to stop. They stopped all freight and coal
trains, but let passenger trains pass. The
roilroad authorities obtained warrants and
the ringleaders were arrested,since which no
trains have been delayed.
ruKKiusr.
The yellow fever is increasing at Rio
Janeiro.
Thirty-two lives were lost hy the ferry
boat disaster nt Aberdeen, Scotland.
Sir Henry Halford has resigned the
captaincy of the ( Engli*h national rifle team.
Ten thousand person* are estimated
•V lilVi*r|HH)l dispatch says that it la
rumored that a great HhefHcld hottso is about
to remove to tin* United Unites.
Tho IahiiIou Dally Nows severely
demux the aotlon of the United States senate
in rejecting the nominatlou of Dana.
Mr. Home, n prominent spiritualist,
died suddenly Inst week, while traveling or
a csllrmul from St. Petersburg to Hortin.
Nino of the crew and twenty pnssen
gets of the ocean steamer Agrlgente wore
drowned recently by that steamer coming in
collision with thu English steamer llilton
Castle lit the Mediterranean.
The king of Abyssinia sent envoys to
Egypt asking for peace,but nflurwnrds made
impossible demand* for a treaty of commerce
before the treaty of peace was signed, nnd
for payment of wnr expenses.
Hostilities having censed in Abyssinia,
and negotiations for pcitoo with the envoy ot
King Knssn being in progress, Prince Ilnssan,
commanding the Egyptian forces, lias re
ceived orders to return to Egypt.
The second rejiorl of th* result o' the
investigation into tin* dynamite explosion nt
Ilremer-Haven, some mouths ago, is eon-
eluded. It mentions that tho three eases of
furs shipped nt flnlifnx In the missing steamer
City of lioston, by James Thomas, were In-
oil red. *
A dispatch from 1’aris has the follow
ing: “Li Hcpuliliqtio Frnucnino says tho
majority of thu assembly intends to put an
end to the clerical agitation nud confine the
priest to Ids propor sphere Ids church and
will inllexibly repress nny eneronelnnenta,
whether open or ill disguise. 1 ’
The Russian press severely criticize
Israeli’s remarks in the debate on the royal
titles bill, that "tho Russian eompiost of
Tartary is well known throughout India,nud
the queeu’a assumption of the title of em
press of India would lie received m a sign of
oilr determination to maintain our Indian
nipire.”
A vast 11 unlit it y of melted gold nud
silver has been discovered in tho ruins of
the old castle of Yuddn in Japan, which was
destroyed hy fire about twelve years ago. It
is furthermore umiouiiard that a diamond of
unuNiial size lias been found in the province
of Rikuclio. Coal-heds have been iiIsm brought
to light iu the sums province,and a foreigner
is said to have offered eight millions of yeua
for n concession.
The l/>nd<m Times’ Merlin special says
that two nforo St. Petersburg journals the
Goins and thu Vedouiosti assure thu south
Selavonians tlmt although Russia is hardly
ill a position to succor them immediately,
she will neither ooerou by violent measures,
nor allow another power to coerce them.
Encouraged by this, thu south Hchtvnnhtns
will, it 1h expected, keep up the existing rev
olutionary spirit until it ends in the annihi
lation of the sick inna.
The Ixmiloti Times, referring to the
Winslow ease,says: “ After two months from
tho date of his eouimiU.il Winslow will he
entitled to his discharge, unless the judges
hold Hint events which luivu occurred consti
tute sufficient enusr to tho contrary. Whether
Winslow is to ho given up or not, inust de
pend upon whether the United Hiatus gov-
rnnicntcuu arrange to restrict thu charges
upon whirli he is to ho tried so ns to satisfy
the extradition net. We can have ii wish
to give shelter to u criminal, hut, of course,
laws must he obeyed hy our own execu
tive, and strong grounds have to hu shown
before wo should alter our law on u point
where it lias hccu solemnly recognized hy
many treaties. The truth is, our extradition
aty with the United Htntcs Is very insuffi-
nt. Negotiations have long hccu going
for its improvement,nnd it is to he hoped
Uic present -omplieation will hasten them.
