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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
S. D. WIKLE i 00., Proprietors.
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA,* MONDAY, MAY I, 1876.
VOL. II. NO. 4<>.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Dn. Prime admitstlmt comparatively
fl small proportion ol clergymen's son*
becomp preachers, but indignantly de
ni** the assertion t|iat " minUtet*’ «ons
arp the worst in the parish.” “ One prod
igal,” he says, “ from the pastor’ll own
fold make* more talk than ninety-and-
nine apostates from the rent of the
church.”
la highly probable that the widow
of Alexander T. Stewart will In* annoyed
and persecuted lieyond measure by beg-
gara of varioua degrees, even now that
Judge Hilton in employed to assist her
in disbursing it. If «he had retained the
whole phe could n«t. during her life, give
away more than the niercat fraction of
the interest of her vast fortune. If ahe
knew on whom to bestow it, and occu
pied all her tiino in making small dona
tions, ahe could not give it nil away
during her lifetime. Supposing her to lie
worth $A0,000,000, and to disburse only
the interest, die could get rid of #10,000
a day, or $1,000 every working hour. In
other words, she could |K > Y|N’tually give
away $16 a minute for ten hourMof every
working day and never touch the prln-
cipal! If resolve*I to transfer toothers
the entire fortune, it would take her a
year if die counted out »0u second.
Tiik Disraeli minister in (treat Britain
must be.considered a success in its abil
ity to find avenues for the expenditure
of money. It does not propose to
adopt the " cheese-paring policy” of
Gladstone, by means of which cxtwtidi-
tores were so curtailed that a reduction
in taxation was possible. Disraeli wants
upwards of £78,000,000 for the current
fiscal year, an amount larger by severnl
million pounds sterling than was ex-
pended in any one year when (Had-
stone w as at the helm of state. With the
present sourcea of revenue there would
l»e a deficiency of nearly X’KbO’iHiU, and
this the chancellor of the exchequer pro-
|M»ses to make up and have a surplus of
£.Tflft,000 by an increase of a penny a
|xiund in the im , omc tax. This tax is
made a great source of revenue in Kn-
gland whenever an unusual sum of mon
ey is needed. A tax of a penny a pound,
though only a little over two-fifths of
one percent, will produce, according to
the chancellor of the exchequer, alxiut
XI,000,000 per annum. This diows
what immense wealth is concentrateil in
the united kingdom in the hands of
the men who have incomes *ulu«<>i **»
taxation.
LATEST NEWS.
Ammiuso to a contein|s>rnry, a cu
rious ease has l>een decided in the court
of justice at Munich. It has always
been the custom to deck the two towers
of the cathedral with flags upon occa
sions of public festivity, and until re
cently this practice had never given rise
to any misunderstanding. Hlnee the
unification of Germany the Archbishop
of Munich hasalwnys hoisted the yellow
and white flag with the keys of .St. pe
ter upon the towers on saints’ days,
while upon political holidays the munic
ipality has displayed from the two tow
ers the black, red, and yellow flag, sur
mounted by the im|>erial eagli
SOUTH AND WTRNT.
The Louisville, Paducah and South-
western railroad, now In n receiver’s hand 1
has been ordered to be sold at n time to be
hereafter specified.
A new cotton mill will lie built in
Columbus, (In., with six hundred lonmi
twenty thousand spindles. Its capacity will
be six Uiousnnd Iwlcs per year.
The supreme court of Ixmisinnn has
decided the issue of two million five hundred
thousand dollars of state bonds to the Mobile
nnd Chattanooga railroad to be invalid and
unconstitutional.
(’apt. hauls informs the jetty company
that the depth of water in South Pass varle
from fifteen and a half to twenty-eight feel
The former depth is on the shoals, which will
have disappeared by the first of May.
Diax writes to Antoine, of New Or
leans, that he has fouMliniiaamt men with
whom he expects to consummate the resolu
tion begun under Ills name at Matniiionin.
He says lie will begin at on?c his advance
upou tlm capital.
The proprietors of the Missouri state
lottery have brought suit against the hoard
of police commissioners of Ht. lauds, asking
$100,000 dnmngc* for breaking lip their busi
ness by the late raids upon their oflioci nlid
■eiture of their property.
The Nnshville life insurance company
and the Odd-Fellows’widows’and orphans’
life iusuranee company have both been sun-
pciult-il by the stats insurance commissioner.
The available resets of the Nashville life
were $2*9,87/5; liabilities, according to the
act of 1875, $918,700. The company pro-
poses reinsuring the policies. The available
asset* of the Widow and Orphan Life, $298,-
000. 1 lie liabilities are over $400,006.
The New ( Means Times says the break
at Huxn levee, in Carroll parish, is a mile
wide, niul the water is flowing through with-
o» t making a ripple. Tlra loss there is tre
inendoiis, and it is estimated that it will
reduce the crop fully two hundred and fifty
thousand hales. Tills levee is the largest
protection levee in the state of Duiisiaua.
On the Mississippi side, at Buck ridge, the
breaks w ill devastate Bolivar, Issaquena and
Warren counties,nnd the loss will be equally
as large as on the opposite side.
