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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