Meanwhile, it will be remembered, nil we
ask is reciprocity, for already by our own
we could not try nil English forger
surrendered by tho United Hiatus, except for
tlm commission of a crime which might he
proved hy fuels established ill America. It
is a matter of wonder Hint thi* question lias
not arisen before, but now that it has been
raised, our government would appear to liave
no discretion in the matter."
M IN4K1.I. A N KO UN.
The senate committee on territories
has agreed to report a hill establishing the
territory of Pembina.
The nomination of Kiclinrd H. Dana,
jr., of Massachusetts, for mininler to England
was rejected hy the senate.
Full returns of the election in Rhode
Island for governor give Leppcll, republican,
8,367; Howard, prohibition, 6,386; Reach,
democrat, 3,602.
The house committee on militnjjy, af
fairs has unanimously adopted a report trans
ferring the Indian bureau from the interior
department to th* wnr department.
The house committee on public lands
lum agreed upon the hill granting to the
territories of Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho and
Montana two townships of land, of seventy-
two sections each, for the purposes of collcc-
Thc order issued from the war depart
ment, transferring army headquarters fri
flt. Louis to Washington, has been amended
so as to direct the adjutant-general and in-
Hpcctor-gcnernl to report to the general of
the army.
An order “ hy the president” was is
sued on the 6th as follows: “The headquar
ters of the army are hereby re-established,
and hereafter, in time of peace, shall be a
Washington city, and all orders and Instrue
tions relative to military operations orafieeb
ing the military control and discipline of
army, issued by the president through the
secretary of war, shall he promulgated through
the general of the army.”
As it passed the house, the bill restor
ing to*the pension list those southern veter
ans of the war of 1812 whose names were
dropped itom the rolls during the Inte un
pleasantness, does not allow them any ar
rearages of pay, and they begin to draw
pensions again only from the dnte of the
passage of the hill. It appears, however,
that the widows of those who have died
the interim will be entitled to arrearages
[ from May 1, 1?C5.
NKNATR
Tin* somite, April 8d, eiitorUUnod nnd
referred several petitions In regard to
tnining, etc., the signal service. While tin*
seimtu nils in executive session, Mr. Adams,
clerk of the house of representatives, ap
peared and announced that the house had
adopted articles of impem'lilitent against W.
W. Ilclkuiip, late secretary of war, and had
appointed a manager to conduct the prose
cution on the pai l of the house of represen
tatives.
In the scimto, on tile Ith, the chair
announced as the speeinl committee to in
quire into tin* recent election in Mississippi
wilder tho resolution adopted last week, .Sen
ators HoutWcll, Cameron, Wise, Oglesby,
bayard nud M’Donnltl. (Hie impeachment
managers on the part of tho house appeared
in tin* senate. Senator Ferryniinouneed that
the senate would take proper order nil the
subject of Hu* impeachment, of which due
‘tec would he given. Tilt*housemnimgi
United Htntcs returning
• «u uiiiirn luioiooig II. mu nulintC. with-
Ills approval, aJdll for the relief of G. It.
, , r the salary of a
storekeeper iu a distillery, iu Kentucky,
during the mouth of December, 1 Stitt, mill
January,1870. The senate went into execu
tive session. After u three hours' session
the doors were reopened, nnd it was ordered
that the nrticlcs of im pencil me lit against W.
W. Helknap, late secretary of war, be printed.
Adjourned.
In tho Hcnnto, on tho fitli, Senator
Hhermmi called up the house bill to enable
the secretary of tho treasury to pay thu
judgments rendered by tlio court of Alabama
claims. In explanation of (he bill, hu said
the money received from Great Britain under
the Geneva award Imd been invested iu one
bond for the whole nmniiut, which hood was
subject to an order of congress. H was for
fifteen million dollars, anil it was necessary
to change it, or issue smaller bonds for It,
to pay tin* judgment. The hill passed, dil
ator Clay ton reported favorably on tin- house
hill to provide for the sale of the Kansas
Indian lands, In Kiiiiniin, to uctuni settlers,
mol for the disposition of the proceeds of
sale. Houator NVindoiii reported favorably
i house (till authorizing the sale, of the
, appeared iu the senate eluuilhei-, ac
companied by Heimlors Edmundsjmid Thiir-
nmn, mid was escorted to a seal at the rigid
of (lie president pro Inn. The following oath
won then administered: “You do solemnly
swear that, iu all tliiugH appertaining to tho
impeachment trial of W. W. Helknap, late
secretary of war, now pending, you will hu
impartial, nnd render justice according to
the constitution and the law." Huuatnr Ed
munds Miilunitled the following, which was
agreed to: “Ordered, that ni'iiiiiioUM Ho Is
sued, a* required by lira ruloH of procedure
il practice in the senate, wlu-n silting on
the trial Jif -the i«epearffinicnt <>f W. W. Bel
knap, returnable Monday, the seventeenth
day of the presold month, nt ouo o’uloek Ju
tho afternoon." The uinnagorH then retired.