A heated light is raging in woat-boiinil
passenger traffic out of Cincinnati. The
contest is carried on by tlir Ohio and Misaii-
sippi ami the Indianapolis, Cincinnati ami
Difiiycttc and YnndaHn lines. The latest
reports were that round-trip tickets from
Cincinnati to Kansas City were selling st
twelve dollars; to Omaha, thirteen dollars
and fifty cents. Fully ns heavy reduclioiis
also nmdi- to many oilier prominent
western points. The opinion prevails Dim I
still lower rates will Itu ofiered before the
The Charleston Courier Hilda that
northern ninniifaetiirers of fcrlili/.crs have
le large shipments to southern ports.
These linve generally passed into the interior,
in some inslnners, were ofiered at un
usually low rates. Hut the greater part of
the shipments are believed to be in the hands
of ngents nwniling buyers. The Courier ndrtk
that the planters are poor; that the tendency
by year is to rely more nnd more oil-
small grain, ami to make cotton an incident
lot the main object of the year’s work,
and the conclusion is that they who count on
u big cotton crop,because of the shipment of
fertilizers this season, will surely be disap
pointed.
Besides the losses from the unparul-
l T |»on leled fulling oil in immigration, New York
the Inst anniversary of the hattIn of
Fedan, these emblem* of the new empire
‘floated proudly in the breeze," but the
chapter of the cathedral protested against
their exhibition, baling their objection*
upon statutes which date from tlieelev
enth century. They instituted proceed
ing" against the municipal council, ami I j
the trial lasted severnl days. The judge — —
at Inst decided that while the body of the I roBBiu*.
cathedral i- the excluaive |,r..t«-rlv „r The draught in nevcre In Culm, and i»
the the tower. t>el.,i> K t„ the city, I :" in . in “." 1 ' B r " wi “* •«*« «»!»•
which consequently may deck them as
it please*.
I ,,K Fan Francisco New* letter de-1 The three European (tower* have inli
ne ri he* the newest discovery in natural j niated to the port* that if a massacre slipntd
history, being an innect which ha* been | f«»IIow the arming of tlm Mshornmedan popu
has lost one-fourth of it* import trade in four
ears, as the subjoined table will show;
*72-3 $32/5,015,000
*78-4 288,160,000
*7-1 5 279,467,000
*75 6 240,863,000
These lost imparts were not diverted to
ther ports, nearly all the other importing
ities in this country showing a proportioned
mining the growing
In the Vueltn Almjo region the tobacco crop
especially is io a very bail condition, and
planters are disheartened.
christened without consulting the
scientist—or, n* the New* Letter call*
them, the "bug shar|)*”—a ‘‘man hug."
The description is a* follows: "The
creators ha* a Ixxiy of, a dark green
color, mottled with yellow or orange-col
ored s|»ot*. This is al*»ut five inches
long by two and a half broad, ol a beetle
shape, nnd terminating at the head in a
pair of re<l and very vicious looking eye*
and two horny mandible* of a like color
nnd a decidedly snappish appearance.
It ha* no ap|>earanee of wings. Uh most
peculiar feature, however, is a single pair
of spidery legs attached to the lower end
ol it* body. The*e are alsiut twelve or
fourteen inches in length and singularly
resemble those of a man in regard to the
number of joint* and the fact that it 1
stand* bolt upright on them. The crea
ture stands some foot and a half high,
walk* with*a long, crane-like stride, nnd
is like nothing hi much a* an immense
-June hug on atilts. It* only known food
is mice, and these, when introduced into
the large bird-cage that confine* it, it
*eizes with a sudden da*h of its foot or
claw and dispatches voraciously.” It
was found on the island of Iwiwau, some
sixty miles south of Steinbcrgcr’* do-
Mr. Bucki.k slate* that human na
ture ha* changed very little in the last
three thousand years, but we do not re
member any record of a Itoman senator
trying to account to his wife for a light
dejMsdt of pearl powder on the left, shoul
der of his toga on the ground that he had
been playing checkers in a grist mill.
lation a military expedition, composed of
Austrian nnd Russian troops, will ci-rtninly
be undertaken.
The revolution in Hayti is triumphant.
Dominique, late president, baa fled. Presi
dent Karma, and Ixirqiitt, the general in
rommund of the government forces, have
been shot. Riron Canal, wflo was exiled
from the country, is now In Pert an Prince,
and it is presumed that he will take charge
of the government.
The Chinese have given up the content
with the Portugese over the possession of the
island city of Mni-no. The dispatch relating
to this matter states that the Portugese oc
cupy Macao wrongfully, hut three hundred
years ago, it seems, the territory was awarded
them by China for defending the Chinese
coast from Japanese pirates.
The new census of Philadelphia, just
taken, shows a population of 817,428.
The direct cable ha* been repaired and
telegraphic communication is restored.
The president ha* vetoed the bill re
ducing the salary of president to $25,000 per
annum from and after the 4th of March next.
A championship bicycle*race of fifty
miles, between D. Stanton, English champion,
and W. L. McLellsn, American champion,
took place at New York Monday night, and
resulted ill a victory for Stanton, who fin
ished the fifty miles in three hours and four
minutes.
The baby farming buxine**, a* carried
on in Montreal, is attracting considerable
attention. The hoard of health had a meet
ing and discussed the subject. It was shown ■
that out of seven hundred and nineteen
haoies received at the Gray Nun hospital
last year, only eighty-eight survived.
The Washington authorities ar
vised that Spain Is preparing to send a for
midable force to Cuba, which will bo
posed in large part of troops lately under the
command of Don Curios. The expedition
will not leave till full, to avoid the sickly
season nnd be ready for a decisive cnmpnlgn
before spring amt yellow jack return. Ol
Cuban brethren of the republican persuasio
may look for hot times next winter.
The treasury department ha* pur
chased two months’ supply of silver tmilion
at the low rates which prevailed a few weeks
ago, the average price paid having been about
three cents per ounce less than the present
market rate. This slock, together with the
bullion bind, will, it Is believed, be suf
ficient for coinage until the annual slate
"lent at the mint*, which will he made in
June.
The ocean carrying trade of the coun
try was never, nccording to lh« New York
Shipping List, in a more unsatisfactory
dition than at present. The rates of freight
in all directions are declared to he unprofit
able, and vessels much more frequently come
home in debt than with a surplus of freight
money, over nnd above their running
ponses. The Mourners are faring worse than
sailing vessels. It is the same abroad. K’
In the more remote countries, where good
freights hate been the ride, the accounts aro
very discouraging to shipowners. The cot
mrrce of the whole world appears to be in
condition bordering upon paralysis.
Treasurer New will Ihsuo n ciYcular
Immediately, warning the country tlmt the
siihsiltutldu of silver for fractional currency
will iiiidoiihlaldy lead counterfeiter* to put
spurious notes of the denomination of
twenty-five nnd fifty cents. As n number of
counterfeit plates are still in possession
of operators in the stuff, the public should
he warned that all the old issue extant of the
first four series will come to light, and ns hut
of the genuine notes are to bo found in
any one locality, the counterfeiters will tho
belter lie able to successfully put nut their
shill and flood the country with It.
The supreme court of the United Slates
has at length decided the celebrated On Age
hind cane, the decision being in favor of the
rs against the railroad companies. Tho
question involved the title of 060,000 acres of
land in-Kansas, and was the largest and per-
q»s most important laud ease ever pre
ttied for adjudication in this country,
tore are now on these ceded lands a popli
teal of at least fifteen thousand people,
possessing school^ churches ami various
industrial establishments. A decision in
favor of the railroad companies would linve
abrogated the title of these people to their
property, which was regularly purchased
from the Hulled States.
Tho February report of tho bureau of
statistics, just published, show* that during
that month «rtir imports were valued at l»oi*
K»,oir*, wniie tne exports were valued at
$t50,893,953. Excluding specie ami bullion,
the imports were $37,746,477 and the exports
1,766,828. Taking the specie value of our
exports,.the balance nf trade In our lavor
luring tiiat month was nearly $12,000,000 in
gold, or,Including the foreign exports in the
account, fully $13,000,(KM, rejecting tho specie
and hiiliion movements altogether. As coin-
pared with the corresponding month of 1875.
sports increased nearly fifteen percent,
in value, w hile tin- imports diminished more
than twenty-flve per cent. Manufactured
goods have increased more than other ar
ticles
scribed by law for the trade dollar, and said
dollar herein authorised shall he a legal-
tender at its nominal value for any amount
not exceeding twenty dollars in “any oi
payment, oxoont for custom dutius nnd lute,
est on the nubile debt, amt the trade dollar
shall not he a legal-tender therefor. The
secretary of the treasury is hereby authorized
to exchange, for an equal amount of United
States notes, which shall be retiled ami can
celled, ami not he again replaced by other
notes, and all United Htates notes redeemed
under this net shall he held to lie a part of
the sinking fund provided for by an existing
law, the interest to he computed thereon as
in the ease of bonds redeemed under the
sets relating to the sinking fund. Any owner
of silver bullion may deposit the same at the
mints, to he taken at its market value, to he
ascertained and publicly announced from
time to time by the director of the mint, with
the approval of (lie secretary of the treasury,
and to he paid for either in silver dollars or
cold coin, or United States notes. The bul
lion for the coinage of said silver dollars may
he procured in the mode provided for ns to
other silver coins by section 326 of the re
vised statutes of the United States, the gain
and wastage to he accounted for ns provided
in said section. Mr. Morrill called up house
hill mnkiug appropriation* to supply defi
ciencies in the appropriations for the fiscal
year ending June 30. 1876, and for prior
years. Various amendments were agreed to,
ig them the following: For the payment
illenge to the senators who took’ their
seals at the session convened on the 5th of
Mnreli, 1875, hv proclamation of tho presi
dent, who wore not members of the previous
eougress, $6,336. The amendment of tliu
committee on appropriation*, $25,000 to pay
compensation and expenses of the Black
Hills eoniniission, was agreed to; also (hr
amendment appropriating $73,500 to defray
expenses of exhibiting articles belonging to
the United Htates at the cantemiliil. Mr.
I’addoek submitted mi amendment providing
Hint nothing contained in the hill should lie
construed so as to allow cmnpciisalimi to
members of the Black Mill* commission who
lire prohibited from receiving tlm sumo by
the revised statutes nf the United Mates.
Agreed to. After executive session, the sen-
tie adjourned.
In the senate, on the ltUli, immediately
after the journal of yesterday's piooemllligs
rend, the chnirmnn laid before tlmt body
tho message from the president vetoing the
net fixing the salary of the president. Ex-
Secretary Belknap and counsel untorod at
twenty-five minutes after twelve, and legis
lative business was suspended to resume the
impeachment trial. Mr. Lord sent to the
secretary’s desk and hnd rend the answer
adopted by (lie house of representatives to
its proper committee, had completed Its'In-
ligation into the eharges against him, and
re preparing for his impenohniont. a fact
known to him when he resigned. Mr. Car-
punter, for the neeiiscd, naked for a copy of
the replication of the house, ami until /iloii-
day next to answer. Mr. Edmunds submit
ted nu order that the. respondent file Ids
answer to tho replication of tho house hy the
uve ousiness wiis men resumed, nun me
ise hill to define Um tax on (jCiyueuitul and
fttezggiK.v’KfSitrir.sf
lolhing in the net shall have the ufl'eol lo
linage the rales of the law respecting the
evidence in any prosecution or suit. Mr.