The senate then returned the consideration
of legislative business, nnd took up the hill
fixing the rate of postage on tlilrd-eliiHs until
matter and fornthor purposes. Henalor limn-
lilt stated briefly tin* considerations which
controlled the committee and the facts upon
which they had acted. If the old law allow
ing two ounces to go through the mail for
one cent should he restored, the deficiency
would exceed ten million dollars, and in ii
few years the deficiency would aggregate
hundreds of millions of dollars. Henalor
Thurman inquired if the department should
Im made self-siisliiiiiing would not the cfl'ccl
In* to make letters pay more than they should'/
.Senator Hamlin said that lettera now pro
duced a surplus of between four and five
million dollurs per iilililim. There had linen
a great deal said about Hie present law In
regard to third-class mail matter. Two
nincndiiicntH were prepared hy the commit-
i, the first redlining the weight of third-
class matter, and the second increasing the
rate of postage. The postmiisler-gonoral says
it costs eighteen cents a pound to carry
newspapers lliroiiglrthc mails ns seeotnl-elnsH
matter, composed of newspapers and peri
odicals sent from the nfllcu of publication to
the subscribers. There were one hundred
and fifty-live million pieces transported Inst
year, weighing fifty-five million pounds, and
being fifty per cent, of the whole weight of
the mail. They yielded a revenue of only
nine hundred and seventy-six thousand dol
lars, while it cost the government seven mil
lion nine hundred ami sixty-nine thousand
dollars to transport them. The commiltuu
proposed to follow‘this Idll with other rem
edial measure* to make tlm department hcIL
sustaining.. Adjourned.
Ill the Hcnato, on tho (ith* .Mr. Thur
man reported, with fiuiumlmciiis, Imusu bill
to correct an error iu the revised statutes iu
regard to warrants of arrest in extradition
eoHes. Thu amendments were agreed to and
Uie (till passed. Mr. Wright reported ad
versely on senate bill t«r abolish eanitul pun
ishment, and it was indefinitely postponed.
Bills,were introduced and rcfer/cil iih fol-
'lows: Making an appropriation to defray
the expense.'* of the committee appointed hy
the senate to ill VC* ligate tlm recent ele ‘‘
iu .Mississippi; to amend Uic act of
creating (lie eoiirt-of comruissiouc
Alabama claims, approved June 23, IH74.
After the expiration of the morning hour the
consideration of the hill fixing the rale of
postage on third class mail mutter was re
sumed, and Mr. Harvey ollcred a substitute
for the bill allowing fouY-pouml packages in
mails at a rale of pontage of one cent for
each two ounces. After executive session
thu senate adjourned till Monday.
IIOUNK.
Ill the house, April 3d, u bill aincnihi-
tory of the pension law for the war of 1812
was passed. It directs the restoration to the
pension rolls of pensioners stricken oil’
account of the rebellion, this restoration to
•lute from May 1, 1865. The impeachment
managers nominated in congress Hnlurdny
were elected, except that Lyiham was sub
stituted for Wheeler. Mr. Lynde offered n
resolution which was adopted, railing on f*
secretary of the treasury for information
regard to payment* of money to newspaper
editors or correspondents, aside from the
publication of legal notices, hy United Hiatus
attorneys, revenue agents, supervisors, etc.,
connected with the whisky prosecution iu
St. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee; to what
party, for what newspaper nnd for what par
ticular purpose.