Tliiirmim railed up the mol ion entered by
him several days ago to reconsider the voto
hy which the loll in regard to counting votes
for president ami vice-president was passed.
He says lie did not think the hill which passed
the senate could puss the house of represen-
supreme court of the District of Columbia/
If so, then that court has a rigid to do the
same next week to the senate. Mr. Garfield
quoted from May's parliamentary law, to tho
cllect that habeas corpus law in binding on
all parsons whatever, and dial it is therefore
competent for judges to have before tlitqn
persons committed by houses of parliament
for contempt. Mr. Hurd stated Hint lie had
just horn . n fur moil hy the sergeant-iit-aims
that he had appeared before the Judge till*
morning, ami tlmt a hearing of the ease had
boon postponed until next Tuesday, lie
therefore gave notice tlmt he would call tho
previous ryicMUn Monday at three o’clock.
In tho house, oil the 17th, tho debate
on tlic Klllmurne ludicim corpus ease was
interrupted by the house proceeding in a
body to the senate to attend die impeach-
meat trial of the late secretary of war. lie-
turning therefrom, discussion was resumed.
Mr. Tucker proposed an amendment to the
resolution proposed hy the majority of the
judiciary committee, directing the sergennt-
al-mrifts to appear hy eoiinsel before court
and to make a motion to quash or dismiss
the writ, or to take such other procedure as
lie sliouhLbc advised, to raise the question
of legality and propriety of die is*ue of die
writ on tho facts stated in petition and hy
complainant. An acrimonious discussion
FAMILY LIKENESS ANII VITALITY.
to tlm necessity of lint'ing a
tills subject, and said dial since the hill hud
passed the senate n elruilinslaneo hnd beuil
discovered which would slnrthi tlm country
CONGRESSIONAL.
MKNATr.
In tho senate, on tho 17th, thorn wna
unusual activity, preparing for dm impeach-
ment trial of \V. W. Belknap, late secretary
‘■ar. After tho journal of Thursday’s pro-
lings had been read, various petition* nnd
memorials were presented, hut at hnlf past
twelve o’cfbuk legislative business was sus
pended. and the senate proceeded to Dm
consideration of dmnrtlelesof ini peach ment.
ordered lo notify the house
that the senate was ready to proceed with
die trial, and dint seal* find been provided
for tlm iiicmbers. At fifteen minute* to one
Uiry Belknap, with hi* coun
sel, entered and proceeded to dm table pro
vided for them. The manager* of the lrn ;
pcuchnmnt and member* of tho house up-1
peared atone o’cldek, whan tlm minutes of
'.he sessian of the senate as a court of im«
peaehinent, lield on the 5th last., were read.
The return on tlm writ served upon tlm ex-
secretary having been read, Mr. Carpenter
read and had filed a plea denying the juris-
diction ol tlie senate to try Belknap on the
articles of impeachment, as he was not an
of the United Htates at tlm time such
articles were found nnd presented to the
senate. Mr. Ix»rd,, on the part of tho man-
. asked thut time he allowed them until
the 19th instant to consider what replication
shall he tirade to the ph-a of Belknap, and it
ordered. Mr. Mitchell, from dm com
mittee on privileges nnd elections, to which
referred the question ns to the proper
unt of compensation to he paid I*. B. H.
hhaek, late contestant for a seat from
l/ouisiunu, reported a resolution to pay I|Jneh.
hack the sum equal to the compensation and
of a senator from the beginning of
n for which he was a contestant to
the termination of the contest by the senate.
Ordered printed and to lie on the table. Tlie
committee on appropriations reported the
house deficiency appropriation hill with
ndmenU, iooludin the following: To
pay the expenses oi transportation, custody,
exhibition and return nt United State* prop
erty to he exhibited nt the ccntenninl; $!;>,•
* ‘ * ent, $18,5(8) for
... or the treasury
department, $21,(88) for the Smithsonian in
stitute, $8,(88) for the United States eoinmis-
of food for fishes, and #25,(88) for tlie
Black Hill* commission. The unfinished
business being the hill for the repnvementof
Pennsylvania avenue, it was resumed, and
pending the discussion the senate went into
executive se-sion and soon adjourned.
In tbc senate, on the 18th, Mr. Hher
in reported favorably on the senate hill to
amend the laws relating to legal-tcnders of
silver coin. He gave notice he would call it
up Thursday. Tlie hill reported nnd recom
mended for passage hy the finance commit-
lee, in its full text, i* ns follows: There shall
hr coined nt the mint* of the United Htates a
silver coin of the weight of 412 810 grains
troy of standard silver, the emblems, devices
and inscriptions of which shall conform to
those prescribed by law for gold and silver
of the United .Suites, with such modifi-
iv he necessary to
president, being himself a candidate, and
counted n false or void return in Ids own
favor. Mr. Thurman said lie hnd seen it
stated that this vice-president, when his t‘i* p t* , >
attention wiis called to the fact that the re
turn was falsu, directed the clerk to count
up the paper. That great man
dollar,and in thi
ol the same deviations fro
and finent-i-s shall he allowed
d delivery tbei
standard weight
did sueli a tiling. It
eoneeal the inline of that mini. It was no
than lie whose linnd wrote tlm declara
tion nf independence, It was no Ic*h a mini
tlinn Thomas Jeflcrson. It would not do now
to mnkc such n charge its that against him.
ic senate went into executive session, and
in adjourned.