In the house, on the ifli, the Hcnnto
hill giving the consent of the. United Htntcs
to the county of Dubuque, Iowa, to construct
county buildings on Washington square, iu
Dubuque, passed. Mr. Schleicher reported
a hill to provide for the protection of the
Texas frontier on the lower Rio Grande. It
authorizes nnd requires Uic president
station and keep on tlx: Bib Grande rii
from its mouth to the northern boundary of
the state of Tainauylippn above Laredo,
regiments of cavalry in addition to tin
fan try for garrison duty, ami to keep
troop up to the full strength of one thousand
;,:?z
dav until disposed of. Mr. Knott reported
u Idll to iiiuend section 10-1-1 of Hie revised
statute:* so ns to provide (linkno person shall
be prosecuted, tried or punished for nny
olleiise. except against the internal revenue,
unless Indicted within three years after stluli
oflensu Ims been or may ho committed. After
discussion the hill passed. The impeachment
uuiimgurs presented themselves at the bar of
the house, and reported through Mr. Lord,
ing oIlleer hail said tlmt tlm senate would
take order in the premises, due notice of
which would Im given to the house of repre
sentatives. Mr. Durham, from tlmeoinniiiteo
on expenditures iu tlm department of Jun-
tiee, reported n Idll to regulate the employ
ment of special counsel for the government,
mid authorizing It only on the certificate of
the judge that It is neeussnry, nnd requiring
thu judge also to fix the fees, la Ids expla
nation of the hill, Mr. Durham instanced tlm
whisky trials In the west, where one of the
special counsel claims a fee of twenty-six
thousand dollars. The bill passed. The
ImtiHc (hen went Into committee of the whole
on the legislative appropriation hill. \\ ith-
out making much pi ogress the committee
rose, and the house took a recess. The even
ing session won consumed in discussion of
the salary hill. The president's salary is
fixed ut twenty-five tlioiisnud dollars, to bike
client after the fourth of Match, 1877. Four
teen pages of tlm hill were disposed of, and
the house adjourned.
Iii tho hmiHO, on the fitli, Mr. Cox
pol led a hill to regulate tho winding Up of
the iiatiiinnl banks. He explained that the
object of the hill was to faeilitate liquidation
and that insolvent banks may lie perfectly
mid speedily closed up ill thu interest of the
public. Passed. A message was received
from tbn senate informing tlm house that the
senate Imd organized for the trial mill im
peachment of W. W. Belknap, nud was ready
to receive the mmiagers ut Its Imr. Mr. Hub-
bell reported back adversely the hill fixing a
legal rate id interest on national money
throughout tlm United States ut not exceed
ing six per cent, tier annum, mid iilfixing
penalties for its violation. Pending action
on the bill, thu morning hour oxnired. Tlm
impuH'iliuieut inanugcrs presented themselves
at tlie Imr of tlie house, and stated that they
proceeded to tlm Imr of the senate and that
the senate Imd fixed Monday, the seven
teenth, as the day on which they would
mako process rcturnnhlo against W. W. Bel
knap, late secretary of wnr. The house then
went into enminlttco of thu whole, on the hill
to transfer tlm Indian bureau from the in-
criur to the war deimrtmont. Mr. Barks
poke iu favor of the hill. Mr. Cox opposed
Im bill, suggesting that the present system
viin hell, the Indian was in hull, and the low-
.st depth was the interior department', the
still lower depth tlmt was threatening to de
vour him, was to bo found hi thu war depart
ment. Herecuminundetl tlicUnnnilinn Indian
pulley, under which the Indians cost at the
rate of two dollurs nnd thirty-live cents each,
while tinder our system the cost some sixty
dollurs cituli. Ho referred to Gen. Hlierl-
dim’s campaign against the IndimiH in 1868,
i expensive one, mid its climax, the
filiation of Black Kettle’s Imnd of
11 whs only n broken client ol song
Thai snug Itself, the livelong rtsy,
Over amt over In my hemt,
Cheyennes, i.n <■■■ •■■n,o b u •••■>* •
iillcl in lmrlmrity, Iu cnnclusliin,Imdcelnrefi
that a peaceful policy, such ns tlmt which
was tho kindest, wisest and host, was the
jiolioy of huiunii ndvanoemont. The coin-
mil too then rose, and tlm house took a recess.
In tlm evening session I here were (llseusslons
over tin* restoration of the franking privilege,
the reduction of the clerical foroo in the
slate department, and various Items «f no
pttlilio moment. Only two pages of tho hill
re disposed of, when thu house adjourned.
In tlm lionw, on lliu lilli, tlm hill to
provide for thu deficiency in the printing
bureau and f**r the issue of silver coin iu
plnou of fractional currency is amended hy
thu senate finance oonimlttco hy striking out
the third section mid providing in lieu of it
tlmt them shall ho coined a new silver dol
lar of four mid u half and eight-tenths grains
of standard silver, nud that this now coin
shall ba legal-lender to the ami uni of twenty
dollars iu any one payment, except for cits-
toms mid for interest on the public debt.
Another amendment provides that the trade
dollar shall not hereafter be a legal-tender
for any amount whatever. Mr. 1 lolmiiii re
ported back the senate bill fixing the presi
dential salary, after March 4, 1877. at $25j(>00.
Passed without discussion. The house then
went Into committee of tho whole on the
legislative appropriation bill. After pro-
grossing us far as the 2. r )tli page, of thu hill,
the com mi lieu rose and the house adjourned.
In tlm lioilHO, oil tlm 7th, Mr. Wliit*
(home reported a resolution instructing tho
snb-cominiltoe to proceed to Philadelphia
and League island navy-yards to Inquire Into
certain alleged abuses mid frauds. Adopted.
Tho house then went into committee of tho
whole on llio private calendar. After tho
passage of a number of private bills, a bill
for tlie payment of certain war claims, apply
ing to over two hundred Individuals in dif
ferent sliifes nud aggregating $112,000. was
reported back from the committee, with the
recommendation tlint it pass, and after ills-
•——•bin it was passed. The house thou ad-
i outrage Hint Imd no pur-
Amt always III Uic *
Always l*glimlng low nod «*!!,
Live a tenderly *|K»kpn “ Live
And ending In glad m»l joyous i
I.Ike n morning psaliu w hen tlio world Is bright.
And tlio Ildars «! the day were woven In
liy tho mystic thread of llm haunting song,
That somewhere out ol tin* vnnbhod |MtM,
Sent forth Its witchery clear nml strong;
Something nkln to Hie song «l htids
When the sky Is Hushed with the coming dawn,
Yot sad as the thoughtful hour which comes
When Hie last red light of the day Is gone.
Hcnullfiil echo that drifted Istek
From the fsr-etl shore of tho long ago,
Over the wide Slid rugged waste,
There never tlio winds of gladness blow,
Bringing tlm odor ol wlldwood flowers;
Tho laughing song of the mountain rill;
The green, glad Holds where tlio mwsllim glow,
Ami the gleam ot waters calm nnd still.
hilling slono In tlie twilight still,
Whose mantle covers the earlli wlili gray,
My heart Is touched nnd my eyes grow dim,
As the glow ot Hie sunset (odes nwny ;
Ami 1 fool tho nroseiico rtf unseen guests,
That out ol the slmdowy regions Hirong,
Ami 1 know they have crossed from tho further
u tlio slender thread of the sweet old song.
Tlio following aro oxtrnoU from n lee-
iuro hy Prof. ClmrloH V. Rlloy, dolivoroil
tit Washington fc Univornlty, St. IaiuIh,
March 2-ltlt:
I Imvn hccu fumiUur with insects from
my boyhood; Iiuvo retired UiouhuiuIh,
and watched ninny an imago alrugglo
through it« Bilkeit ccromontH or burnt its
chrysaliH IkiiuIh; hut I never witiicHstlic
operation—I never contemplate that
within tlio masked worm m locked up
the future butterfly—without experienc
ing the same keen ad ill I rathm as of yore.
Tho genial breath of Moral spring, with
its iiiollowing influences; the inlonsitv of
tlio leafy and glorloUH summer, when
nature's pttltto boalfl strongly and life is
at its acme; tho golden and dreamy
autumn, with IU gladdening harvests :
and tlio stern, cold winter, which sends
tlio blood tingling with renewed vigor
through our veins, aro each of them
welcome. We never weary of these re
urring seasons. Ho It is with all of mi
tore's works. They possess a perpetual
charm which never fades.