In tho somite, on tho 20th, Mr. Morrill
introduced a Dill authorizing the secretary
of tlie treasury to allow Mrs. Minnie Hlicr-
n-Fiteli to receive, free from duly, tlie
ihling present from tlie klicdivc of Egypt,
iscd. After the expiration of tlieuiorning
hour, the Dill to amend the laws relating to
the legal tender of silver eolll was taken up,
and Hcuntor Bogy moved to amend no as to
make the silver dollar,authorized by the hill
r to be coined, a legal-tender for any nuiniint,
and also receivable for customs duties; nnd
providing that the relative value between
gold nnd silver of tin- lawful staudnrd Dr
fixed ill fifteen and a half to sixteen. Sena
tor Booth reported favorably on the Dill to
amend section 4698 of the revised statute*,
so ns to allow n pension of thirty-seven dol
lar* a month to soldiers who linve lost both
an arm nnd a leg, in lieu of twenty-four dol
lars a month now allowed. Ordered to he
placed on the calendar. After executive
session the senate adjourned till Monday.
IIUIISK.
In tho house, on the JOtli, Mr. White
offered a resolution Instructing the judiciary
committee to inquire into that Mr. Hmitli,
journal clerk of the house, ofiered to prose
cute additional homily claims for a commis
sion. Mr. Douglas reported a bill lo amend
the charter of the Frenduinu’s hank. Made
special order for .Saturday next. Mr. Knott
reported back senate bill to provide for the
ndministralion of oaths in impeachment
trials. Passed. Mr. Hurd reported n reso
lution in the linhcAH corpus ease of Ilallet
Kilbotirne, the recusant witness in the real
estate pool investigation, directing tlie ser-
geant-at-nrins to make a careful return to the
writ, setting out the causes of detention of
KPholirnc, nnd retain custody of his body
i produce it before the judge i
without further order of the ho
intimated that the testimony of Kilhoiirno
might implicate high official*, nnd that all
efforts in tint direction of investigation would
lie thwarted if lie were taken out of the flower
of the house. Mr. Lynde ofiered, on oelialf
of the minority, a substitute for the resolu
tion, directing the Hereeantrat arms to make
a careful return to the writ of habeas corpus
that the prisoner is duiv held hy authority of
the house in proceedings against him for
contempt, and to take with him the body of
Kilhourne. before the court when making
such return. Mr. KahhoIi, hoped that the
time was long distant when an American
citizen whose property or liberty was in
volved was u> hnd hi* final court in the house
of representatives. Mr. Kelly argued ag.tln*t
the resolution offered hy Mr. Hurd. lie be
lieved that the commitment of Kilhourne
was. n grave mistake, which no court lias
made, and which tho house would not have
made if it hnd heard Kilhourne through hi*
eoiinsel. Mr. Hoar said this was a question
before tlie house. Was the extent of right*
of this house limited hy the dj.'ujfcliou and
iiHiu-d, mid at Its dose tlie amendment
tabled—86 to 149. Tlie substitute ofiered by
Mr. Lynde, directing the Hurgcnut-at-arms to
make n return to the writ nnd produce Kil-
bourne, was adopted—165 to 75. Adjourned.
In tho house, on the 18th, the report
of the clcetlon committee on the Alabama
contested election ease of Bromberg against
Haralson was taken up. Tho report was
unanimous, declaring the sitting member,
Haralson, entitled to the seat. The report
wa* agreed to. The house then took up the
Floyd contested election ease, the resolution
of the majority of the committee being that
Mr. Walls, the sitting luciuher, is not en
titled lo tlie seat, and that Jesse J. Finlay,
the contestant, i*, the resolution of (lie mi
nority being to the opposite effect. Several
eolie* were made, but iio vote was taken.
Heab’s Introduced a bill to refund certain
direct tnxeH on land, eolleoled from citizens
of the late rosurruothmnry states. At the
eveiiingsesslon speeches favoring the transfer
of tlie Indian bureau to tlie war department
made hy Culberson, Hooker and Ban
ning. Adjourned.
In the house, on the UHh, Mr. Ixirri
ported a replication l« the pica of juris
diction filed on behalf of Rulknap. The
pliralion won adopted and ordered com-
uiiiuicntvd to tlm senate. Tho sergeanl ut-
ported that lie Had obeyed tlm writ
of habeas corpus In lira Ilallet Kilhourun
, mid that Kilhourne wiin ordered hy the
indue into the custody of the marshal. Mr.