TIIIC MI5TAM011P1I0HI5H OF 1 NABOTH.
Every ItiHOct pusses through foilr dis
tinct stales of existence: 1st, the egg;
2d, the larva*, or masked stale; lid, tlio
jmpa, or quiescent slate; dill, the Imago,
or perfect state. Though iu sonio or
ders, where tho transformations are
called incomplete, the form is hut slight
ly changed in tho passage from the
second to the last states, yet in tlio groat
majority of eases the transition from
one state to another 1h sullioioiitly nud-
den, anil tlio form so changes tlmt there
is no ilinnnor of roHcmblnneo between
them.
Now, not only dooH tlio outward ap
pearance radically cllflhi*' Ip those iliroo
states, hut tlio Internal structure Im also
completely changed. In tlio caterpillar
wo find thousands of muscles which
move tlio different segments of which
ii is made tin, a very capacious Hlonmeli,
and powerful jaws lor masticating food.
In tlio butterfly tlio muscles aro cliflor-
ont in position and functions, tlie stom
ach is well-nigh obsolete, and tlio jaws
for s
onlaeed by a long, hollow longue
icKiug up liquids. From the grov-
ling, greedy worm, confined to 1(h food-
plant, to the frail and aerial creature
flitting so joyfully from flower to flower
and robbing them of nectar, what u
change!
The deft little fly that so noiselessly
darts nlxmt your table, with his delicate
limliH and wings, its wonderful proboscis
and complex eyes, was only a few days
before a disgusting little maggot, rioting
iu filth, without eyes, without legs, with
out wings.
No wonder that, without our present
knowledge of physiology and biology,
the undents looked upon tlio niotamor-
jiIiohch of insects ns emblematic of the
liiiinun soul's progress from this grovel
ing, earthly condition, I Ii rough death to
iimiidrlal life. The fable of ‘‘(Jtipid and
Psycho” Sh evidently based upon them,
and Psycho iu Greek iiiouiih both “soul”
mid ” butterfly and although ill real
ity the larva is hut tlio baby and the
pupa the youth of the sumo individual,
the changes afe so rcmflrkublo that ho
good an anatomist tut Swam mordant re
marks of them that ” wo soo therein the
The Mallet and Hie Speaker.
A Washington :letter to tlio Ronton
Herald says: The little mallot with
which tho presiding oflicor in tho house
punctuates its proceedings is a fatal in
strument in tlio hands of Cox. It Im
curious to note the power of weakness
which comes out in the bundling of tlio
gavel. To use it promptly, at tiio right
time and sparingly, is the secret of miic-
ecsH in the chair. The slightest intem
perance with tlio gavel vitiates quickly
the power of any presiding oflicor. Mr.
Kerr understands this, and never an
noys the house by frantic hammering.
Mr. Cox’s way is to keep up n petty
|mmimliiig, which would given blindjHir-
son in tho gallery the Impression that
Homclxxly was putting down carpets be
low. Kerr’s gentle and deliberate, but
emphatic and forcible manner, would al
most enable him to dispense with the
gavel in the ordinary proceedings ol the
house. When there is disorder, Kerr
does not jump up and pound and blus-
teringly add to tlie confusion, hut he
sits quietly in tlio chair,.lolls the house,
in a pleasant tone of remonstrance, that
“ there is so much confusion in the hall
that it is impossible to go on witli the
business of the house,” and remains si
lent until mein Imr* have settled into
their scats and tho confusion is dimin
ished. so that any member’s voice can ho
hoard across the hall. f A prominent
member of the house insinuated to mo,
the other day,(that Mr. Kerr was a bettor
Mpoakcr even than Blaine; that Mr.
Blaine excited the house by his rapid
manner and his energy of utterance, fre
quently .arousing antagonisms, and add
ing heat to the debate. Tho house foarfd
Mr. Blaine; it respects Mr. Kerr, and
his nx-akcrsliip is thus far more success
ful than many of his own friends thought
it could lie.
Always bo as witty as you can with
j.uir parting how; your fast speech is
t ho our. ri'moinl>ered
csurrcclion painted boforo our eyes, and
ixcmpliflod so as to lie examined by our
resurrection j
oxemp
hands.”
ENTOMOLOGY AH A STUDY.
That there exists a certain contempt
in the public mind for what are derisive
ly termed “hugs,” iu Amorieu, is too
evident, particularly in our cities, where
tin*, word is associated only with trouble*
Home or offensive species. Yet this 1 con
tempt is unwarranted. Tho whole class
should not lie judged by the exceptional
few. Thoro is scarcely one of these crea
tures hut, when carefully examined,
presents a perfect microcosm of wonder
and beauty, and tlio structure of most
of them is more complicated than that of
man himself. They aro possessed of
senses which wo have no sense to con
ceive. We find assembled among them
all the striking peculiarities!! of other ani
mals. The piercing, but simple, eye of
the eagle or the lynx will not compare
with the stereoscopic and compound eye
of the dragon-fly, that sees in all direc
tions at ono time; the sharp snout of
the sword-fish in. comparatively, a feeble
•apoll by the side of that of a Pirates
a soldier-bug: the jaws oLa Bon are
weak in comparison with tliosuif nil ant
or of a tiger-beetle ; the tongue of a liz
ard is short compared to that of n hawk-
moth. What is the architecture of tho,
beaver by tlie side of that of the bee Y
Compare the jumping of tlie kangaroo
witli that of a flea or a Pcociloptera, the
fecundity of tho hare with that of the
aphis, or of the female termite, which
has been known to lay an egg a' second
for twenty-four hours; the climbing of
the squirrel with that of the fly ; the
swiftness of the nntclo]>c with that ot the
cicindcla or earahus—and you will find
that, if the acts lie measured hy the size
of the actors, insects invarinldy carry
off the palm. The electricity of the
gymiiotus or of the. torpedo, tlie horn*
of the stag and rhinocoros. the burrow
ing of the mole, the phosphorescence ol
the jellyfish, the changing colors of tlie
chameleon, are reproduced in the Urdu
viiifi Kortihu, in the stag and rhinoceros
i beetles, the mole cricket, the glow-worm,
and the tortoise beetles. In short, there
is hardly a striking peculiarity among
other animals that does not find its coun
terpart in insects; while these, again,
present us with many most remnrkable
luihits and peculiarities which find no
parallel iu the rest of tho animal king
dom, and prove them to 1st most worthy
the student’s attention.
I could dwell for hours on tlio remark
able diversity of llieir luihits. From th«
leslliotic side, tlio study of Insects, tin tho
study of any other hrnneh of natural
history, olovates and enlightens. It dis
pels prejudice and sii|M»ratltioii, and
aflbnls happiness and instruction. It
more quickly than any other tenches to
“ find tongues In trees, normonnIn stoiics,
good in every thing." In my own ex
perience 1 have known of several hypo
chondriacs made happy and hearty hv
tho mental enjoyment and the physical
exorcise that resulted from getting in
terested in the collecting and study of
natural history objccUlj and it is a sig
nificant fact that many of our greatest
scientific minds, as Olmrles Darwin,
Herbert Spencer, etc., began their scien
tific careers, nnd dovolOpod their love of
investigation hy tho study of Insects.
IT DKVKI.OPH THE ORHBItVING FAOULTLES.
As l shall presently show, some knowl
edge of entomology Is absolutely essen
tial to the agriculturist, mid a study of
it should form part of every farmer’s edu
cation. Those engaged in other pursuits
ire not so vitally concerned about in-
eels, and generally fail to see what lien-
lit can come from the study of them,
have known parents to discourage their
liildren from llio study of these little
animals because it promised no practical
henelil. Hut the same argument would
apply to tlio majority of tlie literary nnd
scientific pursuits that occupy intelli
gent people; and, judged hy this narrow
and material standard, numtof that which
is taught in our schools iH valuolcss.