WIiltchnuHc introduced a bill for retiring
tlm interest bearing debt of the United Htates
into United Htates consols hearing four per
. gold interest and having forty years to
Kcfurrcd. Mr. O'Brien introduced o
hill to provide for the coinage of eontuniiinl
coins. Referred. The Dill provides for silver
dollars nnd hnlf dollars, one side of the coins
to give a corresponding value in tlm Coins of
Urn other principal eoiitnierolal nations. The
liouse limn resumed eoiisideriitioii nf the
Florida contested election ease. After
lo 63. Mr. .1, J. Finlay7viih declared entitled
to tlie seat, and was sworn'In, taking the
modified onfli. The house took up tlm senate
"III to repeal tlm net making re*trictioii in
(lie distribution nf piddle. IniulH in Ahihnma,
Mississippi, Arkansas and Florida, confining
them tlm provisions of tho homestead law.
No action wa* taken on the hill. The pro
ceedings in (lie evening session were entirely
devoid nf public interest.
In tho house, on the 2()lh, hill* wore
introduced and referred as follows: To grant
(o Ohio the unsold anil Unappropriated pub
lic lands hi that state; to limit tlm power of
courts to punish for contempt; also, to en
large tlm privileges of the writ of liuheiis
corpus. Mr. Hingleton, from the committee
on appropriations, reported hack the senate
‘iidincntH to the Consular and diplomatic
appropriation Dill, and moved tlmt they lie
erred in. Agreed to. Mr. Wells reported
some concurred in without being read totliu
anil Mr. (.'ox made a s
Mr. Ganger rpposed tfm bill in tlm name of
the churches of the country, of all religious
denomination*, which would look with
nmiizanranl lit this effort lo substitute the
sword for the liihle. Mr. Mills advocated
tlm hill, in tlm Interest of the white men of.
tlm frontier. Mr. Hiinton moved an amend
ment allowing oniours oil the retired list to
lie employed as Indian agents. Adopted.
Mr. Hilaries ofiered mi additional section
providing for tho admins,on to United Htates
citizctiHlilii of auy Indian who may prove to
tlm satisfaction *«f a court nearest to the
reservation of hi* tribe or nntion that he is
sufficiently intelligent and prudent to eon-
duet his own affiiirs nnd Interests, and that
he has adopted tlm habits of civilization.
Adopted. Without making a final disposi-
I’biii.ic Opinion. — Mr. Disraeli i«
refilled with this rcminluccneo: I re
member that I once asked one of the
most HagacioiiH gentlemen who ever *at
this Iioiiho—Mr. Walter, the father of
e of our colleague* now in the house
of common*—ana who had great knowl
edge of the ores* and of public opinion
I asked him, " How do you ascertain
what i* public opinion 7” " Well,” he
ho Maid, ‘ the way I ascertain public
opinion is this — pet it ioriH may lie got up
and meeting* may he got up, or the
country may feel a great deal without
expressing its opinion either hy |K*titioim
-r hy public meeting*; hut,” he said,
there is an infallible test, and that is
the post. The way I always know what
i* the real feeling of the country i* the
letter-bag.” He then had the conduct of
ip of those poworful journals which it
the fashion now to quote in tlie house
of commons. It wa* never so when I
first entered it. He said: “I receive
about one hundred letter* a flay, jmr-
linpH morn, when there is anything stir
ring in the country; ami I understand
and find out what is public feeling from
the post-bag. It is tlmt which tell* me
what the feeling of the country is, ami I
know it before iietitions or public meot-
ing*— they follow it.”
Norman M'Lkod wa* once preaching
a district in Ayres, where the reading
a sermon is regarded a* the greatest
fault of which the minister can be guilty.
When the congregation dispersed, an old
woman, overflowing witli entbuHiasm,
addressed her neighbor: "Did ye ever
hear any thing hoc gran’ ? Wasna that a
sermon 7” but her expressions of admi
ration lieiug met by a stolid glance, she
shouted, “ Hpeuk, woman! wasnn tlmt a
sermon?” "Oh, ay,” replied her friend,
sulkily, " but be rend it.” “ Henri it,”
iid tho other, with indignant empimsi*,
I wadnu lm cared if lie had whustled it.”
In sjdto of certain alterations, the
typical features peculiar to the house* of
Guise ami latrratno were transmitted to
nil their descendant* through u longserms
of generation*. The Bourbon eonuteh
mice, the Condos' aquilno nose, the thick
and protruding lower lip bequeathed to
tho house of Austria hy a Polish prin
cess, are well-known ’ Instances. Wo
have only to look at a coin of George MI.
to he reminded of the Ibitish royal fam
ily. During Addison's short ministry
Mr*. Clarke, who solicited hi* favor, had
boon requested to bring with her the
pnpor* proving that she was Milton’s
daughter. But as soon as she entered
the cabinet Addison said: "Madam, I
require no further evidence; your resem
blance to your illustrious father is the lies!
of all.” The Comptc do Pont, who died
in 18(17, nt nearly one hundred told Dr.
Froissae that during the restoration ho
ollon mot in tho salons of M. DcamoiiH-
seaux do Givre, prefect of Arras, a n
at whoso approach lie shuddered ns
would at tlie sight of mi apparition.,
wonder Hilly was ho like Robespierre.
M. do Pout eonllded hi* impression to
the prefect, who told him, smiling at his
prejudice, that the person in question
passed for Kobcspicrro'M nitlunl son; that,
In fact, it was a mat ter of notoriety.
Next to family likoiieses vitality
duration of life is tho most iniporiant
character transmitted hy inhoritanco,
Tho two daughters of Victor Amadeus
II., tho Duchess of Burgundy and her
sister Mario Lohiso, married to Philip
V., both remarkable for their Wanly,
died ut twenty-six. In the Turgot fnm
ily fifty years was the usual limit of life,
The great minister, on the approach of
tlmt term, although in good health, re
marked to hi* friend* that it was lime to
put Ills affairs in order; uiid lie died in
fuel, at. fifty-three. In tho house of Ho-
mmiofl' the duration of life is short, in
dependent of the fuel that several of it*
meinlicrs met with violent deaths,
head of this illnstrion* race, Mielmel
Fcderovitch, died at forty-nine; Peter
tho Great was scarcely fifty-three. The
Empress Anno died nt forty-seven; the
tciulor-hoartcd Elluiliethat (Wly-oiio. Of
Paul's four sons, Alexander died at
forty-two’; Nicholas at fllty-ninc; i
the Grand Duke Michael nt.flfly-c
In the houses of Saxony and Prussia,
the contrary, examples of longevity
far from rare. Frederick the Great, in
spito of his continual wars mid his fre
quent excesses nt table, wa* seventv-
foiir; Frederick William III. was sev
enty; the ISntporor William, in his sev
enty-ninth year, Is still halo and hearty,
In all countries of Iiunijm families of
octogenarians, iioiiogenariniis, and eon
temirinns may lie cited. On April 1,
172(1, (hero died in Paris a saddler of
Dotilevanl, in t'hjinipagne, more than
old.-' To 'inspire
Tnn.T(irfng * llOprr of
living as long, he wa* made, two year*
previously, to present that monarch
with a 1 "himnot on Hi. Loui*' day. His
father hnd lived one hundred mid thir
teen years, his grandfather one hun
dred and twelve, .lean Hurriugton, a
farmer in the environs of Berghem, lived
to he one hundred nnd sixty. Tho day
before his death, in oomplotc possession
of Ids mental faculties, ho divided his
property among his children; tho eldest
was one hundred and three, and what
was still more remarkable, the youngest
was only nine. Jean Gnlcmhiewski (the
oldest man In the French’ army, if still
nlivob who accompanied King Htanisla*
Die/.inski into France, ixriougcd to a
family of centenarians. Hi* father lived
to lie one hundred and twenty-one, Id*
grandmother to bo ono hundred and
thirty.
Keorganl/.ing the United Slates Army.
The committee on military affair* of
the United Htatc*’ house agreed iiiniii a
hill to reorganize the army, it being
Representative Banning^* hill, with jjomo
amendment*, and ordered it to he ro-
porlcd favHrahly to tho liouse. It does
not reduce the present effective force of
the army, hut reduces the number of in
fantry regiments from twentydive to
twenty, and the cavalry from ten to eight,
thus reducing the number of infantry
oflleerH fifty-livo and of cavalry officers
fifteen, and increases tlie *izo of tho com
panies and regiments. It docs away with
tho regimental organization of tlie artil
lery, reducing the field officers of artillery
seventeen. It consolidates the quarter
master nnd commissary department* into
ono,designated a* the department of sup
plies, making a large reduction of officers.
It provides fora lxmrd to examine offi
ce rs nnd for the disehargnof all worthies*
and inefficient officer*, and for an exam
ination of the condition of retired officers.
All officers who lose their jdaees under
the hill aro placed tijsin a list of hu)nt-
numornrics, and arc permitted to resign
with ono year’* pay tor each eight year*
of service, or remain in service to per
form mucli duty os they may lie assigned to.
It provides for the education of non-
xnmissioned officers and soldiers by tho
commissioned officers, and for the promo
tion of wm-cotnmiHaioncd officers to com
missioned officers. It ulxdiHhcH the office
of judge advocate, fixe* tlie pay of first
Hcrgeants at $40 jxt month, makes tho
headquarter* of the general of tho army
at Washington in time of peace j and pro
vide* tlmt lie may act a* secretary of war
in tho absence of tho secretary or tem
porary vacancy in the office.
It provide* that sutlers nnd jxwt-
traders shall lx; first elected by a council
of the administration, approved by tlie
dopaitmcnt commander and the general
of tho army, and ap|xiintcd by the *ccre-
tary of war. It reduces the stair of all
general officers, and requires tlie general
of the army to rojxjrt reforms to Congress
annually, and to lrx>k to economy in all
branches of the army. Tho hill i* ap
proved by the testimony of many of the
officer* of tho army. It is a reduction of
about two liundre.fi officers, and propose*
reforms which, if adopted, will, h Wash
ington dispatch says, it iK claimed, add
greatly to the efficiency of tho army.
TllKart of being happy lies in tho.pow
of almt ructing happiness from very coi
moil things. If we pitch our ex|>ectu-
lion* high, if wc are arrogant in our pre
tension*, if we will not l>c happy except
when our self-love is gratified, our pride
stimulated, our vanity fed, or a fierce
excitement kindled, then we shall have
but little satisfaction out of this life.
facts and fancies.
Haiiiiit* have ho increased in Ken
tucky that hunting them down Ims be
come an absolute necessity.
CiiroAiio, over lertilo in novelties, has
a mnv name for tho barkeeper. Ho is
now known as the cocktail architect.
Mohkovkii, brethren, avoid tho use of
the nose ns an ortfan of speech, for tho
lx*st authorities are agreed tlmt it is in
tended to smell with.—Spurgeon,
John K. Owknh keeps on acting, ho
says, “not that. I care lor the money, hut
because I just want to see how much of
the denied stuff I can scrape together.”