What does the hutcher, hr tin* grocer, or
the baker, or, Indeed, the ordinary busi
ness man, Intent on accumulating a for
tune, or engrossed with the cares nnd
necessities of life, card about geography,
or geology, or ehomistry, or astronomy,
or nintlieinntic’H? What connection linyo
these, or the fine arts, or philosophy,
with IiIh pursuit? Does it help his busi
ness to know the source of the Nile or
tho nature of the Polar seas; to Hoar
among thu stars and conceive of the
growth and death of worlds; to know
tho age and history of this hall of matter
on which lie treads? Will his eonl burn
any better for tho knowledge of its origin
and nature? Does it help him, in driv
ing a bargain, to know how many kings
England lias Imd, or when Washington
died? i’olite literaturo has hold a most
important place iu the civilized world’s
history, t hough il bus no connection with
any of the practical nflidrs of life. Yot
every person in my audience recognizes
tlio advantages of all such studies; and
llio child who is deterred from them be
en it so they aro not profitable, in the
money-getting huiimo, is very apt to be
come a yarrow-minded and miserly man,
incapable of that large enjoyment of life
that follows tlie full development of Ids
faculties. Says Shukspeare, ” What is a
man, if his chief good and market for
Ids limo lio hut to sleep and feed? A
1 icast—no more.” Thoro is no sadder
Higlit than a sordid and penurious child.
liiHhort, as I have elsewhere said, in
common wjth all the other sciences, en
tomology, viewed solely as an educator,
enriches the human mind hy adding
to its store of knowledge, nnd Ims few,
if any, equals as a moans of developing
the observing faculties of the young.
The life-lmhlts of insects—their won
derful metamorphoses, their instructive
industries—furnish ample food for ro-
iloottou, and for our natural love of tho
curious and marvelous; and It Is sur
prising that tho fact Ims not l>een more
fully recognized In our educational sys
tems. Botany 1ms long since had her
place iu our schools, and her Import
ance as a means of mental training is
m»t ignored. Yot lessons In animal life
—tho histories of living, sentient,, ac
tive creatures—can certainly lm made hh
Instructive and entertaining as lessons in
vegetalivo plant-life, and should receive
us much or more attention.
Hints foii a DviveuhalLanouaoh.
- -The other day a young man much given
to lliotiKoof slang of thoday called on tlio
prosecuting attorney and announced the
that ho wanted a warrartt for the arrest
of a saloon-keeper who had assaulted
him, and this is the way he nmdo ins
want known : “ Look a here, I want a
warrant for a feller I” “ Wlmt did ho do
to you V” asked the attorney. ” He firoil
me out.” “' Fired you oiill’ What do
you mean hy that?” “Oh! woll,
he stood mo on my bond.” "Do
you mean to say that ho stood you
oil your head ; how did ho do it ? ” He
iliilii’t cxnctly <l'i tlmt, lint ho elovutcil
ic. Kinder mined mo umUlicI rno alT
iy car " “ tVlull did ho do tlmt for!
- Why, I linked 1dm for it drink, nnd
when I told him to clmlk it in ld» hood,
nud tlmt Winn I nimo round ««nin I d
kink it out, ho Kdd to mi l down mv
vest. I told him to comb Ids hair, and
ho just thou boosted me.” He obtained
a warrant far assault and battery, nan
Framimt Call.
The Impeachment Manauerh.—The
following parts have been assigned to the
malingers iu tho impeachment trial of
Belknap: , , .
. On Rules—Messrs. Lord, Lynde, Jelrks
and Hoar. „ .
Oil pleading—•Messrs. Knott,McMahon
amlJetiks.
On Jurisdiction of Honnko—Messrs.
Lord, Knott nud Hoar.
On tlm preparation for trial of fact atm .
'examination of witnesses—Messrs. Mc
Mahon. Lyndo and Laphatn.
On questions of law on trial of fact—
Messrs. Lynde, .leaks And McMahon.
On tlio Anal HubmlWlon^Mcssrs. Lord,
Knott and Laphatn.
Each manager is to sum up the Casa if
|M*riniUcil, or each may hand in and have
printed with the proceedings his argu
ment. ^
One friend to another who mm just
returned from a trip abroad : “ Did vou
enjoy your F.uroiienn tour?” “ Very
much indeed.” "Did you call on any
-,1 tlm bigonen?" " Yes; I called on
two queens one evening.” “ Called on
iw* queens? Was it a pleasant affair?
“ No, not wary ; lor after 1 culled 1 found