Hiidn the inquisitive, for thou wilt ho
sure to find him leaky; open' cars do not
keep conscientiously what litis been in
trusted to them, and a word once spoken
flies never to lx* recalled.
Tim largest feet known to history
must lie those of the Maryland editor
who writes: "We black our IkmiIh with
1 A,000,Oil) lxjxes of domestic, blacking
year.
'i'llit following epitaph is from a tomb
stone in Indiana:
Under Tin's s()i| our Biildn I.ieN,
ll nether cities nOr IlnlKrs
IT I.ivF.d .1 list twenty 7 DnyS,
And <
s $40.
gather nil tho liglits—all the rays emitted
from the beloved object by the burning-
glass of fantasy—ii\to one focus, and
making nf them one radiant sun without
any spots.
IT Is heaeuse gold Ih rare that, gilding
has been invented, which, without hav
ing its solidity, hits all its brilliancy.
Thus, to replace the kindness we lack,
wo have devised pOmcncss, which has nil
its ap|»earnnee.
IlKATIl is the wish of some, the relief
of many, and the end ef all. It hu(h (he
slave at liberty* carries the banished
man home, nml places all men on tho
winie level, insomuch that life itself were
a punishment without it.
A VKitY practical old lady having
priced a very comfortable looking an
tique clmir at a store devoted to tin* Nile
of old curiosities, remarked, with a
flounce, “ Good grucimiHl your old truck
cost* more than the new.”
TllR editor of a henthon paper in Ben
gal says, in an article which will pas* for
a sort of review of tho Herint liras: " If a
person studies the F.iiglish language with
a view to gain wisdom, there is not a
Iwok more worthy of huingread than tho
Bible.”
Coi,. Nk;iioi,ah Smith derives tho
namo “Smith” from Shorn: ns Shorn,
Sliemit, Hhniit, Smith. This recalls
Jeremy Cockloft's derivation of' mango”
from "Jeremiah King;” as Jeremiah
King, Jerry King, Jerkin, gherkin, cu
cumber, mango.
A man may Ix'at down tho hitter fruit
from an evil treo until ho is weary -.whilst
till)Tt/ot'"ftfaldfa in ftfwagth add vigor,-the
Ix’ating down of tho present fViiTt will
net hinder it from bringing forth more.
This is the folly of some men. They set
themselves with all earnestness and dill*
against the ap|>earing erupt ions of ,
lust, but, leaving the principle and root
untouched, iicrlmps unscarched out, Urey
make hut little or no progress in this
work of mortification.
Curious Transfers In Stewart’s Estate.
Tho Now York Tribune says: While
tho lute merchant prince still lay robed
for tlie grave in his house on Fifth
avenue, an inventory of his property
ms taken, the amount, according to
urrent but perhaps inaccurate report,
lxiing found to be something Ijhe twenty-
five millions of dollars. On Good
Friday, tlie day after the ftinoral, his
widow sold tho entire property, only ex
cepting the real estate in New York
city, to Judge Hilton himself, receiving
in payment the million of dollars which
the dead man had left the judge for his
service “ill managing, closing and
winding up tho partnership business
affair*."
This i* a rapid *iicce*Hion of important
event*. Tho hu*ine*s transaction* are
of a gigantic magnitude, and, on their
face, seem of ho extraordinary a nature
that it is imnossiblo to accept them a*
embodying the whole ease, or a* a pos
sible finality. They aro observed by
the people of New York with tho keen
interest of legatees.
For there was given to tho public,
with the will, and by the authority of
the widow and heir, a loiter from Mr.
Btownrt to his wife,'renewing his oft re
peated declaration of his purpose to j»ro-
vide for various public, charities, inti
mating that T>« had beewengaged in
elaborating several plans for tho welfare
of hi* fellow-beings, nnd hud already
begun some of them, and In the event of
his sudden death, slioul4 depend upon
his widow in carry them out. He ad
ded, that their friend Judge Hilton
would give any assistance in hi* ixiwer,
and referred her to him for details.
There was no intimation tlmt Judge
Hilton was to bestow these charities.
Mr. Stewart’s letter informed his wife
Unis lie must deixuid upon her to carry
out the plans ho had devised. For tho
consideration of the million dollar*
which he gave io Judge Hilton, In order
to secure and reward Ids interest in ih*
matter, tho widow lm* now, under ihs
judge’s advice, sold all tho property, ex
cepting the New Yorir real estate, to
lire Judge himself. In other words, the
judge seem* to have traded Ills own
legacy lor the rest of the proporty.
Jkwjhii Poimh.ation or tiik United
States.—A Jewish paper published in
London say* that of tlie six million Jews
in tho world, a quarter ol a million me
to ho found in the United Status. We
huvo no accurate.figures of recent date
to confirm or correct this estimate, as
our decennial census returns give no dis
tinctive enumeration of Jews; hilt wo
judge from it number of fact* before ira,
that lire estimate of the London Jewish
paper is far loo low. Hahbi Gottheil,
who is well informed, and careful in his
language, says that the Jewish popula
tion of this city alone is over 70.001); and
the Jew* are'to be counted by many
thousands in all our largo cities, Includ
ing New Orleans, San Francisco. Chica-
go, Hi. I/nii* and Cincinnati. There has
been a largo immigration of Jews to tlie
United Htates from various countries ot
Europe during the lust twenty years:
and the proswrity they have enjoyed
has enlarged tlie current in this direction
ffom year to year.—Ntxo York Hun.